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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.
Please consider signing the petition calling for a Filibuster to end the war. It takes only one Senator and 40 more abstentions (not even a yes vote) to stop funding for the war. The Republicans have used this tactic three times in the last month.
MIRA members, staff, and allies are responding to the devastation of families caused by Immigration and Customs Enforcement's raid on workers at a defense contractor in New Bedford, MA. ICE rounded up and incarcerated around 350 textile workers, mostly women, leaving many children stranded. [About 60 have been released for humanitarian reasons, mostly related to child care. About two dozen are being held at the Fort Devens detention center, and the rest have been taken to detention centers in Texas, Pennsylvania, Florida, and possibly others across the country.]
Bi-lingual attorneys or mental health workers who can help with this crisis pro bono, please call MIRA central number: 617-350-5480 x210
Call Mon. 3/12 to find out what goods are needed and how to donate them: Helena Marques, Immigrant Assistance Center (508) 735-1953
"Emergency" legislation proposed by the Patrick administration will roll back community planning rights and environmental protections for tidelands - a key gem among the lands that make up the public trust. Specifically, the bill privatizes a portion of these invaluable lands by legislating a new category- landlocked tidelands - and removing it from the public domain. This eliminates environmental permitting for developers and removes requirements for community input, public benefit, and preserved public access to any such development.
The bill would also retroactively legalize permits - recently deemed illegal by the Supreme Judicial Court - for the massive NorthPoint project in Cambridge. The Patrick administration, which is rushing to the aid of the project, now includes several highest-level appointees with recent direct ties to the NorthPoint developers. Gregory Bialecki, the attorney who led NorthPoint's fight against the citizens' lawsuit to stop the illegal permitting, is now permitting czar. Dan O'Connell, former top executive of the managing partner of NorthPoint - Spaulding and Slye Colliers - is Secretary of Housing and Economic Development. This is insider influence on steroids.
The bill is the latest in a series of attacks on community planning rights and environmental protections, reflecting the growing muscle of the real estate development lobby. As a hedge against pre- emptive legislative action, we encourage concerned citizens to call their legislators as soon as possible. Our grassroots coalition has already been key to stopping several such lobbyist-driven bills. Our voices can help make the difference once again.
PLEASE URGE YOUR LEGISLATORS TO:
* OPPOSE THE TIDELAND PERMITTING BILLS filed by the Patrick Administration and the similar Rodrigues bill, H847.
* INSIST ON FULL PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR ANY TIDELANDS LEGISLATION, INCLUDING FULL DISCLOSURE of campaign contributions from developers to proponents.
* KEEP TIDELANDS - & PUBLIC LAND IN GENERAL - INTACT AS A PUBLIC TRUST.
Mass. Coalition for Healthy Communities 617-852-4727
Action Alert: The Alliance for Democracy warns us to oppose Holt bill (HR 811). We call for a ban on the use of Direct Recording Electronic voting equipment (DREs) and to require the use of paper ballots.
AFD urgently calls upon all citizens to call their Representatives to demand amendments to rectify the defects in HR 811, specifically to ban the use of DRE voting machines and require the use of paper ballots in all elections in the United States. Proponents of HR 811 expect the bill to come for a vote during mid- March 2007.
1. DRE systems must be banned.
2. All voting must be by voter marks on a paper ballot.
3. All recounts must be by hand counting of paper ballots.
4. All elections must have a statistically significant verification.
5. All recounts at every level of government must be by hand counting.
6. All software must be subject to public disclosure.
7. No connections to the Internet should be allowed.
8. All election records should be available to the public.
Go to for on-line information and a link to a printable flier.
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").
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.
Support Justice at Smithfield! Join community and Labor activists for a week of action to support workers at the Tar Heel North Carolina Smithfield plant who have been fight for dignity, respect, and a voice on the job.
To sign up to help out contact Massachusetts Jobs With
Justice 617-524-8778,
April Fool's Show (it's a surprise)
The next meeting of Greater Lowell for Peace and Justice will be an April Fool's POTLUCK! Come celebrate our vigil success and meet your fellow comrades. Bring your favorite dish to share with others.
Please contact Kate at
Please come to a fundraiser for Veterans For Peace on
Sunday, April 1, at Jimmy Tingle's Off Broadway
Theater. There will be a theatrical reading of a new antiwar play, The Boys of Winter, co-
written by Vietnam era veteran Barry Brodsky. Jimmy
will read the lead role, and there will be a brief
discussion following the reading with an Iraq and
Vietnam vet. Community Gathering with Dominican Sancocho-Soup and rice, famous Dominican
plate. Please, come to this community event to learn about the Dominican Culture through the exhibition of the film: "La Maldicion del Padre Amaro". This is a fundraising
activity to support our programs. Donation: 15 dollars.
Information: Magalis Troncoso- 617-524-4029
Dr. Philip G. Zimbardo is an internationally
recognized scholar, educator, researcher and media
personality, winning numerous awards and honors in
each of these domains. He has been a Stanford
University professor since 1968, having taught
previously at Yale, NYU and Columbia. Zimbardo's
career is noted for giving psychology away to the
public through his popular PBS-TV series, Discovering
Psychology, along with many text and trade books,
among his 300 publications. He was recently president
of the American Psychological Association.
No registration is required, but seating is first
come, first serve.
For one night, Veggie Planet will transform itself
into a vegan French cafe. Dine in the warm company of
friends, and meet new ones, over a fabulous 4-course
vegan French gourmet meal.
This dinner will feature the freshest, locally grown
ingredients of herbs and veggies available.
Howard Zinn is a historian, playwright and social
activist. He was a shipyard worker and Air Force
bombadier before he went to college under the GI Bill
and received a PHD from Columbia University. He taught
at Spelman College and Boston University as well as
visiting professor at the University of Paris and the
University of Bologna. He has received many awards;
his latest book is "A Power a Government Cannot
Suppress."
Russia, 1936: revolutionary hero Colonel Kotov is
spending an idyllic summer in his dacha with his young
wife and six-year-old daughter Nadia and other
assorted family and friends. Things change
dramatically with the unheralded arrival of Cousin
Dmitri from Moscow, who charms the women and little
Nadia with his games and pianistic bravura. But Kotov
isn't fooled: this is the time of Stalin's repression,
with telephone calls in the middle of the night
spelling doom - and he knows that Dmitri isn't paying
a social call.
Newton Dialogues on Peace present a talk by Attorneys Doris Tennant and Ellen Lubell
Newton lawyers Doris Tennant and Ellen Lubell are pro
bono representing a Guantanamo detainee who has been
held for five years without charges. They have just
returned from their first visit there.
What really led the United States to invade Iraq? And
why have events failed to unfold as promised? In his
new book, The Occupation of Iraq: Winning the War,
Losing the Peace, senior Iraqi government advisor Ali
A. Allawi presents an insider's view of the ongoing
crisis in Iraq and explores the prospects for the
future of his country. How can devastated Iraq end
sectarian violence and achieve peace? Does the Iraq
experience suggest the United States should rethink
its role as global policeman? Allawi discusses these
questions with Roger Owen, Middle East historian at
Harvard University. A book signing courtesy of Harvard Book Store follows the
program.
Cambridge Forums are open to the public. Open
discussion follows speaker presentation. Events are
taped and edited for public radio broadcast throughout
the nation. Select forums can be viewed in their
entirety on demand by visiting Cambridge Forum. Dr. Drago is a
Professor of Labor Studies and Industrial Relations
and Women's Studies at Pennsylvania State University
and the author of the newly published Striking a
Balance: Work, Family Life. Dr. Drago has been a
driving force in mobilizing and connecting the
community of work and family advocates/experts across
the United States through the WorkFam listserv and
Take Care Net.
JOHN MUELLER, Professor and Chair of National Security
Studies, Mershon Center, Ohio State University, and
author of Overblown: How Politicians and the Terrorism
Industry Inflate National Security Threats, and Why We
Believe Them.
The MIT Center for International Studies' Starr Forum
is a public event series sponsored by the Starr
Foundation of New York. We bring to the MIT campus
leading academics, policy makers and journalists to
discuss pressing issues in the world of international
relations and US foreign policy.
VOICES FOR IMPEACHMENT -FEATURING MICHAEL RATNER,
PRESIDENT OF CENTER FOR CONSTITUIONAL RIGHTS AND JOHN
NICHOLS AUTHOR OF Impeachment:the Founders Cure for
Royalism , October 2006 and Cindy Sheehan
(Event held by The World Can't Wait- Drive out the
Bush Regime on January 4, 2007, the opening day of
Congress at the National Press club in Washington, DC,
January 4, 2007)
THE BUSH CRIMES COMMISSION HEARINGS
"Is the Administration of George W. Bush Guilty of War
Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity?" held January 2006
at Riverside church, New York and the Columbia Law
School.
Of five segments we will be showing the segment on
Response to Hurricane Katrina: Before, During and
After We will also show the conclusion.
(The other segments are: Wars of Aggression; Torture
and Indefinite Detention; Attacks on Global Aids
Programs ;and Destruction of the Global Environment.
More information on the Bush Crimes Commission can be
found at
Extended informal discussion after film. Refreshments
will be served.
There is an inexpensive parking garage next to the
library and some parking on the street. Pearl Street
is just off Mass. Ave in Central Square
Presented jointly by the Women's lnternational League
for Peace and Freedom, and the Cambridge Peace
Commission.
Admission is free
For further information call 617-244-8054
April discussion topic- Politics, Health, Ecology and
Free Stuff Just because its free, should you eat a
steady diet of dumpster-dived donuts that make you
sick? As an activist who choses to be poor, should
you apply for public benefits such as food pantries,
becoming part of the system and potentially using up
resources for the involuntarily poor? Should you buy
organic produce that has to be transported from
California, or local produce that isn't organic but
uses less fuel to transport? What's really politically
responsible, eco-friendly, and health conscious?
Please join us for a stimulating night out; bring your
friends! Free film, free refreshments, & free door
prizes. [donations for room rental are accepted, not
expected]
During the Six-Day War, Israel attacked and nearly
sank the USS Liberty belonging to its closest ally,
the USA. Thirty-four American servicemen were killed
in the two-hour assault by Israeli warplanes and
torpedo boats. Israel claimed that the whole affair
had been a tragic accident based on mistaken
identification of the ship. The American government
accepted the explanation.
For more than 30 years many people have disbelieved
the official explanation but have been unable to rebut
it convincingly. Now, "Dead in the Water" presents
startling new evidence to reveal the truth behind the
seemingly inexplicable attack.
Peak Oil, Biofuel, And Culture Change is a
presentation that discusses the relationship between
ecological limits and the political culture of the
U.S. The presenter, Alexis Zeigler, recently
published a book entitled "Culture Change: Civil
Liberty, Peak Oil, and the End of Empire." The
slideshow and discussion adds to and supports issues
raised in the book. See ConEv.org for more
information.
Program:
In the run up to this May Day and the 2nd great
mobilization for immigrants' rights, this program
introduces the audience to the global dimensions of
the struggle for migrant worker rights as these play
out at the World Social Forum.
A Call for National Actions in New York City and Los
Angeles Saturday, APRIL 7, demanding: End Washington’s
Economic and Political War Against Cuba! End Threats
and Sanctions Against Venezuela and Bolivia! Freedom
for the Cuban Five! End U.S. Colonialism in Puerto
Rico! Free Puerto Rican Political Prisoners!
New York City
Gather: 10am to noon: Bryant Park, 42nd St. @ 6th Ave.
March: Past the New York Times up 8th Ave. to Central
Park
Public Rally: at the statues of Simon Bolivar and Jose
Marti, 59th St. & 6th Ave., (south end of Central
Park)
Reception: Martin Luther King Labor Center, 1199/SEIU
Building, 310 West 43rd St. (betw. 8th & 9th Ave.)
Organizers:
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2PM: "The Boys of Winter", a theatrical reading
Jimmy Tingle's Off Broadway Theater
Davis Square
255 Elm Street, Somerville, MA---------- Sunday ----------
3-7PM: "La Maldicion del Padre Amaro" (film screening)
Dominican Community Center
43 Smith Street, Mission Hill
MONDAY, APRIL 2, 2007
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4PM: The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil
PHILIP ZIMBARDO
The Technology and Culture Forum
Wong Auditorium at MIT
corner of Amherst and Wadsworth Streets (near Kendall Square)---------- Monday ----------
6:30 PM: Gourmet Vegan French Meal
with the Boston Vegetarian SocietyVeggie Planet
47 Palmer Street in Club Passim
Harvard Square, Cambridge
6:30 PM - Arrive, check-in, socialize
7:00 PM - Chef Amy Swanson introduces the menu
7:10 PM - Dinner begins
MENU - no animal ingredients
PRICE - $ 25.00/person + tip
TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 2007
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 2007
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2:30 PM: HOWARD ZINN: HISTORY AND CURRENT WARS IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Lipke Auditorium, 2nd Flr. Science Building,
U Mass Boston (100 Morrissey Blvd.)
---------- Wednesday ----------
7 PM: Burnt By the Sun (1994)
Lucy Parsons Center
549 Columbus Avenue
Boston's South End
Telephone: 617.267.6272
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7 PM: WHAT'S HAPPENING AT GUANTANAMO?
Why Should We Care?Newton Main Library
330 Homer Street, Newton
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7:30 PM: The Occupation of Iraq and Prospects for its Future
with Iraqi Government Advisor Ali A. Allawi
Cambridge Forum
3 Church Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 2007
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4PM: "A New Agenda for Work and Family"
with Dr Robert Drago11th Floor Healey Library
U Mass Boston
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5PM: IS THE "TERRORIST THREAT" A FAKE?
with Professor John Mueller
MIT Bartos Theater, MIT---------- Thursday ----------
6:45 PM: IMPEACHMENT: TWO PROVOCATIVE PRESENTATIONS!
VOICES FOR IMPEACHMENT:BUSH MUST GO
and BUSH CRIMES COMMISSION HEARINGSFIRST THURSDAY FILM SERIES, CAMBRIDGE PUBLIC LIBRARY
45 Pearl Street
Central Square, Cambridge---------- Thursday ----------
7PM: Do-It Ourselves: Radical Urban Sustainability Skillshare Network
Lucy Parsons Center
549 Columbus Avenue
Boston's South End
Telephone: 617.267.6272
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7PM: "Dead in the Water" (69 min)
Unveiling Palestine Film Series
243 Broadway, Cambridge MA
at the corner of Broadway & Windsor
entrance to the building is on Windsor St
for parking questions, contact us
FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 2007
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7PM: Peak Oil, Biofuel, And Culture Change
Lucy Parsons Center
549 Columbus Avenue
Boston's South End
Telephone: 617.267.6272
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7PM: FIRST REPORT BACK FROM NAIROBI
Encuentro 5
33 Harrison Ave, Chinatown, MA 02111
info@encuentro5.org or call 617-482-6300
“The Forum and the Bamako Appeal” – Thomas Ponniah
“Transnational Unity in the Struggle for Migrant Workers Rights in the World”
Jeanne Koopman, Dorotea Manuela, Sergio Reyes
“Uhuru sasa!” Video about the Forum and the Boston Delegation
SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 2007
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10AM: NYC RALLY TO SUPPORT LATIN AMERICA!
National Network on Cuba
Venezuela Solidarity Network
Bolivarian Circles (listed by city)
US/Cuba Labor Exchange
Cuba Solidarity New York
April 7th Coalition
FUTURE EVENTS
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MONDAY, APRIL 16, 2007
7PM: Amy Goodman and Howard Zinn
Faneuil Hall, Boston
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