NORMAN FINKELSTEIN
The continued wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the conflict in the Middle East and the bloated Pentagon budget are sucking billions of taxdollars that should be spent on health, education, jobs and the environment. Yet under Obama, the peace movement has lost its steam. What strategies can be effective to rebuild the peace movement? Where can we find new allies? What are the most effective tactics we can use?
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Thursday March 11, 2010
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Model United Nations
For more information, contact:
Jen Kwok
mun-exec@mit.edu
Start: 7:00 pm
please come and bring your friends
Agenda Items
- Film Just Married
- BDS
- Finances
- New Business
- Announcements
Start: 7:00 pm
Friends of Ashland Public Library
Documentary Film & Discussion Series
This is Howard Zinn’s last recorded public talk at Boston University. Seating himself at a table, the 87-year old Zinn asks the audience of students, facility, and guests if they mind if he sits down. “After all,” he reminds them, “you’re seating down.” Zinn’s humor and warm, relaxed mood delight the audience throughout his talk. Zinn’s subject is provocative. He questions three “holy wars” in U.S. history: the Revolutionary War, the Civil War and World War II. He questions them because the “notion that any war is a good war serves to justify all war.”
Friday March 12, 2010
Start: 7:00 pm
Program: Short video, a presentation by an anarchist activist and a socialist activist, music, and a lively debate to understand the revolutionary message of Howard Zinn.
Sponsored by the Sacco & Vanzetti Commemoration Society, BAAM, ABC, Community Church of Boston, Mass. Global Action, Socialist Party and all those who fight against
capitalism and for a better society.
To download a flyer for the event please go to http://www.saccoandvanzetti.org
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 8:30 pm
Editors Felix Kuehn & Alex Strick van Linschoten will discuss this harrowing autobiography by Taliban member Abdul Salam Zaeef. The book begins with the author’s early childhood before turning to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and Zaeef’s decision to join the mujahideen resistance. Countering conventional accounts that the Taliban emerged in the 1990s, Zaeef maintains that the movement existed as early as the 1970s. The author traces his rise in the Taliban to his appointment as ambassador to Pakistan in 2000, and his subsequent arrest and imprisonment in Guantnamo Bay after September 11 and the fall of the Taliban regime.
Saturday March 13, 2010
Start: 10:00 am
End: 1:00 pm
Did You Know About The Green Wave In Boston?
GREEN WEEK: March 8-15
An educational call to action on the protection of climate change.
Start: 10:00 am
End: 5:00 pm
A one-day conference entitled "America's Response to the Armenian Genocide: From Woodrow Wilson to Barack Obama," will take place at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
The conference is co-organized by Profs. Bedross Der Matossian (MIT) and Christopher Capozzola (MIT) and sponsored by the Faculty of History, the Center for International Studies (CIS), the Office of the Religious Affairs, and the Program on Human Rights & Justice (PHRJ).
The goal of the conference is to discuss and examine America's evolving policy toward the Armenian Genocide from the earliest years of World War I through the present day.
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 4:10 pm
Shuhada Street used to be the principal street for Palestinians in the city of Hebron, including residents, businesses and a very active market place. Today, because it runs through the Jewish settlement of Hebron, Shuhada Street is closed to Palestinian movement and is a ghost town which only Israelis and tourists are allowed to access. Hate graffiti has been sprayed across the closed Palestinian shops and Palestinians living on the street have to enter and exit their houses by climbing over neighbor's roofs.
Actions around the world are demonstrating what its like for streets to be occupied.
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
*WALKING TOUR AND VIDEO INTERVENTION FOLLOWED BY FOOD AND MUSIC*
*On March 13th, We are Taking a Bite out of Bank Crime!*
The rebellion will begin at 21 Bollard St. at 5:00 with a walking tour of foreclosed homes, with tenants and owners speaking in front of their homes. The tour will end back at 21 Bollard where there will be food and music. Once the sun goes down there will be a *block-wide video intervention *entitled *72 Hours* homes in the neighborhood will have their windows lit up with shadow projections evoking the lives of former residents. In addition, one vacant home will be opened for a sound installation to which visitors will be invited.
Sunday March 14, 2010
Start: 1:00 pm
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 action in support of a Just and Humane Immigration Reform. We are going to have popular theater, music and testimonies from the immigrant community.
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.
Start: 7:00 pm
"Just Married" is a documentary about Israel's apartheid marriage laws that discriminate against Arabs and Palestinians.
Tuesday March 16, 2010
Start: 12:00 pm
Let's keep the momentum going! Please sign up for this gathering right away!
We could have a vote on health care reform by the end of next week, so it's time for action. Health insurers in MA and all over the country are already mobilized, continuing to pour billions of dollars into killing reform and ready to raise premiums for all MA residents. Now is the time to tell our Senators and Reps: If Big Insurance wins, we all lose! Let's get reform done!
Start: 5:15 pm
End: 6:15 pm
Celebrate Rachel's life,, commemorate her tragic killing, pledge to work for peace and justice
Start: 5:30 pm
End: 7:00 pm
A talk by Humaira Awais Shahid, journalist, activist, and former legislator, Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, Pakistan; 2009-2010 Fellow, Radcliffe Institute
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
In 1993 the Brazilian police massacred 21 people in Rio di Janeiro. Out of the tragedy Grupo Cultural AfroReggae emerged - a community-based organization that takes youth out of shantytown gangs and fights back against violence with art.
Join us for a panel discussion with activist, journalist, and author Damian Platt as he discusses how culture has put violence and terror on notice in one of the most dangerous places in South America--and how activists in Boston are doing similar work every day. Platt will be featured on Tom Ashbrook's "On Point" the morning of the event, his only stop in New England on his visit from Rio di Janeiro.
Panelists include:
SAPNA PADTE, Director of Consulting & Training, Teen Empowerment, Boston
Wednesday March 17, 2010
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:30 pm
Additional Locations:
Lowell • Office of Rep. Niki Tsongas • 11 Kearney Square • Wednesday, March 17, 12:00 p.m.
Worcester • Public Library, Banx Room • 3 Salem Square • Wednesday, March 17, 12:30 p.m.
Hyannis • Office of Rep. Bill Delahunt • 146 Main Street • Friday, March 19, 3 p.m.
Boston joins 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 "Bring the Troops Home". We plan to continue this vigil every month on the third Wednesday.
The folly of the Obama Administration’s war policy in Afghanistan becomes clearer every day.
After a huge month-long operation secured U.S. control of the Marjah area, the lies underlying that plan were revealed. Marjah is a rural area, not a “city of 80,000” people as the mainstream media repeated endlessly. ;"The campaign's goals are to convince Americans that a new era has arrived in the eight-year-long war, the Washington Post reported, as well as to gain the confidence of Afghans.
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Unnatural Causes is a groundbreaking film series that reveals some reasons why some of us get sicker more often and die sooner. There’s more to our wellbeing than genes, behaviors, and medical care; Unnatural Causes documents how inequities in the rest of our lives – the jobs we do, the stress we experience, the neighborhoods we live in – can get under the skin and disrupt our biology as surely as germs and viruses. Solutions lie not in more pills but in more equitable social policies. Please join us for a viewing and community conversation of the film BECOMING AMERICANS: Nonviolent Peaceforce invites you to a one day...NONVIOLENT CONFLICT INTERVENTION TRAINING The Nonviolent Conflict Intervention Training lets you explore how nonviolent methods can lessen or prevent conflict— in your daily life, in your community, and around the world. The NCI curriculum was developed by Nonviolent Peaceforce of North America "http://www.nonviolentpeaceforce.org" The one-day workshop is filled with hands-on exercises will introduce you to: Basic nonviolent communication and conflict resolution methods How you can use these skills when you come across conflict in your daily life Salem Peace Committee invites you to vigil with us to say NO funding wars and occupations YES to funding people's needs: housing, health, food, education, jobs, clean elections, peace ... to call for an end to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the siege of Gaza and the detention without charges of thousands of detainees in the phony "war on terror." Bring signs and ideas for chants, if you have them. We will have some, too. Committee for Peace and Human Rights, Stop the Wars Coalition and United for Justice with Peace For information call Susan McLucas, (617) 776-6524, CPHR, or Mass Peace Action, (617) 354-2169. March 20 is the 7th Anniversary of our country's invasion of Iraq. On Saturday, March 20, there will be a vigil and march to remember that we still occupy Iraq and Afghanistan, and acknowledge the human toll. Any one who would like to join this event should gather at the Natick Common Bandstand at 12:00. We will then walk to the Natick Army Base where we will read the names of those from Massachusetts who have lost their lives in these conflicts. We will also remember in silence the Iraqi and Aghanistan civilians, dead and wounded in this long conflict. This is a peaceful, but clear message to remind all of us that we are at war with no real end in sight. The Peace Abbey has offered the use of the memorial stone which honors unknown civilians killed in wars for this occasion. If enough people would like to participate we would push the stone on its caisson from the Peace Abbey in Sherborn to the Natick Common. Peace activists will hold a march and rally in Washington March 20 targeting the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, occupation of Palestine, and calling for reparations for Haiti. They will call for money to be directed for jobs, healthcare and education. The protest is organized by the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition and endorsed by the National Assembly to End the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars and Occupations, U.S. Labor Against the War, and others. The event is not organized by UJP or UFPJ. A.N.S.W.E.R. writes: Jeff Klein will appear on Jimmy Myers' radio talk show. Jeff has been to Palestine twice in the past year. He will discuss the current flare-up in US-Israel relations and the Israeli plans to expand settlements in Palestinian East Jerusalem In 2005, Palestinian civil society activists called on the international community to begin a movement to boycott, divest, and sanction Israel in response to long standing political and human rights issues and the inability to have a meaningful “peace process.” As activists have responded around the world, we see increasing actions and calls for BDS. The Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES) The Cambridge City Council will be considering a resolution in support of Poster Art: Standing for Peace and Justice is co-sponsored by Cambridge United for Justice with Peace, the Lesley University Division of Creative Arts in Learning and Violence Transformed 2010, an annual series of visual and performing arts events that celebrates the power of art, artists and art-making to confront, challenge and mediate violence in contemporary society. Event POSTPONED to April 27 Boston College's Professor Charlie Derber will speak to his hopeful book, "From Greed to Green: Solving Climate Change and Remaking the Economy" (Paradigm Publishers, February 2010); he will be joined by activists campaigning for peace as well as environmental and economic justice. Contact: Suren Moodliar 617-968-0880 suren@fairjobs.org The mayoral-appointed Boston School Committee is slated to vote for yet another round of budget cuts on Wednesday, March 24, at 6:00 PM. This year, FY 2011, the committee plans to approve a budget reduction of $32.5 Million. Enough is enough. Instead of accepting budget reductions, the committee ought to demand more: more funding; more resources. How can our schools be expected to do more each year with less? How can some of our schools be labeled ‘underperforming’ when they have been under-resourced? Parents' groups are organizing a rally to demand that the school committee reject the mayor's proposed budget, and adopt a budget that fully funds children's needs. Presented by Beacon Press and Suffolk University. Chris Cooper and other actors will give readings from Zinn’s plays, and Jeff Zinn will have an onstage conversation with former Boston Globe theater critic Ed Siegel. The event is free; to reserve a seat, call 617-573-8282. http://www.boston.com/ae/books/articles/2010/02/21/a_passion_for_playwriting/
Thursday March 18, 2010
Friday March 19, 2010
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:30 pm
Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?
Saturday March 20, 2010
Start: 8:45 am
End: 4:30 pm
Start: 10:00 am
End: 11:00 am
Start: 12:00 pm
Start: 12:00 pm
Start: 12:00 pm
Start: 7:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm
Start: 8:00 pm
The Boston Interpreters Collective's
Second Annual Birthday Bash/Fundraiser
Sunday March 21, 2010
Start: 2:00 pm
Start: 7:00 pm
What is the history behind this movement? It is easy to see the campaign against Caterpillar or other industries that support the occupation, but how do we understand the terms, the pros and cons of academic boycott, cultural boycott, etc? How do we as activists in Boston respond to this call? Is this something that should be central to our work or not?Monday March 22, 2010
Start: 4:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
The Cambridge-El Salvador Sister City Committee
The Cambridge Peace Commission
and Cambridge City Councilor Marjorie Decker invite you to
A welcoming reception for José Edgardo Alemán Molina, the new Consul General
of El Salvador in New England
Please join us in welcoming José Alemán as the new representative of the
government of El Salvador in New England, as we also commemorate the 30th
anniversary of the murder of Monsignor Oscar Arnulfo Romero by the
Salvadoran military. We will both commemorate Msgr. Romero¹s vision and
sacrifice and welcome the official representative of the administration of
President Mauricio Funes, who was elected in March 2009.
Start: 5:30 pm
End: 7:00 pm
the 25% campaign -- a realistic campaign for cutting military expenses by
25%.
Public comment at 5:30, council meeting at 6:00.
Tuesday March 23, 2010
Start: 4:30 pm
End: 6:30 pm
Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:15 pm
Wednesday March 24, 2010
Start: 12:00 pm
Big Wall Street banks brought on America's worst financial crisis since the great depression. While their actions destroyed America's jobs, homes, and hope, the big banks got billions in taxpayer bailouts--and went back to business as usual. It's time to tell the banks to start paying for America's recovery by investing in GOOD JOBS NOW!
Sponsors: Greater Boston Labor Council, AFT-MA, Boston Building Trades Council, Community Labor United, Jobs with Justice, Mass. AFL-CIO, Mass. Building Trades Council, North Shore Labor Council, SEIU State Council, UNITE/HERE N.E. Joint Board
Start: 5:30 pm
End: 7:00 pm
Start: 6:00 pm
Thursday March 25, 2010
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 10:00 pm
Ninth Annual Walk for a New Spring
Daniel Ellsberg, best known for his courageous effort to end the Vietnam War by making the Pentagon’s secret history of the War public, has long been a trenchant critic of U.S. foreign and military policies. Having served as a senior figure in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations and senior staff at RAND, he speaks with an insider’s knowledge and with the commitments of one of the country’s most dedicated nonviolent activists. He is the author of “Secrets” and most recently chapters of his “nuclear memoir” which appear on TruthDig. 
