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A rich man and his wife visit a third-world country, witnessing extreme poverty. Should they draw the shades and ignore what they've seen? The wife doesn't think so. Once again, CCB member John O'Brien blends his humorous, wise-cracking dialogue with a provocative question: can the rich help the poor? This three-character play will be performed as a reading by Jason Taylor & company (The Theatre of Relativity). John O'Brien has been lifting hearts for years with his unique brand of theater. Though there was always the risk of his puns stretching language to its very limits, one could also count on some roars of laughter. Most importantly, each play contained the pithy examination of an ethical dilemma.
"For Concha, the middle-aged protagonist of this lively if sardonic comedy, life is a battle. Her baseball hero son has married the gorgeous Clarita, a modern woman who seems more interested in scientific research than in housekeeping or motherhood, and they’re living in Concha’s house. What’s more, Concha is constantly pestered by the ardent, taxi-driving José Ramón, always turning up with a bottle of wine and a hopeful gleam in his eye. The very sight of her next door neighbour is a constant, taunting reminder of her late husband’s infidelities – and somebody keeps throwing eggs at her. Whenever Concha thinks she’s buttonholed the assailant – and she suspects almost everybody – her accusation is interrupted by the arrival of extenuating evidence: the next egg hits the wall. God himself is against her. Plaff! – the title is the sound of a breaking egg – comically undermines her direly negative attitude and it’s surprising just how provocative the subversion of misery can seem… Robust, good-humoured and quite astonishingly outspoken about the state of things in Cuba, Plaff! is as informative as it is funny. — Bill Gosden, Wellington Film Festival 1989
"Subdivided" is a documentary film about life in contemporary suburbia: a personal study of isolation and the struggle to find and maintain community in an era of careless development, the uninspired design of the modern subdivision, urban sprawl, and the invasion of the McMansion. American life is more diverse than ever and poorly designed neighborhoods further encourage isolation and separation. With no sense of place or belonging, is this the new American Dream? Is this good for us? For our children? For democracy? Through interviews with experts (Andres Duany, James Howard Kunstler, and Robert Putnam, Harvard professor and author of Bowling Alone) director Dean Terry discovers that community has been declining everywhere in America for decades, and that it is at best an afterthought in the design of most modern subdivisions. Many communities, most recently Wellesley, have acted to limit McMansions. Should your town take action? Don’t miss this opportunity to view and discuss this important topic.
The Earth's climate has been pushed dangerously "out of balance" by reliance on fossil fuels. This film depicts the powerful influence on national energy and environmental policy wielded by ExxonMobil, but also offers hope about what we can do.
Please join the First Parish of Concord Green Sanctuary Committee and North Bridge Alliance for Democracy as they sponsor this provocative showing and discussion.
Discussion afterwards will be led by Tom Jackson, the film's director, and Ross Gelbspan, climate change investigative reporter.
For information please call (978) 369-1181.
First of a series of rallies sponsored by Jobs With
Justice in late November and early December with
disability rights advocates and human service workers
in every part of the state to explain the staffing
crisis to the community and how you can be part of the
solution. First rally from 10:30 am - 12 noon at the
Omni Parker House, Boston Ma.
"Every Little Thing" is a documentary set at La Borde, an innovative psychiatric clinic where patients are liberated to actively participate in the running the facility, and where Felix Guattari developed the model of psychotherapy.
Among the many distinctive aspects of La Borde is the annual summer tradition in which the patients and staff work together to perform a play, and the film follows the production of an absurdist contemporary German work.
With a hint of humor and irony, Sergio Arau tells the story of California's near economic collapse due to a sudden disappearing of the Mexican population.
To be introduced by a guest presenter.
Venue #: 617-495-3366
Contact: Kit Barron
Dr. Jeff Taylor will speak and answer questions about such topics as the conflict between isolationism and imperialism, the lack of difference between the two major parties on foreign policy, and the "Jeffersonian" tendencies of the American people vs. the "Hamiltonian" outlook of the foreign policy elite. The talk will also include analysis of recent political developments such as the failure of the Democratic-controlled Congress to oppose the Iraq war and the growing interest in the Ron Paul presidential candidacy.
Jeff Taylor is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Western Illinois University. His book, Where Did the Party Go? William Jennings Bryan, Hubert Humphrey, and the Jeffersonian Legacy, was published by University of Missouri Press in 2006.
Dr. Taylor is appearing courtesy of the Antiwar League of Boston.
contact: Doug Fuda at 617-331-1491
Free and open to the public.
The first detailed examination of how decisions were made - in secret, by a small number of men who had virtually no relevant experience and who either failed to consult with, or overruled, the people on the ground and the military. Frank interviews with people who were there, juxtaposed with footage from Iraq revealing the devastating progress of their decisions.
Winner: Special Jury Prize, Documentary - Sundance Film Festival 2007. "Even well-informed audiences will find their jaws dropping." (Robert Koehler, Variety) "Essential viewing for any patriot. Two very big Thumbs Up!" (Ebert & Roeper) "Critic's Pick." (New York Times film Reviewers)
Sponsored by the (new!) Community Film and Discussion
Club.
Movie & Discussion. Free... Public invited!.. Refreshments.
Questions? Contact Michael Bate, Sandy Coy or Matt Shear, Wayland.
Sponsored by The Jamaica Plain Forum
By public transportation:
Orange Line to Green St., 5 blocks west to Centre St.,
Left on Centre for 3 blocks, Church is at the corner
of Centre and Eliot.
(617) 524-1634
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.
For questions
Call Ana Horton
617-878-7438.
Gather starting 2:00 PM, John Nirenberg speaks at 3pm then march begins.
March Begins: from Boston to Washington to Impeach Bush/Cheney.
Event Description:
After one Bush/Cheney assault on the Constitution too
many, one man can no longer stand still.
Brattleboro Vermont resident John Nirenberg plans to walk from Boston to Washington, DC to confront House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and DEMAND impeachment proceedings begin against Bush & Cheney immediately! (That's right, you heard me: HE'S GOING TO WALK - THE WHOLE WAY!)
John will begin his trek to Washington, DC on Saturday, December 1, 2007 from Fanueil Hall in Boston, MA - where Americans forefathers once gathered to plot their resistance to King George.
Our group will gather there this Saturday afternoon - starting at 2pm - to give John a proper send-off for his heroic journey to Washington. John will speak at Faneuil Hall at 3:00 p.m. Then, we will march with him for the first half mile or so of his journey - from Faneuil Hall to the site of Boston Tea Party.
Few of us have the ability or resources to undertake such a courageous effort as John. But, we can all come out and show our support for his efforts.
Along the way John will urge citizens to speak out on the dire Constitutional crisis we face, why it is vital to impeach Bush and Cheney, and collect signatures on an impeachment petition.
Won't you please come join us this Sat. afternoon to help support this man's supreme effort to help restore accountability to our government?
Come celebrate activism, community and our struggles for justice as the Community Church of Boston awards the 2007 Sacco & Vanzetti award to City Councillor Chuck Turner. Councillor Turner will be honored for his decades-long service to the community and ongoing activism, and will present a talk to help us answer the question, "Where do we go from here? Strategies for the 21st Century."
Speakers at the event this year will also include City Councilor Felix Arroyo; Executive Director of METCO, Jean McGuire; community organizer for over 55 years, elected politician, and former Adjunct Professor at MIT, Mel King; musician, songwriter, and faculty member at Berklee College of Music, Danielle Scott; and others.
The event is also a fundraiser for the Community Church of Boston. Tickets are available for $20.00, $5.00 for youth and seniors. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. All are welcome! This event is co-sponsored by the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute and Safety Net.
As we commemorate the injustice afforded Sacco and Vanzetti 80 years ago we lift up the work and struggle of those who are fighting today for justice to reach all people.
Join kids from the Workmen's Circle as they hold a public rally in the Longwood area to demand Free & Fair Elections. The Workmen's Circle is a membership- based progressive Jewish community and cultural center in Brookline. Members of the Workmen's Circle have long supported workers' right to organize a union. A free and fair election means that employees are free to decide whether they want to unionize in a fair secret ballot vote. Management, rather than interfering, respects this decision and allow workers.
Comcast has given us a glimpse of a world without Net
Neutrality, and it's a chilling sight.
An investigation by the Associated Press caught the
cable giant secretly inspecting online communications
and crippling users' ability to share information with
one another.
On 11-1-07, Free Press filed a legal complaint
demanding that the FCC take action to protect the free
flow of information on the Internet. By joining our
complaint, you can help stop Comcast and other
gatekeepers.
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.
IMPEACH VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY -- (Congressional Record, House of Representatives - November 07, 2007)
(Mr. KUCINICH asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. KUCINICH. "Mr. Speaker, yesterday I brought articles of impeachment before this House. The articles have been referred to the Judiciary Committee, and the people of the United States now have a chance to become engaged in a broad discussion about the importance of this action."
"People ask, why now? Well, recently, the administration asked for millions of dollars to be included in the defense budget to retrofit Stealth B-2 bombers with 30,000-pound bombs that can be used to bomb nuclear research labs in Iran at Natans and Bushir. Think of the humanitarian and ecological disaster that would come from that kind of a bombing."
"This administration, which took license to go to war based on lies, must be held accountable. And the Vice President must be held accountable for his role in bringing about the war against Iraq and in trying to beat the drums for a war against Iran."
"As has been pointed out here, we have so many needs here at home. We have people who are losing their homes, losing their pensions, losing their jobs, losing their health care, and we must bring discipline in this House to hold this administration accountable unto the law, so we can begin to focus on a domestic agenda and stop waging aggressive war."
"Impeach the Vice President."
TOLL-FREE PHONE NUMBERS FOR THE U.S. CAPITOL SWITCHBOARD
US House of Representatives Web Sites
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.