Inside Books Volunteer Night

Come and open letters from Texas inmates and send them books that they request. We need all the help we can get.
Also, we always encourage people to bring dictionaries and book donations (soft back, please)for our library.

This is a non-profit organization formed to help Texas inmates through literacy and self-education.

Thursdays 6pm-10pm
Sundays 7pm-12am

Location:
Rhizome Collective
(300 E Allen St)

Cost: FREE

Organizer:

Big Muddy IMC Collective Meeting

Location:
Big Muddy Independent Media Center
214 North Washington Street in Carbondale

Organizer:

After Arafat

"After Arafat"
with Lana Habash and Rawan Barakat (CCB, Sunday) Congregational Administrator

Lana Habash and Rawan Barakat are co-founders of the New England Committee to Defend Palestine (NECDP). Ms. Habash--a physician--is a Palestinian American anti-war activist who has traveled frequently to Palestine, most recently this past September. Ms. Barakat--a pharmacist--is a native Palestinian who spent several months last summer at refugee camps in both Gaza and the West Bank. The NECDP stands for a unified, democratic Palestine that encompasses all the historic territory of Palestine, with equal rights for all and where all religions would be welcome. They demand that the U.S. government end military, economic and political aid to the colonial-settler state of Israel.

- music by NECDP activist Marta Rodriguez

NEXT WEEK (January 16th):

Honoring Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

"WHAT LIMITS TO MULTI-CULTURALISM AND DIVERSITY?"
with Allen Jackson

- music by Pelaiah Auset and Umar Muhammed

COMMUNITY CHURCH OF BOSTON is an independent-minded, radical religious community, a member of the Unitarian Universalist Association and the Greater Boston Interfaith Organization.

"Unleashing the Human Spirit for Justice and Peace"

Location:
Community Church of Boston 565 Boylston Street Boston

Directions: between Dartmouth and Clarendon Streets, by public transportation, the closest stops are Copley on the Green Line and Back Bay on the Orange Line

URL: http://www.commchurch.org

Earthsave: Global Climate Change

Earthsave Monthly Talk & Social Dinner
Global Climate Change, Jason Lederer, January 9, 2005

What do the phrases "climate change" and "global warming" really mean?
Are recent disastrous weather patterns part of a larger pattern of climate
change? What are the natural cycles involved, and how has human activity
affected them? What kinds of climate changes can we expect in the future,
and what can and should we do? Jason Lederer will address these questions
and the science behind our climate. Jason is a geologist and a graduate of Indiana University and Union College.

Optional social dinner follows, from Veggie Planet's excellent menu.

Time: Talk at 3pm, dinner at approximately 4:30pm. We suggest arrival starting at 2:30 to socialize and, if you plan to dine after the talk, to pre-order dinner for faster service. No reservation is necessary.

Cost: Talk is free; optional dinner is ordered and paid for individually.

Veggie Planet: www.veggieplanet.net

UPCOMING MONTHLY EARTHSAVE TALKS AT VEGGIE PLANET:

-- Do You Know What's in the Water You Drink? Deirdre Healy, J.D. and
Deborah Moore, Ph.D., Sunday, February 27

Location:
Veggie Planet Restaurant at Club Passim, 47 Palmer St, Harvard Square, Cambridge, off Church Street. MBTA train/bus station is one block away.

Cost: free

Directions: www.clubpassim.org/directions/

URL: http://boston.earthsave.org

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:

"The Other Half Revisited" & "Frame Up" Docs

A Tribute to Pacific Street Films

Childhood friends Steven Fischler and Joel Sucher founded Pacific Street Films in 1969 while studying under Martin Scorsese at NYU. While filming undercover agents who were suspected of showing up at protest rallies, Fischler and Sucher themselves were harassed, photographed, and arrested. This experience became the basis for their first documentary Red Squad, completed in 1971. Since then, they have directed and produced a series of non-fiction films known for illuminating and exploring modern American social history.

This program is co-presented with the Boston Jewish Film Festival.
Boston Jewish Film Festival members receive discounted admission when presenting their membership cards.

The Other Half Revisited
 
Directed by Martin Toub
US, 1996, color, 59 min.

More than 100 years ago, through his journalism and his influential book, How the Other Half Lives, photojournalist Jacob Riis dramatically portrayed issues of homelessness, poverty, crime, public health, and race relations in America. This video provides a desperately needed historical perspective on the plight of America's "other half" today. The film combines Riis's original photos—including his recently restored magic lantern slides and text as read by the actor Fritz Weaver –with the social vision of contemporary award-winning photographers, including Margaret Morton, Eli Reed, and Fred Conrad. Using archival footage and photos, the video retraces Riis's original odyssey through New York City's slums to explore the similarities and contrasts between the 1890s and the 1990s.

Frame Up

Directed by Steven Fischler, Joel Sucher and Howard Blatt
US, 1974, color, 34 min.

Examining the case of Martin Sostre, a black Puerto Rican bookstore owner in Buffalo, New York, who was framed on drug possession charges in 1967 and sentenced to prison, this film shows how the American justice system can be abused for purposes of political repression.

Location:
Harvard Film Archive

URL: http://www.harvardfilmarchive.org

Control Room: The Iraq War through Arab Eyes

documentary screening with featured speaker George Capaccio

George visited Iraq nine times before the war. He will share his observations on the human impact of the war on the friends he made there.

A documentary that provides a rare window into the international perception of the Iraq War, courtesy of Al Jazeera, the Arab world's most popular news outlet. Roundly criticized by Cabinet members and Pentagon officials for reporting with a pro-Iraqi bias, and strongly condemned for frequently airing civilian causalities as well as footage of American POWs, the station has revealed (and continues to show the world) everything about the Iraq War that the Bush administration did not want it to see.

George Capaccio is a storyteller, teacher, and writer. In 1997, Capaccio made his first trip to Iraq to witness, in the Quaker tradition, the effect of sanctions. His concern began with the first Gulf War, with roots in Vietnam War protests. He has returned to Iraq nine times, under the sponsorship of several organizations including Voices in the Wilderness, American Friends Service Committee and the Middle East Council of Churches, though usually at his own expense. Each trip offered an opportunity to bring medicine to hospitals, visit schools, interview senior UN officials, and meet with families.

Capaccio has spoken throughout the US Northeast; written articles, Op-Ed pieces, a collection of stories and poems, and an original monologue (Memento Mori) which he also performed; participated in radio and TV interviews; produced two video documentaries; and lobbied Congress. He also contributed a chapter to Iraq Under Siege (South End Press). His efforts on behalf of the people of Iraq have been recognized by advocates for peace. His collection of poetry about Iraq won the 1999 PeaceWriting Award, and he received the 2001 Peacemaker Award from the Massachusetts Chapter of Veterans for Peace.

See his article:
Invasion and Occupation through Iraqi Eyes
www.swans.com/library/art10/iraq/capaccio.html

Location:
Brookline Community Center for the Arts, 14 Green Street, Coolidge Corner

Cost: $5 suggested donation

Directions: justicewithpeace.org/index.php

Organizer:

URL: http://www.controlroommovie.com www.bccaonline.com

The Reagan Babies and The Foundation

The gig on Sunday, Januray 9th at the Midway Cafe in Jamaica Plain.

A benefit performance for the Student Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC)

Also, featuring a special performance of RESISTDANCE w/Amanda Parkhurst...

Location:
Midway Cafe in Jamaica Plain

Cost: $5 door donation

Organizer:

URL: http://reaganbabies.com/

screening of "Unconstitutional"

To start getting community support for the Boston Resolution campaign, there will be a showing of Robert Greenwald's film "Unconstitutional: the War on Our Civil Liberties"

There will be a discussion afterwards as well as general information, buttons, the petition, sign up sheets.  Please try to attend -- and tell your friends!

Location:
Milky Way, 405 Centre Street, Jamaica Plain

Directions: www.milkywayjp.com

URL: http://www.aclu-mass.org

"From Swastika to Jim Crow" & "Free Voice of Labor" Docs

A Tribute to Pacific Street Films

Childhood friends Steven Fischler and Joel Sucher founded Pacific Street Films in 1969 while studying under Martin Scorsese at NYU. While filming undercover agents who were suspected of showing up at protest rallies, Fischler and Sucher themselves were harassed, photographed, and arrested. This experience became the basis for their first documentary Red Squad, completed in 1971. Since then, they have directed and produced a series of non-fiction films known for illuminating and exploring modern American social history.

This program is co-presented with the Boston Jewish Film Festival.
Boston Jewish Film Festival members receive discounted admission when presenting their membership cards.

Directors in Person Saturday
Screening on January 8 (Saturday) 7 pm
January 9 (Sunday) 9 pm

From Swastika to Jim Crow

Directed by Lori Cheatle
US, 2000, b/w and color, 60 min.

In the 1930s, Jewish intellectuals who escaped Nazi Germany and emigrated to the U.S. faced an uncertain future. Confronted with anti-Semitism at American universities, as well as a public distrust of foreigners, many sought refuge in an unlikely place: traditionally black colleges in the segregated South. Securing teaching positions, these scholars came to form lasting relationships with their students, and made significant contributions to the communities in which they lived and worked. Based on Gabrielle Simon Edgcomb’s book of the same title, the film tells the little-known story of two very different cultures sharing a common burden of oppression. The scholars found new meaning and purpose in their adopted homeland, while their students, benefiting from the knowledge brought to them by these refugees, were able to go on to develop their own academic careers. The film also highlights the role of African Americans, like Ralph Bunche, in securing positions for these refugee scholars at places like Howard University, Tougaloo College, and Hampton Institute.

Free Voice of Labor: The Jewish Anarchists

Directed by Steven Fischler and Joel Sucher
US, 1980, b/w and color, 55 min.

Between 1900 and WWI, participants in the Jewish anarchist movement worked to build trade unions and organize schools, as well as to sponsor lectures, discussions, dances, and a wide range of cultural events. Using interviews with participants in the movement, archival photos and newsreel footage, excerpts from old motion pictures, and Yiddish songs and poems, this film paints a dramatic portrait of immigrant life in the U.S. as seen through the eyes of the sweatshop workers who made up the Jewish anarchist movement.

Location:
Harvard Film Archive

URL: http://www.harvardfilmarchive.org

Get on the bus to protest the inauguration in DC

Boulder 120 is a collective of indivduals organizing a trip to Washington DC for the Counter Inauguration. Come to a planning meeting to get involved in organzing efforts. If you would like to make the trek to DC to show opposition to this adminstrations criminal activities go to www.boulder120.org for more information on how to get on the bus or how to donate to support the trip.

Location:
Boulder Community Center

Directions: 19th and Pearl St, next to the Boulder Coop in Boulder.

Organizer:

URL: www.boulder120.org

Concentración NO a la Constitución Europea - Domingo 9 enero, 19'00 Auditorio Alfredo Kraus

CONCENTRACIÓN
Domingo, 9 de enero 19 horas, en el Auditorium Alfredo Kraus. (inauguración del Festival de Música de Canarias en Las Palmas de Gran Canaria)

Gobierno español y canario, empresarios, sus partidos y sus sindicatos llaman a votar sí a una Constitución antidemocrática, militarista y antisocial. EL 20 DE FEBRERO VAMOS A DECIRLES QUE NO, COMO EN 1986 EN EL REFERENDUM DE LA OTAN Frente Canario del NO a la Constitución Europea www.canariasdiceno.org

Location:

Organizer:

TALLER D'AUTOPRODUCCIÓ DE SABÓ

Location:
Can Masdeu (metro linea 3, Canyelles -pregunta als veins)

Organizer:

CineFòrum: Acte sobre Venezuela al CSOA l'Estella

Seguint amb el ja clàsic cine fòrum del diumenge al CSOA l'Estella, aquest un especial ACTE SOBRE VENEZUELA

* Xerrada amb membres de la brigada Simón Bolívar
* Passi vídeo

Location:
CSOA l'Estella

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

Organizer:

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

Zapatista Mural Workshop

Mural workshop with Gustavo the Zapatista muralist.

Location:
Canival Arts Centre, 2nd Floor, 34 Albion Street, Trongate, Glasgow

Cost: free

Organizer:

Resistance to the G8 meeting

This society doesn't work.
It doesn't allow for our needs nor desires.
We want this to change.

Help to organise the most exciting gathering of opposition to the business as usual and the sick system in recent times!

We invite everybody, who is favourable to our aims.

Reshape:
- is a local group
- broad anti G8
- come together to oppose the G8 summit
- visionary
- part of Dissent! www.dissent.org.uk/ network
- is dynamic, modern, exciting, hip, fun, and happening

Location:
under review, get in touch to find out.

Cost: free

Organizer:

URL: http://reshape.org.uk

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 Future of Food" film about genetically engineered food

Pax Christi showing "The Future of Food" about the effects of genetically engineered food on Sunday, January 9, 4 PM at 1592 Highland Ave, home of Jan/Tony Bezila, 244 7439. FREE

If you want to borrow the DVD, contact Ramya Kane at 242 0577 or ramyakane-AT-hotmail.com

Location:
1592 Highland Ave, rochester

Organizer:

Tsunami Global Vigil for the Global Village

Worldwide Vigils to take place -
Global Vigil for the Global Village


For Immediate Release
Friday, 07 January, 2004

Issued simultaneously in San Francisco, Toronto, Tel Aviv, Hamburg, Brisbane, Grand Canary Island, Copenhagen, Zagreb, Vienna, Geneva –

Global Vigils will take place on Sunday, 9 January, Monday, 10 January and Wednesday, 26 January 2005 in cities across the planet.

The earthquake and tsunami hit Asia on Sunday December 26th, 2004. We did not mourn immediately because we knew so little. Soon, a fuller understanding of what happened crossed our consciousness. We realised that the earthquake and tsunami HAD hit Asia – but it had also hit the whole world.

Some municipalities around the world and, to a lesser extent, some countries, have observed vigils. While we applaud these efforts, we feel more is needed. We have seen a trauma delivered to the earth and to humans like no other in recent memory.

Towards that end, we need to pause, reflect, grieve, ponder, and heal. And we need to do this on a global scale. We need to connect and reconnect. With our neighbours next door, neighbours across the border and neighbours across the continents.

Why? Because the world must catch its breadth. And because each individual needs to say, "I must catch my breadth." This Global Vigil isn't about death tolls or mainstream's fascination with which country is giving the most money etc."

This is
about taking some time to stop and think, reflect and connect - break from
the media madness and have your own thoughts and your own real feelings.

In Toronto, vigil locations are as follows:
Sunday, 9 JANUARY: Multiple Toronto locations, meet at 4:30 pm at any of the four gatherings. Withrow Park, north end of the Park; Trinity Bellwoods Park, by the Wolf and Tree Installation art Grange Park, by the wading pool; Dundas Square, (Yonge and Dundas) Streets, Downtown.

Monday, 10 JANUARY: Dundas Square 4:30 - 6:30 pm; York University, Vari Hall Foyer 5 pm

Wednesday, 26 JANUARY: Details to follow


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For more information:
Himy Syed • globalvigil-AT-gmail.com • www.globalvigil.tyo.ca

Confirmed Candlelight Vigil Locations

Sunday January 9th:

NORTH AMERICA:

CANADA
Toronto, Ontario, Canada:
Multiple Toronto locations, meet at 4:30 pm at any of the four gatherings...
Withrow Park, north end of the Park;
Trinity Bellwoods Park, by the Wolf and Tree Installation art
Grange Park, by the wading pool
Dundas Square, (Yonge and Dundas) Streets, Downtown.

Vancouver, British Columbia. Two locations:
Outside Vancouver Art Gallery, on Georgia Street 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm;
Wreck Beach at UBC, weather permitting, bring candles for lighing at sunset 4:30pm - 5:30 pm

U.S.A.
Berkeley, California - West Entrance to the UC Berkeley Campus (Oxford and University) 4:30 pm - 6 pm
San Francisco, California - Ocean Beach, below the Cliff House 4:30 - 6:30 pm
New York City, New York - Washington Square Park Arch, meet at 5 pm onwards
Chicagoland, Illinois - Water Tower Plaza at Chicago and Michigan Avenue, 4:00 pm onwards
Cambridge, Massachusettes - Harvard Square from 5:00 - 6:00 pm on

ASIA
Karachi - Quaid-i-Azam Park, Front Entrance 4 pm - 5 pm

EUROPE
London, U.K. - Hyde Park, Speaker's Corner 4:30 pm
Hamburg, Germany - Ida Ehre Platz in Hamburg 16:30 - 17:30
Grand Canary Island, Spain - Plaza de Saulo Toron/Las Canteras Beach 17:30 - 18:30


Monday January 10th:

North America:

MEXICO
Mexico City, Mexico - Angel de la Independencia on Avenida Reforma

CANADA
Toronto, Canada - Dundas Square 4:30 - 6:30 pm; York University, Vari Hall Foyer 5 pm
Vancouver, Canada - Outside Vancouver Art gallery, on Georgia Street side.

U.S.A.
Memphis, Tennessee - vigil at the intersection of Poplar and Highland streets 5 - 6:00pm
San Francisco, California - United Nations Plaza, Market Street 5 pm - 7 pm
Berkeley, California - Downtown Berkeley BART Station, Main Entrance 4:30 pm - 6 pm
Sacramento, California - The North steps of the Capitol Building ( L Street side ) 4:30 - 6:00 pm
Chicago, Illinois - Federal Building, 220 S. Dearborn 5 pm - 6 pm
New York City - Union Square 5 pm - 7 pm
Ithaca, NY - Ithaca Commons 4:30 - 6:00 pm
Woodstock, NY - Main St. and Mamaroneck Av. (at the fountain on the corner ) 4:30 - 5:30 pm
Washington, D.C. - Gather at Dupont Circle 4:30 onwards
Honolulu, Hawai'i - Hanoa Valley, University Ave and Dole St. from 5:00 pm
Baltimore, Maryland - Charles & Center Streets 4:30 - 6:00 pm
Cambridge, Massachusettes - Harvard Square from 5:00 - 6:00 pm

ASIA:

Pakistan: Karachi - Clifton seaside, near amusement park main entrance
Pakistan: Islamabad - Shah Faisal Masjid , after Sunset Prayers done, outside in front of the main steps

Israel: Jerusalem - Hagar (Paris) Square, opposite Terra Sancta 18:00
Israel: Tel Aviv - Tnuva Junction 17:00 - 18:00

EUROPE

France: Paris - By the Pyramid at the Louvre 4:00 pm - 6 pm
France: Aubenas - Place du Chateau 17:00 - 18:00 pm

U.K.: London, England - Trafalgar Square 4:00 pm onwards
U.K.: Manchester, England - Manchester Town Hall, 'Peace Garden' around back 16:30 - 18:00
U.K.: Dundee, Scotland - Dundee City Center (outside Boots) 17:00 - 18:00 pm

Germany: Hamburg - Ida Ehre Platz in Hamburg 17:00 - 18:00
Germany: Bonn - Outside Bonn Cathedral 17:00 - 18:00

Switzerland: Geneva - Place de la Cite 18:00
Switzerland: Bern - vor der Heiliggeistkirche (beim Bahnhof) 17:00 - 18:00
Switzerland: La Chaux-de-Fonds - Place Espacite 16:30-18:30

Austria: Vienna - Stock im Eisen Platz 17:00 - 19:00

Croatia: Zagreb - Trg Bana Jelacica (Jelacic Square) 17:00 - 18:00 pm [vigil not confirmed yet]

Italy: Trento - Casa per la Pace 17:30-18:30
Italy: Reggio Emilia - Reggio E. main square 18:00 - 19:00 pm

Denmark: Copenhagen - Axeltorv 16:30 - 18:00

AUSTRALIA

Brisbane, Australia - King George Sq. 16:30 - 18:00

Wednesday January 26th
One full month since the disaster,
Memorial Vigils to take place on this day, worldwide.

The website where you can post you local vigil information is available by emailing: GlobalVigil-AT-gmail.com, HiMY SYeD

Location:
Global Vigils will take place on Sunday, 9 January, Monday, 10 January and Wednesday, 26 January 2005 in cities across the planet. The earthquake and tsunami hit Asia on Sunday December 26th, 2004. We did not mourn immediately because we knew so little. S

Cost: Free

Directions: Ocean Beach, below the Cliff House in San Francisco

Organizer:

URL: http://www.GlobalVigil.TYO.ca

Emancipation Betrayed Discussion by Paul Ortiz

The Green Party of Santa Cruz County
will host
Paul Ortiz
UCSC Associate Professor of Community Studies

Paul will discuss his latest book
Emancipation Betrayed
The Hidden History of Black Organizing and White Violence in Florida from Reconstruction to the Bloody Election of 1920

Please join us for an illuminating evening on the history of abuses of civil and voting rights and the parallels with the recent electoral debacles in Florida and Ohio.

Monday, January 9 at 7:30 p.m.
Louden Nelson Center
301 Center Street
Santa Cruz

Contact: www.santacruzgreenparty.org

Location:
Louden Nelson Center, 301 Center Street, Santa Cruz, CA

Cost: Free

Organizer:

URL: www.santacruzgreenparty.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!!!!!

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:

Nashville Boycott Walmart January Meetup

When:
Monday, January 9, 7:00 PM
United Boycott Wal-Mart Meetup Day!

Where:
Borders Books & Music
330 Franklin Rd (Cafe)
Brentwood, TN
615-221-8804

boycottwalmart.meetup.com

Location:

Cry Justice! II, Don't Mourn - Organize

Day 2 of the Cry Justice! Conference - See January 8th for description.

Location:
University of Minnesota Law School, West Bank, Minneapolis

Cost: $20 individual, $5 student/low income

Organizer:

URL: http://www.cryjustice.org

A Way out of Iraq

A Way Out of Iraq: Ideas and Strategies
with Phil Steger

Sunday, January 9, 2005
St. Anthony Park Neighbors for Peace Community Forum

A Way Out of Iraq: Ideas and Strategies
with Phil Steger, Executive director of Friends for a Nonviolent World

Refreshments, 6:30 p.m. (Optional, bring a dessert to share.)
Presentation and Discussion, 7 p.m.


Sponsored by St. Anthony Park Neighbors for Peace
www.parkpeace.org

Location:
Location: St. Anthony Park United Church of Christ
2129 Commonwealth Ave., St. Paul

Organizer:

Crocus Hill / W. 7th Neighbors for Peace Dessert Potluck Party for Peace

The Crocus Hill / West 7th Neighbors for Peace group invites you to join with neighbors and friends who care passionately about peace and justice. We will be viewing the film “Arlington West.” The film consists of sixty-four interviews with soldiers and Marines en route to and returning from the war in Iraq, plus interviews with military families. For more information go to www.arlingtonwestfilm.com. Our guest speaker, Chante Wolf, will share her military experience with us. Chante served in the US Air Force from 1980-92 including the Persian Gulf War. She is Vice President of Chapter 27 Veterans for Peace and Coordinator for the VFP Speaker's Bureau. Larry McDonough will play jazz piano. Please bring neighbors, friends, and a snack or dessert to share. In addition, we will be accepting food donations for the Neighborhood House. We hold Dessert Potluck Parties for Peace every second Sunday of the month.

Location:
Saint John the Evangelist Church
60 North Kent Street, Saint Paul, MN
(1 block north of Summit, 1 block east of Dale)

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