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12:30 - 4:00 pm EVERY SUNDAY"Bostonians For The Overthrow Of King George" weekly vigil
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Harvard's Palestine Solidarity Committee will be holding a vigil for Gaza from 11:45 am to 12:15 pm on the steps of Memorial Church in Harvard Yard. All who care for Palestine are invited to attend. Please wear black and spread the word widely.
Meet briefly at the statue to exchange thoughts,
then walk silently around the Yard and nearby streets,
returning to the statue by 12:30pm.
Southeast corner of Rt 27 and 30 (nearest to Brooks Pharmacy).
Come for all or part. Bring a candle, lantern, or flashlight.
Organizer: Sandy Coy.
This is an invitation to join the Boston Tea Party Conference call,
should you wish to join in. Participant call in: 402-756-9100; Access code: 680903#
Socialist Alternative Radio is live on 91.5 FM in the Boston area, or listen anytime on the Web at WMFO.org. A democratic socialist, working-class view of politics and culture, including solidarity announcements, interviews, music, and more. Write to us at BostonSAradio@aol.com.
Join a Friday fast and/or protest in solidarity with illegally detained, often tortured prisoners at Guantanamo and other post 9/11 gulags around the world. The fast began about a year ago when Nobel Peace Laureates Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Adolpho Esquivel, (Argentina), along with others around the world, chose this method to seek the release of our unjustly detained and tortured brothers and sisters.
Here in Boston, local activists Susan McLucas and Phoebe Knopf have joined the Friday fast and will protest every Friday in front of the JFK Building from noon to one. The action, which is rooted in nonviolence, includes speakers, music, hand-outs and petitions to create public pressure to shut down the gulags and to try those responsible for illegal, brutal treatment of thousands of detainees, most of whom are Arab and Muslim men. Susan and Phoebe will be wearing orange jumpsuits. It would be great if folks would join us. There are four more suits people could wear.
Venezuela : Democracy, Development, and Regional Integration- A New Vision for the Americas
We invite you to travel to Venezuela with Global Exchange to dig past the headlines and explore the changes occurring in Venezuela, Latin America and the hemisphere as a whole. On a Global Exchange tour to Venezuela you will meet with human rights activists, rural agricultural workers, labor unions, community activists, journalists, and government as well as opposition figures, and see for yourself the unprecedented social change that is occurring at this historic time in Venezuela and the region. At the crossroads of the Andean mountains, the Caribbean coast, the Amazon rainforest, and the Amacuro River Delta, Venezuela's wondrous natural diversity and beauty combined with its visionary social justice agenda guarantee an exciting -- and unforgettable -- experience.
Cost: $1500 (includes $50 late fee)
We strongly urge people of color to apply. A
limited number of partial scholarships are available for low-
income applicants.
for more info contact Charlie Welch
Democracy Now! is accepting applications for internship
positions for the winter/spring semester in New York City.
Please email admin@democracynow.org for more information.
From Steve Iskovitz (Green party member and concerned person who is working in southern Louisiana):
I'm down here in southern Louisiana working with Emergency Communities, providing relief to Katrina victims.
If you have any of the following items which you're looking to give away, there are people down here in Plaquemines Parish who can use them:
Warm clothes: it doesn't get as cold down here as it does in Boston, but with the dampness and winds, it can get cold in the winter, toys, sports equipment-- a lot of kids down here whose lives have been disrupted, looking for things to do. Today after dinner I played hockey with a little boy in the dining area, with a broken hockey stick and a plastic disk of some sort that was lying around.
Tools: Since virtually all buildings were ruined by the flood, many people are involved in rebuilding. There was talk of setting up a tool-lending operation, but someone pointed out that this could be quite inconvenient, and why not utilize the extra tools people probably have lying around in areas not affected by disaster?
Here are some of the tools people have suggested:
hammers
nails
hack-saw blades
wood files, metal files
screwdrivers-- phillips or flathead
crowbars
drywall tape
drills and bits
nailguns
If you have these items and would like to donate them, you should package them tightly in boxes, label the contents, address them to:
Steve Iskovitz
Emergency Communities
36342 Highway 11
Buras, LA 70041
For Boston area drop off: Cambridge Senior Center (617) 349 6043.
806 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139
We're also looking for someone who's willing to help deliver the boxes from the Senion Center to the local shipping point in Carlisle.
For more information:
Email terra or call Christy Barbee at (978) 369 4343
www.reliefdatabase.org
www.citizenactionteam.org
A call for all people of conscience
to donate to its Lebanon Palestine Emergency Relief Fund.
All donations will be used to help Palestinian and
Lebanese victims of the latest Israeli aggression.
Tel: 760-685-3243
Fax: 360-933-3568
E-mail link
“Olive Branch” Extra Virgin Olive Oil is raised without pesticides or sprays and First-Cold-Pressed. This year we are importing the oil directly from the Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committee (PARC), a non-governmental, non-profit organization in Ramallah which has been on the forefront of supporting Palestinian agriculture since the 1980’s. PARC buys its olive oil from 85 different small farmer cooperatives in the West Bank. It takes care of testing, quality control, bottling, labeling and marketing. Available in 750ml bottles, by the case (12 bottles), or more. Now more than ever, important to Palestinian farmers.
For ordering and other info, please email us at palestinebostonoliveoil@yahoo.com or call Susie at 781-648-6307.
Renee Lopes-Pocknett is associate director of Frederick Douglass Unity House (FDUH) at the Univiversity of Massachusetts/Dartmouth. FDUH was created in 1995 as part of the University's efforts to acknowledge the unique circumstances of its increasingly diverse student body. It provides a supportive environment for the academic, cultural, recreational and social pursuits of UMass/Dartmouth students of color--African, Asian, Latino & Native American.
Ms. Lopes-Pocknett is also a founder of Society Organized against Racism in Higher Education (SOAR), a well-established group which this fall held a successful two-day conference at UMass/Dartmouth for students from SOAR chapters at numerous New England colleges.
* KEYNOTE SPEAKER: JAMES CRADLE, ASSOCIATE DEAN BHS
"The Town of Brookline's Challenge To Fulfill Dr. King's Legacy"
*A BROOKLINE FAMILY HELPS REBUILD AFTER HURRICANE KATRINA
*A Musical Tribute
*Film Excerpts From DR. KING'S FINAL SPEECH: "I'VE BEEN TO THE MOUNTAIN TOP"
Sponsored by the Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Celebration Committee
Brookline Adult & Community Education Program
Free.
Optional registration online at brooklineadulted.org .
Or call 617-730-2700
Refreshments will follow event.
WARNING: corporate sponsored (Target, AT&T, JAMN)!!!
Featuring
Multiple Grammy-Award Winning R & B Legend, Peabo Bryson
with Gospel Recording Artist: Minister Melvin Murphy and Dance
Troupe, Origination
Doors Open at 6pm
FREE - Tickets Required. Box Office Locations Listed.
Tickets available at the following locations:
The Opera House
Box Office Hours
A Nubian Notion, Inc.
Box Office Hours
57 Warren Street,
Roxbury, MA.
(Limit 4 tickets per person)
Group Ticket Reservations Please Call
Alda Marshall at 617-635-1238.
The U.S. invaded Iraq with no provocation. The war has devastated Iraq, causing the deaths of over 3000 American soldiers and over 600,000 Iraqi citizens. Violence continues to escalate.
WHAT IS TO BE DONE?
Please join members of the community to discuss the terrible issues facing our country. The November elections, the Newton referendum on the war, and the Iraq Study Group all call for new policies.The Somerville Human Rights Commission and Early Childhood Advisory Council invite you to our fifth annual celebration in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. King's Vision of Youth and Community 2007 from 10:00 a.m. - noon . The celebration is free and open to the public. Refreshments donated by local businesses and childcare provided by the Somerville Family Network. Interpretation available in Haitian Creole, Spanish, Portuguese, and ASL. Co-sponsored by the City of Somerville and the Somerville Public Schools. Mary Lu Mendonca at (617) 625-6600 ext. 2165
Featuring Keynote Speaker- Governor Deval Patrick
with Gospel Recording Artist: Bishop Charlie’s Angels and Jeremy
Gooding
Doors Open at 11am
Public Reception to Follow at Boston City Hall
FREE - No Tickets Required.
WARNING: corporate sponsored (Target, AT&T, JAMN)!!!
For More Information, Please Call the Mayor’s Office of Arts, Tourism and Special Events at (617) 635-3911
cityofboston.gov/arts
cityofboston.gov/arts/pdfs/MLK.pdf
In Cambridge on Monday, Jan. 15, the Cambridge Peace Commission will be having a standout for Martin Luther King on Mass. Ave. in front of Cambridge City Hall; this will take place from 1pm--1:30pm. Then from 1:45 pm to 3:30pm there will ba an MLK Day cultural event at the Cambridge YWCA on Temple St. in Central Square.
“A Community in the Shadows”A Dinner Celebrating Martin Luther King Day and Creating United Dreams Among Community Leaders of Color hosted by: the elected municipal officials of color from Cambridge and Boston from 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM. The African-American, Latino, Asian, African, and Immigrant Leaders of Color in the cities of Cambridge and Boston, are coming together to emerge from the shadows, learn each other’s struggles and create united dreams. Keynote Speakers: Charles Walker Esq. & Gladys Vega .Please RSVP to Union of Minority Neighborhoods 617-541-4111.
MEETINGS WILL CONTINUE EVERY MONDAY PRIOR TO THE EVENT ON MARCH 24th.
PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS DEMONSTRATION.
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. & THE GLOBAL JUSTICE MOVEMENT
A conversation with KHALIL IHSAN NIEVES
United for a Fair Economy
Please bring your lunch. Beverages will be provided. $5
contribution requested.
RSVP (617) 523-0555 or ernestine@communitychangeinc.org
The current public discourse around race repeats the myth of a color-blind society where the American Dream is attainable by all individuals who work hard enough. This deeply flawed discourse obscures the racial disparities in employment, education, criminal justice, housing, health care, etc. caused by institutions made by white people, for the benefit white people, at the expense of people of color. The issues presented at the Community Change Brown Bag Discussion Series are concrete examples of the structural racism that affects the lives of all, most acutely communities of color. The 2007 Series places these issues in the social/historical context and gives attendees a truthful discourse, as well as ways to put that discourse into action, in order to challenge structural racism.
Featured speakers:
Penn Loh, Alternatives for Community and Environment (ACE)
Roseann Bongiovanni, Chelsea Green Space Committee
Free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.
For more information, contact Eric Weltman
617-524-6696, ext. 111
Out of Balance shows the influence that the largest company in the world has on governments, the media and citizens and what can be done about global warming. While the Earth's climate is pushed further out of balance by increasing use of fossil fuels, ExxonMobil continues to assert undue influence around the world- making record profits while ignoring climate science for which there has been overwhelming consensus for over ten years. "Out of Balance" does not just critique ExxonMobil; it also offers challenging, large-scale ideas for the global social changes that must take place if there's any chance of having a livable planet for future generations.
Participants:
Professor Lincoln Bloomfield (emeritus professor of political science at MIT; has served with the Navy, State Department, and National Security Council). His latest book is Accidental Encounters with History (and some lessons learned). Charles Higginson (served as a Foreign Service Officer from 1960- 1990, with assignments in Belgium, Vietnam, Algeria, Italy, Luxembourg and with the United Nations on economic, energy and disarmament issues). Other presenters will be announced as they are confirmed. Tom Callahan, attorney and former Cohasset Selectman will moderate the meeting. The basic overriding purpose is to provide the public with an opportunity to have an open forum and rational discussion on an issue of overriding public concern. All viewpoints welcome. Refreshments will be provided. Also showing on Saturday, January 20, 2007 3-4:30pm
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem
Men on the Edge by Avner Faingulernt and Macabit Abramzon (Israel, 2005, 90 min.). On the border between Gaza and Israel lies an isolated and abandoned beach where, against all odds, Israeli and Palestinian fishermen lived and worked together from 1999 to 2003. The Palestinians taught the Israelis ancient fishing techniques and the Israelis, by their presence, enabled the Palestinians to continue fishing in Israeli waters. The film intimately and beautifully documents these four crucial years in the lives of an eclectic group of men from warring cultures, brought together by their shared work and the natural threats they face each day in the open sea. Nature's harshness proves less of an obstacle to their work than the pressures of politics surrounding their enclave. In Arabic and Hebrew with English subtitles. Co-presented by The Boston Jewish Film Festival.
Harvard Labor and Worklife Forums
with Chair: Richard Freeman, Professor of Economics, Harvard University
Joel Rogers, Professor of Law, Political Science, and Sociology, University
of Wisconsin Law School, Center on Wisconsin Strategy, and
National Steering Committee, Apollo Alliance.
Further information call (617) 495-9265
Shayda by Roy Westler (Israel, 2005, 52 min.). Shadya Zoabi is a 17-year-old Israeli-Arab girl and a world champion in karate. Despite her father's support, the social pressure from her disapproving brothers and the surrounding community is difficult to overcome. Shadya is a story about the coming of age of a young woman trying to balance her commitment to her Muslim community with her feminist ideals. In Hebrew and Arabic with English subtitles. Preceded by They Call Me a Muslim by Diana Ferrero (US/Italy, 2005, 27 min.). Two tales of the hijab: Samah, a Muslim teenager in Paris, wears the headscarf by choice, struggling with the 2003 French "anti-veil" law. K, a young mother in Tehran, is forced to wear the hijab by the Islamic regime, but finds her own way to obey the spirit of the law. In French and Farsi with English subtitles.
You are cordially invited to a CELEBRATION of civic engagement with our new 13th Middlesex District State Representative for Lincoln, Sudbury, Wayland:
Tom Conroy (newly elected Democrat committed to change; with the help of community activists, he beat a well-connected longtime Republican incumbent in a suburban district which has been Republican for many, many years).
At the home of Susan and Rodney Hager
92 Woodridge Road , Wayland MA 01778
Light refreshments will be served
Please bring your spouse, significant other, and friends
Please forward this email to friends and others who might be
interested
RSVP to Susan and Rodney at 508-358-4513
Contributions to retire the campaign's debt are welcome.
All are welcome.
Listen to the members of the Boston delegation recount their expereinces before, during, and after the election in Venezuela. Get insight on where the Bolivarian movement is heading.
refreshments, video, photos, music
$5.00 donation at the door
For more info, email Jorge Marin
A Power Governments Cannot Suppress is Howard Zinn's major new collection of essays on American history, class, immigration, justice, and ordinary people who stand up to power.
The event is free, but tickets are required and can be obtained by calling (781) 788-9988 or by e-mail.
MFA members, seniors, and students $8; general admission $9.
Black Gold by Nick Francis and Marc Francis (UK, 2006, 78 min.). Multinational coffee companies dominate an industry worth over $80 billion, but the price paid to coffee farmers remains so low that many have been forced to abandon their fields. Nowhere is this paradox more evident than in Ethiopia, the birthplace of coffee. Tadesse Meskela is on a 1-man mission to save his coffee cooperative's 75,000 farmers from bankruptcy. Against the backdrop of Tadesse's journey to London and Seattle searching for buyers willing to pay a fair price, the more powerful sides of the international trading system come into focus. New York coffee traders, auction houses, and the double dealings of trade ministers at the World Trade Organization reveal the enormity of Tadesse's task to find a long-term solution for his farmers. In Amharic, Oromiffa, and English with English subtitles.
Co-presented by Oxfam America. Oxfam America has partnered with the US distributors of Black Gold to provide film viewers with opportunities to learn more about the international coffee crisis, and to take actions that address the plight of the impoverished coffee farmers in Ethiopia and other coffee- producing countries. For more information, visit Oxfam America's coffee campaign.
A Perfect Day by Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige (France/Lebanon, 2005, 88 min.). The second feature from the artists and film-making team of Hadjithomas and Joreige is a milestone in the renaissance of post-civil-war Lebanese cinema. Claudia (Julia Kassar), with her son Malek (Ziad Saad), finally signs the paperwork formally declaring her husband dead, 15 years after he disappeared during the war. As Claudia grapples with her torment over the empty space in her bed, the borderline narcoleptic Malek sleepwalks his way through a renovated Beirut in search of his beautiful ex-girlfriend. With a soundtrack by the hip Lebanese group Soap Kills, A Perfect Day evocatively captures a nation finding itself at a crossroads between war and peace, pain and resolution. Description adapted from the London Film Festival. In Arabic with English subtitles
Noted author Webster Tarpley will be making a special presentation examining the current political party realignment currently taking place in America and whether this transition will take us toward a new progressive phase or a more fascist and draconian society. Mr. Tarpley will also address the war and impending collapse of US forces in Iraq, the dollar collapse, the mounting evidence of 9-11 crimes, and the dangers of another "terrorist" attack.
He will lead the day’s activities for guests will be introduced to the concept of creating "Truth Squads," designed to be a challenging presence to presidential candidates as they campaign in the historically significant New Hampshire primary. This is open to anyone who wants to be a part of the evolving changes in the political scene.
Webster Griffin Tarpley is our most incisive critic of Anglo- American hegemony. As an activist historian he is best known for his book George Bush: The Unauthorized Biography (1992), a masterpiece of research which is still must reading, and 911 Synthetic Terror: Made in the USA, Surviving the Cataclysm, and Against Oligarchy. He is host of World Crisis Radio on RBNLive.com. He is a 9/11 Truth Scholar and activist; AB Princeton 1966, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa; Fulbright Scholar at University of Turin, Italy; and MA in humanities from Skidmore College. He is fluent in Italian, German, French, Latin and Russian. A decades-long expert on international terrorism, his 1978 study for the Italian parliament "Chi ha ucciso Aldo Moro?" (Who Killed Aldo Moro?) broke open the ownership of the "Red Brigades" by NATO's clandestine "stay- behind" networks.
Additional speakers will be added to the program to address the issues of impeachment and ending the war in Iraq. The event is free and open to the public (voluntary donations are greatly appreciated).
Sponsored by the Seacoast 9-11 Questions Group; Boston 9-11 Truth Committee; Western MA 9-11Truth, and Vermont 9-11 Truth.
For more information please contact:
Peggy Brewster 603-973-1555
Crystal Urbanski 978-270-5625
boston911truth@gmail.com
voice mail: 617-401-8047
Web sites:
maps available on this site
Boston 911truth.org