As many of you know, last month Harvard administrators announced a plan for restructuring the library system, threatening several hundred staff members with the loss of their jobs.
Events
02 / 9
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 7:30 pm
Angry about the unfair economy? Want to do something about it? If so, this meeting is for you! Sponsored by MassUniting and 1199SEIU. 617-284-1260 or massuniting.org for more info.
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02 / 10
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02 / 11
Start: 7:00 pm
The Peace and Justice Group of First Parish on the Common in Bedford is pleased to present John Schuchardt, co-director of the House of Peace in Ipswich, who will report back on his recent fact-finding and friendship mission to Iran in a talk “An Insider’s Look at Iran” in the Common Room of the church. | ||||||||
02 / 12
Start: 11:00 am
End: 2:30 pm
Rev. JASON LYDON | ||||||||
02 / 13
Start: 2:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Program starts @ 2pm Keynote @ 7pm
Start: 3:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
We will not let our government balance its books on the backs of working people any longer. Debt relief for the MBTA can close the budget gaps without asking the poorest among us to carry a heavier burden. Send forward funding back to the Mass. Legislature and demand debt relief for the MBTA! It's good for T riders, T workers, T management, and good for the entire 99% 3:00 to 4:00 Individual Occupations and community groups rally and host their own actions against the cuts. Bail Out the MBTA, Ghost Buses, Street Theater, Teach-ins Start: 3:30 pm
End: 5:00 pm
A presentation based on the memoirs of Civil War Veteran Norwood P. Hallowell, by Quentin Davis, editor of the memoirs, and members of the Peter Brace Brigade, Civil War re‑enactors of the Massachusetts 54th Regiment. The book, Black Soldiers in the War of the Slaveowners’ Rebellion, is composed of selected letters and papers of Norwood Penrose Hallowell, one of the "Fighting Quakers," a very active Abolitionist. Hallowell was for a time commander of the 55th, the second all-Black Regiment. He admired his men greatly and most of the book is about them. | ||||||||
02 / 14
Start: 11:00 am
This Valentines Day! Start: 11:45 am
End: 1:00 pm
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02 / 15
Start: 6:00 pm
Jewish Voice for Peace will be organizing a campaign with faculty, staff, and students from many Boston-area universities to get TIAA-CREF to divest from companies profiting from Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestine. The first meeting of university-based activists from around the city to strategize for this campaign will be held. | ||||||||
02 / 16
Start: 4:00 pm
End: 7:30 pm
Adult allies always welcome and opportunity to link cut the military $ to local funding needs…A mass gathering of youth and adult allies across the city to discuss what issues are important to our communities! Youth are joining the long movement for racial, gender, and economic justice. Join us to look at ALL the issues & create a MULTI-ISSUE YOUTH AGENDA. Inspiration, food, and dancing provided! Contact us for childcare or interpretation. Start: 6:40 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Darwin's NightmareThis is a tale about humans between the North and the South, and about globalization, and about fish. Some time in the 1960's, in the heart of Africa, a new animal was introduced into Lake Victoria as a little scientific experiment. The Nile Perch, a voracious predator, extinguished almost the entire stock of the native fish species. The new fish multiplied so fast ...its white fillets are today exported all around the world. Huge hulking ex-Soviet cargo planes come daily to collect the latest catch in exchange for their southbound cargo ̶ Kalashnikovs and ammunitions for the uncounted wars in the dark center of the continent. This booming multinational industry of fish and weapons has created an ungodly globalized alliance on the shores of the world’s biggest tropical lake: an army of local fishermen, World bank agents, homeless children, African ministers, EU-commissioners, Tanzanian prostitutes and Russian pilots. Start: 7:00 pm
End: 10:00 pm
Speakers:
An alarming numbers of American citizens are being taken into custody under allegations of terrorism. The Muslim-American community has faced particular judicial discrimination, and Tarek Mehanna's highly-publicized Boston trial was a perfect example. Now that anyone can be indefinitely detained without charges under the National Defense Authorization Act, the stories of Tarek Mehanna and Syed Fahad Hashmi are more important—and more relevant—than ever. We need to think about what it means to be an American citizen. Act now and learn more at this panel discussion at Boston University. | ||||||||
02 / 17
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02 / 18
Start: 11:00 am
End: 12:00 pm
New messages will greet the many passersby in Watertown Square at the February 18 vigil sponsored by the Peace and Justice Task Force. | ||||||||
02 / 19
Start: 5:30 pm
End: 8:00 pm
JVP Boston invites you to an evening screening of the film "Eyewitness Gaza" in south Brookline. We'll have snacks and dessert from 5:30-6:00. The film will start promptly at 6:00 followed by a discussion led by the filmmaker, Skip Schiel. DVDs of the film and some of Skip's photographs will be available for purchase. Space is limited to 15 people. We are not easily accessible by the MBTA but can pick you up from the Chestnut Hill stop on the Green Line if you can arrive before 5:15. There is no charge for any of our Sunday films! | ||||||||
02 / 20
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02 / 21
Start: 5:30 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Campaign to STOP T CUTS and FARE INCREASES DON’T STARVE THE MBTA. . . Start: 6:00 pm
Ms. Sameena Nazir is exec PODA is a Pakistani NGO working for the promotion and protection of human rights in rural areas of Pakistan.Ms. Nazir works primarily with rural women and communities for progressive social change, gender equity and minority rights promotion. Through her work for WILPF and PODA in Pakistan, she works with a large number of groups and human rights defenders working at the grassroots level. | ||||||||
02 / 22
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:30 pm
Are you a fan of equal justice for all? Join Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders on Wednesday, February 22nd at our next GLADHour, a free after-work happy hour! Enjoy great food and drinks in a relaxed and fun atmosphere while networking with fellow supporters of LGBT equality. RSVP at http://www.glad.org/events (newcomers always welcome!) | ||||||||
02 / 23
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
A January court decision will keep the aging Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant open past March 21st, when the Vermont legislature designated it be closed. Come learn about the dangers of Vermont Yankee and other surrounding nuclear power plants. There will be opportunities to join organizing efforts and form affinity groups for spring activities. SPEAKER: David Detmold is a member of the Sage Alliance, working to shut down Vermont Yankee. To learn more, visit the Safe and Green Energy Alliance website: sponsored by Jamaica Plain Forum
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02 / 24
Start: 6:00 pm
Start: 2012 Feb 24 - 6:00pm
End: 2012 Feb 27 - 12:00am
UFPJ Member Group Meeting "Occupy Peace Summit" Feb 24-27th in Philadelphia, PA
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02 / 25
(all day)
Start: 2012 Feb 24 - 6:00pm
End: 2012 Feb 27 - 12:00am
UFPJ Member Group Meeting "Occupy Peace Summit" Feb 24-27th in Philadelphia, PA
Start: 6:30 pm
End: 9:30 pm
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02 / 26
(all day)
Start: 2012 Feb 24 - 6:00pm
End: 2012 Feb 27 - 12:00am
UFPJ Member Group Meeting "Occupy Peace Summit" Feb 24-27th in Philadelphia, PA
Start: 11:00 am
End: 2:30 pm
30th Annual W.E.B. DuBois Address Start: 7:00 pm
Zia Mian
Professor, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton
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02 / 27
End: 12:00 am
Start: 2012 Feb 24 - 6:00pm
End: 2012 Feb 27 - 12:00am
UFPJ Member Group Meeting "Occupy Peace Summit" Feb 24-27th in Philadelphia, PA
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02 / 28
Start: 11:00 am
S.2061 is a bill currently under review in the Massachusetts State House that seeks to criminalize immigrants in our state and deny essential services to hardworking, taxpaying families. The bill's lead sponsor, Sen. Richard Moore, calls the bill an "Act to Enhance Community Safety." This title hides the truth of the devastating impact S.2061 will have on our communities. The bill will: Undermine community safety and legalize racial profiling Criminalize workers' and their families Ban families from accessing public housing Deny equal access to higher education Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Brandeis University's First ISRAELI APARTHEID WEEK--Solidarity Against Apartheid Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Speaker: Start: 7:30 pm
Yoram Peri will be joining us for a thorough discussion on the state of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, prospects for movement, and the current Israeli political scene. Professor Yoram Peri brings with him a deep knowledge of the Israeli political scene, both as a first-hand participant - as the political advisor to Yitzhak Rabin - and as a respected academic. There are two opportunities to hear from Professor Yoram Peri on Tuesday, February 28: | ||||||||
02 / 29
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Brandeis University's First ISRAELI APARTHEID WEEK--Solidarity Against Apartheid - Start: 7:00 pm
How should we Respond?U.S. use of drones for warfare and spying has become routine. The use of drones has increased dramatically under the Obama administration. Pentagon funding for drones is scheduled to increase by up to 60 percent while other programs are being cut. Drones have been used for targeted killings in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Yemen. One in three U.S. warplanes are now drone piloted. Drones have also been used for surveillance in the U.S. Kept under a cloak of secrecy, this new tool for international warfare and domestic surveillance, has far-reaching legal, financial and social ramifications. Learn more about this new instrument of war and plan together about how we can respond.
Sponsors: Women's International League for Peace and Freedom - Boston Branch (617-244-8054) United for Justice with Peace (617-383-4857) Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
As part of Boston University's 3rd Israel Apartheid Week, we will be having an event on the relationship of colonial settler occupation in Native America, Hawaii and Palestine. Professor Kauanui will talk on the nature and effects of colonization on indigenous peoples, including the Wampanoag, who lived in the area BU now occupies. | ||||||||
03 / 1
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 7:30 pm
HLS Justice for Palestine, and the Human Rights Program, International Legal Studies, Unbound, HC Palestine Solidarity Committee and NLG at HLS present: Start: 6:45 pm
End: 9:00 pm
The Monthly Peace & Justice Film Series JEJU ISLAND, A FILM FROM THE AL JAZEERA SERIES ON NON-VIOLENT RESISTANCE, " A CALL AGAINST ARMS"
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
As part of Boston University's 3rd Israel Apartheid Week, we are showcasing Jewish and Palestinian voices and their experiences with Apartheid within Israel and the Occupied Territories. Start: 7:00 pm
This ripped-from-the-headlines thriller film is inspired by actual events. Kathy Bolkovac (Rachel Weisz) is a Nebraskan police officer, who takes a job working as a peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia. Her expectations of helping to rebuild a devastated country are dashed when she uncovers a dangerous reality of corruption, cover-up and intrigue amid a world of private contractors and multinational diplomatic doubletalk. Madeleine Rees, chief of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Sarajevo from 2006 to 2010, is featured in the film and was invited by UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon to testify before the UN regarding the events and the problem of UN accountability for human trafficking in conflict and post-conflict settings. | ||||||||
03 / 2
Start: 9:00 am
Start: 2012 Mar 2 - 9:00am
End: 2012 Mar 21 - 5:00pm
  A nineteen-day walk from Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant in NH to Plymouth Nuclear Power Plant in Plymouth, MA on the anniversary of the catastrophe at Fukushima, Japan and ending the walk in Vernon, VT at Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant.Start: 2:00 pm
Medford Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
In a climate where the mainstream American media typically reports international news from an American perspective, can locally-told stories help us to better understand current events? | ||||||||
03 / 3
(all day)
Start: 2012 Mar 2 - 9:00am
End: 2012 Mar 21 - 5:00pm
A nineteen-day walk from Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant in NH to Plymouth Nuclear Power Plant in Plymouth, MA on the anniversary of the catastrophe at Fukushima, Japan and ending the walk in Vernon, VT at Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant.Start: 9:00 am
Start: 2012 Mar 3 - 9:00am
End: 2012 Mar 6 - 5:00pm
Start: 9:00 am
Start: 2012 Mar 3 - 9:00am
End: 2012 Mar 4 - 6:00pm
Harvard University will be hosting a conference on the one state solution. Registration Feb 2. The conference takes place on March 3rd and 4th at the Harvard Kennedy School. Speakers include: Ilan Pappe, Stephen Walt, Timothy McCarthy, Susan Akram, Duncan Kennedy and Ali Abunimah. Please visit: http://onestateconference.org/program.html for more information or to register for the conference.
Panel 1: What happened to the two-state solution? Today, increasing numbers of Palestinians and Israelis are discussing the one-state solution. But does that mean that they no longer seek the implementation of the two-state solution? This panel will trace the Oslo process’s trajectory to explain why “two-states for two peoples” is no longer a viable option for Israel/Palestine. Furthermore, the panelists will discuss why many people default to one-state in lieu of other arrangements. Start: 9:30 am
End: 6:00 pm
Inspired by UNESCO’s Culture of Peace Initiative, and previously hosted at Plymouth State University and the University of New Hampshire , the 4th Annual NH Culture of Peace Conference at Keene State College has been organized by a coalition of college, community and state-wide activists and academics. It will take place in and around the KSC Student Center , from 9:30am to 6pm, and include workshops, actions, music and more.
Start: 3:00 pm
Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom Secretary General Madeline Rees is a former UN commissioner for human rights in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Rees, a Scholar in Residence at Wellesley College, was portrayed by Vanessa Redgrave in the movie The Whistleblower. Her talk will be followed by a reception with refreshments. Contributions on a scale from $5 to $25 are requested to benefit the Margaret Moseley Peace Education Fund. | ||||||||
03 / 4
(all day)
Start: 2012 Mar 2 - 9:00am
End: 2012 Mar 21 - 5:00pm
A nineteen-day walk from Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant in NH to Plymouth Nuclear Power Plant in Plymouth, MA on the anniversary of the catastrophe at Fukushima, Japan and ending the walk in Vernon, VT at Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant.(all day)
Start: 2012 Mar 3 - 9:00am
End: 2012 Mar 6 - 5:00pm
End: 6:00 pm
Start: 2012 Mar 3 - 9:00am
End: 2012 Mar 4 - 6:00pm
Harvard University will be hosting a conference on the one state solution. Registration Feb 2. The conference takes place on March 3rd and 4th at the Harvard Kennedy School. Speakers include: Ilan Pappe, Stephen Walt, Timothy McCarthy, Susan Akram, Duncan Kennedy and Ali Abunimah. Please visit: http://onestateconference.org/program.html for more information or to register for the conference.
Panel 1: What happened to the two-state solution? Today, increasing numbers of Palestinians and Israelis are discussing the one-state solution. But does that mean that they no longer seek the implementation of the two-state solution? This panel will trace the Oslo process’s trajectory to explain why “two-states for two peoples” is no longer a viable option for Israel/Palestine. Furthermore, the panelists will discuss why many people default to one-state in lieu of other arrangements. Start: 11:00 am
End: 2:30 pm
BRAZLIAN IMMIGRANT CENTER Following in the steps of California and New York, the Brazilian Immigrant Center of Boston has been heading the fight to secure a bill of rights for domestic workers in Massachusetts. Domestic workers are largely from the Brazilian immigrant community so it was natural that the Center is interested in ensuring they are respected and protected as all workers. Too often domestic workers are exploited by their bosses, forced to work in slave-like conditions, sexually harassed, and denied simple human rights. Organizing, education, and policy change are all part of the movement to protect Domestic Workers. Start: 1:30 pm
End: 3:30 pm
Boston DSA Members' Meeting | ||||||||
03 / 5
(all day)
Start: 2012 Mar 2 - 9:00am
End: 2012 Mar 21 - 5:00pm
A nineteen-day walk from Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant in NH to Plymouth Nuclear Power Plant in Plymouth, MA on the anniversary of the catastrophe at Fukushima, Japan and ending the walk in Vernon, VT at Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant.(all day)
Start: 2012 Mar 3 - 9:00am
End: 2012 Mar 6 - 5:00pm
Start: 2:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm
Walk for a Nuclear Free & Sustainable World REMEMBER FUKUSHIMA Our walk is a prayer for the suffering of the Japanese people and a plea for the people of New England to recognize the grave dangers that nuclear energy poses to our lives, where we live, and all life on our Mother Earth 11th Annual Walk for a New Spring March 2 to 21, 2012
JOIN ANY OF THE WALK EVENTS IN SALEM (CITY OF PEACE)
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 6:30 pm
HKS Conversation Series: Can the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Be Resolved?Paul Gaston Aaron, Tida Gaza, a new group aimed at connecting Gaza to the world and the world to Gaza.Paul Aaron will lead a discussion on reconciliation in Gaza following the May 5th Cairo Agreement. Aaron is Project Director for Towards Social Reconciliation in Gaza: A Community-based Assessment of Pathways and Pitfalls, implemented by Tida, an organization founded by Dr. Eyad Sarraj.
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03 / 6
(all day)
Start: 2012 Mar 2 - 9:00am
End: 2012 Mar 21 - 5:00pm
A nineteen-day walk from Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant in NH to Plymouth Nuclear Power Plant in Plymouth, MA on the anniversary of the catastrophe at Fukushima, Japan and ending the walk in Vernon, VT at Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant.End: 5:00 pm
Start: 2012 Mar 3 - 9:00am
End: 2012 Mar 6 - 5:00pm
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm
Economic Human Rights CoalitionPotluck sponsored by Survivors Inc. and the Green Rainbow Party
It is time for human rights to be heard and not just another piece of paper! For more information, contact: masswelf@aol.com or tegwencollins@aol.com Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Friends, Come See And Discuss | ||||||||
03 / 7
(all day)
Start: 2012 Mar 2 - 9:00am
End: 2012 Mar 21 - 5:00pm
A nineteen-day walk from Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant in NH to Plymouth Nuclear Power Plant in Plymouth, MA on the anniversary of the catastrophe at Fukushima, Japan and ending the walk in Vernon, VT at Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant.Start: 6:00 pm
By now, you may have heard about the upcoming March release of our new book, The Self-Made Myth: And the Truth about How Government Helps Individuals and Businesses Succeed. Written by co-authors Brian Miller (Executive Director, United for a Fair Economy) and Mike Lapham (Project Director, Responsible Wealth), with forewards by Chuck Collins and Bill Gates, Sr., the book exposes the societal damage wrought by the myth of "self-made" success—a myth that rationalizes extreme inequality while undercutting progressive taxation and investments in the common good. We’re kicking off a national book tour in—you guessed it—our hometown of Boston! Start: 6:30 pm
PEACE PAGODA walkers visit Dorchester on the walk to remember Fukushima. Pot luck dinner provided by DPP and others, followed by discussion. | ||||||||
03 / 8
(all day)
Start: 2012 Mar 2 - 9:00am
End: 2012 Mar 21 - 5:00pm
A nineteen-day walk from Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant in NH to Plymouth Nuclear Power Plant in Plymouth, MA on the anniversary of the catastrophe at Fukushima, Japan and ending the walk in Vernon, VT at Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant.Start: 7:30 am
End: 9:30 am
Join us to celebrate the 15th Anniversary of the Boston-Area Suggested Donation $6 - Includes Light Continental Breakfast PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IS STRONGLY ENCOURAGED DID YOU KNOW... Between 2003 and September 2011, there were 250 domestic violence-related homicides in Massachusetts?² Please join us for an engaging conversation with women making a difference on these issues: MODERATOR
PANELISTS
Purnima Mane: CEO and President, Pathfinder International Audrey Porter" Assistant Program Director and Coordinator of Survivor Services, My Life, My Choice Start: 10:00 am
End: 12:30 pm
March 8, 2012 | ||||||||
03 / 9
(all day)
Start: 2012 Mar 2 - 9:00am
End: 2012 Mar 21 - 5:00pm
A nineteen-day walk from Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant in NH to Plymouth Nuclear Power Plant in Plymouth, MA on the anniversary of the catastrophe at Fukushima, Japan and ending the walk in Vernon, VT at Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant. | ||||||||
03 / 10
(all day)
Start: 2012 Mar 2 - 9:00am
End: 2012 Mar 21 - 5:00pm
A nineteen-day walk from Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant in NH to Plymouth Nuclear Power Plant in Plymouth, MA on the anniversary of the catastrophe at Fukushima, Japan and ending the walk in Vernon, VT at Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant. | ||||||||
For the third time in ten years, the MBTA is offering its riders a choice between draconian service cuts and draconian fare increases in an effort to close a budget gap caused by legacy debt.
On Valentine’s Day—Tell Senators Kerry & Brown
On November 15th, 2011 we delivered over 4,500 letters from tenants, peace groups, labor unions, commu- nity organizations, and Boston voters to Senators Kerry and Brown. TOGETHER we called for both Senators to make positive decisions about the Budget Cuts in Washington DC. Our demands:
utive Director of Potobar Pakistan - Organization for Development Advocacy (PODA) and President , Pakistan-section of Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). She is a human rights educator living and working in Pakistan.
One year after the Nuclear disaster at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Facility the situation is far from under control. Dangerous levels of radioactivity are still being found hundreds of miles from the site of the accident. More than 80,000 people have been forced to leave their homes with little hope of returning. In addition to the incalculable health costs, the decades-long process of clean-up and decontamination of almost 1,000 square miles of land may cost as much as 250 billion dollars with limited prospects for success.
