Friday, March 16 through Sunday, March 18 the Left Forum will host its annual Conference at Pace University in New York City. The theme is Occupy the System: Confronting Global Capitalism. CCR will be presenting and participating in several panels listed below. To register for the Left Forum Conference 2012 please visit www.leftforum.org.

Iraq War Over? A Discussion on Reparations, Contractors, and Veterans

Date: Saturday, March 17
Time: 10:00 am
Room: W602

Presented by CCR and Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW), this panel will highlight themes of accountability and challenge the notion that the troop withdrawal from Iraq means our movement against the war is over. Panelists will discuss the need to focus on reparations for Iraqi victims, the continued presence of thousands of private military contractors in Iraq – for whom courts have yet to put in place any system of accountability – and the devastation the war has caused for Iraq war veterans and their families.

Speakers: Jose Vasquez, Executive Director of Iraq Veterans Against the War; Ali Issa, Field Organizer for the War Resisters League; Katherine Gallagher, Staff Attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights; moderated by Annette Warren-Dickerson, Director of Education and Outreach at the Center for Constitutional Rights.

Additional Panels featuring CCR Staff and/or Board Members:

Israel: Strategic Asset to the Global 1%
Featuring: Maria LaHood, Senior Staff Attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights.
Date: Saturday, March 17
Time: 10:00 am
Room: W610

NYPD & Capitalist Systems: Organizing for Police Accountability across Black, Muslim, and Latino Communities
Featuring: Nahal Zamani, Advocacy Program Manager, Government Misconduct and Racial Justice at the Center for Constitutional Rights
Date: Saturday, March 17
Time: 12:00 pm
Room: W608

Occupying Gender: OWS Organizers Speak Out
Featuring: Leah Todd, Assistant to the Legal Director at the Center for Constitutional Rights and OWS Safer Spaces, Support New York
Date: Saturday, March 17
Time: 5:00 pm
Room: E301

Occupy to De-Commodify
Featuring: Sunita Patel, Staff Attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights.
Date: Sunday, March 18
Time: 12:00 pm
Room: LHS

Killing Che: How the CIA Got Away With Murder
Featuring: Michael Ratner, CCR Board of Directors President Emeritus, and Michael Steven Smith, CCR Board Member and Attorney.
Date: Sunday, March 18
Time: 3:00 pm 
Room: E303

To register for the Left Forum Conference visit www.leftforum.org.