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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.
Representative Dennis Kucinich (Democrat - Ohio, and a 2008 Presidential Candidate) filed three articles of impeachment of VP Dick Cheney on Tuesday, 4/24/07. (see these articles below)
House Resolution (HR) 333 first goes to the House Judiciary Committee headed by John Conyers. The committee will then forward it to the main body. NOW is the time to contact your Representative and Senators to let them know that is essential for the future of our fragile democracy that House members give careful consideration to the Articles and vote to impeach Dick Cheney.
TOLL-FREE PHONE NUMBERS FOR THE U.S. CAPITOL SWITCHBOARD
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.
As part of the Cambridge Science Festival and within the framework of the Think Swiss program, the Swiss consulate is delighted to invite you to Learn about climate change!
Starting at the Swiss consulate at 420 Broadway (www.shareboston.org),
you will have a unique opportunity to learn about climate change science
and solutions by walking the 2-mile route to various zones with
interactive displays and experts from MIT, Umass, Tufts and Harvard:
- climate change basics: science and policy decisions
- climate change in the Andes
- impact of climate on glaciers and the built environment
(Switzerland)
- citizens initiative to document climate change in the Northeast
- solutions and ideas to reduce emissions
The event will also have a hands-on experience for kids (Analyzing deep sea sediment), showcase activities developed by Greenport (Cambridgeport's green initiative) and offer the opportunity to learn more about green buildings at the Blackstone building.
Tony Pinckney & Bill Regan first raised issues of racism and lack of workforce diversity with their employers, Amtrack, in 1994. Some changes came about, a $25 million class action lawsuit was won and two consent decrees ordered by the courts. Since 2003, the system has new owners and is now called Mass Bay Commuter Rail, but similar problems remain: discrimination in hiring & promotion, racial & sexual harassment and the persistance of disparate treatment.
The Commuter Rail Workers have continued their work with City Councilor Chuck Turner, the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights under Law and the Attorney General's office. They have met with the MBTA board of directors, which has since called in a national consulting firm. Pending adequate handling of internal complaints, another class action lawsuit is possible.
Two men travel to Iowa to plant a single acre of corn. Over the course of a year, they discover the realities of modern farming first hand.
Our colleague John Grebe aired an excellent interview on this subject on "Sounds of Dissent" 4-28-07.
MANY OTHER INTERESTING FILMS BEING SHOWN THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE WEEK AT SEVERAL LOCAL VENUES
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
Cuba: A model health care system for the world??
With additional comments by Nancy Kohn
Cuban snacks provided
Don't miss this amazing documentary exploring the truly incredible health care system in Cuba. A timely examination of human values and the health issues that affect us all, *Salud* looks at the curious case of Cuba, a cash-strapped country with what the BBC calls ?one of the world?s best health systems.? From the shores of Africa to the Americas, *Salud* hits the road with some of the 28,000 Cuban health professionals serving in 68 countries, and explores the hearts and minds of international medical students in Cuba -- now numbering 30,000, including nearly 100 from the USA. Their stories plus testimony from experts around the world bring home the competing agendas that mark the battle for global health? and the complex realities confronting the movement to make healthcare everyone?s birth right.
Nancy Kohn has been a health care activist in Boston since 1990. She earned a masters in public health at Boston University. Initially her work centered on the prevention of HIV/AIDS among adolescents and women of all ages. Since 1998 she has worked at The Access Project doing participatory research and organizing all over the U.S. The mission of the Access Project is to strengthen community action, promote social change and improve health, especially for those who are most vulnerable.
Important hearing - please attend:
Monday April 30, 1 pm, Room A-1 at the State House -- Joint House-Senate Committee on Environment, Natural Resources, and Agriculture -- will hear S534 and S535 by Senator Pacheco to mandate deep cuts in overall global warming emissions; S541 by Rep. Smizik and Senator Resor, and H807 by Rep. Marzilli, to implement the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative with 100% sale of emissions permits to electricity generators.
For relevant documents including: MCAN Global Warming Legislative Priorities
Speakers: Local Labor Leaders, Workers from New Bedford, & Jim
Green, labor historian
Light Refreshments Provided
ICE raided a New Bedford garment factory and seized 350 immigrant workers and destroyed hard working families. Labor needs to stand up for the rights of all workers as we face a changing workforce in Massachusetts. We need to work within our unions to educate our members on the immigration issue and to build partnerships with immigrant communities.
Come hear Professor Jim Green and local labor leaders along with immigrant workers fighting for their rights on the job. We will discuss the history of labor and immigration and how we can build for the future and prevent more New Bedfords from happening in our state.
Sponsors: Community Labor United, Massachusetts Jobs with Justice. To add your union to the sponsor list, help with this project, or get more info contact: Massachusetts Jobs with Justice at 617-524-8778 or jwj@massjwj.net
This will be the first meeting for the Boston Chapter of Global Exchange, an international human rights organization dedicated to promoting political, social and environment justice globally through grassroots work. During the meeting we will discuss actions, such as anti-war protests and educating the public about fair trade.
Palestine @ MIT, the Arab Students Organization, the MIT Muslim Students Association, and the GSC Funding Board present MIT's Palestine Awareness Week 2007 Monday Apr 30 - Friday May 4
Stop by the information table: Mon-Wed: Lobby 10 Thurs-Fri: Student Center (outdoor) Steps
Other events this week:
Wed. 7pm room TBA: "The Iron Wall' Film Screening and
Discussion
About the film: In 1923, Vladmir Jabotinsky -- father of the Zionist right -- wrote: Zionist colonization can proceed and develop only under the protection of a power that is independent of the native population - behind an IRON WALL, which the native population cannot breach.
This powerful documentary reveals in graphic detail
how Israel has strategically established settlements
as part of a plan to incorporate the vast majority of
historic Palestine into present day Israel. The Iron
Wall documentary follows the timeline, size,
population of the settlements, and their impact on the
peace process. This film also follows the route of the
"security wall" that Israel is building in the West
Bank and its impact on the Palestinian people. For
more info see
Fri. 5:30 pm room 1-135: Coffee Hour and Discussion with MIT's Palestinian Students
Come to this informal event, where we get to hear first hand experiences from MIT's own Palestinian students and where we can discuss certain issues and brainstorm ways in which we can directly help the cause. Light Refreshments will be served.
Please come out to support real public safety STOP DOC AND GUARD BRUTALITY
Guards and staff slipping prisoners razor blades? Taunting them to commit suicide? Parading ?non- cooperative" individuals on suicide watch unclothed down the cell block? Placing vulnerable individuals in sensory deprivation, known to exacerbate reactions termed mental illness? Imposing sensory deprivation for helping a sick cell mate, filing a grievance, or exhibiting symptoms of "mental illness"?
All this and more is paid for by you, the taxpayer.
The Joint Committee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse and the Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security will convene the hearing to ?take a closer look at prison suicides and the prevalence of mental illness in our prison system.?
The 29 recommendations of the Hayes report on suicide prevention focus on prohibiting DOC prisoners from committing suicide barely addressing the conditions which drive them and those in county custody to it. Those few focused on guards and staff in no way acknowledge the "culture of viciousness" inside MA jails and prisons. In some measure sensible, the recommendations do not address the despair of benign and malicious neglect and abuse, including rape, and will allow the DOC and guards to control ever more of the dollars desperately needed for community services. The report ignores the need for public oversight to stop human rights abuse and hold the abusers accountable.
Join us so that everyone is represented at this hearing and not just the "experts" and insiders. Our loved ones have told us what needs to be done. We will carry their voices to the State House. Let?s show our government that it must address the root causes of the deaths behind bars, not just the symptoms of a sick system.
Massachusetts Statewide Harm Reduction Coalition
Support HB1723 for a moratorium on jail and prison
construction/expansion
Talk by Sheldon Krimsky (Tufts University & Council for Responsible Genetics): Epistemic Wealth: How Reductionism and Academic Entrepreneurship Corrupt Biomedical Science, Harvard Science Center, Room 469.
Join with Spontaneous Celebrations in supporting the National Day of Action for Immigrant Rights. A feeder march meets at Jackson Square @3:00pm.
A stunning investigation reveals that the amount of sunlight reaching Earth is dropping—a big surprise given international concern over global warming. Less sunlight might hardly seem to matter when our planet is stewing in greenhouse gases, but the earth’s climate may heating up much faster than most previous predictions.
Discussion following. Refreshments will be served.
Edward Burtynsky is internationally acclaimed for his
large-scale photographs of nature transformed by
industry. Manufactured Landscapes ? a stunning
documentary by award winning director Jennifer
Baichwal ? follows Burtynsky to China, as he captures
the effects of the country?s massive industrial
revolution. This remarkable film leads us to meditate
on human endeavour and its impact on the planet.
90 min. 2006.
You are invited to the awards ceremony of the MIT IDEAS Competition, an invention and entrepreneurship competition that [allegedly] helps communities worldwide:
The keynote speaker for the event will be Professor Lee Lynd
2007 winner of the $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainability Inventor of advanced technologies for converting biomass into motor vehicle fuels Chief Scientific Officer, Co-Founder, Director, Masocoma Corp. Professor of Engineering and Adjunct Professor of Biology, Dartmouth
The IDEAS Awards event begins with a reception and project displays in the Stata Center Student Street at 7:30pm, followed by a ceremony in 32-123 (Stata Center Kirsh Auditorium).
This event is part of the Lemelson-MIT Program's EurekaFest
British science journalist Fred Pearce brings the concept of the "tipping point" to studies of climate change in his new book With Speed and Violence: Why Scientists Fear Tipping Points in Climate Change. Based on his interviews with experts on ocean currents, polar ice, the carbon cycle, methane and soot, he demonstrates how changes in the earth's systems are interconnected and finely calibrated. Small alterations, he shows, can have abrupt and enormous consequences. What is the scientific evidence that points to an imminent and irreversible warming of the global climate? How do multiple factors work together or against each other to create a "tipping point" for the earth's climate?
Fred Pearce is the environment and development consultant at New Scientist magazine. The veteran science journalist has covered the environment for more than 18 years, publishing in the Boston Globe, Audubon, Time and Natural History. His previous books include When Rivers Run Dry, Keepers of the Spring, Turning Up the Heat, and Deep Jungle.
Bulls**t by Peå Holmquist and Suzanne Khardalian (2005, 73 min.) Follow environmental activist and nuclear physicist Vandana Shiva on a whirlwind tour from her organic farm at the foot of the Himalayas to a World Trade Organization summit in Mexico to a protest outside the European Patents Office in Munich. In these institutions of power, Shiva does battle with the proponents of globalization, multi-national corporations like Monsanto, an American bio-tech company manufacturing genetically modified foods, and Coca-Cola, accused of depleting and contaminating groundwater in India.
A portrait of a tireless and fearless activist, Bulls**t also gives voice to the small farmers affected by these policies, as well as to some of her staunchest opponents, especially Barun Mitra, a neo- liberal lobbyist who gave Shiva the "Bullshit Award" for espousing lies about the negative effects of globalization. An insightful, eye-opening, and exhilarating film, Bulls**t takes us to the frontlines of the war over globalization.
MFA members, seniors, and students $6; general admission $7.
Featuring:
Martin Carnoy, Stanford Professor of Education and Economics
Hector Valdés , Director of the Instituto Central de Ciencias
Pedagógicas, Cuba
Tom Gjelten, National Public Radio Correspondent
Susan Eckstein, Boston University Professor of Sociology
Reception with Caribbean food to follow the event!
Sponsored by:
Latin American and Caribbean Education Network (LACE)
HGSE Student Government Association
David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
Dean's Diversity Initiative Fund
HGSE International Education Policy Program
A panel discussion from an engineering and social corporateperspective on the Union Carbide/Dow Chemical gas leak in Bhopal, India that killed 7,000 within days and 22,000 to date. The site has yet to be cleaned up and still leaks chemicals into the soil and water system, continuing to poison people today...What happened that night in December and what can we do today?
SPEAKERS:
Gary Cohen: founder and Co-Executive Director of Health Care Without Harm, Executive Director of the Environmental Health Fund, and member of the International Advicory Board of the Sambhavna Clinic and Documentation Center in Bhopal, which provides free medical care to Bhopal survivors. Aquene Freechild: Program Associate of the Environmental Health Fund, and director of the Boston Coalition for Justice in Bhopal. Ms. Freechild was instrumental in recent shareholder activism successes, including a resolution passed by the Cambridge City Council boycotting Dow Chemical products, as well as resolutions passed by major mutual funds to pressure Dow Chemical to clean up Bhopal. Ron Willey: Professor of Chemical Engineering, Northeastern University. Professor Willey has visited Bhopal and will present his technical findings on the current status of the deserted Bhopal plant, and the engineering issues that lie ahead.The Ford Hall Forum and the Massachusetts Medical Society
with
Paul D. Biddinger and Lisa Stone
moderated by Stephen Smith
Real and predicted calamities during the last decade have placed a sharp focus on America's need to prepare for disaster. In particular, Hurricane Katrina showed the nation just how devastating a lack of preparation can be.
Massachusetts now faces a host of questions about our ability to respond to emergency situations, whether it is an LNG tank explosion or an avian flu pandemic. Officials are raising their voices to say we need to do more, and do it soon. But is anyone listening? With the State Legislature yet to act on a pandemic preparations bill and hospital emergency rooms throughout the Commonwealth already operating beyond capacity, just how ready is our state to cope with a major disaster? What really needs to be done to prepare? And what are the consequences of inaction?
The evening's program will feature Paul D. Biddinger (MD, FACEP, chairman of the Massachusetts Medical Society Committee on Preparedness, and physician at Massachusetts General Hospital) and Lisa Stone (MD, Hospital Preparedness Coordinator, Massachusetts Department of Public Health). The discussion will be moderated by Stephen Smith, Boston Globe public health reporter.
With Guest Speaker: LEE SUSTAR
writer for Socialist Worker newspaper and co-editor of
Poetry and Protest: A Dennis Brutus Reader
Sponsored by the International Socialist Organization
617-648-0561
Worldwide hope for a resolution to the Israeli- Palestinian conflict was sparked in 1993. Checkpoint takes a critical look at this peace agreement and its aftermath.
May Topic: Taking advantage of the system- Health insurance options, food banks, public housing options, public assistance, disability services, etc.
What happens when the Grim Reaper gets locked in prison? He meets rappers Wisdom (Inphynit) and Masai-Do (Amos Hamrick), discusses addiction with Billy (Mike Messier), and contemplates humanity with Chino (Sokeo Ros), a Cambodian political prisoner. Playing a triple role as Judge/Lawyer/Guard, actor T.J. Paolino says he is trying to “Get out of the way of the play,” the new mantra for the troupe.
This show marks the playwrighting debut of Guerilla director Bruce Reilly. Written while in prison, House of Death borrows its title from Fyodor Dostoyevski’s non-fictional account of his own years in the Russian gulag
Reilly says:
While serving 12 years in prison I educated myself in diverse ways, unsure of what knowledge could be useful to my community. I honed my artistic skills and wrote for all genres. Within a year of my release I had an art exhibit and directed a play containing the collected writings of Rhode Island prisoners.
Tickets are available through ArtTixRI. www.arttixri.com/performance_info.cfm?PID=1267 Or call 401.621.6123
The play is a serious look at humanity, its politics and culture, through the eyes of one inmate: the Grim Reaper. As Dostoyevski said, "If you want to understand a culture, look at its prisons." The play is set in prison and is actually quite funny. Realistic language and rap battles... so Beware!
My last play served as a rallying point for activists to discuss prisons and get charged on pending legislative battles. Considering the several bills we are currently pushing to reform probation laws and end mandatory minimums, the timing for the show is excellent. Hope to see you there!
The 29th Annual Wake Up The Earth Festival will take place on Saturday, May 5, 2007 (raindate Saturday, May 12, 2007) at the Southwest Corridor Park, adjacent to the Stony Brook T stop.
Parade: 11:00am from Curtis Hall
Festival: 12:00-5:00pm on the Southwest Corridor
After
Party: 8:00pm-1:00am at Spontaneous Celebrations! Food, Dancing, Karaoke, Cash Bar!
The Wake Up the Earth Festival began in 1979 when a group of local neighbors and activist banded together to stop the Interstate 95 expansion into Jamaica Plain. The festival began as, and still is, a celebration of what can be accomplished when people of all traditions, cultures, ages, and beliefs come together. A great many individuals, local artists, community groups, and schools join forces every year to make a unique community collaboration. Recent festivals have included an enchanted puppet forest, side shows, live bands, dancers, acoustic performers and a giant pageant. View a slide show of previous festivals and parades.
Gatherings bring together individuals just considering resistance, quietly dedicated resisters, and vocal organizers to learn from each other, strengthen our network, and inform our continued resistance whatever form it takes.
Boston Climate Action Network presents:
A Concert Honoring RACHEL CARSON on her 100th Birthday.
Magpie
emma's revolution
Dean Stevens
Geoff Bartley
and special guests: Jill Stein, Ken Selcer and friends.
Admission: $20, sliding scale, kids free.
COME ON THE T, GET $2 OFF THE PRICE OF ADMISSION!!!
For info and reservations: 617-869-3014
Proceeds to benefit Boston Climate Action Network
"MAKING BOSTON PART OF THE CLIMATE CHANGE SOLUTION"
Honoring
Dr. Nancy Murray- Lifetime Achievement in Civil Rights
The Arabic Hour- Arabic Media Excellence Award
Tickets:
Student: $30.00
Regular: $50.00
VIP (including pre-reception with keynote speaker)- $100.00
Pre-Reception for VIP ticketholders- 7:30 pm
Dinner and Dancing with DJ Kamal
P. Sabin Willett is an attorney, novelist, a partner at the Boston law firm of Bingham McCutchen LLP, and is best known as a defense lawyer for U.S. Prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. Prior to 2005, Willett had no experience in military law and had never handled a habeas corpus matter as his expertise was in commercial and bankruptcy litigation. However, in late 2004 and early 2005, he grew increasingly concerned about what was. happening at Guantanamo Bay. In early 2005, Willett’s firm volunteered to represent Uighurs- Muslims from a Central Asian region controlled by Communist China. Since that time, Bingham McCutchen has devoted thousands of hours to the cases. Willett has visited the Guantanamo detainment camp eight times advocating on behalf of prisoners held by the United States as part of the War on Terror. They have filed briefs and argued cases in the United States District Court, the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, and the Supreme Court. They have obtained the release of three out of twelve clients, including one of Uighur parentage who is now home in Taif, Saudi Arabia, and two Uighurs now in Albania. Nine prisoners remain at Guantanamo, and Willett and his firm will argue their case on May 15 in the Court of Appeals.