January Meeting of the GPJC/Atlanta

January Meeting of the Georgia Peace and Justice Coalition/Atlanta

Monday, January 31 7 – 9 pm

The meeting will be held at American Friends Service Committee Office

92 Piedmont Avenue, Atlanta 30303

(Walk from Georgia State or Peachtree Center MARTA stations)


Here is the link to GPJC website for more information on the coalition and its history and some NEW information:
www.georgiapeace.org

Here is the link to join the GPJC yahoo group:
GeorgiaPeaceCoalition-subscribe-AT-yahoogroups.com

Here is the link to receive calendar of political events in GA:
GeorgiaPeaceAnnouncements-subscribe-AT-yahoogroups.com

PLEASE JOIN US & THANK YOU

Location:
92 Piedmont Avenue, Atlanta 30303

Cost: Free

Directions: (Walk from Georgia State or Peachtree Center MARTA stations)

Organizer:

URL: http://www.georgiapeace.org

Pledge of Resistance-Baltimore Meeting

Join the Pledge of Resistance-Baltimore as it meets on Monday nights at the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) building on York Road. The Pledge, formerly the Iraq Pledge of Resistance, regularly engages in civil disobedience on behalf of our collective civil liberties. Every action is non-violent and is conducted peacefully.

The Pledge has a series of actions planned in the upcoming months that are designed to visibly oppose the Bush administration's "preemptive" warmongering and attacks on the Bill of Rights. If you're concerned about the direction the US is heading to please consider coming out and joining us. (Note: it is always advisable to call in advance to confirm the meeting is being held as scheduled.)

Location:
806 York Road, Baltimore, MD

Organizer:

Human Rights Watch Int'l Film Festival

Human Rights Watch International Film Festival - Boston

January 27-31, 2005

Advanced ticket purchase is encouraged.
For more information, go to www.hrw.org/iff or contact the individual venues.

From Bombay on Opening Night (BORN INTO BROTHELS) to Baghdad on Closing Night (SOLDIERS PAY and THREE KINGS) - the HRWIFF brings its challenging mix of features and documentaries back to Boston this January. The Festival showcases thirteen titles, many focusing on the justice system here and abroad and conflicts which turn family and friends into strangers and enemies. Iraq and Iran, Pakistan and India, North and South Korea, and Hungary, Lebanon, Peru and the United States are in this year's spotlight.

BORN INTO BROTHELS - OPENING NIGHT
Thursday, January 27 at 7:45 PM at the Museum of Fine Arts
Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman, USA 2003; 85m. Video. Documentary.
In Bengali and English with English subtitles Children born to Bombayís brothel workers are given and taught to use cameras. While recording their surroundings, their own lives are transformed.
Winner of the 2004 HRWIFF Nestor Almendros Prize and the Documentary Audience Award, Sundance Film Festival 2004.

DEADLINE
Sunday, January 30 at 12:30 and 6:00 PM in the Coolidge Corner Video Room
Katy Chevigny and Kirsten Johnson, USA 2003; 90m. Video. Documentary. In
English
Should the death penalty be the ultimate punishment and is it always justly applied? After Northwestern University journalism students uncover evidence that many people on Death Row are innocent, outgoing Illinois governor and death penalty supporter George Ryan orders special clemency hearings for all 167 prisoners on Death Row. Co- Presented by Amnesty International, Mass Coalition Against the Death Penalty and Northeastern University School of Journalism

GOODBYE HUNGARIA
Saturday, January 29th at 1 and 3 PM in the Coolidge Corner Theatre Video
Room
Filmmaker Jon Nealon in attendance
USA/Hungary 2003; 56m. Video. Documentary.
In English & Arabic with English subtitles
Both political tale and love story, the film chronicles the lives of Abed Al-Sahli a Palestinian refugee in Hungary who acts as advocate and de facto translator for a refugee camp's Arab population, and Charu Newhouse, an American volunteer. Co-presented by the International Institute of Boston and the Massachusetts Immigration and Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA)

THE KITE
Friday, January 28 at 8:00 PM at the Museum of Fine Arts
Randa Chahal-Sabbag, France/Lebanon 2003; 80m. 35mm. drama
In Arabic with English subtitles
A 16-year-old girl has been given in marriage to her cousin, who lives on the other side of the barbed wire border separating her Druze Lebanese village from his, which has been annexed by Israel. However, she gradually falls in love with a soldier who has been watching her since the day she crossed the border for the first time.
Co-presented by Women in Film & Video/New England

JUVIES
Saturday, January 29 at 5 and 7 PM at the Coolidge Corner Screening Room
Sunday, January 30 at 8:00 PM at the Coolidge Corner Movie Theatre Leslie
Neale, USA 2004; 66m. Video. Documentary.
In English
A riveting look at a world most of us will never see: the world of juvenile offenders, increasingly tried as adults and serving incomprehensibly long prison sentences for crimes they either did not commit or were only marginally involved in.
Co-presented by the Youth Advocacy Project

PERSONS OF INTEREST
Friday, January 28 at 6:00 PM in the Coolidge Corner Video Room
Saturday, January 29 at 9:00 PM in the Coolidge Corner Video Room
Alison Maclean and Tobias Perse, USA 2003; 63m. Video. Documentary. In
English
After the September 11th terrorist attacks, more than 5000 people, mainly non-U.S. nationals of South Asian or Middle Eastern origin, were taken into custody by the U.S. Justice Department and held indefinitely on grounds of national security. Filmed inside a symbolic interrogation room, former detainees poignantly tell their stories through interviews, family photographs, and letters from prison.
Co-presented by the Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts

REPATRIATION
Sunday, January 30 at 2:30 PM in the Coolidge Corner Video Screening Room
Dong-won Kim, South Korea 2003; 149m. 35mm. Documentary.
In Korean with English subtitles
For ten years, South Korean director Dong-won Kim followed released North Koreans who were arrested for spying in the South. He documented how they survived ó both physically and psychologically ó the dehumanizing time spent in prison, and their quest, once released, to finally go home. Winner of the Freedom of Expression Award, Sundance Film Festival 2004
Co-presented by the Fletcher Club of Boston

SAINTS AND SINNERS
Friday, January 28 at 7:30 and 10:00 PM in the Coolidge Corner Video Room
Abigail Honor and Yan Vizinberg, USA 2004; 71m. Video. Documentary. In
English
Devoutly Catholic gay couple Edward and Vincent are determined to marry in a Catholic church, despite the expected rejection from the local church hierarchy.
Co-presented by Dignity Boston and the Freedom to Marry Coalition

SILENT WATERS
Friday, January 28 at 6 PM at the Museum of Fine Arts
Sabiha Sumar, Pakistan 2003 95 minutes, 35mm, Drama
In Punjabi with English Subtitles
Set in 1979 Pakistan, a widowed Muslim woman invests her hopes in her beloved son. But when he takes up with a group of Islamic fundamentalists just as a group of Sikh pilgrims come to town, her haunted past turns her present life upside down.
Co-presented by Women in Film & Video/New England

STORY UNDONE
Saturday, January 29 at 1:15 PM at the Museum of Fine Arts
Hassan Yektapanah Iran/Irland 2004 35 mm/ 83 minutes
In Farsi with English subtitles
When two Iranian filmmakers set out to make a film on the illegal smuggling of their fellow citizens across the border, they find themselves part of the larger story.
Co-presented by the International Institute of Boston

THREE KINGS - CLOSING NIGHT with SOLDIERS PAY
Monday, January 31 at 7 PM at the Coolidge Corner Movie Theatre
THREE KINGS: David O. Russell, US 1999 114m, 35mm. drama.
In English & Arabic with English subtitles
At the end of the first Gulf War, US soldiers set out into the desert to seeking Saddamís stolen gold as their prize of war. What they find is their own humanity.
SOLDIERS PAY: David O. Russell, Tricia Regan and Juan Carlos Zaldivar, US 2004
Russell's short documentary about the impact of the Iraq war on Americans and Iraqis, which Warner Brothers wouldn't allow on the DVD reissue of THREE KINGS.

WHAT THE EYE DOESN'T SEE
Saturday, January 29 at 3:00 PM at the Museum of Fine Arts
Francisco J. Lombardi, Peru 2003; 149m. 35mm. drama
In Spanish with English subtitles
Secret tapes. Blackmail. Political corruption. Unrequited love. Kidnapping. Wrongful imprisonment. Murder. A granddaughterís devotion. Six interwoven stories set against the collapse of Peruvian president Alberto Fujimoriís government. The filmmaker received HRWIFF's 2004 Irene Diamond Lifetime Achievement Award.
Co-presented by the Boston Latino International Film Festival

Location:
Coolidge Corner Theatre & Museum of Fine Arts

Cost: $12 open/closing nights & $9 all other shows

URL: http:://www.hrw.org/iff www.coolidge.org www.mfa.org/film

WORLD SOCIAL FORUM 2005 BRAZIL

January 26-31, 2005

What is the World Social Forum?
The World Social Forum is an open meeting place where social movements, networks, NGOs and other civil society organizations opposed to neo-liberalism and a world dominated by capital or by any form of imperialism come together to pursue their thinking, to debate ideas democratically, for formulate proposals, share their experiences freely and network for effective action.

Since the first world encounter in 2001, it has taken the form of a permanent world process seeking and building alternatives to neo-liberal policies. This definition is in its Charter of Principles, the WSF’s guiding document.

The World Social Forum is also characterized by plurality and diversity, is non-confessional, non-governmental and non-party. It proposes to facilitate decentralized coordination and networking among organizations engaged in concrete action towards building another world, at any level from the local to the international, but it does not intend to be a body representing world civil society. The World Social Forum is not a group nor an organization.

Who organizes the WSF?
Eight organizations are part of the Secretariat, which has an office in São Paulo (Brazil), and is in charge of the Forum process coordination. The eight entities that have started the organization of the first WSF – Abong, Attac, CBJP, Cives, CUT, Ibase, MST and Social Network for Justice and Human Rights – form this secretariat.

When WSF moved to Mumbai, an Indian Organizing Committee (in charge of organizing WSF 2004 in Mumbai, India) has been set up. The IOC has been integrated to WSF Secretariat afterwards.

General political issues as well as discussions on WSF future and the annual events methodologies are discussed and followed by the International Council, which is currently formed by 129 organizations.

For the fifth WSF edition, a Brazilian Organizing Committee (BOC) has been set up by 23 organizations, divided in eight Work Groups: Space, Solidarity Economy, Environmental and Sustainability, Culture, Translation, Communication, Call for Action, Free Software (linked to Communication WG).

What are the activities of the WSF?
Every year the WSF organizes a major world meeting which will take place alternately in Brazil and in other countries where the necessary structural and political conditions obtain, on the same dates as the World Economic Forum (Davos Forum) is taking place. It also promotes international Regional and Thematic Social Forums to pursue debates in specific regions and/or to discuss specific issues considered priorities by the International Council.

Who takes part in WSF events?
All organizations, social movements and civil society entities that are in accordance with the Charter of Principles may take part and propose events at FSM. Citizens that are not linked to any organization may take part in the debates.

Governmental entities and political parties may take part as observers. Governments that host WSF may be partners in its organization. Besides, governors and parliamentarians that commit to the Charter of Principles can be invited to participate on a personal basis.

WSF has the proposal of building another world without using violence; therefore it does not allow the participation of military organizations.

Is there a final saying?
WSF does not have a deliberative character. Therefore, it does not officially promote campaigns, nor has final sayings. This was the way that has been chosen to maintain participants’ diversity. Nevertheless, WSF has been the most significant space of international interlinkage for a new world. This happens because it helps participants to interlink and propose concrete action, since they do not state anything on behalf of the Forum.

Location:
Porto Alegre, BRAZIL

URL: http://www.forumsocialmundial.org.br/index.php?cd_language=2&id_menu=

Iraq War Veterans Tour: Salem

UJP/Military Families Speak Out Iraq Veterans Tour

FROM THE FRONTLINES: Come hear Iraq war veterans and military families report on the US occupation of Iraq and the Bush administration's treatment of soldiers, veterans, and their families. This will be a hearing: these soldiers and family members will testify to this war's realities-- realities rarely seen on television or reported in the newspapers.

Sponsored by Iraq Veterans Against The War, Military Families Speak Out, MA Labor for Justice with Peace (affiliate of US Labor Against the War) and the Iraq War Veterans Tour (a coalition of dozens campus, youth, community, and labor organizations).

also sponsored by The Peace Institute, Salem State College

Former Army Sergeant Kelly Dougherty and Marine Lance Corporal Michael Hoffman will be speaking at the following venues. Please note- to accommodate a heavy speaking schedule and requests for media interviews, some events may have only one speaker from Iraq Veterans Against The War, and at other events they may be speaking alongside other activists and community leaders. Please contact each event's sponsor for more information and - we will be posting all updates as soon as they come in.

The full schedule as of Sunday, January 30:
Sun Jan 30 Fanueil Hall, Boston 3-5pm
Mon Jan 31 Salem State College 11am-1pm
Mon Jan 31 Endicott College, Beverly 2-5pm
Mon Jan 31 Lynn, MA 6:30-9:30pm
Tues Feb 1 South End, Boston 3:30-6pm
Tues Feb 1 M.I.T. Cambridge 4:30-6pm
Tues Feb 1 Roxbury 7-9pm
Tues Feb 1 Bridgewater State College 7-9pm
Wed Feb 2 UMass Lowell Noon-2pm
Wed Feb 2 UMass Boston 2:30-5pm
Wed Feb 2 Tufts, Somerville 7-9pm
Wed Feb 2 Northeastern Univ, Boston 7-9pm
Thu Feb 3 B.U. Law School 5-6:30pm
Thu Feb 3 Chelsea 7:30-9:30pm
Fri Feb 4 Roxbury Community College 11:30am-1pm
Fri Feb 4 Harvard Univ, Cambridge 4-6pm
Fri Feb 4 Watertown 7-9pm
Sun Feb 6 Boston 11am-Noon

Location:
Salem State College, The Underground, Ellison Campus Center, Salem, MA

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

Natural Hazards in the Northeast

The Perilous Earth: Understanding Natural Disasters

Dr. Ed Fratto, Director, Northeast States Emergency Consortium

Natural Hazards in the Northeast: Challenges of Preparedness and Mitigation

Sponsored by MIT Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences

Open to the public

Location:
MIT 54-915

Cost: free

URL: http://eapsweb.mit.edu/events/lecture_series.shtml

Iraq War Veterans Tour: Beverly

UJP/Military Families Speak Out Iraq Veterans Tour

FROM THE FRONTLINES: Come hear Iraq war veterans and military families report on the US occupation of Iraq and the Bush administration's treatment of soldiers, veterans, and their families. This will be a hearing: these soldiers and family members will testify to this war's realities-- realities rarely seen on television or reported in the newspapers.

Sponsored by Iraq Veterans Against The War, Military Families Speak Out, MA Labor for Justice with Peace (affiliate of US Labor Against the War) and the Iraq War Veterans Tour (a coalition of dozens campus, youth, community, and labor organizations).

Former Army Sergeant Kelly Dougherty and Marine Lance Corporal Michael Hoffman will be speaking at the following venues. Please note- to accommodate a heavy speaking schedule and requests for media interviews, some events may have only one speaker from Iraq Veterans Against The War, and at other events they may be speaking alongside other activists and community leaders. Please contact each event's sponsor for more information and - we will be posting all updates as soon as they come in.

The full schedule as of Sunday, January 30:
Sun Jan 30 Fanueil Hall, Boston 3-5pm
Mon Jan 31 Salem State College 11am-1pm
Mon Jan 31 Endicott College, Beverly 2-5pm
Mon Jan 31 Lynn, MA 6:30-9:30pm
Tues Feb 1 South End, Boston 3:30-6pm
Tues Feb 1 M.I.T. Cambridge 4:30-6pm
Tues Feb 1 Roxbury 7-9pm
Tues Feb 1 Bridgewater State College 7-9pm
Wed Feb 2 UMass Lowell Noon-2pm
Wed Feb 2 UMass Boston 2:30-5pm
Wed Feb 2 Tufts, Somerville 7-9pm
Wed Feb 2 Northeastern Univ, Boston 7-9pm
Thu Feb 3 B.U. Law School 5-6:30pm
Thu Feb 3 Chelsea 7:30-9:30pm
Fri Feb 4 Roxbury Community College 11:30am-1pm
Fri Feb 4 Harvard Univ, Cambridge 4-6pm
Fri Feb 4 Watertown 7-9pm
Sun Feb 6 Boston 11am-Noon

Location:
Endicott College, Wax Auditorium, Beverly, MA

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

How the Radical Right Is Undermining America

CHRISTINE TODD WHITMAN discusses her new book It's My Party Too: How The Radical Right Is Undermining America

Christine Todd Whitman retired as a member of the Bush administration in June 2003, tired of the ideological battles in Washington and eager to return home to New Jersey. A lifelong and loyal Republican and a leader of the party's moderate wing, she is a passionate believer in the power of the "productive middle" in politics. In It's My Party Too she offers a passionate and revealing insider's argument against the hijacking of her party by zealous "social fundamentalists." Writing with the straight-talking and keenly intelligent candor that launched her onto the national stage, Whitman sounds a rallying cry that will be vital reading for the millions of moderate voters who are fed up with the extremism of both parties.

All Harvard Book Store events are free and open to the public. No tickets are required unless otherwise noted. Please call (617) 661-1515 for more information.

Location:
Longfellow Hall, Askwith Lecture Hall 13 Appian Way Cambridge

URL: http://www.harvard.com/events/press_release.php?id=1376

Walid Shoebat: Former PLO Terrorist

From PLO Terrorist to Zionist, Walid Shoebat is a former PLO terrorist who explains his life story and how he was brought up in an atmosphere of hate and ruthless violence. Now, Walid is a passionate Zionist and a strong supporter of Israel who will share his amazing journey from hate to love.

In a climate so often marked by intolerance, Walid Shoebat brings an important message of love, acceptance, and truth.

Doors Open at 6:45, so please come early. All are welcome.

Brought to you by the Zionists for Historical Veracity at Brandeis, in co-sponsorship with Student Union Senate, Hasbara Fellowships, Hillel, and The Foundation for the Defense of Democracies.

Location:
Shapiro Campus Center, Shapiro Theater, Brandeis University

URL: http://my.brandeis.edu/btime/month-view?date=2005-01-24&group=2881

Iraq War Veterans Tour: Lynn

UJP/Military Families Speak Out Iraq Veterans Tour

FROM THE FRONTLINES: Come hear Iraq war veterans and military families report on the US occupation of Iraq and the Bush administration's treatment of soldiers, veterans, and their families. This will be a hearing: these soldiers and family members will testify to this war's realities-- realities rarely seen on television or reported in the newspapers.

Sponsored by Iraq Veterans Against The War, Military Families Speak Out, MA Labor for Justice with Peace (affiliate of US Labor Against the War) and the Iraq War Veterans Tour (a coalition of dozens campus, youth, community, and labor organizations).

Former Army Sergeant Kelly Dougherty and Marine Lance Corporal Michael Hoffman will be speaking at the following venues. Please note- to accommodate a heavy speaking schedule and requests for media interviews, some events may have only one speaker from Iraq Veterans Against The War, and at other events they may be speaking alongside other activists and community leaders. Please contact each event's sponsor for more information and - we will be posting all updates as soon as they come in.

The full schedule as of Sunday, January 30:
Sun Jan 30 Fanueil Hall, Boston 3-5pm
Mon Jan 31 Salem State College 11am-1pm
Mon Jan 31 Endicott College, Beverly 2-5pm
Mon Jan 31 Lynn, MA 6:30-9:30pm
Tues Feb 1 South End, Boston 3:30-6pm
Tues Feb 1 M.I.T. Cambridge 4:30-6pm
Tues Feb 1 Roxbury 7-9pm
Tues Feb 1 Bridgewater State College 7-9pm
Wed Feb 2 UMass Lowell Noon-2pm
Wed Feb 2 UMass Boston 2:30-5pm
Wed Feb 2 Tufts, Somerville 7-9pm
Wed Feb 2 Northeastern Univ, Boston 7-9pm
Thu Feb 3 B.U. Law School 5-6:30pm
Thu Feb 3 Chelsea 7:30-9:30pm
Fri Feb 4 Roxbury Community College 11:30am-1pm
Fri Feb 4 Harvard Univ, Cambridge 4-6pm
Fri Feb 4 Watertown 7-9pm
Sun Feb 6 Boston 11am-Noon

Location:
Saint Stephens Church, 74 Common St., Lynn, MA

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

Benefit for Harvard Sq Homeless Shelter

STREET PERFORMERS’ NIGHT-A BENEFIT
FOR THE HARVARD SQUARE HOMELESS SHELTER

Club Passim will be hosting the annual Street Performer’s Night- A Benefit for Harvard Square Homeless Shelter.

Boston street performers and subway performers have been in the headlines these past couple of years. Last year, the MBTA tried to eliminate musicians from their platforms but revoked their decision after a giant public outcry.

This year, street musicians will be able to play on the streets of Boston due to a recent Federal Court ruling.

Due to the cold and hard months following the holiday season, 12 singer/songwriter street musicians have joined forces to raise money for the Harvard Square Homeless Shelter. This is an annual event and features some national acts that have gotten their starts as street performers, as well as some local up and comers.

Reservations are available by phone, 617-492-7679, or tickets can be purchased virtually at www.clubpassim.com.

Who: Kevin So, Rachel McCartney, Lisa Bastoni, Brian Webb, Danielle Miraglia, Dave Falk & Lisa Housman, Katrin, Ari, Lloyd Thayer. Teresa Storch, Tom Bianchi (host)

Location:
Club Passim, 47 Palmer Street, Cambridge, MA

Cost: $10, Members $8

Directions: Located in Harvard Square

Organizer:

URL: www.clubpassim.com

"Brother to Brother" (film, director in person)

An Evening with Rodney Evans

Director in Person

Brother to Brother
Directed by Rodney Evans
US, 2004, b/w and color, 90 min.
With Anthony Mackie, Roger Robinson, Larry Gilliard, Jr.

Rich in heart and intelligence, Rodney Evans' first fiction feature pays homage to art, intellectual ancestry, and the strength to persevere in the face of social injustice. Both an artistic and political achievement, Brother to Brother offers a rare glimpse of what it means to be a black, gay artist today as well as during the Harlem Renaissance, and marks Evans as a brave and unique voice in American cinema. Perry Williams is a talented young artist working and studying in New York. Art world success is knocking at his door, but Perry is afraid of "selling out" to a privileged, white world. At the same time, community and family support is elusive as he endures homophobic barbs from his black classmates, rejection by his father, and a disappointingly fetishistic relationship with his handsome white lover. Then Perry meets Bruce Nugent, a living relic, who was a poet and painter of the Harlem Renaissance, along with Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and Wallace Thurman. Surreal narrative turns land him in the middle of scandalous parties and dinners in 1930s Harlem, and Perry learns that his struggle is not new and what is most important is a strong self-image and a commitment to preserve truth and to nurture his artistic spirit.

This screening is co-presented with the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute of African and African American Research at Harvard University.

Film description courtesy of Cinema Village.

Location:
Harvard Film Archive, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, 24 Quincy Street, Cambridge

Cost: $10/$8

Directions: east of the Harvard Square Red Line T Stop and next to the Fogg Art Museum. one block north of Massachusetts Avenue between Broadway & Harvard Street in the Harvard University campus

www.harvardfilmarchive.org/map.php

Organizer:

URL: http://www.harvardfilmarchive.org

Cambridge Conservation Commission

Cambridge Conservation Commission Public Meeting

The Cambridge Conservation Commission will hold a public meeting on Monday, January 31, 2005 (re-scheduled due to snow emergency) at 7PM in the 4th Floor Conference Room of 344 Broadway.

The agenda is attached to this notice. Please feel free to contact Jennifer Wright at 617-349-4680 if you have any questions or comments.

Public Meeting

AGENDA

7:00 Hearing:
Request to Amend Order of Conditions and Request to Extend Order of Conditions
Central Artery Tunnel
North Point Park
DEP File #123-136
Continued from January 10, 2005

7:30 Presentation
Harvard University
Proposed Redevelopment of Blackstone Power Plant and Mahoney’s Nursery

8:00 Administrative Topics
• Adopt Meeting Minutes
• Commission Updates
• Commission Chair Positions and Vacancy
• Draft Agenda for February 13, 2005

8:30 Other Business

Location:
344 Broadway, 4th Floor Conference Room, City Hall Annex, Cambridge

URL: http://www.cambridgema.gov/eventdtl.cfm?id=10413

American Experience: Fidel Castro

In the US, Latin America, Europe and in far corners of the globe, people from all walks of life either despise Fidel Castro as a ruthless dictator or lionize him as a champion of social justice. Nearly five decades after he assumed power, he remains a living legend, a touchstone for revolutionaries the world over and a symbol of resistance to American dominance.

Fidel Castro is a documentary about the controversial, charismatic dictator who has confounded American presidents from Eisenhower to Bush while surviving a CIA-backed invasion, countless assassination plots, an economic embargo — even the collapse of his benefactor, the Soviet Union.

For the leader of a small Caribbean nation, Castro's impact on the latter half of the 20th century has been inordinate. Castro sent his soldiers to the farthest reaches of the world and roused his people to accomplish heroic feats, in the name of justice and the promise of a brilliant future. But he also drove two million Cubans into exile and silenced those who dared challenge his rule.

This program features interviews with defectors, foreign policy experts, journalists, scholars, former members of Castro's government — even his daughter, Alina Fernández, and former brother-in-law, Rafael Díaz-Balart. The first-hand accounts of people who lived through the revolution — either participating in it, battling against it or fleeing from it — are interwoven with the observations of Cuba experts, including Harvard University's Jorge Domínguez; Norberto Fuentes, a writer once close to Castro and now living in exile; Washington University's William LeoGrande; and Marifeli Pérez-Stable, a professor at Florida International University.

Location:
WGBH Channel 2

Cost: free

Directions: on TV

URL: http://wgbh.org/schedules/program-info?episode_id=1983773&program_id=24238

Curset de diseny web amb software lliure

Apren a fer webs en un plis!!

Location:
locotori del carrer amunt. tots els dimecres 22h-24h

Cost: Intercanvi de temps

Organizer:

URL: acastello.com

Curset de diseny web amb software lliure

Apren a fer webs en un plis!!

Location:
locotori del carrer amunt. tots els dimecres 22h-24h

Cost: Intercanvi de temps

Organizer:

URL: http://www.acastello.com

Taller de Dansa al CSOA l'Estella

Com cada dilluns es fa un curs de dansa principalment oriental al CSOA l'Estella.

Location:
CSOA l'Estella

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

Organizer:

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

cafeta a l'Ateneu Popular de l'Eixample

Cafeta a l'Ateneu Popular de l'Eixample

Tots els divendres i dissabtes de 19 a 1h.

Metro L2-L5 Sagrada Família. Cola't !

Adreça: Passatge Conradí,3 (c/Sicília, entre Rosselló i Còrsega)

Location:

Organizer:

Kafeta a l'Ateneu Popular de l'Eixample

Kafeta a l'Ateneu Popular de l'Eixample

de: 19 a 1h.

Passatge Conradí, (C/Sicília, entre Rosselló i Còrsega).

Metro L2 - L5 Sagrada Família Cola't!

Location:

Organizer:

Poetry Open Mic- Javas

One MIC
Poetry Open Mic
an avenue of _expression for poets singers mc's and the frustrated.

Let off some steam every Monday night from 9-11pm

All Artist and points of views welcomed.

Begining January 17th located at
Javas, 16 gibbs st

Location:
Javas, 16 gibbs st, Downtown Rochester

Veer Towards Queer on radioActive

Veer Towards Queer, with Queer-J Brad, airs Mondays 5-7PM on radioActive Radio san Diego radioactiveradio.org

The guests for this week’s show include Rocky, journalist and long time activist, who wrote an article for the San Diego Independent Media Center about the J20 demos entitled ‘The Police were Afraid,’ and DJs Weltgeist and Laslow. Discussion will center around interpreting the J20 events, but where the meandering convo will end is anyone’s guess.

Location:
--

Organizer:

URL: http://radioactiveradio.org

Planning meeting for March 19: The World Says End the War!

This will be a preliminary meeting to get a census about what people would like to see, and when follow up planning meetings should be scheduled.

Sponsored by Veterans for Peace. Monday January 31st at the Harbor Room in the Veterans Memorial Building 112 W Cabrillo, Santa Barbara.

General Veterans for Peace meeting including planning for the the march and rally as a response to the State of the Union starts at 5:30 with time allocated for the March 19th planning at 6:30

For Details about the worldwide protest, goto www.unitedforpeace.org

Location:
Veterans Memorial Building 112 W Cabrillo, Santa Barbara.

Organizer:

URL: http://www.thepeoplescoalition.org

Returning to our Personal Power Workshop

Monday, January 31 5:30-7:45 p.m. Workshop.

“Returning to our Personal Power.”

Clarksville Library (conference room in the front)

Location:

Cost: Free

Organizer:

8am Breakfast - 2877 Lawrance St. Denver

Everyone is Welcome

Location:
Volunteers of America
2877 Lawrence Street, Denver, Co

Cost: Free

Organizer:

11:30am Lunch - 2877 Lawrance St. Denver

Everyone is Welcome

Location:
Volunteers of America
2877 Lawrence St.
Denver, Co.

Organizer:

Capitol Rotunda Peace Vigil

Monthly Peace Vigils
Everyone is welcome. Join us as we share our vision for peace in our hearts, our neighborhoods, our nation, and our world.

State Capitol Security has requested:
no food or drink or candles
signs and banners are handheld or on floor (no sticks)
we closely attend our children

Location:
Minnesota State Capitol Rotunda (indoors)
St. Paul, MN

Organizer: