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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. Bring a candle, lantern, or flashlight.
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.
From Carol Moore, a DC activist
Here are just a few of the many resources that will help us accomplish these goals. Check out the ones that most reflect your interests!
DON'T BOMB IRAN SITES
democracyinaction.org/
stopwaroniran.org/
afterdowningstreet.org/iran
antiwar.com/
groups.yahoo.com/group/stopiranwar
dontattackiran.org/
campaigniran.org/
codepink4peace.org/
peace-action.org/
traprockpeace.org
unitedforpeace.org/
worldcantwait.net
WhyAttackIran.Com
women4peace.org/
worldcantwait.org/
psr.org/documents/psr_doc_0/program_4/iran_attack.pdf
HONEST ELECTIONS SITES
BlueRevolution.us
videothevote.org
reportvotingproblems.org/
honestelections.us/
blackboxvoting.org/
verifiedvoting.org/
votefraud.org/
protectmyvote.rescueourdemocracy.org/
IMPEACHMENT SITES
afterdowningstreet.org
impeachbush.org/
impeachbush.tv/
impeachbushcoalition.blogspot.com/
impeachbush.meetup.com/
impeachpac.org/ -
impeachnow.org/
harpers.org/TheCaseForImpeachment.html
thenation.com/doc/20060130/holtzman
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.
11am at
COMMUNITY CHURCH OF BOSTON, 565 Boylston St. (Copley Square), Boston:
SPEAKERS FORUM: MILITARY FAMILIES SPEAK OUT
"Honoring Veterans for Peace"
2:30-4:30pm at the Goodnow (Public) Library, 21 Concord Rd., Sudbury:
Dr. Marcia Angell (former editor, NEJM, and author of "The Truth About the Drug Companies:
How They Deceive Us and What to Do About It")
Will talk about "The REAL Way to Universal Health Care"
Sponsored by LWV Sudbury
978-443-8609
noon-6pm at AFSC, 2161 Mass. Ave., Cambridge:
Nonviolent Direct Action Training Workshop
The facilitators will be Sam Diener, co-editor of Peaceworks Magazine and Elisabeth Leonard of Code Pink, WILPF and UJP. As usual, the format will be interactive and designed to meet the needs of the particular enrolees. We are asking people to make firm commitments ASAP so that we can count on a viable group for the design of the workshop.
Subjects to be covered: the Elements, Characteristics and Practice of Nonviolent Engagement; Strategy Development/Campaign Building; Affinity Groups/Group Process/Action Planning; Strategic Considerations for Risking Arrest; Using the Media.
Call Elisabeth at 617 561-9139 or 617 661-6130 (AFSC) today to sign up
7:30pm in Newton:
Newton Dialogues will present a panel discussion of the implications of the November 7 elections. We will have local politicians and academics on hand. What next for our country? Check our website for details
[$$$$] 8pm at Kresge Auditorium (Bldg W16), MIT, Cambridge:
The Arab Students Organization present:
FREEDOM DANCE By El-Funoun Popular Dance Troupe
PDF POSTER AVAILABLE AT:
3-5pm at Phillips Brooks House (NW corner Harvard Yard, Cambridge): "¡La lucha sigue!" (The struggle continues!) is not just a slogan! Salvadoran student activist Oswaldo Nataren is living proof; hear about the new generation in struggle:
Building Resistance: Salvadoran Youth in the Global Struggle CISPES 2006 FALL TOUR Featuring Oswaldo Nataren, student leader and activist from the University of El Salvador. Citywide Student & Youth More information at Boston CISPES (617) 576-1709 or boscispes@gtcinternet.com
7pm at First Parish in Cambridge (3 Church St, Harvard Sq): Ali Abunimah, Author of "One Country: A Bold Proposal to End the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse"
A provocative approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict -- one state for two peoples -- that is sure to touch nerves on all sides
The Israeli-Palestinian war has been called the world’s most intractable conflict. It is by now a commonplace that the only way to end the violence is to divide the territory in two, and all efforts at a resolution have come down to haggling over who gets what: Will Israel hand over 90 percent of the West Bank or only 60 percent? Will a Palestinian state include any part of Jerusalem?
Clear-eyed, sharply reasoned, and compassionate, One Country proposes a radical alternative: to revive an old and neglected idea of one state shared by two peoples.
Author Biography
The Jordanian-American son of Palestinian refugees, Ali Abunimah is the creator and editor of The Electronic Intifada, since 2001, and more recently of Electronic Iraq. A graduate of Princeton University, he is a frequent speaker and commentator on the Middle East, writing for the Chicago Tribune and the Los Angeles Times. He lives in Chicago, Illinois.
Sponsored by: Unitarian Universalists for Justice in the Middle East Greater Boston Chapter
7:30pm at Kendal Sq Cinema (Cambridge): "I Know I'm Not Alone" which is based on Franti's travels between Iraq and Israel to find out more about the regions' conflicts from the people living there (as opposed to the corporate media).
Armed with an acoustic guitar and a video camera, musician Michael Franti takes us on a musical journey through war and occupation in Iraq, Israel and Palestine. Along the way he shares his music with families, doctors, musicians, soldiers and everyday people who in turn reveal to him the often overlooked human cost of war.
Tickets are on sale at the theater but are not being sold online.
7pm at Lucy Parsons Center (549 Columbus Ave. South End Boston)
Radical Urban Sustainability Training
Radical Sustainability For Autonomous Communities
A crash course in urban ecological survival skills:
Exploring the cross section of permaculture and social activism.
Scott Kellogg of the Rhizome Collective in Austin,Texas will give a presentation on the organization's history, plus explanations of low-tech, low cost food, water, energy and waste systems.
Featuring:
* Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment
* Low Tech Bioremediation (plus report on bioremediation efforts in post Katrina New Orleans)
* Aquaculture: fish, plants, algae, ponds
* Rainwater
Harvesting
* Passive solar, DIY bicycle windmills * Floating Trash Bottle
Islands
* Veggie Biofuels and Methane Digesters
* Microlivestock
* Natural Building in the City * Sustainability and Gentrification
* Brownfields and Urban Land Struggles
Scott Kellogg is a co-founder and current member of the Rhizome Collective, an urban sustainability educational center based in Austin, Texas. He is an experienced permaculture teacher, activist, writer, and former circus nomad.
4:30pm at KSG, Belfer Bldg, Starr Auditorium:
Ali Abunimah
“One-State Solution” (full details: 7pm Monday 11/13, above)
NOON-1PM
Vigil in rememberance of all that has happened in gaza this past week
on the steps of memorial church in Harvard Yard
(across from Widener Library
It will be silent, everyone will be wearing black. We will hold signs, and read the names and ages of those who died.
5pm at Harvard CGIS South Bldg S216 (1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge)
*Civil Society and U.S.-Cuban Relations*
Presentation by Robert F. Kennedy Visiting Professor (from Cuba)
*Rafael M. Hernández*
This talk will discuss civil society diversity as part of the ongoing Cuban transition, the new social debate, and the environment for intellectual and artistic criticism. What´s the role played by U.S.-Cuban relations in this current transition? What´s the meaning of increasing bilateral exchanges between civil societies on both sides for the future of U.S.-Cuban relations?
Beverages will be served
7pm at Cambridge Friends Meeting House, 5 Longfellow Park, Cambridge
Meeting of Boston-Cambridge chapter of Alliance for Democracy
What needs to be done?
Explore democratic alternatives with Jonathan Simon and Sally Castleman of the Election Defense Alliance.
Refreshments.
7pm: "After the elections… All out against the war!"
A discussion Free and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!
Featured Speaker: Bryan Koulouris
Emerson Hall (In Harvard Yard), Room 305
Wed, Nov 15th, 7pm
Sponsored by Socialist Alternative and HIPJ (Harvard Initiative for Peace and Justice)
On November 15, join Socialist Alternative and Harvard anti-war activists for a discussion about building the anti-war movement. While the Democrats rode to victory in the House and Senate on a giant wave of opposition to the Iraq war, they have made it clear that pulling the troops out is not on their agenda. How can we build a movement powerful enough to force the politicians to end the occupation? How should the anti-war movement deal with the question of withdrawal now that sectarian violence is ripping Iraq apart? How could the civil war be ended? Join us for a discussion on these and other important questions.
Bryan Koulouris is an anti-war activist with Socialist Alternative.
8pm at MIT 54-100 (free):
In launching the Beirut Uncut Film Series
you are invited to attend Boston's first public screening of
BOSTA (a philippe aractingi production)
After 15 years of exile in France, Kamal returns to Beirut with his mind set on one goal: recreate the dance group he had formed with his school friends and whom he hasn't seen since - but today, not only does he want to bring back this disparate group together, but also take the bold move of introducing a Western flavor to the traditional Dabkeh music.
When the dancers audition before the jury of the national Dabkeh festival, they are curtly rejected on the basis that they are causing prejudice to the "only cultural icon left". This prompts them to refurbish their old school bus and embark on a road trip across Lebanese towns to perform and introduce their pioneering dance to the public.
As they struggle to win people over to their alternative spirit, each of the dancers also realizes that they have also embarked on a personal journey to reconnect with their childhood, their friendships lost and found, the pains of the war and of separation... a journey that will lead a group of friends to turn the page on a painful past.
Bosta is a road musical that takes the audience on a wonderful journey across various Lebanese regions... a journey accompanied by a groundbreaking soundtrack and, of course, this truly pioneering dance, the electro-dabkeh.
screening rights purchased by the Lebanese Club @ MIT
7pm Radical Film Night at the Lucy Parsons Center
Every Wednesday night at 7pm
Always Free
November 15 - Who Is Bozo Texino? (2006)
"It's possible Bill Daniel is the most inspiring filmmaker of our day. With an impressive filmography that includes work on Craig Baldwin's Sonic Outlaws and Spectres Of The Spectrum and as Vanessa Renwick's long-time collaborator, Daniel has crafted a remarkable first feature with his twenty-years-in-the-making Who Is Bozo Texino?, a documentary about modern day hoboes, rail workers and a forgotten outsider subculture. Shot entirely aboard speeding freight trains, it's amazing Daniel didn't fall right out of the boxcar. Presented in dreamy 16mm black and white, Daniel's film mixes experimental and documentary film techniques to provide a captivating look at a little-known art form. Tracing the origins to boxcar graffiti from over 100 years ago, Daniel follows rail graffiti's evolution to modern day hobo gatherings, freight hopping trips and secret hobo jungles only known to tried and true hoboes. Along the way Daniel interviews numerous old timers who have spent years on the rails drawing their monikers, among them graffiti legends Colossus of Roads, The Rambler, Herby (RIP) and yes even the ever-illusive Bozo Texino. The interviews provide a fascinating glimpse into the harsh realities of tramp life while also providing a unique backdrop for the more ambient railroad-blues infused soundtrack. Trying to catch up with Daniel is almost as elusive as his film.
45 minutes of pure cinematic genius.
Lucy Parsons Center, 549 Columbus Avenue, Boston's South End
Telephone: 617.267.6272
LucyParsons.org
11:15am at State House, Boston (Nurses’ Hall):
Grab your cell phone and join us at the State House on Thursday, November 16 at 11:15 a.m. to give Verizon and the Department of Telecommunications and Energy (DTE) a much-needed Wake Up Call about phone companies handing over your telephone records to the National Security Agency (NSA).
Please save the date!
11:15: Press Conference
We'll kick off the morning with a press conference inside the State House in Nurses' Hall, featuring privacy expert and NSA watchdog Jim Bamford, Mayors Cohen (Newton), Curtatone (Somerville), Higgins (Northampton), and Bissonnette (Chicopee), and ACLU of Massachusetts Executive Director Carol Rose.
12:00: Cell Phone Action
After the press conference, we'll convene on the front steps of the State House for a mass cell phone action, demanding that the DTE hold a public hearing to let us know if the phone companies violated their own privacy policies, and to urge them to make sure that your privacy is protected in the future.
I'll be back in touch with more information and details in a few days.
Brian Corr, Field Organizer and Public Education Coordinator
ACLU of Massachusetts, 211 Congress St., Boston, MA 02110
617.482.3170x321
BCorr@ACLU-Mass.org
4-6pm at Brandeis (Golding 101): major program on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict called BREAKING THE SILENCE
It is about Israeli soldiers explaining why and how, after serving in the army, they can no longer support what the army does in the West bank and Gaza. This is from the organization's webpage:
We all served in the territories. Some served in Gaza, some in Hebron, some in Bethlehem and the rest served in other places. We all manned checkpoints, participated in patrols and arrests and took part in the war against terror.
We all realized that the daily struggle against terror and the daily interaction with the civilian population has left us helpless. Our sense of justice was distorted, and so were our morality and emotions.
We are discharged soldiers who have decided not to keep silent. To stop keeping to ourselves everything we've been through in the past 3 years. So far, hundreds of discharged combat soldiers have decided to break the silence and every day more people follow.
During our combat service we've handled many different missions. We have one mission left: to talk, tell and not keep anything hidden.
6-8pm at 1199SEIU (21 Fellow St., Roxbury)
Next GALLAN (Gay and Lesbian Labor Activist Network). On the agenda will be a review of the November 9th Constitutional Convention.
7PM: Sonali Kolhatkar & James Ingalls
Launch their Book :
"Bleeding Afghanistan"
Spontaneous Celebrations, 45 Danforth Street, Jamaica Plain
Sonali was the one who founded Afghan Women's Mission which was able to bring RAWA speaker Zoya to Boston, who was an incredible reminder of what the real crusade for women's rights is like in a place where women's rights are slammed from all sides.
She will be launching her book "Bleeding Afghanistan" at Spontaneous Celebrations and I hope you can make it.
In the years following 9/11, US policy in Afghanistan has received little scrutiny, either from the media or the public. Despite official claims of democracy and women's freedom, Afghanistan has yet to emerge from the ashes of decades-long war. Through in-depth research and detailed historical context, Sonali Kolhatkar and James Ingalls report on the injustice of US policies in Afghanistan historically and in the post 9-11 era. Drawing from declassified government documents and on-the- ground interviews with Afghans activists, journalists, lawyers, refugees, and students, the book examines he connections between US training and arming of Mujahadeen commanders and the subversion of Afghan democracy, to the sad state of warlordism, women's oppression, and poverty today.
7PM:
ACT-MA Peace Events in Massachusetts
at the Nate Smith House, 155
Lamartine St. in Jamaica Plain.
The end of the Republican Era…
Will the Democrats end the War?
For millions of people who have opposed George Bush and his right-wing agenda for six long years, this election is a long-awaited cause for celebration. It represents a rejection of one-party Republican rule and its agenda on a range of issues—corporate greed, political corruption, Religious Right fanaticism, and looming above them all, the U.S. occupation of Iraq. But for people who want to see an end to the occupation of Iraq, the Democrats are unlikely to bring significant change in the war. The Democrats voted for the invasion of Iraq, and continued to approve funding for this occupation. They are dedicated to the same priorities as the Republicans, and Democrats like Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama support expanding the war to Iran. To end the war, we need a movement that mobilizes ordinary people in this country and demands bringing the troops home now! We need to oppose this so-called “War on Terror,” but can we count on the Democrat majority in Congress to be an ally in the movement?
For more information, call 617-648-0561 or email isoboston@yahoo.com Childcare is available, please call ahead. Sponsored by the International Socialist Organization.
7:30 PM:
North Bridge Chapter
Alliance for Democracy
Monthly Meeting
at the home of Lynn Gargill, 324 Hemlock Circle, Lincoln (directions: 781-259-1173)
On the Agenda: * Film: "The Case for Impeachment"--featuring constitutional attorney John Bonifaz on the grounds for impeaching Bush & Cheney. Rep. Nancy Pelosi, probable future Speaker of the House, says impeachment is off the table. But does a Democratic majority in congress represent an opportunity to investigate the string of "high crimes and misdemeanors" that led us into the Iraq war?
* Report on the conference "Our Communities, Our Water". This was a terrific conference with several excellent speakers and workshops. One local event that we might want to organize is a talk by organizers from American Friends service Committee and the Sierra Club on trade agreements and water, especially on "Atlantica"-- a proposed massive transportation corridor through Mexico and the western US, portions of which are already under construction.
* Recap on "Iraq for Sale" and suggestions for future films to show and places to show them.
* Discussion of IRV document and possible actions we might participate in to advance IRV in Massachusetts.
If you missed our October screening of "Iraq for Sale", please take the opportunity to borrow a DVD of the film and see it with friends! It is a very detailed and compelling look at the link between corporate campaign cash and lucrative contracts given by the government to private contractors helping in the "reconstruction" of Iraq. Please call Mary White, 978-369-1181, to find out how to get a copy of the DVD.
A Call To Action: Close the SOA/WHINSEC! Converge on Fort Benning, Georgia -- November 17-19, 2006
Intern or Volunteer at SOA Watch in Washington, D.C.
School of the Americas Watch
US training camp for training Latin American militaries in torture methods
LOOKING FOR 1000 GRANDMOTHERS TO CLOSE SOA
A new approach to opposing the School of the Americas-- info and links here:
1,000 GRANDMOTHERS DEMAND: Schools for Education, Not Assassination
<1000grandmothers.net>
4:30pm at Harvard KSG, 79 JFK St, Cambridge:
Top U.S. War Maker in Boston
Picket Gen. Abizaid, commander of U.S. forces in Iraq
- Tell Him We Want the Troops Home Now!
On Friday, November 17th, General John Abizaid, the commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East (including Iraq and Afghanistan), will be speaking at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University on "Challenges of the Long War." Please join us in demonstrating outside his speech to say: Bring the troops home now! U.S. out of Iraq! Remove all military bases!
On Tuesday, voters in dozens of Massachusetts towns voted overwhelmingly in favor of a referendum calling for immediate U.S. withdrawal from Iraq. Polls show that around the country, over 60 percent of Americans oppose the war. We are sick and tired of a war that has killed 655,000 Iraqis and over 2800 U.S. troops, while draining away over $2 billion a week.
Now, General Abizaid is coming to Harvard to try to justify the war in Iraq as part of the unending "war on terror," which he is credited with giving the name "The Long War." But the war in Iraq has done nothing to make the world safer; rather, it has only increased the threat of terrorism. The brutal U.S. occupation, symbolized by names like Fallujah and Abu Ghraib, has only resulted in more despair and anger around the world.
"The Long War," a phrase that Donald Rumsfeld has used to frame the war on terror as "a generational conflict akin to the Cold War" that might last decades, is meant to provide a cover for increased military presence in the Middle East for generations to come, insuring U.S. influence over a vital strategic region and access to cheap oil.
It has been used to justify huge increases in military spending, reflected in the record Pentagon budget of $513 billion for 2007, as well as numerous attacks on civil liberties, racisms against Arabs and Muslims, the legalization of torture, etc.
Come demonstrate outside his speech and tell Abizaid that we reject "The Long War" and demand that the U.S. bring the troops home now and remove all military bases from Iraq.
5 PM: BSL4 biolab meeting
at the Harriet Tubman House.
Lawyers for both the State and the two Federal Law Suits will be present. Very important information will be presented. The Tubman House is located in the South End at 566 Columbus Ave. on the corner of Mass. Ave and Columbus Ave.
DON'T MISS THIS MEETING AND PLEASE CIRCULATE WIDELY
THE #1 BUS STOPS AT THE CORNER OF MASS AVE ANDCOLUMBUS AVE.
6-11pm at Jill Stein campaign HQ (Lexington)
Join us for a Got Democracy Victory Party
Live music, open mike & potluck dinner
Friday, November 17, from 6-11 PM
At the Jill Stein for Secretary campaign headquarters
Honoring our volunteers & supporters. To RSVP & get directions, contact info@jillstein.org or call 781-652-0053.
We'll also be celebrating the Home From Iraq Now referendum victories.
Thanks to your inspired help, our Got Democracy campaign for Secretary of the Commonwealth amassed over 350,000 votes - an unprecedented 18% of voters that said NO TO THE STATUS QUO! In an otherwise uncontested election, we brought a real challenge to the 12-year incumbent, racking up powerful editorial board endorsements from a slew of newspapers across the state, and even getting endorsed by the pre-eminent Democratic blog Blue Mass Group. We even forced our opponent to emerge from hiding and engage in the debate he had dodged for a year.
5PM: History, Law, and Memory: Ethnic Cleansing in Palestine.
Austin East, Austin Hall, Harvard Law School
ACT-MA Peace Events in Massachusetts
actma.org
A panel discussion with:
Ilan Pappe, senior lecturer, University of Haifa Department of political Science, chair of the Emil Touma Institute for Palestinian Studies in Haifa, and author of, most recently, The Modern Middle East and Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, and others.
7PM:
ACT-MA Peace Events in Massachusetts
WHAT: Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers
WHEN: Friday, November 17 at 7:00 PM
WHERE: Clarendon Hill Church
155 Powderhouse Blvd.
Somerville, Massachusetts 2144
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.
HOSTED BY: Amnesty Intl. Group 133; Clarendon Hill Church Peace Justice and Mission Committee. Admission is FREE
For more details and to RSVP, please visit: http://iraqforsale.bravenewtheaters.com/screening/show/8423
To find another screening of this film, please visit: http://iraqforsale.bravenewtheaters.com/
More info: nate.stell@gmail.com (Nate Stell)
8-11pm at Zeitgeist Gallery (186 Hampshire St, Inman Sq Cambridge):
IWW Solidarity Night: An Evening of Musical Entertainment to Benefit the Starbucks Workers Union!
Over the past year, four Starbucks employees in New York City have been fired for organizing with the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), despite an NLRB settlement in March in which Starbucks agreed to respect baristas' right to form a union. The Boston branch of the IWW is raising funds to assist these workers in getting their jobs back and support Starbucks organizing efforts in NY and elsewhere. For further information, call Bill at 617-625-9070, email bostgmb-l@iww.org , or visit www.starbucksunion.org
10am-noon at Lynn Housing Authority Community Center (10 Church Street, Lynn):
North Shore Labor Council Women’s Committees presents its 2nd Annual Women’s Solidarity Breakfast CELEBRATING: The JOI Daycare Workers & their signing of a Union Contract! Join the Women’s Committee in a Celebration of WOMEN IN UNIONS. We welcome other child care providers, teachers, new union members, experienced members, and want-to be members and we are especially excited to meet with women organizing a union for the first time.
Please RSVP by November 15th (781) 595-2538.
NOON: Assemble to Beats for Peace:
Boston Common
March Against the Profiteers: 1:30 PM
I n d o o r R a l l y : 3 : 3 0 P M
Encuentro Cinco, 33 Harrison Ave., Chinatown
STOP THE WARS COALITION
Email: info@stopthewars.org
Phone: 617-492-3090 www.stopthewars.org
7pm-midnight at Boston Teachers Union Hall (180 Mt.Vernon St., Dorchester):
WILD's 20th Anniversary Party! Join the Women's Institute for Leadership Development in celebrating 20 years of promoting women's leadership in the Massachusetts labor movement.
Everyone is welcome. For more information, please call 617-426-0520.
10AM-11:30AM
RADIO with a VIEW
Live on WMBR 88.1 FM
Ricken Patel, Co-Director of Darfurgenocide.org on the violence against and internal displacement of thousands of people in Sudan and Chad.
Harvey Wasserman and Bob Fitrakis of Free Press on the midterm election and what political corruption to look out for in 2008.
A report on Iraqi reaction to the US election by WAR NEWS Radio (produced by students at Swarthmore College)
A report on local protests against the "war on terror" and a speech at Harvard's JFK School of Government by General John Abizaid, Supreme Commander of the war in Iraq.
Culture critic Bruce Sylvester reviews "Shut Up and Sing" film featuring the Dixie Chicks
11am at
COMMUNITY CHURCH OF BOSTON, 565 Boylston St. (Copley Square), Boston:
SPEAKERS FORUM: MAHTOWIN MUNRO
"Who's the Illegal Alien, Pilgrim?"
Mahtowin Munro is co-leader of United American Indians of New England (UAINE) and a longtime Native/Lakota activist. She will offer her perspective on Columbus Day, Thanksgiving, the Pilgrims, Leonard Peltier, immigrant rights and more. On Thanksgiving Day at noon, UAINE will sponsor the 37th annual National Day of Mourning on Coles Hill in Plymouth.
UAINE is a Native-led organization of Native people and their friends which supports Indigenous struggles throughout North, Central & South America. They fight back on issues such as the racism of the Pilgrim mythology perpetuated in Plymouth, the U.S. government's assault on poor people and the use of racist team names & mascots in sports. Their motto: "We Are Not Vanishing. We Are Not Conquered. We Are as Strong as Ever!"9:30am-5:30pm at MIT Stata Ctr (Bldg 32), 32 Vassar St., Cambridge
Please join us at Mass. Climate Action Network's 5th Massachusetts & New England Global Warming Action Conference
Hosted by MIT’s Technology & Culture Forum
Lunch catered by Whole Foods
Learn what you, your town, city, state, company, or university can do about global warming Learn from & network with climate activists, technical experts & policy specialists
Co-sponsors:
* Ceres
* Clean Water Action
* Conservation Law Foundation
* Environmental League of Massachusetts
* HealthLink
* MassPIRG
* Massachusetts Sierra Club
* Massachusetts Technology Collaborative
* New England Grassroots Environment Fund
* Union of Concerned Scientists
Speakers include:
* Gina McCarthy, Commissioner of the CT DEP
* Professor William Moomaw of Tufts University, renowned expert on global warming
* Ross Gelbspan, author of Boiling Point and The Heat is On
* Peter C. Frumhoff, Director, Global Environment Program, Union of Concerned Scientists
* Marc Breslow, Executive Director, Mass. Climate Action Network
* Kim Lundgren, Northeast Regional Director, Cities for Climate Protection campaign (ICLEI)
* John Rankin, HM Consul General for the British Consulate in Boston
* Sonia Hamel, Mass. State Office of Commonwealth Development
* Kelly Gallagher, Dir., Energy Technology Innovation Proj., Kennedy School of Government
* Seth Kaplan, Dir., Clean Energy & Climate Change Program, Conservation Law Foundation
* Rob Sargent, Senior Energy Analyst, National Association of State PIRGs
* Cindy Luppi, Organizing Director, Clean Water Action
* Steven Strong, President, Solar Design Associates
* David Cash, Director of Air, Energy, & Waste Policy, Mass. Executive Office of Environmental Affairs
* James Hunt, Director of Energy & Environmental Affairs, City of Boston
* Professor Kerry Emanuel of MIT, expert on global warming and hurricanes
* Professor Howard Hertzog of MIT, expert on “carbon capture & storage” (CO2 sequestration)
* Sally Wright, wind power specialist with U. Mass. Renewable Energy Research Lab
* Sarah James, co-author of The Natural Step for Communities: How Cities and Towns Can Change to Sustainable Practices .
* David Tannozzini, Energy Manager, City of Newton
Plenary speakers and 14 workshops covering:
* How do we get to 75% emissions reductions?
* Climate change science & impacts on New England
* Transportation challenges
* State & regional policy
* Threats to & opportunities for renewable energy development
* Green building initiatives
* Global warming policy around the world
* Skills for organizing and advocacy
* CO2 “capture & storage”
* Local climate action plans & GHG reduction strategies
* The Northeast’s plan for cutting power plant pollution
* How to cut energy use in your home
* Financing energy efficiency in public buildings
* Reaching out to new constituencies
Conference Registration
$60 registration fee, includes light breakfast, lunch catered by Whole Foods, and afternoon snack/coffee break. Low-income discounts by arrangement. Also, volunteers are sought. The conference may sell out, so after Nov. 14 call or e-mail before registering or planning to register at the door.
Make checks out to the Commonwealth Foundation and mail to MCAN, 86 Milton St., Arlington, MA 02474. To pay by credit card go to MassClimateAction.org and follow the links. Then e-mail in your registration info. After Nov. 14 , pay online by credit card or bring a check to the conference. In either case, e-mail registration info to marc@mbreslow.org. Call 781-643-5911 with questions.
1-6pm at Northeastern University Law School, Room 97 (400-416 Huntington Avenue, Asa S. Knowles Center. in Downtown Boston)
(on the Green Line, "E" branch)
The Northeastern University School of Law National Lawyers Guild Chapter & the Boston Coalition for Palestinian Rights present
BEYOND APARTHEID IN ISRAEL/PALESTINE:
The Reality on the Ground & Lessons from South Africa
(registration from 12:30 PM)
With:
OMAR BARGHOUTI, Palestinian analyst, activist and writer;
FELICIA EAVES, Co-chair, Black Voices for Peace;
LEILA FARSAKH, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Massachusetts at Boston;
ILAN PAPPE, Senior Lecturer of Political Science, Haifa University in Israel (publications
include The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine (2006));
STEWART TING CHONG, staff member to Archbishop Tutu
CHUCK TURNER, Boston City Councilor;
DAVID WILDMAN, United Methodist Church General Board of Global Ministries;
WILL YOUMANS, Attorney and divestment activist;
AND MANY MORE
On July 9, 2005, the first anniversary of the International Court of Justice ruling on the illegality of Israel's Wall, over 170 Palestinian civil society organizations issued a Call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) to be directed against Israel until it complies with international law and universal principles of human rights. This conference will examine why Israel's policies towards Palestinians are apartheid policies. It will explore the role activists can play to respond to the Palestinian Call for BDS, and to help create the kind of pressure that will be needed to move the region "beyond apartheid."
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
For more information: contact Yuri (617) 888-9540; yygott@yahoo.com; or Sherif (617) 491-2313; (703) 622-9151.
3-6pm at Kennedy Plaza, Providence, RI:
Solidarity with the People of Oaxaca
Meet up at the Civil War monument in the plaza at 3pm
Come join us on a solidarity picket. On November 20th thousands of people around the world will be showing solidarity with the People of Oaxaca and the rest of Mexico. In the city of Oaxaca, a popularly supported teachers' strike over basic demands has been met with a massive government attack using thousands of heavily armed troops. The working class, students and poor of Mexico are preparing a massive general strike to stop the brutal repression by the Mexican federal government against the People of Oaxaca. Come show your support for our brothers and sisters across the Rio Grande.
For more information please contact:
rhodeisland@newyouth.com or call: 401-359-5230
37th NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING
NOON
Cole's Hill (the hill above Plymouth Rock)
Plymouth, Massachusetts
Pot-luck Social to Follow
Since 1970, Native Americans have gathered at noon on Cole's Hill in Plymouth to commemorate a National Day of Mourning on the US thanksgiving holiday. Many Native Americans do not celebrate the arrival of the Pilgrims and other European settlers. Thanksgiving day is a reminder of the genocide of millions of Native people, the theft of Native lands, and the relentless assault on Native culture. Participants in National Day of Mourning honor Native ancestors and the struggles of Native peoples to survive today. It is a day of remembrance and spiritual connection as well as a protest of the racism and oppression which Native Americans continue to experience.
Join us as we dedicate the 37th National Day of Mourning to our brother, Native political prisoner Leonard Peltier. Add your voice to the millions world-wide who demand his freedom. Help us in our struggle to create a true awareness of Native peoples and demonstrate the unity of Indigenous peoples internationally. Help shatter the untrue glass image of the Pilgrims and the unjust system based on racism, sexism, homophobia and war.
For More Information Contact:
United American Indians of New England/LPSG
Phone: (617) 232-5135
info@uaine.org
http://www.uaine.org
7pm at Brandeis (Lown Ctr, Auditorium 2):
Nonviolent Peaceforce (Boston Chapter) and Photojournalist Bob Fitch
Will take you on a photographic journey of peace work in Sri Lanka
Free and open to the public