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Tuesday April 20, 2010
Start: 6:30 pm
Debate sponsored by the Politics and History Club
Lawrence R. Hartenian, PhD, Professor of Politics and History will be debating one of his colleagues, and he'll be arguing that US troops should leave now.
Also, that same night, beginning at 7:30PM, a few groups on campus will be holding an anti-violence march and a peace rally. The plan is that after the debate people can go out to the rally.
Start: 7:00 pm
GreenPort Forum
Can we solve the current environmental crisis in an economy driven by profit and dependent on growth? Or must we rethink and transform economic institutions and their underlying values? In fact, we are already surrounded by a rich diversity of economic practices and institutions rooted in values of sharing, cooperation, sustainability, equality, subsidiarity/local-first, democracy, and justice. This “solidarity economy” is growing in every continent, often in response to the crises created by the dominant system.
In this interactive workshop, presenter Julie Matthaei, Professor of Economics at Wellesley College and co-founder of the U.S. Solidarity Economy Network, will introduce the solidarity economy framework, and related practices and institutions, with special focus on the emergence of sustainable technologies and lifestyles.
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Wednesday April 21, 2010
Start: 11:30 am
End: 2:30 pm
IT'S DECISION TIME FOR YOUTH JOBS!
Join us to demand funding for our future!
Meet at Government Center @ 11:30
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010
 Teens and adult allies from across the state are encouraged to attend. The demonstration will include a rally, creative actions at US Senate offices and Boston City Hall, a march to the State House, and lobby visits with state legislators. Join us to make our voices heard at the city, state, and federal levels!
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:30 pm
Additional Locations:
Lowell • Office of Rep. Niki Tsongas • 11 Kearney Square
Worcester • Public Library, Banx Room • 3 Salem Square
Hyannis • Office of Rep. Bill Delahunt • 146 Main Street (Friday at 3-4pm)
Register to attend!
Start: 4:30 pm
End: 6:00 pm
Start: 5:00 pm
Start: 2010 Apr 21 - 5:00pm
End: 2010 Apr 22 - 8:00am
This Spring, The Leadership Campaign will work with our legislators towards the goal of passing "An Act to Create a Repower Massachusetts Emergency Task Force" by Earth Day, 2010.
The Leadership Campaign will work on our campuses and in our communities to build power. And three times this spring, we will gather together to demonstrate the depth of our commitment by refusing to sleep in our homes, dorms, and apartments powered by dirty electricity.
* February 20th-21st, Amherst Common Sleep-out
* March 28th-29th, Cambridge Common Sleep-out and March
* April 21st-22nd, Boston Common Earth Day Sleep-out and Lobby Day
Start: 6:15 pm
End: 8:15 pm
Massachusetts Peace Action presents a screening of View from a Grain of Sand followed by a discussion.
About the movie View from a Grain of Sand: http://www.viewgrainofsand.com/
Shot in refugee camps of Pakistan and the war-torn city of Kabul, three remarkable Afghan women lead us through the maze of Afghanistan's complex history, informing this examination of how international interventions, war and the rise of political Islam have stripped Afghan women of their freedom over the last thirty years.
Thursday April 22, 2010
End: 8:00 am
Start: 2010 Apr 21 - 5:00pm
End: 2010 Apr 22 - 8:00am
This Spring, The Leadership Campaign will work with our legislators towards the goal of passing "An Act to Create a Repower Massachusetts Emergency Task Force" by Earth Day, 2010.
The Leadership Campaign will work on our campuses and in our communities to build power. And three times this spring, we will gather together to demonstrate the depth of our commitment by refusing to sleep in our homes, dorms, and apartments powered by dirty electricity.
* February 20th-21st, Amherst Common Sleep-out
* March 28th-29th, Cambridge Common Sleep-out and March
* April 21st-22nd, Boston Common Earth Day Sleep-out and Lobby Day
Start: 11:30 am
End: 1:30 pm
Start: 4:30 pm
Which future do you want?
War … or JOBS?
It is time for us to choose.
And it really is that simple.
Rally to Fund Jobs/ Cut Military Spending by 25%
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On April 15, Boston taxpayers will send $1.4 billion dollars to the Pentagon.
We can cut military spending by 25% - close unnecessary military bases overseas, stop defense contracting waste and fraud and even end the war in Afghanistan, - and still have plenty left for veterans benefits, active duty soldiers and real security.
Saturday April 24, 2010
Start: 2:00 pm
End: 5:00 pm
The Peace & Social Concerns Committee of the Friends Meeting of Cambridge and The World Citizens Party of Massachusetts cordially invite you to come and hear
- Dave Wylie, (former Cambridge City Councilor) author of City, Save Thyself! Nuclear Terror and the Urban Ballot, on the growing role of urban leadership in building a peace system of enforced law
- Winston Langley, Provost of UMass Boston, author on international law, leading member of World Citizens Party on WCP goals and the International Criminal Court
- Jill Stein, Green-Rainbow Party candidate for Massachusetts governor, regarding her candidacy as it relates to the goals of the World Citizens Party
Start: 6:00 pm
Music to support TAREK MEHANNA and all political prisoners!
$10 - 30 sliding scale suggested donation.
Any donation over $15 gets you a FREE CD with entrance!
All Ages! Wheelchair Accessible. No alcohol, please.
Featuring performances in support of Tarek by 8 artists featured on the CD!
NATURAL BLISS (boston's pre-eminent female emcee, gritty hip-hop to reckon with)
BROADCAST LIVE ( NY-based radical hip hop and spoken word for liberation.)
spiritchild (freedom singer of the south bronx, hip hop for cultural revolution then evolution)
SISTAH MIA (community activist from the bronx, revolutionizing youth through hip hop)
Sunday April 25, 2010
Start: 10:30 am
Presented by the Ethical Society of Boston
The founder of Pilgrim Watch will provide an overview of the organization and its mission, and discuss why nuclear power in not an answer to global warming.
Program Speaker: Mary Lambert, Founder, Pilgrim Watch, Program is Free.
Public Welcome, Coffee & Discussion to follow.
For further information call 617-739-9050 or visit BostonEthical.Org.
Start: 11:00 am
End: 2:30 pm
Celebrating Labor and the International Workers' Holiday
UNITE-HERE
“Hotel Workers Rising - Standing with the Hyatt 100”
On August 31, Hyatt fired its longtime housekeeping staff at its three Boston-area hotels. Many of the fired housekeepers worked for their hotels for over 20 years. Many were required to train their replacements before being fired. Their replacements are being paid minimum wage. The firing of the "Hyatt 100" housekeepers stands as the most dramatic example of Hyatt's contributing to the nation's unemployment problem and healthcare crisis. The incident has drawn the ire of workers and community leaders alike, including Massachusetts Governor, Deval Patrick, who said that he would call on state agencies to boycott the three Boston-area hotels if the housekeepers were not recalled.
Community Church of Boston
565 Boylston St.
Boston, MA 02116
Start: 3:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
The Maia Project – Water for Gaza
 
Start: 5:00 pm
Start: 2010 Apr 25 - 5:00pm
End: 2010 Apr 30 - 8:00pm
April 25th to April 30th, 2010 (At Various Locations)
Start: 6:30 pm
Please join us in meeting and greeting Mr. Areikat during an informal evening over a community style dinner.
This meeting will include an introduction by Mr. Areikat, followed by an extended informal Q&A session.
Mr. Areikat served for 11 years at the Negotiations Affairs Department (NAD) of the PLO inRamallah, most recently as its Deputy Head and Coordinator- General (2008-2009).
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Book reading and discussion, second edition of Broken Promises, Broken Dreams by Alice Rothchild
sponsor: Boston Workmen’s Circle
contact: 617-566-6281
Monday April 26, 2010
(all day)
Start: 2010 Apr 25 - 5:00pm
End: 2010 Apr 30 - 8:00pm
April 25th to April 30th, 2010 (At Various Locations)
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm
The Consulate of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in Boston presents a series of talks by DR. NOLY FERNANDEZ
A Venezuelan Physician from the Wayuu Indigenous People, and National Director of the Indigenous Health Department.
Start: 4:30 pm
End: 6:00 pm
Start: 7:00 pm
Start: 2010 Apr 26 - 7:00pm
End: 2010 Apr 30 - 6:00pm
Presented by Palestine@MIT
Tuesday April 27, 2010
(all day)
Start: 2010 Apr 25 - 5:00pm
End: 2010 Apr 30 - 8:00pm
April 25th to April 30th, 2010 (At Various Locations)
(all day)
Start: 2010 Apr 26 - 7:00pm
End: 2010 Apr 30 - 6:00pm
Presented by Palestine@MIT
Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:15 pm
Come hear Boston College's Prof. Charles Derber speak on his hopeful book, From Greed to Green: Solving Climate Change and Remaking the Economy.
Additional climate, peace, and economic justice speakers will join this conversation. The meeting will be moderated by Paul Shannon of AFSC.
The time bomb of Global-Warming / capitalist consumerism can and must be solved through both individual and institutional change. People have more power than we think. We need to release ourselves from the bonds of hopelessness and denial, so we can transform both ourselves and our institutions.
This will be an ideal event for peace activists to engage in discussions about military-climate change connections.
Start: 7:30 pm
The Walpole Peace and Justice Group is sponsoring a talk by Benjamin Day.
The health reform plan just passed by Congress leaves millions of people with no or limited health coverage and does little to control costs. Benjamin Day will speak on the MassCare campaign for a single, publicly financed health insurance plan. This plan will cut costs and provide comprehensive health care to all residents in Massachusetts. Almost all developed nations have some form of universal, publicly financed health care which covers all people while realizing enormous savings. The single payer plan will give the Town of Walpole vital relief, removing the health insurance cost from the town budget, freeing up those funds for other badly needed town services and education.
Wednesday April 28, 2010
(all day)
Start: 2010 Apr 25 - 5:00pm
End: 2010 Apr 30 - 8:00pm
April 25th to April 30th, 2010 (At Various Locations)
(all day)
Start: 2010 Apr 26 - 7:00pm
End: 2010 Apr 30 - 6:00pm
Presented by Palestine@MIT
Start: 6:30 pm
End: 9:45 pm
 Information session for the community to learn about the latest risk assessment of the the BU Biolab.
Eight years and three flawed risk assessments later, the National Institutes of Health and Boston University are still trying to convince the community that the BSL4 lab they plan to open in the Roxbury/South End neighborhood of Boston will not present a danger to the community. And so the NIH Blue Ribbon Panel and Tetra Tech, the latest firm to try its hand at assessing the lab’s risks, are coming to Boston to tell us what they’ve been up to.
Start: 7:30 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Thursday April 29, 2010
(all day)
Start: 2010 Apr 25 - 5:00pm
End: 2010 Apr 30 - 8:00pm
April 25th to April 30th, 2010 (At Various Locations)
(all day)
Start: 2010 Apr 26 - 7:00pm
End: 2010 Apr 30 - 6:00pm
Presented by Palestine@MIT
Start: 7:00 pm
 Join renowned journalist John Ross for an evening connecting the people of Latin America and the United States... No ordinary scribe, Ross’ writing and presentations blend beat generation poetry with magical realist prose all while rooted in concrete social struggles and real politics... Ross leaves his audiences inspired to action and craving social change...
Here's Nation Books on his latest book: "John Ross—poet, journalist, and globetrotting troublemaker—has lived in what the Aztec-Mexicas described as "the umbilicus of the universe" since the great Mexico City earthquake of 1985 crushed out as many as 30,000 lives. Over the years, he has watched the city—El Monstruo—pick itself up, bury its dead, and come battling back.
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 8:45 pm
 Come hear this expert on our nation's budget - learn where it goes and what you might do to change our priorities.
Start: 7:30 pm
Richard Heinberg to Speak in Lexington
Richard Heinberg, Senior Fellow In Residence at the Post-Carbon Institute and one of the world's foremost peak oil educators, will discuss how the rapid depletion of fossil fuels and accelerating global climate disruption are creating unprecedented challenges for global society in the twenty-first century.
Friday April 30, 2010
End: 8:00 pm
Start: 2010 Apr 25 - 5:00pm
End: 2010 Apr 30 - 8:00pm
April 25th to April 30th, 2010 (At Various Locations)
End: 6:00 pm
Start: 2010 Apr 26 - 7:00pm
End: 2010 Apr 30 - 6:00pm
Presented by Palestine@MIT
Start: 11:30 am
End: 12:45 pm
Start: 6:00 pm
$5 tickets will go ON SALE STARTING TUESDAY, MARCH 30, and will be available for purchase online at harvard.com, at Harvard Book Store, and over the phone with a credit card (617.661.1515).
Start: 6:00 pm
Start: 2010 Apr 30 - 6:00pm
End: 2010 May 1 - 6:00pm
 The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference which will begin at the United Nations in May is widely considered to be a make or break point for ending the spread of nuclear weapons.
On April 30-May 2, people will gather in New York City from around the world to call for Peace and Human Needs: Nuclear Disarmament Now!
An international conference is planned at Riverside Church, April 30-May 1 to bring US and international participants together for analysis and to plan for future actions for nuclear weapons abolition, peace, environmental sustainability, economic justice. See updated conference details here.
On Sunday, May 2, we will take to the streets for a march and rally in Midtown Manhattan.
Start: 7:00 pm
Please join
Dorchester People for Peace
in the STAND AGAINST RACISM
with the YWCA and more than 500 other organizations across the country in a national day to promote diversity and equality.
Free community screening and discussion of
"Blue Eyed, Brown Eyed"
An award winning documentary which offers viewers a chance to watch a full-length workshop with America's most dynamic diversity trainer, Jane Elliott.
Start: 7:00 pm
Join renowned journalist John Ross for an evening connecting the people of Latin America and the United States... No ordinary scribe, Ross’ writing and presentations blend beat generation poetry with magical realist prose all while rooted in concrete social struggles and real politics... Ross leaves his audiences inspired to action and craving social change...
Here's Nation Books on his latest book: "John Ross—poet, journalist, and globetrotting troublemaker—has lived in what the Aztec-Mexicas described as "the umbilicus of the universe" since the great Mexico City earthquake of 1985 crushed out as many as 30,000 lives. Over the years, he has watched the city—El Monstruo—pick itself up, bury its dead, and come battling back.
Saturday May 1, 2010
End: 6:00 pm
Start: 2010 Apr 30 - 6:00pm
End: 2010 May 1 - 6:00pm
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference which will begin at the United Nations in May is widely considered to be a make or break point for ending the spread of nuclear weapons.
On April 30-May 2, people will gather in New York City from around the world to call for Peace and Human Needs: Nuclear Disarmament Now!
An international conference is planned at Riverside Church, April 30-May 1 to bring US and international participants together for analysis and to plan for future actions for nuclear weapons abolition, peace, environmental sustainability, economic justice. See updated conference details here.
On Sunday, May 2, we will take to the streets for a march and rally in Midtown Manhattan.
Start: 10:00 am
End: 11:00 am
Please join us for a peace vigil as we call for the end of Afghanistan and Iraqi wars and the redirection of funds to human needs. Tragically, the number of U.S. service personnel killed in Afghanistan since the beginning of the war reached 1,000 on February 23, not to mention the thousands of Afghanistan troops and civilians killed and wounded and the hundreds of thousands of refugees who have fled the ongoing fighting.
For the Walpole Peace and Justice Group
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 2:00 pm
 On May 1, 2010, the Boston May Day Committee is organizing a march and rally starting on Boston Common at 12 noon. It will be joined by a procession from Boston’s North End featuring large cut-out images of the 8 immigrant workers known as the May Day martyrs.
In the Common, we are proud to announce a special performance of the famous radical theater group Bread and Puppets and a series of speakers that will address the major demands for May Day.
The 1:00 p.m. March from the Common will focus on local anti-worker employers and the federal Immigration & Customs Enforcement agency.
May Day organizers are concerned that:
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm
This event is endorsed by UJP. Print and distribute the flyer attached below.
12pm Everett City Hall to Chelsea
1pm Chelsea City Hall to East Boston
2pm Lopresti Park, East Boston
Start: 7:30 pm
End: 7:38 pm
GREG MORTENSON TO RECEIVE 2010 SALEM AWARD
Greg Mortenson is the recipient of the 18th annual Salem Award for Human Rights and Social Justice for his work promoting peace and building schools for children, especially girls, in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Join us for the award dinner and ceremony!
Register for the Award Ceremony at 7:30 PM
(Free to Salem residents and students of Salem State College, as detailed below.)
Sunday May 2, 2010
Start: 11:00 am
End: 2:30 pm
Celebrating Labor and the International Workers' Holiday II
DAVID J. COHEN
"Labor's Untold Story: Lessons from the Past"
The labor movement is in crisis and many of the lessons from our past can
help us figure out how better to organize and how to deal with a two-party
political system that is largely unresponsive to the needs of poor and
working people.
David Cohen has been active in the labor movement for 38 years, both as a
rank & file elected leader and on staff for UE (United Electrical, Radio &
Machine Workers of America). UE is well known for its commitment to
militant, democratic rank & file unionism. Besides being involved in union
negotiations and organizing, he is also part of the UE Educational Dept.
(Dave is also the son of long-time CCB member, Abe Cohen!)
Music by Stan Strickland and Josh Rosen
Start: 2:00 pm
End: 5:30 pm
 
Join with thousands from around the world for an International Day of Action. Bring your posters, your drums, your children and your neighbors to say to the world and the leaders who will come to the UN for the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty:
• We want a Nuclear Free Future!
• Fund Human Needs, Not War!
• End the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan!
• Protect the planet instead of destroying it with war and nuclear proliferation!
The rally begins at 2:00 with speakers, performers and greetings from the international delegations. At 3:30, we will march across town to the United Nations ending with the International Peace & Music Festival. There will be music from around the world as well as tents and tables with information and organizing resources so that we can continue our work for a safe, nuclear-free, peaceful and just world for all!
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm
The Iranian Human Rights Forum at MIT presents:
Shahriar Mandanipour, author of "Censoring an Iranian Love Story"
(claimed by NPR as the Best Debut Fiction of 2009)
Iran's 2009 presidential election, took plac
Monday May 3, 2010
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 6:30 pm
Daoud Nassar- 
Interfaith Presentation--All Christians, Jews & Muslims are Welcome
Start: 6:45 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Presented by The World in Watertown; Watertown/Belmont Amnesty International Chapter; & the Arsenal Center for the Arts
Panel discussion with Q&A from audience moderated by Rep. Jonathan Hecht
The personal stories of human rights abuses your neighbors endured in their home countries and how these individuals have turned their experiences into positive contributions to their communities here in the U.S.
Participants:
Cesar DeOssa from Columbia (Drug Cartel)
Raouf Jacob from Sierra Leone (Civil War / Genocide)
Nikan Milani from Iran (Persecution of Baha'is)
Tuesday May 4, 2010
Start: 5:30 pm
End: 6:30 pm
The US Marine corps is staging a weeklong series of pro-war propaganda events around Boston May 3-9. Included are displays of weapons in Copley and Faneuil, children's events, and even a mothers day event--this is disgusting. They have been advertising all over the subways. Here is the schedule from their website:
http://www.marines.mil/community/MarineWeekBoston/Pages/ScheduleofEvents.aspx
This presents many anti-war protest opportunities.
JOIN AN ANTI-WAR PROTEST. COPLEY SQUARE IS ONE OF THE LOCATIONS WHERE THE MARINES ARE HAVING A WEAPONS AND MILITARY HARDWARE DISPLAY. WE WILL HAVE BANNERS AND A SOUND SYSTEM FOR SPEAKING. PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN BANNERS AND SIGNS , TOO. TELL THE MARINE RECRUITERS THEY ARE NOT WELCOME IN BOSTON !!
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Come out to hear some of the insights from Re:Imagining Change, chat with the author, connect with community, and pick up your very own copy of the book! We'd love to see you!
The book Re:Imagining Change -- How to Use Story-based Strategy to Win Campaigns, Build Movements and Change the World is an interactive and accessible resource guide to smartMeme's story-based strategy tools and methodology. The book outlines how to apply narrative power analysis to effectively frame issues and offers plenty of juicy case studies and analysis, including a call for our movements to innovate our storytelling techniques in the face of the looming ecological crisis.
Start: 6:30 pm
Tèt Ansanm! (Heads Together): Boston Solidarity for Haiti
Join other Boston-area students & residents for video screenings and the news that doesn't make it to the mainstream -- and discuss how we can advocate for human rights and Haitian self-determination.
We've been asking..."what can we do from Boston?" The answer is: "a lot!" Our advocacy matters. Why are Haitian voices not being heard in development efforts? Why is food aid composed of American, not Haitian rice? Why, three months out, are many camps still without services? Find out, and channel these joint voices along with others. It all starts with this meeting!
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
The City of Cambridge will present its annual Holocaust remembrance -- candle lighting and music
Wednesday May 5, 2010
Start: 7:30 pm
 The House of Peace and the North Shore Coalition for Peace and Justice will present a delegation of 70 leading Japanese peace activists, including three A-bomb survivors. Take advantage of this historic and rare opportunity to meet with and listen to a major delegation sent to the United Nations in a time of world nuclear peril from the only country, as yet, to suffer nuclear holocaust.
The 70 activists are members of a 2,000 strong delegation from Japan journeying to the United Nations in New York City, joining thousands of others from across the United States and around the world, to address the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference. They are urgently appealing to the United Nations to make an unequivocal commitment to the abolition of all nuclear weapons.
Thursday May 6, 2010
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
Join Mass JwJ to deliver a message of solidarity with striking Shaw's Warehouse workers at the Central Square Shaw's from 5-6PM on Thursday May 6th! For more information contact jwj@massjwj.net.
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
 The Think Outside the Bomb National Youth Network is coming to Boston as part of its 40+ city tour of the USA beginning at Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference and culminating at a New Mexico Convergence in August. The tour will be a rad space with a focus on collective liberation. Each stop will be unique to that community but will include: speakers, addressing issues relevant to that community, trainings, education, exchanges of ideas, live music, and a traveling photo/art exhibit that will show the horrors of and resistance to nuclearism. The tour will also feature a free cafe!
Start: 6:30 pm
Husam Zomlot, visiting scholar at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, explores the current prospects for the two state solution in the Middle East. Are there ways to develop greater mutual understanding in the region? What are the prospects that they can be pursued successfully?
Start: 6:45 pm
End: 9:01 pm
 THURSDAY FILM SERIES BACK AT CENTRAL SQUARE LIBRARY
The Monthly Peace and Justice Film Series
CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY,
Friday May 7, 2010
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm
Hey Goldman Sachs! We want our Government Back! The very companies that crashed our economy are now trying to stop efforts to rein in their uncontrolled greed. Help us stand up to the big banks that are spending hundreds of millions of dollars lobbying to prevent financial reform. Join us on May 7th at noon outside of Goldman Sachs- 125 High St, Boston. For more info email jennifer@massjwj.net
Sponsored By Jobs with Justice, Americans for Fairness in Lending, MCAN, and Many Others!
Start: 7:00 pm
Narrated by the late, acclaimed historian, Howard Zinn
Featuring: Howard Zinn, Matt Damon, Marisa Tomei, Morgan Freeman, Josh Brolin, Bruce Springsteen, Kerry Washington, Jasmine Guy, Jackson Browne, John Legend, Sandra Oh, Viggo Mortensen, Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, Mike O’Malley, Benjamin Bratt and more!
Saturday May 8, 2010
Start: 9:00 am
End: 1:00 pm
THIS EVENT IS CANCELLED
Join us May 8 and:
• hear the inside story of the war with an Afghanistan veteran, an Afghan-American woman, and the author of Ending the US War in Afghanistan: A Primer
• discuss the war’s impact on our jobs, our families, and the economy
• make plans to go back to your workplace and union
Our list of individual and union sponsors is in formation.
For information contact Mike Prokosch, mikeprokosch@verizon.net and 617-282-3783.
Start: 11:30 am
End: 4:30 pm
Start: 2:30 pm
End: 4:30 pm
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
Sing out in support of Shaw’s striking workers. Join the Strike Singers on Saturday, May 8 at 5:00 PM at the Porter Square Shaw’s, White Street, Cambridge for a sing-out that will bring Shaw’s management to their knees. Bring your guitar, flute, harmonica or voice.
Start: 7:00 pm
Prof. David Ray Griffin, acclaimed philosopher, theologian, author and 9/11 researcher, will speak.
$10 donation ($5 students/seniors)
Info: (617) 244-6643
Sunday May 9, 2010
Start: 7:00 am
End: 10:30 am
The 14th Annual Mothers Walk for Peace raises funds to support families statewide who have lost loved ones to violence by raising funds for the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute <http://www.louisdbrownpeaceinstitute.org>.
Registration starts at 7:00 AM. The walk route stretches approximately 3.6 miles from Town Field Park in Fields Corner (1565 Dorchester Ave., through Codman Square and ending back at Town Field Park -- all in Dorchester.
The walk allows the Peace Institute to continue the following work:
• Assisting and supporting the families of homicide victims;
Start: 11:00 am
End: 2:30 pm
Mothers' Day
ASSOCIATION of HAITIAN WOMEN in BOSTON
"Before and After the Earthquake"
The Association of Haitian Women in Boston (AFAB) is a grassroots organization founded by a group of "sisters" from different social, religious and economic backgrounds. For over 20 years, it has been a strong political voice in the Haitian community. AFAB's mission is to empower Haitian women by helping them develop the individual and collective capacity to improve their status, thus the ability to effect positive changes in their and their families' lives.
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm
All are invited to this anti-war vigil led by mothers. The vigil starts with a reading of Julia Ward Howe's "Mother's Day Proclamation," which introduced this holiday in 1870 as a day for women to oppose war.
Howe, known best for writing "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," worked with the widows and orphans of soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, and saw how the effects of the war go beyond the killing of soldiers in battle. Horrified by her experience of the realities of war, she determined that peace was one of the most important causes of the world.
Start: 7:00 pm
Celebrate the great tradition of Latin American radical culture through song and music in our first Peña Foklórica at MESA sin fronteras, dedicated to Violeta Parra.
Musicians: Rafael Medina, Sergio Reyes
+ Open Mic.
Bring your voice, history, song and spirit!
MESA sin fronteras is a burgeoning worker-run social club @ encuentro 5
www.mesasinfronteras.org and www.encuentro5.org
Light snacks and refreshments offered for suggested donations.
Monday May 10, 2010
Start: 5:30 pm
 We present a screening of a new documentary based on the work of the late historian Howard Zinn, The People Speak, which aired recently on the History Channel. CHHIRJ joins the chorus of voices from around the globe expressing sadness over the death of this dynamic writer, teacher, activist and historian. We hope you will join CHHIRJ on May 10th as we screen The People Speak and celebrate the life of a man whose words inspired many.
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:30 pm
Massachusetts Peace Action presents a screening of View from a Grain of Sand followed by a discussion.
About the movie View from a Grain of Sand: http://www.viewgrainofsand.com/
Shot in refugee camps of Pakistan and the war-torn city of Kabul, three remarkable Afghan women lead us through the maze of Afghanistan's complex history, informing this examination of how international interventions, war and the rise of political Islam have stripped Afghan women of their freedom over the last thirty years.
Print the attached flyer.
RSVP to jessica@masspeaceaction.org
Tuesday May 11, 2010
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Shaw's is the official sponsor of Red Sox, but we are the official members of Red Sox Nation! Join striking warehouse workers and the supporters to give out Boycott Shaw's Balloons at Fenway park on May 11th from 5-8PM. For more info email John at jlandsman@ufcw.org
Wednesday May 12, 2010
Start: 6:15 pm
End: 6:50 pm
On Wednesday, May 12 the Consulate General of Israel to New England will be presenting a "Jerusalem Day Celebration" at the Rabb Lecture Hall, in the Boston Public Library.
Join us to demand an END TO THE ETHNIC CLEANSING OF EAST JERUSALEM!
If your organization would like to be listed as a co-sponsor of this event, contact numurray@comcast.net
Boston Coalition for Palestinian Rights
Thursday May 13, 2010
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Start: 7:00 pm
We are bombarded with images of war. On the TV news, in our newspapers. The pictures pile up, and with them some solid assumptions. We assume that war is human nature. That there's an epidemic of war and it's only getting worse. That it's too profitable for some businesses to be stopped. And too effective for some governments to give up. That war will be with us forever.
None of these things is true. The world is changing. We are changing.
The astonishing and astonishingly little-known fact is that the number of wars across the world is in fact dropping. Dramatically. We are actually in the grip of an outbreak of peace.
Friday May 14, 2010
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm
First CMES Hilda Silverman Lecture
The Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) is pleased to present the inaugural Spring 2010 Hilda B. Silverman Memorial Lecture on Israel/Palestine by Dr. Susan Akram, Clinical Professor at Boston University School of Law
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Speakers: Ben Achtenberg and Brinton Lykes
Many immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers in the United States were victims of torture in their countries. Upon arrival to the United States, some never receive the care necessary to deal with the trauma suffered in their homeland. Come listen as two local Jamaica Plain residents share their experiences with victims of torture and learn what you can do about it
Saturday May 15, 2010
Start: 2:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm
"Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world."
— Howard Zinn
Start: 8:00 pm
Emma's Revolution is Pat Humphries & Sandy O
$18 adults / $15 students & seniors / pay what you can (door)
doors open at 7:30PM
Homegrown Coffeehouse.
Fore more information call 781-444-7478.
Sunday May 16, 2010
Start: 11:00 am
End: 2:30 pm
SAMIA A. HALABY
"The Revolutionary Art of the Palestinian Intifada"
Samia Halaby was born in Jerusalem, but emigrated in the late 1940s with her family to escape Israeli terrorism. She was educated in the U.S. (including two fine art masters degrees) and has lived most of her life here, though Palestine as subject matter enters into her abstract artwork as well as her politically explicit art. Samia has taught at more than half-dozen universities & art institutes and been exhibited in solo and group shows throughout the U.S., Europe & Middle East. Her work is featured in the collections of numerous museums here & abroad, and she is an extensively reviewed artist. Samia has published one book, Liberation Art of Palestine (2002).
Start: 11:30 am
End: 1:00 pm
Sunday May 16th: JOIN THE ‘HYATT 100’ In Cambridge!
On August 31st the three Boston area Hyatt hotels fired their entire housekeeping staffs and replaced them with temp workers doing more work for almost half the pay
Will we let Hyatt off the hook?
NO WAY!
Picket at the Hyatt Cambridge (535 Memorial Dr)
Sunday May 16th from 11:30-1
For more information call Jaimie McNeil at Local 26 617-832-6650
Start: 12:00 pm
UU Social Justice Committee of Nashua, NH
presents
Film, Discsusion & Photo Exhibition on
Afghanistan
"View from a Grain of Sand"
Free & Open to the Public
www.viewgrainofsand.com
3 Afghan women: 3 decades of war - Intimate insighs on how they survive, rebuild their lives and help others
Discussion to follow with
Rachel Williams and Maryam Shansab of UJP Afghanistan/Pakistan Task Force
Find out the latest on Afghanistan from the ground up!
Start: 2:00 pm
Samia Halaby, a Palestinian artist and teacher, will present a slide show and talk entitled "How Palestinian Art of the Intifada Reflects the Art of the Russian Revolution." Samia will show both the work of contemporary Palestinian artists and Russians working at the time of the revolution, such as Malevich and Tatlin, to demonstrate the connection.
Samia was born in al Quds (Jerusalem) and emigrated to the US as a teenager. Based in New York, she still thinks of al Quds as home. Her own work, reflective of Palestinian culture and struggle, is filled with her revolutionary spirit and optimism. Her work is exhibited internationally and is part of many museum collections such as the Guggenheim in New York and the Art Institute of Chicago. Samia taught both at Yale University and at Beir Zeit .
More information: mcfarland13@gmail.com
Monday May 17, 2010
Start: 12:00 pm
Over the past two years, we've seen the consequences of letting the banks set national policy. We know now that strong financial regulation is the only way to make sure our country is economically sound. But Fidelity isn't getting the message. Even though they already manage our state fund, just last year, they nearly doubled the amount of money they spent on lobbying our elected officials against financial regulation. They contributed to the campaigns of republican and democratic politicians in Massachusetts from Scott Brown to Stephen Lynch and Deval Patrick to make sure that they'll keep their say in our government. Join us on Monday to tell Fidelity that it's time for them to stop trying to get between us and our politicians -- Fidelity needs to start being faithful to the principles of democracy and keep their money out of our politics!
Sponsored by MoveOn. For more information contact Gillian Mason at gillian_p_mason@hotmail.com
Tuesday May 18, 2010
Wednesday May 19, 2010
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:30 pm
Additional Locations:
Lowell • Office of Rep. Niki Tsongas • 11 Kearney Square
Worcester • Public Library, Banx Room • 3 Salem Square (12:30pm)
Hyannis • Office of Rep. Bill Delahunt • 146 Main Street (Friday at 3-4pm)
Register to attend!
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:30 pm
IMMIGRATION REFORM POLICY
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Join organizers and activists in Cochabamba, Bolivia and New York City for a live interactive conversation as part of the Climate and Mother Earth Rights conference (hosted by the people of Bolivia). This global interaction is part of the Cochabamba Expanded conversation organized by May First/People Link.
