Believing that 2008 - and beyond -- holds great promise and great peril for those who organize and advocate for an immigration policy based on human rights, dignity and justice, the National Network on Immigrant and Refugee Rights is convening a national conference in Houston Texas on January 18-20, 2008. Join us in Houston to:

WHAT: 2007 8th Annual March to Stop Executions
WHERE: Houston, Texas
WHEN: Saturday, October 27, 2007

1 pm: Freeway blogging on the Gray and McGowan Street bridges over highway 59.
2 pm: Rally across from the Houston Police Department substation, 2202 Saint Emanuel and Gray Street.
2:30 pm -- MARCH!
3 pm: Rally at "Our Park" beside S.H.A.P.E. Community Center, 3815 Live Oak at Alabama.

The United States has had an empire for a long time. Despite all the public relations, empires exist only to benefit the rulers. Chalmers Johnson presents evidence for his conclusions in Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic. The American Empire has 5 global military commands, more than one million women and men on four continents, has a carrier battle group in each ocean, guarantees the survival of regimes in Iraq, South Korea and Israel and dominates the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the World Trade Organization.

The US Defense Department’s 2005 Base Structure Report shows 737 military bases in foreign countries. With no given reason, the Report omits bases in Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq, Israel, Kyrgyzstan, Qatar and Uzbekistan.