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Harvard's Palestine Solidarity Committee will be holding a vigil for Gaza from 11:45 am to 12:15 pm on the steps of Memorial Church in Harvard Yard. All who care for Palestine are invited to attend. Please wear black and spread the word widely.
Meet briefly at the statue to exchange thoughts,
then walk silently around the Yard and nearby streets,
returning to the statue by 12:30pm.
Southeast corner of Rt 27 and 30 (nearest to Brooks Pharmacy).
Come for all or part. Bring a candle, lantern, or flashlight.
Organizer: Sandy Coy.
Join the Boston Tea Party Conference call,
Participant call in: 402-756-9100; Access code: 680903#
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.
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.
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
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.
Ford Hall Forum presents Is Global Warming a Cause For Alarm? with [global warming denier] Richard S. Lindzen (Alfred P. Sloan "Professor" of Atmospheric Science at MIT and member of the National Academy of Sciences) Sunday, April 22, at 6:30-8:00 pm at the Old South Meeting House (Boston, MA) Ford Hall Forum presents śIs Global Warming a Cause For Alarm?ť with Richard S. Lindzen. Sunday, April 22, at 6:30-8:00 pm. Followed by an open discussion. Admission is free and open to all. Old South Meeting House, 310 Washington Street (corner of Milk St.), Boston, MA. Wheelchair accessible and conveniently located near the State St. and Downtown Crossing stops on the MBTA. For more information call Ford Hall Forum 617-373-5800 or visit www.fordhallforum.org.
"The Ground Truth"
Our returning vets have asked us to listen to their stories.
This film provides us that opportunity.
Parking is available next door behind the Police and Fire Station.
FREE. ALL ARE WELCOME.
"Broken Promises, Broken Dreams" probes beyond the geopolitical realities confronting Israelis and Palestinians. It is a soul searching, painfully honest examination of ordinary people bonded in a tragic embrace. Ultimately this powerful book is about healing festering wounds and narrowing irreconcilable differences. It deserves the widest readership.” - Bernard Lown, MD, Professor emeritus Harvard School of Public Health, Co-recipient Nobel Peace Prize click here to view more advanced praise for the book. A tour of Israel/Palestine that turns Birthright on its head. Broken Promises, Broken Dreams focuses a physician’s lens on the human rights violations and related atrocities being perpetrated against Palestinians under Israel’s brutal military occupation. A brief stint in Israel ‘proper’ followed by an extended tour through the OPTs foregrounds starkly the hypocrisy of moral ambivalence in the face of the occupation’s harsh physical realities. Alice Rothchild’s medical expertise reveals the failure of unilateral ‘solutions’ to the conflict, mired as they are in empty rhetoric that masks ongoing aggression and its devastating human toll. This candid travel diary offers an implicit plea for an internationally coordinated, culturally integrated, feminist path towards peace, anything short of which would appear insufficient and self-defeating.” - Terri Ginsberg, former Adjunct Professor of Jewish Studies at Dartmouth College
David Swanson writes, "Bill Moyers has put together an amazing 90-minute video documenting the lies that the Bush administration told to sell the Iraq War to the American public, with a special focus on how the media led the charge. I've watched an advance copy and read a transcript, and the most important thing I can say about it is: Watch PBS from 9 to 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 25. Spending that 90 minutes on this will actually save you time, because you'll never watch television news again – not even on PBS, which comes in for its share of criticism."
Boston Democratic Socialists of America/MIT Young Democratic Socialists
Forum
Room 4-149, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
speakers: Maria Aguiar, Grassroots International* Peter Winn, Tufts University* Jose Antonio Lucero, Temple University* Kendra Fehrer, MLK Bolivarian Circle* *Organizational affiliation given for identification, only.
Resistance to the neoliberal "Washington Consensus" is growing in Latin America as governments and popular movements work to build a model of regional prosperity and independence out from under the thumb of the US government and international corporate investors. Our speakers are scholars and activists with deep involvement in Latin America, who will help us explore and understand these historic times.
For more information, including speaker bios, a PDF flyer, and directions, go to http://dsaboston.org/calendar.htm#0425. You can also call 617-354-5078.
What is the impact of the Military Commissions Act on one of America’s most long standing civil liberty, “Habeas Corpus? Established by the Magna Carta in 1215, Habeas Corpus provides prisoners the right to know the charges against them. The Military Commissions Act, passed with no public notice in October, 2006, eliminates a prisoner’s right to Habeas Corpus protection in trials by special military commissions. Currently prisoners being held as enemy combatants at Guantanamo are affected, but many questions remain to be answered. Could the Military Commissions Act also be applied to American citizens? How can suspension of Habeas Corpus in military commission trials be permitted under the Constitution?
These issues will be discussed by Massachusetts’s attorney Jerry Cohen, and Nancy Murray, Education Director, ACLU of Massachusetts at Cambridge Forum on Wednesday, April 25. The program begins at 7:30 p.m. at First Parish, 3 Church Street, Harvard Square, in Cambridge.
Find out what puts Cuba on the map in the quest for global health.
Three members of the Human Rights field in the Middle East are joining us from Syria, Iraq and Lebanon to provide their unique perspectives on the Human Rights situation in their own countries, what is being done, what can be improved upon and the general direction that the Human Rights movement is taking in the Middle East. These speakers have travelled a very long way to provide us with their insight and their comments are ideal for anyone working in Human Rights as well as those with an interest in the Middle East.
Iraqis, US soldiers and US citizens all want troops out NOW. Why does the war continue? How can it be stopped? Join in this discussion with leading antiwar voices, featuring:
Matt Howard-- an active member of Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW).
Melida Arredondo-- a member of Military Families Speak Out and Gold Star Families for Peace. She is the stepmother of Lance Cpl. Alexander Arredondo, killed in Iraq, August 25, 2004.
Elaine Hagopian-- a nationally known scholar and activist, and Professor Emerita of Sociology, Simmons College, she is the author of numerous books and articles on Middle East affairs. She is a member of the National Council of Arab Americans and the editor of Civil Rights in Peril: The Targeting of Arabs and Muslims, which documents the human impact of the "War on Terror" and offers critical analysis of the key role played by Islamophobia and anti-Arab racism in providing ongoing justification and cover for US actions in the Middle East.
Khury Peterson-Smith-- a local JP antiwar activist and member of the International Socialist Organization. He helped to found the Campus Anti-War Network (CAN) in 2002-3 and traveled to Iraq on a peace delegation after the invasion in 2004.
Directions: From Green Street T stop on the Orange Line- the church is a block away from the back of the station, heading towards Centre St. From Bus 39 or 41 on Centre St- the Purple Cactus Restaturant is on the corner of Centre and Seaverns, walk up several blocks, the church is on the right for more info: jpantiwar@yahoo. com
ADCMA is honored to announce the Boston Premiere of the documentary “Reel Bad Arabs.” This powerful documentary is based on the best selling book by acclaimed author Jack G. Shaheen, Ph.D, keynote speaker of ADCMA’s First Annual Banquet in 2006. The 50-minute documentary will be screened and then a question and answer session with Dr. Shaheen will follow. Dr. Shaheen will be signing DVDS before and after the screening.
This groundbreaking documentary dissects a slanderous aspect of cinematic history that has run virtually unchallenged form the earliest days of silent film to today's biggest Hollywood blockbusters. Featuring acclaimed author Dr. Jack Shaheen, the film explores a long line of degrading images of Arabs--from Bedouin bandits and submissive maidens to sinister sheikhs and gun-wielding "terrorists"--along the way offering devastating insights into the origin of these stereotypic images, their development at key points in US history, and why they matter so much today. Shaheen shows how the persistence of these images over time has served to naturalize prejudicial attitudes toward Arabs and Arab culture, in the process reinforcing a narrow view of individual Arabs and the effects of specific US domestic and internationl policies on their lives. By inspiring critical thinking about the social, political, and basic human consequences of leaving these Hollywood caricatures unexamined, the film challenges viewers to recognize the urgent need for counter-narratives that do justice to the diversity and humanity of Arab people and the reality and richness of Arab history and culture.
Adults- $7.00
Children (under 12)- $4.00
Michael Kanter and his wife Elizabeth Stagl founded Cambridge Naturals, a natural products retail store. They combined their passion for natural health and organic foods with their need to earn a living by starting a locally owned and independent business. Now in business for over thirty-three years, Cambridge Naturals continues to thrive amidst many chain stores that are controlled from hundreds or thousands of miles away.
Michael is a founding member and on the executive board of Cambridge Local First, CLF an organization that promotes the benefits of locally owned and independent businesses to the community.
(781) 674-2339 for further information
Hear Ye! Hear Ye!
Fellow citizens, you are cordially invited to an
IMPEACHMENT!
It shall be a People's Impeachment, where WE THE
PEOPLE shall impeach Bush and Cheney by Public
Proclamaton.
Patriotic citizens, we are calling YOU, to do your
duty and come historic Faneuil Hall in the city of
Boston, Massachusetts on April 28th, at 12 noon.
April 28th has been designated as a national day of
action on impeachment.
Michael Albert and Noam Chomsky will keynote.
Sponsored by...
MIT Arab Students Organization;
MIT Western Hemisphere Project;
Seven Stories Press; and
ZMag/ZNet
With the occupation of Iraq entering its fifth year, the US/UK now threatens Iran. The current controversy over Iran's nuclear program, its role in Iraq, and other recent events, has brought Iran back into the spotlight. With all the renewed focus on Iran, little is mentioned of the role of the struggles of workers, students, and women in the current crisis. Come to hear a talk and discussion on the contemporary grassroots struggles, the political situation in Iran, and its relationship to the current international capitalist crisis.
A benefit for the Iran Workers' Fund, a UK-based solidarity campaign to support Iranian workers.
Join in the creation of a new Boston international solidarity movement!
WHO IS INVITED: All organizations in the Greater Boston area that support Latin American and Caribbean independence and the rights of immigrant communities in the United States. (please send no more than 2 representatives per group).
Please RSVP to shane stewart (718) 757-7323