Critical Mass

Cyclists meet at Charles and Redwood Streets 5:45 p.m. the last Friday of every month. Critical Mass is a slow bicycle protest through downtown Baltimore.

Critical Mass is a national phenomenon which has arisen in response to what many call the "car-culture" -- an overdependence on the private automobile. It is, more than anything else, a reclamation of space, a demonstration to show that the city belongs to people and not machines.

Location:
Charles and Redwood Streets

Organizer:

The Battle of Algiers

The Hiroshima-Nagasaki Commemoration Committee continues its video series, entitled Resistance, Memory, Survival on Fri., Apr. 30 with THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS [Italy/Algeria, 1965]. Writer-director Gillo Pontecorvo studies the Algerian guerilla struggle against French colonization. He sees the colonialists as victims of their own system, and the rebels as taking on some of the excesses used against them. Since the invasion of Iraq, this film, banned for many years in France, is being shown at the Pentagon.

Doors open 7 PM, but please NOTE THE VIDEO WILL START PROMPTLY at 7:30 PM. There is no charge, and refreshments will be available.

Location:
The video will be shown at the AFSC, 4806 York Road, in the Govans neighborhood, just south of the post office and about three blocks north of Cold Spring Lane.

Cost: no charge

Organizer:

Take A Stand: Voices of Courage- honoring Barbara Lee, Winona LaDuke, Amy Goodman and others

The Boston Women's Fund 20th Anniversary

Invites you to



Take A Stand (TAS)

Friday, April 30, 2004

6-10pm



TAS 2004 Honorees: Voices of Courage

Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D. California)

Winona LaDuke

Amy Goodman


Grantee Recognition:

Survivor's Inc

Adbar Ethiopian Women's Alliance


Congresswoman Barbara Lee
Congresswoman Barbara Lee was first elected to the House of Representatives for
the Ninth District of California in a 1998 special election to fill the seat of
retiring Congressman Ron Dellums. Congresswoman Lee came to Washington after serving
in the California State Assembly from 1990-1996 and the California State Senate
from 1996-1998.

Congresswoman Lee has sought to bring her training as a social worker to bear on
the problems and challenges that confront the East Bay, California, and the nation.
She has worked to build bipartisan coalitions to provide for the basic and inter-related
needs of Americans, and the quest to create livable communities in a peaceful world.

Activist Winona LaDuke
Winona LaDuke, active in American Indian environmental issues since her teen years,
gained nationwide attention as vice presidential running mate to Ralph Nader on
the 1996 and 2000 Green Party tickets. The daughter of an Anishinabe (Ojibwa) father
and a Jewish mother, LaDuke earned a degree in economic development from Harvard
and then moved to Minnesota's White Earth reservation, where she still lives. There
she became involved in a land recovery lawsuit and founded the White Earth Land
Recovery Project, which works to buy back tribal lands. LaDuke has written numerous
articles and is the author of the novel Last Standing Woman (1997); its final chapter
is written in Ojibway.

Amy Goodman
Amy Goodman is a longtime journalist, activist, and host of Democracy Now!, a national,
listener-sponsored news show committed to broadcasting marginalized voices. A vocal
opponent of censorship, Goodman covers controversial issues ranging from Chevron-related
murders in Nigeria to the struggle for independence in East Timor and documents
the global, grassroots opposition to a U.S.-led war in Iraq.

Goodman's resistance to the attempted takeover of the Pacifica Radio network served
as a rally point to force out a hostile board of directors. She and an alliance
of media activists broadcast the show daily on the Internet and through a backdoor
to Pacifica's satellite while expanding the program to television.

Democracy Now!'s website allows people to stream the show live, search and browse
through story archives, and listen to current guest interviews. The website engages
the show's audience in gathering, sharing, and acting on the news, which, in Goodman's
words, "expands and preserves our public media spaces, which now more than
ever are crucial to a vital democracy."

Location:
At the Mary Baker Eddy Library

200 Massachusetts Avenue 02115

Boston, MA

Directions:
Parking Available for $5

T-Accessible via Green Line

Organizer:

URL: http://www.bostonwomensfund.org

MAY DAY WAKE UP THE EARTY AFTER PARTY!

Come Celebrate May Day with the Lucy Parsons Center Bookstore (LPC) and Spontaneous Celebrations!

The Wake Up the Earth Festival began in 1979 when a group of local neighbors and activist banded together to stop the I-95 expansion into Jamaica Plain. The festival began as, and still is, a celebration of what can be accomplished when people of all traditions, cultures, ages, and beliefs come together. A great many individuals, local artists, community groups, and schools join forces every year to make a unique community collaboration. Recent festivals have included an enchanted puppet forest, sideshows, live bands, dancers, acoustic performers and a giant pageant.

In addition to a great day of fun and activities, LPC has been asked to host the AFTER PARTY!

The AFTER PARTY IS FULL OF FUN!! There will be several DJs, bands, food and dancing, with Special Guests the Foundation, DJ Nomadik, and more!!!

All Ages -- Beer & Wine w/ID

$5+ donation (In addition to being a great time this is a benefit for Spontaneous Celebrations and the Lucy Parsons Center, two great local, non-profits)

Location:
Spontaneous Celebrations, 45 Danforth Street in Jamaica Plain (Stony Brook T)

Cost: $5+ donation

Organizer:

MORADIA: ESPAÇO PRIVADO, INTERESSE PÚBLICO

Na sexta-feira, dia 30 de abril, haverá uma
mostra de vídeos do CMI sobre a luta dos sem-
teto por moradia. Após a exibição haverá debate.
A exibição acontece na Ação Educativa, na Rua
General Jardim, 660, próximo ao metrô República,
a partir das 19:30 hrs.

30 de abril, 19h30
MORADIA: ESPAÇO PRIVADO, INTERESSE PÚBLICO

Ocupação Anita Garibaldi
Autor: Videohackers

Ocupação Carlos Lamarca
Autor: Videohackers

Ocupação Santo Dias
Autor: A revolução não será televisionada

Despejo dos Sem-Teto no ABC
Autor: Videohackers despejados pela polícia.

Location:
Rua General Jardim, 660, próximo ao metrô República

Cost: Grátis

Organizer:

A Call for Days of Mourning and Resistance Against the US Occupation of Iraq

A Call for Days Of Mourning And Resistance Against the U.S.
Occupation of Iraq

In remembrance of those being killed in Iraq, in solidarity with all
under attack in the war for empire and the war at home...

Sponsored by Direct Action to Stop the War (DASW)

April 30th and May 1st, 2004

Saddened and angered by recent events in Iraq, and convinced that
increased resistance from within the heart of empire can undermine
and eventually stop this cruel war, we are calling for all who oppose
it to join in two days of mass direct action, public mourning, and
the building of a culture of resistance.

The vision:

We're calling for two days of gatherings, mass direct actions, and
marches, each cascading into the next. This will be a time for the
majority against empire and war to remember and resist together. In
the city centers, streets will be alive with resistance and
individual institutions involved in the war will see their day
disrupted.

We are calling for affinity groups*, workplaces, organizations and
community groups, to help orchestrate a variety of actions: office
blockades, roaming "snake" marches, jumping on transit together to
confront an institution involved in the war, rallies throughout the
region that end with their participants joining others in the city
centers. During the day, there will be regularly convergence points
to bring people to support actions wherever they occur. And the
evening of April 30th we are seeking to organize a march out of the
city center to join a community-based memorial service for those
being killed in Iraq.

We're calling for artists of all types and in all media to join in
this event, to perform or exhibit in public during these days, and
continue the ongoing work of creative culture of resistance. We will
help distribute reproducible visual art promoting these days of
mourning and resistance--please contact us if your interested.

These are just two days out of an ongoing struggle on many, many
fronts. We urge events that build continuing efforts of resistance
to a society that creates war and empire. In particular, we encourage
people to participate in Education Not Incarceration's May 1st teach
in and speak out and Oakland Technical High School.

Making it happen:

These days are not, and cannot be, a set of events produced by the
few for the passive involvement of the many. Rather, if our
resistance is to be real, it must involve the vast numbers of us who
oppose the war. Organize your friends, your workplace, your
neighborhood, your community.

Direct Action to Stop the War will be providing spaces for training
(on issues from nonviolent action to your legal rights), art making
and coordination on the weekend of April 24th and 25th. Please
contact us to get involved in making that happen, or organize local
trainings and meeting spaces in your area.

A variety of critical tasks for these days need your help. Volunteers
and organizers are needed for reconvergence points, providing legal
support, documenting actions on the days, and providing food and
medical support.

Why now?

This month has seen a major escalation in counterinsurgency warfare
in Iraq. As of the time of this call, more than 1,000 Iraqis and over
50 Americans have died. Fallujah, an entire city has been surrounded
and subjected bombardment and attack. Freedom of the press has been
denied, unarmed demonstrators have been shot, and neighborhoods
attacked from Baghdad to Najaf. 24 million Iraqis are facing an
indefinite future of military occupation and corporate colonialism.

April 30th marks two months before the mythical "transfer of
sovereignty" in Iraq. On that day, the U.S. government proposes
to "give power" to a government it has appointed, that it will
control with behind-the-scenes, in a country will continue to occupy
indefinitely filled with permanent U.S. military bases. Instead of
this deception, we demand a real withdrawal and real democracy for
the Iraqi people.

April 30th also marks just another day in the administration of
empire. On that day, stock traders, corporate managers, politicians
and diplomats will be making everyday decisions that devastate our
future. Buy helicopters and ammunition; shutter a half-dozen
schools; recruit more of the poor to become killers; build another
jail for their cousins; turn a country into a sacrifice zone for
profit; build a factory for weapons rather than human needs; evict a
community. On this day, some of these cruelties will be interrupted
by our action.

May 1st is International Workers' Day, commemorating decades of
struggle for power at the workplace, from the eight hour day to the
ability to decide what you will make, how and why. It also saw the
beginning of the four-million-student strong national strike against
the U.S. invasion of Cambodia in 1970 and a massive anti-war direct
action effort in Washington, D.C. in 1971. We continue to resist.

On both these days, in this month, and this year, thousands upon
thousands have been killed in a war for empire and greed, in the
angry blowback to this war, in the communities forsaken so that
resources might be concentrated on colonizing another people. We
will remember them as siblings, as cousins, as friends, as those who
would have grown to respect have the lines of the empire not come
between us, as those we could have joined in peace had the
explosives not reached them first.

Form or Join an Affinity Group

Get your crew together to plan and organize...

Form an affinity/action group now to get prepared. Get a group of
five to 25 of your friends, family, neighbors, co-workers, or
schoolmates to prepare for and participate in the Days Of Mourning
And Resistance. Make a plan of how you will get together, join in and
act. Send one or two people from your group to the April 25th
spokescouncil to coordinate with other groups. Participate in a
nonviolent direct action training to get prepared. Several affinity
groups can join together as a "cluster."

Call Mark to organize an action group and formulate our strategies

Location:

Organizer:

URL: http:// actagainstwar.org/

[Gran Canaria]Charla "orígenes del 1º de Mayo"

canarias.indymedia.org/es_ES/mozwin.css/newswire/display/6125/index.php

Location:
ATENEO JIRIBILLA, SITO EN PASEO DE SAN ANTONIO Nº 11 BAJO. de Las Palmas de G.C.

Organizer:

8è folk rural

Tres dies (30 abril, 1 i 2 de maig 2004 ) Carpes de circ,zona d´acampada,xiringuitos temàtics,malabars,danses,tendal medieval,poesia,tallers pintura,clowns. Tres dies de festa al poble de Pardines (Ripollès).
Concerts: Fuertantz (Alemania), Jam ak jam (Senegal), Gnòmadas (Mèxic-Catalunya), Les Madeleines (França), La Kinkybeat (Catalunya), Els randellaires (Catalunya),Bauma (Catalunya), Lumbalu (Colòmbia), La vereda (Mallorca), Les troublamours (França), Aisha (Catalunya), Ea (Andalusia), Retire tes doigts (França), Aran (CAtalunya), DJ one and trim (França).

Location:
Camping Masia "Can Barratort"/Pardines (Ripollès)

Cost: div i diss 30 euros/ diss 25 euros

Xerrada : "La memòria històrica"

Xerrada : "La memòria històrica"

Ponents:
- Josefina Piquet ("nena" del 36 victima de la Guerra i l'Exili)
- Ramón Gassiot (Historiador)
- Enric Borràs ( membre de la Comissió de la Dignitat)

Organitza: Col·lectiu Gatzara - L'Eixample

Location:
Carrer de València, 588 Barcelona. Local AA.VV Sagrada Familia

Organizer:

Acte del 1er de Maig a Nou Barris: "La lluita obrera, 20 anys de perpsectiva".

Acte del 1er de Maig a Nou Barris: "La lluita obrera, 20 anys de perspectiva". Intervindran:

- Francisco Enciso, membre del Col·lectiu Obrer i Popular (Ripollet) i autor del llibre "Todos o ninguno".

- Un membre de la Federació de Treballadors de Catalunya.

- Un mebre d´Endavant-Barcelonès.

Location:
Centre Civic Can Basté, Pg.Fabra i Puig 274. Virrei Amat L5.

Organizer:

URL: http://www.endavant.org www.llibertat.com/endavantstandreu9b

Situació de les dones als centres penitenciaris

Kafeta aquest divendres 30 al cso l'opera organitzat pel col·lectiu de dones del cso l'opera

a les 20h hi haurà una xerrada:
Situació de les dones als centres penitenciaris
a càrrec del col·lectiu Dona i presó

la kafeta romandrà oberta a partir de les 19h

Location:
CSO L'OPERA
C/Josep Prats 56-58
Hospi-tal-et de Llobregat
Metro: L1 av.carrilet
Fgc: av.carrilet
Ren-fe: Hospitalet
Bus's: L10, L12, L'H1, N13, N15 (et deixen a Prat de la Riba)
El cso està al barri centre pregunta pel mercat del centre i quan hi arribis

Directions: CSO L'OPERA
C/Josep Prats 56-58 cantonada amb Francesc Moragues
Hospi-tal-et de Llobregat
Molt a prop del quartell de la Remonta

Organizer:

URL: http://www.sindominio.net/okupesbcn

TRIBUNAL INTERNACIONAL DE L’IRAQ: JUDICIS CONTRA L’OCUPACIÓ

TRIBUNAL INTERNACIONAL DE L’IRAQ: JUDICIS CONTRA L’OCUPACIÓ

Xerrada a càrrec de Loles Oliván, arabista, membre del Comité de Solidaridad con la Causa Árabe - CSCA, i representant al Tribunal de Brussel·les de la CEOSI (Campaña contra la Ocupación y por la Soberanía de Iraq), conformada, entre d’altres col·lectius de tot l’estat espanyol, per la PASI.

Organitza: Plataforma per l'Alliberament i la Sobirania de l'Iraq - PASI (plataforma_iraq-AT-hotmail.com)

La xerrada, oberta al públic, informarà sobre la sessió que va tenir lloc els passats 14 a 17 d’abril a Brussel·les del Tribunal Internacional sobre l'Iraq, una iniciativa endegada per diverses organitzacions internacionals arrel de la invasió il·legal del país. L’objectiu del tribunal és programar en diferents països sessions, audiències o tribunals per tal de jutjar els diferents aspectes relacionats amb els crims de guerra comesos pels EUA i els seus aliats durant la invasió, i posterior ocupació, de l’Iraq. La Comissió d’investigació de la sessió de Brussel·les va estar integrada per persones tan reconegudes com Denis Halliday (Irlanda, coordinador del Programa Humanitari de NNUU a l’Iraq des de 1997 fins a 1998, any en que va dimitir), Nawal al-Saadawi (Egipte, psiquiatra, escriptora i activista feminista) i Samir Amin (Egipte/Senegal, director del Fòrum per al Tercer Món a Dakar). Com a testimonis han intervingut, entre d’altres, Ramsey Clark, Hans von Sponeck, Sara Flounders i Amal Al-Khedairy.

Més informació sobre el tribunal al CSCAweb www.nodo50.org/csca

Location:
Pati Manning (c. Montalegre, 7 / Barcelona)

Organizer:

L'ALTRA CARA DEL FÒRUM DE LES CULTURES

Presentació del llibre de distribució gratuïta
LA OTRA CARA DEL FÒRUM DE LES CULTURES 2004

Assemblea de Resistències al Fòrum
Col.lectiu Ariadna Pi de l'Institut Català d'Antropologia
Espai en Blanc
Editorial Bellaterra

Intervindran
BERNAT MUNIESA
MANUEL DELGADO
SANTIAGO LÓPEZ PETIT

Organitza
CEPC

Location:
Pati de Lletres, Universitat de Barcelona.
Plaça Universitat

Organizer:

30 Abril - Hamsa

Aquest divendres la concentració de suport a l'Hamsa coincideix amb la celebració del dia internacional del sabotatje.
Com casualment aquest divendres la concentració de suport a l'Hamsa, que es fa cada divendres a les 19:30 davant de la seu del districte de Sants-Montjuïc, coincideix amb la celebració del dia internacional del sabotatje, es demana que hi vagi el màxim de gent posible... Recordeu:

Divendres a les 19:30
Us hi esperem!!!

Location:
Davant de la seu del Districte de Sants-Montjuïc

Organizer:

situació actual a l'irak, quan la realitat supera la ficció

xerrada informativa de la situació a l'irak a càrrec de la iniciativa josé couso contra els crims de guerra. xerrada i projecció de diapositives. a continuació, tapeo i música a la kafeta.

Location:
csoa hamsa, carrer miquel bleach, 15-19, hostafrancs

Organizer:

Viatge a l'Irak un any despres.Iniciativa Jose Couso

Hola a totes i tots!!!!
El proper divendres 30 de maig a les 8 del vespre, les ex-Tenses obrim la Cafeta de l'HAMSA ( C/Miquel Bleach 15, metro Hostafrancs).
Dedicarem la tarda a fer una xerrada sobre la Iniciativa José Couso contra els Crims de Guerra, que va viatjar a Bagdad del 5 al 10 d'abril per a fer un homenatge als periodistes assassinats per les tropes de la coalició durant la invasió i ocupació d'Iraq; a solidaritzar-se amb el poble iraquià i  a recabar informació de la situació mèdica i de drets humans i de la dona al país.
 La Iniciativa sorgeix del col.lectiu HAC ( Herman@s, Amig@s y Compañer@s de José Couso), creat a partir de l'assassinat de Couso i Taras Protsyuk, càmera de Reuters el 8 d'abril de 2003, per l'exèrcit dels Estats Units.  Un tanc M1 Abrahams del 3er regiment de la companyia d'infanteria de l'exèrcit nordamericà va disparar contra l'Hotel Palestina, seu de la premsa internacional independent durant la fase d'invasió del país, dues hores després que avions de la mateixa companyia bombardegessin la seu de les televisions àrabs Al Jazeera i Abu Dhabis, matant el càmera Tareq Ayub i ferint més de 20 persones. El Pentàgon coneixia la ubicació dels 3 punts perquè els mateixos periodistes els hi havien proporcionat les coordenades.
Un any després dels fets, el govern Bush no ha engegat cap investigació independent i continúa dient que va disparar en defensa pròpia perquè l'hotel era ple de franctiradors.
Presentarem el llibre " José Couso, la mirada incómoda", editat pel col.lectiu per difondre la seva lluita per investigació i justícia i on participen familiars, periodistes, escriptors, poetes..
 
Parlarem dels fets, del viatge a Bagdad en una de les setmanes més dures de la guerra i de la situació econòmica, política, sanitària i de drets humans i de la dona a Iraq. També es projectaran fotos del viatge.
 
Hi haurà menjar  i música àrab!!!
 
 
Us esperem!!!!

Location:
Centre Social Ocupat HAMSA

Directions: C/Miquel Bleach,15
Metro Hostafranchs, linea 1

fotut 2004::: presentació interactiva: jo al fòrum no hi participo!

Presentació interactiva: "Jo al fòrum no hi participo"

Presentació interactiva sobre la falsedat del fòrum, organitzada pel col·lectiu fotut2004
Una mentida que mourà el món...

Location:
Av Gaudí/Provença
Sagrada Família

Organizer:

URL: http://fotut2004.org

Projecció de videos sobre precarietat i 1er de maig

En el marc de les projeccions que organitza el projecte d'arxiu audiovisual ( www.infoespai.org/view.php
i alhora en el marc de les accions de l'assemblea de gràcia per l'1 de maig, organitzem una sessio de video activista centrada, en el tema de la precarietat i l'1 de maig

Aquí teniu una agenda dels videos que es projectaran el vespre.

Precarietat i primer de maig: Projecció 30 de Abril 2004 a les 21.30 a l' Infoespai

- ITALIA Mayday 2003 Milano, Seleccion bruto camera (9mins)
Primero de Mayo, (La Ciudad F’abrica) 30mins IT subs CAST
Com a Audio es posarà el programa sobre el mayday realitzat per la Radio de l'Assemblea
per la comunicació social.

- MADRID: A la Deriva por los circuitos de la precariedad femenina (approx 40mins) DVD NB
de "Precarias a la deriva"

- ARGENTINA-
El Proyecto de los movimientos de Trabajadores Desocopudas, per Argentina Arde (uns 10')

ens veiem allà!
Infoespai

Location:
Infoespai, plaça del sol 19-20 baixos

Organizer:

URL: http://www.infoespai.org

Masa crítica

Los coches atemorizan a las bicicletas.
Pero cuando se junta un grupo de bicicletas con suficiente
Masa crítica entonces la bicicleta manda.

En Bilbao todos los últimos viernes de mes a las 7:30pm desde la Gran Via, frente a diputación, damos unas vueltas por las calles.

No estorbamos al tráfico, sómos tráfico.

Location:
Bilbo Gran Via, frente a diputación

Organizer:

URL: http://masacritica.info

Homeless Homestay in Osaka!

Hello there-

In Osaka, Kamagasaki and Nagai park area- there will be a homestay event for anyone interesting in learning about homelessness issues in japan and the history of the homeless in the area and on 5/1 an early to rise May Day event (from 5am-?) to share solidarity with the homeless and day laborers in the Kamagasaki area. For those that decide to go, we ask that you share some of your thoughts and observations for a possible upcoming article.

To find out more and join the free event- contact Rebel Jill- rebel_jill98-AT-yahoo.co.jp

Thanks and hope to see you there-
jen and K

Location:
Osaka

Cost: free

Organizer:

Jamnesty: Fighting Violence Against Women

Jamnesty is a FREE concert on the Wiliam Jewell campus quad (Gano Chapel if it rains) featuring seven bands (headlining is namelessnumberheadman) and six local organizations that aid women (such as Veronica's Voice).

Location:
William Jewell College - on the Quad

Cost: FREE

Directions: I-35 to HWY-152 East in Liberty and follow the signs to the campus. The quad is on top of the hill.

Organizer:

Jubilee Cafe

***Actual time is 7:15-8:15am***

Jubilee Café is an ecumenical campus and community outreach program sponsored by Canterbury House, the Episcopal Campus Ministry of the University of Kansas. It is committed to serving our homeless and in-need neighbors with dignity and respect. Our primary goals are to enhance self-esteem and promote wellness among our guests, our volunteers, and ourselves. Participation in, or affiliation with, either Canterbury House or any other sponsoring organization is not a prerequisite for volunteering at the Jubilee Café.



he Jubilee Café provides our homeless and in-need neighbors in the Lawrence area a generous and healthy breakfast on Tuesday and Friday mornings in a setting that allows our volunteers to interact with each person on an individual basis. Jubilee Café is a fully licensed restaurant that has been operating since 1994. We believe that by treating our visitors as guests and our volunteers as vital, we will affirm individual humanity and enhance self-esteem. The simple act of choosing an item from a menu allows a person to exercise a measure of control in one basic area of his or her life, which can cross over into other areas as well. And the act of serving another person in need gives us the direct experience of "loving our neighbor as ourselves."


pen on Tuesday and Friday mornings, the Café serves its guests from 7:00 am to 8:00 am.

Location:
Basement of the First Methodist Church, 10th and Vermont, Lawrence.

Cost: free

URL: http://www.ku.edu/~jubilee/whatis.htm

Vegan Potluck, Post-Potluck Movie

Bring vegan food and enjoy!

Location:
1400 Tennessee, #1 (basement apt. in back)

Cost: bring food

Organizer:

Peace Vigil

Peace Vigil on Market Square in Portsmouth. The vigil is a presence in opposition to U.S. bombing and warfare and to any further expansion of military retaliation.

Location:
Market Square
Portsmouth, NH

Organizer:

URL: http://www.seacoastpeaceresponse.org

Solidarity Rally and Dinner:  SOLIDARITY RALLY AND DINNER: A SEND-OFF OF THE MARCH FOR JUSTICE

A SEND-OFF OF THE MARCH FOR JUSTICE
JOIN THE MARCH FOR JUSTICE & 24-HOUR VIGIL FOR JUSTICE


May 1- May 11, 2004

TEN-DAY PILGRIMAGE WITH EVENTS IN ROCHESTER, AUBURN, CAMILLUS, SYRACUSE, ONEIDA, UTICA, LITTLE FALLS, CANAJOHARIE, AMSTERDAM, SCHENECTADY, COLONIE, AND ALBANY

 ARTURO RODRIGUEZ, leader of the United Farmworkers of America (UFW) founded by Cesar Chavez, will join the march and vigil in Albany.


Join farmworkers as they march 10-days from Auburn to Albany, culminating in a 24-hour vigil at the Capitol in Albany to demand passage of the Farmworker Fair Labor Practices Act.

If you are interested in organizing a bus, van or carpool from your communities to join a segment of the march or vigil, please contact us.  See the attached flyer or visit our website for the march and vigil schedule.  

Location:
ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH
869 NORTH CLINTON ST., ROCHESTER

Cost: donations accepted

Organizer:

Palabra y Poesia-SpokenWord and Poetry

Once a month, the CRR and the RPA make a call to all popular expression, poets, spoken word artists to come and share their latest progressive poetry with the community. Palabra y Poesia, Spoken Word and Poetry, is in invitation to anyone ready to express themselves on the open mike. We invite everybody to read something they have written, or you can simply come on down and read a poems we have ready for you to pick up and read. We also want you to share any lyrics, short story, or vignettes that you have found

Location:
Wednesday April 14, 2004 at 6PM
Dr. Rodolfo Acuna Gallery and Cultural Center/Café on “A”
438 South “A” Street
Downtown Oxnard

Cost: Always Free to Community

Organizer:

URL: http://www.committeeonrazarights.org

An Evening of Traditional and Modern Arabic Music with Woroud

Palestinian singer Woroud sings in Arabic and will be accompanied by a six-member band, playing a mixture of traditional and modern Middle Eastern music.

Location:
MultiCultural Center Theater

Cost: $5 students/ $10 general admission

Organizer:

URL: http://www.sa.ucsb.edu/mcc/

Teach-in on the Haiti Coup

Pierre Labossiere, founder of the bay area Haiti Action Committee, who recently returned to Berkeley from his homeland following the bi-centinial and subsequent unrest, and Isebill Gruhn, UCSC professor emereta of politics specializing in international law, will be speaking in a teach-in forum on Friday, April 30th at 4pm at the Oakes Learning Center. Free and open to the public. Snacks provided.

Location:
Oakes Learning Center( above cafeteria) @ Oakes College, UC Santa Cruz

Cost: free

Soquel peace vigil

PEACE VIGILS: Please join us to peacefully protest our country's "endless" and "permanent" war. Bring signs, banners, flags, costumes, and noisemakers - or use ours! Choose from the following locations for weekly vigils:

Fridays, 5:00-6:00pm
At The Plaza in Watsonville.

Fridays, 4:45-5:30pm
In front of The Ugly Mug Coffeehouse at the corner of Porter and Soquel in Soquel.

Fridays, 5:00-6:00pm
At the corner of Ocean and Water Streets in Santa Cruz.

Location:
The Ugly Mug Coffeehouse at the corner of Porter and Soquel in Soquel.

Organizer:

URL: http://wilpf.got.net

Hollister in Black

two years grieving victims of violence. please wear black and prepare for counterdemonstrators.

Location:
corner 4th and san benito streets hollister

Watsonville peace vigil

PEACE VIGILS: Please join WILPF to peacefully protest our country's "endless" and "permanent" war. Bring signs, banners, flags, costumes, and noisemakers - or use ours! Choose from the following locations for weekly vigils:

Fridays, 5:00-6:00pm
At The Plaza in Watsonville.

Fridays, 4:45-5:30pm
In front of The Ugly Mug Coffeehouse at the corner of Porter and Soquel in Soquel.

Fridays, 5:00-6:00pm
At the corner of Ocean and Water Streets in Santa Cruz.

Location:
The Plaza in Watsonville
(Main St. and the 129)

Organizer:

Santa Cruz peace vigil

PEACE VIGILS: Please join us to peacefully protest our country's
"endless" and "permanent" war. Bring signs, banners, flags, costumes,
and noisemakers - or use ours! Choose from the following locations
for weekly vigils:

Fridays, 5:00-6:00pm
At The Plaza in Watsonville.

Fridays, 4:45-5:30pm
In front of The Ugly Mug Coffeehouse at the corner of Porter and
Soquel in Soquel.

Fridays, 5:00-6:00pm
At the corner of Ocean and Water Streets in Santa Cruz.

Location:
corner of Ocean and Water Streets in Santa Cruz

Organizer:

URL: http://wilpf.got.net

Women, Flowers, and Migration films

Love, Women, and Flowers
(Director: Marta Rodriguez, 1988, 58 min)
Women workers stand up to the toxic flower industry in Colombia.

Uprooted: Refugees of the Global Economy
(Directors: Sasha Khokha, Ulla Nilsen, Jon Fromer, and Francisco Herrera, 2001, 28 min)
Corporations' devastation of third world countries forces workers to emigrate.

Speakers: Marta Rodriguez, director of Love, Women & Flowers
Francisco Herrera, producer of Uprooted

Location:
Cabrillo College Watsonville Center Forum, Watsonville

Cost: donation

Organizer:

URL: http://www.reelwork.org/schedule.html

Haiti Today: Why the Turmoil?

Pierre Labossierre, of the Haiti Action Committee, will explain the history and social discord driving the current upheaval in Haiti. Special showing of "Seeing Haiti Through Lafanmi Selavi" – 2002 documentary of Haiti as seen through the eyes of Haiti’s children.

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duplicate listing below!

Haiti Action Committee

Friday, 30 April 2004
07:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Organizer: Nancy Abbey / Sue Terence

Pierre Labossiere from the Haiti Action Committee has agreed to come to Santa Cruz to talk about the situation in Haiti and to provide some avenues for those of us who want to help. The same night, Caitlin Manning will show her film, Lafamni Selavi, about the group home founded by Aristide for the homeless children of Port au Prince.

Pierre went back to Haiti last November/December for the big celebration of 200 years of independence and he will share his observation of the political situation then and how it reflects in what's happening now.

Location:
Room 3 at the Louden Nelson Community Center.

Cost: Donation

Contact: cubastudygroup (at) scshop.com

Location:
Louden Nelson Center, Room 3
301 Center Street
Santa Cruz

Cost: $5

Organizer:

Crtical Mass!!!!!

Sick of Cars and bicycle unfriendly Tallahassee??? Join Critical Mass!!! Critical Mass started on September 25th, 1992 in Sqan Francisco. 10 years later it is still going strong has spread to voer 300 cities. Critical Mass is a worldwide movement not an organization, that takes to the streets on bikes in large numbers during busy transit hours to raise awareness about the existence and needs of cyclists and pedestrians vs. automobiles.

Location:
Critical Mass forms in front of the Old Capitol the last Friday of every month at 5 PM.
For more info please check: www.critical-mass.org

Cost: free

Directions: Appalachee Parkway and Monroe St.

Organizer:

Iraqis and GIs are Dying - End the Occupation of Iraq

Picket Line & Bannering
End the Occupation of Iraq - Bring the Troops Home Now!

May 1, 2004 will mark the one-year anniversary since the spectacle of President Bush landing on an aircraft carrier wearing a flight suit to announce the "end of major combat" in Iraq.

A year later the Iraqi people are in revolt against the occupation. The death toll of Iraqis and Gis is growing everyday.

To mark the one-year anniversary of Bush's aircraft carrier trip protests and planned in several cities around the U.S. this coming weekend.

In the Twin Cities a picket line will be held on Friday, April 30 in front of the offices of US Senator Norm Coleman in St. Paul.

A statement issued by organizers says, "The political justifications that the U.S. government used to win support for the war are exposed for what they where, lies and distortions. Thousands of Iraqi's have died since the invasion. In April 2004, over 700 Iraqis died in Falluja during the first stages of the U.S. siege of that city. Over 700 GI's have died in the war in Iraq, Over 500 of these deaths occurred after Bush announced the "end of major combat."

Location:
In front of the office of U.S. Senator Norm Coleman
2550 University Ave W
St, Paul
(At the intersection of Hwy 280 & University Ave.)

Organizer:

Critical Mass Bike Ride

Minnesota Critical Mass rides the last Friday of each month starting in Loring Park. Meet up around 5:00 p.m., we get rolling by 5:30. One many simulatenous rides each month in a worldwide movement to promote the use of bicycles as a viable means of transportation. Critical Mass has arisen in response to what many call the "car-culture:" an overdependence on the private automobile. It is, more than anything else, a reclamation of space, a demonstration to show that the city belongs to people and not machines.

Location:
Loring Park, Minneapolis

Cost: bring your bike

Directions: Meet by the fountain on the East side of the park.
www.minneapolisparks.org/default.asp

URL: http://www.MinnesotaCriticalMass.net

Organizing for Peace and Justice in Palestine

Women in Solidarity

Nadya Waziri is a founder and team member of the International Women's Peace Service (www.womenspeacepalestine.org), an all women, non-faith based project based in a small village in the West Bank. The project focuses mainly on non-violent resistance to the illegal Israeli Occupation, human rights monitoring, media outreach and coordination of peace efforts in the region. Nadya will begin with a power point presentation about the wall that Israel is currently building through Paletinian territory.

Following the presentation:
Flo Razowsky (of ISM)
and
Fouzi Slisli (Former Board Member of Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee)

will kick off a facilitated discussion.

Location:
Walker Community Church
3104 16th Ave. S.

Cost: $5 suggested Donation

Organizer: