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Events
No Human Being Is Illegal -- Posters on the Myths and Realities of the Immigrant Experience; 1/13-2/18, Center for the Study of Political Graphics, Los Angeles, CA, 323/653-4662, cspg@politicalgraphics.org [6], www.politicalgraphics.org [7]
States of Grace, 1/25-2/10; Boston Playwrights' Theatre; a play for actors and puppets inspired by the stories of Grace Paley; $30 and $27; 994 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215; 781/643-6916; info@undergroundrailwaytheater.org [8], www.undergroundrailwaytheater.org [9]
Scituate Citizens for Peace Concert featuring Charlie King and Karen Brandow, Supporting Military Family Speak Out, 2/3, 7pm, Old Ship Parish House, 107 Main Street, Hingham, MA; all tickets advance sale, $10; checks to MFSO, Mass Chapter, mail to to SCPF, POB 272, North Scituate, MA, 02060, 781/545-0380, www.charlieking.org [10]
The Battle Of The Terrorists & The Horrorists, 2/15-18; 7pm; ages 12 and up, Bread & Puppet Theater at the Boston Center for the Arts Cyclorama; As the US sets out to achieve victory over the terrorists, it becomes necessary to make citizens acquainted with the promoters of victory: the horrorists, $12; and Everything Is Fine Circus, 2/17-18, 2 pm, all ages production, featuring The Rotten Idea Theater Company & The Axis of Beagle, if the circus acts are politically puzzling to adults, accompanying kids can usually explain them; $10, $5 for students and seniors; also Political Art Symposium:On Subversive Papier-Mâché & Other Tools for Creative Dissent; 2/12, 7pm; Voluntary donation: $5; Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont St., South End, Boston, 617/426-1522, www.bcaonline.org [11]; www.breadandpuppet.org [12]
Walk for a New Spring: Protest Nuclear Power & Nuclear Weapons, 2/25; a walk from Putney VT to the Entergy headquarters in North Brattleboro; Reverend Gyori Kato of Leverett Peace Pagoda will lead this walk as part of the Mayors for Peace Project; support vehicles will be available for anyone needing assistance; this is an alcohol- & drug-free event; for more information, contact Citizens' Action Network at can@nukebusters.org [13]or Deb Katz at 413/339-5781
Israel/Palestine/Lebanon from a Human Rights Perspective, featuring, Anat Biletzki, 2/25; 7pm, Brookline, MA, sponsored by Workmen's Circle MidEast Working Group, Workmen's Circle Building, 1762 Beacon St., www.workmenscircleboston.org [14]
Christian Peace Witness for Iraq; 3/16, Washington DC and in local communities; themes: End the occupation, Support the troops -- bring them home, Commit to rebuild Iraq, Say "no" to torture, Say "yes" to justice; In DC, there will be: a service at the National Cathedral, a candlelight procession to the White House, a prayer vigil, possible civil disobedience actions, pre-witness workshops & training, and post-witness organizing and strategizing; 520/780-6928, Christianpeacewitness@gmail.com [15], www.christianpeacewitness.org [16]
Gatherings
Speaking Truth with Power, 2/16-2/18; Seeking Quaker witness that is faithful and effective, a gathering for teens and adults; A weekend of engaging dialogue, singing, roleplay, worship, skill-building sessions -- and fun; Explore Quaker and Gandhian traditions of spritually grounded social action to strengthen Quaker witness today; Shape a program of local group study, reflection, and action to begin in Fall 2007; sponsored by the Quaker Peacebuilder Camp; gathering at the Meeting School; Rindge, NH; 860/236-5175; jhumphries@igc.org [17]; www.meetingschool.org [18]
Maine War Tax Resisters and Potential Resisters Gathering, 2/10 (snow date 2/11); 10am-3pm; August, ME; Annual workshop and planning; MEJP office, 126 Sewall St., Maine War Tax Resistance Resource Center, 207/525-7776
Conscientious Objection to Military Taxation: A Group Legal Action Conference, 2/23-25; Some US taxpayers cannot provide funds to the military as a matter of religious conscience; Consider a legal action to call for federal tax laws to accommodate our rights of conscience; Sponsored by the New York Yearly Meeting Sub-committee on Conscientious Objection to Military Taxation; contact Jens Braun, sjbraun@taconic.net [19]
Facing Race, 3/22-24; New York City NY; a conference bringing together key policy advocates, academics, researchers, organizers, & activists interested in exploring innovative strategies & successful models for changing public policy to produce more racial equity; three primary tracks: policy change, media, and organizing; keynote speaker, author Walter Mosley, sponsored by the Applied Research Center & the Center for Humanities at CUNY Graduate Center; 32 Broadway #1801, New York NY 10004; 212/513-7925; www.arc.org [20]
Walk for a Nuclear-free Future, 3/24-4/1 (including a day of public fasting on 3/28; to observe the anniversary of the 1979 nuclear accident at Three Mile Island, Citizens Awareness Network & the Buddhist order of Nipponzan Myohoji will coordinate a walk through Vermont towns to support safe, sustainable energy choices & abolish nuclear power & nuclear weapons; host communities & colleges will discuss issues surrounding Entergy's application for a 20-year license extension of the Vermont Yankee nuclear reactor & the dangers Vermont Yankee creates for New England; support vehicles will be available for anyone needing assistance; this is a drug- & alcohol-free event; contact CAN at can@nukebusters.org [21] or call Deb Katz, 413/339-5781
Alternatives to Empire: Latin American Solidarity Conference, 4/14-15; Chicago IL; US grassroots solidarity activists will be joined by activists & organizers from Latin America & the Caribbean to plan, evaluate, & celebrate the growing US Latin America solidarity movement; participants will exchange information & develop action plans; art & culture will be a strong component of the conference; sponsored by the Latin America Solidarity Coalition, www.lasolidarity.org [22]
US Social Forum, 6/27-7/1; Atlanta GA; come to connect with others, share your story, gain leadership skills, get inspired, link with a global movement that is changing the world; www.ussf2007.org [23]
Campaigns
Donate Computer Cycles to Stop HIV; People with a computer and a relatively high speed internet connection can help researchers find drugs which might be effective against HIV; Cooperative computing can save lives; sign up at worldcommunitygrid.org [24], then join the PeaceworkReader team
Protest the "Ashley Treatment;" Feminist Response in Disability Activism (FRIDA), with the support of Chicago ADAPT, the national ADAPT community, and Not Dead Yet, invites protests against the Seattle Childrens Hospital and its ethics committee, which is conducting an experimental "treatment" of a seriously disabled nine-year-old-girl involving hormone therapy to stunt her growth, surgically removing her breast buds, uterus, and appendix; The "Ashley Treatment," is a medical "fix" to serious social problems: a lack of quality home-based services for people with disabilities, and the social attitude that people with disabilities are less than human and therefore fair game for experimentation; For info, see the Justice for All listserve of the American Association of People with Disabilities, www.jfanow.org [25]
Aserela Campaign for Peace in Sudan; Sudanese immigrants based in Portland, ME, advocating for an end to conflicts in Sudan; assisting Sudanese immigrants, supporting a school for 400 Sudanese refugees, many who have been orphaned, in Uganda; Aserela, POB 7782, Portland, ME 04412
Opportunities
Leading from Spirit, 4/27-28; Boston MA; trainings & workshops to create a world that works for all; Transforming Whiteness workshop, 3/10, 9am-1pm; Women's Theological Center, 140 Clarendon St, Boston MA 02116; 617/585-5655; www.thewtc.org [26]
Facing History Online Course: Holocaust and Human Behavior, for teachers; By using the Holocaust as a case study, raise moral questions about the consequences of our actions and our beliefs, help students make connections between history and the moral choices we make every day; Strategies include: creating a safe environment, facilitating discussions around controversial topics, take an interdisciplinary approach to teaching; Facing History and Ourselves Headquarters, 16 Hurd Road, Brookline MA 02445, US, beth_healey@facing.org [27], http://giving.facinghistory.org/site/R?i=rstMEtV6AnT0jWWkDaVtZQ [28]
"I Dream a World" Youth Arts Competition; an opportunity for youth (ages 13-20) to express their thoughts on peace, justice, & capital punishment; two- or three-dimensional artwork, electronic media, written word, performances, photography may all be submitted; cash prizes; entries must be postmarked by 5 pm on 3/1/07; cosponsored by American Friends Service Committee, 56 Arbor St 2nd floor, Hartford CT 06106; www.afsc.org/ct/idream.htm [29]
Resources
Activist Toolkit to Close the Guantanamo Bay Prison Camp; Leaflets, press releases, interviews, documents; Amnesty Internationa, http://web.amnesty.org/pages/usa-151206-media-eng [30]
Speeches from the 2007 National Conference on Media Reform, posted by the SaveTheInternet Coalition, including Bill Moyers, Helen Thomas, Bernie Sanders; www.youtube.com/profile?user=SaveTheInternet [31]; for blogs from the conference, see www.freepress.net/conference/blog/ [32]
Voices of a People's History DVD - Los Angeles cast, Danny Glover, Marisa Tomei, Kerry Washington, and more read key statements of US radical history as compiled by Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove; 1:44, $15, see also Conversations with Eduardo Galeano and Arundhati Roy (DVD), $18; Haymarket Books, POB 180165, Chicago IL 60618; 773/583-7884; info@haymarketbooks.org [33], www.haymarketbooks.org [34]
No Sir! See the Living Theater's street theatrical response to the military recruiting station in Times Square, NYC; http://thelivingtheatreworkshops.com [35], jgoralnick@juno.com [36]
Poetry and Protest: A Dennis Brutus Reader, $16, 415 pp, 2006; Dennis Brutus was imprisoned with Nelson Mandela in South Africa and became a spokesperson for the anti-apartheid movement; Brutus teaches African Studies and Literature at the University of Pittsburgh; Haymarket Books, POB 180165, Chicago IL 60618; 773/583-7884; ; info@haymarketbooks.org [37], www.haymarketbooks.org [38]
Iraq: The Logic of Withdrawal, by Anthony Arnove, newly updated paperback edition, $13, 208 pp, 2007; Metropolitan Books, American Empire Project (see also the valuable AEP blog); www.americanempireproject.com [39]
The Peace Boston/Critical Breakdown Radio Show, begins airing Sundays, starting 1/14, 2-3pm, Touch FM 106.1; also available at http://touchfm.org [40], www.criticalbreakdown.org [41]
Peacework is Beginning to Blog; Activists blogged from the School of Americas protests, and see the blog entry in response to the coverage of President Ford's legacy, focusing on Ford's support for Indonesia's invasion of East Timor; Peacework readers can comment on these posts at www.peaceworkmagazine.org/node/419 [42] and on last issue's "Activist Forum on Films for Organizers," at www.peaceworkmagazine.org/node/401 [43]