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Presented by author Seth Tobocman (artist/activist) from New York City, with music by Eric Blitz (drummer) and Steve Wishnia (guitarist)
New York-based Seth Tobocman will offer a multimedia presentation of the work in his new book, "Disaster and Resistance: Comics and Landscapes for the 21st Century" (AK Press, 2008), and drummer Eric Blitz and guitarist Steve Wishnia will provide music.
Seth is an artist and longtime activist and educator, as well as cofounder of the comics zine "World War 3 Illustrated." In his new book, he outlines pressing social and political struggles at the dawn of the twenty-first century, from post 9-11 New York City to Israel and Palestine, to Iraq and New Orleans.
Fans of his classic works, "You Don’t Have to Fuck People Over to Survive" and "War in the Neighborhood," will see that his punch has not softened, and his work continues to skewer the individuals and institutions wreaking havoc across the globe today. In his bold comic style, Seth chronicles events as they happen, musing not on the chaos of instability and fear but on the struggle against it.
FOR MORE INFO: Melissa Jameson, 347-350-8481
10AM: [WARNING: DATE AND TIME MIGHT HAVE TO CHANGE]
JOHN McCAIN will be coming to Kennebunkport to visit with Pappy Bush on Monday July 21st
The Kennebunks PEACE Department and CODE PINK invite you to join them in a peace and justice demonstration.
We are organizing a sidewalk march to Walker's Point. Please meet at 10:00 am at the Consolidated School parking lot on School Street in Kennebunkport. Parking is limited throughout the port. Please wear comfy shoes and bring lots of water (not POLAND SPRING) as the walk is 2 miles.
For more info, contact Jamilla.
12:15PM: Possible opportunity to confront John Kerry or tell him what you think of him. [A re-election campaign affair.] ...
"Senator Kerry will be coming through Framingham as part of his "Kerry on your Corner" series of stops, and Kerry's re-election campaign hopes you can join us."
He will be in Framingham next Monday, July 21st at 12:15 PM. Location: Dunkin' Donuts on Rt 126 right by town hall - 266 Concord St.
Here's the [slick] description presented by Kerry's campaign staff: "It'll be a nice informal conversation with voters and local activists, and a great opportunity to bring your questions and concerns."
This appears to be an effort to require each attender to be pre-identified. Here's the line: "If you can make it, could you please drop me a line so Sen. Kerry can recognize you?" (Chris Doten, John Kerry for Senate Regional Director, 617-697-4582)
For more discussion of this opportunity, contact Sandy Coy.
Author: Susan Quinn
Book: FURIOUS IMPROVISATION: How WPA and a Cast of
Thousands Made High Art out of Desperate Times
Howard Zinn will be present
Archival clips of these classic films will show:
"It Can't Happen Here"
"The Cradle Will Rock"
"Voodoo Macbeth"
Quinn was interviewed 7-19-08 on WZBC's Sounds Of
Dissent.
Please join Community Change staff and friends for a viewing and discussion of the new documentary Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North by first- time filmmaker Katrina Browne. The documentary follows Browne, who discovers her ancestors were the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history, and nine fellow descendants as they retrace the Triangle Trade from Bristol, Rhode Island to Ghana and to Cuba. They uncover Northern Complicity in slavery and tackle the challenges around racism and white privilege. This documentary premiered on PBS in June, this year of the bicentennial of the abolition of the slave trade, and will be rebroadcast in the future. Two cousins from the film will show a 45 minute version of the film, answer questions and participate in our discussion.
The Consulate of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela &
The Ibero-American Film Festival
Present a movie by Michael New.
"Florentino is a young horseman and singer, a free
spirit living in the open world without restrictions,
in the Venezuelan plains. He confronts the devil in a
duel of improvised verses. As time passes, these
unspoilt plains start to change. Through Florentino's
voice and actions, the plains cannot be conquered. Its
culture defies the devil in the eternal fight between
good and evil, between life and death."
This event represents a celebration of Hispanic culture and arts and attendees will have a glimpse of the variety in creativity exhibited by directors and actors from the Americas and the Iberian Peninsula.
We hope you have a chance to attend. General Consulate of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in Boston
The Documentary Film & Discussion Series, sponsored by the Ashland Friends of the Library, will present the film "What a Girl Wants" (33 min) on Tuesday, July 22 at 7:00 pm in the Community Room, Ashland Public Library, 66 Front Street, Ashland, MA. The event is free and open to the public. Viewers are invited to stay for discussion or to just listen. Refreshments are served.
During the spring of 2000, eleven girls age 8 to 16 from a variety of socio-economic backgrounds and two classrooms of middle and high school students were interviewed about their views on media culture and its impact on their lives.
Their insightful and provocative responses provide the central theme of the film, a half-hour examination of how the media presents girls. Juxtaposing footage culled from a typical week of TV broadcasting with original interviews, What a Girl Wants provokes debate and, ideally, act as a catalyst for change in media content.
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 events are often lively and thought-provoking.
Bernard Lown, MD, inventor of the defibrillator, is co-
founder of IPPNW () and PSR (Physicians for Social
Responsibility).
John Grebe interviewed Lown Sat 7-19-08 on this
station.
Lown will be signing copies of his book.
Remembering four little girls - Spike Lee's documentary on the 1963 bombing murder in Birmingham of Carole Denise McNair, Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Welsey and Carol Robertson while they were in Sunday School.
Sabeel International Young Adult Conference
"A Time for Remembrance, A Time for Truth"
1948: The Nakba, Justice & Beyond
July 24 - Aug 3, 2008
Jerusalem
Our vision for this conference is to gather, network,
and further educate young leaders from Palestine and
around the world, during this 60th year of
commemorating the Nakba; so that they may be trained,
commissioned, and equipped with the tools to act in
advocacy to work for justice and peace in the Holy
Land.
Friends of Sabeel--North America Voice of the
Palestinian Christians
Washington D.C., July 17, 2008 - Today House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. announced that, on July 25, the House Committee on the Judiciary will hold a hearing on the Imperial Presidency of George W. Bush and possible legal responses.
The July 25 hearing will be held at 10:00 a.m. in room 2141 of the Rayburn House Office Building (Washington DC). Additional information, including witness participation, remains pending.
Join the UMASS Boston Antiwar Coalition for its Day Without Recruitment protest at the US Army Recruiting Center (141 Tremont St. near Park St. T-stop between Temple Pl. and West St.) on August 2nd 2008 at 12 Noon.
A universal single-payer health plan has again been introduced in Congress by Rep. Conyers (D-MI), this time with the support of 90 other members, numerous unions, and independent groups.
HR676.org, PO Box 882122, Port Saint Lucie FL 34988
800-680-9310
info@HR676.org
Cindy Sheehan is making a courageous run for the Congressional seat in San Francisco, to challenge Nancy Pelosi, who has done nothing but cave in to the Bush/Cheney criminal war agenda, while the approval rating of Congress drops into single digits for the first time ever.
But FIRST Cindy needs to get on the ballot, and to do that as an independent she still needs another 6,000 petitions signatures in the next couple weeks.
Even with her many valiant volunteers, you can really help now by making a donation to put more paid signature gatherers for Cindy Sheehan on the street to give the voters of San Francisco a pro-courage choice. Help put Cindy safely over the top with enough margin of petition signatures that they cannot keep her off the ballot.
Cindy Sheehan Petition Donations
DON'T MISS OUT U.S. POPULAR PALESTINIAN NATIONAL CONFERENCE:
RECLAIMING OUR VOICE, ASSERTING OUR NARRATIVE
Register Today
REGISTRATION
Registration fees include 5 meals. Register early to take advantage of the early registration discount.
REGISTRATION FEES WILL INCREASE AFTER JULY 23rd
HOTEL
Registration fees DO NOT include hotel stay. Call the hotel directly at (847) 297-1234 to reserve your room(s).
Mention USPCN to get the special rate of $89 a night, plus tax.
THE $89 RATE WILL EXPIRE JULY 16th
Contact us at conference@palestin econference.org
or (888) 48 NAKBA with any questions.
Partial list of conference speakers and presenters:
Archbishop Atallah Hanna (by video)
Tamim Barghouthi (world-renowned poet)
Rasmiya Masoud
Norman Finkelstein (invited)
Dr. Jamil Fayez
Grace Said
Phillip Farah
Dr. Thomas Abowd
Michael Deutsch (attorney for Muhammad Salah, Palestinian political prisoner)
Laila Al-Arian (daughter of political prisoner Sami Al-Arian)
Asma Ashqar (wife of political prisoner Abdelhaleem Ashqar)
In one month, the Free Gaza Movement will sail on a mission of civil resistance: breaking into the prison that is Gaza.
We are students and teachers, human rights observers and aid workers, lawyers, medics, activists - parents and grandparents. We are Americans and Europeans, Israelis and Palestinians, Australians, South Africans, and more. We are of all ages and backgrounds. Collectively, we have years of experience volunteering in Gaza and the West Bank. Because of our human rights work, the state of Israel has banned many of us from re-entering Palestinian areas. Because of the ongoing blockade, the rest of us find it almost impossible to enter Gaza at all. Despite deteriorating conditions, the great need for international assistance, and the invitations of our Palestinian partners - the Israeli Government will not allow us into Gaza to help. Will you help?
We must break the siege of Gaza. Conditions there are already catastrophic. We have to raise international awareness about the prison-like closure of Gaza and deeply pressure Israel and the international community to lift the blockade and end the Occupation. As people of conscience our actions must be commensurate with the crisis.
We've tried to enter Palestine by land. We've tried to arrive by air. Now we're getting serious. We're taking a ship. Please look into your hearts and ask yourselves if the collective punishment and virtual imprisonment of one and a half million human beings can ever be justified. If your answer’s “no,” then we want your help this August when we break into Gaza and try to break out of this siege.
If you’d like more information, or if you can donate money or medical supplies (such as hearing aids), please visit their website at FreeGaza.org.
Boston Palestine Film Festival
Asking for contributions now.
Festival is October 4 thru 12, 2008.
2007: With over 40 films, BPFF brought authentic
Palestinian perspectives, experiences and culture to
venues as prestigious and diverse as the Museum of
Fine Arts, Coolidge Corner Theatre, Kendall Square
Cinema, Harvard Film Archive, Harvard University and
Boston College. BPFF featured several US premieres
and included appearances by many noted international
filmmakers. Please visit BPFF online to view the
substantial coverage we received in the Boston Globe,
the Boston Phoenix and on WBUR, a local affiliate of
National Public Radio—to name just a few media
outlets.
2008: This year’s festival is every bit as exciting
and compelling as last year’s. We are now finalizing
our 2008 program for this coming fall, October 4th-
12th. We hope that we can count on your support to
build on the achievements of last year,
Iran Divestment Bill, H 4270 -- calls needed!!!
The Iran Divestment Bill, H 4270, came out of committee Monday (7-14-08) with - heartbreakingly - a favorable recommendation. It will next go to the full Legislature for a vote, first to the House. We need call our State Rep, as well as Rep's DiMasi and DeLeo!!! (Proponents of the bill are lobbying for its passage now.) All legislation needs to be completed by July 31, so this is urgent. We're not sure what day this vote will come up, but we understand that if the leadership is enthusiastic about it, they'll bring it to vote quickly.
Please call your state representative, and DiMasi and DeLeo. Tell them you don’t want them to support a bill which adds fuel to the calls for an attack on Iran. Ask where s/he stands on the legislation.
State Legislature general number: 617-722-2000. To find your state rep and their contact information.
Speaker of the House Sal DiMasi: 617-722-2500 Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee Robert DeLeo: 617-722-2990
Thank you for all you’ve done before – and for pressuring these representatives again.. Susan Lees, for the UJP No War on Iran working group.
With unprecedented rains washing away crops in the American bread basket, and a new surge of forest fires in California, it's clearer than ever that the time for a Secure Green Future is NOW!.
Indeed, global warming is advancing much faster than scientists have predicted. The Greenland ice cap is exhibiting unexpected signs of breaking up, which could create flooding that would be worse than 23 Hurricane Katrinas. British scientists just reported that massive cracks have appeared in the Artic ice cap. An article in Science presents evidence that we have passed critical tipping points, and we need to reverse carbon dioxide build-up, not just slow it down. On top of all this, the global economy is beginning to unravel as dwindling oil reserves drive up fuel costs for an oil-addicted world.
To address these emerging crises with the level of urgency they demand, the Mass. Coalition for Healthy Communities, through our Code Green project, is helping to launch a public policy question called the Secure Green Future (SGF). This advisory question calls for legislation to cut greenhouse gas emissions in Massachusetts 80% by 2020, and to shift tax incentives and subsidies at the state level from energy-intensive development projects towards building the local, green economies we urgently need.
Several districts are already up and running, and if you'd like to bring a Secure Green Future to your community (and the planet), we can help you get jump started. Most of the materials distributed at our training session are now available on the SGF website: www.masschc.org/SGF_Materials.php.
In addition, materials to help you reach out to local organizations for volunteer support, and spread the word to local papers are included below (and on the website).
Since there are only three weekends between now and July 9 (when signatures need to be turned in), it's important to seize the moment and start collecting signatures this weekend. If you don't already have petition forms, let us know and we will mail you (or otherwise get you) a packet. In any given district, you'll need to collect 300 signatures.
If you let us know where and when you'll be collecting THIS WEEKEND -- then we can email out the location and time so others can join you.
Weeknight (or day) signature collecting at farmers markets, supermarkets, shopping centers, T stops (mornings too), post offices, etc. will also be very effective.
Now is the time to fill out the volunteer form at www.masschc.org/securegreenfuture/SGF_VolunteerForm.pdf and send it in to sgf-info@masschc.org - if you haven't already done so. This ensures we can keep you in the loop and provide support to help get the Secure Green Future on the ballot in your community.
Many thanks, and good luck!
Eli Beckerman, Field Coordinator for Secure Green Future,
and the Code Green Team
Jill Stein, John Andrews, Peter Vickery
Carlos Arredondo has traveled thousands of miles with his pick up truck decorated as a memorial to his son Alex who died in Iraq . I remember when I first heard about his action as a distraught father who set himself on fire when he heard the news of his son's death. An article about Carlos appears in the Nation. Since then, as a member of Military Families Speak Out, I have come to know and love Carlos and his wife Melida as two dedicated activists for peace. You can read about Carlos' actions for peace on Democracy Now!.
Carlos and Melida would have certainly had every right to sit back and mourn the death of their son. Instead they have taken every opportunity and often at great personal expense to remind people of the true cost of war. They have traveled to every demonstration, vigil, poltiical rally, memorial and meeting with politicians to tell their story of loss, and the deep concern they feel for others who have suffered or daily face the possible loss of a family member to this endless occupation of Iraq.
Many of you have met Carlos or heard of him. You have seen his hopefulness in the face of grief. Now it's time for all of us to help put his (OUR) truck back on the road where it belongs. $20 collected from one hundred people should do it! If the travel weary truck cannot be repaired one more time, the money will go to the down payment on a new or newer truck.
Please make out checks to Carlos Arredondo and send them to me so I can present them in a lump sum
Sarah Fuhro, 8 Abbott Road Natick, Ma 01760
Job Opening: Executive Director (posted 6/8/08)
The Peace & Justice Center in Burlington, Vermont seeks a skilled and inspiring leader with a passion for social justice. This position consists primarily of fundraising and staff supervision and requires knowledge and experience in the following areas:
Wendy Coe, Office Manager
Peace & Justice Center
21 Church St, Burlington VT 05401
802-863-2345 ext 3
From Environment Massachusetts
Massachusetts is tantalizingly close to taking an action that [assertedly] will slash our state's global warming pollution down to a size that can help cool the planet. Our Global Warming Solutions Act could land on Gov. Patrick's desk this summer -- but first we've got to win in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. Please ask your representative to make passing the Global Warming Solutions Act his or her top priority this summer.We've already won in the Senate. In the House of Representatives, as of last night, 110 representatives, out of 160 total, have told us they'll vote for our bill. But with Beacon Hill being Beacon Hill, we're not ready to pop the champagne open quite yet -- especially with only 60 days left to go in the 2008 session.
Sign petition against US missile offense in Poland
In a few days, the US government will likely sign an agreement with the Czech Republic government allowing the US to place a radar satellite system in that country. The satellite system is part of the US "missile defense" installations designed to be placed in Poland.
We can join our voices in support of the Czech people to say "no" to a US radar system in their country.
Please add your voice to support this effort by signing the petition.
Understanding that this empire-building strategy by the US could lead to a new arms race which threatens the Czech people, the majority of whom oppose this project. The opposition which began with a few activist voices now includes over 70 percent of the population who oppose any US military presence in the Czech Republic.
Even thought the Czech President may sign the agreement, it has to be ratified by the Czech Parliament. And the situation is far from clear, because the government has a very small mandate - not even have a majority. They were only able to pass a confidence vote after seven months of negotiations, and thanks to some two members of parliament that didn't vote against them. So they have a very weak mandate, and it is far from clear how the vote will go.
The Czech people have asked for support from around the world to bolster their campaign. They are looking for a million signatures on their petition to take to the parliament to defeat the agreement.
Sign petition on McCain/Obama statements to AIPAC
FROM Jewish Voice for Peace...
We are deeply concerned by statements that both Senator McCain and Senator Obama made at the AIPAC Conference. Please sign our petition calling on Senators Obama and McCain to moderate their stances in the interests of a peaceful future:
In particular:
1) Senator Obama declared that Jerusalem "must remain undivided." We believe the future status of Jerusalem must be negotiated.
2) Both Senators McCain and Obama promised enormous sums of unconditional military aid to Israel. We believe the U.S. must hold Israel accountable for using U.S. weapons against civilians.
3) Both Senators McCain and Obama continued to demand the exclusion of Hamas from the negotiating table. We believe peace agreement cannot be achieved without Hamas at the table.
Travel to Venezuela’s Andean region and learn Spanish with Global Exchange while seeing the Bolivarian Revolution. Both short-term and SEMESTER-ABROAD programs are available.
At the crossroads of a profound political and social transformation, Venezuela is a country in the international spotlight. The Bolivarian Revolution has caught the attention and imagination of people around the world and yet continues to be sorely misunderstood and misrepresented. Come get the perspectives of communities that are being affected by and pushing forward this political experiment to build a new model of society. Meet with rural agricultural workers, labor unions, community activists, human rights activists, journalists, government leaders, as well as opposition figures.
Global Exchange has partnered with the highly acclaimed language school, the Iowa Insitute, located in the beautiful city of Merida to provide a Spanish immersion program while giving students the unique opportunity to build ties with Venezuelan communities and social activists.
*Study in an intensive Spanish language program while
living with a local family in Merida, Venezuela, at
the foot of the Andes.
*Travel to educational and health care social programs
(the "missions") and dialogue with participants and
community leaders.
*Visit with members of cooperatives and community
organizations and learn about the efforts to create a
grassroots social economy.
Program Dates:
2008
July 3, 2008-July 20
July 31, 2008-August 17
2009
May 30-June 16
July 04-21
August 01-18
Cost: $1885
Prices Includes:
*Home stay accommodations
*Two meals per day
*Transportation to and from Merida
*Transportation to and from all programmed activities
*Intensive Spanish language classes five days a week
*Guides and translators
*All program activities and reading materials
*Honoraria to all host speakers, organizations and communities.
Contact the Venezuela Program Coordinator for more
information or call (415) 575-5524
Global Exchange also send Delegations to Venezuela. Here
are planned events in 2008:
Democracy, Development, and Regional Integration- A New Vision for the Americas
August 09 - 19, 2008
Labor, Land Reform, and Agriculture
September 06 - 16, 2008
Health and Healing
October 04 - 14, 2008
Popular Democracy : Observing the 2008 Regional Elections
November 15 - 25, 2008
Democracy, Development, and Regional Integration- A New Vision for the Americas
December 05 - 15, 2008
Tampa Bay Coalition for Justice and Peace
April 16, 2008
Dr. Al-Arian Faces Shocking Abuse in New Facility
Yesterday morning, Dr. Sami Al-Arian was transported
by immigration agents to the Hampton Roads Regional
Jail in Portsmouth, Virginia. Since arriving at the
facility, he has been subjected to numerous, shocking
abuses, even worse than those he experienced at a
detention center in Maryland.
Take Action: call 757-488-7500
And if you haven't already, sign the petition.
See also:"USA vs AL-ARIAN"
To everyone in the Boston area progressive community, After months of development and testing by a few dozen folks, Open Media Boston, the new progressive news, views and arts web portal, has just launched and is now ready for your participation. (Site is still labeled "beta.")
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
Mass. House Bill #4477, if passed, would finally make it illegal for drivers of motor vehicles in Massachusetts to use hand-held phones while driving (as in NY and elsewhere). This bill recently passed the House and now is languishing in the Senate and may not come to the floor for a vote unless you phone or send a message to your friends in various towns and cities to have them urge their state senators (617-722- 5551) to vote for this bill.
According to Senate Assistant Majority Leader Marian Walsh, what needs to happen is for senators to get many phone calls from their constituents in favor of this bill. Passing House #4477 is a matter of public safety. Please call your senator and what would make a significant difference is for you to contact your friends throughout Massachusetts so House Bill #4477 becomes law.
Ed O'Reilly (PDA-endorsed candidate who advocates for single-payer health care, impeachment, stopping our current wars, and marriage equality) seeks the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate seat now occupied by John Kerry.
Ed Received 22.5% of the vote at the June Primary Nomination vote to qualify for the fall primary (15% minimum required). For further information, call the campaign at 866-716-2008.
U.S. war provocation against Iran: Another Tonkin
Gulf? Take Action NOW to Stop War on Iran!
The Bush Administration has initiated an extremely dangerous war provocation just off Iran's coast, in the Strait of Hormuz. With Bush on his way to the Middle East to mobilize a collection of oil-rich U.S. client states against Iran, the U.S. government is working overtime to create a phony public-relations incident to heighten tensions in the region and threaten a new war.
Congressman Robert Wexler's campaign office says that (unlike most of our Democratic Reps) he is pushing hard to force a committee hearing on Rep. Dennis Kucinich's Articles of Impeachment, recently introduced into the House of Representatives and referred to the Judiciary Committee.
This fight is not over. We must continue the pressure on our representatives or else Congress and its fellow lackey media will take no notice. That would be a historic mistake – one we must prevent Congress from making.
We stand at a critical juncture in our efforts. Forget all of those arguments that it is too late or that we have run out of time. You can’t run the clock out on our Constitution. Those of us dedicated to this fight – Rep. Dennis Kucinich, the online community, and millions of patriotic Americans – must keep the pressure on. Please continue to spread the word and help deliver accountability to the corrupt Bush-Cheney administration.Congressman Conyers needs a huge kick in the tail.
Please sign on to Congressman Robert Wexler's petition to help push the issue.
TOLL-FREE PHONE NUMBERS FOR THE U.S. CAPITOL SWITCHBOARD
US House of Representatives Web Sites
S 1959 "Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007" must be stopped at all costs. (It's already been approved by the House of Representatives by a HUGE majority.)
Pick up your phone and contact our US Senators' offices to instruct them to vote "NO" on S.1959, titled "To establish the National Commission on the Prevention of Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism, and for other purposes".
If this bill is passed, and becomes law, your words and actions could be considered terrorism. S 1959 EVISCERATES FREE SPEECH, and empowers the govt. to declare ANYTHING they deem an "extremist belief system", instantly make you a terrorist, resulting in stripping of US citizenship, torture, and/or execution, with no habeas corpus rights, no ability to challenge even in the US Supreme Court.
And what greater hero do we have than Dennis Kucinich, still standing strong as ever on every issue that matters. Here is his own leadership statement opposing telecom immunity.
And yet, even now, powerful corporations are pouring money into Dennis's district, to try to buy his seat out from under him by threatening him in his own primary. They are running malicious attack ads in heavy rotation. Please consider making a donation to Dennis now, to help him fight back.
Comcast has given us a glimpse of a world without Net
Neutrality, and it's a chilling sight.
An investigation by the Associated Press caught the
cable giant secretly inspecting online communications
and crippling users' ability to share information with
one another.
On 11-1-07, Free Press filed a legal complaint
demanding that the FCC take action to protect the free
flow of information on the Internet. By joining our
complaint, you can help stop Comcast and other
gatekeepers.
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
Action Alert: The Alliance for Democracy warns us to oppose Holt bill (HR 811). We call for a ban on the use of Direct Recording Electronic voting equipment (DREs) and to require the use of paper ballots.
AFD urgently calls upon all citizens to call their Representatives to demand amendments to rectify the defects in HR 811, specifically to ban the use of DRE voting machines and require the use of paper ballots in all elections in the United States.
1. DRE systems must be banned.
2. All voting must be by voter marks on a paper ballot.
3. All recounts must be by hand counting of paper ballots.
4. All elections must have a statistically significant verification.
5. All recounts at every level of government must be by hand counting.
6. All software must be subject to public disclosure.
7. No connections to the Internet should be allowed.
8. All election records should be available to the public.
Go to for on-line information and a link to a printable flier.
A call for all people of conscience
to donate to its Lebanon Palestine Emergency Relief Fund.
All donations will be used to help Palestinian and
Lebanese victims of the latest Israeli aggression.
Tel: 760-685-3243
Fax: 360-933-3568
E-mail link
This oil comes directly from the Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committees (PARC), a non-profit, non-governmental organization in the West Bank. PARC works with 15 different small farming cooperatives. 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. PARC recently received the top BIOL award for excellence in olive oil in a competition in Puglia, Italy which included 300 participants from Italy and abroad.
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 continues to deteriorate, 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.
We hope that you will continue to support us in this endeavor, as it is more important than ever to help sustain the Palestinian economy. On our most recent trip to the region in June 2008, we found that conditions are worse than ever, with unrelenting, tightening restrictions on movement making life incredibly difficult.
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.
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.
Meet briefly at the statue to exchange thoughts,
then walk silently around the Yard and nearby streets,
returning to the statue by 12:30pm.
Southeast corner of Rt 27 and 30 (nearest to Brooks Pharmacy).
Come for all or part. Bring a candle, lantern, or flashlight.
Organizer: Sandy Coy.
Join the Boston Tea Party Conference call,
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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.
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.