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12:30 - 4:00 pm EVERY SUNDAY"Bostonians For The Overthrow Of King George" weekly vigil
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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. Signs available. Flyer upon request.
Organizer: Sandy Coy.
Some signs available. Park on Park St. (a small street off Route 133 right behind the park).
Host: Greater Lowell for Peace and Justice
Join a Friday fast and/or protest in solidarity with illegally detained, often tortured prisoners at Guantanamo and other post 9/11 gulags around the world. The fast began about a year ago 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.
Here 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 shut down the gulags and to try those responsible for illegal, brutal treatment of thousands of detainees, most of whom are Arab and Muslim men. Susan and Phoebe will be wearing orange jumpsuits. It would be great if folks would join us. There are four more suits people could wear.
WANT TO VOLUNTEER FOR THE GRACE ROSS FOR GOVERNOR CAMPAIGN?
Email: volunteer.grace4gov@gmail.com
WANT TO VOLUNTEER FOR THE JILL STEIN FOR STATE SECRETARY CAMPAIGN?
email info@jillstein.org
Work a Day for Peace 2006 runs through November 11- Here's some things you can still do to join the campaign commemorating the 100th Anniversary of Gandhi's Satyagraha
Take the Resolution of Nonviolence!
Hold a Gathering!
Tell Friends and Family about Work a Day for Peace Opportunities
Our webmaster, Jerry Sobieraj, and his partner in peace, Ed Goodstein, have created a comprehensive listing of Peace Candidates for every national race in 2006. The candidates are evaluated only with respect to the War in Iraq, and need to recognize the war as misguided as well as call for an immediate redeployment of our troops to qualify as a Peace Candidate.
A call for all people of conscience
to donate to its Lebanon Palestine Emergency Relief Fund.
All donations will be used to help Palestinian and
Lebanese victims of the latest Israeli aggression.
Tel: 760-685-3243
Fax: 360-933-3568
E-mail link
“Olive Branch” Extra Virgin Olive Oil is raised without pesticides or sprays and First-Cold-Pressed. This year we are importing the oil directly from the Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committee (PARC), a non-governmental, non-profit organization in Ramallah which has been on the forefront of supporting Palestinian agriculture since the 1980’s. PARC buys its olive oil from 85 different small farmer cooperatives in the West Bank. It takes care of testing, quality control, bottling, labeling and marketing. Available in 750ml bottles, by the case (12 bottles), or more. Now more than ever, important to Palestinian farmers. For ordering and other info, please email us at palestinebostonoliveoil@yahoo.com or call Susie at 781-648-6307.
“You may not have heard about the fight to save the UMass Boston College of Public and Community Service (CPCS)--the most diverse progressive college in New England--but a recent CPCS alumnus encourages you to click the link below to check out (and hopefully sign) a new e-petition demanding that the Boston Globe Cover the Crisis at CPCS.
“The students, staff and faculty really need everyone's help as the Umass Boston administration has just fired 1/3 of their faculty, and canceled 40 percent of their courses. This move is clearly in retaliation for a months-long campaign by the CPCS community to remove the administration's handpicked autocratic Dean from office. Meanwhile, the Boston Globe--Boston's "paper of record"--refuses to cover the story, even as they significantly over-cover less serious stories at local private universities like Harvard and Boston University. If CPCS has a chance of survival, it will be because bad publicity stays the hand of conservative UMass leadership. With enough signatures on this petition, you can help ensure that the Globe, and the rest of the regional press corps, does its job, and exposes a true injustice that has dangerous repercussions for democratic higher education in the public interest.
From the (US-backed) 1953 coup d'etat that overthrew the secular government of Dr. Mosadegh to the current nuclear stand-off, the antagonistic relationship between the United States and Iran spans decades. This talk will look at the role that U.S. imperialism has played in Iran historically, the resulting conservative political climate that exists in Iranian society today, and some of the progressive struggles that are taking place despite the adverse social conditions in that country.
Behrooz Ghassemi has Masters degress in Political Science (Boston University, 1981), Latin American Study (Sorbonne, 1983), and Anthropology (New School University, 1994).
A friendly Middle Eastern welcome
Mogan Cultural Center celebrates region's Arabic immigrants
By NANCYE TUTTLE, Sun Staff
LOWELL -- They came from Syria, Lebanon and other Middle Eastern lands to Lowell and Lawrence more than a century ago. Arriving with high hopes and huge ambition, they settled in Lowell's Acre and The Plains neighborhood in Lawrence. They worked hard in the mills.
Eventually, they branched out to own businesses, enter the professions, and move from the cities to the suburbs of Dracut, Methuen, Tewksbury and beyond.
These hard-working people -- families named Abodeely, Beshara, Brox, Elias, Forsley, Hatem, Hassan, Husson, Khoury, Maria, Saab, Saba, Zaher, plus others -- are being remembered and honored by their ancestors in a new exhibit at the Mogan Cultural Center in Lowell.
Ahlan-Wah-Sahlan-Ya-Jameeah -- Welcome, My Friends! opens next Sunday and runs through March, 1, 2007. It traces the heritage of the original immigrants from the Middle East and the following generations who call the Valley their home.
It's fitting to have this exhibit now, especially with the daily news of war and terrorism coming from the Middle East, said Mehmed Ali, director of the Mogan Cultural Center.
"Many Arab people live right here in our neighborhoods, and they aren't Hezbollah," he said.
The exhibit is part of an initiative undertaken by the Mogan Center to document the area's immigrant groups.
Presenting the screening will be its writer, Kyle Hence
9/11 Press for Truth, Presenting the screening will be its writer, Kyle Hence
And on Thursday, October 19th at the - Media Education Foundation
The 9/11 Truth Alliance will be presenting a new film called:
911 Mysteries - Part 1: Demolitions
Note these following comments on this film:
"Excellent. The best of the 9/11 movies."
--David Ray Griffin, author of The New Pearl Harbor
"WOW! is my reaction to this movie. Great insight into demolitions
and what really happened on 9/11/2001."
-- Steven E. Jones, physics professor, Brigham Young University
"An outstanding contribution to understanding 9/11. Simply superb."
-- James H. Fetzer, Scholars for 911 Truth
Nonviolent Peaceforce will be holding a core training for field team members and for reserve members (ie. available for future team work) from November 15th to December 9th, in Nairobi, Kenya. Applicants will be considered for teams in Sri Lanka and the Philippines, and for future teams. If interested, please apply as soon as possible, but no later than October 10th. Criteria for applicants and instructions on how to apply are below.
Nonviolent Peaceforce is looking for field staff for its teams in Sri Lanka and the Philippines and for its reserves for future deployments Nonviolent Peaceforce is an international NGO with over 90 member organizations from around the world. In partnership with local groups, our field team members apply nonviolent strategies to protect human rights, deter violence, and help create space for local peacemakers to carry out their work. The mission of the Nonviolent Peaceforce is to build a trained, international civilian peaceforce committed to nonviolent intervention.
CHEJ's PVC Day of Action kit contains ideas for actions and supporting material to educate neighbors, the media and consumers. Hand out literature while wearing a hazmat suit, or buy PVC products and return them with a letter explaining how they threaten human and environmental health. For more info, email Mike Schade, PVC Campaign Coordinator at the Center for Health, Environment and Justice at mike@besafenet.com. Learn more by visiting: Be Safe Net
Voting rights activist Steven Hill argues that our antiquated election methods and practices, from voting equipment to the electoral college, have failed to protect the Constitution’s guarantee of a right to vote. His latest book, 10 Steps to Repair American Democracy, serves as an owner’s manual for the repair of the republic.
Cambridge Forums are free and open to the public. Book signing will follow program. Open discussion follows speaker presentation. Call 617-495-2727.
7:00 pm Gathering and refreshments
7:30 - 9:00 pm Program
Scott Schaeffer-Duffy is founder and co-director of the Catholic Worker Community in Worcester. Scott will talk about what it means to be a peacemaker in today's world. In recent years, he has travelled to Sudan, Iraq, Palestine and Kosovo, bringing his message of justice and nonviolence.
Sponsored by Pax Christi Metrowest
For more information email link
(Also FREE babysitting if request gets to me on time!)