“Economic and Political Risk” Conference

The Information Radio Network will host a one-day conference Thursday, March 24, 2005 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Westin Peachtree Plaza in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Larry Bates will conduct this special briefing intended to help individuals discover the truth about our government and survive our failing economy.

In the midst of an economic downturn, Americans are perched precariously on the edge of an unstable, debt-based monetary system. There is not enough money printed for the government to pay back its debts, which can only lead to further inflation. As a result, fortunes have been made and lost with ordinary citizens often seeing much of what they have worked a lifetime to accumulate disappearing almost overnight. Confusion is now rampant, as many bought the lie of the last decade that a new economy would bring “unbridled prosperity.”

However, the bankers and Wall Street forgot to mention that this “Greatest Economy in fifty years” is financed on borrowed money. John Maynard Keynes, the architect of our current economic system confirmed in his 1920 book, The Economic Consequences of the Peace, that our system is nothing less than a carefully laid-out plan to fleece the American people of their hard-earned money.

Dr. Bates says in his book, The New Economic Disorder, “The greatest shock of this decade is that more people are about to lose more money than in any time before in our history. The second greatest shock is the incredible amount of money just a relatively small group of people will make at the exact same time.”

The “Economic and Political Risk” conference will help attendees understand that our government is powerless to prevent an economic catastrophe. Dr. Bates will share the secrets of the banking industry and prepare citizens to be on the receiving end of an enormous transfer of wealth.

Dr. Larry Bates is the host of the daily national talk show Unravelling the New World Order, which can be heard in the Atlanta area on WGUN AM 1010 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 pm ET. The broadcast focuses on Economics, Politics, and Religion.

Dr. Bates is a former bank CEO who taught for the Banking Administration Institute and the state college system of Tennessee. He is also a former member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, where he was Chairman of the Committee on Banking and Commerce.

Best-selling author of the book The New Economic Disorder, Dr. Bates is the publisher and editor of the Monetary and Economic Review, a quarterly economic and financial publication that analyzes the economy and financial markets from a geopolitical perspective. He is also the publisher and editor of Unravelling the New World Order, a quarterly exposé newsletter of how government, financial and religious insiders are deciding your future. Both of these publications have subscribers in all 50 states and twelve foreign countries.

The “Economic and Political Risk” conference will include a special presentation on the Economics of Health Issues. Registration is $15 per person, or $25 per couple. Those wishing to attend can register online at www.inforadionet.com or by calling (800) 336-7000.

Location:
Westin Peachtree Plaza

Cost: $15, $25 couple

Organizer:

URL: www.inforadionet.com

Inside Books Volunteer Night

Inside Books Volunteer Night



Come and open letters from Texas inmates and send them books that they request. We need all the help we can get.
Also, we always encourage people to bring dictionaries and book donations (soft back, please)for our library.

This is a non-profit organization formed to help Texas inmates through literacy and self-education.

Thursdays 6pm-10pm
Sundays 7pm-12am

Location:
Rhizome Collective
(300 E Allen St)

Cost: FREE

Directions: To volunteer: On volunteer nights we can be found at 300 Allen Street in the Allen Street Warehouse. From the highway, take 7th Street east past Pleasant Valley. Once you pass Pleasant Valley you will go over a bridge. The first right turn after the bridge is Allen Street. Allen Street will dead end into the Allen Street Warehouse, which will be on your right.

Organizer:

URL: http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?searchtype=address&country=US&addtohistory=&searchtab=home&address=300+Allen+street&city=A

A musical Homage to Romero

In celebration of the life of Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero, 25 years afer his assassination.


Music by:
DJ Orion, Mauricio Callejas, Sammy "guajiro" Ramirez y sus afro-cuban Tambores, Gustavo Rodriguez Band, y Nelson Saga & Arma del Alma

-proceeds to benefit the Romero Memorial Tree Project

Location:
Ruta Maya Coffee co.
3601 S. Congress
Austin, TX

Cost: $5- suggested donation

Organizer:

RäumungSchluss Tage 2

Public Netbase
Den Mächtigen eine lange Nase drehen ... (18:00 Uhr)
Taktische Netz- und Medienkultur als politische Positionierung
Martin Wassermair und Clemens Apprich geben anhand ausgewählter Projektbeispiele eine Einführung in die Welt des elektronischen zivilen Ungehorsams. Siehe dazu auch den Beitrag im SOHO Reader (S.50-52):

EKH
Austrofred liest aus seinen Memoiren & Guigue

TÜWI
Mittag: Infostand und Vokü am Gersthofer Platz
Nachmittag: Jonglierworkshop + T-Shirt Druck

VEKKS
videoprogramm:

* vergiss europa! ein weiß-schwarzfilm, 33 min kinoki, 1999
* hausfilm (arbeitstitel), 20 min lilo, nils, kaska, 2005
* nikaragua, 3 min lisbeth kovacic, 2004
* grenzen, 8 min katrin hornek, 2003
* der einbruch, 25 min max kaufmann, 2004
* home video, 10 min
* orten, 5 min paul wagner, 2003/04
* sozio schizo teil I, 30 min
* simultan zu den dreharbeiten fertig gewordene filme. bangkok, 15 min georg sturmelchner, 2004

lesungen:

* performatives abendamusement rund um gesellschaftspolitische belange. incl. hau-drauf und begleitend bewegten bildern.


hoppelmord karottnig, melamar, wolfgang e.e., valie göschl, amir p. peymann, turbotrixi

kurz- und mittelfristig alte medien: malerei, fotografie, installation mit konfliktpotential.
lilo, amin hak-hagir, d. gratisgeorg, albert huspeka

Breitenseer Lichtspiele
18:30; Wo die wilden Kerle wohnen. Inszenierte Doku über das Ernst-Kirchweger-Haus, von Lilo, Nils Olger, Kaska und anderen (15 min)
danach,
Wonderful - Urlaub wie noch nie. Ein Film von Hubsi Kramar

Location:

Wiener Kongress 2005 - Vorbereitungstreffen der AG Migration

ab 18:00 Vorbereitungstreffen der AG Migration im VEKKS, Zentagasse 26, 1050 Wien. Das Treffen soll Leuten die Möglichkeit geben, sich mit eigenen Inhalten, Ideen, Kreativität, Lust und Laune einzubringen.

Der Wiener Kongress selbst findet von 11. - 18. Mai 2005 in Wien statt. Im Rahmen dessen wird es einige Veranstaltungen zum Themenkomplex "Illegalisierung - Kriminalisierung - Internierung - Deportation - Widerstand" geben.

Weitere Informationen
- zum Wiener Kongress: wienerkongress.info/
- zur AG Migration: at.indymedia.org/newswire/display/53385

Location:
VEKKS, Zentagasse 26, 1050 Wien

URL: http://at.indymedia.org/newswire/display/53385

ekh-solikulturtagung im vekks

videoprogramm, lesungen, lang- und mittelfristig alte medien (malerei, fotografie, installation mit hui)

Location:
vekks
zentagasse 26
5.wiin

Cost: freie solispende

Thursday-Speakerscorner against the BlackBlueGovernment in Austria

Although we have Easter-Holidays there will be - as usual -
a Speakerscorner in front of the Chanclers Office on March 24th, because we have a reason 'to celebrate' 2 years Speakerscorner on thursdays regardless wind or snow or minus degrees or hot like hell: Gustl & Co. had a theme and talked the about the 'blacklist' of this government, which gets fuller and fuller, for example cutting off more and more democratic rights of people, passing laws which remember on times we thought should have passed...

Not to forget: Widerstandslesung, number 283, from 5 pm on
Ballhausplatz corner to Heldenplatz (which we renamed into Elfriede-Jelinek-Platz)

Location:
Ballhausplatz/Heldenplatz (i.e. Elfriede-Jelinek-Platz) and
in front of Chancelors Office

Organizer:

National Society of Black Engineers Convention

Quality programs, seminars, and networking events promise collegiate, technical professionals, graduate and pre-college students the chance to connect with over 12,000 conference attendees at one of the largest conventions of its kind.

Highlights include a two-day Career Fair and integrated Pre-Collegiate, Graduate School, and Technical Professional Conferences.

Golden Torch Awards recognize engineering, academic and career excellence.

The 2005 National Convention is an event not to miss!

Start Date: 3/23/2005
End Date: 3/27/2005

Location:
Hynes Convention Center 900 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02115

Directions: Nearest T Station: Green Line - Hynes Convention Center Station

URL: http://www.cityofboston.gov/calendar/calendar.asp?mode=single&id=8291&type=span

U.S. Military Operations in Afghanistan

The Project on the Means of Intervention Speaker Series Presents:

“U.S. Military Operations in Afghanistan: The Civilian Perspective”
Panelists:
David Rohde, Shorenstein Fellow and Foreign Correspondent, The New York Times
Habib Rahiab, Human Rights Program Visiting Fellow and former researcher, Human Rights Watch in Afghanistan
Masuda Sultan, MPA/MC student at KSG and Program Director, Women for Afghan Women
Kelley Friel (Moderator), Research Assistant, Carr Center

Refreshments will be served

About the Speakers
David Rohde is a Fellow at the Joan Shorenstein Center on Press, Politics & Public Policy at the Kennedy School. He is a foreign correspondent for The New York Times. For the last two and a half years, he has covered Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh as the newspaper's South Asia Bureau Co-Chief. He has also reported on war in Iraq, Afghanistan and Kosovo, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, fraud in the 2000 Florida presidential election, and New York City's criminal court system. In 2000, Rohde received an Open Society Institute individual project fellowship to write a series of articles examining ethnic and religious conflict. In 1994 and 1995, he covered the war in Bosnia for The Christian Science Monitor and was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for his stories on the massacre of 7,000 Bosnian Muslims in the town of Srebrenica. Rohde is the author of the book: Endgame: The Betrayal and Fall of Srebrenica. He is a graduate of Brown University. While at the Shorenstein Center, Rohde will examine American efforts to introduce free media in Muslim countries as a way to counter the spread of Islamic fundamentalism.

Habib Rahiab is a Visiting Fellow at the Human Rights Program at the Law School. He is an Afghan national and former researcher for Human Rights Watch in Afghanistan. Habib studied law at the Balkh University in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan. Prior to and while with Human Rights Watch, Habib worked with the Civic Institution Forum of Afghanistan and the Afghan Professional Alliance for Minority Rights. Recently, due to death threats and severe instability, he was forced to flee Afghanistan. Habib proposes research on the prospects for transitional justice in Afghanistan. While some of his research will involve the study of abuses committed in Afghanistan itself, the bulk of his work will focus on comparative analysis of truth commissions and tribunals in other countries facing recent histories of severe rights abuse. Habib seeks to apply this research to evaluate possible formats for rendering justice in Afghanistan.

Masuda Sultan is an MPA/MC student at the Kennedy School. She serves as Program Director of Women for Afghan Women, and is on the advisory board of the Business Council for Peace. Ms. Sultan co-produced and narrated From Ground Zero to Ground Zero, the first documentary on Afghan civilian casualties to air on US television, later shown in Europe and Japan. She is a contributing author to Women for Afghan Women: Shattering Myths and Claiming the Future. Ms. Sultan's memoirs, My War at Home, will be published in January 2006.

Kelley Friel is a Research Assistant at the Carr Center, where she assists Sarah Sewall with the Project on the Means of Intervention. Prior to joining the Carr Center, she worked as a Research Associate at the Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis – affiliated with the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University – where she engaged in various research and writing projects related to U.S. foreign and defense policy, foreign defense markets, and homeland security. Previously, Ms. Friel worked as an Intelligence Analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency, where she compiled analytical reports and briefings on Russian export controls and technology transfers. She holds a BA in International Studies and Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an MA in Security Studies from Georgetown University.

Location:
Carr Center for Human Rights Policy
Taubman B, 5th Floor, Taubman Building
Kennedy School, Harvard University

URL: http://ksgnotes1.harvard.edu/ksginfo/enews.nsf/details/DFF95912EB668F7685256FC8007BBA5D

The Myth of China's Leverage over North Korea

Brown Bag Lunch

International Security

The Myth of China's Leverage over North Korea
John Park, Research Fellow

In the North Korean nuclear crisis, there is a major difference between having leverage and having the ability to use it. China has the former, but not the latter. North Korea has both. If China is to stay above the deepening diplomatic quagmire, it will have to abandon its ad hoc approach to dealing with the crisis and adopt a Chinese-sponsored multilateral road map for negotiating North Korea's nuclear disarmament. The question remains whether Beijing will squander its dwindling diplomatic capital on further ad hoc efforts to bring North Korea back to an agenda-deficient table or start a new phase of road map-focused meetings.

Please join us! Coffee and tea  provided.

Everyone is welcome, but admittance is on a first come – first served basis.

Open to the public.

Event organized by International Security Program.

617-495-1400

bcsia_ksg (at ) harvard.edu

Location:
Perkins Room
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
John F. Kennedy School of Government
79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA 02138

URL: http://bcsia.ksg.harvard.edu/events.cfm?item_id=2268

Testing Internet Filtering Worldwide

Testing Internet Filtering Worldwide: the Saudi and Chinese Approaches

East Asian Legal Studies Lunchtime Speaker Series

Jonathan Zittrain is the Jack N. and Lillian R. Berkman Assistant Professor for Entrepreneurial Legal Studies and co-director of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School.

John Palfrey is the executive director of the Berkman Center and a lecturer on law at Harvard Law School.

Location:
Pound Hall, Room 419, Harvard Law School, Cambridge

URL: http://www.law.harvard.edu/programs/eals

Mothers as Mentors

Naomi & Ruth, Marge & Lisa: Mothers as Mentors

How do mothers and daughters teach and learn from each other?

How do mothers and women help daughters and girls negotiate the challenging hurdle of coming of age?

Using the tools of anthropology, folklore and literature, Penina Adelman will investigate these questions and others including how the mother-daughter, woman-girl relationship can serve as a lifelong model for learning.

Location:
Epstein Building, Lecture Hall, Brandeis University

URL: http://my.brandeis.edu/btime/item?item_id=467735

Kenneth E. Behring, Founder, Wheelchair Foundation

Leadership Speaker Series: "Road to Purpose"
Kenneth E. Behring, Founder, Wheelchair Foundation

The establishment of the Wheelchair Foundation marks the most recent chapter in Kenneth E. Behring’s philanthropic efforts to improve the lives of disadvantaged people around the world.

From his successful career as an automobile dealer in Wisconsin, Mr. Behring entered the world of real estate development in the 1960s. Over the course of the next 35 years, his companies created numerous planned communities in Florida and California.

After purchasing the Seattle Seahawks football team in 1988, Mr. Behring established the Seattle Seahawks Charitable Foundation, which benefited numerous children’s charities.

In 1997 he pledged $20 million to the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, and in 2000 he pledged an additional $80 million to rebuild the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. The Blackhawk Museum is now an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution.

In 1999 Mr. Behring donated shipments of wheelchairs to relief organizations in Eastern Europe and Africa. In the following months, he has traveled the world delivering wheelchairs to numerous countries. In June 2000, Mr. Behring committed $15 million to his newly created Wheelchair Foundation.

Since June 2000, Mr. Behring has tirelessly traveled the world delivering tens of thousands of wheelchairs to the disabled citizens of five continents. The relationships he has developed with world leaders have led to a greater awareness of the needs of the disabled, and are a great force in propelling the mission of the Wheelchair Foundation. In 2002 Mr. Behring was awarded an honorary doctorate by Brigham Young University for his worldwide charitable efforts.

For more information about the Wheelchair Foundation visit:
Http//www.wheelchairfoundation.org

Space is limited. Mr. Behring's book "Road to Purpose" will be available for all attendees.

Lunch Provided.

Location:
Center for Public Leadership
Conant Room (The Charles Hotel, 3rd floor)
Harvard University

URL: http://ksgnotes1.harvard.edu/ksginfo/enews.nsf/details/51FFCD7940114ECB85256FC700515F0F

Corporate Social Responsibility

The Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative Lecture
Akhtar Badshah, Senior Director, Community Affairs, Microsoft

Akhtar Badshah is senior director of Microsoft Community Affairs, where he administers the company’s global community investment and employee programs.

Among his responsibilities, Badshah manages Unlimited Potential, a global initiative to promote digital inclusion and increased access to technology skills training in underserved communities.

Unlimited Potential focuses on improving lifelong learning for disadvantaged young people and adults by providing technology skills through community-based organizations around the world.

Badshah also oversees programs aimed at helping nonprofit organizations improve their effectiveness through increased technology capacity.

Badshah serves on the Advisory Board for the Development Gateway Project of the World Bank, World Links India, World Corp., Teachers Without Borders and Datamation Foundation India.

He has co-edited “Connected for Development – Information Kiosks for Sustainability,” and authored “Our Urban Future: New Paradigms for Equity and Sustainability” and several articles in international journals on megacities and sustainability, urban and community development, and housing.

Location:
Bell Hall, 5th Floor, Belfer Building
Harvard University

URL: http://ksgnotes1.harvard.edu/ksginfo/enews.nsf/details/DE246F1C7A67B42985256FCB00632FF5

Congress and the Sin of Oversight

IOP Study Group

"You'll never work in this town again: Congress and the sin of oversight"

Tom Newcomb, Former Special Assistant to President Bush

This event is open to the public and off the record.

Location:
Faculty Dining Room, Harvard's Kennedy School of Government

URL: http://ksgnotes1.harvard.edu/ksginfo/enews.nsf/details/73E7222884C6E93485256FAB006284F9

What Big-time Politics Can Learn From Big Business

IOP Study Group:

Applebee's America:
What Big-time Politics Can Learn From Big Business

Ron Fournier, Chief Political Writer, Associated Press

the largest casual dining chain in America

This event is open to the public and off the record.

Location:
Harvard's Kennedy School of Government
L166, First Floor, Littauer Building

URL: http://ksgnotes1.harvard.edu/ksginfo/enews.nsf/details/325DBB947A2A1FD085256FB0006520FE

To Awaken the Nation

An Invitation to Study and Conversation

In the 19th century, on the north slope of Beacon Hill, a remarkable community of black and white men and women gave leadership to the national movement to abolish slavery, and to claim Equal School Rights for its black children.

Join in study and conversation to uncover and claim this history as motivation for work to be done today.

Four Thursday evenings in March: the 3rd, the 10th, the 17th and the 24th.

Bring you own sandwiches, coffee and tea provided.

Discussion will be based on Black Bostonians by James Oliver and Lois E. Horton.

It will be guided by Horace Seldon, Professor at Boston College.

Registration: No admission but participants must indicate intention to attend all four sessions and to read the Horton book.

Registration deadline: Feb 25th by phone at 617-742-5415.

The book may be purchased at the office of the Black Heritage Store (46 Joy St.)

This event is sponsored by Community Change

Location:
Abiel Smith School, Museum of Afro-American History, 46 Joy, Boston

Cost: free

Free tax assistance for low income residents

VITA Program

Volunteer Income Tax Assistance

Thursday, March 10, 24, 31 & April 7 from 6 to 8pm

Saturday, March 12, 19, 26 & April 2nd, 9th from 10am to 4pm

Location:
Boston Public Library 700 Boylston Street, Boston
in the Training Room (2nd floor Johnson Building)

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

Laugh While You Can Political Cartoon Show

Since the election it’s not even funny anymore.

Maybe not to amateurs. But three of America's most incisive young political cartoonists have made it their job to find the funny side of the Patriot Act, the War on Terror, and the end of American democracy.

In slides, animation, and discussion, Tom Hart (Hutch Owen), Tim Kreider (The Pain—When Will It End?), and Jen Sorensen (Slowpoke), retrace our steps through the absurdist landscape of the last four years and look to the even more hilarious desolation ahead. An evening of outrage, catharsis, and laughter.

The cartoonists will present new work and work from their recent collections.

Location:
Lucy Parsons Center
549 Columbus Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts

Directions: By train/public transportation: Take the Orange Line to the Mass Ave stop, or the Green "E" line to the Symphony stop. Walk south on Mass Ave for a minute or two. Go left onto Columbus Ave. for 1-1/2 blocks. Lucy Parsons Center will be on the left.

By bus: Take the #1 Dudley/Mass Ave. bus to the corner of Columbus Ave. and Mass. Ave. Walk east on Columbus Ave. 1-1/2 blocks. Lucy Parsons Center will be on the left.

By car, from Storrow Drive: Exit at Copley. Go left at the light, onto Arlington Street. Continue approximatley five blocks until Columbus Ave. Go right onto Columbus Ave. for approximately eight blocks. Lucy Parsons Center will be on your right. If you reach Mass Ave., you've gone one block too far.

From Rt. 93 N or S: Take the Storrow Drive exit. Continue 1-2 minutes on Storrow and exit at Copley. Go left at the light, onto Arlington Street. Continue approximatley five blocks until Columbus Ave. Go right onto Columbus Ave. for approximately eight blocks. Lucy Parsons Center will be on your right. If you reach Mass Ave., you've gone one block too far.

URL: http://www.lucyparsons.org

A Postmodern Christian Ethics of Peace

Presented by William Murnion, Philosophy Works, formerly of Ramapo State College, New Jersey
   
Lonergan Workshop

Location:
McGuinn 121 Boston College

Cost: free

Directions: www.bc.edu/about/maps

URL: http://www.bc.edu

West Bank Brooklyn

West Bank Brooklyn
A film by Ghazi Albuliwi

Presented to you by The Harvard College Palestinian Solidarity Committee, the Harvard Society of Arab Students and the Arab-American Anti Discrimination Committee of Boston.

"This sharp and funny American indie film depicting Arab-American life is both entertaining and socially relevant. In Brooklyn, even a minor fender-bender recalls international conflicts when one driver is an Arab and the other is a Jew. Two Islamic Palestinian brothers, surrounded by their circle of neighborhood friends, take different paths in balancing their ingrained prejudices and old-world traditions with the everyday realities of American life. One of the brothers takes a job as a personal aide to an elderly, wheelchair-bound Jew. One friend is propelled to delve deeper into his Islamic faith by the death of a relative in Palestine at the hands of Israeli soldiers. Tired of carrying the name Saddam, another friend (an energetic performance from writer-director Ghazi Albuliwi) decides to rename himself Tito and pass as Puerto Rican. Meanwhile, a father is arranging a marriage for a son who has a secret Anglo girlfriend. From fanciful discussions on the packaging of religion ("Jesus Christ is the Michael Jordan of religious products.") to sobering news clips of Middle Eastern conflict, the film touches on myriad realities of being an Arab-American in the 21st century. Sharp direction, tight editing and winning performances overcome the film's low-budget limitations to create a well-crafted storyline which deals with issues reflected in every other story on the evening news."
-Ann Yarabinee "Philadelphia Film Festival"

Location:
Sever Hall, Room 102, Harvard University, Cambridge

URL: http://www.westbankbrooklyn.com

Freeway Blog

The Springs Action Alliance will be participating in an action of bannering from the 5 Interstate 25 overspasses in Colorado Springs at noon on Saturday, March 19 to protest on the second anniversary of the war in Iraq.

Such action is legal under the ruling of the 10th circuit court of appeals in Denver, but all are requested to be very careful to NOT drop anything from the overpasses. Many will have copies of this ruling present on Saturday.

Location:
All 5 Interstate 25 overpasses in Colorado Springs

Directions: Starting in the north, the 5 overpasses are: Woodman, Fillmore, Bijou, Monument Valley pedestrian overpass, Martin Luther King Hwy, and PPCC exit.
Choose one of the overpasses, make a large, simple sign, and show up at noon.

Organizer:

"God Hates Fags" counter protest

Colorado activists will gather to protest Westboro Baptist church's second "God Hates Fags" demonstration in Colorado Springs on Thursday, March 22 from 3:30 until 5:00 pm.

The protest is sponsored by Students for Social Justice, and Springs Action Alliance, along with a broad, state wide coalition of groups working for civil rights for all citizens.

Criz Stoddard, of the Springs Action Alliance said, "While typically my inclination would be to just ignore them and their pitifully hateful crusade to damage their own kids emotionally, I believe that we, as a community, must stand up and say 'Not in Our Names.' "

"Not in our names will you come to our community and contribute nothing but hate mongering. Not in our names will we condone your putting a sign into a child's hands that proclaims that 9/11 was a good thing. Not in our names will we accept the notion that homosexuals deserve death."

"When I see a child holding a sign that reads, 'Fags Are Worthy Of Death', I have to wonder if these people aren't trying to induce someone to commit hate crimes. We as a community should not condone the notion that gay men and women deserve to die for their sexual orientation - no matter what our beliefs are on human sexuality", Ms. Stoddard said.

The counter demonstration will gather at City Hall, 107 N. Nevada Avenue, at 3:30 PM. Then at 4:00 at Poor Richard's, 324 N. Tejon. Then at 4:30 at the Gill Foundation, 315 E. Costilla.

Organizer Mark Lewis, of the Springs Action Alliance, and producer of a daily alternative news digest, said, "The hateful, intolerant messages of Phelps, Dobson, Falwell, and Robertson have their parallels in Muslim cultures with groups like the Taliban and Wahhabis." "Intolerance, hate, and discrimination are not the family values of Jesus, Mohammed, or Abraham."

"The statement that "fags are worthy of death" is not protected speech, in spite of the clever attempt; either under US Code, as decided in Virginia v. Black, or under the Colorado Revised Statute 31-21-106.5". "It's intimidation, harassment, and incitement; and in the name of Jesus".

"That's what gets me", Mr. Lewis said. "It's like fighting armed revolution in the Name of Ghandi." "Or killing thousands in the World Trade Center in the name of Mohammed."

"I think the batteries are low in their Bibles".

The counter protest will be peaceful and lawful, although Westboro Baptist is known for inciting violence against their detractors. The organizers encourage all in attendance to ignore the hate speech, baiting, and incitement, and observe all laws, being peaceful in words and actions.

Location:
The counter demonstration will gather at City Hall, 107 N. Nevada Avenue, at 3:30 PM. Then at 4:00 at Poor Richard's, 324 N. Tejon. Then at 4:30 at the Gill Foundation, 315 E. Costilla.

Directions: The counter demonstration will gather at City Hall, 107 N. Nevada Avenue, at 3:30 PM. Then at 4:00 at Poor Richard's, 324 N. Tejon. Then at 4:30 at the Gill Foundation, 315 E. Costilla.

Organizer:

Concentra-acción contra la especulación mafiosa

INMORIMA 3 S.L. ESPECULACIÓN MAFIOSA

Desde el 24 de febrero estamos sufriendo en PORTAL NOU una serie de amenazas y ataques por parte de un grupo de matones contratados por la inmobiliaria mafiosa INMORIMA 3 S.L.

Esta inmobiliaria empezó su táctica corrupta intentando comprar nuestros ideales ofreciéndonos 30.000 euros por desalojar el inmueble recién adquirido por ellos. Ante nuestra negativa su “plan B” ha sido la sucia y mafiosa actitud, cada vez mas generalizada entre las inmobiliarias especuladoras propietarias de edificios okupados, de intentar un desalojo a la fuerza utilizando el terror, mediante amenazas y diversos ataques a los habitantes de estas casas y centros sociales, ejecutadas por auténticos mercenarios que actúan sin miramientos poniendo en peligro real nuestra integridad física.

Las agresiones empezaron con amenazas de muerte y de incendio del inmueble por un grupo de matones, posiblemente “seguratas”. Volvieron otra vez con la misma actitud asegurándose de que la casa estaba prácticamente vacía, golpeando la puerta y amenazando con derribarla hasta la aparición de un grupo de unos 50 vecinos que vinieron tras nuestra llamada.

A la semana siguiente apareció otro de estos individuos golpeando la cerradura de la puerta con un martillo, intentando abrirla, pero la presencia de casi todos los okupantes causo su retirada. El personaje se quedo esperando en la esquina hasta que cogió a un joven okupante, amenazándole y agrediéndole en la cabeza con un casco.

El pasado jueves fuimos objeto de un ataque contra nuestra casa con cokteles molotov, los cuales, fueron lanzados desde un coche a nuestra puerta incendiándola y pudiendo haber causado daños graves e incluso heridas por quemadura o la muerte de alguna persona.

Esta practica de intimidaciones mediante amenazas y agresiones para conseguir sus objetivos especulativos, ejecutadas por matones asesinos, contratados por inmobiliarias mafiosas sedientas de riquezas, son cada vez mas frecuentes…NO PODEMOS PERMITIR QUE ESTO CONTINUE!!!

Location:
Inmorima S.L. ataca con Cokteles molotov una oKupa

MIERCOLES 23 MARZO
Concentración anti especulativa y mafiosa contra las inmobiliarias
que gobiernan nuestra ciudad.
La practica de contratar matones
es cada vez mas habitual…
NO LO PERMITAMOS

Film screening:'Arna's Children'

'Arna's Children' (84 mins) tells the story of a theatre group that was established by Arna Mer-Khamis. On the West Bank, she opened an alternative education system for children whose life was disrupted by the Israeli occupation. The theatre group that she started engaged children from Jenin, helping them to express their everyday frustrations,anger, bitterness and fear. Arna's son Juliano was also one of the directors of Jenin's theatre. With his camera, he filmed the children during rehearsal periods from 1989 to 1996. Now he goes back to see what has happened to them. Youssef committed a suicide attack in Hadera in 2001, Ashraf was killed in the battle of Jenin, Ala leads a resistance group.

Location:
Room 104, Livingstone Tower, University of Strathclyde, 26 Richmond Street, Glasgow.

Cost: Donations

Organizer:

Voices for Peace Vigil

Meet at Las Vegas Blvd and Bridger every Thursday morning from 8am to 9am to show continued commitment to stopping not only the occupation of Iraq , but also the other forms US imperialism are sure to take in the future, such as occupations of Syria, Iran, Korea, Jordan, Libya...

Location:
Bridger and Las Vegas Blvd

Organizer:

URL: http://lasvegas.staughton.indypgh.org/news/2005/03/1828.php

Movement for Change Weekly Meeting

MOVEMENT FOR CHANGE MEETINGS ARE HELD

EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT AT THE

CENTER FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AT 7:00 P. M....

COME JOIN US!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Location:
Center for Social Justice
1603 N Davis Hwy
Pensacola FL 32501

Directions: corner of Davis and Moreno

Organizer:

URL: http://www.movementforchange.org

Battleship Potemkin screening

Sergei Eisenstein's masterpiece -- but will we show the original, or the cold war-era reprint with the adulterated ending?

Location:
Red Emma's Coffeehouse/Bookstore

Cost: free

URL: www.redemmas.org

How the No Child Left Behind and Regents Exams Are DAMAGING Our Schools and HURTING Our Students

“How the No Child Left Behind and Regents Exams
Are DAMAGING Our Schools and
HURTING Our Students”
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An Evening With
Deborah Meier
Renowned Education Reformer
Founder, Central Park East Schools
Principal, Mission Hills School, Boston
MacArthur Fellow
Author, The Power of their Ideas and
Will Standards Save Public Education?

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Thursday, March 24, 7PM
Forum Room, Otto Shults Center
Nazareth College

Sponsored by: Coalition for Common Sense in Education, Rochester Teachers
Association, Monroe County School Boards Association, Genesee Valley PTA, SAANYS
Region 11, GVASCD, Nazareth College Undergraduate Adolescence Education
Program

Location:
Forum Room, Otto Shults Center
Nazareth College

Why Robin Hood was Right

(An orientation to progressive social change philanthropy)

Find out why charity is good, but social change is better. Learn how you can more strategically invest your time, money, energy, and talents in long-term, progressive solutions. Enter the world of alternative philanthropy and explore various models of social change. Find out what SDFC is doing to transform our society--and how YOU can help make it happen! (Free book for all participants!)

Location:
San Diego Foundation for Change
3758 30th Street, San Diego, CA 92104

Cost: Donation (optional)

Directions: SDFC is located on 30th Street approximately 1 1/2 blocks south of University Ave. between North Park Way and Grimm Street. Our office is on the west side next to a computer store.

Organizer:

URL: www.foundation4change.org

From Cradle to Cradle: Creative Pathways to Sustainable Living

This week's presenters are:
Amory Lovins, Physicist, Co-founder, The Rocky Mountain Institute
Ianto Evans, Applied Ecologist, Landscape Architect

To view the entire lecture series schedule, please go to: www.biosbcc.net/green/eslp.htm. If you would like to support this lecture series, please contact the SBCC Student Sustainability Coalition, Shawn Jacobson (coordinator) at 805-252-3031.

Location:
Thornton Auditorium of the Wake Center - 300 North Turnpike Road in Santa Barbara, CA

Organizer:

URL: http://www.biosbcc.net/green/eslp.htm

A lecture by naturalist Mike Lunsford, "Gaviota Coast: A Landscape at the Edge."

Lunsford's presentation will explore the theme of "edges" as they relate to the natural history of the Gaviota Coast. This beautiful area lies at the edge of a continent, edge of a biogeographic region, edge of a geomorphic province, and the edge of the Southern California bight. Each of these transition zones helps create the unique richness of the Gaviota Coast and the terrestrial and marine ecosystems it embraces.

Lunsford will talk about the underlying geology and its contribution to the numerous habitats in the area. He will also describe the Gaviota Coast's role as a safe harbor for imperiled species in the Southern California coastal region.

For more information, contact Carey McKinnon 688-4214

Location:
The Solvang Public - Mission Drive in Solvang, CA

Organizer:

Process Writing Class

There are no rules for writing in this class. What you have to say and how you have to say it is your own. My purpose is to guide each student to express what he or she needs to say in the medium which allows us to immortalize our thoughts through the written word.

No experience necessary. Any type of writing welcome (from technical, to poetry, to journalism, to personal diary entries, anything goes)

Contact: Misha 831-457-1484 or mpalin-AT-sbcglobal.net

Location:
Minas, 212 Laurel

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

Organizer:

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

Watsonville Brown Berets

The Brown Berets are a historical part of the Chicano movement that was launched during the late 1960's. Our organization has been active in Watsonville since 1994 in responce to gang violance and ignorance that was taking the lives of our young people. Since then we have worked tirelessly on issues such as police harrassment, imrovement of our educational institutions, and demanding the voice of the disenfranchised community to be heard. We believe that through education, spiritaulity, cultura, and resistance that we can create effective changes in this society. We invite you to join our efforts. Mexica TIahui!!

Location:
406 Main Street and Beach Suite# 408b
(First Floor behind the Luttnich ( Ritmo Latino)Bld)
Watsonville, Califaztlan 95076

Cost: Dedication, an open mind, and corazon

Directions: Accroos the street of the Watsonville plaza and
next to Plaza Vigil

Progressive Action Groups general meeting

General group meeting and breakouts on current actions by Santa Cruz County Progressives.
Location TBA

Preliminary topics:

Issues:

Social Security Privatization
Extreme Right-wing Takeover of Courts
Iraq War

Campaigns:

Opposing Schwarzenegger's referendums
and GOP campaign to weaken Democratic party in California

Patriotic Resistance -- plan to adopt a close Republican district and help gain a House seat

Organization:

Report of Santa Cruz for Change organization subcommittee
Setting up Monthly Meetup Date
Setting up Chair / Secretary / Treasurer for Santa Cruz for Change

Location:
TBA

Organizer:

Peace Witness - Tallahassee

Join the Tallahassee Network for Justice and Peace, Veterans for Peace, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Military Families Speak Out, Sundays and Thursdays in front of the Old Capitol, corner of Apalachee Parkway and Monroe Street
BUSH LIED; CHENEY LIED; RUMSFIELD LIED; POWELL LIED; THEY ARE ALL LIARS; AND THEY THINK YOU ARE TOO DUMB TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE. BUSH LIES - GIs DIE
Sundays 12:30 to 2:30.
Thursdays 4:00 to 6:00
www.tnjp.org
organize-AT-TNJP.org

Location:
Old Capitol, corner of Apalachee Parkway and Monroe Street

Cost: FREE!!!!!

Juvenile Justice Rally

The Tampa Bay Chapter-Collective of 'Critical Resistance' in
cooperation with 'Justice4kids.org' of Florida and Tampa Bay 'Food Not Bombs' is organizing a rally to call attention to the plight of children and young people who have been made victims of the state juvenile justice system. This victimization includes: physical abuse while in detention; DEATH due to maltreatment by detention facility authorities; inappropriate incarceration due to improper due process of law; or the direct-filing of minors into the ADULT criminal justice system due to the over-broad discretion granted to State Attorney's; a culture of corruption that prevails within both the Department of Juvenile Justice, as well as within the infrastructure of private service-provider agencies that undergird this system.

This rally is scheduled to take place in the state's capital on the state mandated "Juvenile Justice Day" during a time when legislators are expected to be at their Tallahasee offices.

Location:
Capitol Building, Tallahasee Florida

Cost: free

Organizer:

Trading Justice: Nafta's new links and conflicts - Memphis

Trading Justice: Nafta's new links and conflicts

Thursday, 24 March 2005
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Organizer: CROW and HOOKS Institute UM

Organizer:

The Center for Research on Women and the Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change at the University of Memphis invite proposals for papers to be delivered March 24-26, 2005 at a multidisciplinary, international symposium on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The symposium will be held at the Fogelman Executive Center on the campus of the University of Memphis.

Check the agenda out
cas.memphis.edu/isc/crow/NAFTA_Agenda.pdf

Location:
Fogelman Executive Center
University of Memphis

URL: cas.memphis.edu/isc/crow/nafta_symposium_english.html

Location:

Lenten Film Series

The Downtown Presbyterian Church
Presents
Seven International Films During Lent
exploring the theme of “The Already” and “The Not Yet”

Presented in the Historic Egyptian Revival Sanctuary
Thursdays at 6:30 PM with meals at 5:30 PM
On the corner of 5th Ave. North and Church St.

Contact Tom Wills at 260-6238 or at WillyWonkaIs-AT-comcast.net for more
information
or visit www.dpchurch.com

The international film series is a presentation of seven films from
seven countries on the seven Thursdays in the Lenten church season
between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday. All films and meals are free
to the public. Our hope is to provoke meaningful discussion around
classic films that are both known or rarely seen.

February 10th 6:30 pm with a meal at 5:30 & panel following
Pather Panchali (Song of the Road)
INDIA 1955 115 Min. Bengali w. English Subtitles; Directed by
Satyajit Ray
Master filmmaker Satyajit Ray’s directorial debut is a story of the
human condition told with absolute simplicity.
us.imdb.com/title/tt0048473/


February 17th 6:30 pm with a meal at 5:30 & panel following
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
UNITED STATES 1971 100 Min; Directed by Mel Stuart
“The candyman can ‘cause he mixes it with love, and makes the world
taste good;
And the world tastes good because the candyman thinks it should.”
‘nuff said.
us.imdb.com/title/tt0067992/


February 24th 6:30 pm with a meal at 5:30 & panel following
Ikiru (To Live)
JAPAN 1952 143 Min. Japanese w. English Subtitles; Directed by
Akira Kurosawa
The story of a man with cancer, his will to live with meaning, and the
perplexed community around him who witness his transformation without
knowing the cause. A must-see Kurosawa masterpiece.
us.imdb.com/title/tt0044741/


March 3rd 6:30 pm with a meal at 5:30 & panel following
Miracolo a Milano (Miracle in Milan)
ITALY 1951 100 Min. Italian w. English Subtitles; Directed by
Vittorio De Sica
This is a magical realist view of life in a homeless shanty town where
dignity is a precious commodity.
us.imdb.com/title/tt0043809/


March 10th 6:30 pm with a meal at 5:30 & panel following
Nattvardsgästerna (Winter Light)
SWEDEN 1963 81 Min. Swedish w. English Subtitles; Directed by Ingmar
Bergman
In the second film in a faith trilogy, a pastor of a small rural church
in Sweden struggles with doubt.
us.imdb.com/title/tt0057358/


March 17th 6:30 pm with a meal at 5:30 & panel following
Christ In Concrete (Give Us This Day)
GREAT BRITAIN 1949 120 Min. Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Blacklisted film-maker Edward Dmytryk brings us the story of an Italian
immigrant brick-layer’s quest for a home.
us.imdb.com/title/tt0041416/


March 24th 6:30 pm with a meal at 5:30 & panel following
Jésus de Montréal (Jesus of Montreal)
CANADA 1989 120 Min. Rated R; French w. English Subtitles;
Directed by Denys Arcand
A group of actors put on an unorthodox, but acclaimed Passion Play
which incites the opposition of the Catholic Church while the actors'
lives themselves begin to mirror the Passion itself. Rated “R”.
us.imdb.com/title/tt0097635/


Each film will be preceeded by a community meal for those that wish
to
partake at 5:30 p.m., and following each film there will be a short
panel discussion with coffee. On April 8th, Maundy Thursday, the 5:30
meal will feature a Maundy Thursday service.

for more info contact:

Tom Wills
615-260-6238
WillyWonkaIs-AT-comcast.net

The Downtown Presbyterian Church is located at:
154 5th Ave. North
Nashville, TN 37219
on the corner of 5th Ave. North and Church St.
615-254-7584
www.dpchurch.com

Location:

Clarksville Weekly Peace Vigil

Our candlelight vigils are every Thursday night, 7 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in
downtown Clarksville, Public Square and Main Street.

We read poetry at the vigils and display the number of US soldiers
killed
and wounded and number of Iraqi civilians killed to date.


We have a newsletter called: Clarksville Freethinkers for Peace and
Civil
Liberties. Our e-mail is Freeinthesouth-AT-bellsouth.net

Thanks again,
debbie

Location:

Vigil in front of Lockheed Martin

Weekly givil in front of Lockheed Martin, NW corner of Pilot Knob Road and Yankee Doodle Road in Eagan. (These folks could use a presence. The local police have been bothering them recently - 3/3/05.)

Location:
NW corner of Pilot Knob Road and Yankee Doodle Road in Eagan