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THIS WEEK'S EVENTS

10:30AM: 7th Annual Boston Skill Fair
MIT Stata Center (32 Vassar street, Cambridge)

April 19th at MIT!
The seventh annual Boston Skillshare is almost here. After last year's enormous success with the MIT space, we're delighted to have a chance to use it again.

how to attend
Come on over! We request a $3-10 sliding scale donation for the whole weekend. With your donation you'll receive a healthy serving of knowledge, and also some vegan/raw/gluten-free food... oh and a cool button too! You can pay once and attend as many workshops as you like! If you'd rather not pay, you can still come, and we encourage you to volunteer to help out with cleaning or other tasks.

If you'd like to attend a specific workshop, take a look at the workshop descriptions, but please show up at least 15 minutes prior to the start of the workshop so that you can come to the registration table and sign in.

Advice on how to get to the Stata Center...
by bike: LOTS of bike racks around the Stata Center.
by train: closest MBTA stop is Kendall Square, Red Line.
by car: Parking is extremely difficult near the Stata Center. For this reason (and many others), we encourage you to
travel
by other means like bicycles, trains, buses, or feet!

Two examples of workshops...
Sunday, April 19
time management, 3:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
anti-procrastination, 5:25 p.m. - 6:55 p.m.

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS

Time Management

This workshop begins with a discussion of how time should be valued (contrary to the cliche, time is not money; it's far more valuable than money); why one needs to manage it; and how successful people tend to view and use time. Then we discuss right and wrong ways to use time; and lifestyles that support and inhibit success. Then we discuss how to budget and track your time, how to set priorities, and how to "create" time through delegation and other techniques. Finally, we discuss tips for sticking to your schedule, and how to deal with people who don't support you. After the workshop, many participants report being more productive and less stressed.

Overcoming Procrastination

This workshop helps participants understand the specific nature of their procrastination and blocks, and why they may not previously have been able to overcome their procrastination problem. It also discusses the key procrastination symptoms of perfectionism, negativity, hypersensitivity and panic. After precisely characterizing the problem, we then move on to discuss three solutions for procrastination: a simple behavioral fix; an eight-step process for defeating fear-based procrastination; and the ultimate solution for living an empowered life. At the workshop's end, participants typically feel energetic and empowered and eager to take the actions we've discussed. Many later report making more progress on their work than they have in a long time.
PRESENTER

Hillary Rettig is author of The Lifelong Activist: How to Change the World Without Losing Your Way (Lantern Books, 2006), and the FREE ebook The Little Guide To Beating Procrastination, Perfectionism and Blocks: a Manual For Artists, Activists, Entrepreneurs, Academics and Other Ambitious Dreamers, which can be downloaded at www.lifelongactivist.com/downloads.

Also going on nearby:
The Flea at MIT (Albany & Main Streets, Cambridge)
Gate opens for buyers at 9am; small admission fee.

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11AM: "Annual Liberation Seder"
LEE FICH
COMMUNITY CHURCH OF BOSTON
565 Boylston St. (Copley Square), Boston

In celebration and honor of Passover we will gather for our annual Liberation Seder. This is the time when we remember the Jewish story of resistance and come together as a community to celebrate the timeless story of overcoming injustice and choosing to remember the connection to all struggles for liberation. Please remember to bring a potluck dish to share. Dean Stevens will lead us in song through the story telling together. This is an especially good Sunday to bring friends and family!

Lee Fich is a long time friend of the church who has led the Passover Seder for many years now.

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4PM: "Meat the Truth"
The massive impact of livestock farming on climate
change (the documentary is in English). Introduction
and Q & A led by Wim de Kok.
Boston Vegetarian Society's
Sunday Seminar (FREE) and optional Vegan Buffet Dinner ($9.50+tax+tip)

Grasshopper (an all-vegan restaurant)
1 North Beacon St.
Union Square, Allston
617-254-8883

No RSVP needed. Just turnip!
It's Earth Month and global warming is on our minds more than ever. We are so pleased to present a new Dutch-produced documentary, "Meat the Truth," which is done in the style of Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" and presents the case for meat production's impact on climate change. It is a must-see companion film to An Inconvenient Truth, presenting the critical information omitted from the earlier film and contributing to societal discussion about movement towards plant-based diets and thus also a more humane society.

Dutch activist Wim de Kok will be with us to introduce the film and address questions at the end. Wim de Kok is Executive Director of World Animal Net and founder of several Dutch animal rights organizations. He is a close colleague of the film's producer Karen Soeters and the presenter Marianne Thieme, a member of the Dutch Parliament. A Dutch newspaper proclaimed Thieme "A worthy successor to the Nobel prize winner."

Two years ago a member of the Dutch Parliament joined BVS at a Dining Out while in Boston for a conference, and shared with us a bit about the work she and Marianne Thieme are doing in Parliament for animal protection.

ALL WELCOME

5:15 PM - SOCIAL DINNER (optional) - let us get to know you!

Stay and enjoy Grasshopper's delicious unlimited vegan buffet for only $9.50+ tax + tip Includes appetizers, soups, salad, numerous entrees, and fresh melons.

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5:30-8:30PM: Challenging White Supremacy Workshop
COMMUNITY CHURCH OF BOSTON
565 Boylston St. (Copley Square), Boston

(5pm prayer/reflection service)
$25.00 per person to cover costs

Jason Lydon will be offering this training geared towards White people wishing to engage in challenging the systems of White supremacy that impact our communities, organizations, and world.  We will ask and answer questions about what Whiteness is, how white culture shapes our society, and what we can do to develop strategies that challenge racism.  Attendance at all workshops is expected as we will be using a progressive curriculum that builds on the ideas from the previous week.

Please register in advance for the workshop.  Find registration information at: communitychurchofboston.org/home/?p=41

Jason is the Congregational Director of the Community Church of Boston and a member of Groundwork - a Youth and Young Adult Unitarian Universalist Anti- Racism/Anti-Oppression Trainer/Organizer Collective. 

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7PM: Mel King documentary
Boston Neighborhood Network, Ch 23

Boston Neighborhood Network will be airing a documentary about Mel King: "The Power of Love" Sunday 4/19/09 7pm on BNN Channel 23

The Power of Love: The life and thoughts of Boston's Mel King

This 25 minute documentary explores the life and perspective of one of Boston's unique and extraordinary community leaders. Includes interviews with Mel King, Boston City Councilor Sam Yoon, and Adrian Walker of the Boston Globe.

Written, Directed, & Produced by Andrew McLeod

0420 Mon 0000 (day of action for Colombia)

Time to Act: April 20, 2009
National Day of Action for Colombia

You can be a part of "Change Colombia Can Believe In".
Join us for the National Day of Action on April 20:

a.. Postcards for Peace--Sign a postcard to the Obama administration calling for a new policy. Then get 15 friends to do the same. Email jess@witnessforpeace.org to order a stack of postcards. We are almost out of the 20,000 postcards printed. Order yours today to make sure you get them before we run out!

b.. Flood Obama's office with messages on April 20 to call for a new policy toward Colombia. Let President Obama know that the time is now to leave behind tired military policies and make a fresh start. Click here to send your message today.

c.. Expose the Crisis--Help deliver thousands of paper dolls, representing the millions of displaced Colombians, to your governmental representatives on April 20. These symbolic actions, intended to raise the profile of Colombia's crisis, will take place in New York, Washington D.C., Chicago, Portland, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. Click here to contact your local organizer.

Witness for Peace
3628 12th Street NE. 1st Fl.,
Washington, DC 20017
202.547.6112 - 202.536.4708

witnessforpeace.org

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0420 Mon 0000 (early reg. deadline, CSID conference)

Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy
CSID's 10th Annual Conference is Tuesday May 5th
Early Registration Deadline: Monday April 20

For more information contact:

Rabiah Ahmed
Rabiah@islam-democracy.org, 202-439-1441
Asra Rahman
Asra@islam-democracy.org, 703-820-8180
To view the program, visit here: islam-democracy.org

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0420 Mon 1900pm (Persian music, PaineHallHarvard)

You are cordially invited to an evening of Persian classical music performed by the tar and setar virtuoso Bahman Panahi, and the tombak drummer, Ali Mojallal

7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
April 20th, 2009
Paine Hall, Music Building, Harvard University
*Free and open to the public*
Co-sponsored by the Harvard Music Department and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies with funding from a Title VI National Resource Center grant.

Bahman Panahi, the youngest son of a large, cultivated family of artists, was introduced to music, painting, theatre and calligraphy through the work of his brothers and developed his own talents in the fields of music and calligraphy. To Bahman Panahi, music stands for the history of Iran, for its culture and its civilization, while calligraphy provides an image of Iranian artistic spontaneity and taste. The relationship between these two artistic domains provides a launching point for Panahi's ongoing philosophical contemplation and creative production.

For additional information contact...
musicdpt@fas.harvard.edu. <
middle_east_initiative@hks.harvard.edu

www.music.fas.harvard.edu

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0421 Tue 1530pm (protest Gen. Petraeus, Harvard KSG)

Protest General Petraeus
Tues April 21 3:30 PM
Kennedy School of Govt, Cambridge

"21st Century Leadership: Lessons from the U.S. Military"
A conversation with General David Petraeus (ticketed event, presumably due to Petraeus' great importance; info is from The Institute of Politics
)

Please join anti-war activists including the Boston Anti-Zionist Action affinity group, Stop the Wars Coalition, and anti-war Harvard students to protest General Petraeus speaking at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government (on JFK street in Cambridge) this Tuesday afternoon. The speech starts at 4. Come at 3:30 if you can.

Petraeus is the Commander of the US Central Command and is in charge of US military operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Syria, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and 14 other countries in west asia (the middle east) and central asia.

Its time once again to mobilize and give another warmaking Mass Murderer the welcome he deserves. Mobilize @ THE HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT

Tuesday, April 21, 4-6pm
79 JFK Street
Harvard Square T stop

stopthewars.org

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The Economic Crisis, The Global Economy, and the Economy We Want

3 Session Workshop with:

Mike Prokosch (United for a Fair Economy and Jobs with Justice)
Adrian Boutureira (United for a Fair Economy)
Tim Costello (Global Labor Strategies)
Stephanie Luce (Solidarity)

Session 1--Tuesday April 21: How did they get us into this mess?

Session 2--Tuesday April 28: International Dimensions of the Crisis

Session 3--Tuesday May 5: Where’s our leverage? What’s our strategy?

All sessions 7:00-9:00 PM--Pizza served at 6:30; pre-register to insure space and pizza! Suggested Workshop fee--$5.00 (no one turned away!)

Encuentro 5 33 Harrison Ave 5th Floor Chinatown
(Red Line--Downtown Crossing; Orange Line—Chinatown)

This lively three-evening workshop will look at the ways wealth has been stripped from workers, the public sector, and productive corporations over the last 40 years; how that wealth created the Wall Street bubble; the global dimensions of the US economy and crisis; and how we can transform it.

This Will Not Be A Lecture. We will form human bar graphs, stack chairs in outrageous piles, sing Wobbly songs, and generally have a riotous time as we rigorously examine our sick economy and how to make it safe for working people.

Reserve your spot now! Call or Email Boston Radical Education Project repboston@gmail.com; 617-491-2876

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0422 Wed 1800pm (help make calls, 59TemplePlace)

We need your help on Wednesday, April 22nd from 6pm- 8pm as we call fellow Common Cause members and ask them to contact their senators in support of ethics reform in Massachusetts.The bill is scheduled to reach the floor in by the end of the month, and we need to make sure the Senate knows how important we think this is!

We'll meet at the Common Cause office at 59 Temple Place, Suite 600, Boston, MA 02111 -- RSVP to let me know you'll be there!

Andrew Kingsley
Assistant Director
Common Cause Massachusetts
Office: 617-426-9600
Mobile: 503-703-3998

RSVP: click here to let us know you'll be there!
Adam Friedman
617.784.8993
www.electionaction.org

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0423 Thu 1230pm (panel on Palestinian health, HSPH)

Health in the Palestinian Territories- The Obstacles of Occupation: A follow-up discussion to the Lancet Special Series on Health in the Occupied Palestinian Territories

THURSDAY April 23, 12:30-2:30 PM
Kresge Building, Room G-2
Harvard School of Public Health

Come and join us for a panel discussion on health and human rights in the West Bank and Gaza with authors from the Lancet Special Series and experts on human rights and humanitarian crises. The panel will provide background on the human rights, political, and socioeconomic situation of Palestinians living under occupation, framing an in-depth discussion on the impact of the occupation on health and human security and the challenges of delivering health services in this context.

Panelists

Mitchell Plitnick: Director of United States Outreach for B'Tselem: the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories

Rajaie Batniji, MA: Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford

Jennifer Leaning, MD, SMH: Professor of the Practice of Global Health and Co-Director of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative

P. Gregg Greenough, MD, MPH : Research Director of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative

Sponsored By HSPH Public Health Intersections With Politics Student Group

Non-Harvard Affiliates Please RSVP;
RSVP and additional info:
csalhi@hsph.harvard.edu

Our source:
Hilary Rantisi
Hilary_Rantisi@hks.harvard.edu

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0423 Thu 1830pm (econ. crisis workshop, UMassAmherst)

Labor Extension Program Workshop:
Understanding the Economic Crisis
6:30-9pm, Thursday, April 23rd
3rd Floor of Gordon Hall (UMass Amherst Labor Center), 418 N Pleasant St., Amherst
Cost: $15

Join for a workshop with Mark Brenner of Labor Notes. Are you angry that bankers get bailed out and workers get sold out? We know that our economy’s in freefall. What can the government do? That depends on the goal: Are we looking to save the financial system or to save good jobs? How can unions make a difference here in Massachusetts and across the country? This workshop will discuss what a real recovery would look like, why our bosses are fighting it, and what labor needs to do.

For more information, visit MA AFL-CIO.
www.massaflcio.org
massjwj.org

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0424 Fri 0000 (sign online petition for Mumia)
0424 Fri 1200noon (say honk for Mumia, you pick site)

On Friday, April 24, Mumia's 55th birthday, International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal are calling for worldwide "Honk for Mumia" celebrations of resistance. Pick as many sites as you can in your local area at 12 noon or after work with signs and banners at intersections saying "Honk for Mumia"!

International Campaign for Justice for Mumia Abu-Jamal
Initiated by the Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Coalition (NYC)

SIGN THE ONLINE PETITION AT
www.iacenter.org/mumiapetition

On April 6, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Mumia’s appeal for a new trial based on evidence of racist jury selection on the part of the prosecutor during the original 1982 trial in Philadelphia. This appeal was based on the 1986 U.S. Supreme Court “Batson decision”, a legal decision that says that prospective jurors cannot be selected based on their race.

This issue was considered the strongest basis for overturning Mumia’s conviction, though certainly not the only one. According to Amnesty International’s detailed review of the case, Mumia was denied at his trial in 1982 the right to a fair judge and unbiased jury, the right to represent himself and the right to adequate resources to prepare his defense. In addition, the prosecution withheld critical evidence from the defense, judge and jury; suborned the perjury of its chief witness; and intimidated at least one other witness to perjure herself. Since the AI report, more evidence has emerged of an ongoing conspiracy by the prosecution and members of the judiciary to keep out of the legal record evidence that points to Mumia’s innocence. At the very least, this evidence indicates serious misconduct on the part of the prosecution and judiciary. It was precisely this kind of misconduct that led to the overturning, just two weeks ago, of the conviction of Senator Ted Stevens.

The Third Circuit Court of Appeals’ rejection of Mumia’s appeal on the basis of the “Batson decision” shocked many legal observers, as the court set new and higher standards of appeal in complete violation of its own precedents. One of the members of the three- judge panel that arrived at this decision wrote a scathing 41-page dissent pointing to how Mumia was not granted the same rights that previous appellants were given by this very same court.

Please take a few minutes to read, sign and circulate widely the important letter below to Attorney General Eric Holder. Send copies to other officials demanding that they, too, demand a civil rights investigation. Only a powerful, international campaign can win long- overdue freedom for this outspoken, award-winning journalist and stop a 27-year-old conspiracy to silence him with legal lynching or life in prison without parole. Both options are outrageous violations of Mumia’s human and constitutional rights, and we will not allow them to stand. Mumia needs our movement and our movement needs Mumia.

SIGN THE ONLINE PETITION AT www.iacenter.org/mumiapetition

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0424 Fri 1800pm (drama perf "Palestine", Fong/Harvard)

"Palestine"
A one woman play by Majla Said
Fri April 24 at 6pm
Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall, Harvard University

The event is free and open to the public. For all that are able to contribute, donations for humanitarian relief in Gaza will be collected.

Following the play there will be a conversation with Professor Harvey Cox of Harvard Divinity School and a Q&A with Najla Said.

Sponsored by: Shura: HDS Islamic Forum, Harvard Islamic Society, Society of Arab Students and Center for Arab Culture, Harvard College Palestine Solidarity Committee, Harvard College Advocates for Human Rights, Society of Arab Students, Ascent Magazine, and Tawassul.

For more information please contact:
Aurangzeb Haneef (ahaneef@hds.harvard.edu)
Farrah Haidar (farrah.haidar@cacboston.org)
Abdelnasser Rashid (arashid@fas.harvard.edu)
Salma Abu Ayyash (salmaandrea@comcast.net)

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0424 Fri 1830pm (Mumia book release, CodmanSqDorch)

Special event, marking release of Mumia Abu-Jamal's latest book: Jailhouse Lawyers - Prisoners Defending
Prisoners v the USA
6:30pm
Great Hall, Codman Sq
637 Washington St
Dorchester.

This event, sponsored by Jericho Boston and 4th Friday/Through Barbed Wire, features:

-Dhoruba bin Wahad, former Black Panther Party political prisoner

-Soffiya Elija, Harvard Law School, on the SF8

-Luis Rosa and Adolfo Matos, former FALN political prisoners
and

-Ahmad Kawash, Palestinian Political & Cultural Club of Boston and the Qawem Coalition

Music by Bojah and the Insurrection.

Martial Arts demonstration by Jeremy Harrison and Amee Chew.

"In Jailhouse Lawyers, award-winning journalist and death-row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal presents the stories and reflections of fellow prisoners-turned-advocates who have learned to use the court system to represent other prisoners—many uneducated or illiterate—and, in some cases, to win their freedom. In Abu-Jamal’s words, “This is the story of law learned, not in the ivory towers of multi-billion-dollar endowed universities [but] in the bowels of the slave-ship, in the dank dungeons of America.”

Includes an introduction by Angela Y. Davis.

“Expert and well-reasoned commentary on the justice system. . . . His writings are dangerous.”—The Village Voice

Event details: tinyurl.com/cpn8e3

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0425 Sat 0900am (Pal. Solidarity Conf, UMassBoston)

BOSTON PALESTINE SOLIDARITY STRATEGY CONFERENCE
Saturday, April 25, UMass Boston
Conference info:

When: Saturday April 25, 2009.
Registration begins at 9am. Opening Plenary 10am.
Where: UMass Boston, Campus Center Terrace

Workshops include: Introduction to Zionism ~ Campus action for divestment from Israel ~ How to start a new group ~ Why does the US support Israel? ~ History of Palestinian resistance ~ Building a community movement for Palestine and more!

We organized and marched against Israel's barbaric war on Gaza. Now's the time to come together and develop strategies to build a sustained movement for solidarity with Palestine in New England. This is a conference for community and student Palestine solidarity activists--experienced and new-- to talk about action for solidarity with Palestine.

FEATURING:

Chuck Turner - Boston District 7 City Councilor, civil and human rights activist

Jess Chilton McConnell - Leading organizer of student occupation at Edinburgh University in Scotland as part of the recent Palestine solidarity movement of over two dozen student occupations in the United Kingdom

Joel Kovel - Jewish professor and activist facing termination from Bard College for anti-Zionist views. Author of Overcoming Zionism

Assaf Kfoury - economist, Boston University professor, writer and activist regarding US and Israeli oppression in the Middle East. Leader of the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel

Layla Cable - Palestinian writer, activist and teacher. Layla is a founder and leader of the Somerville Divestment Project

Ron Francis - Veteran of the anti-South African apartheid movement and founder of the Somerville Divestment Project

Omar Baddar - Palestinian scholar, activist and managing director of the Palestine Cultural Center for Peace

Sarah Roche-Mahdi, PhD. - activist in CodePink: Women for Peace, recent participant in CodePink’s peace delegation to Gaza

Deema Faisal - Palestinian Poet, Northeastern University student

For more information, check out
bostonfreepalestine.org
or email
palestineapril25@gmail.com

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0425 Sat 1900pm (film "FTA", HarvardFilmArchive)

"FTA" film showing
Saturday April 25 at 7pm
Carpenter Center/Harvard film archive
Quincy Street, Harvard Square
Basement screening room

Revolution Books is showing this newly re-released documentary of the amazing anti-war show Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland headlined and brought to US military bases during the Vietnam war.

Tickets are $8., a benefit for Revolution Books.

revbooks@netzero.net

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SUNDAY, APR 26, 2009

7-9PM: Barney Frank: "CUT THE MILITARY BUDGET"
Newton Dialogues on Peace & War
Eliot Church
474 Centre Street at Church Street
Newton Corner, MA

Newton Dialogues is pleased to announce that Representative Barney Frank has accepted its invitation to an open meeting where he will speak on his recent proposals to CUT THE MILITARY BUDGET. His talk will be followed by a "town hall" style question and answer period.

[Activist/listener Amy Hendrickson suggests that this might be a good moment to let Barney know we think Afghanistan is madness.]

Representative Frank has written on this topic in The Nation (http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090302/frank), held a forum on cutting the military budget (http://www.house.gov/frank/milforum022409.html), and published a plan to Reduce Military Spending (http://www.house.gov/frank/milplan022409.html). He has argued that the Military Budget includes funding for systems to counter threats from non-existent enemies (such as the Soviet Union) and that for too long the Military Budget has been exempt from the discussions of 'fiscal responsibility' which has become a code phrase for cutting spending on Public Services and Social Services and to threaten so-called entitlements like Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.

We encourage you to talk about this upcoming event with your co-workers, with your fellow church or temple members, with your neighbors and to write letters of support for Representative Frank's proposal to him and to local and national newspapers and magazines.

We believe that if people start to seriously consider this proposal, it will gain the momentum it will need to overcome the decades of untrammeled and unquestioned growth in military spending and Military- based foreign policy.

(1) IDENTIFYING RETAIL PRODUCTS MADE IN ISRAEL
Examine the UPC ("Universal Product Code") section of the product's label. (This is a bar code with 10-12 numeric digits at bottom.) If the FIRST THREE DIGITS are 729, the product is made in Israel. (The "7" will appear to left of the leftmost bar in the bar code.)
HTTP://www.inminds.co.uk/boycott-israel.php

(2) LIST OF COMPANIES WITH CONNECTIONS TO ISRAEL:
26 prominent companies with links to info
http://www.inminds.co.uk/boycott-israel.html#list

(3) BRANDS & LABELS TO BOYCOTT:
123 prominent brands and labels with links to info
http://www.inminds.co.uk/boycott-brands.html

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Resist Frame Up of Councilor Chuck Turner

Tell the Obama Administration and Congress: End the Bush Administration's Frame Ups Designed to Politically Assassinate Boston City Councilor Chuck Turner and Other Progressive elected Leaders

Sign online petition at www.iacboston.org/chuckturnerpetition.html

View youtube video of Ramsey Clark press conference defending Chuck Turner at: www.youtube.com/user/IACBoston

For more info and to donate to Chuck's defense, go to www.supportchuckturner.com

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Support End the Occupation!

US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation How You Can Sustain the US Campaign

To generate more momentum and bring us closer to our goal, we need sustained support. That's why we're asking you to join our Olive Branch Club and make a regular monthly tax-deductible contribution of $5-$200 per month.

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IMEMC (Internal Middle East Media Center) seeks urgent funding and/or logistical support to maintain its operations.

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Important BBC Video: "War on Terror is a Scam"
The Power of Nightmares Part 3: The Shadows in the Cave - by Adam Curtis

One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we've been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We're no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. it is simply too painful to acknowledge ~ even to ourselves ~ that we've been so credulous: Carl Sagan

Here is a must see hour-long BBC film that effectively makes the case that the "war on terror" is a blatant scam to keep people fearful, politicians powerful and provide an effective smokescreen for the implementation of the New World Order. A must see video.

After watching this film you will always cringe when you hear the phrase "The War on Terror " and recognize it as both a bamboozle and scam perpetrated by the prince of darkness himself, Richard Perle, as well as Tony Blair and the Cheney/Bush crime syndicate in order to accomplish their global neocon objectives.

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Stop Modern Day Slavery in Florida

If you could help end modern-day slavery in Florida's fields with an email, would you?

Click here to take action today!

Even as we continue putting the pieces together for a major campaign calling on food service providers to take responsibility for farmworker exploitation, the latest case of slavery in Florida's fields - and Florida Governor Charlie Crist's deafening silence in response - compels us to take action in a different way today.

Please visit the SFA site (sfalliance.org) today and read the below message from the Coalition of Immokalee Workers to find out more about this important action alert and to take action now.

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Oppose nomination of Raytheon lobbyist, William Lynn as Secetary of DOD

Obama's nominee for Deputy Secretary of Defense, the chief operating officer of the Pentagon, is a lobbyist for Raytheon.

William Lynn, is due $1.5 million in payouts for his work lobbying for the defense industry. This revolving door has to stop. We need to break the military-industrial complex and stop having defense contractors and their lobbyists working on the inside of the Pentagon.

Please take two steps:

Write the Armed Services Committee and tell them to reject the nomination. The message - no defense contractor lobbyists inside the Pentagon.

Write President Obama and urge him to withdraw the nomination and replace it with an independent voice who will look critically on the bloated military budget.

Our task is bigger than ending the Iraq and Afghanistan wars - it is to challenge the military- industrial complex that has resulted in a military budget as big as the whole world combined. The nomination of William Lynn is an opportunity to say no to lobbyists inside the Pentagon.

Kevin B. Zeese, Executive Director
Voters For Peace

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Support Single Payer Healthcare, HR 676 and S703

From Progressive Democrats of America:
"Healthcare, NOT Warfare"

And from Truth & Justice Radio:
"Single Payer, NOT extending Medicare"

Conversion to Single Payer should be included in the "stimulus" package as it would increase health care jobs, lower costs for employers, and cost a tiny fraction of the $700-900 billion stimulus package.

It is estimated that 60% of home foreclosures are due to a health care crisis on the part of a home owner.

[COMMENT FROM STAN: One person at PDA has bought somebody's claim that the best way to do this is to incrementally extend Medicare to all ages (i.e., descend the age requirement slowly). It comforts him that this idea is showing some support in Congress and the Executive branch. This is frightening. We know that extending Medicare is NOT the best way. For many reasons, we need 100% Single Payer, NOT more Medicare. Medicare, with its thicket of substantial exclusions, deductibles, copays, gaps, limits, provider writedowns, privatization scams, and regressive financing scheme, would be the WRONG way to go. Congressmembers supporting Medicare extension should be regarded as dangerous.]

PDA asks that we read the article linked here.

PDA board member Norman Solomon points out in another article (), "nearly one in six Americans has no health insurance, and tens of millions of others are woefully under-insured--while the war in Iraq continues to further skew the U.S. government's budget priorities."

We say "Healthcare NOT Warfare" and ask you to join our campaign. The time has come to redirect unnecessary and wasteful military spending to meeting human needs.

PDA's suggested petition asks to prioritize "Healthcare NOT Warfare."

In 2008, dozens of local and state parties passed resolutions supporting single-payer healthcare, and rejecting the occupation of Iraq. With our allies, PDA successfully amended the 2008 Democratic Party Platform to include "guaranteed health care for every man, woman, and child" and "everybody in, nobody left out." We hope to pass more resolutions to support "Healthcare NOT Warfare" at the local and state Democratic conventions, and in cities, counties, and states across the country.

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Ask Your State Senator to Support Fusion Center Oversight Bill

Do you know about the Fusion Center?

It knows about you.

Please take a moment to ask your state legislators to co-sponsor Senator Harriette Chandler's new bill -- An Act Regarding the Commonwealth Fusion Center and Other Intelligence Data Centers -- filed on behalf of the ACLU of Massachusetts.

So what is the Fusion Center anyway?

In the aftermath of 9/11, then-Governor Mitt Romney enlisted Massachusetts in a national plan to centralize and expand the government's ability to collect and retain detailed information on ordinary Americans, for the professed purpose of preventing terrorism.

Without public debate, Romney established the Commonwealth Fusion Center, a multi-agency data-mining hub which enables federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to comb through information about Massachusetts residents and engage in domestic intelligence collection beyond the bounds of ordinary criminal investigations.

Take action now! Find and contact your legislators. Urge them to support Senator Chandler's bill to provide oversight of the Commonwealth Fusion Center.

Historically, unregulated database-driven policing has led to broad surveillance of completely lawful activities, including protected First Amendment activity -- and it's happening again in Massachusetts in 2009.

The Fusion Center operates today with virtually no independent oversight, without adequate privacy protections, and without necessary protections for constitutional rights. With your help, we can -- and must -- shine a light on the Fusion Center's operations and insist that any intelligence operations in Massachusetts be conducted in keeping with established civil liberties principles.

The ACLU of Massachusetts Legislative Team

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Sign Employee Free Choice Petition!

The Employee Free Choice Act is critical to our economic recovery. Good union jobs helped build America's middle class. This legislation will rekindle the American Dream by leveling the playing field and empowering workers to form unions and bargain for a better life.

That's why greedy CEOs are terrified of this bill. One top executive has called it "the demise of a civilization." And they're fighting with underhanded tactics, misleading ads, shady front groups and, of course, big budgets.

But we can win if enough of us get involved. Members of Congress have a weeklong break this month, and we've planned hundreds of lobby meetings at their home offices. Imagine those workers handing over our petition and being able to say, "Two million people support the Employee Free Choice Act."

a href=http://freechoiceact.org>Move us closer to 2 million signatures--it just takes one minute.

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Sign petition to release Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Jails

Disgrace for Democracy, Israel is detaining right now 40% of the Palestinian MPs who represent the people

Disgrace for Democracy: 51 Palestinian MPs and Ministers are Detained in Israeli prisons along with 11.870 Palestinian citizens

A serious crime and new political slap in the face for democracy is committed by the Zionist system against representatives of the Palestinian people by the abduction of the Palestinian ministers and MPs. The latest of which was the arrest of MP Ahmed al-Haj from the city of Nablus on 16/12/2007. Al-Haj is over Seventy-years old.

Earlier on the 10th MP Dr. Maryiam Saleh Minister for Women in the Palestinian government has been abducted too. Dr Mariyam is a member in the Legislative Council from Ramallah governorate.

The Minister of Palestinian Prisoner is in prison since many years... for the fifth time.

There are more than 11,870 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons, 117 of them are mothers. Some give birth while chained, and their children are forced to live in the cells where they do not live their childhood or play or go out.

I don't have to tell you about lack of healthy conditions, or medical negligence. Some prisoners are denied warm clothes sent to them by their families. They are held in 30 different prisons, and detention centers. 1189 prisoners are schools, collage, and universities students of both genders, 330 of the detained are children. Not only the students were detained, but their teachers too, there are 107 Palestinian teachers in Israeli prisons. 1150 Palestinian prisoners suffer acute illnesses.

A large number of the detained are denied visits by family members.

Thousands of Palestinian detainees in the Negev desert prison and other detention camps such as Ofer prison near the town of Ramallah, Hawara, Qadumim, Megiddo, Nafha, Beer Sheva, Ashkelon and other prisons are shivering from the cold under waves of rain and snowfall coming from northern regions of the world especially that some are detained inside tents made of cloth surrounded by walls open to the cruel cold of the desert, living in wet tents caused by snow falls and rain, sleeping on boards made of wood which gets soaked wet.

Soon, April 17th is the International day of prisoners. I hope you can join in denouncing what the Israeli government is doing to those prisoners, and demand their release to join their families.

Do not rely on journalism to get the news, journalists were the first to be attacked and harassed so that you do not know what was going on.

The records documented 1147 aggressive attacks on journalists by the Israelis. Only between 28th of September 2000, and 31st of March 2007.

Please sign the petition and buy those prisoners some happiness.

We are hoping to get at least 11.000 signitures, one for each prisoner, and present this petition to International Human Rights bodies like Amnesty International, and United Nations. Please Circulate this petition to all the people you can get the message through to them. It is about time we show solidarity for each other on human level.

Sponsored by:
Iqbal Tamimi Creator of Palestinian Mothers Network

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The Best Way To Light A Fire For Federal Prosecutions of Bush And Cheney Is To Get Collateral State Actions Going.

We have completed compiling a database of the current contact information for every state district attorney, for EVERY county in the country. And we have put it all together into an easy one click lookup function to help organize contacting your nearest state prosecutor, to call on THEM to step up to the plate, to stand up for justice and accountability, by prosecuting George Bush and Dick Cheney for their crimes.

In particular, renowned former prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi has laid out a compelling case for charging both Bush and Cheney with the premediated murder of American service men and women, for starting a war with Iraq on patently false pretenses. By using this new lookup page you can instantly get the mailing address, phone, fax, and in many cases also the email of your local prosecutor. This action is SO critical we have dedicated our entire main site homepage to it.

IMPORTANT NOTE: We are not asking anyone to file a formal criminal complaint yourself. Common sense tells us that state prosecutors will only act, in the exercise of their OWN discretion, if they believe there is a non-frivolous case to bring. But by speaking out, we can let them know there is community support for them to do so.

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Sign up to be a "Hang Up On Motorola" Organizer

Israel's recent war on the occupied Gaza Strip brought death and destruction to Palestinians, and a windfall for war profiteers. Around the world, people are standing up and saying "No more" by boycotting and divesting from corporations that profit from Israel's human rights abuses. The people of Stockholm have severed their contract with the transit/waste removal corporation Veolia due to Veolia's involvement with Israel's settlements, and British Telecom company FreedomCall has ceased their cooperation with Israeli counterpart MobileMax due to the war on Gaza.

Join this growing global movement for boycotting, divesting from and sanctioning (BDS) those who support Israel's military occupation of Palestinian territories by becoming an organizer for our Hang Up On Motorola campaign. Motorola makes a lot more than cell phones - they also make at least four products that directly support Israel's occupation of and assaults on Palestinians. This is why we've created a tool-kit for boycotting Motorola until its products are no longer used by Israel to abuse Palestinian human rights.

Why Motorola?.

Bomb Fuses: Motorola Israel sells fuses that the Israeli Air Force uses in its MK-80 series of bombs. On July 30, 2006, during its war on Lebanon, the Israeli Air Force dropped an MK-84 bomb on an apartment building in Qana, Lebanon, killing at least 28 civilians.

Communication Devices for Occupation: Motorola's $100 million "Mountain Rose" communication system enhances the efficiency of Israeli occupying forces. Patterns of human rights violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories include, but are not limited to, the killing and injuring of civilians, torture, extra-judicial assassinations, deliberate destruction of civilian infrastructure, acts of collective punishment, and economic warfare.

Surveillance Devices for Israel's Illegal Wall: Motorola supplies the "Wide Area Surveillance System" (WAAS) to monitor and maintain Israel's illegal wall, constructed in violation of the July 2004 International Court of Justice (ICJ) advisory opinion. This wall is perhaps the strongest symbol of Israeli Apartheid, carving the West Bank into Bantustans. Surveillance Devices for Israel's Illegal

Settlements: Motorola has made $93 million providing radar detection devices and thermal cameras for 47 illegal Israeli settlements on Palestinian land. Israel's confiscation of Palestinian land, its illegal settlements, illegal wall, and continued occupation would not be possible without Motorola's compliance.

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Film: "Occupation 101"
A "Must See" That Untangles the Web of Lies

The truth is buried about Israel's occupation of Palestine through sophisticated repetition of irrelevant rhetoric, distorted shuffling of time and placement of people's histories and other devious ways of keeping many afraid to form an opinion or act on outrage.

Well, here's a good cure for that - pick up a copy of Occupation 101 and you won't have to worry about being on any fences in regards to this issue. This highly informative video documentary will keep your mind attentive and clear all cobwebs in the brain by getting to the root cause of violence from the occupier and resistance from the occupied, all embellished with current examples and very pertinent comparisons to Apartheid South Africa.

A thought-provoking and powerful documentary film on the current and historical root causes of the Israeli occupation of Palestine. Unlike any other film ever produced on the conflict - 'Occupation 101' presents a comprehensive analysis of the facts and hidden truths surrounding the never ending controversy and dispels many of its long-perceived myths and misconceptions.

The film also details life under Israeli military rule, the role of the United States in the conflict, and the major obstacles that stand in the way of a lasting and viable peace. The roots of the conflict are explained through first-hand on-the-ground experiences from leading Middle East scholars, peace activists, journalists, religious leaders and humanitarian workers whose voices have too often been suppressed in American media outlets.

The film covers a wide range of topics -- which include -- the first wave of Jewish immigration from Europe in the 1880's, the 1920 tensions, the 1948 war, the 1967 war, the first Intifada of 1987, the Oslo Peace Process, Settlement expansion, the role of the United States Government, the second Intifada of 2000, the separation barrier and the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, as well as many heart wrenching testimonials from victims of this tragedy.

Tripoli Productions, DVD, NTSC all regions, 1.5 hour plus bonus features.
leftbooks.com

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Write to prisoners, AIUSA

From our activist friend Sandy Coy, who runs a weekly vigil Thursday afternoons in Wayland:

I am writing to ask activists, as well as my family and others who are not political activists, to join me in a simple action to launch what the whole world hopes will be a fresh start in a better direction. I feel I must write after reading a book today that one of my children gave me for Christmas, "Poems from Guantanamo: The Detainees Speak."

Most of the detainees do not know these poems were saved, declassified (much of their writing still has not been), translated and published. But it has happened, through the persistent work of many volunteer legal advocates. In these poems, the goodness of many souls and their hope in God and their fellow men for justice comes through. Some of the poems moved me to tears of both sorrow and shame.

But tears for them or anyone unjustly imprisoned will do no good. Doing something as simple as writing a brief card can actually help people who are being unjustly imprisoned.

How? When prisoners receive volumes of international mail, their jailers know they have lost the cover of anonymity. This leads to better treatment for the prisoner and ultimately their release, just to get the public spotlight to go away.

So, here's what I am asking of myself, my family and of you, which shouldn't take more than a few minutes:

Write out one or more cards for selected prisoners of conscience from any of 12 countries (one is a Guantanamo detainee) identified by Amnesty International.

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25 actions you can do for justice in Gaza

From the Palestinian Center for Rapprochement Between People (via our correspondent Mazin Qumsiyeh):

So far hundreds of civilians have been killed in Gaza. Five sisters in one family, four other children in another home, two children on a cart drawn by a donkey. Universities, colleges, police stations, roads, apartment buildings were all targeted. The UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian areas issued a statement that "The Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip represent s evere and massive violations of international humanitarian law as defined in the Geneva Conventions, both in regard to the obligations of an Occupying Power and in the requirements of the laws of war."

Twenty-five things to do to bring peace with justice:

1) First get the facts and then disseminate them.
Here are some basic background information

• Israei Information Center for Human Rights
• PNGO Condemnation of Gaza Attack
• Middle East Peace
• United for Peace
• Electronic Intifada on Gaza Attack

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The Lucy Parsons Center is proud to demonstrate that an all-volunteer, collectively-run radical bookstore and community center can survive in the capitalist United States, but the majority of our income comes from book sales and most of that goes straight to pay our landlord and bills.

That's why we need you! Without support from our community, we could not continue to function.

As the year draws to a close we are asking you to pledge to support the Lucy Parsons Center in 2009. We want 100 new monthly supporters kicking in $5 a month to help ensure our ability to offer radical books, talks, workshops, movies, meeting spaces, and whatever else you want to see happen as we work to build the better world.

100 supporters sounds like a lot and we are challenging ourselves to meet this goal. On the other hand, $5 a month isn't that much. It's the price of a beer with tip, less than a falafel, and come January less than the priority mail postage you'd have to pay to order the books you can ONLY find at the LPC over the internet.

Lucy Parsons Center
549 Columbus Avenue
Boston's South End
Telephone: (617) 267-6272
Email: lucyparsons@tao.ca

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Cape Wind Project

From Lexington Global Warming Action Coailtion LGWAC

In an 11th hour, blatant, political move that is similar to the one Ted Stevens tried to pull in 2005, on December 12, Congressman James Oberstar (D-MN) launched an effort to derail Cape Wind (proposed windfarm of 130 turbines in Nantucket Sound off Massachusetts).

Oberstar sent a letter to Commandant Thad Allen of the Coast Guard "requesting" an extraordinary and unprecedented review of the Coast Guard's OK as regards navigation hazards.

Oberstar's letter comes at the request of the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound, a group backed and fronted by Bill Koch, CEO of Oxbow. Oxbow's primary businesses are the mining and marketing of energy and commodities such as coal, petroleum coke, oil production, and composite pipe manufacturing. The Alliance's central mission is to stop Cape Wind, no matter what it takes, and has spent well over $15 million dollars, primarily on lawsuits, lobbying efforts and deliberate public relations campaigns promoting fearmongering and misinformation.

So we need you to help resist this maneuvering, and here's how.

ACTIONS:

1. Call Chairman Oberstar's offices
Washington DC: (202) 225-6211
Duluth, MN: (218) 727-7474
Tell him he should withdraw his request to the Coast Guard Commandant.

2. Call the Coast Guard's public affairs office:
Telephone: (202) 372-4620
Tell them you support their efforts and to stand up to Oberstar's bullying and that the American people
support Cape Wind and clean renewable energy.

3. Hit up Commandant Thad Allen on his Facebook page

Tell him you support him and will join him in standing up to Oberstar's bullying and that the American people support Cape Wind and clean renewable energy. Please call right away.

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Opportunities to Assist Cuba!

The damage from Hurricanes Gustav and Ike persist in Cuba. Tens of thousands homes need to be rebuilt, while building supplies remain limited due to the US Embargo. The following contacts can be used to assist Cuba in its continued reconstruction.

Contacts:
• IFCO
  418 W. 145th Street, New York, NY 10031
  212-926-5757
• seattlecuba.net
• disarm.org
• opusa.org
• medicc.org
• crs.org/Cuba

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The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) in Jerusalem has been informed that its request for re-funding has been rejected, in high probability because of pressure brought to bear by right-wing Israeli neo-cons who have campaigned obsessively against our funding while threatening publicly to close us down.

Tax-deductible donations needed.

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We have quietly been working away at TecsChange in Roxbury to refurbish computers. We recently sent one of our bigger shipments of 15 computers to a series of radio stations in Oaxaca, Mexico.

We work most Thurday evenings and Saturday afternoons
(1pm to at least 4 PM, usually longer)

We have one day a week where daytime volunteers come in. Presently it's Mondays but it might change soon.

Please call if you are interested.
TecsChange Office
617-442-4456

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Help Support Pro Bono Attorneys for Guantanamo Prisoners

Doris Tennant and Ellen Lubell (of Newton) are representing a Guantanamo prisoner pro bono, so they are providing their time at no charge. However, their costs, including their own travel and that of a translator, translator fees, and Freedom of Information Act requests, are running at least $20,000 for this year, and will likely continue at that same pace or more. Most of the other attorneys who are representing Guantanamo detainees are members of large law firms that can cover these types of expenses, but in their case the two of them are the firm.

If you would like to make a contribution to help them defray costs, it would be much appreciated. Please make your check payable to "Tennant Lubell Detainee Fund." Your contribution will NOT be tax-deductible, but they promise to put it to good use to help provide fundamental legal rights to a man who remains in indefinite detention.

Doris Tennant, Esq.
Tennant Lubell, LLC
288 Walnut Street, Suite 500
Newton, MA 02460
617-969-9610, X 101
Fax: 617-969-9611

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EXTRA-VIRGIN FAIR TRADE OLIVE OIL FROM PALESTINE

Just a friendly reminder that the holidays are coming and what better gift to give than a bottle of fairly traded extra-virgin olive oil from Palestine. We have plenty of oil available and should be able to fill all orders for the holidays. Think about buying a case of oil and instead of bringing a bottle of wine to your next dinner party, bring a bottle of olive oil instead!

We now ship anywhere in the continental US; please see our website for details . Olive Branch Olive Oil comes directly from the Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committees (PARC) , a non-profit, non-governmental organization in the West Bank. PARC is a member of the International Fair Trade Association, and is the only Palestinian organization that has received the Palestine Standards Institution certification for its olive oil.

Olive oil is the backbone of the Palestinian agricultural economy. Eighty percent of cultivated land in Palestine is planted with olive trees, and the olive harvest provides between 25 to 50 percent of a farming family's annual income. As the political and economic situation in Palestine worsens, olive oil has become a matter of basic survival for many Palestinian families. Buying this oil is a constructive and tangible way to help alleviate poverty and build peace.

Olive Branch Olive Oil is extra-virgin and comes in 750 ml (25 ounce) green glass bottles. Produced from the first pressing of the olives, extra- virgin olive oil contains no more than 0.8% acidity, and is judged to have a superior taste. There can be no refined oil in extra-virgin olive oil. Unopened bottles of olive oil are generally good for up to two years, and should be kept in a cool, dry place, away from direct sunlight. Palestinian farmers traditionally care for their trees without the use of pesticides or sprays.

Olive Branch Olive Oil is an outgrowth of a 2003 effort by Middle East peace activists in the Boston area to support Palestinian farmers. Since then, it has evolved into an ongoing volunteer project to create a U.S. market for Palestinian olive oil. Our goal is to make a tangible difference in the lives of the farmers and their families.

Any funds that are raised above and beyond the cost of the oil, importing fees and administrative and marketing costs are re-invested in purchasing more oil. Out of that amount, 15% is donated directly to worthy projects in Palestine. Past donation recipients include:

Gush Shalom Emergency Relief Convoy
Badil
Palestinian Children's Relief Fund
Gaza Community Mental Health Program
Zochrot
Palestinian Medical Relief Committees
Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions
Birthright Unplugged
American Friends Svc. Comm. Middle East Crisis Fund
American Near East Refugee Aid (ANERA)
Olive Harvest Coalition
Union of Palestinian Women's Committees
Ibdaa Cultural Center
Grassroots International
Taayoush

How to Order
On our website with PAYPAL
or send a check to P.O. Box 1064, Arlington, MA 02474.

Each case contains twelve (12) 750ml bottles.

Prices for local pick-up in Arlington or Cambridge:
Case price $170/case
Bulk price for 7+ cases: $150/case
Bulk price for 10+ cases: $145/case

Case price shipped within continental US: $195/case
3 Bottles shipped within continental US: $65/3 bottles

For more information.

CONTINUING EVENTS

EVERY SUNDAY

10-11:30 AM: "Radio with a View"
WMBR 88.1 Cambridge

---------- Every Sunday----------

12-1pm Amherst Peace Vigil

Town Common, Amherst
For more, contact Mark Watkins

---------- Every Sunday----------

1:30pm Cambridge Peace Vigil

Mass. Ave., and Garden St., next to Cambridge Common.

---------- Every Monday ----------

11:45AM-12:15PM: Vigil for Gaza

Memorial Church in Harvard Yard

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.

---------- Every Monday ----------

6:30PM: Stop The Wars Coalition meetings

Encuentro 5
33 Harrison Ave, Chinatown, MA 02111
info@encuentro5.org or call 617-482-6300

These are the meetings where we decide on events and discuss strategies to end the war. Anyone is welcome -- from seasoned activists to beginners and we look forward to building a dialogue with anyone opposed to the war. Our main tenent is that we are independent of both the Democratic and the Republican Party, such that we can build an anti-war movement that survives elections and continues to oppose the war, regardless of which candidate is in office.

---------- Every Tuesday----------

Tuesday Weekly Anti-War Vigil 5:30-6:30pm Copley Square

---------- Every Wednesday----------

NOON-12:30 PM: Harvard-Cambridge Walk for Peace

Starts at John Harvard Statue, Harvard Yard.
Every Wednesday. All are welcome.

Meet briefly at the statue to exchange thoughts,
then walk silently around the Yard and nearby streets,
returning to the statue by 12:30pm.

---------- Every Thursday----------

5-6 PM: Antiwar Vigil in Newton
Corner of Beacon and Center Streets, Newton Center
Organizer: Newton Dialogues on Peace and War

---------- Every Thursday----------

5:30-6PM: Wayland Anti-War Vigil (weekly)

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.

---------- Every Thursday----------

5-6 PM: Veterans for Peace vigil
West Side Rotary, Augusta, Maine

---------- Every Thursday ----------

9 PM: 911 Researchers Conference Call

Join the Boston Tea Party Conference call,
Participant call in: 402-756-9100; Access code: 680903#

---------- Every Friday----------

7-9 AM: Socialist Alternative Radio in Boston

Socialist Alternative Radio, 91.5 FM Boston 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.

---------- Every Friday----------

Noon-1PM in front of JFK Federal Building, Boston.

Join a Friday fast and/or protest in solidarity with illegal detentions. The fast began in 2005 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.

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 stop all illegal detentions and to try those responsible for the illegal treatment of thousands of detainees, most of whom are Arab and Muslim men. Susan and Phoebe will be wearing orange jumpsuits.

---------- Every Friday----------

12:30 PM: Women in Black Vigil
Lithgow Library, Augusta, Maine

---------- Every Friday----------

4:30-6 PM: Protest AIPAC - every Friday

Kennedy Sch of Govnt
79 JFK St, Harvard Sq, Cambridge
Organized by AntiWar League

---------- Every Friday----------

6-8PM: *Chillin Against the Villins*
DeMilitarized Zone*
Corner of Mass ave and Boylston st!!!

On this day, Friday and from there on!, we hereby declare the establishment of a new DeMilitarized Zone where all those who wish can congregate to denigrate and repudiate the war machine and celebrate the growth of the new movement from coast to coast willing to oppose the war and opression in this country and around the world. Bring your signs, and minds, let's chalk, talk, play music, paint art with caring and sharing and declaring that we are "chilling *against* the villins" in this zone to show our independence!!!!!

We declare our solidarity with the people of the Middle East who share the misfortune of living on top of the largest oil reserves on the planet which is the reason behind the current war on Iraq. We declare our condemnation of those who support this criminal war commanded by criminals who promote a criminal ideology with criminal intent and crimes against humanity. We repudiate with prejudice the general assault on our rights: abuses, excuses, jailings, raids, lies, spies, xenophobia, torture, extraordinary rendition, and the general police state system that says we must stand together and support this generalized oppression. We are no longer the silent generation but are now willing to Stand Apart and against the mass murdering villins who are doin the real killin. Join us in the DMZ!!


Chillin against the villin's!!!

Our *DMZ* and our Independence.

Web Links
• http://www.dailyradical.org
• http://www.binaryfreedom.info
• http://www.spboston.org
• rek2@binaryfreedom.info

---------- Every Saturday----------

11am-1pm on WZBC: Sounds of Dissent with John Grebe

Saturday Anti-War Vigils

11-11:30am Weston, Old Boston Post Rd at School St
Traffic island with flowerpot, Contact person: Mary Shaw




11-11:45am Quincy City Hall




Noon-1pm Natick Center (Rt 27 & 135)




Noon-1pm Sudbury Town Hall




Noon-1pm Coolidge Corner, Brookline Peace Works




12:30 PM Needham Center on the Green




1-2pm Park Street T station

---------- 1st & 3rd Saturday----------

11A-NOON:
1st Saturday of Month
Corner of Main & Moody Streets, by the Common.
Parking: On-street or the lot on Center St.

3rd Saturday of Month
Corner of Moody and Pine Streets, by Watch City Brewery.
Parking: On-street or Embassy Theatre lot on Pine Street

9/11 Cover-Up

9/11 Information

9/11 Truth, National

911 Truth, Los Angeles

Act-MA Greater Boston Activist Calendar

American Friends Service Committee

Anti-War League

Bush Guilty of 9/11

Boston Bolivarianos

Boston Vegetarian Society

Cease Fire Campaign

Common Dreams

Exxpose Exxon

Grass Roots Concord

Greater Lowell Peace

Hands Off Venezuela

Impeach PAC

Information Clearing House

"Iraq for Sale" (film)

United for Justice with Peace, Cambridge

Left in Lowell

Citzens for Legitimate Government

Lexington Global Warming Coalition

Lexington Justice with Peace

Lucy Parsons

Lunenburg Progressives

Mad as Hell Network

Mass Peace Action

Merrimack Valley People for Peace

Nashua for Peace

Newton Dialogues

New York Activists Calendar

Next New Deal

Open Media Boston

Palestinians for Peace and Democracy

Pakistan Earthquake

Peaceful Tomorrows (NYC)

The Peace Abbey, Sherborn

Peace is Patriotic

Save the Internet.org

Stop the War Now

Think out Loud

United for Peace and Justice (NYC)

TruthOut.org, a national progressive news feed.

Venezuala Analysis

Venezualan Solidarity

Virtual Citizens

WZBC Radio

dial up, then ask for a particular Senator or Representative
• 800-426-8073
• 888-355-3588
• 800-828-0498
• 866-340-9281
• 866-340-9279

Radio and TV Connections

On WZBC 90.3 (OUR STATION)
• "Truth & Justice Radio" (Sundays 6-10am)
• "Democracy Now!" (Mon-Fri noon-1pm, Amy Goodman)
• "Sounds of Dissent" (Saturdays 11am-1pm, John Grebe)

On sister station WMFO 91.5 (Tufts University Radio)
• "No-U-Turn Radio" (Tuesdays 8-10am, Dean Wallace)
• "Free of Form" (Fridays 8-10PM)

On sister station WMBR 88.1 Cambridge...
• "Radio with a View" (Sun 10-11:30am, Dave Goodman & Marc Stern)
• "What’s Left" (Sundays 11:30am-1pm, Linda Pinkow & Will Taggart)

On TV Channels 2 and 44
• "Bill Moyers Journal"
  (Fridays 9pm Ch 2+44, Saturdays 2am and 4am Ch 44)

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