IAWM "General Meeting" announced

national | anti-war / imperialism | news report Sunday April 11, 2004 13:27 by Disgruntled IAWM member

IAWM attempts to revamp after expulsions, resignations and disaffiliations

The IAWM is apparently intent on revamping itself after resignations, expulsions, disaffiliations and growing disillusionment has seriously affected an organisation now no more than a front for the Socialist Workers Party. The meeting has been announced on the IAWM website but has yet to be sent by email to members/affliates. The announcement has not been posted on Indymedia.

Members/affiliates have been given 13 days to submit resolutions along with nominations for a steering committee election (a new steering committee is required after the existing one lost half its membership through resignations). 13 days may be enough for SWP/IAWM ghost branches to discuss resolutions/nominations, but is wholly inadequate for genuine/functioning anti-war groups affiliated to the IAWM. The agenda itself is typically weighted in favour of SWP tutorials, with only 1 hour given over to resolutions/election to the steering committee, and 1 hour to discuss a constitution for the IAWM.

The IAWM announcement:

The Steering Committee has decided to hold a general meeting of all members of the IAWM on Saturday 8 May 2004 in the Teachers Club, Parnell Square, Dublin 2.
 
The agenda will be as follows
 
12 noon - 1 pm Opening plenary session: International and domestic political situation

1 pm - 2 pm Lunch break
 
2 pm - 3 pm Workshops (running in parallel)
 
1.  Occupations (Palestine, Afghanistan, Chechnya and Iraq)
2. Militarism and the European Union
3. Civil liberties and the right to protest
4. Women in war and in the anti-war movement
 
3 pm - 4pm Plenary with resolutions, results of workshops and election of new steering committee
 
4 pm - 5 pm Organisation and a constitution for the IAWM
 
Please note that all members of the IAWM and one delegate from each of the affiliated organisations may attend and vote.
 
All resolutions for consideration and all nominations for the election to the new steering committee should be submitted at least two weeks before the date of the meeting (i.e. by 24 April) to the [email protected] or to the Secretary, IAWM, PO Box 9260, Dublin 1.