Wien, Que(e)r Beisl: Doppelleben - Doppeldiskriminierung?

Schwullesbische oder transgender MigrantInnen habens nicht leicht, müssen sie doch meist mit doppelter Diskriminierung kämpfen. Durch die ständige Konfrontation mit Rassismus und Homophobie leben viele schwullesbische MigrantInnen lieber unsichtbar ein Doppellleben. Wie trotz allen Herausforderungen eine positive Integration möglich sein kann, wird Viennamix, einzige schwullesbische + transgender MigrantInnen-Organisation in Wien, zur Diskussion stellen. Gezeigt werden auch Filmausschnitte als Beispiele schwullesbischer Lebenswelten von MigrantInnen.

Weitere Infos unter: www.viennamix.at

Location:
Que(e)r Beisl im EKH, jeden Mittwoch Beislbetrieb ab 18:30, Veranstaltungsbeginn 20:00 im Ernst Kirchweger Haus, Wielandgasse 2-4, 1100 Wien (U1 Keplerplatz)

Organizer:

URL: http://raw.at/queer/programm/mar2005.htm

Incorporating Faith

9am - 11am

A Special Invitation to Business People in Congregations

Cooperative Metropolitan Ministries (CMM) is launching an exciting project
geared to expanding job opportunities for homeless parents and other low-income people.

We see this new employment initiative as a vehicle through which business people can live out the principles of their faith, while also helping to show that employers can benefit from utilizing the resources and people in their communities.

We are inviting business people to help us brainstorm strategies to involve
others in the effort and shape it's direction. In this endeavor, CMM is partnering with Transition to Work, a Boston nonprofit with solid experience in supporting employment for low-income people.

We hope you will be able to attend the first brainstorming meeting.

Please RSVP about your interest in this project and whether you will be able to attend on March 2.

If you have questions, please call me at 617-244-3650 on Thursdays or Fridays.

Sincerely,
Cecilia Villero
Social Work Intern

The Mission of Cooperative Metropolitan Ministries is to bring people together across economic, religious, racial, and ethnic boundaries so that, in partnership, we can work more effectively for a just society.

Location:
The Boston Foundation
75 Arlington St, 10th Floor
(Across from the Park Plaza Hotel)
Boston

Health of the Defense Industry

"Structure, Dynamics and Health of the Defense Industry"

Pierre Chao

MIT's Security Studies Program presents its regular Wednesday Seminar Series.

Join us as guest speaker, Peter Chao, Senior Fellow & Director Defense-Industrial Initiatives at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, discusses "Structure, Dynamics and Health of the Defense Industry."

Sponsor
Center for International Studies

Open to the public

Location:
E38, 6th Floor Conference Room M.I.T.

Cost: free

URL: http://events.mit.edu/scripts/event.pl?93381

Trade, Environment & Development

Trade, Environment and Development: Issues, linkages, challenges

Professor Paul Ekins, Policy Studies Institute, London

CMI Distinguished Lecture Series in Sustainable Development

Sponsor
Parsons Laboratory, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cambridge-MIT Institute (CMI)
 
Open to the public

cee.mit.edu/index.pl

Location:
9-151 M.I.T.

Cost: free

URL: http://events.mit.edu/scripts/event.pl?94290

Emergency Rally: Stop Deportation of Obain Attouoman

Obain, a teacher in the Boston public school system, is facing deportation by the Department of Homeland Security because of a missed immigration hearing in 2001. Obain misread the handwritten date. In spite of the fact that his life would be in danger if he is forced to return to the Ivory Coast the Department of Homeland Security has, so far, refused to reverse the deportation order.

At a rally in early February hundeds of students and supporters came out to demand that Obain be allowed to stay in this country.

Fenway High School is asking the activist community of Boston to come to demonstrate their outrage at the proposed deportation of Obain Attouoman, a teacher at Fenway High School and the Boston Public Schools for 10 years. If we don't stop this injustice this week, Obain may be deported this weekend!

Please forward this to as many activists and activist organizations as you can.

This is an issue of justice and racial justice. Obain is from the Ivory Coast seeking political asylum. Of the 400 individuals incarcerated last year while Obain was being detained on a minor visa problem only 2 were not people of color.

This year, the Immigration Department is also trying to deport refugees from the Montserrat Volcano even though they have nowhere to go if sent back to Montserrat.

For more information about Obain visit the Fenway High School website:

fenway.boston.k12.ma.us

Location:
JFK Federal Building, Boston

Organizer:

URL: http://fenway.boston.k12.ma.us

Unconstitutional: The War On Our Civil Liberties

A film portraying how civil liberties have been trampled on by the U.S.A. Patriot Act and Bush administration policies.

The fall of 2001 brought us assaults against Americans' comfort zone on many fronts. We learned that we could fall victim to attacks on US soil and we learned that those guarantees provided to us in the Constitution were equally vulnerable.

Unconstitutional: The War on Our Civil Liberties, is the third in a series of Public Interest Pictures films that follows Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election and Uncovered: The War on Iraq. True to their legacy, Unconstitutional provides the facts and stories that illuminate administration lies, wrongheaded policies, and the real victims of these actions--the American people.

Here, you'll get the real story behind the USA PATRIOT Act and other administration policies and the gut wrenching stories behind those affected--from law-abiding store clerks to United States Olympians unable to travel.  It'll remind you of what America used to stand for and what it seems we're falling for now. In short, this one-hour film will affirm why you're angry and give you a tool to help others join your ranks.

"We created Unconstitutional to show Americans the extent to which our civil liberties and our freedoms have been trampled upon by our government since 9/11," said Robert Greenwald, the film's executive producer. "The more Americans understand what is at stake, and what has already been lost, the more determined we become to protect our rights." Unconstitutional, which was written, directed and produced by Nonny de la Peña, explores how the Patriot Act has taken away checks on law enforcement and continues to endanger the civil liberties of all Americans. The Patriot Act, which was passed just 45 days after September 11 with virtually no debate, is being met with a significant grassroots groundswell from across the political spectrum. Resolutions opposing the Patriot Act have passed in approximately 340 communities in 41 states, including four statewide resolutions. These communities represent over 53 million people who believe that the Patriot Act goes too far. Unconstitutional is a chilling look at how the Patriot Act went too far, too fast in restricting important liberties while not making us any safer," ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero said. "The ACLU is proud to support Greenwald's effort to present a bipartisan view of the problems with the Patriot Act." By focusing on the personal stories of real people, Unconstitutional aims to reveal how paranoia, fear and racial profiling have led to gross infringements on freedom and democracy without strengthening national security. In addition to interviews with Romero, the film features a diverse cross-section of people, including:

Vincent Cannistraro, former director of the CIA's counter-terrorism operations Aquil Abdullah, member of the U.S. rowing team at the 2004 Olympics Anne Turner, Librarian, Santa Cruz Public Library Bob Barr, former Republican Congressman from Georgia Major Michael Mori, U.S. military lawyer appointed to Guantanamo detainee David Hicks

Sam Hamoui, a Seattle resident whose parents and sister were detained by federal agents

De la Peña has four feature length documentaries to her credit, including the critically acclaimed The Jaundiced Eye. She has also contributed investigative reports for BBC's Omnibus & Inside Story, A&E's Investigative Reports and The Discovery Channel, and was part of the team that created HBO's Death on the Job, which was nominated for an Academy Award.

Honan-Allston Library, Allston
6pm
Speaker: John Bookston
(ACLU of Massachusetts' Civil Liberties Task Force)

All Soul's Unitarian-Universalist Church, Braintree
7pm
Speaker: Kaila Eisenkraft
(ACLU of Massachusetts)

Central Square Senior Center, Cambridge
7pm
Speaker: Vijay Shah
(ACLU of Massachusetts' Civil Liberties Task Force)

Chatham Library, Chatham
7pm

Duxbury Free Library, Duxbury
7:30pm
Speaker: Sarah Wunch
(ACLU Staff Attorney)

Littleton Municipal Building, Room #103, Littleton
7:30pm
Speaker: Stan Griffith
(ACLU of Massachusetts' Civil Liberties Task Force)

O'Leary Library, Room 327
UMass Lowell, South Campus, Lowell
5:45pm
Speaker: Carl Takei
(ACLU of Massachusetts' Civil Liberties Task Force)

Milton Council on Aging
10 Walnut Street, Milton
7pm
Speaker: Marilyn Levin
(ACLU of Massachusetts' Civil Liberties Task Force)

West Newton Cinema, Newton
7pm
Speaker: Boston College Law Professor Charles Baron
(ACLU of Massachusetts Speakers Bureau)
Presented by: Newton Dialogues on Peace
www.bostonmobilization.org/

Rockport Community Center, Rockport
7pm
Speaker: John Roberts
(ACLU of Massachusetts' Civil Liberties Task Force)

First Parish Unitarian-Universalist Church, Scituate
7pm
Speaker: Nancy Murray
(Director, ACLU of Massachusetts' Civil Liberties Task Force)

Location:
multiple locations

Cost: donations welcome

Organizer:

URL: http://www.aclu-mass.org/upcomingevents/Unconstitutional_Screenings.htm

Role of Religion in Foreign Policy

WorldBoston's Role of Religion in Foreign Policy Lecture Series

Wednesday, March 2 "Christianity"

Thursday, April 7 "Islam"

Thursday, May 5 "Judaism"

Thursday, June 2 Summary [Mezzanine Conference Rm]

Join WorldBoston for this four-part series of panel discussions focusing on the intersection of religion and foreign policy.

Each segment in the series will more closely examine one of the major Abrahamic religions, with the final session serving as a summary.

Location:
Mezzanine Conference Rm. (Ext. 2212)
Boston Public Library
700 Boylston St., Boston

URL: http://www.bpl.org/news/upcomingevents.htm

CCTV Orientation

This is the first step to getting involved with CCTV. You must attend one and then become a member of CCTV before enrolling in our Production Certification courses. The Orientation explains the history of PEG access and CCTV, explains CCTV's policies, operations and your options for getting involved, and discusses your responsibilities. Want a reminder call before the next one? Call (617)-661-6900 and ask to join our calling list.

Location:
CCTV Central Square Cambridge

Organizer:

URL: http://www.cctvcambridge.org/

Jenny Holzer: Working in Public

Contemporary Art

The Ruth and Carl J. Shapiro Celebrity Lectures

March 2nd and 3rd, 2005

For more than twenty-five years, Jenny Holzer has presented her astringent ideas, arguments, and sorrows in public places and international exhibitions, from the Venice Biennale, to the Guggenheim in New York and in Bilbao, Spain, as well as the MFA’s West Wing. Whether formulated as a T-shirt, plaque, or LED sign, Holzer’s medium is always language, and the public dimension is integral to the delivery of her work. Starting in the late 1970s with Truisms and Inflammatory Essays—posters plastered to the walls of New York buildings—Holtzer’s LED screens, granite benches, and recently, projections on prominent façades, counter ignorance and violence with humor, kindness, and moral courage. Join Jenny Holzer for a discussion of the nature of public art and working in public spaces.

This annual series, generously funded by the Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family Foundation, brings the greatest names in the arts to the MFA. Join us from October through April for six exciting lectures with celebrated speakers chosen for their achievements, creativity, and fresh perspectives.

Location:
Remis Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts

URL: http://www.mfa.org

Comparative Social Policy U.S. - Cuba

Comparative Social Policy U.S. - Cuba: 2005
  
Presentations by the Boston College Graduate School Comparative Social Policy Class did two weeks research in Cuba in January 2005.

Professor Demetrius Iatridis, Instructor.

Reports, discussion, and exhibits on Cuban vs. U.S. child welfare, gender equality, education, health and housing.

Refreshments served.  

Boston College Graduate School of Social Work

Location:
McGuinn Hall 121 Boston College

Cost: free

Directions: www.bc.edu/about/maps

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

The Lafayette 8, Richard Picariello & The DNC 3

"Homeland Security" in Boston

Homeland Security and the Criminalization of Dissent in Boston:
Police Surveillance, Secret Dossiers, and the DNC Cases

An evening of information and discussion concerning "The Lafayette 8," Richard Picariello, and "The DNC 3"

What do "The Lafayette 8," Richard Picariello and "The DNC3" all have in common?

All are activists arrested in or around Boston near or during the time of the Democratic National Convention whose cases are now making their way through the courts. In all three cases, political activists were targeted for arrest under heightened police security and surveillance using a joint local and federal police apparatus created under the pre-text of "fighting terrorism."

In all three cases, police and prosecutors have used this same pretext for refusing to turn over evidence and police intelligence related to the arrests. These cases are part of a pattern under the system of Homeland Security: secret evidence, secret information sharing, secret dossiers on people engaged in all forms of political activity, and the criminalization of protest under the pretext of "fighting terrorism."

Learn more about all three cases and about local police surveillance and repression against activists. Information obtained through FOIA petitions on behalf of Amer Jubran--a Palestinian activist arrested in 2003 and later forced to leave the country--will also be presented. This will include a short film with clips from more than 12 police surveillance tapes of local demonstrations, as well as evidence of coordinated information sharing between local and federal police agencies aimed at creating extensive files on people engaged in political activities protected under the First Amendment.

There will be brief talks by Michael Auffinger of "The Lafayette 8" and representatives of the other defense cases, as well as Richard Hugus of the Amer Jubran Defense Committee, and Kazi Toure.

Sponsored by
Anarchist Black Cross of Boston
(www.anarchistblackcross.org)
and the New England Committee to Defend Palestine
(www.onepalestine.org)

Location:
Community Church of Boston, 565 Boylston St. Boston
(Across the street from Copley Square)

URL: http://www.anarchistblackcross.org

"Johnny Got His Gun" at Radical Film Night

In coordination with the Huntington Theatre Company and their production of ‘Trumbo: Red, White and Blacklisted’ we are showing this currently out-of-distribution anti-war classic written and directed by blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo (based upon his novel of the same name published in 1939).

“A heartbreaking anti-war allegory”

A young American soldier (Joe) in WW I is wounded by a landmine. He looses his arms, legs and eyes as well as his ability to hear, speak or smell. Lying in hospital he is not able to distinguish if he is awake or if he is dreaming. Trying to find out he relives his story in strange dreams and memories. One day Joe finds a way to communicate with the doctors.

1971, 111min

Location:
Lucy Parsons Center
549 Columbus Avenue
Boston's South End

Cost: free

Organizer:

URL: http://www.lucyparsons.org

Ralph Nader at Harvard Law School

Ralph Nader: "Laws, Outlaws and Outrage"

sponsored by: American Constitution Society, Harvard Law School

Location:
Harvard Law School, Langdell Hall South, Cambridge

Cost: free and open to the public

URL: http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/acs/

Facing Up to Evil in an Age of Genocide and Terror

Os Guinness

Unspeakable: Facing Up to Evil in an Age of Genocide and Terror

Author and speaker Os Guinness confronts our inability to understand evil -- let alone respond to it effectively -- by providing both a lexicon and a strategy for finding a way forward. Since 9/11, much public discussion has centered on the destructiveness of extrem-ist religion. Guinness provocatively argues that this is far from an accurate picture and too easy an explanation. In this expansive exploration of both the causes of modern evil and solutions for the future, he faces our tragic recent past and our disturbing present with courageous honesty. In order to live an “examined life,” Guinness writes, we must come to terms with our beliefs regarding evil and ultimately join the fight against it.

He discusses evil as evidenced in human history. How we understand evil is not merely an academic question for philosophers or a matter of personal morality; it is has powerful significance for our national politics and policies. Are violence and warfare inevitable aspects of the human condition? Are individuals who strive for justice and equality facing impossible odds?

FUTURE EVENTS:

March 9
VLADIMIR PUTIN & THE OLIGARCHS:
Hope for the Future or Echo of the Past?
Marshall Goldman, Internationally renowned Associate Director of Harvard's Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies

March 16
THE FUTURE OF THE BRAIN
Steven Rose, a leading scientist on neuroscience

March 23
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS
Boston College sociologist & expert on biological weapons Jeanne Guillemin

March 30
BLOOD AND OIL
The Dangers and Consequences of America's Growing Oil Dependency
Michael Klare, professor of Peace and World Security Studies at Hampshire
College

April 6
AFRICAN AMERICAN LIVES
Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Professor of History and African American Studies at Harvard University

April 13
CAN GOD & CAESAR CO-EXIST?
Balancing Religious Freedom and International Law
Father Robert Drinan, former U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts, professor of law and human rights advocate

April 20
THE RACE TO THE BOTTOM: Jobs, Trade, Deficits, and Justice
Alan Tonelson, a fellow at the United States Business and Industry
Council

May 4
THE RON BURNS MEMORIAL FORUM ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Ray Kurzweil, Internationally renowned scientist and entrepreneur

May 11
TERROR INCORPORATED: TRACING THE DOLLARS BEHIND THE TERROR NETWORK
Loretta Napoleoni, Italian journalist and terrorism expert

May 18 IN PRAISE OF SLOWNESS:
How a Worldwide Movement Is Changing the Cult of Speed
Canadian journalist Carl Honore

Cambridge Forums are free and open to the public.
Book signing will follow program.
Open discussion follows speaker presentation.
Events are recorded for public radio broadcast.
CDs and tapes are available. Call 617-495-2727.
Forums can also be viewed online:
Go to www.cambridgeforum.org and click on the WGBH Forum Network.

Cambridge Forum
3 Church Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
director-AT-cambridgeforum.org

"Bringing people together to talk again . . ."

Location:
First Parish Church 3 Church Street Cambridge

Cost: free

URL: http://www.cambridgeforum.org

Politisk Pils i Trondheim

Politisk Pils i regi av NTNU/HiST Attac.

Avslappet debatt over en kaffe e.l.

På Cafe Ni Muser kl 20.00

Location:
Cafe Ni Muser, trondheim

Organizer:

VAGINA MONOLOGUES

The Vagina monologues is a play about women's rights and gender issues more generally. It deals with a whole range of subject matter, in a sensitive, shocking and HILARIOUS way!
We are performing in the MOOD BAR (next to the Omni Centre, opposite the St. James' Centre at the west end of Princes St.) on Tuesday, Wed and Thurs 1-3rd MARCH (THIS WEEK!). It's £4 for students, £6 for non, no age restrictions, it's at 7pm and it will last about 1.5 hours.
[The money is all going to women's rights and gender-based violence charities.]

Come and hear a triple orgasm moan, the story of the old lady who hadn't been 'down there' since 1953, and some shocking facts about masterbation...

All are welcome!

Location:
MOOD BAR (next to the Omni Centre at the top of Leith Walk/West end of Princes St

Cost: £4 students, £6 other

Showing of 'Arna's Children'

Arna Mer (1929 - 1995) led in the last years of her life a small theatre group of Palestinian children on the West Bank. Her son Juliano, who directed the group, used all those years his camera to film the rehearsals and performances of the plays. Arna Mer was awarded the Right Livelihood Award, an alternative Nobel Prize. Juliano Mer Khamis is the son of the Jewish Arna and an Arab father. For more info see www.arnaschildren.com.

Location:
Quaker Meeting House, Elmbank Crescent (beside King's Theatre) Glasgow.

March 20th - Worldwide Screenings of WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception

A WMD ALERT: FIGHT LIES WITH TRUTH

March 20th - Worldwide Screenings of WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception

It's been two years in Iraq and 50 percent of the US public still does not understand how the Bush Administration and the US media system manipulates and shapes public opinion. Don't you think it is time to set the record straight and hold the media accountable?

On March 20th, to mark the second anniversary of the Iraq invasion, WMD will be having an International Day of screenings.

In homes and community centers across the globe people will gather to spread the truth about the role played by the US media system in promoting the war by screening WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception. Please join us.

If you want to join this global screening movement, email David-AT-wmdthefilm.com



David DeGraw
Outreach
WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception
Inside the Iraq Media War You Never Saw
www.WMDtheFilm.com
212-246-0202 Ext. 3005

Location:

Chiapas Caravan Pot Luck

Pastors for Peace caravaners on their way to Chiapas Mexico will stop in San Diego to share information about their upcoming trip to Chiapas. Border crossing from Texas into Mexico March 10, Program in Chiapas March 14-24. Arrive back in U.S. March 27.

Location:
First Unitarian Universalist Church, 4190 Front St. in Hillcrest

Cost: Donation

Directions: Take First Ave. north off University Ave. Turn left on Arbor St. Drive 2 blocks to Front St. Park in church parking lot across the street from the UCSD Medical Center.

Organizer:

Santa Barbara Progressive Coalition

Progressives gather monthly to share ideas and encourage one another. Always some sort of inspirational program. We hope you'll join us.

Location:
Franklin Neighborhood Community Center
1136 E. Montecito Street
Santa Barbara, CA

Cost: Free

Directions: Halfway between Milpas and the Riviera roundabout

URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SBProgCoalition/

celebrating radical publishing

The center for participant education presents a showcase of local radical/progressive media. Our feature will be a presentation from the FIfth Estate the oldest english anarchist magazine. This event will be at FSU in the student union in the Florida Ballroom from 7-9 pm. Local media reasources will include the Apalachee Tortoise, v89, THE CAMP, and an interactive presentation with Rich Templin on Tally IMC.

please call 850 644 6577 for more info
also email us @ sgacpe-AT-admin.fsu.edu

Location:
Florida Ballroom at FSU

Cost: FREE

Organizer:

ACTION: STOP THE STATE’S ANTI-GAY AGENDA!

Tennessee Legislators Are Now Scheming to Outlaw:

Adoption by Gays
Foster Parenting by Gays
Gay Civil Unions
Gay Marriage

What’s Next?
A Bill to Outlaw the Gay Vote?

YOU ARE NEEDED!
Come to the Protest at the Capitol

Send Legislators A Loud & Clear Message:
STOP THE HOMOPHOBIA!

Location:
Downtown Nashville, @ the Capitol
(Charlotte Avenue facing Legislative Plaza)

Organizer:

URL: http://www.guerillawomentn.blogspot.com

'End of Surburbia' screening

When will ‘peak oil’ production occur? What will be the impact on suburban life? What will be the impact on North America and the world? Where do we go from here?

Come to a the film 'End of Surburbia' and discussion afterwards about the impending oil crisis and its impacts on our lives.

Location:
ATAC 1005, Lakehead University, 955 Oliver Road

Cost: FREE

Directions: large brightly light building on campus - first floor

Organizer:

URL: www.endofsurburbia.com

AlliantACTION Vigil

Ninth year of a weekly vigil outside international war merchant Alliant Techsystem's corporate headquarters. Although we are opposed to specific weapon systems produced by ATK, our main concern is the violent solutions this Minnesota based company represents to complex world problems. We ask who profits and who dies?

Location:
Alliant’s corporate Headquarters, 5050 Lincoln Drive, Edina. Take Hwy 169 north or south toward Hopkins. Take the 5th St/Lincoln Dr. exit. Turn east one block.

Networking continues at breakfast for those interested following the vigil.

Organizer:

URL: http://www.circlevision.org/alliantaction.html

Merriam Park Neighbors for Peace Meeting

Merriam Park Neighbors for Peace Meeting
Wednesdays
7:00 p.m.

Most Wednesdays (all but the last Wednesday of the month), our meetings are held at St. Mark's Catholic Church, 2001 Dayton Avenue, St. Paul. Community Room in NW corner of Lower Church (basement). Enter through door on NW side of church near rectory and go downstairs to Community Room on immediate left.

Map to St. Mark's Catholic Church:
www.mppeace.org/images/mapmppeacemeeting.gif

On the last Wednesday of each month, a social potluck dinner is held at 6:00 p.m. at a member's home. Please e-mail us at info-AT-mppeace.org or call (651) 647-0580 or (651) 641-7592 for the location of this month's potluck, or for more information on our group. You can also visit our web site for a complete listing of all of our upcoming and ongoing events: www.mppeace.org/events/

To find a neighborhood peace/justice group near you, visit Minnesota Neighbors for Peace at www.mnneighbors4peace.org.

Location:
Community Room, St. Mark's Catholic Church, 2001 Dayton Avenue, St. Paul

Cost: Free

Organizer:

URL: http://www.mppeace.org/events/