Prof. CYNTHIA ENLOE
At Clark University, Cynthia Enloe is a research professor in International
Development, Community & Environment and director of the Women's Studies
program. Her research centers on women's place in the political world; her
writings cover a range of issues including gender-based discrimination, as
well as racial, ethnic and national identities. She will have just returned
from New Zealand where, she claims, "they're thinking about militarization
of the South Pacific!" She will be exploring how taking seriously the
diverse lives and ideas of women in several countries can make us smarter
about the causes and costs of war
Her book titles (incomplete list) point the way -- 'The Morning After:
Sexual Politics at the End of the Cold War'; 'Does Khaki Become You? The
Militarization of Women's Lives'; 'Bananas, Beaches & Bases: Making Feminist
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| Dahr Jamail (left) and Mohammed Omer (right), co-recipients of the prestigious Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism, being congratulated by John Pilger in London on June 16, 2008. Photo by Paul de Rooij, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs. |
This is an exceedingly important subject and we are honored to have Dr. Bacevich speak in Walpole.
The Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center honors Paul Rusesabagina, The real-life hero portrayed by Don Cheadle in the film Hotel Rwanda giving the Martin Luther King, Jr. Leadership Lecture and Distinguished Poet Sonia Sanchez giving a reading of her work.
Roundtable Discussion on the Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Special Guest: Christine King Farris, Professor and Director of the Learning Resources Center at Spelman College And sister of Martin Luther King, Jr.
With
- Clayborne Carson, Director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Center & Professor at Stanford University
- Hardin Coleman, Dean of the School of Education at Boston University
- Walter Fluker, Executive Director of the Leadership Center and Professor at Morehouse College
- Isabel Wilkerson, Professor of Journalism at Boston University
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Somerville
Once again the Smedley Butler Brigade, Veteran’s For Peace, Chapter 9, is relegated to the end of Boston's Veterans Day Parade simply be cause the parade organizers don’t care for our messages of peace.
We gladly march behind the street sweepers in a show of opposition to war or the glorification of war. We believe that the best way to honor veterans is to abolish all war and bring all veterans home, out of harms way.
Please show your support by joining us this Nov 11th . Our presence has made a difference. We will meet at 1200 at the corner of Charles and Beacon streets. This is the northwest corner of Boston Commons, just across the street from the Boston Public Garden.
Join Hyatt workers and their families, Local 26 members, religious leaders of many faiths and supporters for a
Candle Light Vigil to support the Hyatt 100
Sign the pledge and join us
Wednesday, November 11, we're telling Hyatt…
"The Struggle Continues!"
"La Lucha Continua"
"O esforço continua!
"La lutte continue !"
The UJP Planning Group meets the second Wednesday at AFSC and fourth Wednesday by conference call.
Honor Veterans Day at a community forum with Howard Zinn
BU Professor Emeritus Howard Zinn is a historian, playwright, and
social activist. He was an Air Force bombardier during World War II.
In this Veterans Day forum, Dr. Zinn will talk about three wars in
U.S. history – the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, and World War II.
This event is free and open to all.
For more info: contact Daryl Bridges (daryl.l.bridges@gmail.com).
Sponsored by Coalition for Social Justice. Coalition Supporters: Mass.
Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice; Mass. Jobs With Justice; UAW
Local 2324; Howard Ryan, SEIU Local 615*, and individual BU faculty,
staff, students, and alumni. * Organization listed for identification
purposes only.
The Coalition for Social Justice brings together students and support
Paul K. Chappell graduated from West Point in 2002. He served in the army for seven years, deployed to Baghdad, and will be leaving active duty in November 2009 as a Captain. Witness for Peace Tour w/ Martha Lucia Giraldo Villano - Speaking about "false positive" extrajudicial killings, Plan Colombia, the National Movement of Victims, and the importance of memory.
More info at: http://witnessforpeace.org/article.php?id=465
"The World's Most Militarized Dispute"
We will have a SPECIAL Vigil Against the War to call for withdrawal of US Troops from Afghanistan. As the false debate continues over whether 40,000 troops is 'enough to win', 'enough to not lose', or enough to keep us involved in propping up an illegitimate regime, we need to speak out to oppose not only the deployment of additional troops in this foolish adventure, but for the complete withdrawal of US Troops from Afghanistan. You are encouraged to make and bring your own signs (please be careful to spell "Afghanistan" properly - A F G H A N I S T A N ) and we plan to supply additional signs. If you wish, bring candles and/or flashlights.
MARTHA LUCIA GIRALDO VILLANO
Since 2000, the U.S. government has provided nearly $5 billion in military
and police aid to Colombia. Despite claims of an improved human rights
record, thousands of civilians are being killed by this U.S.-funded
military. Further, Colombian human rights groups report a 68% increase in
murders by the armed forces in a recent five-year period over the previous
five years. And the rate of such extrajudicial slaughter is still on the
rise! Setting human rights conditions on U.S. funding to the Colombian
military clearly has been ineffective in stemming these killings or bringing
those responsible to justice.
Ms. Giraldo Villano is the daughter of a small-scale farmer who was executed
by the National Army. She is active in the Victims of State Crimes Movement,
in which she works with other victims organizing to demand their right to
Speaker Pelosi:
No Escalation in Afghanistan!
Bring the Troops Home Now!
Support Single Payer Health Care!
Stop CO2 Pollution –350 by 2020!
Protest House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
Knowledge and Society
Talk series organized by Alliance for a Secular and Democratic South Asia
Theme: Free and Equal in Dignity and Rights
Phone Number: phone: (617) 623-0202 fax: (617) 623-2005
Come together with fellow Amnesty activists from across the Northeast for an exciting weekend to celebrate and strengthen the human rights movement. The 2009 conference theme is FREE AND EQUAL IN DIGNITY AND RIGHTS). You'll leave with ideas for activism to take back to your community, contacts for other activists, and more knowledge about Amnesty's fight for human rights and dignity.
We look forward to seeing you all at the conference and thank you for your commitment to the human rights movement!
Rolling back militarism: a task for the global movement


Cambridge Forum regrets to announce that the conference on global climate change "The Road To Copenhagen" planned for Saturday November 14 has been postponed. Congressman Ed Markey, who was slated to be the keynote speaker, is unable to participate due to the demanding legislative agenda at the end of the Congressional session.
Please come to celebrate, watch movies, and hear about the work of two great organizations: Lajee Center and Al-Rowwad Children's Theater, both located in Aida Refugee Camp.
 

We are lucky enough to have representatives from both organizations: Dr. Abdefattah Abusrour from Al-Rowwad will discuss the ongoing efforts to bring creativity and hope to the children of Aida, and Nidal Al-Azraq will talk about the geographic constraints of living in the camp, and about Lajee's work to help youth overcome such obstacles. We will screen a movie from Al-Rowwad," Bethlehem 4 am," and from Lajee, we will screen youth media from the summer of 2009.
Rolling back militarism: a task for the global movement


“We're All Climate Activists Now!”
The power to improve our planet is in your hands!
Come learn how you can make the difference in our battle against Climate Change.
Important Update!
Bill McKibben will be joining us as our afternoon Keynote Speaker! As founder of 350.org, McKibben has just led a wildly successful International Day of Climate Action, which many of us joined.
MARTHA LUCIA GIRALDO VILLANO
Since 2000, the U.S. government has provided nearly $5 billion in military
and police aid to Colombia. Despite claims of an improved human rights
record, thousands of civilians are being killed by this U.S.-funded
military. Further, Colombian human rights groups report a 68% increase in
murders by the armed forces in a recent five-year period over the previous
five years. And the rate of such extrajudicial slaughter is still on the
rise! Setting human rights conditions on U.S. funding to the Colombian
military clearly has been ineffective in stemming these killings or bringing
those responsible to justice.
Ms. Giraldo Villano is the daughter of a small-scale farmer who was executed
by the National Army. She is active in the Victims of State Crimes Movement,
in which she works with other victims organizing to demand their right to
Opening reception with Abdelfattah Abusrour, director of the Al-Rowwad Cultural Center in the Aida Camp in Bethlehem
Photography Exhibit -- Views of Bethlehem: Then and Now
The exhibition is a collaboration that involves historic images of Bethlehem and their contemporary counterparts.
The historic images date from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The second part of the exhibition is images of these same places taken this year by the photography students of the Al-Rowwad Cultural Center in the Aida Camp in Bethlehem. (Al-Rowwad was established by its director Dr. Abdelfattah Abusrour as a way of promoting "beautiful resistance" in the form of theater, dance, video, workshops and community space.)
Sponsored by the Cambridge/Bethlehem People-to-People Project. Email us at bethlehemcambridge@gmail.com.
The Alliance for a Secular and Democratic South Asia &
Rolling back militarism: a task for the global movement


"Westborough - Metrowest Peace Action Moving Vigil and Meeting"
Tues., Nov. 17th
5 - 6 PM - Vigil
Rt. 135 and Rt. 30 Rotary
Meeting to follow at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 3 Johns St.
6 - 7 PM - Meeting
Our theme of the vigil will be "Fund jobs, not war in Afghanistan".
Sponsored by Metrowest Peace Action, Pax Christi Metrowest, Pax Christi Central Mass.
Please join us for the the screening. The film will be followed by a panel discussion featuring healthcare leaders and policymakers in Massachusetts.
The documentary, by California Newsreel, is to educate individuals about health care reform and to help move the President’s agenda forward. It helps to illustrate personal and professional opinions of what’s wrong with the American health care system and hopefully motivates us to get involved in the debate and become active for getting the kind of health care system that responds to the needs of all Americans.
Elmer R. Freeman
Executive Director
Center for Community Health Education Research and Service, Inc.
Director
Office of Urban Health Programs and Policy
Bouve College of Health Sciences
For more information, call 617-373-5179.
*What everyone needs to know about current realities of the Israeli Occupation and prospects for a just resolution in Palestine*
*A Presentation with Bekah Wolf*
*International Coordinator and co-Founder of the Palestine Solidarity Project (PSP), a Palestinian organization based in the village of Beit Ommar and dedicated to supporting popular resistance to the occupation.*
Sponsored by /Justice in the Middle East Task Force at First Parish in Cambridge/
For information about the PSP, visit www www.palestinesolidarityproject.org
For more information about this talk p: 617.642.9640
The Event is Free and Open to the Public
What & Where: This fall from November 20th through the 22nd, students, faculty, and staff from around the country who are engaged in Palestine solidarity activism will converge for a conference on campus Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS). This conference has three key goals:
1) To co-educate and share resources amongst campus organizers on the process of initiating BDS campaigns on campuses
2) To strategize tactics to address the needs of different campuses in carrying out BDS campaigns
3) To bring together Palestine-solidarity campus groups that have or have not met under a larger network in order to strive towards a coordinated national BDS campaign.
What & Where: This fall from November 20th through the 22nd, students, faculty, and staff from around the country who are engaged in Palestine solidarity activism will converge for a conference on campus Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS). This conference has three key goals:
1) To co-educate and share resources amongst campus organizers on the process of initiating BDS campaigns on campuses
2) To strategize tactics to address the needs of different campuses in carrying out BDS campaigns
3) To bring together Palestine-solidarity campus groups that have or have not met under a larger network in order to strive towards a coordinated national BDS campaign.
The film takes a raw look at civilian casualties, women’s rights and other issues that put into question official claims that the war is making our shores safer. (70 mins.)
A discussion will follow for those who wish to participate. Light refreshments.
Contact: Maggie Constan 617-980-2677
Join South African social movement activist from the Western Cape Anti-Eviction Campaign.
Motherblood, a short play, is an encounter between two mothers, one who is
Israeli, the other is Palestinian, both of whom have survived significant
losses. They struggle with each other, sharing a wide range of feelings
regarding their complex personal and political situations. This is a
meeting that changes these two womens' lives. It promises to move you as
well.
Following their performance, True Story Theater will use improvisational
theater to reflect some of the feelings and experiences of the audience. It
promises to be a moving evening that will hopefully deepen the conversation
about building a lasting peace.
"This amazing dramatic performance breaks through all the rhetoric on both
sides of the Israel/Palestine struggle and leads us directly to the
What & Where: This fall from November 20th through the 22nd, students, faculty, and staff from around the country who are engaged in Palestine solidarity activism will converge for a conference on campus Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS). This conference has three key goals:
1) To co-educate and share resources amongst campus organizers on the process of initiating BDS campaigns on campuses
2) To strategize tactics to address the needs of different campuses in carrying out BDS campaigns
3) To bring together Palestine-solidarity campus groups that have or have not met under a larger network in order to strive towards a coordinated national BDS campaign.
the Ethical Society of Boston will present
End the Raids & Deportations!
WHEN:
Sunday, November 22, 2009. 2:00pm
Sol y Canto founders Rosi & Brian Amador perform "Tunes for Teosinte," a
benefit concert for Arlington's sister city in El Salvador.
Rosi and Brian will perform joyful, original Latin roots music that moves,
delights, excites, and connects the audience to the richness of Latin
American culture. This show will have both adults and kids out of their
seats and dancing in the aisles! As a special treat for young audiences,
Rosi and Brian's 13-year-old twin daughters Alisa & Sonia will perform as
well.
Also: bake sale and shop for fair-trade handbags, housewares, and other
items…all beautifully handcrafted in Teosinte!
Teosinte is a farming village in rural El Salvador that has been
Arlington's sister city since 1988. For more information, see
We will show Rethink Afghanistan and have a discussion.
RETHINK AFGHANISTAN: A FILM BY ROBERT GREENWALD
The film takes a raw look at civilian casualties, women’s rights and other issues that put into question official claims that the war is making our shores safer. Mr. Greenwald has used interviews with academics, Afghans, and former CIA operatives to raise questions about civilian casualties, women’s rights, the cost of war and whether it has made the United States safer. The film will be followed by a discussion on the issues.
Sponsored by Somerville-Medford United for Justice with Peace
Joyce and Mel King will receive the Annual Sacco and Vancetti Social Justice Award from the Community Church. They have long be leading figures in Boston and the state of Massachusetts. for political change, justice, community development, and peace. Among other debts that we owe to Mel is his role in preventing the transformation of Boston Harbor into a nuclear weapons base, when he took a leading role in opposing the nuclearization of Boston during his 1983 campaign to become Mayor of Boston.
For more information, call 617-266-6710.
“Systemic change, not climate change.” Join people concerned about the survival of the planet. Add your voice to demand corporate money out of politics!
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Memory and Its Strength: The Martyrs of El Salvador - A Discussion between Jon Sobrino, S.J. and Noam Chomsky, moderated by J. Donald Monan
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Dorchester People for Peace is holding a standout to protest Obama's escalation.
Worcester Peace Works and friends will demonstrate against sending more troops to Afghanistan
Tell President Obama that we want some of the /*CHANGE*/ he promised us.
We need to keep demonstrating because the folks in Washington do not hear very well
We must make this demonstration BIG. Be sure to come. Bring friends and relatives.
Bring Signs.
We will be standing in protest on Wednesday, 4:30 - 6:30 pm, at the Gloucester Rotary, Exit 11 off Route 128N. Please bring signs, flags, etc. The rotary is the same place that we hold our peace vigil every Saturday from 12-1 pm.
Troops Home Now from Afghanistan!
Stop the Escalation!
In response to President Obama's Tuesday night speech calling for a marked increase in American troops being sent to Afghanistan, there will be a candle-light vigil calling for peace---and in particular protesting the escalation of our involvement in Afghanistan.
Please come with a candle and a desire to solve our problems without bombs and bullets. There will be similar gatherings at that time across the Cape.
The event is sponsored by Cape Codders for Peace and Justice and the Falmouth Anti-War Vigil.
Cambridge UJP will vigil to protest escalation of the Afghanistan war.
Merrimack Valley People for Peace
Vigil to protest the increase of troops in Afghanistan, if it is announced by the President on Tuesday. Everyone is welcome. Please bring friends,
signs and outrage.
Made in L.A. is an Emmy award-winning documentary about three Latina
immigrants working in a Los Angeles sweatshop and their fight to
win labor protections from a trendy clothing retailer. It is a story about
immigration, the power of unity, and the courage it takes to find your
voice.
For more information, contact: 617-301-4392 or mobilization@uusc.org
On December 3, we will focus our Thursday evening Vigil in Newton Center (5PM-6PM at the corner of Beacon St. & Center St.) on expressing our deep opposition to further involvement of American armed forces in the war in Afghanistan. We know this is a difficult time of the day for most people, but this is the kind of event that demands that we each stop and consider whether this is the time to stand up against this unacceptable decision on the part of the President whom most thought would bring an end to this foolish and destructive war.
Sponsor: Newton Dialogues on Peace and War
An evening with Gabriel Camacho, AFSC Project Voice New England Regional Organizer
Reception from 6:30-7:00, Presentation 7:00-8:30, Discussion 8:30-9:00
Please RSVP: 617-661-6130 x135
Three years have passed since the historic mass mobilizations which put millions of immigrants marching in the streets of small and major cities throughout the country. After years of workplace and residential raids, over a quarter of a million immigrants have been detained and deported, tearing framilies and communities apart.
THURSDAY FILM SERIES BACK AT CENTRAL SQUARE LIBRARY
The Monthly Peace and Justice Film Series presents the Award winning PRAY
THE DEVIL BACK TO HELL
An extraordinary documentary of a small band of Liberian women who came
together in the midst of a bloody civil war, took on the violent warlords
and corrupt Charles Taylor regime and won a long-awaited peace for their
shattered country in 2003.
An Extended Discussion will follow the film. FREE Refreshments will be
served.
Walpole Peace Group
Please join us for a peace vigil in protest of President’s Obama’s plan to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan.
It is regretful that President Obama is sending additional troops and escalating the war. The U.S. occupation of Afghanistan has served as a lightening rod for violence and is not the way to build peace. In his speech, President Obama linked the necessity of sending troops to 9/11 while most military analysts agree that al Qaeda has a small presence in Afghanistan. Most of the fighting is by the war lords left over from the Soviet war, the Taliban, internal in-fighting. We should shift our focus from military operations to provision of humanitarian aid, education, building bridges with the Afghan people. We should bring our troops home now.
In the event of an Obama decision to send more troops to Afghanistan, Arlington-Lexington UJP will hold a vigil at it’s monthly vigil time, on Saturday, Dec 5. We will express our dismay and outrage over continuing this war which is having devastating effects on the Afghan people, the troops and for people here at home suffering from the billions of dollars not being spent on healthcare, education, housing, jobs and other human needs.
Sponsor: Arlington-Lexington UJP
Please bring signs
Forget the malls: Shop Palestine! Support Fair Trade!
Tania Maxwell and Janice Hayden are getting together to host
an Open House / Palestine Market just in time for holiday
shopping. Bring cash, checks, and credit cards to the
open house to purchase:
Olive Branch Olive Oil (Extra Virgin, Fair-Traded, and delicious!)
Za-atar
Olive oil soap
Many of our community groups have been active this week protesting the Afghanistan escalation. Let’s share what we’ve done, and think together about next steps, including media work. And let’s also discuss the idea of a cross-community MLK event.
Other agenda items so far include:
-Report on 25% campaign
-Next UJP strategy conference
-UJP input on status of UfPJ
-UJP involvement in ACLU "Sunlight on Surveillance" project
We won’t be having our socializing half-hour because the 25% taskforce will be meeting prior to our meeting. But please bring food!!
Agenda items should go to Vicky Steinitz at vicky.steinitz@gmail.com
The Greater Newburyport Vigil against a troop increase in Afghanistan will take place at the usual time and place:
For questions, call Barbara Haack 978-363-2245
Alborada Films Presents:
Inside the Revolution: A Journey into the Heart of Venezuela
SCREENING (Followed by Q&A with the director Pablo Navarrete)
February 2009 marked 10 years since Hugo Chavez took office, following
a landslide election victory, and launched his revolution to bring
radical change to Venezuela. While wildly popular with many in his
country, Chavez's policies and his outspoken criticisms of the U.S.
government have made him powerful enemies, both at home and abroad.
Filmed in Caracas in November 2008, this feature-length documentary
takes a journey into the heart of Venezuela's revolution to listen to
the voices of the people driving the process forward.
Pablo Navarrete is an independent British-Chilean journalist,
Boston University School of Education and Axis of Hope Center for International Conflict Prevention are co-hosting tonight’s lecture by Noam Chomsky, Institute Professor and professor of linguistics (Emeritus) at MIT. Chomsky has been a controversial critic of American policies for over 30 years and has received honorary degrees from over 20 world-renowned universities. Axis of Hope uses interactive workshops such as this to teach today's youth to develop trust, compassion and empathy for others.
More Info
http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/calendar/event.php?id=93487&cid=17&oid=0
Alborada Films Presents:
Inside the Revolution: A Journey into the Heart of Venezuela
SCREENING (Followed by Q&A with the director Pablo Navarrete)
February 2009 marked 10 years since Hugo Chavez took office, following
a landslide election victory, and launched his revolution to bring
radical change to Venezuela. While wildly popular with many in his
country, Chavez's policies and his outspoken criticisms of the U.S.
government have made him powerful enemies, both at home and abroad.
Filmed in Caracas in November 2008, this feature-length documentary
takes a journey into the heart of Venezuela's revolution to listen to
the voices of the people driving the process forward.
Pablo Navarrete is an independent British-Chilean journalist,
researcher and filmmaker. He is the Latin America editor for ‘Red
