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THIS IS AN URGENT ACTION ALERTS 1959 "Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007" must be stopped at all costs. (It's already been approved by the House of Representatives by a HUGE majority.) Pick up your phone and contact our US Senators' offices to instruct them to vote "NO" on S.1959. If this bill is passed, and becomes law, your words and actions could be considered terrorism. S 1959 EVISCERATES FREE SPEECH, and empowers the govt. to declare ANYTHING they deem an "extremist belief system", instantly make you a terrorist, resulting in stripping of US citizenship, torture, and/or execution, with no habeas corpus rights, no ability to challenge even in the US Supreme Court. ____________January Delegation to Venezuela: Food Sovereignty & Social ChangeJanuary 24 - February 3, 2008 Start and end in Caracas; visits to the states of Falcon, Carabobo, Lara, and Yaracuy The Alberto Lovera Bolivarian Circle of NY invites you to join us in January for a 10-day trip to Venezuela examining advances in food sovereignty and other initiatives for social change. Start off in the capital city of Caracas, then travel to four additional states, including visits to newly formed cooperative farms and rural development projects in the countryside; community and national media outlets; government sponsored social programs, including Mercal markets and Barrio Adentro medical clinics, and much more. Meet with farmers, community leaders, and government officials. Sightseeing and visits to some of the country's beautiful beaches and other natural areas will also be included. Basic information (more forthcoming): Cost for Airfare: $578. A limited number of tickets are currently reserved at this price, which is a great deal for the time of year! Cost for Activities: $500. This will cover all lodging, all transportation, and some meals for the duration of the trip. Additional expenses will be minimal. Space is limited. Interested persons should email as soon as possible. ____________STOP ILLEGAL DOMESTIC WIRETAPS! |
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December 1st is World AIDS Day. While many have come to believe that HIV/AIDS is no longer the epidemic it once was they are gravely mistaken. HIV public health measures are not sufficiently reaching African-American, Latin@ and Haitian communities in Massachusetts and all other states in the United States. Because of this neglect communities of color are disproportionately affected by the reality of living with HIV/AIDS. Let us not forget that while anyone is living with HIV/AIDS we are all living with HIV/AIDS.
Reverend Franklin Hobbs currently rents an office on the 4th floor of the Community Church of Boston for Healing Our Land, an HIV/AIDS harm reduction ministry with and to marginalized communities struggling to address HIV/AIDS. In 2005, Rev. Hobbs, as Director of Healing Our Land, led a grassroots movement that resulted in the Boston City Council voting 13-0 to declare an HIV state of emergency on Boston's communities of color.
It might take two viewings to grasp fully what Fernando Pérez is doing in "Suite Habana," an elusive but intermittently beautiful tone poem on film. There is virtually no dialogue. There are no story lines that build to a climax, no documentary-style voice- overs. There are just snippets from a day in Havana, so disjointed and seemingly random that it takes a while to realize that Mr. Pérez is focusing on 10 specific individuals, tracking them through 24 hours in their painfully ordinary lives. (Neil Genzlinger, The New York Times)
LivableStreets Alliance presents:
Cara Seiderman, Transportation Program Manager, City of Cambridge
Cara Seiderman oversees street redesign projects and managing the Bicycle and Pedestrian Mobility Program. Cara frequently gives presentations and workshops on pedestrian and bicycle facility planning, traffic calming, and livable city design. She previously worked in Denmark, focusing on the design of pedestrian streets. She holds masters degrees in City and Regional Planning and Landscape Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley, a bachelors degree in environmental policy from Harvard University, and was a Fulbright Scholar at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen.
Speakers:
Melissa Stevens, Mohawk Fine Papers
Lew Sabbag, Servigraphics, Inc.
Join us for a discussion of the impacts of the paper
industry on the environment, methods in which paper
mills can mitigate their impacts and ways in which
you, the consumer, can sort through all the
certifications out there to decide what is best for
your brand image and bottom line.
Throughout the month of December, we'll be showing documentaries that chronicle the Palestinian Struggle against the Zionist Occupation.
Noam Chomsky has been a Bikes Not Bombs donor and member for more than 12 years, and he will be donating his time to speak as a benefit for BNB on December 13th. As the war stretches on in Iraq and threatens to spread into unending war for the US in more countries, this is an important time to hear from Professor Chomsky on the political, social and economic consequences of the current war, including the growing threat of war with Iran. Thus we can deepen our understanding of the workings of power and consider how we can best work towards lasting peace and social justice.
Doors open at 6:30pm. Noam Chomsky will be speaking first, followed by a question and answer period. Next will be a slideshow by Carl Kurz, founder of Bikes Not Bombs, giving a history of BNB's beginnings in war-torn Nicaragua, and an updated overview of BNB's international and youth work today. A brass choir (including BNB members) will be opening and closing the event with brief performances of shape-note and Croatian harmonies, played on tuba, trombones, french horn, and trumpet.
"Judged in terms of the power, range, novelty and influence of his thought, Noam Chomsky is arguably the most important intellectual alive today," wrote Paul Robinson in the New York Times Book Review. Chomsky, a 79 year-old professor of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is the most widely known critic of American foreign policy, especially as it affects ordinary citizens of Third World nations. For more information on Noam Chomsky's work, books, articles, etc.
You can contact Bikes Not Bombs at 617-522-0222
For full info, and to buy tickets online.
The Global Warming debate has come into the national spotlight in recent years with new scientific evidence leading to the same conclusion about the earth's atmosphere: it's getting warmer as a direct result of human activity. Pulitzer Prize winning Boston Globe journalist Ross Gelbspan has been watching and reporting on these climate change issues since 1984, and is considered an international authority on the issue. Ross visits the Jamaica Plain Forum to discuss new research findings, and share his long-sighted perspective.
Supported by: The Massachusetts Climate Action Network, The Massachusetts Energy Consumer's Alliance, The Boston Climate Action Network, and the Center for Democracy and the Constitution
As our global population and its appetite for energy rise drastically, resource depletion and global warming have become one of the most pressing issues facing humanity today.
"Energy Crossroads" exposes the problems associated with our energy consumption and also offers concrete activities for everyone to be part of the solutions in this decisive era. The film features passionate individuals, entrepreneurs, experts and scientists at the forefront of their fields. Join us to view and discuss this important documentary.
Come join us for an interactive and critical dialogue & workshop at Simmons College, Boston MA - Linda Paresky Conference Room,300 The Fenway, Boston from 9:00 am – 4:00pm. All are welcome!
Registration: $20 to defray cost of meals, materials and support donations toward families of New Bedford.
For more information contact Carol Gomez, Matahari: Eye of the Day at 617-448-0993.
Discussion of newly published book of Sankara’s
speeches and video showing about Sankara
Dinner at 6:30 * Program at 7:30 pm
Suggested Donation: $5 for dinner, $5 for program
Traducción inglés-español / español-inglés
Thomas Sankara led the revolution that took place in the West African country Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987. October 2007 marked the twentieth anniversary of the murder of Thomas Sankara, who was described by some as Africa’s Che.
Under Sankara's leadership, working people established a popular revolutionary government, which started to fight the hunger, illiteracy and economic devastation imposed by imperialist domination. In the collection of speeches and interviews in the newly published version of Thomas Sankara Speaks, Sankara explains how during those years the peasants and workers of Burkina Faso: established a popular revolutionary government;started to fight the hunger, illiteracy, and economic backwardness imposed by imperialist domination;and began to combat the oppression of women inherited from thousands of years of class society.
Their actions set an example not only for the workers and peasants of Africa but for those of the whole world, then and now.
Sankara was assassinated October 15, 1987, in a coup carried out by the country’s current president, Blaise Compaoré.
Special Offer: $5 discount with admission to the forum on the new book “Thomas Sankara Speaks” - available in English or French.
December 16, 2007 is the 233rd Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party.
The two-day event will begin with the Tea Party Conference, “Scientists and Citizens Speak Out” on Saturday 12/15 at 10am, with scientists Steven Jones, Joel Hirshhorn, UL Engineer Kevin Ryan and architect Richard Gage, at Faneuil Hall on Saturday, December 15, an evening program “9/11 Sent Them to War” follows with Ray McGovern, Nancy Murray of the Boston ACLU, Barbara Honegger and other speakers followed by public rallies at Boston Common and Boston Harbor on Sunday December 16, beginning at noon.
In the spirit of American patriots who on December 16, 1773 rebuked the lack of representation and the tyranny to which the colonies were subjected by Great Britain, by tossing crates of British tea into Boston Harbor, Boston 9/11 Truth will enact a "9/11 Truth Tea Party" on December 16, 2007, calling on "all American Sons and Daughters of Liberty to cast-off the tyranny, deceit and lies imposed on the American public.
Programs in order of event:
“Scientists and Citizens Speak Out” Faneuil Hall 9am, on Saturday Dec 15th, 10am -5pm.
Ray McGovern will present speakers Richard Gage, AIA Architect, Steven Jones, PhD Former Professor of Physics at Brigham Young University, UL Laboratories whistleblower Kevin Ryan, and Joel S. Hirshhorn, PhD Former Professor, Metallurgical Engineering University of Wisconsin, Former Senior Staff Member - Congressional Office of Technology.
“9/11 Sent Them to War: Testimonies and Strategies on ending the War and Restoring the Constitution.” Faneuil Hall, Saturday. December 15: 7pm -9pm
Ray McGovern, Nancy Murray, (ACLU of Boston). Donna Marsh O’Conner, Barbara Honegger, Additional speakers to be added.
Boston Tea Party Rally with Cindy Sheehan and Ray McGovern Boston Common, Bandstand, Sunday December 16: 12pm-2pm
At the rally on Boston Common Cindy Sheehan, Ray McGovern and additional speakers will address growing concerns on the loss of our civil liberties, which have been eviscerated through laws such as the Military Commissions Act, and will be calling for an end to this and all wars.
Boston Tea Party March to the Harbor and Dumping of “Tea” into Boston Harbor Dec 16 2-4pm
We will be proceeding along the Freedom Trail, through Boston Common to the original Tea Party site at the Seaport Ave. Bridge over Fort Point Channel, carrying crates of the 9/11 Commission Report and other the “Documents of Tyranny”. Join with us to cast these larger-than-life size replicas into Boston Harbor. “Repudiated Tea”, to be dumped on the 233 Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party:
The 9/11 Commission Report
Project for a New American Century (Rebuilding
Americas Defenses)
USA Patriot Act II
Military Commissions Act (2006)
John Warner Defense Authorization Act
Martial Law Presidential Decision Directive 51
“A Brew and a Brainstorm”: After Party at Hennessy’s (Upstairs) 25 Union St., Boston, MA Dec 16, 4-9pm
5:00-6:30pm –Legislative Workshop with Susan Allen Future Actions – Actionable Evidence and indictment
5:00-6:30pm –Activist Grassroots Organizing Session
Volunteer to help: Contact Rich at 978-247-1456. Otherwise, please purchase tickets for Saturday.
Please support the Randall Forsberg Scholarship for Peace Research.
Checks can be mailed to the:
Randall Forsberg Scholarship
for Peace Research
Attn: Rosemary Weiss
CCNY, Shepard Hall, Room 154
138 Street and Convent Avenue
New York, New York 10031
Checks should be made out to:
The 21st Century Foundation
With Memo to: Randall Forsberg Scholarship
Wilpert addresses recent developments in Venezuela including the watershed referendum held on December 2nd, 2007.
Admission is $10 ($5 for low-income/unemployed workers, students and members); nobody will be turned away for lack of funds. Tickets may be purchased at the website. The event is followed by wine & cheese style reception.
Would you like to participate in a group discussion about Islam?
Interviewers from Harvard University’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies are currently organizing group discussions about “Religion and Citizenship” with Muslim Lebanese Bostonians. While previous surveys have asked questions designed by researchers outside of the Muslim community, we intend to collaborate with community members at every research stage. Group discussions are a preliminary step in the design of our surveys and an opportunity for you to tell us about what issues are important to your community.
If you are a Muslim of Lebanese descent who would like to partake in this important project, please contact H Shapiro at 401-787-7829.
Conversation groups will meet once, last no more than
two hours, and participants will be compensated.
Thank you for your interest!
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.
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.