Third Coast Activist Film Night at Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, "Taken

Why does the United States have the worst public transit in the industrialized world, and the most freeways? "Taken for a Ride" reveals the tragic and little known story of an auto and oil industry campaign, led by General Motors, to buy and dismantle streetcar lines.

Across the nation, tracks were torn up, sometimes overnight, and diesel buses placed on city streets. The highway lobby then pushed through Congress a vast network of urban freeways that doubled the cost of the Interstates, fueled suburban development, increased auto dependence, and elicited passionate opposition. Seventeen city freeways were stopped by citizens who would become the leading edge of a new environmental movement.

With investigative journalism, vintage archival footage and candid interviews, Taken for a Ride presents a revealing history of our cities in the 20th century that is also a meditation on corporate power, city form, citizen protest and the social and environmental implications of transportation.

"An important piece of American history, and a powerful critique of the influence of corporate wealth on our daily lives. I hope it will be widely seen. We desperately need to stop the destruction of our cities and make them clean, beautiful places to live." - Howard Zinn

Location:
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema (4th and Colorado).

Cost: Tickets ($6.50 general, $5 student/senior) are available at the event or online at http://www.originalalamo.com/downtown/frames

Bolivia insurrecta

Bolivien, Juni 2005:
Nach massiven Protesten nahm das Parlament den Rücktritt von Präsident Carlos Mesa an und ernannte Eduardo Rodriguez zum neuen Interimspräsidenten. Die Proteste, die von Kokabauern, Bewohnern des Hochlands, Bauern, Erdgasarbeitern und Slumbbewohnern besonders vom Stadtteil El Alto von La Paz getragen worden waren, klangen damit zunächst ab. Straßenblockaden wurden geräumt, die Treibstoff-, Erdgas-, und Nahrungsmittellieferungen nach La Paz wurden wieder aufgenommen, ebenso wie der internationale Flugverkehr. Die Bewegung, hauptsächlich indianisch geprägt, forderte in erster Linie die Verstaatlichung der Erdöl- und Erdgasförderung. Kaum berührt von diesen Protesten blieb das Gebiet um Santa Cruz, wo auch Benzin und Gas nicht knapp wurden, was einmal mehr die dortigen sezessionistischen Tendenzen darin bestärkte, dass dieses Gebiet als wirtschaftlicher Motor Boliviens mit dem verarmten Hochland nicht viel gemein habe. Von wem wird diese Volksbewegung angeführt? Ist sie ein bei!
spielhaft für die selbstorganisierte Aktion des Volkes? Haben die sezessionistischen Tendenzen um Santa Cruz eine Zukunft und was würde der Zerfall des bolivianischen Nationalstaates für den Rest von Lateinamerika bedeuten? Auf wen setzen die USA im Machtvakuum Boliviens?

Veranstaltung:
Mittwoch, 29. Juni 2005
Gusshausstr. 14/3, 1040 Wien
19 Uhr

Location:
Gusshausstr. 14/3, 1040 Wien

Organizer:

URL: www.antiimperialista.org

Bolivia insurrecta

Vortrag & Diskussion

Bolivien, Juni 2005:

Nach massiven Protesten nahm das Parlament den Rücktritt von Präsident Carlos Mesa an und ernannte Eduardo Rodriguez zum neuen Interimspräsidenten. Die Proteste, die von Kokabauern, Bewohnern des Hochlands, Bauern, Erdgasarbeitern und Slumbbewohnern besonders vom Stadtteil El Alto von La Paz getragen worden waren, klangen damit zunächst ab. Straßenblockaden wurden geräumt, die Treibstoff-, Erdgas-, und Nahrungsmittellieferungen nach La Paz wurden wieder aufgenommen, ebenso wie der internationale Flugverkehr. Die Bewegung, hauptsächlich indianisch geprägt, forderte in erster Linie die Verstaatlichung der Erdöl- und Erdgasförderung. Kaum berührt von diesen Protesten blieb das Gebiet um Santa Cruz, wo auch Benzin und Gas nicht knapp wurden, was einmal mehr die dortigen sezessionistischen Tendenzen darin bestärkte, dass dieses Gebiet als wirtschaftlicher Motor Boliviens mit dem verarmten Hochland nicht viel gemein habe.

Von wem wird diese Volksbewegung angeführt? Ist sie ein beispielhaft für die selbstorganisierte Aktion des Volkes? Haben die sezessionistischen Tendenzen um Santa Cruz eine Zukunft und was würde der Zerfall des bolivianischen Nationalstaates für den Rest von Lateinamerika bedeuten? Auf wen setzen die USA im Machtvakuum Boliviens?

Location:
Österreichisch-Arabisches Kulturzentrum
Gußhausstraße 14/3
1040 Wien
(nahe Karlsplatz)

URL: www.vorstadtzentrum.org

18th Annual Writers' Workshop

June 20 - July 1, 2005

Sponsored by the William Joiner Center for the Study of War and Social Consequences and the Creative Writing Program of the University of Massachusetts Boston

Since 1987 the center has sponsored a two-week workshop for writers interested in working on writing projects related to war, conflict, or other significant social issues. The workshop takes a fairly traditional form with core staff of writers work intensively in workshop settings with a small group of writers. The workshop classes (poetry, fiction, memoir, and translation) are supplemented by individual conferences, master classes offered by visiting writers, panels, film screenings and discussions, and readings by faculty and students.

Visiting writers will join the teaching staff in a series of readings, seminars, and panel discussions. Special events held at UMass Boston and at other Boston locations will be open to both workshop students and the general public.

This years' faculty includes:

Bruce Weigl
Larry Heinemann
Demetria Martínez
Bob Nichols
Doug Anderson
Lady Borton
Martín Espada
Macdara Woods
Eilean Ni Chullinean
Charles Simic
Danielle Legros George
Grace Paley
Michael Casey
Fred Marchant
Lloyd Schwartz
Sabra Loomis
Susan O'Neill
Martha Collins
& others

Please note that this information is subject to change.

Funding from Lannan Foundation, the LEF Foundation, and the Massachusetts Cultural council have helped to sustain and make the program affordable over the years.

Location:
UMass Boston

URL: http://www.joinercenter.umb.edu/Programs/Literary%20Programs/Writers%27%20Workshop/Writers%27%20Workshop.htm

Monthly Meeting of Boston-Metro Chapter of Billionaires for Bush

Come have cocktails with other "Billionaires" and help plan our actions, darling!

Happy Hour from 6:30 - 7:30 pm
Meeting from 7:30 - 8:30 pm

$ Kindly bring money for your favorite libation and dish so the pub can make some money and let us keep coming!
$ For more information, check out the national website: BillionairesForBush.com
$ To have a spot on the meeting agenda, email ivanamooreenmoore-AT-hotmail.com
$ Dress as an angry liberal so nobody realizes what we are really up to!

Location:
Clarke's Restaurant
21 Merchants Row (near Quincy Market)
Boston. MA

Cost: Free!

Directions: Nearest T stops are Haymarket and Government Center

Organizer:

URL: http://bostonb4b.blogspot.com

Llaguno Bridge-Keys to a Massacre

On April 11, 2002 there was a coup-detat in Venezuela. This documentary answers some of the questions and accusations made by the opposition in Venezuela. The Chavez government was held responsible for the shooting of innocent people in an opposition march. Get first-hand accounts from those involved in the events, what really took place. Also, a more detail chronological study is made that will clear up many questions.
Narrated in English, 1:45hr.

Location:
250 Jefferson Hall
Physics Building
Harvard University,
17 Oxford st.
Cambridge, MA

Cost: None

Directions: From Harvard yard, go around the Science Center on the left. Bare right to the next yard. The physics building will be in front of you. Jefferson hall is the last stairs to the left.

Organizer:

LUTO NACIONAL

Divulguem seremos de início dez, depois cem, após mil, um milhão...

Vista algo de cor preta...pendure algo desta cor na janela de sua casa...a gente consegue...a gente consegue....

NUMA QUARTA-FEIRA

TODOS DE LUTO

CONTRA A VERGONHA!

COLABOREM!-DIA 29/06/2005 - LUTO NACIONAL

CAMPANHA CONTRA A FARRA NA CÂMARA -

DIVULGUEM PARA O MAIOR NÚMERO DE PESSOAS.
Sabemos que sair às ruas é complicado devido a compromissos diários, então estamos propondo que no dia 29/06/2005, QUARTA- FEIRA todos ao saírem de casa vistam camisas/blusas pretas, e se você não tem, amarre um lenço/pano preto no braço ou em qualquer lugar do corpo .
MELHOR AINDA:
Pendure um pano preto na sua janela em sinal de luto pela morte da dignidade dos políticos

Isto vai ser um sinal de repúdio a palhaçada que virou a política
brasileira.

DEMONSTRE sua indignação em todos os Estados e cidades brasileiras!
Não tenha vergonha de participar!
Devemos ter vergonha de assistir a bandalheira de boca fechada e mãos atadas como um povo ignorante que não sabe como protestar!

Envie este texto ao maior número de pessoas.

A IDÉIA É FAZER ESTA MENSAGEM CHEGAR A MILHÕES DE PESSOAS

O novo presidente da Câmara dos Deputados, Severino Cavalcanti, (uma ... que chegou a deputado por causa da incompetência do eleitor brasileiro e o Presidente da Câmara por causa da incompetência do governo) disse que nós Brasileiros não nos importamos que o salário deles aumente de R$ 12.000,00 para + ou - R$ 22.000,00.


Como é possível em um país onde milhares de pessoas passam fome, deputados receberem aumentos absurdos como este que propõe o grande amigo do povo Severino Cavalcanti.


Gente, o Brasil é um país viável, não temos terremotos, furações etc. o que precisamos é acabar com a corrupção que faz com que o povo viva oprimido com uma péssima distribuição de renda.

Precisamos de gente que queira melhorar o país, e não de quem só pensa em si.


O governador de Minas Gerais que disse ter saneado as dívidas do estado disse que se o aumento for aceito, Minas que pôs suas contas em dia não mais conseguirá pagar em dia porque o efeito cascata afetaria vários servidores do Estado.
Quer saber como é a farra no Congresso Nacional?Então vá somando:
Salário: R$ 12.000,00
Auxílio-Moradia: R$ 3.000,00
Verba para despesas com combustível: R$ 15.000,00
Verba para assessores: R$ 3.800,00
Para trabalhar no recesso: R$ 25.400,00
Verba de gabinete mensal: R$ 35.000,00
e tem mais...

- Direito a transporte aéreo: 04 passagens de ida e volta a Brasília/mês;
- Direito de contratar até 20 servidores para cada gabinete;
- Direito ao recebimento de 13º e 14º salários, no fim e no início de cada ano legislativo;
- Direito a 90 dias de férias anuais;
- Direito a folga remunerada de 30 dias;

ISSO TUDO É PARA CADA UM DOS 513 DEPUTADOS e MAIS AINDA PARA OS 81 SENADORES !!!!

DINHEIRO QUE SAI DOS COFRES PÚBLICOS, DO SEU BOLSO, CIDADÃO !!!

SE ESTA MENSAGEM CHEGAR A 110 MILHÕES DE ELEITORES, EU DUVIDO QUE A COISA NÃO MUDE!

Este é um dos caminhos possíveis para mudar o país.

Vamos dar um basta e reagir como gente grande dizendo um grande

NÃO!

Não se esqueça: QUARTA, DIA 29 , BLUSA PRETA E PANO PRETO NA JANELA

Location:
EM TODO O PAÍS

Cost: NENHUM

Organizer:

Festa al MERCADAL

Festa anti-repressiva amb DJ reivindicatius i espectacles diversos

Location:
Placa Mercadal Reus (Tarragona, Spain)

Organizer:

Manifestació a Berga

Degut als tràgics fets ocorreguts la matinada del dissabte dia 28 de maig de 2005 durant les festes de la Patum de Berga, s'ha organitzat una manifestació en suport a la família de Josep Mª Isanta a la població de Berga.

Manifestació, dissabte 2 de juliol, 2/4 de 9 del vespre a la plaça Sant Pere de Bega (berguedà).

més info a: www.josepisanta.org

Location:
Berga

Organizer:

URL: www.josepisanta.org

La memoria es vaga

Pase de video y charla con la directora Katie Halper

La memoria es vaga cuenta la historia de El Valle de los Caídos, construido después de la guerra civil española bajo el pretexto de la reconciliación. El monumento más grande de España fue realizado por presos políticos en condiciones de campo de concentración y vino a servir de tumba de los dos líderes fascistas más prominentes de España, Jose Primo de Rivera y Francisco Franco.
Con entrevistas a los presos políticos que construyeron el monumento y a miembros actuales del partido fascista de España, esta película revela la historia no explicada de este monumento, la brutalidad de la dictadura de Franco y su herencia en la España de hoy.

Location:
Dimecres 29 de Juny a les 18:30h a la CGT, Via Laietana 18, 9ª planta

Cost: gratuit

Organizer:

TV Dinner Show on RCTV (CH 15): Open Mic at Javas

TV Dinner will continue to feature artists and poets from Java's Open Mic Monday nights.
Java's Holds Open Mics every Monday night at 9pm-11pm
(Gibbs Street off East ave)

Location:
Rochester Cable Access Channel 15

Organizer:

Rwandan Speaks of Trauma Healing Work

Come hear Cecile Nyiramana from Rwanda who initiated the Women in Dialogue program. She combines women survivors of the genocide with women whose husbands, sons, fathers, etc. have been accused of being perpetrators of the genocide. Those who have heard her speak say that gives a very effective presentation.

Potluck gathering at the Friends Meetinghouse
1001 Park Street - between Tucker and 7th Street
(across from St. Vincent's Catholic Church)
6:00 pm Wednesday, June 29

After we clean up, Cecile will give an hour presentation on her work with the Women in Dialogue and the peacemaking activities of the Friends Peace House
in Rwanda.

Please RSVP to to let him know that you are coming. If you know others who might like to hear her speak, feel free to invite them.

Location:
1001 Park Street - between Tucker and 7th Street

Organizer:

The Love Drums Radio Hour on WRFN Radio Free Nashville

The Love Drums Radio Hour on WRFN Radio Free Nashville 98.9FM Wednesdays 10am
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 18:41:47 -0500


The Love Drums Radio Hour Wednesday mornings from 10am to
11am!
Live and streaming over the internet on WRFN, Radio Free Nashville!
98.9FM.

Lots of drumming music. Info about local and regional drumming
opportunities and festivals.
Everything to do with drum and dance. Whee!

Go to radiofreenashville.org to listen online every Wednesday or
broadcast within ten miles or so of Bellevue, TN.

Location:

Americans United on Radio Free Nashville

Church-State-TN-AT-yahoogroups.com
From: "Charles H Sumner" View Contact Details
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 22:02:33 -0500
Subject: [Church-State-TN]

Those of you who receive this in time may wish to tune in to Radio Free
Nashville on Wednesdays from 3 to 4 pm. RFN is at 98.9 FM and
can probably be heard if you are within 10 or 15 miles (as the crow
flies) from the Bellevue area. (Topography affects reception, of
course.) If you cannot receive it on your radio, go to
www.RadioFreeNashville.org. You can hear the audio there.

We are also trying to stimulate people to phone in during our time on the
air. I can't locate the phone number now, but we will announce it
several times during our hour.

If youn might like to appear with one of us during a future program on a
Wednesday between 3 and 4 (possibly some other time would be a
possibility, too) and give your ideas about separation of church and
state, please respond.

RFN also needs your financial support (tax deductible), donations of
numerous items for the new facility, and people to volunteer their time.


CHARLES SUMNER
(615) 646-9946

Location:

Firebrand Community Center Meeting

Join local activists and members of Food Not Bombs, Moxie Zine Distro, Tennessee Indymedia, and the Fifth Estate as they work on various projects related to the creation of the Firebrand Community Center, a proposed community center/infoshop in East Nashville. Meeting locations vary. For more info visit www.thefirebrand.org.

Location:

Untitled General Meeting

Untitled, an open membership artist' cooperative association that hosts non-juried bi-monthly multi-media one night artist exhibitions across Nashville, meets every other Wednesday at Plowhaus Artist Coop on 17th Ave So between Russell and Fatherland in East Nashville. for more info visit www.untitlednashville.org

Wanna be in a show?

Showing with Untitled is easy. All it takes is these very simple
steps:

1. PAY One week before the show, mail a check for $15, payable to
Untitled to the following address (or just bring it to a meeting):

Untitled
P.O. Box 40232
Nashville, TN 37204



2. REGISTER No later than midnight on the Sunday before the show, visit
www.untitlednashville.org and use the online form to send in the title,
dimensions and price of your piece. Each artist or collaboration team
may
submit one piece. It can be any size, any medium, and any price.

3. DROP OFF The Wednesday before the show, bring your piece to the
designated drop-off point between 6:00 and 8:00 PM. Sign in to make
sure
we know we have your work.

4. GET PAID If your art sells, pick up your money. Untitled charges no
commission, and if the buyer pays by check or cash, you can pick it up
the
night of the show. If the buyer uses a credit card, there will be a 3%
credit card fee (which goes to the credit card company, not Untitled),
and
you can pick up a check at the next Untitled meeting. You'll need to
arrange for your buyer to pick up your work at the end of the night, or
you can arrange to deliver it, if you prefer.

5. PICK-UP On the night of the show, if your piece does not sell, you
must take it down and take it home with you at 10:00 PM. Untitled is
not
responsible for work left at the venue.

That's it! No jury, no pressure, no commission. Just bring your stuff
and we'll hang it up.


If you'd like to get a little more involved, you can also take these
optional steps:

Come to a Wednesday meeting - they are casual and short, and usually
held
in a place that serves beer, if you are so inclined. Meetings are a
good
place to get to know other artists, share ideas, and find out about
other
art opportunities in town.

Volunteer to help with the show - we need lots of volunteers to make
each
show run smoothly. Folks are needed to help distribute posters and
handbills, handle publicity, prepare the venue, hang the show, and to
help
with set-up, coordination and clean-up on the day of the show. You can
also volunteer to help with other ongoing Untitled projects like the
web
site, newsletter, workshops, fundraisers, etc.

Submit a jpeg of your art work to publicity-AT-untitlednashville.org for
possible inclusion in press releases. Local papers frequently publish
images to help spread the word about Untitled shows, and this is a
great
opportunity to get your work seen.

Organize an Untitled event of your own - Untitled has resources to help
put on smaller art shows and events. If you have a great idea, gather
a
few folks to help you put it together, and send email to
publicity-AT-untitlednashville.org to learn more about using the group's
press contacts, logo, and name to help publicize the event.

Untitled is all of us, and it takes a lot of people working together
to
make it successful. No shame if you can't help out, but please do if
you
can.

Location:

TWATT Meeting

Bi-weekly meeting of Twatt to discuss whatever comes up.
New/interested women welcome. We meet upstairs.
We typically go to the Wildrose after for karoake and/or a beer.

Location:
Caffe Vita
E Pike St, just west of the Rose

Cost: from $0-a cup of coffee

Organizer:

Merriam Park Neighbors for Peace Potluck

Merriam Park Neighbors for Peace Potluck

Once per month (usually on the last Wednesday of each month, but this is flexible during November and December), Merriam Park Neighbors for Peace holds a social potluck dinner at 6:00 p.m. at a member's home. This month's potluck will be held on Wednesday, December 1, from 6:00-9:00 p.m.

Location: 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.

Cost: Free, but bring a dish or beverage to share.

Other Events: Visit our web site for a complete listing of all of our upcoming and ongoing events: www.mppeace.org/events/

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

Location:
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.

Cost: Free, but bring a dish or beverage to share.

Organizer:

URL: http://www.mppeace.org