1000 people rallied against war and empire at the Socialism 2004 conference in Chicago, IL on June 20, 2004.
Charles Jenks, audiographer and photographer, Traprock Peace Center, http://www.traprockpeace.org
Sherry Wolf, writer, served as MC.. Featured speakers included Dennis Brutus, poet, Teacher, and Freedom Fighter; Mike Hoffman, co-founder of Iraq Veterans Against the War and member of Veterans for Peace; Rania Masri, Southern Peace Research and Education Center; Shujaa Graham, former California death row prisoner and anti-death penalty activist; Fernando Suarez Del Solar, who lost his son who stepped on a land mine in Iraq while on active duty. He speaks natinoally and is a member of Military Familes Speak Out; Gilbert Achcar, author of Eastern Cauldron: Islam, Afghanistan, and Palestine in a Marxist Mirror; and Ahmed Shawki, Editor, International Socialist Review