Arkansas Indymedia Meeting

Arkansas Indymedia will be having its next meeting this Sunday, Dec. 5th at 4:00 PM at Arsaga's Coffee Shop on Gregg St. in Fayetteville. Our meetings are always open and anyone interested in alternative media and journalism is highly encouraged to attend. Email imc-ar-AT-lists.indymedia.org if you have any questions.

Location:
Arsaga's Coffee Shop on Gregg St. in Fayetteville.

Organizer:

URL: http://arkansas.indymedia.org

Open Mic Coffee House for Peace, Justice, and the Environment

Donne Stjerna and Kelly Mulhollan hosts. Join us to sing and play or read or speak or dance for a CULTURE OF PEACE AND JUSTICE. Here free speech is honored and all talents welcome. Refreshments provided.

Location:
The OMNI Center is located on the Corner of Maple and Storer in Fayetteville in the Presbyterian and Disciples Student Center (in the basement).

Organizer:

URL: http://www.omnicenter.org

Atlanta IMC Audio Working Group Meeting

Audio Working Group Meeting.

Ongoing and Upcoming Audio Events.

Plan weekly WREK radio show.

Location:
165 mayson ave, which is in the edgewood
neighborhood. call 404-223-3663 if you get lost.

Cost: $0

Directions: *turn on whiteford from dekalb ave. this is a right if you're coming from downtown/little 5 and a left if you're coming from decatur.

*come to a four-way stop and make a left on La France

*at the next four-way stop, make a right on mayson ave

*165 mayson ave is on your left

park on the gravel road to the left of the house, bring bikes inside. enter on the left side of the house

Organizer:

URL: http://atlanta.indymedia.org

Mass. & Boston NOW Annual Meeting

MASS & BOSTON NOW ANNUAL MEETING

FEATURING OLGA VIVES, NATIONAL NOW VP ACTION

Not quite sure how to channel your frustration over the way the elections turned out?

Now more than ever, it is important for feminists to get involved with politics. Whether youre a budding feminist or a seasoned activist, come polish the skills you need to work for change whether its by standing up in your community or running for office. Feminists ARE changing the face of politics in Massachusetts.

Light breakfast and lunch will be served

Handicap accessible

For more information and to RSVP, please call 617-254-9130.

Location:
Boston University
College of Arts & Sciences Building
725 Commonwealth Ave
Rm. 315

Cost: FREE

Navarasa Dance Theatre: Refugees Ragas

Navarasa Dance Theater in 'Refugee Ragas' explores the ravages of war from the experiences and perspective of women refugees. The dance begins with evocation of images of women's work as farmers, house keepers, laborers, mothers and so on. Then, moving on to the emotions of sorrow, displacement and anger, through a 16th century Kannada folk song interwoven with a poem by Mahmoud Darwish and songs by Indian Ocean and Lila Downs.

Location:
Community Church of Boston
565 Boylston St.
Boston (Copley Square)

Cost: Free

Organizer:

Rededication Sunday

Rededication Sunday

After the debacle of the November 2nd presidential elections, with Republicans in control of both houses of Congress, our fight for justice just got harder. Join a rally to rededicate ourselves to the fight for justice. A community reception will be held immediately afterwards.

Location:
Old West Church at 131 Cambridge Street (one block from city hall on the Orange Line) Boston

URL: http://www.afsc.org/events/boston.htm

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

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 Student Mobilization to End the War in Iraq

Bring the troops home now!

End the occupation of Iraq!

Get involved with the Boston anti-war movement.

We are a coalition of students and young people from over a dozen high schools and universities around the Boston area, including UMass-Boston, Harvard, Boston University, Tufts and others.

Location:
45 Mt. Auburn St. Harvard Square Cambridge

Boston IMC General Meeting

Boston Indymedia general meeting. Status reports from all current working groups, administrative duties, and general concerns, inquiries, projects and discussions. This open meeting is not limited to current members, and all are invited to attend to get involved with Boston IMC.

Location:
Lucy Parson's Center, 549 Columbus Avenue, Boston, MA, 02118-1125

Cost: n/a

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

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

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

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

Organizer:

Terrorism: War Without End? Root Causes & Effective Responses to a Global Crisis

Terrorism: War Without End? Root Causes & Effective Responses to a Global Crisis
Sunday Dec. 5, 2004, 7-9pm

The speakers for this educational forum are Randall Forsberg, Director of the Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies, Bob Zelnick, ABC News correspondent, and Shahid Alam, Professor at Northeastern University.

The forum will take place in the King Theater at Milton Academy and will be moderated by the Milton Town Meeting moderator, Rick Ward.

It is co-sponsored by The Milton League of Women Voters, Curry College, First Parish Church of Milton-Unitarian Universalist, the Church of our Saviour, and Milton Interfaith Clergy Association, Java-Jo�s coffee
house, and we expect more co-sponsors by the time of the forum.

Location:
King Theater at Milton Academy

Directions: Directions to Milton Academy�s King Theater and a
professionally-designed advertising poster can be found at our web site, www.miltonforpeace.eboard.com, under the tab for Educ Forums.

Organizer:

URL: http://www.miltonforpeace.eboard.com

Discussion on Zionism with Paul Saba

Sunday Dec. 5th, 2004

7-9pm

Paul Saba will discuss and lead a discussion on Zionism�The historical tension between a single movement and a multitude of political ideologies and how that plays out today.

Location: TBA

Location:
TBA

URL: http://www.afsc.org/events/boston.htm

CINEFORUM:LA BOLA DE CRISTAL (VIDEO II)

VIDEO DE LA SERIE TELEVISIVA DE LOS A�OS 80

Location:
C/DR. MARA�ON N�3 BAJO LA LAGUNA

Organizer:

JORNADAS ANARQUISTAS (3er dia)

Nuevas Estrategias de lucha social y obrera
12:00 CHARLA. Autonomía obrera. Capitalismo y movimientos de resistencia global.
14:30 �?gape Libertario. Habrá de todo para tod@s (5€)
16:30 CHARLA. Lucha en la Red. Activismo digital y telemático, poder y contrapoder en el ciberespacio. Ponentes: Kernel Panik

22:00 CONCIERTO (GRATIX)
· INSURGENTES (TOLEDO)
· GRACIAS A DIOS (CORNELLA)
· KUARTO DE KILO (BCN)

Location:
TODOS LOS ACTOS SE REALIZAR�?N EN LA ESCUELA PÚBLICA TORRES I BAGÉS. C/ JUAN FERN�?NDEZ S/N, CORNELL�? DEL LLOBREGAT. METRO L5 Y RENFE CORNELL�? CENTRE.

Cost: menjar 5 euros, concert gratix

Organizer:

Joc de rol antipatriarcal, poesia i m�sica a Sant Andreu

Dins de la Festa Major Reivindicativa de Sant Andreu:

17h. Joc de rol antipatriarcal
Lloc: Pla�a de les Palmeres

22h. Recital de poesia

23h. Actuaci� de la cantautora Amaia.

Location:
Pla�a de les Palmeres. Metro Fabra i Puig o Sant Andreu, L1.

Organizer:

URL: http://www.ajsta.org

Actes pro-casal popular a l'alt Bergued�

El jovent de l'alt Bergued� organitza pel proper 5 de desembre del 2004, a
Guardiola de Bergued�, un concert amb l'objectiu d'obrir un casal popular
a l'alt Bergued�.

El concert comptar� amb els grups:
- Maqueta (Bag�)
- Skardats (Bag�)
- Manolito's Band (Berga)
- Igitai-a (Gr�cia - BCN)

Aquest mateix dia, a la tarda, tamb� es dur� a terme una xerrada a c�rrec
del PSAN presentant la campanya "La independ�ncia no passa per Espanya".

A part d'informar-vos i d'esperar la vostra pres�ncia, agrair�em que ens
ajudeu a fer propaganda.
Moltes gr�cies.

Location:
Guardiola de Bergued�

Organizer:

Passe de Video: Diarios de Motocicleta

Passe de Video: Diarios de Motocicleta

Location:

Organizer:

URL: http://barcelona.indymedia.org/newswire/display/141522/index.php

CineForum: "1 Giant Leap" al CSOA l'Estella

Seguint amb el tradicional CineForum dels diumenges a l'estella, aquest:
"1 GIANT LEAP"
e Duncan Briedgeman i Jaime Catto, els quals van viatjar durant sis mesos per més de 25 països en un intent de reflexar la unitat que existeix en la diversitat cultural, amb l’ajuda de músics, realitzadors, actors, escriptors, pensadors i artistes de tot el món.

Location:
CSOA l'Estella

Directions: c/Lepant, 83
al costat de l'estació de tren
de Mataró

Organizer:

URL: http://www.musaik.net/estella

8 HORES DE SOROLL (hardcore punk)

DIUMENGE 5

19h--------8 HORES DE SOROLL(hardcore punk)


RESTOS DE VOMITO

HIJxS DE LA AMNESIA

DISFACE

ZINC

DOBLEDOSIS

OSKAR CON K Y JAUME CON A

TERROR Y MISERIA





per culpa de l'amena�a de pluja...NOS VAMOS CON LA MUSICA A OTRA PARTE!


m�s info de festes a.....
Mira tamb�:
www.sant-andreu.com/fetsmajor2004/alternativa

Location:

ens veiem al ROCK & TRINI (Via Fav�ncia 441 473)
L1, TORRES I BAGES

Organizer:

La lluita dels treballadors de les drassanes (Izar)

Xerrada i debat amb: MEMBRES DE LA SECCI� SINDICAL CNT-AIT D'IZAR, PUERTO REAL (CADIS).

Location:
ATENEU DE GRANOLLERS, C/TORRAS I BAGES 11, 1R 2A. GRANOLLERS.

Organizer:

cine "entre tinieblas"

diumenge 5-12
19:30h cine "entre tinieblas"

Location:
Ateneu del Xino
C/Robador, 25
Raval (Barcelona)
M Liceu o St. Antoni

Cost: gratis

Organizer:

Picnic in the Park

Click here for the history of Food Not Bombs.
Food not bombs is an international movement of people who work along autonomous, egalitarian, decentralized, organization in order to share vegan and vegetarian food with the hungry and homeless, as well as protest social, economic, environmental, and animal injustice world wide.
Our three main principles are food recycling, non-violence, and consensus.
We feel food, being a substance necessary to sustain life, is a right, not a privilege.
According to the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights, Article 25: Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.
We feel that the government spends too much money on weapons and war, and not enough to attend to the basic needs of its people.
We feel that by spending money on war instead of its own people, the government's main priority lies outside its own borders.
According to the Congressional Budgeting Office, the United State's will spend over $400 billion on defense alone, and only $387 billion on all other services (Table 10).
We do not feed the homeless. We have picnics and share food with anyone. The most hungry happens to be the homeless. We don't feed them. The food is shared; we sit with them, talk to them, and learn from them. This is not a soup kitchen or any other impersonal service.

Who is Hungry and Why?

According to the US Census, 12.1% (34.6 million people) of the population are current in poverty.
According to America's Second Harvest, the number of Americans who were hungry or food insecure was 33.6 million in 2001.
23.3 million people sought emergency food relief from their network of services in 2001.
The number of homeless people living in America is unknown, however the National Coalition for the Homeless cites an Urban Institute study which says that 3.5 million people (1.35 million children) will experience homelessness in any given year.
In Florida, America's Second Harvest states that the poverty rate is 12%, and that the childhood poverty rate is 18.8%.
The Homeless Coalition of Hillsborough County counts 6,481 homeless people.
There is no single cause of homelessness in the United States.
Some reasons include lack of jobs, lack of a living wage, decline in public assistance, a lack of affordable housing, lack of affordable health care, domestic violence, mental illness, substance abuse (this may often begin after becoming homeless, as a way to deal with the harsh reality of living on the street).
The Homeless Coalition of Hillsborough says the two biggest trends of homelessness in the county are a shortage in affordable housing and a rise in poverty, although other factors do have an influence.
There are homeless because our society needs them. It needs people on the bottom and it needs minimum wage earners/"flexible" labor/a reserve army of labor, etc. Why criminalize what we're doing? Doing what we are doing threatens the status quo, social stratification, the "necessary" reserve.. We are lifting the homeless up and treating them as equals - it's revolutionary.

Why Not Get a Permit?

See the main page, Information section, for all the documents the police have given us.
The permit application is expensive, around $100, although the application fee can be waved for non-profit organizations.
We cannot nor do we want to obtain 501(c)3 non-profit status. It is not beneficial to our organization.
The city requires $500,000 liability insurance (3.2).
Insurance purchased through the city costs $240 or more per event.
There is a $25-$50 fee for reservations, plus a $100 clean up fee (although we make no messes).
Permits can only be obtained three times per year.
According to page 2 (#16), of the City of Tampa Special Events Permit Application (the permit we have been arrested for not having) "food and drinks cannot be given away to the public". However it specifies food may be sold, although to do so requires an additional $100 vendor permit.
Overall, we feel that we do not need permission to share our food in our parks with those in need.
We take full responsibility for all food consumed. In fact, we are eating with the homeless, and keep all of our health and safety in mind.

Why Not Feed on Private Property?

Picnics and gatherings are what parks are for.
These are public parks, which means they are our parks, and we have a right to use them.
This is where the homeless live. We feel it is wrong to make the homeless come to us. We wish to share food and have them eat at their homes, and speak with them in their environment.
Tampa Food Not Bombs has been picnicking there for 8 years. The homeless know us and like us; some even prefer our food over others.
Herman C. Massey Park, according to the Tampa Government website, is solely dedicated for picnic use. The fact that there are no bathrooms is something the city must reconcile. What if a family was there to have a picnic and needed to use the bathroom? Where should they go?
The human body takes 4-8 hours to digest food. People are able to find bathrooms within that time, however, are often only able to use them after paying for goods. This excludes the poor, hungry, and homeless.
We have not encountered any problems with waste disposal.

Why is FNB Doing This?

It's the right thing to do!
The government isn't doing it.
We as a community feel we should take care of our fellow humans.
We wish to build and improve our community.
We wish to treat the homeless, hungry, and poor as equals, and raise awareness that they should be treated as such.
We wish to teach self-sustainability.
We wish to build confidence in the homeless.
We are doing this because it should not be illegal. To ignore the laws is to keep sharing food illegal.
We are doing this to change the laws in Tampa. We wish to amend or rescind the current city law that prevents us from sharing food.
For 8 years, we haven't had problems.
We feel this is a violation of our civil liberties guaranteed by the constitution, including the freedom of speech, and the freedom of assembly.
We feel that food is a right, not a privilege or commodity, and therefore it should be given away freely.
We do it out of love.
We feel we must raise awareness that the city is spending more money on redevelopment than on dealing with homelessness and poverty.
There are homeless because our society needs them. It needs people on the bottom and it needs minimum wage earners/"flexible" labor/a reserve army of labor, etc. Why criminalize what we're doing? Doing what we are doing threatens the status quo, social stratification, and the "necessary" reserve. We are lifting the homeless up and treating them as equals - it's revolutionary.

Why doesn't FNB Work with Churches?

We don't need to, the churches are working with us.
The work churches do are important, and we will refer people to utilize their services, however we are not a church, and have different goals, beliefs, and actions.
We are working together to change the laws.
However, we do not share the same goals.
Our organization works on consensus, and we decided through that method that we do not want to be affiliated with churches.
Not everyone in our organization is religious.
We are more secular based.
With religious services, there is no dialogue with the people. You do not get to sit, eat, and talk with those you feed. With us, we ensure open dialogue.
We do not believe humanitarian services should be accompanied by preaching.
We do not believe food should be exchanged for religious ideology.
Churches do not serve vegetarian meals.
Churches are not flexible.
Churches are hierarchical, we are not. We do not want to be entered into their hierarchy and bureaucracy.
Churches should not have a monopoly on feeding the homeless.
There are no requirements to eat food with us.
We feel that religious people often speak to others in a condescending tone.
Religious groups are often exclusionary: excluding different races, ethnicities, other religions, non-religious people, or even gays and lesbians.
We do more than feed. We try to improve lives, provide companionship, promote healthy living, build community, give clothes and books, and teach and learn from the homeless.
We do not push our beliefs on those we share food with.
We don't just feed the homeless; everyone is welcome at our picnics. We also share food at events and protests.

What are the Solutions to Homelessness?

There is no one solution.
We should ask them what they think the solution is.
Taking care of our communities should be our first priority..
We should try to build strong local infrastructures.
We should try to provide more jobs and houses.
We should build more homeless and community centers.
There should be free healthcare and education.
We should end unjust economic practices such as greed; overconsumption; waste; commodification of goods such as food, water, and healthcare; profit fixations, etc.
Mayor Iorio should visit the HUD meetings which have a very detailed blueprint for ending homelessness. She failed to attend the last meeting.
End the stigmatization of homelessness by ending the myths of laziness, violence, etc.
We need to come together to solve the problem because when people suffer, its everyone's problem.
Obviously, there should be money for food, not for bombs.

Location:
Downtown Tampa @ Herman Massey Park

Cost: Free to ALL

Directions: www.tampagov.net/appl_tampa_address_locate/mappage.asp

Organizer:

URL: http://www.TampaFNB.org

The Button Factory Annual Open Studios

Artists and craftspeople at Portsmouth’s Button Factory are planning for the annual Open Studios, an eagerly anticipated Seacoast holiday tradition. This is an opportunity to visit the workshops of jewelers, woodworkers, painters, photographers and many other artists and artisans and to purchase beautiful and unique gifts. Over 50 artists and craftspeople will be showing and selling their work. In keeping with tradition, creative holiday decorations will transform the studios and halls of the Button Factory into a whimsical and fun place to visit and shop.

Location:
The Button Factory Studios, 855 Islington Street, Portsmouth, across from Plaza 800 and the Hannaford Supermarket (formally Pic ‘n Pay).

Cost: free!

Directions: www.buttonfactorystudios.com

URL: http://www.buttonfactorystudios.com

Peace Action &Education VIGIL ON SUNDAY

[GVCP] PA&E VIGIL ON SUNDAY, DEC 5, IN HENRIETTA NOON-1:30

OVER 100,000 IRAQI DEAD

OVER 1,200 US DEAD

(OVER 100 DEAD IN NOVEMBER ALONE)

AND IT JUST GETS WORSE...





Join us in a

SILENT VIGIL

MOURNING THE VICTIMS AND THE TRAGEDY

OF THE IRAQ WAR

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5

12:00 noon � 1:30 pm

(latecomers welcomed)

in

HENRIETTA


on West Henrietta Road at

Marketplace Mall entrance

Participants are asked to dress in black
and to bring signs appropriate to the occasion
________________________________________________________________________

Action sponsored by Peace Action & Education (PA&E), a Task Force of Metro Justice
(585-325-2560)

Location:
on West Henrietta Road at

Marketplace Mall entrance

Organizer:

HOLLY NEAR

Holly Near is a unique combination of entertainer, teacher and activist. An immense vocal talent, Near's career as a singer has been profoundly defined by an unwillingness to separate her passion for music from her passion for human dignity. Holly Near is an ambassador for peace inviting the audience to its best self. She is a skilled performer who brings to the stage an integration of world consciousness, spiritual discovery, and theatricality.

Location:
Kuumbwa Jazz Center, 320 Cedar St., Santa Cruz

Cost: $25 advance, $30 at door

Organizer:

URL: http://www.hollynear.com

War is the Force that Gives Us Meaning

Reading and book discussion of Christopher Hedges' War is the Force that gives us meaning. Led by Al Wasserman.

Location:
Resource Center for Nonviolence, 515 Broadway, Santa Cruz

Organizer:

URL: http://www.rcnv.org

Peace Witness, Tallahassee

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

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

Cost: FREE!!!!!

Nashville Food Not Bombs at Legislative Plaza

Every Sunday, Food Not Bombs shares free vegetarian food with Nashville's hungry and homeless. All are welcome to attend. Feel free to bring food you have cooked or just come eat with us. Clean-up volunteers are especially welcome!

Location:
Legislative Plaza in downtown Nashville (between Charlotte and Union along 6th Ave. N.)

Cost: Free!

Organizer:

Just Talking with Rev. Fuzz

'Just Talkin' with host, Pastor Enoch Fuzz
WVOL Radio am1470 /Sundays 5pm til 7pm

'Just Talkin' provide an important community forum to interview leaders and news makers who can share unique information and discuss issues pertinent to the lives of people and the community.
Phone calls with questions and comments are always welcome 227.1470 or 737.WVOL!!!

Editors note: This is an excellent community forum in Nashville which focuses on a broad range of issues relevant to progressives in middle tennessee including labor, civil rights, immigrant rights and urban development.

Location:

Mideast Peace Coalition

The mideast peace coalition is a progressive book discussion group and gabfest. It has also been an incubator for some of Nashville's most interesting social justice groups including the Peace Coalition. They meet at the nashville peace and justice center. 1016 18th Ave So.

Location:

Pioneer Valley Vigil for Peace and Justice

The Sunday vigil was begun by local "Parents and Grandparents for Peace" on July 14, 1979, under the street-wide banner: "TOWARD GLOBAL NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT AND A VERIFIABLE US-USSR MORATORIUM ON NUCLEAR TESTING." The vigil has met every Sunday since, from 12 noon to 1 p.m., barring a couple of impossible blizzards. It has passed out thousands of leaflets on a great variety of issues under the slogan, "If You Want Peace, Work for Justice," and participants have varied from a dozen or so die-hard activists to fifty and more during the Gulf War.

Location:
Amherst Common

URL: http://www.nonviolence.org/amhvigil/