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IVAW is a national group of veterans and active-duty servicemen & women of the "Global War on Terror". IVAW today has 27 chapters around the country and in Canada. Members educate the public to the realities of the Iraq war and military service by speaking in communities, in classrooms & to the media about their experiences. IVAW supports all those resisting the war, including Conscientious Objectors and others facing military prosecution for their refusal to fight.
In the last year, the Salvadoran government had made aggressive moves to privatize two essential public services: water and the public health care system. In defense of their "pay or die" national privatization schemes, the Salvadoran right-wing government, with the support of the US government, has arrested, brutalized, and charged with "committing acts of terrorism" those who peacefully protest these destructive plans. On the frontlines of popular resistance to privatizationare the labor unions--who are also hit the hardest by the government's attempts to crush popular opposition to privatization. Join us for an evening with Ricardo Calderon--long-time unionist and leader of the union struggle--as he recounts the recent hard-won victories against public service privatization and the striking challenges that the labor movement continues to face as it spearheads the resistance to privatization!!
For more information on this event or on Ricardo
Calderon's touring schedule, please contact:
Boston CISPES: Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador
2161 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge, MA 02140
617.576.1709
Enjoy a screening of Micheal Moore's newest film "SiCKO" where he explores the dark corners of America's health care industry. A discussion will follow about bill HR 676, the Expand and Improve Medicare For All Act. The discussion will be led by members of the Boston Liberation Health Group.
This event co-sponsored by
MataHari: Eye of the Day Logo
The Boston Health Liberation Group
Simmons Urban Leadership Program
Simmons Institute for Leadership and Change
The Newton Human Rights Commission will show a film, "Encounter Point" - "an award-winning documentary presenting a story of hope and courage that promotes a bold new plan for resolving conflict. The film tells the story of several bereaved Israelis and Palestinians who, despite their losses, have entered into dialogue to try to forge a new consensus for non- violence and peace." A discussion moderated by Father Walter Cuenin (Catholic Chaplin at Brandeis University and formerly the pastor of Our Lady Help of Christians, Newton) will follow.
This event is Free and Open to the public; handicapped accessible. Doors open at 6:45PM.
Join us for a discussion of the causes of climate change and its effects on the treasures of the Northeast. Tina Woolston is a Climate Project presenter and the Sustainability Manager at Earthwatch Institute.
Are you still confused about climate change? Wondering why it should matter to you? Or simply interested in having some questions answered? Then join us for a journey through vibrant images, climate science and thought-provoking predictions about the future of New England.
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Sarah’s Long Walk tells the story of a five-year-old African American girl named Sarah Roberts who walked past five white schools to attend the poor and densely crowded all-black Abiel Smith School on Boston's Beacon Hill. In response, her father Benjamin Roberts initiated the historic court case that began a century of struggle, culminating in 1954 with the unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education.
Reverend Kendrick is Senior Minister at First Church Boston.
Writing Race: Memory and Imagination is a joint project of The Boston African American National Historic Site and Community Change, Inc. and is made possible through generous funding from the African American Experience Fund.
A SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER WILL BE PRESENT
There is no admission charge for these events, however donations will benefit Community Change Inc. and be GREATLY appreciated! Please RSVP to janet@communitychangeinc.org
Writing Race: Memory and Imagination is a joint project of The Boston African American National Historic Site and Community Change, Inc. and is made possible through generous funding from the African American Experience Fund.
A link to learn more about the Boston African American National Historic site.
Yvonne Rainer creates a film which is an unflinching meditation on female aging, lesbian sexuality and breast cancer in an age and culture that glorifies youth and heterosexual romance. It is also a middle-aged love story between mildred, a life-long lesbian, and Doris, who is in love with a woman for the first time. Their co-habitation is further complicated when Doris is diagnosed with breast cancer.
Join us on a unique study abroad opportunity to learn, exchange ideas, dialogue, and analyze with Mexico’s historic and active social movements!
Get to know a variety of social movement actors: from women struggling for justice on the border, to indigenous communities struggling for autonomy and democracy in Southern Mexico. We start in Ciudad Juarez, travel to Chihuahua City, Mexico City, and end in Chiapas.
Join us for a life changing experience!
Contact Info:
Develop strong Spanish Language skills, with an emphasis on oral communication and comprehension
Physician-anthropologist Paul Farmer has dedicated his life to treating some of the world's poorest populations, in the process helping to raise standards of care in global health. He is the Presley Professor of Medical Anthropology at Harvard Medical School, an attending physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and co-founder of Partners in Health, a non-profit organization that provides free health care and undertakes advocacy activities on behalf of the destitute and sick. Along with his colleagues, Dr. Farmer has pioneered novel, community-based treatment strategies for AIDS and tuberculosis. He is the subject of Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Kidder's Mountains Beyond Mountains.
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Center for International Studies, School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
For more information, contact:
Jennifer Molina
617-253-3450
Professor Anat Biletzki has been teaching at the philosophy department in Tel Aviv University since 1979.
Outside academia Biletzki has been active in the peace movement and in several human rights projects in Israel for over 25 years.
-FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC-
Rami Khouri is a Beirut-based internationally syndicated columnist, Director of the Issam Fares Institute of Public Policy and International Affairs at the American University of Beirut, and editor-at- large of The Daily Star newspaper. He also regularly shares his insights on the BBC, NPR, and CNN. He joins Ford Hall Forum to shed light on the forces shaping the direction and impact of United States policy in the Middle East. Where is it failing? Are there effective policies and programs that should be expanded? And what are the challenges that lay ahead?
Equal time will be provided for the speakers¹ remarks and questions from the audience. Come join the conversation!
The Constitutional reform has been presented by President Chavez, the National Assembly, and the People through consultations throughout the country. This reform will be implemented if the majority of the voters vote "YES" in the next referendum on December 2nd in Venezuela.
The Bolivarian Circle of Boston is offering two workshops to discuss the changes that are being proposed.
We are inviting all those that are interested in getting information on the proposed changes to the Constitution, to participate in these workshops.
The forum will feature a panel with Paula Gutlove and Gordon Thompson, who co-convene the US-Iran Working Group on Health Science Cooperation and recently led a health diplomacy mission to Iran, Kaveh Afrasiabi, an Iran expert and Professor of International Relations at Bentley College and Anne Miller, New Hampshire Peace Action director, who visited Iran in 2006 and is bird-dogging the presidential candidates. Following brief presentations, there will be time for questions, information sharing with local peace and justice groups and brainstorming ways to respond.
The forum is sponsored by AFSC, Cambridge Peace Commission, Mass. Peace Action, IPPNW/PSR, Cambridge UJP, WILPF, Middle East Crisis Coalition and Greater Boston United for Justice with Peace.
Cambridge Peace
Commission,
617-349-4694
or
Mass. Peace Action
617-354-2169
March ends at a rally at 10 Winthrop Square, Boston, MA. Speakers from 615, City Life and CLU. This will be targeting both the security contractor Palladion for their various irresponsible practices and Deutsche Bank for its role in the foreclosures of folks all over the city. For more information contact Jeremy Shenk at 617-878-7520.
Join us for a forum on wrongful convictions featuring Ronald Keine, a former death row prisoner, victimized by prosecutorial misconduct and later exonerated.
All are invited to join our guest speakers for drinks and appetizers in the Faculty Dining Room after the forum!!!!!!
Additional Guest Speakers:
Michael Avery, Esq. – Professor, Suffolk University Law School
Stephen Hrones, Esq. – Hrones, Garrity & Hedges
Sponsored by the National Lawyers Guild, the Black Law Student Association, the SULS American Civil Liberties Union, the American Constitution Society, and Witness to Innocence.
Our long-deferred — but exceptionally important - reception & fundraiser marking encuentro 5's first full year of operation is happening. So please join, Kim, Kaveri, Jason, Susie, Sandra and Suren and the organizations resident at encuentro 5 this coming Friday, November 16, 2007, from 7:00 p.m. till late as we review past actions, preview coming events and ongoing campaigns.
Directed by Tania Cipriano. A one hour documentary about the use of home video by a family of Brazilian immigrants, which portrays their lives in the United States for over twenty years. From enchantment to disillusionment, from idealization to conformity, first-hand images and voices depict how newly arriving immigrants see their new world, and struggle to establish their final home. Premiered at the Latinbeat 2007 Festival, September, New York.
In Portuguese with English subtitles. Free and open to the public. Free popcorn, guaraná $1.
Concert proceeds will make it possible for two music students from the Edward Said National Conservatory in Palestine to attend a five week music program at Berklee College, summer 2008.
Buy Your tickets now!
Performing contemporary and classical Arabic music as part of their 2007 USA & Canada Grand TOUR
BPC Box Office, 136 Mass. Ave., Mon.-Sat. 10AM-6PM, Tickets: $100, $36, $20 students and children under 12
Marcel Khalifé is one of Lebanon's leading musicians, reshaping traditional Arabic music into a novel communicative form of expression.
Immigration Update and Training on Rights of All Immigrants. Come to the SEIU Local 615 and MIRA training and hear an update on no-match and what else is going on. Learn about the rights of all immigrants, and ask questions. An attorney will be present. Clemente Abascal Community Room at Sovereign Bank, 296 Essex St. Lawrence, MA from 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Call Ana Horton for any questions: 617-878-7438.
Registrations will only be taken online. Non-members may register AND join MCAN at a discount.
Cost: $45 for members; $75 for nonmembers.
Plenary Speakers
Ian Bowles
Rob Pratt
Warren Leon
Organized & hosted by:
MCAN & MIT's Technology & Culture Forum.
Michael Avery, one of the lawyers suing George W. Bush for illegal electronic surveillance, will speak about violations of the Constitution and federal laws that have occurred during this administration. He will discuss various ways in which citizens can hold their president accountable for the violations of rights that have taken place in the name of a "war on terror".
Michael is professor of law at Suffolk University Law School and director of its Civil Litigation concentration. He speaks frequently on the topics of constitutional law and/or police misconduct. He's had extensive involvement with the Emergency Civil Liberties Committee, Center for Constitutional Rights, Civil Liberties Union of MA and National Lawyers Guild, which he recently served as president. In addition to more than 20 years of private practice, he taught at the law schools of Boston College, Georgia State Univ., Northeastern Univ. and Yale Univ.
Chimpanzees' ability to learn and express themselves in sign language sheds light on their emotional life and thought processes. As intermediaries between humans and other animals, chimpanzees can open the door to achieving greater protection and compassion for all nonhuman species.
Theodora Capaldo, PhD, will speak on the use of chimpanzees in research and testing, its ethical and medical consequences, and the role of chimpanzees as ambassadors for all animals in research. Her talk will include a presentation and information on NEAVS' national campaign "Project R&R," and on legislation (in collaboration with HSUS and others) that is being introduced on behalf of the 1,300 chimpanzees currently in U.S. laboratories.
5:15 PM - SOCIAL DINNER - let us get to know you!
Stay and enjoy Grasshopper's delicious unlimited vegan buffet for $9.50 + tax + tip. Includes appetizers, soups, salad, numerous entrees, and fresh melons.
No RSVP needed, just come on by! Everyone is welcome; bring your friends.
LOCATION for seminar and dinner:
Grasshopper (an all-vegan restaurant)
1 North Beacon St.
Union Square, Allston (Boston)
617-254-8883
Evelyn Kimber
Boston Vegetarian Society
617-424-8846
The MBTA on October 10th started broadcasting
continuous [corporate] radio ads and "music" at South
Station, North Station and Airport Station with a plan
to expand the continuous radio broadcast system-wide
after Thanksgiving. This will adversely monopolize
this historic First Amendment public space:
1. Curtail and Interfere with Conversations of all
MBTA patrons
2. Curtail and Interfere with Reading of all MBTA
patrons
3. Target ads to all School Children who use the MBTA
4. Eliminate Subway Musician Performances
We, the undersigned, support the diversity of
expression of patrons and artists in the subway. We
petition Governor Deval Patrick and Massachusetts Bay
Transportation Authority Board of Directors to stop
the T-Radio broadcast.
Congress will be debating war appropriations again, and the Senate - as the Republicans have routinely demonstrated - has the power to filibuster any appropriations it doesn't like. A filibuster in the Senate would effectively force an end to the war. So if each of us does our part in exposing the filibuster option, then we can apply tremendous pressure on our senators, the likes of which they haven't felt in decades!
Petition to sign.
"We do not support construction of new nuclear
reactors as a means of addressing the climate crisis.
Available renewable energy and energy efficiency
technologies are faster, cheaper, safer and cleaner
strategies for reducing greenhouse emissions than
nuclear power."
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.
Dennis Kucinich is determined to force the impeachment issue, by bringing it as a privileged resolution before Thanksgiving 2007.
We need hundreds of additional volunteers right now to help get these posters up, to really give the impeachment movement maximum visibility. We'll be picking up the full 25,000 11x17 posters this Tuesday, and start shipping priority mail the same day. So please, if you are anywhere near a college campus email us and we'll put you in contact with other volunteers in your area. If you've already volunteered, start organizing some other activist friends to join the Impeach Team.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.