********************PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY******************* WHAT HAPPENED TO THE FIGHT FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS?
With women's rights under attack, from abortion to access to contraceptives to the rampant sexism in our society, the need to build a movement fighting for women's rights is more important than ever. Without a grassroots movement to defend access to abortion clinics and protest sexism, we have seen the right, George Bush in particular, ratchet up the attacks on women's rights. In addition, democrats have signed on to this agenda with Hillary Clinton recently saying that we need to find common ground with the anti-abortion right and Howard Dean saying that the democrats are not the party of abortion rights! Join author Sharon Smith for a discussion about the roots of inequality, the history of feminism, strategies for change, and the basis for building a movement that can defend our rights and end women's oppression for good! A public meeting and discussion featuring Sharon Smith, author of "Women and Socialism: Essays on women's liberation" and "Subterranean Fire: A history of working class radicalism in the United States" (forthcoming) both published by Haymarket Books. June 15th @7pm in Lafayette 100, University of Vermont Lafayette Hall is located behind Old Mill and adjacent to the Royal Tyler Theatre, University of Vermont. Free on-site childcare, call 864-9678 for more information You can also sign up for socialism 2005 or visit www.socialismconference.org We live at a time when billions are spent on an increasingly unpopular war while politicians plot to rob retirees and the disabled of their Social Security; when the Democratic Party talks more about finding "common ground" with conservatives than of opposing them; and when the media acts as a propaganda arm of the Pentagon and the U.S. government. Clearly, the need for an alternative on the left—an alternative that speaks to the millions of ordinary people who are fed up with war, attacks on workers and threats to our civil rights—is more pressing than ever. Building that alternative is up to us—and Socialism 2005 is a great place to start. Socialism 2005 provides a forum where activists from today’s fightbacks can come together to discuss how we can rebuild the left and win a world where ordinary people will decide the priorities of our society. You’re invited to take part in more than 100 discussions on the issues facing activists and the left today, the socialist tradition, political theory and much more—all aimed at arming a new generation with the ideas they need to change the world. Sign up for socialism 2005 at www.socialismconference.org or come to this meeting on What Happened to the Fight for Women's Liberation? *********************PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY******************************** ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Give underprivileged students the materials they need to learn. Bring education to life by funding a specific classroom project. http://us.click.yahoo.com/FHLuJD/_WnJAA/cUmLAA/MknplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VTJP/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
