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THIS WEEK'S EVENTS

Single Payer Health Care -
ACTION PAGE for week starting 5-10-09

[NOTE: Impediments to Single Payer, or even the mention of it, include Senate Finance Committee member JOHN KERRY of Massachusetts.]

This week the Senate Finance Committee thought it was a hilarious joke as they ejected one brave activist after another, for protesting that not even one spokesperson for single payer health care was being allowed to sit at the hearing table. Yes, Senator Max Baucus (MT), who had preemptively declared that consideration of a single payer option was off the table, actually joked "We need more police [1:58 on video]." And the rest of the Senate panel just laughed their heads off.

Senator Chuck Grassley (IA), the ranking Republican, not to be outdone in his contempt for the people, then asked if there was "somewhere they can watch it on television [2:05 on video]," which elicted additional hearty guffaws. Yes, what a wonderful entertaining show that would be, the spectacle of the will of the people being excluded while corporate special interests, like butchers, carve up our pocketbooks and our bodies.

On the action page is an extended video where you can hear for yourself those Senators laughing at us. Single Payer Action Page (includes video of hearing):

peaceteam.net/action/pnum982.php

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Chutzpah celebration; please join us on location for the appropriate protest
Sunday May 10 starting 10:30am

Original Message from Temple Israel Boston
(477 Longwood Ave, Boston):

"School wide/Family, Yom HaAtzmaut Israel Independence Celebration 10:30 AM

"You are invited to join our students and their families on Sunday, May 10, at 10:30 am as we join together in the sanctuary for an "all school family assembly" and then take to the streets to celebrate Yom Ha'Atzmua'ut/Israel Independence Day. There will be activities for everyone to enjoy both inside and outside of the Temple.

[...]

"Through all of the challenges Israel has faced, and all the miracles she has witnessed, the 61st birthday celebration symbolizes our continuing yearning for peace.

[...]

"Adult Israeli Dance 11:00 AM Experience the aerobic side of Judaism when you join fellow enthusiasts for Sunday morning Israeli dancing. All levels welcome. Cost: FREE!"

tisrael.org/calendar/index.php?view=day&day=2009-05-10

"In most people's eyes, Israel is a terror state." ~ George Galloway to Sky reporter
pf soto
rule19.org
UPandOUT.org
AZAPOI.org

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10:30AM: Professor John Miller, Wheaton College.
Ethical Society of Boston
Longy School of Music
33 Garden Street, Cambridge HarvardSq T)
Info: goodmanjl@comcast.net

The economy is the hottest topic of the times. Prof. Miller, contributing editor at Dollars & Sense, shares his perspectives on our current situation.

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11AM: Mothers' Day - AUDREY COULTER
"A Journey toward Political Consciousness"
COMMUNITY CHURCH OF BOSTON
565 Boylston St. (Copley Square), Boston

wealthy New Orleans matron and impoverished divorcee. Abused by the court system and attorneys, she became homeless, lived in a shelter and subsidized housing, ultimately graduating university at 53!

Hers is a mother's story of survival, courage and determination in the face of a society dedicated to putting up barriers to success. As Audrey says, "If it weren't for my children, I don't know what story I'd be telling now. They were, and are, my inspiration to keep fighting and show them that one does not simply have to accept a culture that tries to crush you spiritually and physically."

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Mother’s Day Action:
Resist the Raids, FAMILIES KNOW NO BORDERS
Sunday, May 10, 2009
1:30pm - Marchers gather in front of South Bay Corrections and Detention Center
2:00pm - Procession proceeds from South Bay entrance to 93 on-ramp.

Destination: Meeting at South Bay Corrections and Detention entrance 20 Bradston St, Boston 02118

Mother’s Day is a time for celebration for mother’s everywhere. Yet, for women in prison and immigration detention this is not the case. This is why we are taking a stance on Mother’s Day for all the women who are imprisoned and detained across the USA. Large scale women’s imprisonment has resulted in an increasing number of children who suffer from their mother’s incarceration and detention and the loss of family ties. Families should Know No Borders.

ResistTheRaids.org

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Iranian film:
"Roozi Ke Zan Shodam" (The Day I became a Women)
Sunday, May 10, 2009, 5pm sharp!
MIT Room 4-237

This is the 5th of 6 films showing on successive Sundays at the Festival of Acclaimed Persian Movies for a Better Understanding of Iranian Women (in recognition of Iranian Women Struggle for Justice, Equality, and Freedom during past 3 decades).

Director/Year: Marziyeh Meshkini/1999 (written by Mohsen Makhmalbaf)
Subject: The natural desire of women as a human being for becoming free, inquisitive, determined, and independent.
Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVZSdynHa_Q
Review: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_I_Became_a_Woman
For detailed and updated information about this Movie Festival, please visit:
shirin.mit.edu/blog/?p=971
or DOWNLOAD its PDF flyer from:
shirin-center.org/download/iranianWomenMovieFestivalApr12May17MIT2009.pdf
for past and FUTURE events of MIT Persian Cultural Group, please visit:
events.kodoom.com/organizer/MIT-Persian-Cultural-Group-2643293

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6-8PM: Boston4Bhopal Coalition
Greening the Economy 25 Years After Bhopal

Part of the
The 25th Anniversary Bhopal Survivors’ Tour in Boston
Bhopal & Building Green and Just Economies Panel
When: Monday, May 11th
Time: 6-8pm
Where: Boston Room, Boston Public Library, Copley Sq.
700 Boylston Street, Boston, MA
Panelists:
Safreen Khan, Children Against Dow Carbide, Bhopal
Satinath Sarangi, Sambhavna Clinic, Bhopal
Gladys Vega, Chelsea Collaborative
Elizabeth Saunders, Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow
Kristin Urquiza, Corporate Accountability Intl

Bhopal is the site of the world’s worst chemical disaster and the site of a vibrant international movement for justice and a life of dignity for marginalized people affected by toxic pollution and corporate crime. Safreen Khan and Sathyu Sarangi have traveled from Bhopal, India to share their experiences in Bhopal, where more than 23,000 people have died due to toxic disaster; and relate them to our own struggles in Boston and beyond for safe, healthy communities. The green jobs movement in the US brings an opportunity for forward thinking, that is echoed in Bhopal by green income generation and health care organizing to help sustain the half million disaster survivors.

Directions: Copley Stop on the Green Line, Back Bay on the Orange Line
Inside the Library - Take a left immediately after the main entrance, where it says circulation desk, the Boston room will be the 2nd door on your left.

2nd-generation Bhopal survivor Safreen Khan and Bhopal campaigner Sathyu Sarangi, are touring the US and Canada this April and May as part of a Bhopal Campaign 25th Anniversary Tour. The International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal is a coalition of survivor groups and allies around the world working for justice and a life of dignity for the survivors of the Bhopal Disaster, and for a toxic free future for us all.

The event is free. All are welcome!

www.boston4bhopal.org

---------- Monday ----------

Tell Congress: Stop Paying for War and Military Occupation in Iraq and Afghanistan. Let us join together to stop the so-called "2009 Supplemental Appropriations"

The full House is expected to vote on the $96.7 billion "2009 Supplemental Appropriations" bill as early as next Wednesday, May 13th.

Tell Congress to Vote "NO"! Call Congress: May 12

On April 9, 2009, President Obama made a supplemental appropriations request for $83.4 billion, with $75.8 billion going for continuing military operations and equipment replacement in Iraq and Afghanistan.

On Thursday, May 7, 2009, the House Appropriations Committee submitted their finalized "2009 Supplemental Appropriations for Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Pandemic Flu" totaling $96.7 billion, and significantly increasing the funding for war-making and military occupation to over $84 billion.

info@declarationofpeace.org

declarationofpeace.org/campaign-updates/may-9-2009-tell-congress-stop-paying-for-war-mi

declarationofpeace.org

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Tuesday, May 12, 2009, 7-9pm
Amnesty International presents dinner and a movie -
"Made in LA"
Location: MIT 4-270

Join us as we launch Amnesty International's "Jailed Without Justice" campaign as we seek to highlight the plight of immigrant detainees caught in our broken justice system. As part of the campaign, we also seek to highlight many of the difficult issues surrounding immigration policy and the experiences of immigrants. 

Made in L.A. is an Emmy award-winning feature documentary (70 min) that follows the remarkable story of three Latina immigrants working in Los Angeles garment sweatshops as they embark on a three-year odyssey to win basic labor protections from trendy clothing retailer Forever 21. 

In intimate observational style, Made in L.A. reveals the impact of the struggle on each woman's life as they are gradually transformed by the experience. Compelling, humorous, deeply human, Made in L.A. is a story about immigration, the power of unity, and the courage it takes to find your voice. Open to: the general public

Sponsor(s): Amnesty International, LSC

For more information, contact: Shankar Mukherji
mitai-exec@mit.edu

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Tue May 12 2009 at 7pm
Film maker Eleni Vlachos will introduce and screen her new documentary "Seeing Through the Fence." (FREE)
My Thai Vegan Cafe & Bubble Tea Bistro
3 Beach Street (at corner with Washington St)
2nd floor walk up, Chinatown, Boston
MBTA: Chinatown stop/Orange Line, or Boylston St.
stop/Green Line
617-451-2395

Through a series of humorous and poignant interviews conducted across the US and in Greece with "random people," the documentarian's family, and activists, "Seeing Through the Fence" explores our attitudes about the role of food in modern society and our connection, or lack of connection, with both the processes and animals from which our food originates, asking the question, 'What prevents ethical principles from being advanced to action?'

[Optional group buffet dinner is at 5:30pm; its price is... $15.60 EACH; CASH ONLY!!]

Evelyn Kimber
Boston Vegetarian Society
617-424-8846
www.BostonVeg.org

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Nancy Murray: ISRAEL/PALESTINE, SOUTH AFRICA, AND THE USA - MAKING THE CONNECTIONS
May 13, 2009 (Wednesday) 12 noon - 1:30 pm
Community Change Library on Racism
14 Beacon Street, First Floor Conference Room, Boston
 
Community Change Inc.
Brown Bag Anti-Racism Discussion Series 2009
Changing the Public Discourse around Race
 
What--if any--parallels can be drawn between the Zionist project and the ideology and impact of "white supremacy" that justified westward expansion and buttressed Jim Crow segregation in the United States? What are the links between Israel and apartheid South Africa and to what extent can the apartheid analogy be applied to Israel/Palestine? After exploring these questions, this talk will examine the movement against Israeli apartheid, which is gathering momentum internationally and within the US.   Nancy Murray, who holds a BA from Harvard University and a Ph.D. from Oxford University, is a life-long human rights activist. After teaching for seven years at the University of Nairobi, she directed a nation- wide program to combat racism in the media at London’s Institute of Race Relations, and remains on the editorial committee of its journal, Race & Class. She has been an advocate for the rights of the Palestinian people for more than two decades, and has founded and participated in several organizations that seek to change US policy and promote a just solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Among her publications are numerous articles on the conflict and a book, Palestinians: Life Under Occupation. She has also written a chapter on the post 9/11 profiling of Muslims and Arabs in the award-winning book edited by Elaine Hagopian, Civil Rights in Peril: The Targeting of Arabs and Muslims.   Please bring your lunch. Beverages will be provided. $5 contribution requested.
RESERVATIONS REQUIRED!!!
RSVP (617) 523-0555 or janet@communitychangeinc.org

Community Change, Inc 617-523-0555
www.communitychangeinc.org

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7PM: Radical Film Night: "Cronicamente Inviavel" (Chronically Unfeasible)
Sergio Bianchi (Brazil 2000)
Lucy Parsons Center
549 Columbus Avenue
Boston's South End
Telephone: 617.267.6272

This film dissects contemporary political and social problems, using six people who work or meet in a an upscale restaurant in Sao Paulo. Through their meanderings, misadventures and interactions Bianchi exposes sad traditions of corruption and hypocrisy. The film shows the work needed to physically and mentally survive in the midst of a chaotic brasilian society, although there are worldwide parallels of societies in which all values are market values.

(in Portuguese with English subtitles)

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Free Press Summit: Changing Media
Thursday, May 14, 2009, 9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Newseum, Washington, D.C.
Cost: Free

Free Press is changing politics as usual in Washington, and you’re invited. Join us on Thursday, May 14, for our interactive summit to shape the future of media policy. The event is designed to put policymaking in the hands of the people -- right where it belongs.

Register Now: http://www.freepress.net/summit

We will flip the typical D.C. summit on its head. Through cutting-edge technology, small-group discussions and engaging videos, you'll have the chance to weigh in on the future of media in the digital age.

Acting FCC Chair Michael Copps and Susan Crawford of President Barack Obama's National Economic Council will be on hand to give keynote speeches and to hear from you.

Space is limited for this free event, so register today to reserve your place.

Mary Alice Crim, Campaign Coordinator
Free Press

The Free Press Summit: Changing Media is sponsored by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

freepress.net/summit

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6:30PM: Chronicles of a Refugee
a 3-part film series by
Perla Issa, Aseel Mansour, and Adam Shapiro
(parts 3 and 4)
Palestinian Cultural Center for Peace (PCCP)
41 Quint Ave., Allston, Boston, MA
Green line B-line Harvard Ave stop/ on 66 bus route.
Suggested Donation: $10 (no one turned away)

Preview: youtube.com/watch?v=aPyXTW3bjyI

"Chronicles of a Refugee" is a 6-part documentary film series looking at the global Palestinian refugee experience over the last 60 years. Starting with 'al- Nakba' (catastrophe) in 1948 (part I) and continuing through repeated community and individual expulsions (part II) and enduring discrimination by virtue of being Palestinian (part III), the first three episodes are more historical and informative, presenting an almost comprehensive review of 60 years of dispossession. The last three parts tackle many issues facing Palestinian refugees, and are meant to open up debate on taboo and contentious issues. Part IV deals with identity formation and the impact of being in diaspora. Part V looks at strategies for the Right of Return and who is doing what to achieve realization of this right. Part VI focuses on issues of leadership and representation, from the perspective of what kind of representation have Palestinians had over time and what do they want now.

Filmed in over 15 countries, with more than 250 interviews of Palestinian refugees who have lived in over 25 countries, this is the first documentary film to look at the global Palestinian refugee experience over the last 60 years. The film presents Palestinian refugees who were displaced in 1948 and their descendants, and includes the wide range of age, socio- economic status, education level, etc.

Disc 1
Part I: "Nakba Dailies" (79 minutes)
Part II: "Daily Nakbas" (89 mins.)
Disc 2
Part III: "Homeland Without ID (papers)" (79 mins.)
Part IV: "Identity Without a Homeland" (78 mins.)
Disc 3
Part V: "Talk About Return" (78 mins.)
Part VI: "Return of the Talk" (84 mins.)

Funding for the project was made possible through individual contributions and the film is in no way associated with any organization, political party, faction or otherwise.

Adam Shapiro is co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement, and has previously made the documentaries 'About Baghdad', 'Darfur Diaries', 'Becoming Nadya' and 'Nowhere to Flee'.

Perla Issa is a Palestinian from Lebanon, who recently produced a short documentary on Nahr Al-Bared. She also worked with Shapiro on the documentary 'Nowhere to Flee' and was part of the team that produced the documentary series, 'Arabs and Terrorism'.

Assel Mansour is an indpependant Palestinian filmmaker from Jordan. His filmography includes 'Little Feet', 'Nightmares of Reality', and 'Alert Guns' (co- directed).

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7PM: A Revolution Of Hope:
Book Signing And Lecture By Luigi Morelli
Lucy Parsons Center
549 Columbus Avenue
Boston's South End
Telephone: 617.267.6272

Martin Luther King's Legacy for Social Change in the Third Millennium

Together we will explore how Martin Luther King's lifework anticipated the three levels of the evolutionary shift, and how we can apply that shift to the future.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Luigi Morelli has written about America from the confluence of spirituality and social change, from the perspective of history, myth and legend. His other books include Hidden America and Spiritual Turning Points of North American History. He has trained extensively in Nonviolent Communication, including mediation and coaching that he offers to the nonprofit sector.

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Seeking Understanding in Israel/Palestine:
A Two-Week Fact-Finding Trip
May 16-30, 2009 (that's this coming Saturday)
Organized by Friends of Sabeel-Colorado

Trip Objectives:

- To visit with Palestinian and Israeli peace and human rights groups and individuals working for peace.

- To see first-hand the reality of Palestinian life and the impact of the Israeli occupation - the wall, settlements, checkpoints, roadblocks, refugee camps, etc.

- To consider what is needed for a just peace.

Trip Highlights:

-Stay in the Old City of Jerusalem, within easy walking distance of the Western Wall, the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, and the Dome of the Rock. Explore the winding streets and bazaars of the Old City.

- Tour the illegal settlements of East Jerusalem with the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD), stand with the Women in Black on Friday at noon, meet with an Israeli Refusenik, the Israeli Human Rights organization B'Tselem, and a woman from Machsom Watch; visit the Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center in Jerusalem.

- Tour the Old City of Bethlehem and the Church of the Nativity; visit a refugee camp, meet with the Badil Center for Refugee Rights, visit in the homes of Palestinians in the Beit Jala area, and learn about nonviolent resistance against the construction of the wall.

- Travel to Galilee to visit Nazareth, the Mount of Beatitudes, Capernaum, and spend two nights by the Sea of Galilee. - Enjoy a feast in the Palestinian village of Ayn Hawd that was internally displaced in 1948, and learn about the struggle of the "unrecognized villages" within Israel.

- Visit the West Bank cities of Nablus and Ramallah; meet with the "Stop the Wall Campaign."

- Visit with a Jewish settler in a West Bank settlement, meet with the Christian Peacemaker Team in Hebron, and visit the Mosque of Ibrihim, honored by Jews and Muslims as the burial place of Abraham.

- Swim in the Dead Sea and visit Masada. Tour Leaders: Joy Lapp, Instructor of Religion and Ethics, Metro State College of Denver. Joy spent three years in the Middle East working with Mennonite Central Committee, and is Chair of Friends of Sabeel-Colorado Rev. Arnie Voigt, Retired Lutheran minister. Arnie has visited Israel/Palestine many times and has led numerous tour groups.

Cost:

$2000. Includes hotel, 2 meals per day, tour guide and entrance fees, transportation, tips. Does not include airfare, lunch, souvenirs, personal expenses or travel insurance. Please let us know if you are interested in group travel possibilities.
Prices based on double- occupancy. Supplement for single room is $475. Prices are based on a minimum of 20 travelers, and subject to changes due to circumstances beyond our control.

Travelers must have a passport that is valid six months beyond date of re-entry to U.S.

Confirmation needed immediately.

For more Information:

Please contact Joy Lapp 303-494-2338, lappj@earthlink.net

We extend a warm invitation to join this cross- cultural encounter to view the holy sites, and to visit with people passionately involved in the effort of peacemaking today.

Friends of Sabeel--North America
PO Box 9186, Portland, OR 97207
friends@fosna.org

fosna.org

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New England United
Program + Regional Meeting
Saturday May 16th, 1-5pm
Encuentro 5 (33 Harrison Ave 5th floor, Chinatown)
Refreshments will be provided

OPENING PROGRAM 1:00-2:30pm

"Iran: the key to understanding U.S. policy in the Middle East"
Presenter: Phil Wilayto, editor of The Virginia Defender and author of "In Defense of Iran: Notes from a U.S. Peace Delegation's Journey Through the Islamic Republic"

Wilayto presents his eyewitness account of Iran and an analysis of the critical role Iran plays in U.S. foreign policy.

MEETING 2:30-5:00pm
781-316-2018
NewEnglandUnited.org

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6:30PM: Chronicles of a Refugee
a 3-part film series by
Perla Issa, Aseel Mansour, and Adam Shapiro
(parts 5 and 6)
Palestinian Cultural Center for Peace (PCCP)
41 Quint Ave., Allston, Boston, MA
Green line B-line Harvard Ave stop/ on 66 bus route.
Suggested Donation: $10 (no one turned away)

Preview: youtube.com/watch?v=aPyXTW3bjyI

"Chronicles of a Refugee" is a 6-part documentary film series looking at the global Palestinian refugee experience over the last 60 years. Starting with 'al- Nakba' (catastrophe) in 1948 (part I) and continuing through repeated community and individual expulsions (part II) and enduring discrimination by virtue of being Palestinian (part III), the first three episodes are more historical and informative, presenting an almost comprehensive review of 60 years of dispossession. The last three parts tackle many issues facing Palestinian refugees, and are meant to open up debate on taboo and contentious issues. Part IV deals with identity formation and the impact of being in diaspora. Part V looks at strategies for the Right of Return and who is doing what to achieve realization of this right. Part VI focuses on issues of leadership and representation, from the perspective of what kind of representation have Palestinians had over time and what do they want now.

Filmed in over 15 countries, with more than 250 interviews of Palestinian refugees who have lived in over 25 countries, this is the first documentary film to look at the global Palestinian refugee experience over the last 60 years. The film presents Palestinian refugees who were displaced in 1948 and their descendants, and includes the wide range of age, socio- economic status, education level, etc.

Disc 1
Part I: "Nakba Dailies" (79 minutes)
Part II: "Daily Nakbas" (89 mins.)
Disc 2
Part III: "Homeland Without ID (papers)" (79 mins.)
Part IV: "Identity Without a Homeland" (78 mins.)
Disc 3
Part V: "Talk About Return" (78 mins.)
Part VI: "Return of the Talk" (84 mins.)

Funding for the project was made possible through individual contributions and the film is in no way associated with any organization, political party, faction or otherwise.

Adam Shapiro is co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement, and has previously made the documentaries 'About Baghdad', 'Darfur Diaries', 'Becoming Nadya' and 'Nowhere to Flee'.

Perla Issa is a Palestinian from Lebanon, who recently produced a short documentary on Nahr Al-Bared. She also worked with Shapiro on the documentary 'Nowhere to Flee' and was part of the team that produced the documentary series, 'Arabs and Terrorism'.

Assel Mansour is an indpependant Palestinian filmmaker from Jordan. His filmography includes 'Little Feet', 'Nightmares of Reality', and 'Alert Guns' (co- directed).

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SUNDAY, MAY 17, 2009

Sunday, May 17, 2009 at 4:30pm
Demo protesting AIPAC
Please stand out with us to protest AIPAC at its 10th Annual New England Leadership Dinner outside the Westin Copley Place
Hotel.10 Copley Place [the corner of Huntington Ave. and Dartmouth St.]

Signage should focus on AIPAC

suggested messages include:
AIPAC = ENDLESS WAR
AIPAC: BAD 4 PALESTINE-ISRAEL-U.S.
AIPAC: OBSTRUCTION TO PEACE
AMERICAN JEWS FOR A JUST PEACE-BOSTON
JUSTIC IS THE KEY

For more information:
contact Martin at 617-480-1961.

May 8-July 12 DUNCAN CAMPBELL'S "BERNADETTE"

List Center, MIT
(20 Ames St, Cambridge)
Open Tue., Wed., Fri., Sat., and Sun. 12-6PM. Open Thursdays 12-8PM. Closed on Mondays.

FROM THE FILM COLLECTION: DUNCAN CAMPBELL'S "BERNADETTE," a documentary (showing in the Bakalar Gallery) that examines media representations of historical figures through a portrait of Bernadette Devlin, the Irish Republican activist who was just 21 when she was elected to Parliament.

Duncan Campbell’s film Bernadette presents an unconventional yet insightful portrait of Irish dissident and political activist Bernadette Devlin. In 1969, at the age of 21, Devlin became the youngest member of the House of Parliament. Devlin’s brilliant oratory, her fierce political independence, and her efforts at promoting class solidarity beyond sectarian divisions made her a leading figure in the Irish Republican movement. Campbell’s film utilizes archival material, found footage, animation, and scripted voice-over to upend the formal conventions of documentary filmmaking. The film serves as an exploration of recent history and subversively critiques and questions the methods by which historical figures are represented by the media.

listart.mit.edu/node/510
listart.mit.edu/exhibitions

(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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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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Opportunities to Assist Cuba!

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

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 Truth, National

9/11 Truth, Boston

911 Truth, Los Angeles

Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth

9/11 Cover-Up

9/11 Information

Oil, Smoke & Mirrors

9/11 Research

9/11 Mysteries

NYcan.org

Flyby News

Religious Leaders for 9/11 Truth

Political Leaders for 9/11/ Truth

Vermonts for a Real 9/11 Investigation

Radio 4 All 9/11/ Program

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

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• "Truth & Justice Radio" (Sundays 6-10am)
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• "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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