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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.
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.
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.
An excellent bill was introduced on Wednesday by Progressive Caucus leaders Lynn Woolsey, Barbara Lee and Maxine Waters. This bill, H.R. 508: The Bring the Troops Home and Iraq Sovereignty Restoration Act, is the first comprehensive exit plan and includes these major provisions:
--withdrawal of US forces and military contractors within six months of
the bill's enactment;
--repeal of authorization for the use of force;
--prohibition of permanent military bases in Iraq;
--provides economic aid to the Iraqi people; and
--fully funds health care for U.S. veterans.
Read more about HR 508
Congressional Switchboard toll-free numbers
Grass Roots Activists for Peace suggests the following:
*** Call your Congressperson today and ask them to support HR 508.
*** Call and ask for the office of the Speaker of the House; ask aid for
Nancy Pelosi's leadership support on this bill.
Co-Sponsors of H.R. 508 as of Friday:
Rep Frank, Barney [MA]
Rep McGovern, James P. [MA]
Rep Brown, Corrine [FL]
Rep Carson, Julia [IN]
Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy [MO]
Rep Cohen, Steve [TN]
Rep Conyers, John, Jr. [MI]
Rep Davis, Danny K. [IL]
Rep Ellison, Keith [MN]
Rep Farr, Sam [CA]
Rep Fattah, Chaka [PA]
Rep Filner, Bob [CA]
Rep Grijalva, Raul M. [AZ]
Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. [NY]
Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX]
Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. [OH]
Rep Lee, Barbara [CA]
Rep Lewis, John [GA]
Rep Nadler, Jerrold [NY]
Rep Payne, Donald M. [NJ]
Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. [IL]
Rep Stark, Fortney Pete [CA]
Rep Waters, Maxine [CA]
Rep Watson, Diane E. [CA]
Read the bill and follow its progress (Search for "HR 508").
If you live in the 4th Congressional District of MA or know others who do, you can help stop the demolition of public housing in New Orleans.
What 4th District Residents Can Do:
Call US Representative Barney Frank to let him know that you support: Immediate cessation of the demolition plans for New Orleans public housing. A Congressional investigation into the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) decision to demolish thousands of livable public housing apartments in New Orleans. The right of displaced public housing residents to return home to New Orleans immediately. In Metro Boston the 4th Congressional District includes Brookline and Newton. Call Barney Frank now at 202-225-5931 (DC office) or 617-332-3920 (District Office, Newton).
Why Barney Frank? US Representative Barney Frank is the new Chair of the House Committee on Financial Services, which has oversight of HUD.
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.
Bill Moyers says of Chester's book:
"Take my word for it: Make this your bible. As Don Hazen writes in his review on Alternet this week, it's a terrific book - 'A respectful, loving, fresh, intimate, comprehensive history of the struggles for a 'democratic media' - the lost fights, the opportunities missed, and the small victories that have kept the corporate media system from having complete carte blanche over the communications channel."
Also, broadcast of the 2006 CHUTZPAH Awards, taped at Jimmy Tingle's OFF BROADWAY Theater on 1/21/07.
Produced and hosted by Marc Stern and Dave Goodman
radioview@ibisradio.org
The Superbowl is not only a time to watch football; it also serves as the biggest day for corporate America to sell their products. By deconstructing their advertisements, we will take a critical look at what the media is actually "selling" on Superbowl Sunday. Specifically, this talk will explore audio-visually how the media portrays men & women, reinforces stereotypes and promotes gender roles through commercials.
Jarrod Chin is manager of outreach at Northeastern University's Center for the Study of Sport in Society, where he oversees all their local diversity and violence prevention programs. Chin has also trained numerous colleges, organizations and companies in Sport in Society's curriculum.
Soulful Sundown is a unique blend of spirituality, social justice, and the performing arts. Pizza, desserts, coffee and soft drinks follow the event.
Families/children welcome! More information: Tony Lorenzen 781-893-7798 or mdivhds94@verizon.net
Directions to the church from Route 128 (I-95):
West on Route 20 (toward Weston). At the first traffic light, 1.5 miles, turn right onto School Street. In one block School Street ends at (Old) Boston Post Road. First Parish Church is the stone building in front of you. For events, turn right, then immediately left into the Church parking lot.
Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Cuba lost most of its access to oil, fertilizers and pesticides. Learn how Cuba’s response to this crisis has led it to the forefront of the movement for sustainable and organic agricultural practices.
Did you know that 50% of the vegetables eaten in the city of Havana, Cuba are organically grown within the city limits?
Admission: $5
* Elizabeth Morrow is a graduate student of History at Tufts University and has written and spoken about US foreign policy towards Cuba. Sajed Kamal is Adjunt Professor, Sustainable International Development, Brandeis University.
Sponsored by Newton Cuba Soldarity Group and The July 26th Coalition.
This Monday at 5:30pm, MIT Student Pugwash will sit down with Peter Cooper, the Manager of Sustainability Engineering and Utility Planning in MIT's Department of Facilities. He will discuss some of the institutional difficulties presented by LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification and general green building design, especially in the context of MIT. At 6:30pm, we will have a Student Pugwash planning meeting. We hope to see you at both events.
Peter Cooper, MIT Department of Facilities
Christopher J. Sequeira, MIT Aeronautics, Technology and Policy Program
The shameful, sadistic murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till, a black youth who whistled at a white woman in a Mississippi grocery store in 1955, was a powerful catalyst for the civil rights movement. Till's killers were apprehended, but quickly acquitted by an all-white, all-male jury, later providing grisly details of the murder in a story to journalists. Three months after Till's body was found, the Montgomery Bus Boycott began.
The film will be followed by a short discussion and a wine & cheese-style reception
suggested donation, $5.00
Iraq War veteran Herold Noel suffers from post- traumatic stress disorder and lives out of his car in Brooklyn. Using Noel's story as a fulcrum, this doc examines the wider issue of homeless U.S. military veterans-from Vietnam to Iraq-who have to fight tooth- and-nail to receive the benefits promised to them by their government.
Chair: John Womack Jr., Professor of Latin American History and Economics, Harvard University
David Bacon, Photojournalists and author of Communities Without Borders and The Children of NAFTA .
For Further information call (617) 495-9265 or visit our website
The Harvard Arab Alumni Association will present their Fifth Annual Conferenceon the Middle East.
Cost: Free for University students and faculty.
Otherwise $50 or $65.
Confirmed speakers include:
Dr. Mohamed El Erian (President and CEO of Harvard Management Company, responsible for the management of Harvard University's endowment and related accounts); H.E. Aziz Mekouar (Moroccan Ambassador to the United States); Jean Francois Seznec (Professor at Georgetown with a focus on political economy in the Persian Gulf); Edward Wong (New York Times correspondent in Iraq); and Mariam Al-Foudery (Corporate Social Responsibility Manager for Agility, formerly known as the Public Warehousing Company of Kuwait).
Additional details, including on-line registration
"Iraq for Sale" is the story of what happens to everyday Americans when corporations go to war. Acclaimed director Robert Greenwalde (Walmart, Outfoxed, and Uncovered) takes you inside the lives of soldiers, truck drivers, widows and children who have been changed forever as a result of profiteering in the reconstruction of Iraq. Iraq for Sale uncovers the connections between private corporations making a killing in Iraq and the decision makers who allow them to do so.
Friday Night at the Movies Films of social and political significance, shown on the big screen. Second Friday of each month.
Sponsored by the Arlington Street Church Social Action Committee.A look at the career of consumer advocate Ralph Nader from wannabe presidential candidate to public pariah. Once upon a time not a long ago, Nader was one of the most admired Americans and the leader of the modern Consumer Movement. Without ever holding public office, Nader built a legislative record over the last thirty years rivaling that of any contemporary president. Many things we take for granted including seat belts, airbags, product labeling are largely due to the efforts of Ralph Nader and his citizen groups. Yet today, when most people hear the name "Ralph Nader," they think of the man who split the vote in the 2000 election gave the country George W. Bush. As a result, despite his impeccable reputation, Nader has become a pariah even among former friends and allies. How did this happen? AN UNREASONABLE MAN traces the life and career Nader, one the most unique, important and controversial political figures of our time.
dirs. Henriette Mantel and Steve Skrovan, documentary, 2h2m
*SPEAKERS:
Sulayman Nyang, Howard University
Imam Saafir Rabb, Managing Opportunity, Inc.
*Plus Guest Panelists
*Event Co-Sponsors:
The African-American Institute
Alumni of Sister Clara Muhammad School
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee of Massachusetts
Beyond Words Radio Show (Touch FM 106.1)
City Councilor Chuck Turner
Community Change, Inc.
Dorchester People for Peace
Extended Family Tree
TouchTalk in the Morning FM 106.1
Grove Hall NDC
Harvard Islamic Society
Islamic Center of Burlington
Jewish Voice for Peace
Jewish Women for Justice in Israel/Palestine
Muslim American Society (MAS) Boston Outreach Center The House Next Door
Representative Liz Malia
The House Next Door
The University of Islam
ZBro
Childcare and Refreshments Provided
Featuring:
Monica Moorehead
Secretariat Member, Workers World Party, editor of new book "Marxism, Reparations and the Black Freedom Struggle"
Tony Van der Meer
Co-Director Boston Rosa Parks Day Human Rights Committee, Prof. of Africana Studies, UMass Boston
Mia Campbell
Politicin with the Sisters, Women's Fightback Network
Dorothea Peacock
Women's Fightback Network
Robert Traynham
USW Local 8751 Boston School Bus Drivers, WWP National Committee
Mahtowin Munro
United American Indians of New England
Voices of Liberation
Solidarity Messages Welcome
***Special Tribute to Robert Traynham on his 70th birthday**
Join us in celebrating a life full of revolutionary activity.
All are welcome to participate in honoring Bob T.
Workers World Party Boston
617-983-3835
BVS is pleased to co-sponsor another series of FREE vegan nutrition and cooking classes with The Cancer Project, a Washington DC based nonprofit committed to advancing cancer prevention and survival through nutrition education and research. These classes have gotten rave reviews and are great for anyone wanting to learn to make health promoting, scrumptious meals!
All sessions are FREE and include tasting of recipes. Registration is requested.
Sunday, 2/11/2007, 3-5 PM: Fueling Up on Low-Fat Foods/ Favoring Fiber Sunday 2/11/2007, 5-7 PM: Discovering Dairy Alternatives/ Replacing Meat
Classes begin with a short instructional video on nutrition by Neal Barnard, MD, and dietitians from The Cancer Project. 4-5 recipes will be demonstrated for each class, with tastings!
LOCATION
Parish Hall
First Baptist Church
71 Bond Street
Norwood, MA 02062
The church is next to the Norwood Library. Parish Hall is directly behind the main church building. Free parking in church lots is available.
Chef Sualua Tupolo is a Certified Vegetarian/ Vegan Chef. He is Executive Chef/ Director of Culinary Arts and Food Service at Atlantic Union College. Born in American Samoa, he was Touring Chef for three governors of American Samoa, preparing meals for special government functions. Recently, he gave a cooking class for the U.S. House of Representatives. He was Executive Chef and culinary instructor at Weimar Institute Lifestyle Center, Weimar, California.
More information on classes:
Remember to register so Chef Tupolo will be prepared with enough food!
Evelyn Kimber
Boston Vegetarian Society
617-424-8846
We’ll be having a DC Lobby Day Reportback and Planning meeting. This will be an opportunity to report on/hear about the meetings with our MA Congresspeople which took place on January 29th, and to plan next steps together for this pressure Congress campaign.
This space is wheelchair accessible.
Susan Lees and Shelagh Foreman
UJP Iraq Campaign: Pressure Congress
Workmen's Circle Screening of the new documentary Young Jewish and Left with special appearance by Co-Director Irit Reinheimer, $5.
Young, Jewish, and Left was shot throughout the US and focuses on Jews who came of age after the New Left movements of the 60's and 70's. Activists from the previous generation provide historical context. The film will be followed by a group discussion. Co- sponsors include GesherCity Boston, Kavod House, Keshet, and Organized Voice (The Alumni Community of the Jewish Organizing Initiative)
Despite the recent Democratic victory, we still have much to be concerned about regarding electoral irregularities and theft of votes. The Republicans did again try to steal the election, but this time were unsuccessful, aside from a handful of elections, because the Democrats generated enough votes to nullify those efforts. John Bonifaz, founder of the
Newton Dialogues on Peace and War Monthly Public Meeting (7:30 PM) - Co-sponsored by the Newton Chapter of Progressive Democrats, the Ward 5 Democratic City Committee, and the Newton Chapter of Democracy for America. At Eliot Church, 474 Center Street-at the corner with Church Street, Newton Corner.