Greg Muttitt, author of Fuel on the Fire: Oil and Politics in Occupied Iraq is touring the US on the occasion of the release of the U.S. edition of the book (it was published in the UK last year), conditions in Iraq today, the politics of oil and the role of the labor movement in post-occupation Iraq. 

In a gripping account of the war that dominated U.S. foreign policy over the last decade, investigative journalist Greg Muttitt takes us behind the scenes and reveals for the first time the oil politics that played out  duringthe occupation of Iraq.

[There are several references in the book about the role that USLAW played in organizing solidarity with the labor movement of Iraq.]

A GROUNDBREAKING INVESTIGATION CONFIRMING WHAT MANY HAVE LONG FELT: OIL INTERESTS LAY AT THE VERY HEART OF THE IRAQ WAR—A LEGACY THAT CONTINUES TO HAUNT US

"Nothing short of a secret history of the war."

NAOMI KLEIN, BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF NO LOGO AND THE SHOCK DOCTRINE

US BOOK TOUR: 8-26 July 2012

Washington, D.C., Tuesday July 10

3:30-5 p.m

Book reading and discussion sponsored by AFL-CIO, Institute for Policy Studies, and US Labor against the War

Venue:
AFL-CIO (Presidents Room), 815 16th Street NW, Washington, DC

Please RSVP before Monday, June 9 to Elizabeth Boomer at eboomer@aflcio.org, or "Call this phone number 202-637-3904

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New York, Thursday, July 12

6:30pm

Talk, discussion and reception sponsored by US Labor Against the War, National Writers Union, and Brooklyn for Peace--Climate Action

Venue:
UAW conference space at 256 West 38 Street, 12th floor (7 - 8 Aves, Manhattan)

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Portland, Oregon, Wednesday, July 18th

6:00 to 7:30pm

Book reading and discussion sponsored by US Labor Against the War

Venue:
Oregon AFL-CIO, 3645 SE 32nd Ave., Portland (downstairs conf. rm.)

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San Francisco, Thursday 19 July

5.30-7pm

Talk and discussion sponsored by by US Labor Against the War

Venue:
ILWU Headquarters
4th floor conference room - 1188 Franklin St., SF (at Geary)

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San Francisco, Sunday 22 July

10-11.30am

Talk and discussion, as part of the Laborfest Book Fair

Venue:
2nd floor gallery
Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts
2868 Mission St., at 25th St, SF

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Boston, Thursday July 26

12:30 – 2:30 PM

Brown Bag Lunch, talk and discussion, sponsored by American Friends Service Committee

Venue:
AFSC Regional Office
2161 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02140

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Boston, Thursday July 26

6:00pm

Pot-Luck Dinner and discussion

Venue:
Home of Terry Rockefeller
246 Park Avenue
Arlington, MA
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Would you like to organize a talk in your city?

Contact Greg Muttitt at info[at]fuelonthefire.com

Like workers all across North Africa, Iraqi workers are not about to silently accept the status quo.  They are organizing and fighting back, and need our solidarity.

USLAW, Solidarity Center and the International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mining and General Workers' Unions (ICEM) have joined with Labourstart, the international internet-based labor solidarity network, to launch an international campaign to demand that unjust discipline taken against worker activists and union leaders be reversed and that worker rights in Iraq be respected. 

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Then please share this action alert with others and urge them to take action in support of Iraqi workers.

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