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March 17: March on Pentagon!
Reserve your bus seat today for the March on the Pentagon!
Buses will depart from the Roxbury Community College parking lot
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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:
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.
WILLIAM RIVERS PITT, journalist, activist, former press secretary (for Dennis Kucinich in 2004) joins us with his new book of columns House of Ill Repute: Reflections on War, Lies, and America's Ravaged Reputation.
A report on the attempted occupation of Senator John Kerry's office by members of Veterans for Peace - with correspondent HOME FRIES.
An interview with VERITAS FORUM Executive Director DANIEL CHO. Topic: religion on college campuses.
GRACE NOTES with Grace Ross.
RADIO with a VIEW is produced by Marc Stern and David Goodman for the Independent Broadcast Information Service in cooperation with WMBR, Cambridge
The participants in the Walk for a New Spring led by the Leverett Peace Pagoda are planning to vigil at Textron Systems, producers of the Cluster Bomb, at their factory at 201 Lowell Street (Route 129) in Wilmington, MA, on Sunday, March 4th from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Everyone is welcome to join the vigil. Appropriate signs are welcome.
The annual Walk for a New Spring was initiated in 2002 by the Leverett Peace Pagoda. It is a month-long walk for awakening of a new vision of peace and justice and saying No to war and nuclear weapons, to racial discrimination and suppression of domestic civil rights.
The participants in the Sunday afternoon vigil at Textron would be welcome to join the monks, the Andover UU congregation and the Merrimack Valley People for Peace afterwards for a potluck dinner in Andover at 6 p.m. at Christ Church, at 25 Central St., a few blocks from downtown Andover.
For several decades, a variety of programs have brought young Jews and Arabs into face-to-face contact through shared activities such as sports, music, drama, film, and outings. This presentation will examine the objectives and activities of a range of such programs for commonalities and differences, and will also consider the role of such youth programs in a broad Middle East peace-seeking context.
Boston Coalition for Palestinian Rights 617-491-2313
Speakers are invited to address ideas on how to get out of Iraq. This is event is sponsored by the Church's Social Justice Committee and promoted by Lexington Justice and Peace Committee.
Directions by T : Take red line to Quincy Center Station
and get bus #230 Montello via Braintree Station. Get off
at the intersection of Washington Street and Common Street.
During March (beginning this weekend), BVS is pleased to co-sponsor several more 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!
Sun. 3/04/07: Discovering Dairy Alternatives/Replacing Meat (noon to 2PM)
Sun. 3/04/07: Planning Healthy Meals/Antioxidants and Phytochemicals (2 to 4 PM)
Mon. 3/05/07: Immune-Boosting Foods/Maintaining a Healthy Weight (7 to 9 PM)
During March (beginning this weekend), BVS is pleased to co-sponsor several more 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!
Food for Life Nutrition and Cooking Classes for Cancer Prevention and Survival
Instructor for all classes: Chef Sualua Tupolo (except 3/3 with Paulette Chandler MD)
All sessions are FREE and include tasting of recipes!
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!
We are approaching the fourth anniversary of the US invasion and occupation of Iraq. Despite some debate in Congress, and promises from some of our representatives that they would oppose supplemental war funding, their willingness to take a public leadership role is limited. Our troops continue to die and there appears to be no end in sight. More worrisome, there are strong indications that the Bush administration is planning a preemptive strike on Iran.
On March 24, there will be a major rally, march, and concert on Boston Common from 11 AM to 5 PM to call for an end to the war, bring the troops home now. This effort will bring together global justice and peace groups from across New England. We are calling on all concerned citizens of Lexington to help organize a significant presence at this event and to mount an ongoing campaign to pressure on Congress for clear, decisive action to end the war.
Arthur Camins
Lexington Justice and Peace Committee
The talk by Arwa Damon is presented by the Kennedy School Arab Caucus and the Shorenstein Center. The talk will be at the Starr Auditorium in the Belfer Building of the Kennedy School. Refreshments will be served.
Boston Coalition for Palestinian Rights 617-491-2313
This award-winning documentary spanning 40 years of the Cuban Revolution and the live and work of Cuban revolutionary leader, Fidel Castro. This benefit showing is in support of transportation to the March on the Pentagon (March 17, 2007). The benefit is organized by ANSWER: Act Now to Stop War and End Racism.
$20 per person includes food*
Wine & beer available for purchase separately
Live Arabic music with Jamal Sinno & visiting musicians. Great Arabic food, open mic for poetry readings or impromptu performance. Come socialize, support and learn about a great new cultural initiative in Boston.
RSVP: info@bostonpalestinefilmfestival.org
Special thanks to Emile Durzi for donating Algiers for this special
night.
*All proceeds go towards the festival and are tax deductible. Contributions to the film festival can be made out as checks payable to MECCS\Tawassul marked with "Boston Palestine Film Festival" and mailed to: Tawassul, P.O. Box 382425, Cambridge, MA 02238.
Tawassul is a program of the Middle East Cultural and Charitable Society (MECCS), a 501 (c) (3) organization. All donations are tax deductible.
International Women's Day local event
Join Us in Celebrating
International Women's Day
The origin of International Women's Day is an event 150 years ago, on March 8, 1857, when female garment and textile sweatshop workers marched in the streets in New York City. Its first "official" designation goes back to 1910 in Helsinki, Finland.
Our Program
Reading the words of women who inspire us: Michelle Bachelet,
Rachel Corrie, Angela Davis, Wangari Maathai...
Networking with other activists
Light refreshments
Jointly Sponsored by
Jewish Women for Justice in Israel/Palestine, and
Lesley University Women's Studies Resource Group
Hilda Silverman will be reading from the inspiring words of Israeli bereaved mother and peace/justice activist Nurit Peled-Elhanan.
BCA's chairperson wishes to retire from the chair and devote his energies to projects like our New England roundtables and BCA Dispatch.
We will reconvene this Wednesday, March 7, at 7:00 pm at Cambridge Friends Meeting in the committee (board) room upstairs. We may reach a plan and continue informally from there. YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED! There will be good refreshments and good spirited friends! Let's spark a new wave of democracy!
Dave Lewit, outgoing "co"chair
617 266 8687
As the world watched in horror, Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans on August 29, 2005. Like many who watched the unfolding drama on television news, director Spike Lee was shocked not only by the scale of the disaster, but by the slow, inept and disorganized response of the emergency and recovery effort. Lee was moved to document this modern American tragedy, a morality play witnessed by people all around the world. The result is WHEN THE LEVEES BROKE: A REQUIEM IN FOUR ACTS. The film is structured in four acts, each dealing with a different aspect of the events that preceded and followed Katrina's catastrophic passage through New Orleans.
Speakers: Ayesha Chatterjee, Global Translation/Adaptation Program Our Bodies Ourselves
Dr. Nancy Norman, Medical Director, Boston Public
Health Commission
Dr. Linda Piwowarczyk, Center for Refugee and
Human Rights, Boston Medical Center
Dr. Susan Sered, Senior
Research Associate, Center for Women's Health and Human Rights.
Simmons College
Suggested Donation: $5 at the door - includes Continental Breakfast.
R.S.V.P. ASAP Diane Hammer
THE THIRD EVENT OF FOUR (series began 22 February 2007)
Speakers:
Ian Hutchinson,
Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, MIT
Jeffrey Coderre,
Nuclear Science and Engineering, MIT
Alan Jasanoff,
Associate Member, McGovern Institute for Brain Research
Dwight Williams,
Martin Luther King Visiting Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering, MIT
Moderator:
David Kaiser,
Program in Science, Technology and Society, MIT
On Friday, March 9, Justice for Palestine at the Harvard Law School will present a talk on “Human Rights Lawyering in Palestine” from 5 pm to 7 pm at Pound Hall, Room 204. The talk will be given by Jamil Dakwar of the ACLU and Adalah, the Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, and Lisa Hajjar, Professor of Law and Society at the University of California at Santa Barbara.
Boston Coalition for Palestinian Rights
617-491-2313
Can’t Get to Peace in Boston without Tackling the Safety of our Streets
Talia Rivera of Project Help Increase the Peace will present a short video and speak from her experience with youth as a street outreach worker. Jeff Stone, Executive Director of City-Wide Dialogues will describe this series of dialogues in Boston neighborhoods dealing with racial and ethnic perceptions. Join us to find out how you can contribute to peace in Boston. A discussion will follow.
Arlington Street Church Social Action Committee, Friday Night Movies
Movies of social and political significance Second Friday each month
One of the United States’ most outspoken and controversial directors, interviews one of the world’s most outspoken and controversial heads of state. Cuban leader Fidel Castro talks openly with Oliver Stone about his relationship to Che Guevara, Kennedy and Nixon, as well his private life. Friendly, yet tenacious in pursuing various lines of questioning, Stone conducts an illuminating tête-à-tête with Castro, elucidating how Cuba has existed at the border of the world’s greatest superpower as its most persistent antagonist for more than four decades. El Comadante provides a fascinating insight into the mind of the man who has defied and angered the majority of the American populace for the last fifty years.
This screening is presented by the Harvard Film Archive, and the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies.
Regular Admission $8. Students, Senior Citizens, Harvard faculty and staff $6.
For more information go to hcl.harvard.edu/hfa/films/2007spring
Come discuss why working people should demand an end to the imperialist occupation of Iraq and the threats against Iran.
Speaker: Ted Leonard, Socialist Workers Party
Suggested donation: $5 Traducción inglés-español / español-inglés
Directions: T Blue Line to Maverick Station, bus or walk 5 blocks down Meridian to Bennington at Liberty Plaza
March 24 Coalition
617-661-6130
The Boston Bolivarian Circle is holding a forum on Sat. March 10th, at 4:00 pm in Encuentro5, 5th floor, 33 Harrison Ave., Chinatown, Boston. The Circle members will give an introduction outlining some of the recent events in Venezuela and then open the floor for discussions. This is an opportunity to inform yourself of what is really going on in Venezuela and to express your opinions. We'll all learn from this experience.
Please join us for this eye opener event.
$5.00 donation at the door.
***** CELEBRATE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY *****
with INCITE! Boston Women of Color Against Violence
Presenting, as part of our film series on Global South Women's Movements,
A Fundraiser Film Screening & Discussion.
Suggested donation: $7, based on ability
(All proceeds will go to support GABRIELA's work)
GABRIELA is a mass women's organization in the Philippines working to free women from all forms of oppression, whether intimate violence, landlessness and economic exploitation, lack of reproductive healthcare – or foreign domination by the U.S.
Come hear about this amazing movement's work organizing peasant women, squatters, students, and the urban poor! JOIN US for a discussion, and celebration of International Women's Day -- and women's resistance!
With:
Darlene Lombos, organizer/film-maker
Representatives from GABRIELA Network
Members of Boston Women of Color Against Violence
and others!
About the Film Series:
Too often the roles of Global South women in struggles for economic and social justice are ignored. Or they are mentioned in passing, without a full look at the richness of their experiences, and lessons they offer us all.
617-947-0759
INCITE! Boston Women of Color Against Violence
This is Newton Dialogues Monthly Public Meeting
Sponsor: World Can't wait: Drive out the Bush Regime
Description:
Screening of "Healing Iraq" , a powerful 15 minute documentary interview with an Iraqi surgeon who lived and worked thru the U.S. sieges of Fallujah. This will be followed by an informal talk by Evan Lyon, of Partners in Health on the health consequences of the Iraq War. this will be the impetus for a CALL to ACTION for activists to help organize teach-ins and other activities to oppose the Bush Regime's policies of War and Aggression.
Contact person: Maria Sanchez: 617-461-5165