Tierbefreiungsdemo Demo/Anti Pelz

Demo gegen den Pelzverkauf bei Peek&Cloppenburg.
Die Demo findet im Rahmen der Offensive gegen die Pelzindustrie statt.

Infos unter www.basisgruppe-tierrechte.at.tt oder www.ogpi.de

Location:

U3 Zieglergasse, Ausgang Stiftgasse - Demo gegenüber der P&C Filiale (Ecke Stiftgasse-Mariahilferstrasse).

Organizer:

URL: www.basisgruppe-tierrechte.at.tt

Tierrechtsdemo

Wir halten eine generelle Demo für Tierrechte mit Informationsmaterial, Fernseher und Videobeamer ab, mit variierenden Themen. Die Demo ist auch ein guter Treffpunkt für Tierrechtskontakte und Aktionsplanung.

Location:
Grazer Hauptplatz, 8010 Graz.

Amy Goodman, Un-Embed the Media! tour in Baltimore

Amy Goodman, internationally acclaimed journalist and host of the nationally broadcast daily radio/TV news hour Democracy Now!, brings the Un-Embed the Media! tour to Baltimore.

She will be discussing the role of the media in the context of a nation at war, comparing corporate-owned media with the work of independent media. She presents a compelling argument for the importance of independent media to foster dialogue that is vital to a healthy democracy.

Democracy Now! is an award-winning, national, daily radio and TV news hour, pioneering the largest public media collaboration in North America. It is broadcast on Baltimore cable TV Public Access Channel 5, Monday-Friday at 6 p.m. (and repeats the next day at 8 a.m.) as well as nationally on over 300 radio and TV stations in North America, including Free Speech TV, channel 9415 of the DISH network (satellite TV), Link TV, channel 375 Direct TV and channel 9410 DISH network. The show also can be viewed at www.democracynow.org.

A frequent and dynamic guest on shows such as MSNBC's Hardball and on CNN, Goodman is also the author of the best-selling book, The Exception to the Rulers: Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers, and the Media that Love Them (Hyperion Press, paperback release April 2005). Part first person on-the-ground reporting, part old-fashioned muckraking, the fast-paced 350-page expose chronicles the lies of politicians and the corruption of media monopolies.

Goodman has clearly struck a nerve with the American public. Last year, she spoke to sold-out crowds during her 100-city tour that swept the country. The Exception to the Rulers has appeared on many bestseller lists, including in the Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Book Sense National, and Amazon.com. The editors of Publishers Weekly chose The Exception to the Rulers as one of the Top 50 Nonfiction books of 2004, and Booksense.com chose it as the top non-fiction book of the 2004 Election Season.

Goodman's reporting has won rave reviews:

"Hard-hitting, no-holds barred brand of reporting...fierce and tireless."
-Publishers Weekly

" [W]hen National Public Radio sounds as safe as a glass of warm milk, Democracy Now! retains a jagged and intriguing edge. "
-Washington Post

"Amy Goodman has carried the great muckraking tradition of Upton Sinclair, George Seldes, and I.F. Stone into the electronic age."
-Howard Zinn, historian and author, A People's History of the United States

Location:
Unity United Methodist Church, 1433 Edmondson Ave., Baltimore, MD 21223

Cost: free

Organizer:

URL: www.baltimoregrassrootsmedia.org

Tax Day Protest In Ithaca - time TBA

This is not an aggressive protest, more like a low-key event giving information to folks who are going into the post office to pay their taxes.

 In brief, many groups are staging tax-related war protests in front of post offices and federal buildings around the country. See the following story for more info.

 http://www.commondreams.org/news2005/0412-06.htm

Location:
The Ithaca postoffice on N. Tioga Street

Book Discussion: On Media

Discussion, with Bill Huston of Binghamton Indymedia, of "The Problem with the Media and Rich Media, Poor Democracy," by Robert McChesney.

Location:
Broome Community College, Decker Room 201.

Cost: Free

Nat'l Federation of Community Broadcasters

The 30th Annual Community Radio Conference
April 13-16, 2005, Baltimore, Maryland

The first Community Radio Conference was held 30 years ago in Telluride, Colorado. Fewer than half the current NFCB member stations were on the air in 1975. But those that existed inspired those that didn't to get organized, get their frequency, and get the mics turned on. Radio was accessible, powerful, populist, local. Thirty years later, radio is still accessible, powerful, populist and local. There are many who say the Golden Age of radio was in the 1970's. But we say:

The Golden Age of Radio is before Us

The National Federation of Community Broadcasters, created and sustained by community radio stations and their supporters, invites you to attend the 30th Annual Community Radio Conference.

Host stations: WESM-FM and WRYR-LP

Pre-Conference Meetings and Intensives - Wednesday, April 13

Native American Community Radio Meeting
Latino Public Radio Meeting
Intensive: Helping Your Board of Directors Succeed
Having a well run board of directors can make the difference between a station that succeeds and one that barely survives. But most station managers have never been trained in board-staff relations or how to facilitate a well-functioning board. In this highly interactive session you will learn about the role of boards, how boundaries can be set so that board members follow them, what types of people should be on the board, and the role of the board chair. You will also be able to share stories with your colleagues and have your questions answered. Your board members are also invited. Presenter: Mark Sachs. Additional registration fee. See registration form for details.

Opening Session on Thursday morning, April 14
Keynote Speaker: Dick Brooks, co-founder of ActionMedia and a man who has worked in radio as a reporter, producer, station manager, and national trainer. He is a founder of the Great Lakes Radio Consortium, the Superior Radio Network and early incarnations of AIROS.

Tentative Workshop Schedule

We will offer dozens of workshops and discussions. We will try to address the concerns of stations of all sizes, from major urban centers, small rural towns, Indian reservations, medium-sized cities. There are workshops for managers, program directors, development staff, news directors, music directors, program producers.
Thursday April 14
11:30 1. PRSS ContentDepot Update for Community Stations
2. Storytelling for Radio
3. The Yin-Yang of Audio "Non-Fiction" Storytelling-A Listening Session
4. University Licensees: Surviving and Nurturing the Relationship
5. Technology Issues for Non-Techs-Broadcasting and Production
6. Panel of Grantmakers
2:00 1. PRSS ContentDepot Update for Producers
2. Digital Radio
3. Professional Radio Interviewing Skills, Part 1
4. Taking the Temperature of your Development Program
5. Strengthening Local Programs
6. Nuts and Bolts of Contracts
7. To Stream or Not to Stream
4:00 1. Professional Radio Interviewing Skills, Part 2
2. Affiliates Meetings: AIROS, AIR, Low Power FM Stations, Pacifica Radio, Radio Bilingüe
Dinner time Solution Centers: Meet and have dinner with your peers in the same jobs from other stations.

Friday April 15
9:00 1. Professional Radio Interviewing Skills, part 1
2. Technology Issues for Non-Techs: Information Technology
3. Thought is First Action: A Planning Process for Imagining and Designing a
Volunteer Based Community Rural News and Information Service
4. Myers-Briggs: The Key to Understanding Your Strengths and Enhancing Teamwork, Part 1 (pre-registration required)
5. Legal Issues in Broadcasting
6. Using Your Own Data to Make Fundraising Decisions
11:00 1. Financing Large Projects
2. Using the CPB Internet Service Acquisition Grant to Enhance Your Website part 1
3. Grantwriting
4. CPB's Community Service Grants: A Discussion
5. Professional Radio Interviewing Skills, part 2
6. Myers-Briggs, part 2
1:30 1. Enhancing Your Website part 2
2. Non-traditional Fundraising
3. Developing Talk Radio Shows
4. Sister Stations
5. Ethical Issues for Community Radio
6. Radio Writing Ain't The Blues: Making Better Radio Features
3:30 1. Program Exchanges: PRX and PACE
2. Legal Update on Underwriting Issues
3. Community Collaborations and Partnerships
4. Technology to the People!: Using Electronic Technology to Empower Local News Production in Rural Areas
5. Strategic Thinking about Streaming
6. Story Focus for Radio

Saturday April 16
9:00 1. Negotiating: How Everybody Can Win
2. Golden Reel Listening Session
3. Doing a Technical Audit on Your Station
4. Nuts and Bolts of Underwriting
5. Legislative and Regulatory Update
6. Sustaining a Volunteer News Operation
11:00 Plenary: Thirty Years of Community Radio
1:30 1. NFCB Membership Meeting
2. Listening Session
3. Surviving as an Independent Producer
4. Producciones y Más: More on making better radio features

Special Workshop: Pre-registration required.
Mark Sachs is offering a workshop on Myers-Briggs: The Key to Understanding Your Strengths and Enhancing Teamwork.
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is a powerful tool that helps people identify their unique gifts. It enhances understanding of yourself, your motivations, natural strengths, and potential areas for growth. When people know their Myers-Briggs type in an organizational setting, it often takes the mystery out of why they and coworkers act the way they do. Knowing one's personality type can also enhance teamwork. During this workshop you will gain insight that will assist you in understanding and making the best use of your Myers-Briggs Type. There is a $20 non-refundable fee to cover the cost of materials in this workshop. Pre-registration is required. There will be no on-site registration for this workshop. This workshop takes place during the Conference, not pre-Conference.

Solution Centers
Once again this year will be opportunities for people with the same jobs to meet with each other. These are scheduled, unstructured, but facilitated sessions for you to share information and expertise and learn from the experience of your peers.

Low Power FM
We'll offer special workshops for Low Power FM stations in any form of broadcast-readiness. We'll help you navigate the legal terrain, think about programming decisions, and put a strong emphasis on organizational and funding preparedness.

Other
Meetings for conference newcomers and workshop presenters on Wednesday, preceding the Opening Reception. Opening Session Thursday morning. Friday night special program starts at 7:30 with the world premiere of a radio drama written in honor of the 30th Anniversary Conference, then the presentation of the Golden Reel Awards, ending with a dessert reception. NFCB Membership meeting Saturday. The National Youth in Radio Training Project Conference runs concurrently on Friday and Saturday.

Registration Fee
See the registration form for all the details. In order to receive the Member rate, your dues payments to NFCB must be current. Questions about your membership status or your dues? Call Kai Aiyetoro at (510) 451-8200. All other questions concerning registration should be directed to HB Associates at (727) 937-3232 or info-AT-hbassociates.net.

Travel
When you're ready to make your travel plans, we suggest you call On the Mark Travel. They have arranged for discounted fares to Baltimore on American Airlines. You reach them at (800) 618-6275.

Hotel
The Conference Hotel is the Wyndham Inner Harbor, 101 West Fayette St., Baltimore, MD 21201. The toll free reservation number is (800) 996-3426. Be sure to say you are with the NFCB Conference. All rooms (singles, doubles, triples, quads) are $119 plus 12.5% tax. These rates are good through March 16, but we urge you to make your reservations before then—as soon as you know you're coming. All rooms will require one night's deposit.

You can register online at www.wyndham.com/groupevents/358NFCB/main.wnt. While there, you can sign up for Wyndham By Request, which is free and which will provide you with numerous benefits. If you register by phone, you can sign up for Wyndham By Request on this website as well.

Final Schedule, List of Workshops and Presenters
Check the NFCB website for regular additions and updates: www.nfcb.org.

Location:
Baltimore, MD

URL: http://www.nfcb.org

IMF-World Bank Protest

Protests at IMF-World Bank

April 15 - 17 Washington DC

A Better World Is Under Construction!

Call for a Mass Mobilization during the 2005 Spring Meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund

The main action will be April 16.

The 2005 meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank will represent the five year anniversary of the first major demonstrations against these institutions in the United States. Again we will gather in the streets of D.C. on A16 to show that our resistance to these institutions and their greed only grows stronger, and that our dreams for a better world are not only possible, but under construction at this moment, in all corners of the globe. The IMF and World Bank, with all their efforts to demolish these dreams and actions, can never stop us.

The World Bank claims to combat world poverty. The IMF claims to promote global economic stability. For the 60 years of their existence, they have done neither. The World Bank has poured billions into dams, mining, and other projects that have caused immense social and environmental destruction, displacing poor, often indigenous, people from their lands and livelihoods, and destroying fragile ecosystems. The IMF has destabilized the economies of countries like Korea, Thailand, and Argentina, creating mass unemployment. Together, the IMF and World Bank have trapped poor countries in a cycle of unpayable debt. To extract debt repayment from them, they have imposed conditions such as budget caps, user fees for health care, and privatization of water. These policies have impoverished billions. They have also corroded self-determination and corrupted political systems, making governments accountable to foreign creditors rather than their own people.

Instead of building the world that they have promised, the World Bank and IMF have plunged it into a global crisis that is now more urgent than ever.
The number of people in abject poverty worldwide is at an all-time high, and more and more people lack access to water, healthcare, and education.
The world is headed for environmental disaster, while the World Bank pours
17 times more funds into fossil fuel projects than for renewables and energy efficiency. The global AIDS epidemic takes 7,000 lives in Africa every day. According to the United Nations, 30,000 people worldwide die every day as a direct consequence of IMF and World Bank-imposed cuts in social services. Today, South and Southeast Asia is facing an immense natural disaster, and the enormous debt burden of these countries, as well as restrictive conditions on World Bank loans for reconstruction, are going to prevent full recovery. Already, the Sri Lanka government and the World Bank are colluding to use this disaster as an opportunity to displace fishing communities and privatize the coastline for the benefit of the tourism industry.

Over the 60 years of their existence, the IMF and World Bank have systematically enriched multinational corporate interests at the expense of nature and of the rest of humanity. It’s time to demolish these institutions and build a better world.

Each day people around the world people are coming together to construct a better, more just world. Not only are they demonstrating in the streets, but they are actively reclaiming their communities. In South Africa, citizens too poor to afford the privatized water have dismantled water meters and learned plumbing to connect homes to water services. In Argentina unemployed workers are taking over their former workplaces and running them as collectives. People throughout the Global South are working to take back their rights to water, health, land, a clean environment, and self-determination. Five years after thousands came to Washington DC in the first mass show in the U.S. of solidarity with the global struggle against the World Bank and IMF, the Mobilization for Global Justice is calling for people to come to Washington DC April 15-17th, to protest the institutions during their spring meetings and to celebrate the other, more just world that is under construction due to the resistance of millions worldwide!

The Mobilization for Global Justice is committed to making all events safe spaces that are open, accessible, and accepting of all. We welcome everyone to participate in making this happen. If you have any special needs, please let us know.

Location:
Washington DC

URL: http://www.globalizethis.org

Cycling Instructor Training

Become a League Cycling Instructor: April 15-17

Would you like to teach cycling skills to others?

MassBike is sponsoring a training by the League of American Bicyclists for experienced cyclists to become certified League Cycling Instructors, or LCIs.

This weekend-long training (Friday night through Sunday afternoon) will take place in the MetroBoston area, and is the only such training this year in New England.

As a prerequisite, you must have taken the “Road I” (aka Cycling Skills) class—see previous listing.

The cost of the training is $175, payable to the League of American Bicyclists.

For more information and registration details, click here

www.massbike.org/events/lci2005.htm

www.bikeleague.org/educenter/seminars.htm

Location:

Cost: $175

URL: http://www.massbike.org/events/lci2005.htm

Southeast Anarchist Network Gathering

Southeast Anarchist Network Gathering, April 2005:
Charleston’s Burning!
April 15-17, 2005, Charleston, SC

Meet people who share your anti-authoritarian passions, and who want to support each other in challenging oppression!

**Open to all anarchists, anti-authoritarians, and folks curious about anti authoritarian approaches to social change**

In 1822, slave owners in Charleston, S.C., claimed they had uncovered a plot among the people they enslaved. Ostensibly planned by Denmark Vesey, a carpenter and ex-slave, the conspiracy allegedly called on the enslaved and free blacks of Charleston and its surrounding countryside to rise up, kill the Governor, slaughter the white population and set fire to the city before leaving on ships bound for Haiti.

Recently, historians have cast doubt on the coerced confessions of slaves and the testimony of terrified whites, suggesting the entire plot was a fear induced fabrication by owners. Whether the conspiracy is truth or myth, the lesson remains the same two centuries later: the class of plantation owners and bosses remains in perpetual fear of insurrection by its working class. And for the oppressed, the Vesey conspiracy stands as an awesome projection of the possibilities for militant action on the part of a people who have—for centuries—been made to bow down in fear.

With a history of abolitionists, pirates, feminists and war resisters, Denmark Vesey’s story is just one among many tales of resistance rising from South Carolina, oft neglected and forgotten by radicals in other regions. Yet across South Carolina and the southeast, we have seen both struggle and hope blossom like the yellow jessamine in spring.

For the past two years, southeasterners have used the spring as a time to gather, network and share our own tales. We do not wish to see this season pass by without seizing this amazing opportunity.

To this end, the second annual gathering of the Southeast Anarchist Network will be held April 15-17, 2005 in Charleston, SC. As a tool, we hope the SEANet conference will help us get to know each other better, communicate, & share resources, and will increase our ability to respond to and organize against repression, as well as to help us better understand how the anarchist movement is developing.

We envision the conference to focus on networking and building an anarchist infrastructure across our region. We hope to see a lively mix of passion groups, discussions and speakers, as well as plenty of time for entertainment pleasure and subversion. And the beach.

Although we are not interested in challenging or being challenged by organizers who advocate an authoritarian approach, we do want to encourage activists and organizers who work outside of anarchist communities, scenes and groups to join us at this gathering.

We ask that y'all pre-register for the gathering so we have an idea of how many folks to expect.

Working groups have formed across South Carolina to set up logistics for the weekend, including food, childcare, registration, housing, and entertainment. Setting these pieces in place, however, will require work not just within Charleston, but also throughout the Southeast. If you have something to contribute, please email allie (at ) riseup.net or visit us on the web at www.southeastanarchist.org (update coming soon)

Turning the murmurs of discontent into a mighty roar-
Come spring, Charleston’s burning!

The SEANet hosting Collective will be providing free housing and food throughout the weekend.

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the rest is secrets, silence now. if night has fallen, sleep wel

Location:
Charleston, SC

Cost: Suggested donation $5-$20 plus, no one turned away

URL: http://www.southeastanarchist.org

Grassroots Use of Technology Conference

Want to learn how to use the newest technologies to propel your group's activism into the 21st century, while networking with others who share the same passion?

6th Annual Grassroots Use of Technology Conference

Friday, April 15 and Saturday, April 16, 2005

This is the 6th annual conference of Organizers' Collaborative Keynote Speaker, Micah Sifry. The theme for this year's event is "Building Bridges"

workshops/discussions will include:

content management for nonprofit web sites * mobilizing people at the local level * w3c web accessibility * Donor database options * online fundraising * cyber campaigns: what has worked? * geographic information systems * what is Plone-Mumbo-Drupal? * blogging for grassroots groups * Online tools for coalitions Using RSS to share information among organizations * plus many more topics!

There will be plenty of time for discussion and networking. The low cost of attending makes it accessible for all types of community organizations. Last year's event was filled to capacity, and we expect this years conference (limited to 250) to be a complete sellout too -- So register early!

New this year: Community Day on Friday, April 15th. This will be a free event for registrants, Boston non-profits, and others not able to attend on Saturday. It will include introductory panel discussions and workshop sessions on technology and organizing.

To Register: www.organizerscollaborative.org/conference.html

To check out last year's exciting program, go to:
www.organizenow.net/conference/program2004.pdf

Cohosted by M.I.T. Center for Reflective Community Practice.
We are now seeking additional sponsors.

Location:
Tang Center, Kendall Square, MIT

Cost: $45 dollars full-day ($25 for low-income)

URL: http://www.organizerscollaborative.org/conference.html

IMF/World Bank Protest Week

A16 DC Call to Action for 2005 Spring Meetings

On the five year anniversary of the first A16, we are again calling for a mass mobilization against the neo-imperialistic policies of the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and all their cohorts. Free riders in a city where 12,000 people sleep on the streets, there is no public hospital, more people per capita have HIV/AIDS than any other U.S city, and students' reading performances are lower than the national average in all grades beyond first. Globally, these exploitive institutions are forcing developing countries into debt as well as perpetuating the current North-South system of global apartheid, privatizing natural resources essential to everyday life, and the unequal representation that denies countries outside of the G-7 a voice in their own futures.

For these reasons and many others, we, the A16 Planning Collective, are calling for direct actions against these institutions of capitalism which promote poverty, racism, sexism, environmental destruction, and the concentration of power in the hands of the leaders of a few countries during the week of April 11-17. We ask that persons who disagree with the policies and institutions of the World Bank and IMF start to create affinity groups in which to partake in autonomous direct actions as a means to prevent "Business as Usual" as well as the Spring meetings themselves. We have planned two mass direct actions which will take place on April 15 and 16, but will not announce these actions until closer to those dates.

We hope to organize an action that is accessible to everyone who wants to participate, at many risk and experience levels. We will provide information and a framework for actions to affect the overall plans of preventing "Business as Usual" and the Spring meetings, but we will depend on individuals and affinity groups preparation and encourage everyone to come with their own ideas, supplies, and plans. This will not be a standard march and rally, and while it is coming up rather fast, we do believe that we can succeed in stopping these meetings, but it can only happen with your help.

See you on the streets,

In Solidarity, Love and Rage,

Location:
Washington, DC

Organizer:

URL: http://www.A16DC.org

Get on the bus for Human Rights!

Join us... and GET ON THE BUS for HUMAN RIGHTS!

HERE WE GO ... AGAIN!
For the 10th consecutive year, Amnesty International Local Group 133 in Somerville, Mass. is organizing the Get on the Bus (GOTB) trip to New York City for one full day of human rights action and education. We invite you and your group to join other activists in what we anticipate will be the biggest, strongest Get on the Bus ever.

Get on the Bus is a great way to get involved with direct human rights action by meeting other activists, taking our voices to the streets, and learning about specific cases that Amnesty International is working on. Find out about the project's history.

Friday, April 15, 2005: buses and caravans leaving from select cities all over the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions.

Last year, over 1000 student and adult activists from 114 different groups and 13 different states converged in New York City for a day of human rights action and education.

Schedule for GOTB Events, April 2005

5:15 - 7:30am
Buses and caravans leave from locations in the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic for NYC.

10:30 - 11am
All Souls Church, 1157 Lexington Ave (at 80th):
Congregate, sign petitions, meet & greet

11am - 12:15pm

Guest speakers address actions of the day:

Gary Cohen, member of the Advisory Board for the Sambhavna Trust and Executive Director of the Environmental Health Fund

Larry Chang, founding member of the Jamaica Forum of Lesbians, All-Sexuals & Gays (J-FLAG).

TBA

12:30 - 1:30pm
Action #1: Indian Consulate to protest lack of action for Bhopal victims: Re-open legal case with Dow, clean-up for site, keep hospitals for victims open.
3 East 64th Street.

1:30 - 3pm
Lunch on your own
(We will meet after lunch at the Jamaican consulate. Make sure to plan in enough time to get there from your lunch location by 3pm).
A list of lunch options in the area will be handed out on the bus.

3 - 4pm
Action #2: Jamaican Consulate to call for the repeal of existing sodomy laws and an end of a political climate that tolerates homophobic violence.
767 Third Ave, 2nd & 3rd floors.

4 - 4:30pm
Bus to Chinese Consulate

4:30 - 5:30pm
Action #3: Chinese Consulate to protest imprisonment of Tenzin Delek
520 Twelfth Avenue.

5:30pm
Board buses to go back home

Location:
New York City

URL: http://www.amnesty133.org/ai/gotb/index.html

A Feminist Toolkit for Thinking Re-productively

M.I.T. STS & Women's Studies -- Brown Bag Lunch talk.

To attend this interdisciplinary workshop you must register and rsvp here: web.mit.edu/apollock/www/castaneda.html

Speaker: Claudia Castaneda, Harvard

Sponsored by:
STS, Women's Studies Program

Location:
Building E51-275 at M.I.T. Cambridge

Cost: free/open to the public

URL: http://web.mit.edu/apollock/www/castaneda.html

Billionaires for Bush Thank You for Paying OUR Taxes!

The Boston-Metro Chapter of Billionaires for Bush will be holding our annual Tax Day Celebration on the steps of the Central Square Post Office, Cambridge, from 3:00 to 6:00 pm on Tax Day, April 15th. This is the one special day each year when the Billionaires thank everyday Americans for paying *our* taxes!

If you wish to join us, Billionaire attire is required!

For more information: The Boston-Metro Chapter blog: bostonb4b.blogspot.com

Location:
Central Square Post Office
770 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA

Cost: Trillions of dollars from everyday Americans!

Organizer:

URL: http://bostonb4b.blogspot.com

Alternative Avenues for Peace in Israel-Palestine

The Outreach Center at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies and American Friends of Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam present:

Abdessalam Najjar and Michal Zak
Residents of the “Oasis of Peace,” the only community in Israel where Jewish and Arab families live, work and raise their children together in a commitment to peace

Lee Gordon and Ala Khatib
Founder and Principal of Hand in Hand: The Center for Jewish Arab Education in Israel, a center for bilingual, bicultural Arab-Jewish schools

Lucy Nusseibeh
Middle East Nonviolence and Democracy, a Palestinian institution promoting peace through media reform and grassroots initiatives

Nahanni Rous
Just Vision, an organization devoted to education about and support of Israelis and Palestinians working for peace on the ground

Barbara Petzen
Outreach Coordinator at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, on the use of film and innovative educational curriculum regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

For a forum on Alternative Avenues for Peace in Israel-Palestine followed by Middle Eastern food and a screening of the Academy-Award Nominated documentary PROMISES

The forum begins at 3pm
PROMISES will be shown at 6:30pm

Location:
The Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall, Harvard Yard, Cambridge

Cost: free/open to public

URL: http://www.justvision.org/events.php

Cuban Medical International Cooperation

Cuban Medical International Cooperation

A presentation by visiting scholar Dr. Jorge Pérez, Director of the Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kourí Hospital and former Director of the Sanatorium of Santiago de Las Vegas. With an introduction by Dr. Arachu Castro.

Jorge Pérez-Ávila is the Director of the IPK Hospital and the former Director of the Sanatorium of Santiago de Las Vegas for medical care of people living with HIV/AIDS. In addition, Dr. Pérez has an appointment as an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology at the University of Havana where he has taught since 1982. A member of several scientific committees including his current work with the National Commission of AIDS and the IPK Scientific Council, Dr. Pérez has published more than 80 articles in both national and international journals, and has served as a member of the editorial board for the Revista Cubana de Medicina Tropical. Dr. Pérez has also been on the Advisory Board for the Program in Infectious Disease and Social Change in the Department of Social Medicine at the Harvard Medical School since 1999.

For more information on future DRCLAS events please visit our website.

Location:
David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies 61 Kirkland Street, Cambridge

URL: http://drclas.fas.harvard.edu

The Revolution will not be Televised

The Revolution will not be Televised (2003, 74 mins.)

Discussion hosted by The Bolivarian Circle, Josie Shagwert & Ciro Marcano.

Hugo Chavez, elected president of Venezulea in 1998, is a colorful, unpredictable folk hero, beloved by his nation's working class and a tough-as-nails, quixotic opponent to the power structure that would see him deposed. Two independent filmmakers were inside the presidential palace on
April 11, 2002, when he was forcibly removed from office. They were also present 48 hours later when, remarkably, he returned to power amid cheering aides. Their film records what was probably history's shortest-lived coup d'etat. It's a unique document about political muscle and an extraordinary portrait of the man The Wall -Sreet Journal credits with making Venezuela "Washington's biggest Latin American headache after the old standby, Cuba."

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Praxis is a loosely organized, democratic collective dedicated to action for social change. The aim is to cultivate critical thinking, increase sensitivity to, and develop a spirit of inquiry on important local & global issues. Praxis is not a membership organization, club,
or political party.

We would like to express our gratitude to the Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in the United States of America for sending us the documentary.

Location:
Clark University, Jefferson 218, Worcester, MA

Organizer:

URL: http://black.clarku.edu/~dsinha/praxis/

Film Screening on Venezuelan Revolution

Join us for a screening of 'Venezuela Bolivariana' and a discussion about the issues raised in the film.

“Venezuela Bolivariana: People and Struggles of the Fourth World War"
by Marcelo Andrade Arreaza

In Spanish--with subtitles

This 76 minute documentary examines the Bolivarian Revolution of Venezuela as connected to the worldwide movement against capitalist globalization. The film shows the evolution of the popular movement in Venezuela from the Caracazo riots in 1989 to the massive actions that brought Hugo Chavez back to power, 48 hours after a U.S.-aided military coup in 2002. The film explores how the incredible grassroots and networking power of Venezuelan people allowed for fundamental political change to take place in the country, but also how this movement transcends the national frontiers of Venezuela and provides concrete alternatives to the fight against neoliberal capitalism.

www.gtinitiative.org

Location:
Tellus Institute, 11 Arlington Street, Boston

Directions: www.tellus.org/general/about.html

URL: http://www.tellus.org

New Voices Open Mic

It’s your turn at
NEW VOICES OPEN MIC

Our supportive literary open mic for women and their allies, held the third Friday of every month.

All genres welcome.

5 and 10 minute slots available.

Sign up at 7:15, and start at 7:30.

Location:
Center for New Words 186 Hampshire Street Cambridge

Cost: $5

URL: http://www.centerfornewwords.org/nwlive.html

Unforgivable Blackness

Militant Labor Forum Documentary

"Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson"

This week's forum will feature major excerpts from the Ken Burns documentary "Unforgivable Blackness," the story of African American boxer Jack Johnson's rise to become heavyweight champion of the world in 1908, and the racist attack on him that ensued.

The U.S. capitalist rulers, who were stepping onto the world stage as an imperialist aggressor and consolidating the brutal Jim Crow segregation system at home at that time, began an effort to find "the great white hope" to take the title and a frame-up campaign of harassment to try to break Johnson.

Location:
Pathfinder Books
12 Bennington, second floor
East Boston MA 02128

Cost: Suggested donation $5

URL: http://lists.topica.com/lists/act-ma@igc.topica.com/read/message.html?mid=810916076&sort=d&start=7325

"An Untold Triumph" Filipino Documentary

APAHM 2005: PSBC presents "An Untold Triumph"
  
Phillipine Society of Boston College welcomes Dr. Cordova, Vice President of the Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS), National to the screening of "An Untold Triumph," a film about the Filipino American contribution and experience during World War II.

members.aol.com/untoldtriumph/untoldtriumph/

Sponsored by:
PSBC   

Location:
Higgins 310, Boston College

Cost: free

Directions: www.bc.edu/about/maps

URL: http://www.bc.edu/

Visions of Warhol

5 videos created about Warhol by his close colleagues and friends, including legendary filmmaker Jonas Mekas and 3 pioneer avant-garde filmmakers

Location:
Institute for Contemporary Art

URL: http://www.icaboston.org

Xerrada 'Okupa tu també' i concert Merino

El proper divendres 15 d'abril, enmarcat dins les Festes de Primavera de Sant Andreu de Palomar, l'Assemblea de Joves de Sant Andreu (CAJEI) i Endavant Sant Andreu-Nou Barris organitzen una xerrada i un concert.

17h: Xerrada 'Okupa tu també!'
amb les intervencions de:
- un membre de l'Oficina d'Okupació
- un membre del CSO El Palomar
- un membre del CP Onze de Setembre

i després...

festa fins la matinada amb el cantautor Merino!

Location:
Casal Popular Miquel Martí i Pol
C/Segre, 56
M L1 Sant Andreu
RENFE Sant Andreu Arenal o Comtal

Organizer:

Camins de pau: les altres veus d’Israel

Les Jornades “Camins de pau: les altres veus d’Israel” pretenen donar veu als sectors de la societat israeliana que lluiten dia a dia contra el corrent majoritària, fent denúncia i treballant pel diàleg, el retrobament i la cooperació amb la societat palestina. Creiem que aquestes veus de la societat civil són l’esperança per a produir un canvi en l’opinió pública israeliana que permeti establir un camí sostenible de pau entre israelians i palestins.

Ponència de Ilan Pape

Location:
Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelna ( CCCB ) Aula 1
MOntalegre,5
08001 Barcelona

Cost: Gratuit

Organizer:

Presentació del nou llibre sobre Marcel·lí Massana

Divendres 15 d’abril, a les 19.30 h al centre cívic de Berga (c/Mestre Pedret s/n) presentació del llibre de Josep Clara: Marcel•lí Massana, l'home més buscat. Un mite de la guerrilla anarquista. Rafael Dalmau editor. La presentació serà a càrrec de l’autor i l’editor del llibre.

Organitza: Centre d’Estudis Josep Ester Borràs en el marc de la VIII Marxa-Homenatge Als Maquis, 2005 (www.sindominio.net/marxa-maquis).

Més informació a: www.berguedallibertari.org
Contacte: cejeb-AT-berguedallibertari.org

Location:
centre cívic de BERGA (c/Mestre Pedret s/n)

Cost: GRATIX

Directions: centre cívic de BERGA (c/Mestre Pedret s/n)

Organizer:

URL: www.berguedallibertari.org

festa Queer a la Perla, local okupat c/ercilla

festa Queer a la Perla, local okupat c/ercilla, metro guinardo L4. dj's electro, petardeo, performance (girlswholikeporno)... lesbic, trans, gay, radical genres...

Location:
Perla, local okupat c/ercilla, metro guinardo L4.

Cost: gratix?

Directions: c/ercilla, metro guinardo L4.

Organizer:

URL: http://www.queeruption.org/

Festes de Primavera a Sant Andreu

19h. Taula rodona: Sant Andreu:Entitats i Espais"
Lloc:AVV Sant Andreu (Balari i Jovany, 14)
Organitza: Projecte Comunitari Surt

19h. Xerrada "Okupa Tu També"
23h. Festa amb cantautor Merino
Lloc: Casal Miquel Martí i Pol (Segre, 56)
Organitza: Assemblea de Joves.

Location:

Manifestacio contra el desallotjament del Ateneu Llibertari de Viladecans

Es fara una manifestacio en contra del desallotjament del Ateneu Llibertari de Viladecans que ha estat resistint i resisteix ja fa 10 anys, per aixo ens manifestarem devan al Ateneu Llibertari de Viladecans a les 7 de la tarda.

Salut i resistencia! El ateneo no se rinde!!!

Location:
C/ Sant Josep nº49 Bis (Ateneu Llibertari Viladecans)

Organizer:

"Respostes dels barris a les transformacions urbanístiques"

Xerrada-debat de:

Veïns en defensa de la Barcelona Vella.
Fundat al 1995 com a associació de ciutadans i professionals, que s'ocupa exclusivament de les reformes arquitectòniques-urbanístiques a Ciutat Vella.

La Taula del Raval.
Associació en lluita per els interessos col.lectius, va possar una demanda al Tribunal superior de Catalunya per la zona verda de l'Estudi de detall de l'Illa Robador.

Centre Social de Sants.
Associació veïnal crítica amb l'impacte de les grans infraestructures (AVE) a la trama urbana i l'espai social, en contrast amb l'impacte econòmic en la revalorització del barri.

Una veïna de La Bachillera, barri de Sevilla en lluita contra l´especulació.

Location:
lloc: Centre Social de Sants
Olzinelles, 30 Pl. de Sants

Cost: Gratis

Organizer:

URL: http://www.coordinadoraraval.org/repensarbarcelona

Cercavila per tal de donar a conèixer la lluita de les persones que estan en vaga de fam indefinida

Per tal de donar a conèixer la lluita de les persones que estan en vaga de fam indefinida i donar-los suport s'ha convocat un cercavila aquest pròxim divendres a les 20 hores a la plaça Revolució.

Location:
plaça Revolució.

Organizer:

URL: http://www.gracianet.org/transversal/

Cartografías de los imposibles

Espectáculo de poesía, teatro y música.

"En la brevedad está lo absoluto,
en lo eterno... el tiempo."

Location:
Bar ikastola

Cost: gratix-tix

Directions: C/ la perla 22
Gracia.
Metro Fontana

Organizer:

URL: zabarate@yahoo.es

Concert autogestió Contra-Infos al KOP-Alta Tensió (Prat)

CONCERT 22:00h

2 IN PAR (hip hop amb membres de Macaco)
URBAN ROTS (reggae desde la verneda)
JALEO REAL (Rumba)

Location:
KOP-Alta Tensió
Prat de Llobregat c/Dr. Soler i Torrents nº36
costat estació de renfe.

Cost: 2 euros

Organizer:

URL: kasalprat.org

Concert Festes Alternatives de Sagrada Família (Festassa)

22:00 a 02:00h Concert.

PowderSahde (heavy metal)
Tempest (Metal melòdic)
Igitaia (Festa i Lluita)

Us hi esperem a totes i tots!!!

Al C/Marina amb Provença
Metro: L2 L5 Sagrada Família. Cola't!

Location:

Organizer:

festa QUEER

Festa QUEER: performance (girlswholikeporno.com), dj's electro, petardeo, caxondeo... queer, trans, gay, lesbic, radical-genres.

Els beneficis aniran destinats a Queeruption 8 karcelona.

Location:
LA PERLA local okupat c/Ercilla (al costat del parc del guinardó) metro Guinardo L4

Directions: c/Ercilla (al costat del parc del guinardó) metro Guinardo L4

URL: www.queeruption.org/barcelona

Concert SteelBoots + Acuchillo + Desgarre

Dia i Hora: 15-04-05 / 23 h.
Organitza: Sala La Rulot

Grups: Acuchillo / Desgarre / Steel Boots

Location:
Sala La Rulot

Cost: GRATIS!

Directions: C/Passatge Torrent de l'estadella, 24 ;
Metro: L1 Sant Andreu, L2 La Verneda - Barcelona

URL: www.antinazisbcn.tk

KONTZERTUAK APIRILAK 16 AN ERROMOKO ITZUBALTZETA GAZTETZEAN !!!

APIRILAK 16, LARUNBAT HONETAN KONTZERTUAK EGONGO DIRA ERROMOKO ITZUBALTZETA GAZTETXEAN. ESANAK ESAN KOLEKTIBOAK ANTOLATUA.

-GATAZKA GORRIA
-KASKARREKO
-LIBERTAD KONDICIONAL
-KUENTA ATRAS

SARRERO 3 EURO ETA CD BAT OPARI !!!
ETORRI ETA GOZATU JAIAN !!

Location:

Organizer:

concierto del cantautor argentino Javier Sanchez

Javier lleva 25 años de trayectoria musical dentro del circuito under argentino, recorriendo bares con su guitarra y con diferentes bandas que lo han llevado por todo el país.

Location:
Kalaska (Zabaladi). nabarrería 25 Iruñea
www.kalaska.org

Organizer:

Installing Pop and the Social Aesthetics

Art Exhibition: Installing Pop and the Social Aesthetics
Dates: April 15th -May 20th
Opening Reception: Friday April 15th, 8pm
Hours: Mon 6-10pm, Tue-Sat 3-10pm

"Installing Pop and the Social Aesthetics" is Natural Canvas’s latest art exhibition set to open on Friday April 15th. Works from internationally known pop artist Jamie Roxx, installation artist Alison Bates and 4 artists from SuperiorBellly.com will be on desplay. Installation-Pop-Aesthetics brings together styles which are rarely exhibited together. Jamie Roxx will be unveiling 15 new Pop Noir paintings, Alison Bates will envelope the dungeon gallery with an expansive ultra thick texturalized paper wall covering, and the Superior Belly collective will utilize their innate ability to achieve powerful aesthetics represented in mediums ranging from video to mixed media and beyond.
Jamie Roxx’s Pop Noir images not only grace the private collections of many of the country's influential and powerful business and industry leaders, they have also been aquired by museums such as The Rock Museum of Munich, The Rock N’ Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, and The Centre de Pompidou in Paris. Roxx emerged onto the contemporary art scene in the early 1990s in the hard-edged Detroit inner-city and has since taken off to become one of North Americas premiere pop artists. Jamie will be arriving from San Francisco to attend the reception.
Alison J. Bates is a Detroit based artist who states, “We try to make sense of everything we are presented with. So if you gave an audience no information, and then asked them what they'd been given, what would they come up with? I bet they'd find something, that was intended or non-intended, just to alleviate their discomfort. In this installation, the viewer is forced to deal with layers of plastered paper which lack image via either removal of the image or the nonexistence of the image. The overpowering structure becomes both a reminder and a remainder, preserving the lack of image and therefore elevating its importance.”
Superior Belly is a collaborative of professionals working collectively and individually to produce art and design concerned with artistic and social value. The group has been in operation for 4+ years, centered in Port Huron they operate in animation, fine art, illustration, and video with
social concerns in mind.


Jamie Roxx > www.jamieroxx.com
Alison Bates > www.badalisononfire.com
Anthony etc... > www.superiorbelly.com


Adam Gabirel Winnie
Natural Canvas Gallery and Studios
613 N. Main St.
Ann Arbor MI. 48104
Tel 734- 677-7973
w_gallerygroup-AT-hotmail.com

Location:
613 N. Main
Ann Arbor, MI 48108

Cost: Donations

Directions: Just north of Downtown on Main St. Between Felch and Summit, Free Parking in front of the Gallery after 6pm

Organizer:

War Tax Protest

If you object to the war in Iraq, why pay for it? Stop paying for the immoral actions of the US government. Please join us in Manchester on April 15th for a tax protest. Let your voice be heard in the only way that will actually hurt those responsible for the outrages in Iraq.

Location:
April 15th, 11am to midnight
Manchester Main Post Office
955 Coffs Falls Rd, Manchester, NH

Organizer:

URL: http://www.soulawakenings.com/underground/tikiwiki/tiki-index.php?page=War+Tax+Protest

Silent Vigil for All the Dead in Iraq

The Pensacola Chapter of Veterans for Peace and Pensacola Patriots for Peace will hold a silent vigil at Martin Luther King Plaza to remember all the dead of the Iraq War. There will be a temporary "Wall of Names" on display.

Location:
Martin Luther King, Jr. Plaza, on Palafox Street between Wright and Garden streets

Cost: FREE

Organizer:

Peace Vigil

There will be a one-hour silent vigil for peace, and in honor of the Iraq war dead, from 12 noon to 1 p.m. at Martin Luther King, Jr. Plaza in the median of Palafox two blocks north of Garden Street. A special focus of this tax-day event will be the cost of the Iraq War, how much Floridians have contributed to the cost in federal income taxes, and how this outlay has occured at the sacrifice of much-needed programs that serve children and families.

Location:
Martin Luther King, Jr. Plaza, N. Palafox Street, two blocks north of Garden Street.

Cost: no cost

Organizer:

silent vigil in hollister

now approaching our 3rd year.
grieving all victims of violence.
please wear black and prepare for counterdemonstrators.

Location:
corner of 4th and san benito streets
hollister

Organizer:

Santa Cruz Out Now Peace Vigils

Organizer: Santa Cruz Peace Coalition, Women in Black and CodePink

Come and join the Santa Cruz Peace Coalition, Women in Black and CodePink as they peacefully demonstrate for an end to war.

Two locations:

Ocean and Water Streets, Santa Cruz

North Branciforte Overpass on Hwy. 1, Santa Cruz

Location:

Directions: Water and Ocean: Take Ocean Street Exit, continue on Ocean Street until you reach Water.

North Branciforte Overpass: From Water and Ocean, proceed east (uphill) on Water Street. At the intersection of N. Branciforte and Water, take a left (north). Proceed approximately two blocks to the overpass.

Note: If traffic under the overpass is moving briskly, demonstrators have decided to move to the Ocean & Water location out of consideration for driver safety.

Location:
Branciforte Overpass and Corner of Ocean & Water

Directions: North Branciforte Overpass: From Water and Ocean, proceed east (uphill) on Water Street. At the intersection of N. Branciforte and Water, take a left (north). Proceed approximately two blocks to the overpass.

Using OpenSource Software

From general to specific, covers the range of common intermediate computer usage, from using free opensource software to installing
Introduction. Discussion of the history of the Free Software Movement. KNOPPIX GNU/Linux and Dynebolic live CD demo, run linux without installing it. Free software sampler, Open Office, Scribus, Audacity, Mozilla, Firefox, Thunderbird, Evolution, Nvu, GIMP, Muse, others...
This class assumes a solid understanding of basic computer knowledge. .

Contact: Thomas

Location:
Barrios Unidos, 1817 Soquel Ave

Cost: Free Skool classes are free, donations are accepted for materials if applicable

Organizer:

URL: http://santacruz.freeskool.org/

"Challenging U.S. Human Rights Violations Since 9/11"

Ann Fagan Ginger, Founder and Executive Director of the Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute, Berkeley, CA. will speak on "Challenging U.S. Human Rights Violations Since 9/11."

An unprecedented opportunity to hear one of the nation's leading experts on civil liberties discuss how the Bush Administration, since 9/11, has abused our constitutional rights.
Professor Ginger's talk will be of special interest to activists, lawyers, students, teachers, union members, government officials and judges as well as lay citizens concerned with the assault on our civil liberties in the era of the Patriot Act and the War on Terrorism.
Ginger will report on the more than 180 alleged violations of human rights by the Bush Administrations, from Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo to the keeping of thousands of nuclear bombs on trigger alert and the cutting of funding to schools in low income neighborhoods.
She will also address the recent trial and conviction of attorney Lynne Stewart as well as talk about new paths of action for peace and democracy.
Howard Zinn, Noam Chomsky, Rep. John Conyers, Jr all have high praise for Ginger's newly released book(of the same title as her talk), published by Prometheus Books.

Don't miss this informative event!

Co-sponsored by SC 9/11 Truth Network, Womens' International League for Peace and Freedom, and National Lawyers Guild.

Location:
Veterans' Hall, 846 Front St. (next to P.O.) Santa Cruz.
Event is wheelchair accessible.

Cost: $5 to $15 sliding scale(no one turned away for lack of funds)

Organizer:

Krank It Up Open

Krank It Up! community bike project will be open on Fridays from 2-5pm. Krank It Up! provides the knowledge and the tools of a full service bicycle shop, minus the capitalism! Krank It Up is run by non paid community volunteers. Everyone is welcome. Krank It Up encourages self education and creativity through hands on learning. The project is funded on donations. Call 222 6927 for more details. Krank it Up is located inside of THE CAMP @ 663 Industrial Dr. at Railroad square

Location:

Planet Neighboorhood - Pt. 2 - Work

"Planet Neighborhood," is a three part series looking at the latest in energy saving technology and good design.

Hosted by architect Bill McDonough and producer of "The Next Industrial Revolution," it could hardly be more optimistic. In an enthusiastic tone, McDonough poses the question, "Wouldn't it be great if we could live more comfortable and healthier lives while saving money and the environment?" And instead of preaching what might be, this series shows us examples of what is actually being done in topics as far reaching as industrial waste cleanup to a homeowner's efforts to reduce energy consumption and utility bills.

Work

Environmental challenges surround the places in which we work and the cars we use to get there. Featured are a look at "sick building syndrome" and the design of new office buildings for the 21st century; a visit with a chemical plant that has found solutions for controlling waste emissions; and a survey of new trends in automobiles and auto-recycling.

We see an extraordinary contrast between a multimillion dollar courthouse in Stuart, Fla., that has literally made its workers sick, and an innovative Manhattan skyscraper that even supplies its own fresh air.

The auto industry's trend toward 100% recyclability is illustrated by one man's profitable attempt to instill new life into old plastic bumpers; and a visit to a high school shop class where tomorrow's mechanics tackle the creation of a high-powered electric car.

Location:
Tallahassee Progressive Center
1720 S. Gadsden Street

Cost: Free (Donations Appreciated)

Directions: From the Capitol Building drive south on Monroe St. Turn left at the second stop light after the railroad overpass (Palmer St.), and then the next right onto Gadsden. The Center is the big two story white building on the right.

Organizer:

URL: http://www.heartoftheearth.org/calendar.htm

The Robin Thrush Jr. Band

The Robin Thrush Jr. Band featuring 15 year old Robin Thrush Jr. will appear live at B.B. Kings in Nashville, every Saturday in April. 5 pm to 7pm. No Cover.

Location:
B.B. Kings Blues Club, 152 2nd-Ave-N, Nashville, TN

Cost: No Cover before 6pm

Directions: Off Broadway, Downtown Nashville

URL: www.robinthrushjrband.com

Cocktail Party

The Twatts are meeting for a cocktail party to get liquored up before going out to Cherry!

Location:

Organizer:

Cherry

Opening April 15th,
New Lesbian night out.
featuring djs: Amateur Youth, Colby B

Location:
The War Room
722 E Pike St
on Capitol Hill, across from Toys in Babeland

Cost: 6.00

URL: http://www.cherryseattle.com/

A Call To Action

April 15 (Tax Day) -- A Call To Action
Our taxes fund war when they should fund childcare,
affordable housing, jobs, education and health care.

Join us on tax day (Friday, April 15): be a living illustration of the cost of war -- economic and human -- to our local communities, the US military and the people of Iraq. Come together as a united and strong community.

8:15am (gather)
Action: 8:30am to 9:15am Federal Building

"Die-in" (dramatization), speakers, music

The time is now. Congress is continuing to approve more money for unending war. Using our bodies and voices we will demand a reprioritization of federal spending and will focus attention on the devastating consequences of diverting our tax dollars to war-making.

JOIN US. EVERY BODY IS NEEDED.

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TRANSPORTATION INFORMATION:

If you can car pool, please do so. Directions available from AFSC. We have 120 (round-trip) bus seats available. BUSES ARE FREE. Donations welcome.
Reservations required: call AFSC 413.584.8975

Bus #1: Haigis Mall horseshoe, UMass (7:30am),
downtown Amherst at Peter Pan (7:40am),
Mi Plaza Restaurant, 325 Main St, Holyoke (8:10am)

Bus #2: John M. Greene Hall, Smith College (7:30am),
Arise for Social Justice, 94 Rifle Street, Springfield (8:10am)

There are many tax day events to choose from.
Traprock will be in front of Greenfield's Market (beginning in the morning) and Arise will be at the Springfield post office in the afternoon. The Global Women's History Project is also offering a weekend-long conference at Westfield State College...lots to do.
Jo Comerford
American Friends Service Committee, Western Massachusetts
140 Pine Street, Room 10
Florence, Massachusetts 01062

Location:
1550 Main Street, Springfield

Organizer:

URL: www.WesternMassAFSC.org

emma's revolution/Pat Humphries & Sandy O in concert 4/15!

"the epitome of great, contemporary political music"--Sing Out! Magazine

Get energized with an uprising of truth and hope from award-winning, activist songwriters, Pat Humphries & Sandy O. Featured on NPR's "All Things Considered," Pacifica's "Democracy Now!" and winners of the John Lennon Songwriting Competition Grand Prize, their songs are sung at vigils and demonstrations around the world. "Salaam, Shalom, Peace" shirts, MP3s and more at: www.emmasrevolution.com

Peter Siegel (www.petersiegel.com) opens.

Location:
PACE (Pioneer Arts Center of Easthampton)
41 Union Street, Easthampton
Tickets and info: 413-527-3700 or info@pioneerarts.org
http://www.pioneerarts.org

Cost: $12

URL: http://www.emmasrevolution.com