"beyond left & right"

[Doug Henwood]

[Thanks to Michael Pugliese for sending this. I think I posted 
something about this earlier, but it bears repeating. Alex C is 
keeping some very odd company - goldbugs, therapy cultists, 
crypto-nazis, neo-confederates....]

Antiwar.com Conference
Beyond Left and Right:
The New Face of the
Antiwar Movement

Pat Buchanan ~ Alexander Cockburn
Rep. Ron Paul ~ Lenora Fulani
Harry Browne ~ Srdja Trifkovic
Alan Bock ~ Tom Fleming
George Szamuely ~ Justin Raimondo
Daniel New ~ Jared Israel
Ronald Maxwell ~ James Bisset
Scott McConnell ~ Eric Garris

March 24 - 26, 2000
Villa Hotel

San Mateo, California
KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
PATRICK J. BUCHANAN

Pat Buchanan, Alexander Cockburn, Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) and Lenora 
Fulani - at the same conference? "How did you arrange that, Justin," 
a friend asked. Well, I told him, it wasn't easy, let me tell you, I 
answered, but you know: only an issue as vital as the question of war 
and peace could bring such diverse people to the same platform.

"Beyond Left and Right: The New Face of the Antiwar Movement" is the 
theme we have chosen for this year's conference, which will take 
place March 24 through the 26th, at the Villa Hotel in San Mateo, 
California, and our speakers list reflects this mix of ideologies.

On Friday, March 24. Patrick J. Buchanan gives the keynote speech, a 
major foreign policy address that will reflect and expand on the 
conference theme. Joining Buchanan at this conclave will be Alexander 
Cockburn, Saturday's luncheon speaker, one of the last of the 
old-fashioned anti-imperialist lefties still left standing. A 
longtime columnist for the Nation, and editor of the lively 
Counterpunch, Cockburn will tell us how and why much of the Left sold 
out to the War Party.

But that is just the beginning of what we have in store for you. Our 
speakers list includes all the most notable enemies of the War Party:

Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), the conscience of the Congress and the one 
elected official we can count on to hold up the banner of peace and 
noninterventionism, on "Fighting the War Party in Congress."

Tom Fleming, the fiery and erudite editor of Chronicles, flagship 
journal of the antiwar Right, with a look at "The Culture of 
Imperialism."

Dr. Lenora Fulani, the controversial Reform Party founding member and 
longtime left-wing activist - who had the courage to break with 
political correctness and join the Buchanan Brigades - will give us 
her insights into the how the political process is designed to limit 
democratic control over the nation's foreign policy.

Harry Browne, Libertarian Party Presidential candidate.

Robert Maxwell, producer of the movie, Gettysburg.

Add to this our Antiwar.com columnists George Szamuely, Alan Bock, 
and yours truly, and we have the makings of what may well turn out to 
be a truly historic event. And it's even affordable! Yes, you heard 
me right - affordable: Usually these conferences are pricey affairs, 
with high fees going to speakers and lots of fancy frills. Not here! 
Everyone of our speakers is participating at personal sacrifice. We 
have a no frills, no meals package priced at only $75.00!

Of course, Antiwar.com and CLS, organizers of this conference, 
operate on a shoestring and do not seek profit - but making money 
isn't the point. The point is communicating our ideas, and getting 
the Antiwar.com community together: we are building a movement..

If you want the package with meals (lunch and the banquet on 
Saturday), you still get a reasonable price: $125. If I were you I 
would get my reservations in a.s.a.p. ñ this is going to be a 
sold-out, standing-room-only event.

To make sure you get a seat, call Sybil now at 800-325-7257 (8:30 am 
- 4:30 pm Pacific time) (She can also get you a special rate at the 
hotel, and make your reservations). Or you can send your check or 
money order, payable to the Center for Libertarian Studies, to: P.O. 
Box 4091, Burlingame CA 94011.

It has been nearly a year since Antiwar.com first raised the banner 
of a peaceful noninterventionist foreign policy in cyberspace, and in 
that time we have been the locus of a growing movement that 
transcends the narrow and outdated categories of "right" and "left." 
Now we are bringing that movement together in what may prove to be an 
historic conference that you really don't want to miss. Since we 
first posted the tentative conference schedule, people have been 
signing up at an amazing rate and we anticipate running out of room 
in the very near future - so don't delay! Get your reservation in 
today.