Thursday, 10/1 Carl Dix @ Clark Atlanta University

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Speaking Tour Kicks Off at Clark Atlanta University

Carl Dix "From Buffalo Soldier to Revolutionary Communist"

Thursday, October 1, 6:30pm

Clark Atlanta University in the
Thomas Cole Science and Research Center Auditorium

Sponsored by: Political Science Department Clark Atlanta University, Groove Phi Groove Ma'at chapter

From the Buffalo Soldiers, former slaves who were sent off to fight in the "Indian Wars," to Vietnam in the 60's, to Iraq and Afghanistan today, there is a long legacy of Black youth fighting in America's wars. Carl Dix is coming to Atlanta University Center as part of a campus speaking tour to deliver an urgent message to today's youth, and everyone else interested in justice:

DON'T BE A BUFFALO SOLDIER-
The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are still about keeping the American empire in effect, not about expanding freedom and democracy, despite Obama's "re-branding" effort. Don't go off and kill people in other countries to expand the stranglehold of the same system that oppresses Black people in this country and people all over the world.

Carl is also issuing a challenge - he challenges anyone in the ROTC or theAmerican Legion or the Veterans of Foreign Wars, who thinks the war inAfghanistan is any good, to come out and argue that position.

And Carl is talking about a solution - Revolution.
All the problems people face around the world and here in this country stem from the way this capitalist system operates, chasing after profit for a few. We can solve all those problems by getting rid of this system through revolution, and going on to build a whole new world in place of this messed up one.
This system offers no future for youth, but the revolution does!

Contact info: nobuffalosoldier@yahoo.com

CARL DIX is a longtime revolutionary activist and a spokesperson for the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA. Carl was one of the Fort Lewis 6 - six GI's who refused orders to go to Vietnam in 1970. Carl served 2 years in Leavenworth Military Penitentiary for this stand. He was a co-founder of the Oct 22nd Coalition to Stop Police Brutality in 1996. Carl coordinated the Katrina hearings of the Bush Crimes Commission in 2006. He recently participated in a dialogue with Cornel West on the theme of "The Ascendancy of Obama ...and The Continued Need for Resistance and Liberation."*Interview with Carl Dix, Friday, September,18, 9pm, Comcast Cable, channel 23.

*YouTube promo for the event: Spread the link! (View the promo below)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ03EIBgTwI

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Upcoming Promo Event for Carl Dix at Clark Atlanta University

DVD Screening
Wednesday, September 23, 7pm
Georgia State University Student Center, Sinclair Suite
The Ascendancy of Obama:
and the Continued Need for Resistance and Liberation A Dialogue between: Cornel West and Carl Dix

Carl Dix will be present at this video screening for a question-and-answer session afterwards with the audience. This event is part of building for a speaking tour by Carl Dix entitled From Buffalo Soldier to Revolutionary Communist, which will be coming to Atlanta on October 1st at Clark Atlanta University (in the Thomas Cole Science & Research Center Auditorium at 6:30pm). We want to plan and promote these events very broadly, please help spread the word and contact us to get involved!
Hosted by: Revolution Club at Georgia State University
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