Boston, MA: End the Endless Wars and Occupation Conference

Fall 2011 marks ten years since 9/11, the War on Terror, the Afghanistan War, and the founding of UJP. The US/NATO bombing of Libya is the latest in the series of wars. Domestically, greed is rampant and serious problems are getting worse. Few peace and justice activists can remember a more troubling time.

How did we get here and how can we change things?

What can we learn from the historic events in Egypt, where the people triumphed against huge odds, and the workers of Wisconsin?

How can the peace movement continue its work to end the wars and cut the military budget while also building cooperation with the economic and racial justice movements?

We want a peaceful foreign policy based on democracy to focus on the pressing economic and human problems that must be solved.

Keynote speaker

Noam Chomsky: 2011 from Egypt to Libya: Triumph and Turmoil in the Arab world

Featured speakers

• Kathy Kelly, Voices for Creative Nonviolence: Report from Afghanistan and Iraq
• Ann Wright, former U.S. Army Colonel: Report on the Gaza Flotilla and Palestine
• Michael McPhearson, National Coordinator, United for Peace and Justice: Connecting to the War at Home
• Will Hopkins, Iraq Veterans Against the War and New Hampshire Peace Action: The crisis and youth today