Seattle University to Host Tea Party vs Socialist Debate

 *NORTHWEST SOCIALISM CONFERENCE - Revolutionary Ideas for Changing the World
Featuring leading antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan and Green Party leader Matt
Gonzalez - And a debate between the Tea Party and Socialists!

* THE TEA PARTY vs. SOCIALISTS!*
Keli Carender from the Tea Party vs. Ramy Khalil from Socialist Alternative

Keli Carender is a rising star in the Tea Party movement.  She was leading Tea Party rallies in Seattle in early 2009 before there even was a nationalTea Party movement.  Shehas been featured in The New York Times and on National Public Radio.  She recently won the $3,000 Town HallAward from a conservative association for challenging Democratic Congressman Norm Dicks on healthcare at a town hall meeting.  Well known as “Liberty Belle,” she blogs at LibertyBell.

Ramy Khalil is a regular contributor to Justice, the newspaper ofSocialist Alternative.  He has been an active member of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 587 and a leading organizer of mass protests against war and budget cuts to education and public services.  He is currently pursuing a master’s degree in U.S. and Latin American history, and his articles appear at Socialist Alternative.