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THIS WEEK'S EVENTS

11AM: CISPES
Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador
"Change Comes to El Salvador"
COMMUNITY CHURCH OF BOSTON
565 Boylston St. (Copley Square), Boston

On Sunday March 15, Salvadorans headed en masse to the polls to cast their ballots for the future president; by 9:30 pm Mauricio Funes, presidential candidate of the Farabundo Mart' National Liberation Front (FMLN), pronounced himself president-elect of El Salvador -- the very first leftist head of state in the country's history. This was unlike any other election since the end of the civil war in 1992: never before had the FMLN maintained such a steady lead in the opinion polls, and never before had the US government so thoroughly sought to remove its influence from Salvadoran internal politics. We will take time to celebrate the victory and also talk about the challenges ahead, for instance, Funes has said he will not immediately oppose CAFTA or end the "dollarization" of Salvadoran currency.

CISPES is a nationally networked grassroots organization dedicated to supporting the Salvadoran people's struggle for self-determination and social and economic justice.

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1PM: Socialist Workers Party Barbecue
86 Orient Ave., East Boston

You are invited to a fundraising barbecue sponsored by the Socialist Workers Party in Boston! Picnic /Barbecue

FOOD - DRINKS - MUSIC

By T, take Blue Line to Suffolk Downs stop, exit out back - not the side facing Bennington St. - and head up the hill on the second street on the right (Orient Ave.)

By car, heading north on Bennington St. take a left on Walley St., and the second left onto Orient Ave.

For more information call: 617-569-9169 or 617-359-7973

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NOON: Memorial Day Commemoration for Peace

Veterans For Peace and Military Families Speak Out are sponsoring our second annual Memorial Day For Peace Monday May 25 at noon at Christopher Columbus Park near Long Wharf.

Last year, people felt that this was a very meaningful event. We will have some speeches, read names of Massachusetts people killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, and honor all civilian victims of war as we say NO MORE WAR. In that way we are *very* different from the usual Memorial Day events.

We would like to make this an even bigger event than last year. Please consider coming, and forward this on to your mailing lists and friends. The flyer is enclosed. It is also located at: smedleyvfp.org/page15/files/memorial%20day%20flyer.pdf

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

TecsChange Move from Roxbury to Chinatown - Helpers Sought

The TecsChange move is off to a good start, but we have more work to do, and need help, to be out by the end of the month. (The move is from 89 Highland Ave, Roxbury, to 33 Harrison Ave., near the corner of Beach Street in Chinatown.)

Partial moving Monday May 25 from 1 until about 5. More prep work next Thursday (May 28th). Finish moving Sunday May 31st from 1 until about 5.

Help - especially on the two moving days - would be greatly appreciated. Please let us know if you can help on those days.

Charlie Welch for TecsChange

Since 1992, TecsChange has provided computer equipment, training and technical assistance to hundreds of grassroots groups organizations working for social change locally and internationally.

TecsChange ~ Technology for Social Change (currently) 83 Highland St, Roxbury
tecschange@tecschange.org
(617) 442-4456 until 6/1/09

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2-5PM: Special Commission on the Health Care Payment System
McCormack Building 21st floor,
One Ashburton Place, Boston, MA 02108

The Commission was established in Senate President Therese Murray's cost containment bill, which became law in August 2008. The Commission is charged with evaluating the health care payment system and recommending reforms that will provide incentives for cost-effective and patient-centered care. Specifically, the group will evaluate innovative methods for health care payment, including medical homes, global budgeting, and capitation rates.

Our source: masscare.org

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7PM: "How to Save the World"
Friends of Ashland Library
Documentary Film & Discussion Series
Community Room
66 Front Street, Ashland, MA
Free and open to the public.

What does an environmentally friendly biodynamic food system capable of feeding everyone actually look like?

"How to Save the World" comes down to a single message: by using chemicals, farmers and food production as a whole, flow into a vicious circle where the only option to improve crop yield is to use more chemicals.

Biodynamic agriculture is a method to save our food production by a fully organic (no chemicals used) farming method that brings back the quality of the soil as it used to be and generates same or higher yields as conventional agriculture. It may be our only way out of a terrible mistake.

The Documentary Film & Discussion Series meets every 2nd Thursday and 4th Tuesday of the month for an in- depth look at important topics of our day. The discussions are often lively and thought-provoking. All points of view are welcomed.

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NOON: UNDERSTANDING PALESTINE AND ISRAEL
A FRAMEWORK FOR EQUALITY AND JUSTICE IN THE
PALESTINIAN STRUGGLE FOR LIBERATION
Community Change Library on Racism
14 Beacon Street, Room 605
Boston MA 02108
RESERVATIONS REQUIRED!!!
RSVP 617-523-0555 or email us.
Please bring your lunch. Beverages will be provided.
$5 contribution requested.

Presenter: Salma Abu Ayyash is a Palestinian born in Jordan. She is co-founder of the Palestinian arts and culture organization www.Tawassul.org and the Boston Palestine Film Festival and is a local Palestinian rights activist.  

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7PM: "Quante Vale ou E Por Quilo?" (What Is It Worth?)
Radical Film Night
Lucy Parsons Center
549 Columbus Avenue
Boston's South End
Telephone: 617.267.6272

Free adaptation of Machado de Assis's short story "Pai Contra M", having some of Nireu Cavalcanti's 18th Century chronicles as inspiration, the film traces parallels between life in Brazil during the slavery period of the 1700s and life in modern Brazil focusing on race relations and economic inequality. A bitingly cynical analysis, injustice is uncovered and laid bare, from the brutalities of slavery to the rather more insidious practices of the 'industry' of the Third Sector which 'alleviates' child poverty, exploring the profit making aspects of both.

(in Portuguese with English subtitles)

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2-7PM: War Crimes Protest Rally
National Day of Resistance to U.S. Torture
HARVARD SQUARE T-STOP

Wear orange jumpsuits and black hoods. Write on the back "Prosecute War Criminals" (thick black sharpie works well). If you can't get a jumpsuit, Orange Armbands will do.

Are you aware that Douglas Feith is a Belfer Center Visiting Scholar at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government? Harvard now has a responsibility to revoke the fellowship. Mr. Feith was one of the six alleged war criminals named in the case by the Spanish court headed by magistrate Baltaser Garzon (who, by the way, also prosecuted former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet). The charge is that all six sanctioned torture. Feith admits he "played a major role" in Bush's Feb. 7, 2002 memo suspending the Geneva Conventions for detainees at Gitmo.

truthout.org/040609A

As Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, Douglas Feith spearheaded the Counter Terrorism Evaluation Group and the Office of Special Plans which was instrumental in drawing up documents that explained the supposed ties between Saddam and al Qaeda. Now it is well known there was no connection, the "facts" making the connection were orchestrated and the reason for going to war in Iraq (that Saddam Hussein was an eminent threat to the US) was a lie. Please contact the Dean David Ellwood 617-495-1122 david_ellwood@Harvard.Edu and ask why would the Kennedy School list an accused war criminal as a visiting scholar? Suspension at the very least is warranted. A May 28th rally in Cambridge is being organized to coincide with the Pentagon court-ordered release of torture photos, thanks to the FOIA lawsuit won by the ACLU. If you would like to help contact War Criminal Watch notinourschool@worldcantwait.net

Doug Fuda
14 Fletcher Street, Roslindale
617 331-1491 (cell)
Antiwarleague.com
prosecutegeorgebush.com
filibusterforpeace.org
worldcantwait.net

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7-8:30PM: Bill McKibben Speaks
English High School Auditorium,
Amory St & Carolina Ave, Jamaica Plain
Additional Entertainment T.B.A.
Ticket prices:
Registered Bike-A-Thon riders $5
All others $7 - $20

Bill McKibben, best-selling environmentalist author, unabashed activist, and one of the founders of the 350 Campaign, will speak for Bikes Not Bombs (BNB) again! This event builds momentum towards the BNB Bike-A-Thon on June 7th, by helping to educate our community about one of the most important existential issues of our time. Bring your friends and encourage them to join hundreds of riders raising money for BNB's programs. Buy tickets through the BNB website.

McKibben's first book, The End of Nature, was published in 1989. He has written eleven books since, covering both the seriousness of global warming and the growing movement to change the conditions that create it, including Hope, Human and Wild, Deep Economy, Fight Global Warming Now, and many, many articles in Atlantic Monthly, the New York Times, Mother Jones, and other great publications.

Co-sponsored by the The Jamaica Plain Forum.
Bikes Not Bombs
284 Amory St., Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
617-522-0222

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7PM: "Promissory Notes: From Crisis To Commons" (pamphlet)
Lucy Parsons Center
549 Columbus Avenue
Boston's South End
Telephone: 617.267.6272

The Midnight Notes Collective presents: "Promissory Notes: From Crisis To Commons" (pamphlet)

Please join members of Midnight Notes as they present and discuss their new publication.

Everyone seems to be experiencing some sort of crisis these days. But which crisis are you experiencing, where does it fit into a trajectory of previous crises, and what are paths onward?

"Promissory Notes: From Crisis to Commons," a new publication by Midnight Notes and Friends, explores these questions.

For 30 years Midnight Notes has evaluated the ways in which class struggle has shaped capitalism, capitalist efforts to ensure the working class is productive for capital, and ways in which working people have attempted to create a world without capitalism.

"Promissory Notes: From Crisis to Commons" is available as an affordably priced pamphlet at the Lucy Parsons Center or can be found (along with other Midnight Notes publications) at midnightnotes.org. If you are able to read the pamphlet before the event that would be great (but it certainly isn't necessary).

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7:30PM: War Expands in Pakistan and Afghanistan (discussion)
The Militant Labor Forum Hall
13 Bennington Street, 2nd Floor, East Boston
617-569-9169
bostonmlf@yahoo.com
Translation to Spanish available
Suggested Donation $5

Washington proclaimed itself the savior of Afghanistan when it invaded that country in 2001 - the opening shot in its "global war on terror." Eight years later, that image is fading in the eyes of the local population, which has witnessed village after village bombed by U.S. forces seeking to rout Islamist fighters. With Washington's backing the Pakistani army has relaunched military operations against Taliban forces in the Swat region, hundreds of thousands of civilians to flee the area and trapping many other toilers between the Pakistani army and the Taliban. More than a million people are now displaced in Pakistan. In Iraq Gen. Odierno now says as many as 20 percent of U.S. troops will remain on urban patrols beyond the June 30 "deadline" to withdraw outside city limits. There are now 134,000 U.S. troops in Iraq, more than before the start of the 2007 "surge."

Join a discussion on the recent expansion of Washington's wars and why working people should oppose them.

By train, take the blue line to Maverick Square Station and walk down Meridian about 5 blocks to Bennington St., at the Liberty Plaza.

Visit themilitant.com and pathfinderpress.com for news, analysis, and books and pamphlets.

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9A-3PM: Health Care Reform in 2009:
Massachusetts "Reform" as a National Model?
Teach-In at Walter Amphitheater,
Tosteson Medical Education Center (TMEC),
Harvard Medical School,
260 Longwood Ave, Longwood Medical Area, Boston

[WARNING: PREPARE FOR OBFUSCATION! Only ONE of the three sponsoring organizations clearly and vigorously supports Single Payer.]

The Obama administration has pledged to bring forward national health care "reform" this year. But what does that really mean (if anything)? How can we build a movement for REAL health care reform?

Come join with doctors, patients, community organizations, labor groups, students, and policy makers in a discussion and analysis of the Massachusetts health care plan and the prospects for national health care reform. Participants will provide a variety of (DIFFERENT) perspectives on the potential for quality, affordable health care for everyone. The event is FREE, and open to the public.

1. Registration & Coffee
(9:00-10:00)

2. Welcome
(10:00-10:05)

3. Opening Plenary:
(10:05-11:20)

4. Workshops/ Break-Out Groups
(11:30-12:45)

5. Lunch (lunch provided, donations welcome)
(12:45-1:30)

6. Closing Plenary: Prospects for National Health Reform
(1:35-2:50)

This event is sponsored by MA Jobs with Justice, Mass- Care and Health Care for America NOW!

For more information,
contact Jake Williams at (617) 524-8778, or jake@massjwj.net

Mass-Care: MA Campaign for Single Payer Health Care
33 Harrison Ave - 5th floor
Boston, MA 02111
617-723-7001
info@masscare.org

To register for the event: massjwj.net/node/2745

masscare.org
healthcareforamericanow.org
massjwj.net

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9A-5PM: A RACIAL JUSTICE TRAINING
COMMUNITY CHURCH OF BOSTON
565 Boylston St. (Copley Square), Boston
Guatemala Room, Second Floor

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)
presents
A RACIAL JUSTICE TRAINING
NO CHARGE!!! ..Donations Welcome
Please bring a bag lunch Coffee, tea, and snacks will be provided

A one-day interactive training
Join us for a one-day training where we will explore how to:
Demonstrate leadership skills
Exhibit community/coalition building
Develop a racial justice work plan
Integrate racial justice into our activism work
Explore the everyday unspoken realities of white privilege
Grapple with how to be an effective ally in bringing about a racially just world, and
Enhance our commitment to racial justice
On a personal, organizational and community level!
About the Facilitator: Sha'an Mouliert, M.Ed., is a consultant, community organizer, educator, artist and co-founded the African American Alliance of the Northeast Kingdom (Vermont). Until recently, she chaired the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom's (WILPF) Building the Beloved Community Committee. As a WILPF delegate, she attended the 2001 United Nations World Conference Against Racism held in Durban, South Africa. She has been a core trainer for TOPLAB at the Brecht Forum in New York City. She has facilitated Theater of the Oppressed trainings and has led conflict resolution, human potential, creative expression, racial justice and community organizing workshops nationally and internationally.

Please register by calling:
Audley at 617-723-0302 or Pat at 617-983-2677

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SUNDAY, MAY 31, 2009

10:30AM: Libraries as Vehicles for Civic Engagement
Shelley Quezada, Consultant, MA Board of Library Commissioners
Ethical Society of Boston
Longy School of Music
33 Garden Street, Cambridge HarvardSq T)
Info: goodmanjl@comcast.net

Libraries offer communities wide resources to support civic engagement among residents. In times of budget cutting, their services are often curtailed yet these are the very times when residents need them most.

MAY 8th thru July 13th, 2009

DUNCAN CAMPBELL'S "BERNADETTE"
List Center, MIT
Wiesner Building, 20 Ames Street, 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.

JOB POSSIBILITIES (Corporate Accountability Intl.)

Corporate Accountability International is in the middle of a major expansion and is hiring talented, experienced staff for several positions in Boston and Washington, DC.  For more than 30 years, Corporate Accountability International has successfully challenged corporations like GE, Nestlé, and Philip Morris to halt abusive practices that threaten public health, the environment and our democracy.

We are currently interviewing candidates for International Organizer, Online Director, Development Associate, Field Organizer, Press Secretary, Grants Associate, Executive Assistant and Field Program Administrator. 

Today our campaigns challenge the dangerous practices of some of the world's most powerful industries. Think Outside the Bottle exposes the truth behind bottled water marketing and defends the human right to water in the face of increasing corporate control. Value [the] Meal challenges the fast food industry to stop driving an epidemic of diet-related disease, and our campaign Challenging Big Tobacco is blocking industry interference in health policies that protect our kids. 

Join our talented staff to build the long-term political base and power needed to wage and win corporate campaigns. Job announcements are on our website www.StopCorporateAbuse.org.

Randall Smith
Senior Recruitment Organizer

Corporate Accountability International
10 Milk Street, Suite 610
Boston, MA 02108
617-695-2525

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PETITION to INVESTIGATE THE TROY DAVIS INJUSTICE

Troy Anthony Davis, who is on Georgia's death row, could soon face a fourth execution date. Yet no jury has ever heard the compelling new evidence that can prove his innocence. We call upon you, our elected officials, to investigate this case.

Troy Davis has been on death row in Georgia for the past 17 years, convicted of killing a white police officer, Mark Allen MacPhail in 1989. But no physical evidence linked him to the crime and no murder weapon was ever found. Troy was convicted on the basis of nine witnesses who testified against him at his trial. But now seven of these nine have come forward in sworn affidavits to recant their statements. Many say they felt pressured and coerced by the police to name Troy.

Shamefully our court system has never allowed Troy to present this new evidence to a jury. Troy Davis has faced down three past execution dates, once coming within two hours of his execution. Any day now the state of Georgia could be issuing another execution date. We cannot stand by and see justice trampled.

A man's life hangs in the balance. Civil rights hang in the balance. Justice hangs in the balance.

President Obama, Attorney General Eric Holder, District Attorney of Chatham County Larry Chisolm: You have the power to right this injustice. We, the signers below, urge you to do so.

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DONATE to SUPPORT 2 PALESTINIAN STUDENTS
at the Berkley School of Music

Please help the two Palestinians students attending Berklee College to finish their studies. No amount is too small. Details below. Every dollar you send will be matched by a generous donor.

In Fall 2007, Tawassul and the American Arab Anti- Discrimination Committee (ADC-MA), brought the Lebanese Arab composer, oud-master and UNESCO Artist for Peace, Marcel Khalife to perform at the Berklee Performance Center in Boston. The Student Music Initiative was created after the concert and with the proceeds we brought a Palestinian music student from the Edward Said National Conservatory in Ramallah to attend a 5-week course of study at the Berklee College of Music in the summer of 2008.

In the course of the year planning for this concert, we met with James McCoy Director, Community and Governmental Affairs, Jason Camelio, Associate Director of International Programs, and Greg Badolato, Assistant Vice President for International Programs, who offered the performance hall as a grant to Tawassul and who also pledged their support to bringing Palestinian students to the college. We were happy to hear that in the Fall of 2008, the Berklee College of Music admitted two students from Palestine to the four year degree program. They are the first Palestinians to attend the Berklee College of Music!

The two students are: Ali Amr, an accomplished Qanoon player, age 17, and a graduate of the Edward Said National Conservatory, and Tarek Rantissi, age 25, a brilliant percussion player who performed in international concerts with world famous musicians. We have had the fortune recently to listen to Tarek and Ali perform with the Berklee Middle East Ensemble, directed by Berklee professor Christiane Karam, and at the Palestinian Cultural Center for Peace in Boston.

We are really proud of the accomplishments of Ali and Tarek, touched by how they were received by our community, and by the support of the Berklee College of Music. Therefore, we decided to embark on a more ambitious program to raise funds to help Tarek and Ali continue their studies for the next three years.

The total tuition per student is $32,000. Berklee College has given each student a $12,000 annual scholarship. That leaves us to fund-raise for a total of $40,000 per year for the two students.

The good news is that we found a donor who is willing to match dollar for dollar and up to $20,000 for every cent that we can raise. Therefore, we have to raise $20,000 each year to keep Tareq and Ali in their program!

We are counting on your support to make this happen. Please be generous!

Please send a donation to support the Student Music Initiative. Checks can be made out and mailed to:
MECCS/ TAWASSUL
PO Box 382425
Cambridge, MA 02238

If you're a US taxpayer, your donation will be fully tax-deductible.

Please note Student Music Initiative in the memo of your check.

We request your pledge to help as soon as possible as the deadline for the matching funds has been set for June 1, 2009 so that the students can confirm their attendance at Berklee for next year on time.

Please contact with any questions you have on this initiative:

Hilary Rantisi Hilary_Rantisi@ksg.harvard.edu

Naila Jirmanus nailajirmanus@aol.com

Salma Abu Ayyash salmaandrea@comcast.net (Tawassul)

Omar Baddar omar_baddar@yahoo.com (Palestine Cultural Center for Peace)

Farrah Haydar (Center for Arabic Culture)

Merrie Nejimi (ADC-MA) and Marwan El-Masri marwanelmasri@yahoo.com (Palestinian House)

tawassul.org
adcma.org
palestinianculturalcenterforpeace.org
cacboston.org

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Support Special Prosecutor to Investigate US Torture

The big fuss this week was President Obama's total turnaround on releasing the new torture pictures. Despite stating that they were "not particularly sensational", in the next breath he argued that releasing them would put our troops at greater risk, two statements which when combined make no logical sense.

So we say give the pictures to a special prosecutor, who can then show them to a grand jury. That's who really needs to see them. Obama said long ago, "Make me do it." We don't need more pictures to do that, we KNOW what they did, we just need to keep speaking out about it.

We need to each of us continue to speak out for a special prosecutor once a week from now on, until Obama and Holder finally get the message that no matter how many people THEY don't torture, there is no accountability for the past, and no deterrent for the war criminals of the future, without prosecutions NOW.

The torture started long before they commissioned legally preposterous opinions to say the OLD torture was suddenly now new and OK, from sycophant lawyers one of whom (Bybee) was rewarded for his collaboration with an lifetime seat on the appeals court.

Which is why it is all so very interesting that Cheney has been all over the corporate media lately doing the equivalent of a Limbaugh torture teaching tour. Why is Dick Cheney now taking such a PERSONAL interest in trying to retroactively sell a policy of torture to the American people?

The answer of course is that torture was HIS program, it was his initiative. He was the driving force in charge of it, and he's the one who made it happen. Listen to Cheney's answer on Meet To Press to the question of whether Bush knew everything about the program that he did. Listen to Cheney mumble out of the side of this mouth that Bush "knew a great deal" and "basically authorized it", and you can picture Cheney doing everything but forge Bush's signature on it, not that the little decider is himself any less responsible.

Special Prosecutor Action Page: peaceteam.net/action/pnum984.php

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URGE US REPS TO JOIN CONGRESSMAN BAIRD's
DELEGATION TO ISRAEL AND PALESTINE

A plea from Cindy and David Corrie (parents of murdered human rights activist Rachel Corrie):

Urge Your Members of Congress to Join Congressman Baird's Second Delegation to Israel and Palestine

In February, Congressman Brian Baird, our representative from the WA - 3rd District, joined Congressman Keith Ellison from Minnesota, for a visit to Gaza and, also, Sderot in Israel. Since then, he has spoken out strongly about all that he witnessed.

Congressman Baird has planned and organized a late May Congressional delegation to Israel, the West Bank, and hopefully Gaza (with some focus on Israeli/Palestinian groups working together for peace).

In visiting with him this week, we learned that for reasons apparently related to schedule demands, not enough members of Congress have signed on to make the May trip viable. Unless there is a surge in interest, it appears that Congressman Baird will postpone this delegation until later in the year.

We all know how important it is for people to see for themselves what is happening in Israel/Palestine.

Please call and/or write to your Congressional members (Representatives and Senators) and urge them to join Congressman Brian Baird's delegation to Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza--either in May or later in the year (should it be postponed). Tell your representatives in Congress that it is important to you that they go to the West Bank and Gaza (as well as Israel) to see the situation firsthand. Tell them that the financial investment we are making in this region and the relevance of Israel/Palestine to U.S. interests, require that they see the full picture. Tell them you want them to go.

Our source for this: activist Amy Hendrickson
amyh@texnology.com

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(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

HR 676 currently has 75 Cosponsors. More cosponsors are needed to move this legislation forward in the House. A goal of 170 Cosponsors is cited by Dr Margaret Flowers, a supporter of single payer healthcare, and one of the activists arrested at the recent Senate Finance Committee hearings.

Please contact your Representative in the House to cosponsor HR 676. To see the current list of cosponsors, go to Thomas, and enter the bill number in the search window, and select search by bill number. The search produces a table of links, with a Cosponsor link in the second row of the second column.

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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

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

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

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

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

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