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LOCAL EVENT ANNOUNCEMENTS
Week of 15 October 2006

[NOTE: In these frantic times for activists, MANY, perhaps even MOST, events are being organized, or changed, on such short notice that we don't know of them by Sunday morning. To be notified of short notice events, our listeners are advised to consult sources listed here and/or sign up with pertinent organizations to receive email notifications.]
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Rule 19 August 2006 Action Calendar
Activists MA Current Listings
Justice with Peace Calendar
Radical Calendar Nationwide Events
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CONTINUING EVENTS

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12:30 - 4:00 pm EVERY SUNDAY

"Bostonians For The Overthrow Of King George" weekly vigil
at Harvard Square by the T- Stop and Newsstand.

We provide posters, literature, info on impeachment, answer questions, tee shirts,
gather signatures on petitions for impeachment to be sent to Congress and our Mass. legislators.

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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 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.

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7 PM: Radical Film Night

Lucy Parsons Center
549 Columbus Avenue
Boston's South End
Telephone: 617.267.6272
---------- 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----------

6:30PM: 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.

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6-7 PM: "Stop the War" Lowell Peace Vigil

Kittredge Park, at the intersection of Routes 38 and 133, Lowell

Some signs available. Park on Park St. (a small street off Route 133 right behind the park).
Host: Greater Lowell for Peace and Justice

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5-6 PM: Veterans for Peace vigil
West Side Rotary, Augusta, Maine

---------- Every Friday----------

Noon-1PM in front of JFK Federal Building, Boston.

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.

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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 Saturday----------

11am-1pm on WZBC: Sounds of Dissent with John Grebe

Saturday Anti-War Vigils

ANNOUNCEMENTS

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WANT TO VOLUNTEER FOR THE GRACE ROSS FOR GOVERNOR CAMPAIGN?
Email: volunteer.grace4gov@gmail.com

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WANT TO VOLUNTEER FOR THE JILL STEIN FOR STATE SECRETARY CAMPAIGN?
email info@jillstein.org

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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

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Support Peace Candidates this fall!

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.

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Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition

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

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PURCHASE OLIVE OIL PRODUCED IN PALESTINE

“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.

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“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.

Here's the petition link

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2006
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11 AM: SKIP SCHIEL "Gaza Scorched and Stretched"

THE COMMUNITY CHURCH OF BOSTON
SUNDAY SPEAKERS FORUM
565 Boylston St. (Copley Square)

Also: HYDROPOLITICS IN ISRAEL AND PALESTINE
Slide Show by Skip Schiel on Water and Politics

A slide show by Skip Schiel about water and its many ramifications in a troubled region. In a volatile political and physical climate, from a life-long personal fascination with water, and expecting a variety of audience reactions, Skip Schiel has embarked on a multi-year project to depict water in as many dimensions as possible. His photos illuminate a way that the so-called Holy Land which is rich with potential could become: a catastrophe for the entire planet. In conjunction with a print exhibit, Paired Photographs from the Levant, Sept 10 - Oct 17, Sundays, 1-5 pm and Mon - Wed, 11 am-4:00 pm & a Sunday Forum, Oct 15, 11 am, Gaza Scorched & Stretched Voluntary donation benefitting the hydropolitics photo project, plus Interfaith Peacebuilders, sending delegations to the region. For more information contact: 617-441-7756 For more information, visit For USA's Programs. Send email to Skip Schiel.

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NOON-5PM: Harvest Fair
Newton Center

Newton Dialogues will have a table at the Harvest Fair in Newton Centre. Volunteers are needed to talk with people about the war, about threats to our civil liberties, and about the need to change the course of our country. If you can help for an hour or so, please contact Susan Mirsky: 617-875-7160 or email her.

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1-4PM: Attend a Revolutionary & Dynamic Conference

Hibernian Hall
184-186 Dudley St.
Roxbury, MA
SGI-New England 781.642.8887

Engage in Dialogue & Presentations for Peace with Keynote Speaker Buster Williams, SGI-USA Vice General Director & World Class Musician
Including dialogue, music, dance, poetry, mime
An amazing international exhibit, refreshments & much more
ALL ARE WELCOME Free & Open To The Public!

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2:00pm: RAWA LEADER TO SPEAK

The Democracy Center
45 Mt Auburn St.
near Harvard Square
617/461-0712.

Zora on her 2nd US tour, marks the 5th anniversary of "Operation Enduring Freedom"; violence is on the rise and women are still struggling for their rights. She has co-written her biography: "Zora's Story: an Afghan Woman's Struggle for Freedom. The book tells a story of a tragic life which lead to her heroic role as leader and teacher for RAWA. She works undercover, does not use her real name, nor show her face.

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2:30 - 4:00pm: FUNDRAISER WITH HOWARD ZINN

Home of FREDA REBELSKY
1 Billings Park, Newton MA
For more information, call 212-679-2250

Howard Zinn, Freda Rebelsky & Robert Zevin invite you to a Fundraising party for "THE DIFFERENT DRUMMER", a new GI rights coffeehouse, being created by Citizen Soldier near Fort Drum, in upstate New York. This will be the first GI support project of the current Iraq War at the home of FREDA REBELSKY.

More info: 617.492.8899 Boston Mobilization's site

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Times unstated:
Oct 15 - Oct 16 Beyond Slavery: Overcoming Its Religious and Sexual Legacy

A very broad and deep program of the enduring ramifications in the lives of women (and men secondarily)- the destructive effects on individuals and relationships, how to create the conditions for meaningful and intimate coming together. Different venues for these presentations: speakers, panels, small groups, performance. Free and open to the public. For info send an email or phone 781/736-3228. Brandeis University (Lamberg- Oct 15th; Hassenfeld Conference Center - Oct 16th)

MONDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2006
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12:00pm - 2:00pm "US Energy Policy and the Role of Venezuela"
Suffolk University, Sargent Hall, Boston

WorldBoston- Suffolk University Global Leadership Series will present the President and CEO of CITGO Petroleum Corporation, Félix Rodríguez. We hope you can join us for this timely event. $25 for members / $$$$35 for non-members PRE-PAYMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS EVENT: Credit card payment highly preferred. or 617-542-8995 Ext. 112.
----------Monday----------
9am: Join Bread and Puppet parade in Bratttleboro VT 12 noon: We the People Revoke the Operating License of the VT Yankee Nuclear Reactor, Entergy Headquarters, Brattleboro, VT All Are Welcome! Those wishing to join the Civil Disobedience Action, must receive Non-violent CD Training and join an affinity group For civil disobedience training session in Mass. call 413-339-5781 Vermont Yankee Decommissioning Alliance and Citizens Awareness Network P.O. Box 1316, Montpelier, VT 05601 in Central VT: 802-476-3154 in Northern VT: 802-533-2296 in Western MA: 413-339-5781 or CAN@ nukebusters.org

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2006
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9am in front of the White House, facing Lafayette Park, or (202) 529-2991
Survivors Call for Repeal of the Military Commission Act of 2006

----------Tuesday----------
7:30pm at Brandeis University, Pollack Auditorium 415 South St. Waltham Film: "Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers" This is the story of what happens to everyday Americans when corporations go to war. Acclaimed director Robert Greenwald ("Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price," "Outfoxed" and "Uncovered") takes you inside the lives of soldiers, truck drivers, widows and children who have been changed forever as a result of profiteering in the reconstruction of Iraq. "Iraq for Sale" uncovers the connections between private corporations making a killing in Iraq and the decision makers who allow them to do so. This showing is sponsored by Gordon Fellman, Professor of Sociology and Chair of Peace, Conflict, and Coexistence Studies at Brandeis University, Waltham RSVP: 781-736-2642. For additional showings nearby on various days, go to .

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2006
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7pm: Film "911 MYSTERIES" free at West Newton Cinema
Written and Directed by Smallstorm

Featuring construction and demolition experts, survivors and first responders on the scene deconstructing the myth of 911. Why were there explosions in the basement of the towers long before the buildings fell? Why did building 7 collapse if it was not hit by an airplane and suffered only a few small fires? What was the Bush family's involvement in the company managing World Trade Center security? Why were there multiple "security evacuations" of the buildings in the weeks leading up to 911? What if the Twin Towers were brought down by explosives? What if US officials were involved? Wednesday October 18, 2006, 7:00 PM West Newton Cinema, 1296 Washington Street, West Newton, MA (Free parking available around the corner) Free admission--donations gratefully accepted. 911 books and DVDs will be on sale. The showing will be followed by a brief discussion period. For more information call Chris Gruener at 617-965-6552
----------Wednesday----------
7pm: Watch Jill Stein MD (Green Party candidate for Secretary of the Commonwealth) on Greater Boston, Channel 2, PBS.
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7:30pm: "An Inconvenient Truth" - Screening of the film by Al Gore First Parish, Unitarian-Universalist Church, Needham. Located at corner of Dedham Avenue and Great Plain Avenue.
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7:30pm: Cambridge Forum Lecture Series: Unitarian Universalist Church, 3 Church Street, Cambridge PRESIDENTIAL POWER NYU law professor David Golove examines the Constitutional bases for the concept of the "unitary executive." Do signing statements and claims for special powers for the Commander-in-Chief during wartime undermine the system of checks and balances?

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2006
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4-5:30PM: "Non-violence and conscientious objection in a time of war"

Gluck Lobby (right next to the Peace Room), Usdan Hall, Brandeis
Presented by The Chaplaincy and the Peace, Conflict, and Coexistence Studies Program
A celebration of the life of Gandhi* and the inauguration of the Conscientious Objection Register at Brandeis University A short program will feature speakers John and Carrie Schuchardt from the House of Peace in Ipswich, Massachusetts, among others, to be announced later. There will be refreshments *We are able to borrow a nine-foot high statue of Mohandas Gandhi, from the Peace Abbey in Sherborn, for a few weeks.
----------Thursday----------
6pm Come to a screening of the 2006 Silver Gavel and CINE Award Winner "Soul Of Justice: Thelton Henderson's American Journey." 5:30-8:30pm, doors at 5:30, screening begins at 6:00pm sharp. Moakley U.S. Courthouse, One Courthouse Way, Boston. Discussion and reception with Judge Henderson and filmmaker Abby Ginzberg to follow screening. Presented by American Constitution Society, Boston Bar Association, Equal Justice Society, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association, Massachusetts Black Women Attorneys, and the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild. Due to space limitation, an RSVP is required. Please RSVP to www.bostonbar.org/rsvp.cfm?event=5946
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Evening (time unclear): Amy Goodman appears with her brother David. Part of their national speaking tour to mark 10th anniversary of "Democracy Now!" and launch her second book with journalist David Goodman, "Static: Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders, and the People Who Fight Back." Emerson Umbrella Center for the Arts, 40 Stow Street, Concord 978-371-0820
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7pm at Wiener Auditorium, Taubman Building, Harvard Kennedy School of Government: HARVARD -- HAVEN FOR SUSPECTED WAR CRIMINALS? A discussion with Daniel Machover, partner, Hickman & Rose Solicitors In September 2005, a British court ordered the arrest of Doron Almog, a retired Israeli general and later a Kennedy School fellow, for war crimes in the Gaza Strip. Almog evaded capture at Heathrow airport and fled to Israel. Under international law, suspected war criminals such as Almog should face justice, wherever the alleged offences were committed. One of the lawyers in the case, Daniel Machover, describes the efforts to bring Almog and other suspected war criminals to justice in national courts of third party states. Machover is listed in Legal 500 as a leading individual in the field of Civil Liberties and Human Rights. Sponsored by: Alliance for Justice in the Middle East, Palestine Awareness Committee (KSG), Justice for Palestine (HLS), Harvard Society of Arab Students. or 202-332-0994
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7pm at Lucy Parsons Center New To The City Potluck Are you new to Boston, or back after being away? Want to find out about some cool things going on and check out Boston's Radical Bookstore? Want to meet some people who try to be friendlier than the average Bostonian? Come to the Welcome (back) Potluck 7pm at the Lucy Parsons Center. There will be some food, some fun, some chatting, some music… Located at 549 Columbus Avenue in the South End the store is just down from Mass Ave and easily reached from the Mass Ave and Symphony T stations and the #1 bus. Regular store hours 12-9pm every day.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2006
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8 PM: Simon Shaheen & Qantara in "A Concert for Lebanon's Children"

Watertown High School, 50 Columbia St, Watertown
617.816.1388

The Boston Chapter of the World Lebanese Cultural Union (WLCU) is
presenting Simon Shaheen and Qantara in "A Concert for Lebanon's Children".

All proceeds to benefit
The Chronic Care Center (Lebanon)
For the treatment of chronic childhood diseases &
The Lebanese Association of SOS Children's Villages

Tickets available in advance.
$40 Adult
$25 Students (must present student id)
$15 Children (12 and under)

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2006
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10am-6pm: The Boston Vegetarian Society presents
the 11th Annual Boston Vegetarian Food Festival

Reggie Lewis Athletic Center
1350 Tremont Street, Boston
FREE admission * FREE food sampling FREE parking * T stop across the street With over 100 exhibitors, the Boston Vegetarian Food Festival is a full day of fun, good food, and learning! It is a chance to explore and taste free samples of a great variety of delicious, natural vegetarian foods, talk to food exhibitors from all over the country and locally, learn about the latest veg products, and shop at "show special" discounts. Book and cookbook publishers, educational exhibits on the environment and showing compassion to animals, and a children's activity area will round out the day. The Festival offers a stellar lineup of national speakers and chefs offering cooking demos. All presentations are free! Full details: www.BostonVeg.org/foodfest Info: 617-424-8846
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9:30am - 1pm: Jill Stein political event. Boston City Councilor Chuck Turner's District 7 Round Table, Eliot Church, intersection of John Eliot and Putnam St., Roxbury.
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1 - 4pm: Jill Stein political event. Wheels of Change Bus Tour with Mel King, Roxbury. Come make your voice heard! We'll stop at Dudley and Eagleston Squares, Grove Hall, Codman Square, and Uphams Corner. Speak out and celebrate grassroots democracy in action. Bring an original rap poem, song or picture about what's got to change, and your dreams of a better future. Face painting, poster making, free refreshments. For more information, call 781-652-0053.
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7-9pm: the Boston Bolivarian Circle would like you to join us for our pre-Election event at the Piemonte room in the Boston City Hall. Come and meet the Boston Delegation that will be observing the Presidential elections in Venezuela on December 3rd, 2006 The Venezuelan Electoral process, an overview. Report from the last delegation that went to Venezuela. Hugo Chavez at the United Nations, see the speech. Report from the other events that Hugo Chavez held in NY. Open discussion on current events relating to Venezuela. Movies and books relating to Venezuela Bolivarian movement will be available, for a donation. There is no cover charge for this event.

FUTURE EVENTS
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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2006

4-6pm: Greater Lowell Peace and Justice regular meeting at the Coalition for a Better Acre (CBA) office at 517 Moody Street in Lowell. For those of you who could not make the Open House, we will have the welcome package for new members available at this meeting. We are starting to plan our Fall and Winter events. Come join in the fun! Everybody is welcome. Also, we've decided to stop holding our Thursday night "Bring The Troops Home" vigils (it's getting dark too early), but we may have another vigil coming up. We'll keep you posted.
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6:30pm at Faneuil Hall Democracy vs. Victory: Why the "Forward Strategy of Freedom" Had to Fail with Dr. Yaron Brook, President and Executive Director of the Ayn Rand Institute, contributing writer for The Objective Standard. After Sept. 11th, the Bush administration declared that we must bring freedom to the Middle Eastern nations that threaten us; thus, the Forward Strategy of Freedom. Dr. Brook will examine the inherent flaws of the Forward Strategy of Freedom and explore what should replace it.

Boston Area Event Connections
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TOLL-FREE PHONE NUMBERS
FOR THE U.S. CAPITOL SWITCHBOARD

    dial up, then ask for a particular Senator or Representative
  • 800-426-8073
  • 888-355-3588
  • 800-828-0498
  • 866-340-9281
  • 866-340-9279

Radio and TV Connections

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    On WZBC 90.3 (THIS STATION) ...
  • This program, TJR (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 Medford...
  • “No-U-Turn Radio” (Tuesdays 8-10am, Dean Wallace)
    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 and SOMETIMES good...
  • “Now” (Sundays 11am Ch44, Friday 8pm Ch2)

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