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01 / 27
Start: 11:00 am
End: 12:30 pm
The Commonwealth CORI Coalition is hosting its first major action in 2010 to push towards the passage of CORI reform in the House. Calling on all supporters of CORI reform to come down to the State House to be seen and be heard. Please join us for speeches by our members and our lead sponsors. We will then spread out in the State House to visit our legislators and encourage the swift passage of CORI in the next month. www.BostonWorkersAlliance.org
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Speaker: Chris Walter, co-founder of Barakat
Barakat is a Cambridge-based nonprofit that does work in Afghanistan and the region around it. Their mission is to advance literacy and to strengthen education systems in these areas. Come learn directly from representatives of Barakat about the work they have been doing and how you can take action to aid the human rights situation in Afghanistan.
Web site: web.mit.edu/amnesty
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Amnesty International, GSC Funding Board
For more information, contact:
Kayvan Zainabadi
mitai-exec@mit.edu
Start: 7:00 pm
IN SOLIDARITY WITH HONDURAS
On January 27th the Honduran Resistance in Honduras has called for a demonstrastion in protest of the continual violations of human rights and the swearing in of Porfirio Lobo as President of Honduras elected under the coup regime.
Please join us on WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27 at 7PM to express your solidarity with the people of the Honduran Resistance at 101 Park Street Chelsea, MA (ROCA)
Organized by Proyecto Hondureno.
Start: 9:30 pm
End: 11:30 pm
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01 / 28
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm
Cambridge Forum hosts the re-scheduled mini-conference on global climate change beginning at 1:00 p.m. During the afternoon, scientists explore the impact of atmospheric methane on the earth’s temperature, as well as the impact that climate change will have on human health, environmental migration, agricultural production, and sea level. The impact of the 350.org movement, the Copenhagen talks, and the likely follow-up on the part of individual governments will be the focus of the 7:00 pm closing address.
1-5PM: Symposium
6:30PM: Keynote
Co-sponsored by Hubert Jessup and Tim Weiskel.
Start: 6:30 pm
Book Presentation & Forum
Also on Friday, January 29th at Lucy Parsons Center
While Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez continues to capture headlines,
a much larger story involving a wider cast of characters has gone
largely ignored. Venezuela Speaks!, published by PM Press, is a
collection of interviews with activists and participants from across
Venezuela’s social movements. From community media to land reform,
cooperatives to communal councils, from the labor movement to the
Afro-Venezuelan network, Venezuela Speaks! sheds light on the complex
realities within the Bolivarian Revolution.
Join two of the co-authors, Carlos Martinez and Michael Fox, for a
presentation and forum. Yanahir Reyes, a Venezuelan activist that has
Start: 7:00 pm
Start: 7:00 pm
Start: 2010 Jan 28 - 7:00pm
End: 2010 Jan 31 - 7:00am
 “TEAR OPEN THE DOOR OF HEAVEN”
and
“DIRT CHEAP MONEY CIRCUS”
“…the images and puppets are something to behold...”
[“Tear Open The Door Of Heaven,” nytheatre.com, Dec. 4, 2009]
Boston Center for the Arts
CYCLORAMA
January 25 through January 31
presented in partnership with the Boston Center for the Arts as part of the Cyclorama Residency Series
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01 / 29
(all day)
Start: 2010 Jan 28 - 7:00pm
End: 2010 Jan 31 - 7:00am
“TEAR OPEN THE DOOR OF HEAVEN”
and
“DIRT CHEAP MONEY CIRCUS”
“…the images and puppets are something to behold...”
[“Tear Open The Door Of Heaven,” nytheatre.com, Dec. 4, 2009]
Boston Center for the Arts
CYCLORAMA
January 25 through January 31
presented in partnership with the Boston Center for the Arts as part of the Cyclorama Residency Series
Start: 7:00 pm
Book Presentation & Forum
Also on Thursday, January 28th at Encuentro 5
While Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez continues to capture headlines,
a much larger story involving a wider cast of characters has gone
largely ignored. Venezuela Speaks!, published by PM Press, is a
collection of interviews with activists and participants from across
Venezuela’s social movements. From community media to land reform,
cooperatives to communal councils, from the labor movement to the
Afro-Venezuelan network, Venezuela Speaks! sheds light on the complex
realities within the Bolivarian Revolution.
Join two of the co-authors, Carlos Martinez and Michael Fox, for a
presentation and forum. Yanahir Reyes, a Venezuelan activist that has
participated in the women’s movement for years will also be joining
Start: 7:30 pm
Vanessa Adams-Harris is Mrs. Rosa Parks in this dramatic portrayal of Mrs.
Parks' experiences, leading to the earth shaking moment when she stayed in
her seat on a Montgomery, AL bus in 1955. A thought provoking, moving
account and an inspiration for the simple acts of courage needed today in
our communities and the world.
Tickets: $10 Free for ages 12 and under. Tickets at First Parish and
on-line ($1 extra charge) at Brown Paper Tickets.
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/92940
For More Information contact First Parish, Cambridge at 617-876-7772 or
Carolfphsq@live.com.
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01 / 30
(all day)
Start: 2010 Jan 28 - 7:00pm
End: 2010 Jan 31 - 7:00am
“TEAR OPEN THE DOOR OF HEAVEN”
and
“DIRT CHEAP MONEY CIRCUS”
“…the images and puppets are something to behold...”
[“Tear Open The Door Of Heaven,” nytheatre.com, Dec. 4, 2009]
Boston Center for the Arts
CYCLORAMA
January 25 through January 31
presented in partnership with the Boston Center for the Arts as part of the Cyclorama Residency Series
Start: 10:30 am
End: 6:00 pm
Explaining the Drive Towards Empire and Endless War
Glen Ford, Black Agenda Report and Black is Back
Saadia Toor, Action for a Progressive Pakistan
Bruce Gagnon, Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space.
Michael Schwartz, author of War Without End: The Iraq War in Context
Debunking the War on Terror
Salma Abu Ayysh, Palestinian activist
Pardiss Kebriaei, Guantanamo Attorney, Center for Constitutional Rights
Danny Schechter, author of Embedded: Weapons of Mass Deception
Peter Dale Scott, The Road to 9/11: Wealth, Empire, and the Future of America
Click here to see speaker bios
Start: 7:00 pm
A benefit for Batay Ouvriye, a combative organization of workers and peasants in Haiti
The earthquake was a natural disaster, but the poverty of the Haitian masses and the injustice of the social order, are unnatural. Our
solidarity is with the struggling people of Haiti. Together we are engaged in common struggle against a system that works to exploit us
all.
Sponsored by NEFAC
For more information, or to support this event please contact boston@nefac.net or 617-544-3932.
Start: 9:00 pm
Featuring:
Edwin Pabon and Orchestra
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01 / 31
End: 7:00 am
Start: 2010 Jan 28 - 7:00pm
End: 2010 Jan 31 - 7:00am
“TEAR OPEN THE DOOR OF HEAVEN”
and
“DIRT CHEAP MONEY CIRCUS”
“…the images and puppets are something to behold...”
[“Tear Open The Door Of Heaven,” nytheatre.com, Dec. 4, 2009]
Boston Center for the Arts
CYCLORAMA
January 25 through January 31
presented in partnership with the Boston Center for the Arts as part of the Cyclorama Residency Series
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02 / 1
Start: 6:30 pm
THE PEOPLE OF GAZA NEED YOU
Fundraiser for Viva Palestina
Gaza Aid Convoys
with
The honorable
GEORGE GALLOWAY
Member of British Parliament
Leader of the Viva Palestina convoys to Gaza
Lifelong international activist
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
The Walpole Peace and Justice Group will hold a meeting. The Group will be planning for the 2010 year, including a discussion of the tragic Haiti earthquake. We are all horrified by the devastation in Haiti and are searching for ways we can help.
For more information on the Walpole Peace and Justice Group, please see our blog: http://walpolepeace.blogspot.com/.
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02 / 2
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 2:00 pm
Last August, Hyatt fired the entire housekeeping departments of its three
Boston-area hotels. Many of the fired housekeepers had worked at their
hotels for over 20 years. Some workers were required to train their
replacements.
The "Hyatt 100" have been running an aggressive boycott campaign that has
moved over $2 million in meetings business from the three Boston Hyatts.
While the Boston Hyatts have lost significant business, in Cambridge,
reservations have recently been on the rise. It's time to show the
Cambridge Hyatt that business as usual is no longer possible.
For more info, Call Jaimie McNeil at 617-832-6650
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02 / 3
Start: 7:00 am
End: 8:00 am
Milton for Peace will hold a morning standout every first Wednesday of the month. In all cases, if the standout gets cancelled due to low participation or bad weather, it willbe rescheduled for the following Wed unless you hear from me stating otherwise, you should assume that the standout is ON if you have any questions please contact me by email or on my cell phone (617-291-1884)
the first morning standout will be this Wednesday February 3
bundle up because it will be COLD at that time in the morning (though a little warmer than it has been this weekend)
we are always looking for more people to join us at these standouts, so if you know of someone who would like to attend
please pass the info along to them - and let me know too
Start: 11:00 am
We Are Together For a Just and humane immigration Reform!
What: As part of the national initiative SOMOS/WE ARE, the Local Chapter of the National Alliance of Latin American and Caribbean Communities (NALACC) invites you to a public event in support of a Just and Humane Immigration Reform.
SOMOS/WE ARE is an initiative that inspires immigrants to take action in reclaiming their humanity and in supporting legislation that truly reflects what immigrants are worth and deserve.
Member organizations of NALACC, MA: Agencia ALPHA, Brazilian Immigrant Center, Centro Presente, Chelsea Collaborative, CORES, CEMA, Dominican Development Center, LUMA, La Comunidad and Honduran Project.
Supported by: The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) Project Voice and Massachusetts Jobs with Justice
Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm
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02 / 4
Start: 4:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
Middle East Seminar
Lenore G. Martin, Sara Roy, and Herbert C. Kelman, Co-chairs
Presents
EHUD EIRAN
Start: 5:00 pm
Start: 2010 Feb 4 - 5:00pm
End: 2010 Feb 6 - 7:00pm
Building Understanding through International Learning and Development (BUILD), a student-led sustainable development program of the Institute for Global Leadership at Tufts University, is proud to present No Alcanza: Voices from Guatemala’s Enduring Search for Peace, to be held February 4-6, 2010. This international forum aims to highlight the international relevance of Guatemala, its ongoing sociopolitical struggles, and its implications on the everyday lives of Americans.
Start: 6:45 pm
End: 9:00 pm
 THURSDAY FILM SERIES BACK AT CENTRAL SQUARE LIBRARY
The Monthly Peace and Justice Film Series
Independent filmmakers Rick Rowley and Jacquie Soohen go inside the white nationalist movement to file an exclusive report. This film was streamed from Al Jazeera English on Democracy Now January 11 with analysis and comment by Chip Berlett, co-author of Right Wing Populism in America. By Big Noise Films.
Start: 7:00 pm
Join South African Justice and anti-Apartheid leader Albie Sachs for a discussion of his latest book.
"There is no more heroic, compassionate, or creative lawyer than Albie Sachs, and his book offers the gift of his vivid and humane first-hand account of serving as a judge, interpreting South Africa's post-apartheid Constitution, and pursuing justice on and off the bench." - Martha L. Minow, Jeremiah Smith Jr. Professor of Law and Dean of the Faculty of Law, Harvard Law School
Start: 7:00 pm
In the face of a deepening economic crisis and continuing brutal raids on immigrant workers and their communities, this event brings together union workers, immigrant organizers and community activists. It is part of the campaign by the Boston May Day Committee and its affiliates to unite workers across sector and borders. Join the conversation and help build toward May Day 2010!
Visit BostonMayDay.org for more information
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02 / 5
(all day)
Start: 2010 Feb 4 - 5:00pm
End: 2010 Feb 6 - 7:00pm
Building Understanding through International Learning and Development (BUILD), a student-led sustainable development program of the Institute for Global Leadership at Tufts University, is proud to present No Alcanza: Voices from Guatemala’s Enduring Search for Peace, to be held February 4-6, 2010. This international forum aims to highlight the international relevance of Guatemala, its ongoing sociopolitical struggles, and its implications on the everyday lives of Americans.
Start: 5:00 pm
Start: 2010 Feb 5 - 5:00pm
End: 2010 Feb 6 - 4:00pm
Hosted by Trinity Institute, New York
February 5, 5pm-9pm
February 6, 9am-4pm
$30 Registration fee includes dinner on Friday, morning coffee and lunch on Saturday
Stata 32-123 — click here for map
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Speakers: Suren Moodliar, Paul Shannon and Weimin Tchen
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02 / 6
End: 7:00 pm
Start: 2010 Feb 4 - 5:00pm
End: 2010 Feb 6 - 7:00pm
Building Understanding through International Learning and Development (BUILD), a student-led sustainable development program of the Institute for Global Leadership at Tufts University, is proud to present No Alcanza: Voices from Guatemala’s Enduring Search for Peace, to be held February 4-6, 2010. This international forum aims to highlight the international relevance of Guatemala, its ongoing sociopolitical struggles, and its implications on the everyday lives of Americans.
End: 4:00 pm
Start: 2010 Feb 5 - 5:00pm
End: 2010 Feb 6 - 4:00pm
Hosted by Trinity Institute, New York
February 5, 5pm-9pm
February 6, 9am-4pm
$30 Registration fee includes dinner on Friday, morning coffee and lunch on Saturday
Stata 32-123 — click here for map
Start: 10:30 am
A Peace Vigil will be held on Saturday, February 6 from 10:30-11:30 AM at the intersection of Mass. Ave. and Medford Street in Arlington Center. Many new signs. Please join us.
Severe inclement cancels (so that signs are not ruined).
Sponsored by Arlington/Lexington United for Justice with Peace.
Start: 11:00 am
End: 5:30 pm
JOIN hundreds of students, activists, and people who care about civil liberties and civil rights from around Massachusetts for
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02 / 7
Start: 3:00 pm
End: 5:00 pm
Note the Changed Time!
Struggling with activism in the age of Obama, J Street , Netanyahu, Abbas, Goldstone, Gaza , and more..... come to a presentation and discussion.....
Anat Biletzki, former chair of B'tselem, speaking on: The Goldstone Report-will it change anything (and what can we do about it)?
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02 / 8
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02 / 9
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02 / 10
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
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02 / 11
Start: 3:00 pm
End: 7:30 pm
Join us for a public symposium on Globalization and the Grassroots at Northeastern University. Featuring scholars and local activists the event will explore themes such as indigenous people and women, food sustainability and housing movements, and the World Social Forum.
Participants include: David Hess- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Jackie Smith- Notre Dame University, Manisha Desai- University of Connecticut, and Janet Conway- Brock University
Panel 1: 3:00-5:00pm- Global Activism and Emerging Transnational Subjectivities
Panel 2: 5:30-7:30pm- Globalization, Crisis, and Grassroots Responses
*Refreshments will be served during the break
For Directions and More Info, Visit: http://grassglobsymposium.wordpress.com/
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Start: 5:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm
Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm
Start: 7:00 pm
AGENDA:
BDS, GAZA, BANK ACCOUNT
Start: 7:00 pm
Speakers will include Sarah Roche-Mahdi , Emily King, and at least one more GFMer
Details, list of sponsors etc to follow.
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02 / 12
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02 / 13
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 5:00 pm
We invite the UJP community to gather and discuss peace organizing in a time of economic crisis, at our February strategy conference. RSVP here!
  In our first segment, Maryam Shansab, an Afghan-American Tufts graduate student, will discuss the war in Afghanistan in the context of U.S. foreign policy, and how to build support against the war.
Start: 6:00 pm
 Join Victor Wallis and Sylvia Escarcega in a discussion concerning the potential political and ethical contributions of indigenous thought and social movements to building alternatives to capitalism. Victor's paper, "Beyond 'Green Capitalism'" recently published in Monthly Review (61:9, February, 2010) provides a starting point for the conversation. The event is free and open to all interested members of the progressive community.
"Beyond Green Capitalism" by Victor Wallis
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02 / 14
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02 / 15
Start: 5:00 pm
POSTPONED to April 10th
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02 / 16
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
The Majority Agenda Project together with Louise and Severyn Bruyn invite you to a reception, fundraiser, discussion and book-signing at the Bruyn's home.
Bill will discuss the deepening crisis and how the peace, climate change and labor movements might work together strategically to impact the ongoing national debate. Bill was recently interviewed on the Bill Moyers Show and is co-author of Solidarity Divided: The Crisis in Organized Labor & and New Path toward Social Justice. He is the AFL-CIO's past Education Director and formerly President of TransAfrica Forum. Today he works for the American Federation of Government Employees.
Suggested Donation Levels $25 - $50 - $75
Please RSVP to Paul Shannon at AFSC: 617-497-5273.
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Screening of Rethink Afghanistan
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02 / 17
Start: 7:00 pm
 Come hear Bill Fletcher speak about strategies for social change that will help us move off the sidelines to the center of the national debate as a full-fledged “player”.
Bill is co-author of Solidarity Divided: The Crisis in Organized Labor and A New Path toward Social Justice. He is past Education Director of the AFL-CIO, SEIU Field Services Director, & President/CEO of TRANSAFRICA.
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02 / 18
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:30 pm
Register to attend!
We join a nationwide series of Brown Bag Lunch Vigils on the theme, "Healthcare Not Warfare", sponsored by Progressive Democrats of America. We will carry signs "Stop the Afghanistan War" and present petitions to Sen. Kerry's staff. We hope to continue this vigil every month.
Since President Obama announced Dec. 1 that he will escalate the Afghanistan war by sending 30,000 additional troops, the disastrous failure of the Administration's war policy is becoming more apparent.
Start: 7:00 pm
In 1968, Safiya Bukhari witnessed an NYPD officer harassing a Black Panther for selling the organization’s newspaper on a Harlem street corner. The young pre-med student felt compelled to intervene in defense of the Panther’s First Amendment right; she ended up handcuffed and thrown into the back of a police car.
Start: 7:00 pm
ONE YEAR AFTER OBAMA TOOK OFFICE…
Start: 7:30 pm
Photos and Reflections from an Annual Visitor to Pakistan
An Illustrated Talk by Rachel Williams
A "Beverly Reads Program
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02 / 19
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02 / 20
Start: 8:00 am
End: 6:00 pm
Physicians for Human Rights is thrilled to invite you to: Physicians for Human Rights National Conference *Health and Human Rights in 2010*
Physicians, nurses and public health specialists in the U.S. and abroad face a daunting task: building, and often rebuilding, health systems that are accessible to all; fighting infectious pandemics like HIV/AIDS; preventing and treating disease; providing humanitarian relief to people facing natural or man-made disasters; and more.
The last 20 years have shown the world that brilliant bio-medical advances cannot alone bring health to the world's poorest people. Medicine must go hand-in-hand with human rights to eliminate health disparities and ensure a healthy population.
Start: 12:30 pm
End: 2:00 pm
In 2008 we voted for REAL change.
Get it done now. Get it done right.
Start: 1:30 pm
First Anniversary Celebration and New Member Meeting
MetroWest Peace Action formed a year ago this month as a coalition of suburban groups working for pece and justice. Through information sharing, moving vigils and combined energies we have, I hoped, raised the level of discussion and exposure and met some wonderful new partners.
On Feb. 20th we will meet to review the past year and plan for the future. At the same time we would like to encourage people to come and say hello and perhaps join us as we work nonviolently for a better world.
It is pot luck vegetarian.
Sarah Fuhro and I will do a brief workshop on the military budget. " How Big Is It? "
Sat. Feb. 20, 2010
1:30 - 3:30 PM
Peace Abbey
2 N. Main St.
Sherborn, MA
contact: coakley50@earthlink.net
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 11:00 pm
Join us to commemorate Haiti's history and support her recovery...
A Night of Live Music, Haitian Food, and Discussion
Featuring: Op from the Foundation Movement and Brian O'Connell
For more info, visit: www.encuentro5.org
Suggested Donation: $5 -$15
(The money raised will go to support grassroots organizations
in Haiti and local Haitian communities here in Boston.)
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02 / 21
Start: 11:00 am
End: 1:00 pm
THE COMMUNITY CHURCH OF BOSTON
SUNDAY SPEAKERS FORUM presents...
RICHARD BECKER
Richard Becker is a noted writer and commentator on Middle East affairs and
has contributed to various books and videos on the region. His recent book
(of the same title) provides a sharp analysis of historic and current events
in the struggle for Palestine--from the division of the Middle East by
Western powers and the Zionist settler movement, to the founding of Israel
and its regional role as a guardian for U.S.interests, to present-day
conflicts and the prospects for a just resolution. The book is an
introduction to the heroic efforts of the Palestinian people to achieve
justice in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds.
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02 / 22
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02 / 23
Start: 2:00 pm
End: 3:30 pm
Does the rule of law still animate lawyers at all levels of our nation's government and economy? Civic advocate and former presidential candidate Ralph Nader '58 will discuss the subject with former FCC general counsel Bruce Fein '72 and field questions from the audience.
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Breaking the Silence is an organization of veteran Israeli soldiers who served in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The soldiers were witness to, and participated in, military actions which changed them immensely. Dana Golan, veteran IDF lieutenant, is the executive director of Breaking the Silence. She will present a talk based on interviews with female IDF soldiers about their experiences in the Occupied Territories. Join us for this unique opportunity to hear the perspective of female IDF soldiers.
Start: 7:00 pm
featuring
El-Hajj Mauri' Saalakhan
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On March 30th, 2003, Dr. Aafia Siddiqui and her 3 children, ages 7 mo. to 7 yrs. at the time, were disappeared from Pakistan.
Her 2 youngest children are still missing, and she and her oldest son were handed over to the U.S. and secretly imprisoned in Afghanistan for 5 years.
Since 2003, sister Aafia has been caged in solitary confinement, shot, and severely abused.
Start: 7:30 pm
This film is a documentary about Howard Zinn (Historian, civil rights and peace activist).
The film will be introduced by Paul Shannon from the American Friends Service Committee, who will also show some archival footage of Zinn in Boston.
The venue is wheelchair accessible and the event is FREE.
Sponsored by Arlington/Lexington United for Justice with Peace.
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02 / 24
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Breaking the Silence is an organization of veteran Israeli soldiers who served in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The soldiers were witness to, and participated in, military actions which changed them immensely. Dana Golan, veteran IDF lieutenant, is the executive director of Breaking the Silence. She will present a talk based on interviews with female IDF soldiers about their experiences in the Occupied Territories. Join us for this unique opportunity to hear the perspective of female IDF soldiers.
Start: 8:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Conference Call Briefing with Zia Mian
AFSC will sponsor an open conference call briefing with Zia Mian on Pakistan. He will explain the relationship between the wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan, how they relate to the decades old India-Pakistan conflict, the roles of the United States, and how to move toward a comprehensive peace settlement.
When President Obama announced the sending of an additional 30,000 US troops to the war in Afghanistan he named Pakistan as a key partner in the war effort. He challenged the government of this nuclear power, which is consumed in a civil war to assist the US military, NATO forces and the Government of Afghanistan in destroying a Taliban network.
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02 / 25
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02 / 26
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MIT Amnesty International Presents...
