Two important Stop the BU Biolab events on Tax Day. Get your taxes done early and join us!
The City Council Hearing at 6PM should be very interesting as our scientists challenge BU and the Boston Public Health Commission on how they have ignored the ban on RDNA research in the City of Boston.
April 15th
The Status Conference is at 9:30 at the Federal Court House
Judge Saris IS PRESIDING
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04 / 15
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Please join the Boston Coalition for Palestinian Rights | ||
04 / 16
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04 / 18
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm
Metrowest Peace Action is sponsoring a monthly Peace Vigil this Saturday, April 18th from noon to 1:00 on Framingham Green, with a meeting to follow at First Parish Unitarian Universalist of Framingham in the Huntley Room. Everyone is welcome to join us and stand out for peace. | ||
04 / 19
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04 / 21
Start: 4:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
FOR MORE INFORMATION: www.stopthewars.org info@stopthewars.org Start: 6:30 pm
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“The Economic Crisis, The Global Economy, and the Economy We Want†is a three-part series.
Part 1 (Tuesday, April 21) is an expanded, improved version of the workshop given at the Dorchester People for Peace January meeting. Part 2 (April 28, with Tim Costello of Global Labor Strategies and Adrian Boutureira of United for a Fair Economy) covers the international dimensions of the US crisis and economy over the past 60 years; Part 3 (May 5, with Stephanie Luce of Solidarity) looks at what we want and how to build the power to get it. | ||
04 / 22
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04 / 24
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04 / 25
Start: 9:00 am
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Registration 9:00 am. Opening Plenary 10:00 am. Develop strategies to build a solidarity movement with Palestine in New England. Workshops include: • Introduction to Zionism Featuring: Start: 2:00 pm
Where: Harvard Square T-Mobile, 1438 Massachusetts Ave. near The Body Shop | ||
04 / 26
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:30 pm
Newton Dialogues on Peace and War
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04 / 27
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm
Please plan to join our allies for the Stop the Cuts Rally on Monday, April 27, 2009 at the State House!
Invest in Our Future: Stop Budget Cuts!
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04 / 28
Start: 9:00 am
End: 6:00 pm
April 27 – 28, 2009 [New York City]Description: Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm
“The Economic Crisis, The Global Economy, and the Economy We Want” is a three-part series. Part 1 (Tuesday, April 21) is an expanded, improved version of the workshop given at the Dorchester People for Peace January meeting. Part 2 (April 28, with Tim Costello of Global Labor Strategies and Adrian Boutureira of United for a Fair Economy) covers the international dimensions of the US crisis and economy over the past 60 years. Part 3 (May 5, with Stephanie Luce of Solidarity) looks at what we want and how to build the power to get it. | ||
04 / 29
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
Next Wed April 29 at 5 PM in Davis Sq. Start: 7:00 pm
American Jews for a Just Peace - Boston Start: 7:00 pm
End: 8:30 pm
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04 / 30
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
A public program co- sponsored by the Newton Human Rights Commission and Newton Dialogues on Peace and War Start: 7:00 pm
End: 10:00 pm
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05 / 1
Start: 2:30 pm
End: 5:30 pm
On behalf of the Chelsea, East Boston, and Everett May 1st Coalition. We are community based organizations with a long history of organizing and providing services for the immigrant populations of our respective cities. Between our communities of East Boston, Chelsea, and Everett, we have been organizing residents for over ten years to celebrate May 1st as International Workers Day annually with marches and rallies through the main streets of our cities. | ||
05 / 2
Start: 11:30 am
End: 1:30 pm
Congresswoman Barbara Lee: A Progressive Assessment of the Obama Page Gardner--Women's Voices, Women's Vote; Start: 2:00 pm
End: 3:00 pm
& Coolidge Corner Verizon Store, 285 Harvard Street | ||
05 / 3
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05 / 6
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05 / 7
Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Ford Hall Forum at Suffolk University presents Najim Azadzoi, Paul Fitzgerald, Elizabeth Gould, and Nick Mills: Afghanistan's Untold History and the Road Ahead; moderated by The Boston Globe's Alan Berger. Followed by an open discussion and book signing. Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Video, Slide Show and presentations: report from a recent study tour Vietnam today is bustling, colorful, spirited and changing into something new. A 16-person national study tour visited the country in Jan. 2009 hosted by the Vietnam Women's Union. The group learned about the VWU, a 13-million member grassroots organization that has considerable influence on national policy. The legacies of war was another theme as a US Vietnam vet met with three former NLF fighters in a moving encounter. | ||
05 / 8
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Military Mom and Author Susan GalleymoreWith Art, Poetry, and Refreshments! Just in time for Mother's Day, a moving portrait of what it means to be a mother in time of war... | ||
05 / 9
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm
Economic Recovery and Beyond: Redirecting Military and Energy Resouces is the title of a Mini-Conference sponsored by Watertown Citizens for Environmental Safety on the occassio Anita Dancs, PhD, Assistant Professor of Economics, Western New England College and former Research Director at the National Priorities Project (NPP). She researches and writes on the impact of federal policies and is the author of numerous NPP publications, most recently, The Military Cost of Securing Energy.
 Frank Ackerman, PhD, Senior Economist, Stockholm Environment Institute – US Center. He has written extensively about the economics of climate change and other environmental problems. His latest book is Can We Afford the Future? The Economics of a Warming World (2009). He has written numerous academic and popular articles, directed policy reports for governments and non-profits, and testified before Congress.The Mini-Conference will take place on Saturday, May 9 from 1:00 PM to 4:00 pm at the Watertown Free Public Library and is a free event open to everyone who is interested in learning about and discussing how economic impact of military spending and climate change. The Library is easily accessible by public transportation by taking the #73 Bus from Harvard Square and getting off that the last stop in Watertown Square. The Library also has a metered parking lot. | ||
05 / 10
Start: 7:00 am
End: 10:30 am
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05 / 11
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05 / 12
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Please join film producers and directors Bestor Cram and Judy Richardson for a | ||
General David Petraeus is the commander of the US Central Command and is in charge of military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. He is speaking on "
The Afghanistan/Pakistan Puzzle
It is widely acknowledged that we are losing the war in Afghanistan. Is the solution more troops or a political one using negotiation, alliances and aid? What has life been like for the Afghan people since the occupation? Can we or they afford 7 more years of fighting? As the Obama administration is seeking it’s own strategy how can we be effective advocates for peace? These questions and others will be addressed at this timely forum. 
UJP is a co-sponsor of the Event which is organized by the May 1st Coalition of Chelsea, East Boston and Everett.
n of its 30th Anniversary.
