Diwan Baghdad: Middle East Forum

Diwan Baghdad - New Forum on Middle East Affairs - a weekly informal gathering, open to all, to discuss current affairs in the Middle East and related issues. 

Hosts: Professors Ted Swedenburg (Anthropology), Najib Ghadbian (Political Science) Joel Gordon (History) 

Time: Most Wednesdays throughout the Spring semester from 12:30-1:30. April 13, April 20, April 27, May 4

(diwan [dee-waan]: A gathering place/salon for literary or political discussion. Baghdad: Seat of the Abbasid Caliphate c. 750-1258 AD. Capital of modern Iraq and cosmopolitan cultural center for much of 20th Century.)

Location:
Place: Arkansas Union 308 (Food Court SW Meeting Room), University of Arkansas

Organizer:

Arkansas Indymedia Movie Night

Before Stonewall (1985) - This documentary traces the gay movement from the 1920s through the 1960s and features gay & lesbian pioneers that share their experiences in fighting for liberation and freedom from repression.

Location:
The Big Room @ the 5 Squirrels Complex
523 W Poplar St (just off Gregg St)

Cost: FREE!

Protest at Caterpillar

Join us at the south location of (Holt) Caterpillar dealership to support a resolution to divest from Israel up for vote this day at the shareholders meeting in Chicago.

Location:
HoltCat, south of Slaughter Lane exit on I-35, northbound access road.

Organizer:

Warum Krieg

LESUNG UND BÜHNENGESPRÄCH im Akademietheater,Mittwoch ,13. April 2005 um 20.00 Uhr


Albert Einstein – Sigmund Freud

Martin Schwab und Peter Matic lesen den historischen Briefwechsel „Warum Krieg“ aus dem Jahr 1933

(Kartenbestellungen unter: 51444-4103 (Fax) oder corina.lange-AT-burgtheater.at Kartenpreise: 15 € unten, 10 € oben und Schüler/Studenten und Mitglieder des Presse-Clubs 7 €. Abholung an allen Bundestheaterkassen.)

Location:
Akademietheater, Wien

Organizer:

URL: http://www.juedische.at/TCgi/TCgi.cgi?target=home&Param_Kat=29&Param_RB=35&Param_Red=2328

13.april Ingrid Strobl - Jüdische Frauen im Widerstand (ekh)

13.april Ingrid Strobl - Jüdische Frauen im Widerstand (ekh)

Im Rahmen des Que(e)r Beisl geben wir mit besonderer Freude die folgende Veranstaltung bekannt:

Plakat dazu gibts hier:
www.raw.at/queer/programm/files/strobl.png

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Eintritt wie immer FREI !
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Mittwoch 13. April

Jüdische Frauen im Widerstand

Jüdische Frauen beteiligten sich an allen Formen des Widerstands im deutsch-besetzten Europa. Sie organisierten Widerstandsgruppen, führten Anschläge gegen SS und Gestapo durch, retteten jüdische Kinder und Jugendliche und fungierten als Kurierinnen und Verbindungsfrauen für einzelne Gruppen und ganze Regionen. Ohne sie wären weder der bewaffnete noch der humanitäre Widerstand realisierbar gewesen.

Die Autorin Ingrid Strobl stellt im Vortrag die vielen verschiedenen Arten von Widerstand dar, die jüdische Frauen leisteten, aber auch, wer diese Frauen waren, was sie motivierte und was sie bei dieser lebensgefährlichen Arbeit empfanden.

Eine gemeinsame Veranstaltung von:
anarchismus.at / Grünalternative Jugend (GAJ) Wien / Que(e)r-Beisl


PDF:

www.raw.at/queer/programm/files/strobl.pdf

Für weitere infos:
www.raw.at/queer/queer_inhalt.htm

Location:

Cost: FREE !

Directions: Jeden Mittwoch
Beislbetrieb ab 18:30 - Veranstaltungsbeginn 20:00

Ernst Kirchweger Haus
Wielandgasse 2-4
1100 Wien
(U1 Keplerplatz)

Organizer:

URL: http://www.raw.at/queer/queer_inhalt.htm

Afghan Orphans' Situation Dismal, Technology To Help

EMBARGOED UNTIL 11:59 PM, APRIL 12, 2005

Media Contact for
Afghan Women’s Mission and CharityHelp International:
Martha J. Heil
Phone: 626-354-5613
Email: mediacontact-AT-charityhelp.org

Baltimore, MD – (April 7, 2005) CharityHelp International (CHI) will host a
press conference in association with Afghan Women’s Mission to announce
its pioneering sponsorship program for Afghan children, with a report of
news from the orphanages, at 12:00 noon on Wednesday April 13th, 2005 in
the Radisson Plaza, Baltimore, MD. Reporters can also attend the press conference by phone.

Developed for the oldest women’s rights group in Afghanistan, the
Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA), this
web-based sponsorship program has the potential to help RAWA provide a
future for thousands of Afghan children. Low-cost technology enables US
sponsors to develop lasting bonds with Afghan orphans via email. This press conference
announces the regional launch of the program to test it out.
Reporters attending this event will see a demonstration of real-time live
dialogue between the press conference and RAWA members at various
locations in Afghanistan and Pakistan. They will also hear from the
founder of CharityHelp International, Paul Stevers; co-director of the
Afghan Women’s Mission, Sonali Kolhatkar; and Fahima Vorgetts, of
Baltimore-based Women for Afghan Women.
“Sponsors will now be able to support and communicate with children in the
some of the most remote parts of the developing world with low-cost,
innovative technology,” said Paul Stevers, founder of CharityHelp
International.

For more information please visit: www.charityhelp.org/media.

About CharityHelp International Inc. (www.charityhelp.org):

CHI is a Maryland based non-profit organization created to support schools
and orphanages in developing countries. CHI provides organizations such
as RAWA with computer equipment, expertise, and startup funds. With the
implementation of low-cost technology, these organizations can generate
long-term revenue and develop relationships with individual donors.

Location:
Hotel and Online
Radisson Plaza,20 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD
Online: http://www.charityhelp.org/media and/or dial into conference call number 1-888-809-4018 and enter passcode 717794.

Cost: free

Organizer:

URL: http://www.charityhelp.org/media

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

Day of Action Against Caterpillar

Stop Caterpillar from selling home-crushing bulldozers to Israel

On April 13, join groups all over the world in opposing Caterpillar sales of home-crushing bulldozers to Israel. That day, Caterpillar shareholders will meet in Chicago and will discuss a resolution on sales of bulldozers to Israel. We're calling on groups to organize local demonstrations at CAT-related locations, such as board of directors' offices or CAT dealerships, to send a strong message that cooperation in human rights abuses is unacceptable. (Click to download a 165k pdf file listing Caterpillar's dealerships and directors' offices in the U.S.)

Over 50,000 Palestinians have been made homeless by Caterpillar bulldozers. CAT supplies equipment used by the Israeli military to destroy Palestinian homes, infrastructure, orchards, greenhouses, agricultural land filled with crops and sometimes lives, including American peace activist Rachel Corrie and Palestinian Suha Sweidan, who was nine months pregnant when she was killed in the middle of the night in a home demolition. While US taxpayers foot the bill, CAT profits from the wholesale destruction of Palestinian homes and livelihoods.

Taking what Human Rights Watch calls a "head in the sand" approach, Caterpillar officials have repeated the same line over and over again, that Caterpillar has "neither the legal right nor the ability to monitor and police individual use" of its equipment. Last year, instead of looking into the wanton destruction that their company's policies cause, the Caterpillar Board of Directors successfully urged the defeat of a shareholder resolution investigating whether Caterpillar is adhering to its own corporate code of conduct regarding sales to Israel. Caterpillar not only has the ability to monitor the use of its equipment, but after calls from human rights organizations, members of the office of the UN Commissioner on Human Rights, several religious and social justice organizations, and the victims themselves, CAT has the responsibility to investigate the ethics of selling bulldozers as weapons and profiting from human rights abuses.

Join us on April 13 in opposing CAT's harmful policies.

HERE'S WHAT YOU CAN DO:

* Organize an Action

Join other groups all over the world on April 13 to organize a demonstration at a Caterpillar-related location in your area, such as a CAT dealership or board member's office. Soon, we'll post locations of CAT dealerships on CATdestroysHomes.org, and we'll provide you with resources to help you make it happen. Email abuemma-AT-gmail.com if you'd like to organize an action in your area.

* Contact Congress

Contact your Congressional representative, tell her/him to ask for an investigation of US purchase of CAT equipment for Israel in the General Accounting Office. CAT equipment is sold to Israel under the US Foreign Military Sales Program. It's illegal for US-purchased equipment to be used to violate human rights. Make appointments with your representatives on the week of April 13, and tell her/him to investigate. To get in contact with a person in your area who can help you coordinate a visit to your rep, go to www.endtheoccupation.org/article.php and click on your state.

GROUPS INVOLVED IN THE CAMPAIGN:

Groups all over the world have gotten involved in demanding that Caterpillar stop selling home-crushing bulldozers to Israel.

Location:

URL: http://www.catdestroyshomes.org/article.php?id=132

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

Fair Trade Call-In Day - NO to CAFTA

Dear Fair Traders,

As we mobilize support for Fair Trade products across the country, corporate interests have been active in lobbying for Anti-Fair Trade policies-like the extension of the failed model of NAFTA to Central America through the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). CAFTA would further erode labor and environmental standards in Central America, prevent people with HIV/AIDS from getting access to life-saving medicines, lead to more privatization of essential services in Central America, and lead us further away from our path towards a just global economy.

www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/cafta

The Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA)—which includes Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic—is the biggest free trade agreement Congress has considered in more than 10 years. Unless we can turn this flawed approach to trade around, agreements like CAFTA will put more workers out of a job, jeopardize rural farmers, threaten the environment, reduce access to life saving medicines and stifle democracy.  

The Bush Administration is sending a strong message that they are ready to test whether they have enough votes in Congress to pass CAFTA. This will be done through formal hearings in the House Ways and Means Committee (April 21st) and the Senate Finance Committee (April 13th).  Because of “fast track”, if either committee decides to send the trade pact to the floor, then there will be a yes or no vote that must be done within 15 days.  

Call the AFL-CIO - sponsored toll-free number to the Capitol switch board at 1-888-355-3588 (just available April 13th) or 202-225-3121 any other day. Need help figuring out who your House Representativeis?
Go to www.house.gov and enter your zip code.

www.april2005.org

A CROSS COALITION CALL

Pressure the Senate Finance Committee on CAFTA!

Call the AFL-CIO sponsored toll-free number to the Capitol switch board at

1-888-355-3588 (just available on April 13th) or call 202-225-3121 any other day.

The Senate Finance Committee begins CAFTA hearings on April 13. Though the campaign against CAFTA has thus far focused on the House of Representatives, it is important to target Senators now as they begin the process of presenting CAFTA legislation. If one of your Senators is listed below, then call her or him and use the Call-in Day script to demand a “No” vote on CAFTA. Let the committee know that we won’t let CAFTA go to the floor without a fight!

Further background info:

Hundreds of civil society groups representing labor, environmental organizations, family farmers, consumers, Latin American solidarity, and immigrants’ rights organizations have already expressed their opposition to CAFTA, and many Congressional Reps have taken this to heart. Though CAFTA has been ratified in 3 Central American countries—despite huge protests and police violence—this strong cross-border opposition to the agreement has prevented the Bush Administration from submitting it to Congress up until now. However, the clock is ticking and with the beginning of Senate and House hearings on April 13, it is clear that CAFTA supporters are pushing for a vote by Memorial Day. The vote on CAFTA is effectively a referendum on NAFTA; if it is defeated, it will be mark a huge step towards stopping other such free trade agreements and open the way for an alternative trade model that truly addresses issues of poverty and inequality. A coalition of progressive organizations in the US is celebrating an April Week of on Trade by focusing on CAFTA.

www.globalexchange.org

Location:

URL: http://www.stopcafta.org

"Honor Killings" in Turkey

"Honor Killings" in Turkey: A Human Rights Perspective 

Light refreshments provided.

Please bring a brown bag lunch.

There will be a short break at 1pm.

www.suffolk.edu

Location:
Suffolk University, exact location TBA.

URL: http://prod.campuscruiser.com/PageServlet?pg=home_calendar&tg=Calendar-monthly&cmd=load&dt=20050409&cx=22.164&ts=1107994985691

Protest Madeline Albright

Albright will be speaking at the Sheraton Boston.

Location:
Sheraton Boston
39 Dalton St., Boston

Cost: FREE!

Directions: From North

Take Interstate 93 South to Exit 26 (Storrow Drive). Follow Storrow Drive to the Fenway Exit (left exit). Bear left at the end of the exit ramp onto Boylston Street Inbound. At the fifth light make a right onto Dalton Street and the hotel is on the left.
From West

Take Route 90 (Massachusetts Turnpike) to the Prudential Center underground exit (Exit 22). At the fork in the tunnel, follow the Prudential Center sign. Once above ground you will be on Huntington Ave. Turn right at the traffic lights and the hotel will be on the right.
From South

Take I-93 North to Massachusetts Avenue (Exit 18). At the third light turn left and at the next light turn right onto Massachusetts Avenue. Follow for 1 1/4 miles and turn right onto Huntington Avenue. At the second light turn left onto Belvidere and the hotel is on the right.
MBTA:
"Prudential" stop on the Green Line.

Migration and Self-Selection from the Federated States of Micronesia

Economic Development Lunch Series

"Migration and Self-Selection from the Federated States of Micronesia"

Speaker: Randy Akee, Ph.D. Candidate in Economics

Location:
Perkins Room, 4th floor, Rubenstein Building (formerly One Eliot Bldg), Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge

URL: http://www.cid.harvard.edu/events/

Shame, Cinema & the Social Bond

“Kiarostami's Reserve: Shame, Cinema, and the Social Bond”

Joan Copjec, State University of New York at Buffalo, current Radcliffe Institute fellow

Location:
2nd floor Colloquium Room, 34 Concord Avenue, Radcliffe Institute at Harvard

Organizer:

URL: http://www.radcliffe.edu/events/calendar.php

Cambridge Bicycle Committee Meeting

regular meeting of the Cambridge Bicycle Committee

NOTE: the Cambridge website says 5:30am but I think it's 5:30pm

Location:
City Hall Annex, 344 Broadway, 4th floor, Cambridge

URL: http://www.cambridgema.gov/eventdtl.cfm?id=10053

Buy Nothing Organizational Meeting

The event that compliments Buy Nothing Day & Buy Nothing Christmas is already starting to be planned.

We need volunteers to be on the organizing committee for the 2005 edition!

Gift It Up! (www.giftitup.org) is gearing-up for its third year of offering an alternative to high-consumption holidays while raising money for a dozen non-profits.

We are in search of people interested in helping organize the 2005 edition which will be held in December. We would like people to lead PR, website, donations, entertainment, organization liasons and logistics.

Our initial organizational meeting will be Wednesday, April 13, 2005. Meetings will not be held frequently until the fall but there is much work that can be done during this key planning stage.

Please contact Marty at wrinexcel (at ) yahoo.com or 617-792-5522 for more information.

Location:

Palestinian Propaganda/Israeli Propaganda

Palestinian Propaganda/Israeli Propaganda
Jewish Student Caucus
Starr Auditorium

Come view "Relentless," an extremely powerful documentary about the Palestinian/Israeli conflict. The screening of the 60 minute film will be followed by a discussion on concepts such as biasness and propaganda. Arabs, Israelis, and the rest of the world are invited.

Location:
Harvard's Kennedy School of Government

URL: http://ksgnotes1.harvard.edu/ksginfo/enews.nsf/details/3C484565D6BC51E285256FC000701D87

Holding Coca-Cola Accountable

Join Amit Srivastava (India Resource Center) and Luis Adolfo Cardona (former Coke employee and unionist from Colombia) in an evening of sharing knowledge and organizing to hold Coca-Cola accountable.

On Wednesday, April 13th from 6:30 to 8:30PM at come join Amit Srivastava (India Resource Center) and Luis Adolfo Cardona (former Coke employee and unionist from Colombia) in an evening of sharing knowledge and organizing to hold Coca-Cola accountable.

Dinner and refreshments will be provided, suggested donation is $5.

Sponsors: Mass Global Action, Alliance for Secular and Democratic South Asia, NAFFE, Jobs with Justice, ProjectVoice/AFSC, Labor Council for Latin American Advancement, MA Chapter, TecsChange, Asian American Resource Workshop, and Bankbusters.

Location:
33 Harrison Ave in Chinatown on the 3rd Floor

Directions: Accessible by MBTA on the Orange-Line (Chinatown), Green-Line (Boylston), and Red-Line (Downtown).

URL: http://www.massglobalaction.org

Social Justice Book Group

March 9: A People's History of the United States (Part 1) by Howard Zinn
April 13: A People's History of the United States (Part 2) by Howard Zinn
May 11: A People's History of the United States (Part 3) by Howard Zinn

Location:
Boston Public Library, McKim Conference Room

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

"Before Stonewall" at Radical Film Night

1984, 87 min

"This informative and enlightening documentary examines how gay people lived and supported and recognized each other in the days before the landmark disturbance at the Stonewall bar in New York in 1969."

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

Cost: free

Organizer:

URL: http://www.lucyparsons.org

Back to Chernobyl

Earth Days 2005
Environmental Justice: Take Back Your Neighborhood!
An Educational Experience Linking Health & the Environment
Through Activism, Research & Art

Salem State College will celebrate Earth Day on April 11. But in 2005, Earth Day becomes Earth Days as we expand our program from April 4 - 22. The goal of Earth Days 2005 is to present members of the College and the local communities it serves with information about the impact of environmental degradation on our local, state, national, and global communities. The chosen theme this year is: "Environmental Justice: Take Back your Neighborhood!"
April 4 - 22

Screening of documentaries and films that focus on environmental issues, Seminar Room, Central Campus Residence Hall

Wednesday, April 6, 7pm Oil on Ice (2004; 60 min.)
Connect: A New Ecological Paradigm (1997; 23 min.)
Thursday, April 7, 7pm The Burning Season (1994; 123 min.)
Tuesday, April 12, 7pm Chronicle: Cancer Valley (2001; 30 min.)
Drowned Out: We Can't Wish Them Away (2002; 75 min.)
Wednesday, April 13, 7pm Back to Chernobyl (1989; 60 min.)
Thursday, April 14, 7pm Erin Brockovich (2000; 130 min.)
Tuesday, April 19, 7pm Thirst (1993; 62 min.) Talk and discussion lead by Jonathan Leavitt
Wednesday, April 20, 7pm Cadillac Desert: The Last Oasis (1997; 60 min.)
Cane Toads: An Unnatural History (1988; 47 min.)
Thursday, April 21, 7pm A Civil Action (1998; 112 min.)

Earth Day River Cleanup of the North River organized by MA Community Water Watch (MCWW) on Saturday, April 16, 2005. Meeting at 11:00AM in Leslie's Retreat Park, Salem

Saturday, April 9 - Earth Day Family Program
11am - 1pm, Charlotte Forten Hall, 4th floor, SSC Library

Performances by:

* Jim Scott, an environmental musician and artist in residence of St. John the Divine (NY) for 15 years with the Paul Winter Consort
* The SSC Student Theater Ensemble: "Take Back Your Neighborhood!"
* Going Green Open House: Wind Wigglers and Flyers Children's Art Workshop (1-4pm, Carlton School)

Monday, April 11 - Main Earth Day at SSC

10:30am
Registration/Student Poster Set-Up, Ellison Campus Center
10:30am - 12:30pm
Environmental Career and Volunteer Fair, Veterans Hall, Ellison Campus Center

Representatives from local environmental agencies, companies, and organizations will be seeking students interested in becoming interns, employees and/or volunteers.

11:00am - 12:15pm
Environmental Research Poster Session Competition by SSC students in Veterans Hall, Ellison Campus Center

1:30 - 3pm
Panel on Environmental Justice in MLK Jr. Room, Ellison Campus Center

The panel will include academics, federal and regional government officials, and local activists who will address questions such as: What is environmental justice? What does it mean to be an environmentally just community? How does a community achieve this goal? Are there lessons to be learned from other communities, from other states, from tribal groups?

6:30 - 9pm
Reception & Ceremony at Charlotte Forten Hall, 4th floor, SSC Library

Friends of the Earth/ Champion of Public Health awards presented to Veronica Eady and Congressman John F. Tierney. Awards presented to students with winning environmental research posters. "Take Back Your Neighborhood" Group Sessions. Winning Environmental Research Posters will receive awards from President Nancy Harrington.

Location:
Salem State College, Seminar Room, Central Campus Residence Hall, Salem, MA

URL: http://www.salemstate.edu/earthday/

Noam Chomsky on Corporations and Democracy

Benefit for the Center for Democracy and the Constitution

Hear world-renowned linguist, writer and critic Noam Chomsky give his perspective on corporations and democracy in our globalized world. His incisive analysis of American politics, policy, and culture has inspired thousands to look deeply into the machinations and manipulations of oligarchy, and to move towards an enlightened citizenry that demands a world that only genuine democracy -- rule of, by and for the people -- can offer.

And learn about how the Center for Democracy and the Constitution is bringing a powerful new movement tool, rights-based organizing, to Massachusetts.

With special guests Jill Stein and Ken Selcer singing music for the people.

Location:
First Parish Church, 3 Church Street, Harvard Square

Cost: suggested donation: $15-$25, or whatever you can afford

URL: http://www.constitution411.org

Boston WiFi April Meetup

BostonWAG = Boston Wireles Advocacy Group

Join BostonWAG and the Boston WiFi Meetup to help plan the agenda for the April 19th Community Outreach Forum

hosted by BostonWAG and the Boston WiFi Meetup

The goal of the forum is to engage the Boston community in preparation for the city's WiFi Summit on May 19, 2005

Location:
Cassava Lounge 1076 Boylston Street, Boston 617-266-5397

URL: http://wifi.meetup.com/3/events/4534783/

Balancing Religious Freedom & International Law

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, examines the prospects for safe-guarding religious freedom in the world today.

How has religion become the divisive force it is in the world today?

What role can international organizations play in fostering freedom of conscience?

Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Professor of History and African American Studies at Harvard University, discusses the most comprehensive biography of African Americans ever published.

Co-edited by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., this first of an even larger collection of biographies highlights the incredible men and women who helped shape the cultural landscape.

FUTURE EVENTS:

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, 3 Church Street, Harvard Square, Cambridge

Cost: free

URL: http://www.cambridgeforum.org

A Global Ethic for a Globalized World?

"A Global Ethic for a Globalized World? The Role of the Religions."
  
A professor of theology at Xavier University and editor of the Orbis Book series “Faith Meets Faith,” Paul Knitter has published 20 books on religious pluralism and interreligious dialogue, including Subverting Greed: Religious Perspectives on the Global Economy (2002).

Sponsored by:
Lowell Humanities Series and Globalization and Inequality Series

Location:
Devlin Hall 008 Boston College

Cost: free

Directions: www.bc.edu/about/maps

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

Jornades de Pedagogia 2005

Jornades de Pedagogia 2005

Location:
Facultat de Pedagogia, UB

URL: http://barcelona.indymedia.org/newswire/display/170002/index.php

Segona reunió per organitzar la solidaritat amb els immigrants en lluita

En aquests moments hi ha immigrants en lluita a Barcelona (cinc locals diferents), Santa Coloma, Sant Vicenç dels Horts, l’Hospitalet (dos locals, un només de dones) i Terrassa.

Els primers a tancar-se ja porten 10 dies en vaga de fam. La solidaritat amb ells i les altres persones sense papers es fa cada cop més urgent.

La “flexibilització” mostrada fins ara pel govern, amb l’anunci que acceptarà “altres documents públics” en lloc del padró, és clarament insuficient. La majoria dels sense papers seguiran exclosos del procés.

A la reunió del dimecres passat es va acordar fer-ne una altra aquest dimecres per valorar la situació i explorar la possibilitat de noves accions, incloent-hi una manifestació, després de la concentració de dissabte a la Plaça de Sant Jaume.

Aquesta reunió tindrà lloc aquest dimecres, dia 13 d’abril, a les 7 del vespre, a l’Aula 3 del CCCB (carrer Montalegre, 5, Barcelona) .

Location:
Aula 3 del CCCB (carrer Montalegre, 5, Barcelona) .

Directions: carrer Montalegre, 5, Barcelona

Organizer:

URL: http://barcelona.indymedia.org/newswire/display/170189/index.php

¿Y para que poesia en tiempos de penuria?

Hoy, Noche de Poesía.
Bar Zimbabwe. c/Mozart 13, Barri de Gràcia.
A las 22.00.

Somos un grupo de amigos que en el barrio de
Gracia nos reunimos para leer poesía en el bar
Zimbabwe, calle Mozart 13, los miércoles a las 22.15.
Este miércoles realizaremos la quinta sesión y, para
nuestra sorpresa, hay mucha gente que gusta de
escuchar poesía, en un espacio que está abierto a
quien quiera decir algo, sin pagar por ello, a menos
que sea la propia copa. Hemos comenzado con poesía
catalana, castellana, inglesa y alemana. En cada
sesión elejimos diversos autores además de los que el
público trae.

Location:
c/ Mozart, 13
Barri de Gracia, BCN

Organizer:

Okupazio kongresuari elkarrizketa Irola Irratian

Euskal Herriko Okupazio Kongresuko antolatzaile lanetan dabilen kide bati elkarrizketa egingo zaio Irola Irratian (internetez entzungai -sindominio.net/irola- web gunean) Iralako Gazte Asanbladaren Gazte-Oihua! irratsaioaren barnean.




kartela



Apirilaren 29-30 eta Maiatzaren 1-2 egunetan, Bilboko Kukutza Gaztetxean burutuko den Euskal Herriko Okupazio Kongresuaren nondik norakoak azalduko dituzte, Apirilaren 13an arratsaldeko 19:00etatik aurrera Irola Irrati Libreko Gazte oihua irratsaioan.
Ideia nondik atera zen, nola antolatu den, kongresuan programazioaz eta beste gauza askotaz arituko dira hizketan.Beraz animatu, entzun eta mezua zabaldu!!

Location:
Gogoratu Irola Irratiak Bilboaldean 107.5FM diala okupatzen du
eta interneten sindominio.net/irola web horrialdean

Directions: Guztiok batera Okupazioa Autogestioa!

Organizer:

URL: sindominio.net/irola

Anne Mustoe: Bizikletan munduari bi buelta bakarka eman eta beste hainbat bidai egin dituen emakumea

Anne Mustoe: Dos vueltas al mundo en solitario y otros viajes en bicicleta.
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Anne Mustoek bere irakasle lana utzi zuen munduari buelta ematea erabaki zuenean. Ordutik hona hainbat bidai egin ditu emakume interesgarri honek eta baita 5 liburu idatzi ere.
Anne Burgoseko El mundo en Bicicleta jardunaldi famatuetan parte hartuko duela aprobetxatu dugu, gurera ere gonbidatzeko bere bidaietaz eta bizi moduaz hitz egin dezan
Ez galdu aukera hau!!!
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Anne Mustoe dejó su trabajo como profesora cuando tenía 54 años para dar su primera vuelta al mundo en bici, desde entonces esta mujer ha realizado varios largos viajes en bici y ha publicado 5 libros sobre ellos.
Hemos aprovechado la oportunidad de que Anne Mustoe va a participar en las jornadas El mundo en Bicicleta, que tienen lugar cada primavera en Burgos, para invitarla a Bilbao.
No os perdáis esta oportunidad!!!

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Otras actividades:
Domingo 10: Excursión plazaola
Lunes 11 a viernes 15: Curso para aprender a andar en bicicleta para adultos.
Y curso para aprender a circular entre el tráfico con seguridad.

Location:
La Bolsa Auzoetxea, Pelota kalea 10, Bilboko alde zaharreann

Organizer:

URL: http://bizizbizi.org/semana/AnneMustoe.htm

Creating A Peaceful World: The Challenge of Oil

A multimedia series on the Demise of Oil Supplies (& US military responses) and Solutions for Sustaining our Communities Thru Local Investment & Alternative Energy.

This week: "Crossing the Rubicon: The Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil" by Mike Ruppert, chapters 10, 13 & 16, "PROMIS: Controlling the Data, Penetration, and Silencing Congress" (available from www.fromthewilderness.com and Riverrun Bookstore, Portsmouth).

Sponsored by Dover Friends Meeting: Peace & Social Concerns Committee, Seacoast Peace Response and others.

Location:
Dover Friends Meetinghouse, 141 Central Ave., Dover, NH

Organizer:

Robert Creeley

The Portable Poetry group will be reading and listening in memory of the recently passed poet Robert Creeley. This is the second instance of what will be a regular poetry recital (2nd and 4th Wednesdays).

Location:
Red Emma's Coffeehouse Bookstore

Cost: Free

URL: www.redemmas.org

Indy TV show

Weekly News Show,
Features a weekly News roundup, media critique and short segments documenting progressive efforts to organize and change society.

Location:
RCTV Cable Channel 15 in Rochester

Organizer:

URL: rochester.indymedia.org

Hope And Inspiration: Women Making A Difference In Nicaragua.

A Benefit Event for The Maria Luisa Ortiz Clinic. Guest Speaker: Dorothy Granada, Director of the Maria Luisa Ortiz Clinic in Mulukuku, Nicaragua. Mulukuku is a town of resettled Nicaraguans who left their homes during the contra war of the 80's. The town was literally built by the sweat and muscle of the women of the Maria Luisa Ortiz Cooperative. Special features for this event only: social hour 6-7 pm; door prizes; silent auction.

Location:
Bard Hall, First Unitarian Universalist Church
4190 Front Street
San Diego, CA 92103 Hillcrest area

Cost: Donations greatly appreciated

Directions: Opposite the UCSD Medical Center

Organizer:

Hope And Inspiration: Women Making A Difference In Nicaragua.

A Benefit Event for The Maria Luisa Ortiz Clinic. Guest Speaker: Dorothy Granada, Director of the Maria Luisa Ortiz Clinic in Mulukuku, Nicaragua. Mulukuku is a town of resettled Nicaraguans who left their homes during the contra war of the 80's. The town was literally built by the sweat and muscle of the women of the Maria Luisa Ortiz Cooperative. Special features for this event only: social hour 6-7 pm; door prizes; silent auction.

Location:
Bard Hall, First Unitarian Universalist Church
4190 Front Street
San Diego, CA 92103 Hillcrest area

Cost: Donations greatly appreciated

Directions: Opposite the UCSD Medical Center

Organizer:

Tree Climb Training

Tree climb training orientation for beginning ascending and decending using rope rigging and harness. Learn the basic ABC's of tree climbing from safety and knots to midline decent and rigging.

Wear comfortable clothes and shoes.

Contact: Alectoria & Sprout 831-469-4378

Location:
UCSC Trailer Park Commons Room, West Entrance to Heller Dr to Leonardo Ln.

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

Organizer:

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

Performers Take Back the Streets!

SAFE--Society for Artistic Freedom and Expression--is a open group of street performers encouraging the public and the performers to reclaim public spaces.

SAFE (also known as Streetperformers Against Foolish Enforcement) plays a weekly jam and speakout at

There is usually food and political tabling going on, as well as an ongoing "Vigil Against Two Wars"--the War on the Poor and the War/Occupation in Iraq.

As of Wednesday, March 23, 2005, SAFE will have played 60 consecutive weeks, braving police harassment, bad weather, and the City Council's Downtown Ordinances (which technically prohibit SAFE's performance area).

We formed in the wake of the "Only in Santa Cruz" concert in September 2003 to encourage solidarity among street performers particularly after City Council passed the Downtown Ordinances, expanding police repression and limiting performance space.

Come down and join us--in song and speech!

Location:
Soquel and Pacific in front of New Leaf Market and Alfresco's on Pacific Avenue in Downtown Santa Cruz

Organizer:

SANTA CRUZ BROWN BERETS

BROWN BERET
AUTONOMOUS CHAPTER
FORMING IN SANTA CRUZ
FIRST PLANNING MEETING
WEDNESDAY APRIL 13 AT 7PM

Location:
AT THE RESOURCE CENTER FOR NONVIOLENCE
515 BROADWAY
SANTA CRUZ
CROSS STREET IS OCEAN

Tony Kushner speaks

One of the most celebrated playwrights of the
last 20 years, Tony Kushner
joins the personal and political, tackling AIDS
in Angels in America;
Afghanistan in Homebody/Kabul; and, most
recently, race and social
revolution in the musical Caroline, or Change.
Kushner is also the author
of Brundibar, a children's book based on the 1938
opera, and co-editor of
Wrestling with Zion. He has received the Pulitzer
Prize for Drama and two
Tony awards.

Kushner is openly gay, and he is an activist for
social justice.
Advance tickets are no longer available. Some
standby tickets will be
available at the door.

Location:
Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya
Hall

Cost: free, some standby tickets will be avail. at the door

Organizer:

URL: http://www.nextbook.org/localprograms/seattle_writersseries.html

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

Caterpillar Protest

Minnesota joins The International Day of Action Against Caterpillar: April 13, 2005
Stop Caterpillar From Selling Home-Crushing Bulldozers to Israel

On April 13, 2005, Minnesotans will join groups all over the world in opposing Caterpillar sales of home-crushing bulldozers to Israel. That day, Caterpillar shareholders will meet in Chicago and will discuss a resolution on sales of bulldozers to Israel.

Location:
Ziegler Cat, midwest Caterpillar dealership
9401 West 94th St.
Bloomington, MN

Directions: Hwy 35S --exit on 94th St.

Organizer:

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/

Citizens Against Reckless Development

The Citizens Against Reckless Development (C.A.R.D.) are holding a "Call to Action" meeting Please attend, and find out about the activities and rallies the we have planned for the coming weeks, and what you can do to help stop the zone change.
Also, we have a supply of bumper stickers and lawn signs for distribution. Anyone who would like one to display, please contact us and we will make sure you get one.

Location:
Agawam Library