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Events for Saturday, 04 December 2004

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Atlanta IMC

AntiWar/Peace Rally at Decatur Square

12:00 AM - 2:00 PM

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Stop the War
Bring our Troops home Now
Not One More Life

March and Rally at Decatur Square
(Ponce de Leon & Clairemont Ave)
12:00-2:00

Speakers,Music, Street Theater

Bring Signs,Banners, Noisemakers,Drums

Endorse by:
International Action Center
Georgia Peace and Justice Coalition
Women's Action for New Directions
Refuse and Resist
Atlanta Palestinian Solidarity

For more info or request for the flyer to be e-mail to you contact IAC/Atlanta at atlantaiac@a... or call 770-989-2536

Location:
Decatur Square

Cost: Free

Organizer:

Atlanta IMC

Citizen Advocacy and Lobbyist Training

10:00 AM - 3:30 PM

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Citizen Advocacy and Lobbyist Workshop at Feminist Women�s Health Center � There is no time like the present to EMPOWER ourselves and our communities with the information and tools to advocate effectively for women and families! Georgia�s upcoming legislative session is going to be a tough one for pro-choice, pro-woman, pro-lgbt folks like ourselves. Join with other activists and concerned citizens at the Citizen Advocacy Training, to be followed up with facilitated Pro-Choice Lobby Days at the Georgia State Capitol once the session starts. Workshop cost of $10 includes lunch, beverages and snacks�but scholarships are available so please don�t let $$ hold you back! Call or email Dawn to reserve a seat: 404-248-5445 or nextwave-AT-feministcenter.org

Location:
1924 Cliff Valley Way, NE
Atlanta, GA 30329

Cost: $10 - scholarships available

Organizer:

URL: http://www.feministcenter.org

Atlanta IMC

"Stop the War Now" March and Rally

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

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Protest in conjunction with National Week of Resistance to the War. No More Death and Destruction! Bring the Troops Home Now!
Rally speakers include military families, students and community activists.
Music, poetry, street theater.
Bring signs, drums and your friends!

Location:
Decatur Square (Old Courthouse steps), Ponce de Leon at Claremont, downtown Decatur.

Cost: free

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Big Muddy IMC

Big Muddy IMC Open House

All day

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We would like to welcome all to the Big Muddy IMC Open House going from 3 p.m. to ??? on Saturday, Dec. 4, at 214 N. Washington in Carbondale. We'll have hot drinks and snacks and be ready to have impromtu workshops for anybody curious or interested in "being the media."

A post Republican National Convention photo exhibit will be on display as well as looping video footage of the infamous arrest which took place near Ground Zero on Monday, Aug. 31.

Following the parade, G-dub will be spinning tunes for the masses well on into the night.

All are invited to check out the Indymedia Center and have some frosty fun. Hope to see you there!!!

Location:
214 N. Washington in Carbondale.

Cost: free

Boston IMC

2nd Annual LPC Holiday Shopping Extravaganza!!

11:00 AM - 9:00 PM

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The holiday season is fast approaching and us
radicals are faced with the annual dilemma � do
you buy into the consumerist frenzy and get gifts for all of your friends and family just because of some arbitrary day of the year, or do you play the grinch and get accused of ruining your family�s holiday celebrations� again.

Try a compromise this year: Do your holiday
shopping at a collectively run independent radical bookstore! Your money will go to support something awesome, and the gifts won�t be some piece of shiny plastic crap.

*PLUS* All day bake sale (lots of vegan and non-
vegan treats) * All overstock books will be on sale for $2-5 * Story hour for kids and grown ups (starting at 2pm) * Plenty of Slingshot Organizers and 2005 calendars * Complementary Slingshot taping with purcase of $40 or more * Face painting * Lots of new books in stock (not to mention t-shirts, posters buttons and more) for all of your gift giving needs *

So come for your holiday shopping and stay for
the fun!

Location:
Lucy Parsons Center
549 Columbus Ave.
Boston (South End)

Cost: Free

Organizer:

URL: http://www.tao.ca/~lucyparsons

Boston IMC

Indymedia/Radical Reference Fact-Checking Workshop

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

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Indymedia/Radical Reference Fact-checking workshop

Radical Reference has organized a fact checking workshop for all of those interested in working for the independent media. Radical librarians will show ways in which journalists can quickly and efficiently check their facts using the world wide web and other resources.

The room contains a good number of computers but those with wireless capable laptops are advised to bring them along, the room is wired.

Presented by Radical Reference www.radicalreference.info

Limited seating in a wireless network environment.

Location:
MIT Hayden Library Room 14N-132, 160 Memorial Drive, Cambridge

URL: http://www.radicalreference.info

Boston IMC

Gift It Up: Alternative Gift Fair

11:00 AM - 4:00 PM

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What is an Alternative Gift Fair?

An alternative gift fair is an opportunity for people to make a difference this holiday season. At the fair, learn about the many local, national and international non-profit organizations making a difference in your community. Honor friends and relatives with donations to causes that fit their values. Choose from a list of tangible gifts, such as art supplies for autistic adults, cattle for a family in Cambodia, or dinner for the hungry in Boston. For each donation, you will receive a handsome certificate announcing your gift. Also enjoy music and food and take part in our raffle!

What do the holidays mean to you?

Gift It Up! - Boston's Alternative Gift Fair is an effort to recapture the true spirit of the holiday season. This year, give a gift that will make a lasting impact on the world. Present your loved ones with truly meaningful gifts while supporting vital non-profits and the causes that they serve.

Your contributions are gifts that change the world!

Now featuring our 2004 sponsor Whats Up Magazine!

Proceeds from this year's raffle and bake sale will go to support Whats Up Magazine's work with the homeless and low-income in the Boston community.

Location:
Arlington Street Church, 351 Boylston Street, Boston

Directions: www.ascboston.org/contact/directions.html

The church is located at the corner of Arlington and Boylston Streets in the Back Bay. It is directly across from the Boston Public Garden.

By subway
Take any Green Line train to the Arlington T Stop.

By car from the west
Take Storrow Drive to the Copley Square exit. Proceed on Clarendon Street to Boylston Street. Turn left on Boylston street and look for street parking OR proceed ahead on Clarendon Street and park in the Back Bay garage.

URL: http://www.giftitup.org/

Boston IMC

STUDENTS SAY NO TO 4 MORE YEARS OF WAR (March & Rally)

1:00 PM - 6:00 PM

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STUDENTS SAY NO TO 4 MORE YEARS OF WAR
Sat., Dec. 4th: Citywide Youth March & Rally, 1pm

Democracy is in the streets!
Saturday, December 4th: Citywide Youth March & Rally
1:00 Gather at Boston Common Bandstand
2:00 Street March to Copley Square to say:

* 100,000 Iraqis and 1000 Americans dead is 101,000 too many
* Bring Our Troops Home Now
* Stop the Bombings
* No Draft, No Way *
* Education, Not Empire
* Military Off Campus
* Save Our Civil Liberties

Initiated by the Boston Student Mobilizing Committee to End the War

(Boston College, Brandeis, Boston University, Commonwealth HS, Harvard, MIT, Mount Holyoke, Northeastern, Suffolk, Tufts, UMass-Boston & others)

Spread the word >> Spread the word >> Spread the word >>

Location:
Boston Common Bandstand

Organizer:

URL: http://www.justicewithpeace.org/

Boston IMC

In the Beginning IS Desire: An Idea and a Book

3:00 PM - 6:00 PM

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The Boston Pledge (TBP) proudly presents
In the Beginning IS Desire: An Idea and a Book

According to Rig-Veda, one of the oldest poetic thoughts in the history of the sub-continent, the root of all divine creative activity is the spark of desire that expands the universe from a primordial unity into flowering multiplicity. Dr. Neela Bhattacharya Saxena explores this theme and the place of the great Goddess Kali in the spiritual and cultural heritage of India in her book titled: In the Beginning IS Desire: Tracing Kali's Footprints in Indian Literature

At the source of all human activity too is desire; TBP (a non-profit organization) has originated in the desire of people from multiple disciplines united together to make a difference at the grass root level in their native lands to spread the goods of our creativity. One such effort, Kalighat Redevelopment Project has initiated a community effort to improve the ecology and environment of this Ancient Heritage site in Kolkata, India.

This event will include a talk by the author, followed by an exciting narrative of the Kalighat project and other TBP initiatives.
Refreshments will be served.

Please pre-register by December 1st by e-mailing:

nila-AT-deciphra.com or chitro-AT-aol.com

Location:
Room 522: College of Arts & Sciences (CAS) Boston University Campus, 725 Commonwealth Avenue

Cost: Suggested tax-deductible $50 per person/$65 per family includes copy of book & benefits Kalighat project

Boston IMC

Help Somerville become a city free from investments in Israel's illegal occupation

4:00 PM - 6:30 PM

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Support Human Rights for Palestine

Urgent Mobilization Dec 4th through 9th

Work for divestment & justice: no Somerville money to support extreme human rights violations (Amnesty International calls these actions war crimes)

Dates and times that you can help:
Sat Dec 4th 4-6:30pm
Sun Dec 5th 11am
Sun Dec 5th 4-6:30pm
Mon Dec 6th 4-6:30pm
Davis Square Au Bon Pain (near Theater)

Come anytime during the indicated hours and you can help out in this most vital campaign. We need people to help with publicity and literature. We will be stationed just outside (or inside if cold or raining) the Au Bon Pain Cafe/Restaurant

you can also support the campaign at other hours call 617-230-2835

no experience necessary (placing literature in particular neighborhoods is the work)

with your help Somerville will become a city free from investments in Israel's illegal occupation

Location:
Au Bon Pain David Square Somerville

Organizer:

URL: http://www.divestmentproject.org

Boston IMC

Demonstration Against Force Feeding Ducks and Geese

6:30 PM - 12:00 AM

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Foie gras is made from the grotesquely enlarged livers of very young ducks and geese. To make foie gras, workers shove long inflexible pipes down 8-10 week old ducks' and geese' throats and pump up to 7 pounds of food per day into their stomachs to enlarge their livers (called gavage feeding). This is the equivalent of eating 16 pounds of spaghetti for a human. On average, they are force-fed 20 to 30 percent of their body weight each day. This painful force-feeding is the general method used for all foie gras production. The force-fed birds become too sick to even walk because of the serious liver disease hepatic lipidosis. Vets say they must experience unspeakable pain.

Animals also suffer ruptured stomachs, throats, liver disease, foot infections, kidney necrosis, spleen and liver damage, bruised and broken bills, and tumor-like lumps in their necks. They are usually crammed into tiny, vomit-covered cages for this horror. At one Hudson Valley farm, so many ducks died when their stomachs burst, workers were given a bonus if they killed fewer than 50 birds a month. One duck had a maggot-infested neck wound so severe that water spilled out of it when he tried to drink. Birds have literally exploded from the force-feeding.

Only males are used for foie gras because they produce larger livers. Female hatchlings are drowned, beaten, or crushed to death.

Foie gras farms have been banned in the UK, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Luxembourg, Norway, Israel (previously the 4th largest producer), Sweden, Switzerland, the Czech Republic and Poland. Many restaurants have banned it, including the San Francisco Hilton, Chicago's Pump Room and San Antonio's La Louisiane. United Airlines, Delta, Holland KLM, and Scandinavia's SAS have removed foie gras from their menus. The Boston Symphony dropped foie gras from their annual Wine & Food Event. Trader Joe's east and west coast stores have stopped selling it. State bills banning it have been introduced in both California and New York--the only US states that produce foie gras.

MARC sent a polite letter and pledge card for Clio's owners to sign agreeing to stop serving foie gras and a member also met with them in person but they never responded.

Please stand up for these incredibly abused animals.

Location:
Clio's in Back Bay, Boston. Clio's (part of the Eliot Hotel building) is located at 370 Commonwealth Avenue (Commonwealth and Mass Ave). The restaurant entrance is actually on Mass Ave.

Organizer:

URL: http://http:www.massachusettsanimalrights.com

Boston IMC

Benefit Concert: 'A Promise for a Better World'

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

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'A Promise for a Better World'
A Benefit Concert by the Boston Area Interfaith Youth Leadership Program

People
Accepting
Culture and
Tradition in
Song

Featuring music of Israel, Brazil, Tibet, West Africa, and more!

World Musicians: Guy Mendilow, Balla Tounkara & The New England Conservatory Community Gospel Choir
(Directed by Herb Jones)

Moonlight Serenade- Youth Accappella Choir
Boston Latin High School Concert Choir

We'd like to give our thanks to the ADL for creating this wonderful program, The UU youth MBD Steering Committee for endorsing this project, Guy Mendilow for providing sound equipment, and all the parents for their ongoing support.

Location:
At the 1st and 2nd Unitarian Universalist Church of Boston on the corner of Marlborough and Berkley Streets in Boston.

Cost: $6/youth & $10/adults in advance, $10/youth & $14/adults at door.

URL: http://lists.topica.com/lists/act-ma@igc.topica.com/read/message.html?mid=810278855&sort=d&start=7020

CMI Brasil

MANISFESTA��O

10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

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Manifesta��o em prol ao dia do Deficiente..
Caminhada at� o MASP

Location:
O ENCONTRO SER� NA PRA�A OSWALDO CRUZ, AS 10HS

Cost: GRATIS

Organizer:

CMI La Plana

CONCERT ANTIFEIXISTA

11:30 PM - 5:00 AM

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CONCERT ANTIFEIXISTA

WINNY DE PUNK. CANCER SOCIAL. ORGULL ROIG. KARBUNKO. + GRUP PER CONFIRMAR.

Location:
C.S.O. LA FABRIKA

Cost: 3�

Organizer:

CMI La Plana

CONCERT ANTIFEIXISTA

11:30 PM - 5:00 AM

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CONCERT ANTIFEIXISTA

WINNY DE PUNK. CANCER SOCIAL. ORGULL ROIG. KARBUNKO. + GRUP PER CONFIRMAR.

Location:
C.S.O. LA FABRIKA

Cost: 3�

Organizer:

CMI La Plana

CONCERT ANTIFEIXISTA

11:30 PM - 5:00 AM

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CONCERT ANTIFEIXISTA

WINNY DE PUNK. CANCER SOCIAL. ORGULL ROIG. KARBUNKO. + GRUP PER CONFIRMAR.

Location:
C.S.O. LA FABRIKA

Cost: 3�

Organizer:

IMC Canarias

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