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Support Peace Abbey Radio!This is a plea for funds to apply for a new radio station based at the Peace Abbey in Sherborn just outside Boston. WZBC's John Grebe and WMBR's David Goodman are involved in the project. PEACE ABBEY RADIO - Urgent Appeal! A group of activists and radio producers are applying to the FCC this October for a license to start a new, progressive, non-commercial, educational radio station (tentatively) to cover listeners in southern MA and northern RI. The studio will be based at the Peace Abbey in Sherborn, MA with a remote studio in Boston. This will be an independent, non-corporate station managed as much as possible by consensus decision- making and with as diverse a staff as possible. Programs also will be distributed over the web, as pod- casts, on CD, and other channels of transmission, in order to reach as many people as possible. WE NEED TO RAISE $3,000 BY FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 2007 TO PAY FOR AN ENGINEERING STUDY AND FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ON THE APPLICATION!! WE NEED TO RAISE ANOTHER $3,000 BY AUGUST 31, 2007 TO HIRE A LAWYER TO HELP WITH LEGAL ISSUES ON THE APPLICATION!! All money raised is tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. MAKE CHECKS OUT TO: Peace Abbey/Life Experience School and put the words "Radio Station" on the subject line. Please mail to David Goodman, 65 Cornwall Street, #108, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130. Please contact David Goodman with any questions or other suggestions. Much thanks! David 617-522-1446 (home) 781-492-5816 (cell) |
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Harvard's Palestine Solidarity Committee will be holding a vigil for Gaza from 11:45 am to 12:15 pm on the steps of Memorial Church in Harvard Yard. All who care for Palestine are invited to attend. Please wear black and spread the word widely.
Meet briefly at the statue to exchange thoughts,
then walk silently around the Yard and nearby streets,
returning to the statue by 12:30pm.
Southeast corner of Rt 27 and 30 (nearest to Brooks Pharmacy).
Come for all or part. Bring a candle, lantern, or flashlight.
Organizer: Sandy Coy.
Join the Boston Tea Party Conference call,
Participant call in: 402-756-9100; Access code: 680903#
Socialist Alternative Radio, 91.5 FM Boston
listen anytime on the Web at WMFO.org. A democratic socialist, working-class view of politics and culture, including solidarity announcements, interviews, music, and more.
Write to us at BostonSAradio@aol.com.
Join a Friday fast and/or protest in solidarity with illegal detentions. The fast began in 2005 when Nobel Peace Laureates Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Adolpho Esquivel, (Argentina), along with others around the world, chose this method to seek the release of our unjustly detained and tortured brothers and sisters.
In Boston, local activists Susan McLucas and Phoebe Knopf have joined the Friday fast and will protest every Friday in front of the JFK Building from noon to one. The action, which is rooted in nonviolence, includes speakers, music, hand-outs and petitions to create public pressure to stop all illegal detentions and to try those responsible for the illegal treatment of thousands of detainees, most of whom are Arab and Muslim men. Susan and Phoebe will be wearing orange jumpsuits.
You can vote Yes in the National Cheney Impeachment Poll by texting the word "impeach" to 30644.
See and hear Walter, Joe, Abbey, random pedestrians (One even honked.) and a supporting cast of spontaneous volunteers all explaining the Honk Experience. (You can hear them when the cars aren't honking anyway.) No honks were added.
This took five hours in the cutting room. It's derived from thirty minutes of source shot over a two hour period on July 30th.
Cuencavision the local Spanish cable TV that carries some TV from Cuba. It includes Cubavision news from 1 to 1:30 PM weekdays and News from Telesur at Noon. The current schedule is viewable as a pdf file by clicking on the "Media Kit Cuencavision" link. Telesur is a major initative by several Latin American countries to provide an alternative to the US dominated media.
Cuencavision a local low power Spanish TV station in Boston is picking up Telesur and Cubavison TV and rebroadcasting them during the day. Cuencavision is carried on Cablevision in Boston and Brookline on Channel 26. It can also be received directly on Ch 58 in a limited area of its Albany Street, Boston, Transmission Site.
Sometime this fall, the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) will decide whether to approve the sale of Verizon's landlines in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont to North Carolina-based FairPoint Communications. The sale gives Verizon an easy way to abandon its less profitable rural landline customers, while retaining more profitable wireless and large business customers. Verizon picked tiny FairPoint because of an obscure tax loophole that allowed them to avoid paying up to $700 million on the sale!
If approved, the proposed Verizon sale to FairPoint sets a dangerous precedent with national implications for all rural areas. Fill out your name and address information to tell to the Federal Communication Commission to Stop the Sale!*
We encourage you to take action by September 2, 2007. Sign this petition here!
They aren't content with just manipulating government. Now they want to "be" the government.
A bill known as Chapter 40T is moving swiftly through the legislature that would enable real estate developers to create their own special purpose governments within cities and towns. This allows critical functions of local democratic government to be replaced by the rule of unelected developers with personal financial interests to advance.
CALL YOUR STATE LEGISLATORS IMMEDIATELY. They might vote on it before end of session on July 31. Mention all three bill numbers/names – H159, S146, and "Chapter 40T."
Massachusetts Coalition for Healthy Communities
617-821-1453.
On June 21, 2007, Reps. Mike Doyle (D-Penn.) and Lee Terry (R-Neb.) and Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) introduced the Local Community Radio Act. Passing this bipartisan bill will bring more diversity of views and music to your radio dial and re-connect communities to a medium that has been largely overrun by massive corporate conglomerates. This legislation needs your support today.
The bill opens the dial to Low Power FM radio stations. These stations are community driven and locally oriented, providing news and information often ignored by mainstream radio -- information crucial to healthy communities and a vibrant democracy.
Current rules deprive many communities across the country from access to local radio. If enacted, this bill will clear more space for better, more independent and local programming that will bring diversity back to the airwaves.
Support this legislation today and help bring local radio to your community!
Solidarity Alert! Clear Channel Workers on Strike for Justice! A strike fund has been established to help out the families of workers from Painters DC 35 and IBEW 103 on the line at Clear Channel Outdoor in Stoneham. The strike is entering its second month, and members are hanging tough. Friends can send checks to Painters' DC 35, 25 Colgate Road, Roslindale, MA 02131, made payable to: DC 35 Billboard Strike Fund. On behalf of the 25 families....thank you. You can also show your support by standing with the workers on the picket line. The line is locate at 89 Maple Street Stoneham MA.
Read more about the strike and workers' struggles at Clear Channel.
Representative Dennis Kucinich (Democrat - Ohio, and a 2008 Presidential Candidate) filed three articles of impeachment of VP Dick Cheney on Tuesday, 4/24/07.
House Resolution (HR) 333 first goes to the House Judiciary Committee headed by John Conyers. The committee will then forward it to the main body. NOW is the time to contact your Representative and Senators to let them know that is essential for the future of our fragile democracy that House members give careful consideration to the Articles and vote to impeach Dick Cheney.
TOLL-FREE PHONE NUMBERS FOR THE U.S. CAPITOL SWITCHBOARD
07/07/07: Many of you have written to ask us when we were going to call for the impeachment of Bush as well as Cheney. Of course we have done Bush impeachment action pages before, and were focusing on Cheney on the premise that he was not only the least popular, but also the most guilty. But now Bush has thrown himself in the middle of the worst of the Cheney scandals, and so we have launched a new action page calling for the impeachment of them both.
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. Proponents of HR 811 expect the bill to come for a vote during mid- March 2007.
1. DRE systems must be banned.
2. All voting must be by voter marks on a paper ballot.
3. All recounts must be by hand counting of paper ballots.
4. All elections must have a statistically significant verification.
5. All recounts at every level of government must be by hand counting.
6. All software must be subject to public disclosure.
7. No connections to the Internet should be allowed.
8. All election records should be available to the public.
Go to for on-line information and a link to a printable flier.
Please consider signing the petition calling for a Filibuster to end the war. It takes only one Senator and 40 more abstentions (not even a yes vote) to stop funding for the war.
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
We are happy to report that a new shipment of olive oil has arrived. The most recent harvest was excellent and per case prices are less than they were last year.
As with our previous shipments, 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 cooperatives. This shipment comes from the Mazare' Al Nubani/ Ramallah and the Kufr Thulth, Jayous and Azzoun cooperatives. The labels are printed in the West Bank and the oil is bottled at the PARC bottling facility in Aram. 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 BRANCH OLIVE OIL DONATIONS
As with past shipments, a percentage of the proceeds of olive oil sales is donated back to organizations working directly with Palestinians. Past recipients include:
Palestinian Medical Relief Society Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions Birthright Unplugged American Friends Service Committee-Middle East Crisis Fund American Near East Refugee Aid Olive Harvest Coalition Union of Palestinian Women’s Committees Ibdaa Cultural Center International Solidarity Movement US OMEN Ta’ayush
THE IMPORTANCE OF OLIVE OIL TO THE PALESTINIAN ECONOMY
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. Olive trees, many of which are hundreds of years old, hold a deep significance in the culture and economy of the Holy Land. As the political and economic situation in Palestine continues to deteriorate, with increased restrictions on the mobility of people, goods and services, 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.
PARC assists at every stage of the olive oil production process, from helping farmers to reclaim rocky land, conserve water and implement sensible environmental practices (like re-cropping, dry-land farming and recycling of waste materials) to setting up regional labs for farmers to test their olive oil. PARC strictly monitors the quality of the oil, testing and re-testing it at its main laboratory to ensure that it meets all specifications. Extra-virgin olive oil comes from the first pressing of the olives, 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.
Palestinian farmers traditionally care for their trees without the use of pesticides or sprays. PARC is currently working with international agricultural organizations to obtain organic certification for its olive oil, which should be finalized in the next few months. Because both light and heat are known enemies of olive oil, Olive Branch Olive Oil comes in a dark green glass bottle that is optimal for storage.
Available in 750ml bottles, by the case (12 bottles, $145), or more.
For ordering and other info, please email us at palestinebostonoliveoil@yahoo.com or call Susie at 781-648-6307.
Against the backdrop of the Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis, two youths from the tough musical district of Cayo Hueso decide to form a vocal group. To those whose lives they briefly touched, Los Zafiros are legends. A musical phenomenon molded by their time and place, Los Zafiros (The Sapphires) caused a sensation in Havana and beyond throughout the 1960s and into the early ’70s. Though they enjoyed international acclaim, touring widely throughout Europe, Los Zafiros remained in relative obscurity throughout the US as a result of the political climate of the cold war. Los Zafiros: Music from the Edge of Time explores the memories of Manuel Galban and Miguel Cancio, the two surviving members of Los Zafiros, as they are reunited in Havana. The film also features the perspectives of numerous Zafiros family members in Miami and Havana, international musicologists, and musical colleagues of the group.
MFA members, seniors, and students $6; general admission $7.
Other Times:
Friday, August 17, 2007, 4:30 pm Film
Saturday, August 18, 2007, 10:30 am, 12:20 pm.
Dorchester People for Peace invites you to a discussion of the Level 4 "Biodefense" Laboratory that Boston University is building across the street from Boston Medical Center. When finished, the laboratory will experiment with the most deadly organisms in the world, for which there is no known cure.
Roxbury residents who live near the lab have been fighting to stop it for more than two years. Come hear them describe the progress they are making and the crucial court hearing that's coming up in September.
Speakers:
Klare Allen, coordinator, Safety Net
Laura Maslow Armand, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights
Also community residents, state and federal attorneys,
and local scientists.
Don't miss this timely update! FREE. Refreshments served.
For more information or to request child care or a ride, call Dorchester People for Peace at 617-282-3783.
The main theme of the movie is that American society needs to focus on the "we" and not the "me" in healthcare. This broad message is an overlay for the specific criticisms of the healthcare industry - the movie asks where the morality of the American public lies and contrasts America's approach to privitized health care unfavorably with single payer approaches of other nations. SiCKO! continues to play at the nonprofit Coolidge Corner Theatre
"Salud!" examines the curious case of Cuba, a cash- strapped country with what the BBC calls "one of the world's best health systems." From the shores of Africa to the Mississippi Delta "Salud" hits the road with some 28,000 Cuban health professionals serving in 68 countries, and explores the hears and minds of international medical students in Cuba- now numbering 30,000. Their stories bring home the complex realities confronting the movement to make health care a human right. Featuring Dr. Paul Farmer of Partners in Health, the subject of Tracey Kidder's Mountains Beyond Mountains.
Interesting material on this site on Cuban healthcare and a critique of US healthcare.
Co sponsored by Masscare and the July 26th Coalition
The District 9 - Out of Iraq Coalition has reserved DORCHESTER HEIGHTS PARK in SOUTH BOSTON on AUGUST 15 beginning at 5:00 p.m. for a pot luck supper and gathering to PROTEST THE WAR AND CONTINUED OCCUPATION OF IRAQ!
Rain date is Wed. August 22nd. PLEASE COME AND JOIN US! BRING ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS! Please distribute this e-mail as widely as possible; we hope for a very large attendance.
Kris Piatt District 9 - Out of Iraq Coalition Co-Chairman
Secure Jobs, Secure Communities! Join Community Leaders for a Town Meeting with Congressman Michael Capuano to hold the large downtown commercial property owners accountable to investing in our communities! 5:30 pm at 1st Church in Roxbury, 10 Putnam Street, (near Dudley Square & Roxbury Crossing T). We will be asking for the building owners to work with us to address the following issues. Access to jobs, CORI reform, Foreclosure prevention, Youth opportunities & youth programming.
Sponsored by:
Community Labor United & ACORN,
Boston Worker's Alliance,
City Life/Vida Urbana,
D7 Roundtable,
MAHA,
Union of Minority Neighborhoods,
United Youth & Youth Workers.
Childcare & food will be available. For more information on the meeting call Kalila at 617.723.2639.
Exporting Harm: The High-Tech Thrashing of Asia (23 min.) The new hard-hitting documentary on the dumping of toxic computer wastes to China that continues to open peoples' eyes to the true horror of the high-tech revolution. Produced by the Basel Action Network.
Igniting the Revolution: An Introduction to the E.L.F (2001, 20 minutes) The first video produced which discusses the ideology of the E.L.F. and the logic and necessity of using covert direct action to protect life on Earth.
Martin Schotz and his wife Jane Crosby, Newton residents, are in Cuba right now, with Pastors for Peace. They will present a comprehensive picture of life in Cuba including healthcare, social and cultural life, and the history of the island since the revolution.
Questions and Answers Welcomed!
Free, Co-sponsored by Brookline PeaceWorks and the July 26th Coalition for Solidarity with Cuba
For more info: 617 738-8029,
peace@texnology.com
or info@july26.org.
LOCAL POWER? A FIRST HAND ACCOUNT OF VENEZUELA'S COMMUNAL COUNCIL MOVEMENT A CONVERSATION WITH KENDRA FEHRER
Brown University Ph.D. student Kendra Fehrer has just returned from her 3rd stay in Venezuela where she spent time with 8 communal councils. Recently established, these councils offer grassroots communities of up to 400 families an opportunity to directly organize their own economic and social development. Some 18,000 communal councils have spread throughout Venezuela in a unique experiment combining direct democracy, representation and economic development. Kendra's graduate work in Argentina, combined with her own activism provides a keen vantage point for understanding the unfolding Venezuelan experiment with 21st Century Socialism.
Bring your voices for an evening of music & constitutional rights!
"One of the most savvy political songwriters I know". World Soul Records
Two cuts aired on WZBC's Sounds of Dissent 8-11-07:
"Betting on Terror"
"Little Voices"
"This is very good music and very good politics", Tom Paxton
Hearing conducted by MA Division of Health Care Finance and Policy on proposed health care regulations, 114.6 CMR 13.00
The state Division of Health Care Finance and Policy is proposing regulations (114.6 CMR 13.00) designed to save the state money at the expense of some low-income residents who currently receive Free Care.
So-called Free Care has been the one program provided in Massachusetts which most closely resembles Universal Single Payer Health Coverage. As viewers of the film "Sicko!" will recognize, such coverage is anathema to insurance companies, the rich, and their cronies and sycophants in government.
Following on the heels of torture-advocate Mitt Romney, the Deval Patrick administration is in process of implementing its draconian plan to "fix" health care in Massachusetts by...
(a) requiring most residents to buy, out of their own pockets, so-called health insurance, which is laden with copays, deductibles, caps, exclusions, and Sicko- style denials of coverage; and
(b) scuttling the current Free Care plan for residents with sufficiently low income, and introducing in its place a subsidized plan requiring those residents to bear copays and deductibles.
Come to the hearing and give your views.
Hearing announcements and current and proposed regulations are posted on DHCFP's website.
For help decoding the regulations: call Stan at 508-358-2282
For questions about Universal Single Payer health care.
See the film Sicko! at the Coolidge Corner Theatre.
A rally and march to the Bush estate in Kennebunkport, Maine is scheduled for August 25, featuring spekers, music, and more. Camp Casey will be set up for 10 days, with free camping for activists (by reservation).
Event organizer: Jamilla El-Shafei, 603-969-8426