Opening tomorrow, the second U.S. Social Forum is expected to draw 22,000 left and progressive activists to Detroit June 22nd - 26th, under the slogan Another World is Possible -- Another U.S. is Necessary!
What is happening in Detroit and in Michigan is happening all across the United States. Detroit is a harbinger for what we must do in our communities! As grassroots activists and organizers, we work to address the indignities against working families and low-income people, and protect our human right to the basic necessities of life and against war. In Detroit, we can make change happen!
Caravans of buses and cars are coming from across the country. Marches are coming from 24 cities in the South and Midwest. People are coming by planes, trains, buses and carpools.
Social justice and equality
U.S. Social Forum to Draw 22,000 to Detroit
Submitted by ujpadmin on Tue, 06/22/2010 - 9:07pm.Mary Zeppernick - "Legalize Democracy"
Submitted by commchurch on Wed, 04/07/2010 - 8:43pm.MARY ZEPERNICK
"Legalize Democracy"
Mary Zepernick has worked with women's issues and organizations since the 1970s. In 1982, she joined the staff of the Women's International League for Peace & Freedom, later serving on its U.S. Section board, including two terms as president (she is serving on the national board again). In 1986, she founded a WILPF branch on Cape Cod and wrote a political column in the Cape Cod Times for 14 years.
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Cambridge Teacher Claims He Was Fired for Being a Peace Activist
Submitted by Mike on Tue, 06/29/2010 - 7:58am.http://www.wickedlocal.com/cambridge/news/x1311833928/Guest-commentary-A-Cambridge-Public-School-dictatorship
Guest commentary: A Cambridge Public School dictatorship?
By Brian Kwoba Wicked Local Cambridge Posted Jun 22, 2010 @ 09:07 AM Cambridge —
The Cambridge Rindge and Latin School administration is a dictatorship which has terminated one of its most passionate and outspoken teachers. To understand why, I want to share my experience as a teacher in the school for the past three years.
Admittedly, I am not a typical teacher. I am the faculty adviser to the Peace and Justice Club, and have organized in-school assemblies about US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I have co-organized trips for students to volunteer in Tanzania and to march for LGBT equality in Washington, DC. I am the only African-American male in the history department.
