 April 2001
American Friends Service Committee Peacework Magazine Patrica Watson, Editor Sara Burke, Assistant Editor Pat Farren, Founding Editor 2161 Massachusetts Ave. Telephone number: Fax number:
pwork@igc.org Peacework has been published monthly since 1972, intended to serve as a source of dependable information to those who strive for peace and justice and are committed to furthering the nonviolent social change necessary to achieve them. Rooted in Quaker values and informed by AFSC experience and initiatives, Peacework offers a forum for organizers, fostering coalition-building and teaching the methods and strategies that work in the global and local community. Peacework seeks to serve as an incubator for social transformation, introducing a younger generation to a deeper analysis of problems and issues, reminding and re-inspiring long-term activists, encouraging the generations to listen to each other, and creating space for the voices of the disenfranchised. Views expressed are those of the authors, not necessarily of the AFSC. |
Pieces
Vigil for the Iraqi People, Saturdays, noon-2 pm; Park Street Station, Boston MA; join to protest the sanctions on Iraq; Committee for Peace & Human Rights, 181 Pleasant St, Malden MA 02148; 781/321-1720; cphrboston@aol.com Vigils at Bath Iron Works, Saturdays during Lent (3/3-4/14), noon; contact Maureen Kehoe & George Ostensen, 17 Bayview St, Belfast ME 04915; 207/338-4776 Why White Affluent People need Social Justice Now, 4/30, noon-1 pm; with Mary Hobgood; Feminist Liberation Theologies Lecture Series, Mondays; Washburn Lounge, Episcopal Divinity School, 99 Brattle St, Cambridge MA; FLT Studies, Gale Yee, Episcopal Divinity School, 99 Brattle St, Cambridge MA 02136; 617/868-3450 Plan Colombia: Who does it Really Benefit? 4/5, 7:30 pm; Tufts University, Eaton Hall, Medford MA; with human rights activists speaking about the $1.6 billion aid package passed by Congress over the summer; sponsored by Massachusetts Peace Action, 11 Garden St, Cambridge MA 02138; 617/354-2169 Community Church of Boston Events; Sundays, 11 am; Community Church of Boston, 565 Boylston St, Boston MA 02116; 4/8, forum on police, FBI, & CIA excesses; 4/22 "Earth Day" on depleted uranium; 4/29, "A Race against Oblivion: Chiapas & the Zapatista Movement" with John Ross; 617/266-6710; commchurch@igc.org Death & Taxes Resistance Festival, 4/14, noon; march from Internal Revenue Service in Andover MA to Raytheon Weapons Plant to protest the destructive priorities of our national budget; for more information, contact Merrimack Valley Greens, POB 43, Lawrence MA 01842; 978/688-3569 Take a Stand, 4/14; $25-50; featuring writer June Jordan & singer Holly Near; benefit for Boston Women's Fund, 14 Beacon St #805, Boston MA 02108; 617/725-0035 Tax Day Priorities Polls, 4/17, at locations in Portland, Lewiston, Augusta, & Bangor; Maine War Tax Resistance Resource Center, POB 776, Monroe ME 04951; 207/525-7776; invert@acadia.net Celebrate Joe Gerson's 25 Years with AFSC, 4/21, 6-9 pm; Dante Alighieri Society, Cambridge MA; to reserve seat or ad space in Program book, contact Rosalie Rippey, AFSC, 2161 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge MA 02140; 617/661-6130 x128 Help Organize Peace Earthwide (HOPE) Festival, 4/21, 10 am-4 pm; Brewer Auditorium, Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine, 170 Park St, Bangor ME 04401; with fair, music & children's program; 207/942-9343 National Day of Action, 4/26; rallies & press events in numerous cities across the US to protest nuclear weapons in the US & around the world; to find out about action near you, contact Kevin Kamps, Nuclear Information & Research Center, 1424 16th St NW #404, Washington DC 20036; 202/328-0002; www.nirs.org Looking for Common Ground: One School's Struggle for Gay & Lesbian Rights (film), 4/27, 7 pm; discussion to follow; Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine, 170 Park St., Bangor ME 04401; 207/942-9343; peacectr@mint.net Peace Action Maine Annual Meeting, 5/6, 7 pm; Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 209 Eastern Ave, Augusta; with music by the Raging Grannies; Peace Action, POB 3842, Portland ME 04104; 207/772-0680; peaceactionme@ctel.net
AFSC Tag Sale
to benefit the Material Aids Program, 5/12, 9:30 am-2:30 pm; Cambridge
Friends Center, 5 Longfellow Park, Cambridge MA; clothing &
household items may be contributed for sale by 5/3 at the Friends
Center on Tuesdays & Thursdays, 10 am-5 pm; AFSC, 2161 Mass.
Ave, Cambridge MA 02140; 617/661-6130
Peacework Magazine seeks Data Entry Volunteer; Peacework is a national peace & justice magazine dedicated to the movements for nonviolent social change, published monthly by the American Friends Service Committee; we need someone to help with data entry in our subscriber database, approx. 10 hours/month; contact Phyllis Cohen, AFSC, 2161 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge MA 02140; 617/661-6130; pcohen@afsc.org American Friends Service Committee seeks Director of Regional Development; letter & resume to Phyllis Cohen, AFSC, 2161 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge MA 02140; 617/661-6130; fax 617/3542832; pcohen@afsc.com AFSC New Hampshire seeks youth organizing intern to address issues including sweatshops, labor rights, globalization, affordable housing, & death penalty abolition; AFSC is a Quaker organization committed to social justice & peace; letter or resume by 4/24 to Search Committee, AFSC, POB 1081, Concord NH 03302; fax 603/228-6492 The Jim Bristol Youth & Militarism Fellowship is a full-time, 11-month, paid internship at the American Friends Service Committee; the fellow will assist in many aspects of the Youth & Militarism Program, & will be trained in organizing skills; to learn more, visit www.afsc.org/youthmil.htm; letter & resume by 4/9 to Clara Wright, AFSC, 1501 Cherry St, Philadelphia PA 19102-1479; fax 215/241-7248; cwright@afsc.org
World Council of Churches
seeks interns between the ages of 18-30 to serve Greenpeace seeks Disarmament Campaign Coordinator; letter & resume to Charles Dykes, Greenpeace USA, 702 H Street NW #300, Washington DC 20001; fax 202/232-3124; resumes@wdc.greenpeace.org Grassroots International seeks Development Director with strong social justice commitments to apply talents to international work; send resume, cover letter, & salary requirements to Search Committee, Grassroots International, 179 Boylston St #4; Boston MA 02130-4520
Movement Activist Apprenticeship Program
(MAAP) seeks interns for Political Research Associates seeks Director of Development; PRA is a non-profit research center that analyzes the political right from a progressive perspective; resume & cover letter to K. Cloud, PRA, 1310 Broadway #201, Somerville MA 02144; 617/666-5300; fax 617/666-6622; www.publiceye.org Dismas House seeks students to join their community; Dismas House is a community of 12 ex-prisoners seeking reconciliation with society & society with ex-prisoners; contact Dave McMahon, Dismas House, POB 30125, Worcester MA 01603; 508/799-9389; dmcmahon32@hotmail.com Infact seeks full or part-time bookkeeper; Infact's objective is to stop life-threatening abuses by transitional corporations & increase their accountability to people around the world; letter & resume to Infact, Recruitment Team, 46 Plympton St, Boston MA 02118 Equity Trust seeks Executive Director to work with land trusts, housing developers, farmers, & religious institutions; Equity Trust is a growing organization that works with land reform & community development finance; contact Chuck Matthei, 539 Beach Pond Rd, Voluntown CT 06384; 860/367-6174
Resources for Radicals,
Brian Burch, ed.; US$12; comprehensive list of books & periodicals
on topics of practical & theoretical interest to social-change
activists; Toronto Action for Social Change, POB 73620, 509 St.
Clair Ave W, Toronto ON M6C 1C0 Canada; 416/651-5800; tasc@web.ca
Iraq Water Project sends teams into the war zone to rebuild water systems, to prevent more deaths from contaminated drinking water; send tax-deductible contributions to Veterans for Peace, Iraq Water Project, POB 532, Bayside CA 95524 Stop the US "Star Wars" Program, Star Wars programs are building a system to shoot down missiles with more missiles; these test violate the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty & may start a new nuclear arms race; visit http://cybercentre.greenpeace.org/t/s/983102960 to send a letter to US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund is campaigning for the right of conscientious objectors to pay their full federal taxes without paying for the military; it seeks a repeal or deep standby of draft registration; supporters are urged to join us for lobby day on May 16; at the Methodist Building, 100 Maryland Ave, NE Washington DC at 9:30 am; if you cannot attend, write to your Representative or Senator; for more information, contact Marian Franz, 2121 Decatur Place NW, Washington DC 20008; 202/483-3751; www.peacetax.com
Kids to Kids
is an AFSC sponsored campaign for children in Angola; Kids to
Kids is gathering "Kids Kits" to send to Angola;
kits should include stuffed toy, small ball, crayons, pen, pad
of paper, soap, washcloth, personal note, & photo of yourself;
please send kits with only items listed to Emergency & Material
Assistance Program Service Center, New Windsor MD; for more information
call Carlos Mejia, 215/241-7283
Democratizing the Global Economy, Kevin Danaher; 221 pp; $15.95; includes essays by Fidel Castro & Terry Allen examining the World Bank and IMF; Common Courage Press, POB 702, Monroe ME 04951, 800/497-3207; cheryl@commoncouragepress.com Alternative Press Index, updated regularly, provides access to movements, news, policy, & theory; available from Alternative Press Center, 1443 Gorsuch Ave, Baltimore MD 21218; 410/243-2471 Nuclear Free Northeast is a grassroots-driven handbook aimed at ending the Northeast's reliance on nuclear power; for more information, contact Nuclear Information & Resource Service, 1424 16th St NW #404, Washington DC 20036; 202/328-0002; nirsnet@nirs.org Some Practical Suggestions about You & the Police; wallet-sized cards describing your legal rights when you are stopped, arrested, or questioned by police; $5 for 50; American Civil Liberties Union, 1663 Mission St #460, San Francisco CA 94103; 415/621-2488 2001 International Workcamp Directory, Volunteers for Peace; 212 pp; $20 first-class postage paid; listing of over 2000 opportunities for short-term community service projects in 70 countries for $200 including room & board for 2-3 weeks; free newsletter; VFP, 1034 Tiffany Rd, Belmont VT 05730; 802/259-2759; vfp@vfp.org; www.vfp.org Running Guns: The Global Black Market in Small Arms, Lora Lumpe, ed.; 256 pp; $22; advances understanding of the conduct, players, & impact of illegal arms traffic & suggests ways to curb the deadly trade; Palgrave Global Publishing, c/o Roxanne Hunte, 175 5th Ave, NY NY 10010; www.palgrave.com Resources for Radicals, Brian Burch, ed.; US$12; comprehensive list of books & periodicals on topics of practical & theoretical interest to social-change activists; Toronto Action for Social Change, POB 73620, 509 St. Clair Ave W, Toronto ON M6C 1C0 Canada; 416/651-5800; tasc@web.ca Short Fuse to Catastrophe, a joint report by the Back from the Brink Campaign & the Project for Participatory Democracy; pamphlet discussing dangers of having nuclear weapons on hair-trigger alert; for a copy contact Back from the Brink Campaign, 6856 Eastern Ave NW #322, Washington DC 20012; 877/552-3723; www.backfromthebrink.org AFSC National Youth & Militarism Program offers two resources: Do you Know Enough to Enlist? & Ten Points to Consider before you Sign a Military Enlistment Agreement; to order contact Harold Jordan, AFSC, National Youth & Militarism program, 1501 Cherry St, Philadelphia PA 19102; 215/241-7176; www.afsc.org/youthmil.htm Action Groups starting up online; Greenpeace is organizing a way to share information in a common language about different countries & regions; to get involved, visit http://cybercentre.greenpeace.org/t/s/983037999 Project Abolition has information about stopping Star Wars; contains profile of campaign contributions of Big Star Wars contractors; available online at http://projectabolition.org/cprojects.html Death Blossoms: Reflections from A Prisoner of Conscience, Mumia Abu-Jamal; 190 pp; with illustrations & photographs; $12; collection of short essays showing invincibility of human spirit; also from same publisher, Live from Death Row & All Things Censored; Litmus Books, Route 381N, Farmington PA 15437; 800/806-3079
Living History: Women from Civil Rights
to Black Power, video from Stanford
event; 2 hrs; $24.60; panelists include Dorothy Cotton & Victoria
Gray Adams; to buy video, contact Adrienne Clay, The Martin Luther
King Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Cypress Hall D,
Stanford CA 94305; 650/725-8831
Youth Activism Gathering, 4/16-18; Evergreen School, Hallowell ME; with workshops on animal rights, nonviolence, & community organizing; for more information contact Cal Clark, 207/588-0347 or The Institute for Nonviolence & Education Resource Training, PO Box 776, Monroe ME 04951 Emergency March for Women's Lives, 4/22, 11 am-4 pm; Upper Senate Pk, Constitution & Delaware Ave NE, Washington DC; show Congress & the President that support of safe, legal abortion is the overwhelming majority; sponsored by National Organization for Women, 733 15th St NW, Washington DC 20005; 202/628-8669; www.now.org Alternatives to Violence, 4/27-29; $30; Friends Meeting, 5 Longfellow Park, Cambridge MA 02140; a conference to develop resolution skills through communication & cooperation; for more information, contact Charlie Wilton, POB 380274, Cambridge MA 02238; 781/281-1814; cwilton@igc.org Teaching Peacemaking in Sunday Schools & Youth Groups, 4/27-28, The Walker Center, Newton MA; with Madeleine Trichel, Executive Director, Interfaith Center for Peace; Conflict resolution skills to incorporate into curricula, Kid 2 Kid peer counseling techniques, book & resource fair, & more; dinner 6:30 pm 4/27, program at 7:30; The Walker Center, 171 Grove St, Newton MA 02466; 617/969-3919; walkercenter@rcn.com Press Freedom Conference & Alternative News Media Exposition, 4/27-29; San Francisco CA; Project Censored is co-hosting this national gathering of alternative news organizations & media activists; Project Censored, Sonoma State University, 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park CA 94928; 707/664-2500; censored@sonoma.edu; www.projectcensored.org Alliance for Nuclear Accountability's DC Days 2001, 4/29-5/2; one day of in-depth training on the nuclear weapons complex, 3 days of meetings with members of Congress & Administration officials, & an award dinner; register by 4/9 with Jim Bridgman, 202/833-4668; ANA, 1801 18th St NW #92, Washington DC 20009; www.ananuclear.org On Earth as it is in Heaven: Witnessing to God's Healing of Creation 5/20-23; Catholic University, Washington DC; an environmental justice ministries conference with workshops, speakers, & worship; to register, contact Environmental Justice Coordinators, 475 Riverside Dr, New York NY 10115; 212/870-2385 Surround the White House for the Antinuclear Vigil's 20th Anniversary, 6/3, noon-dark; We will gather in Lafayette Park to celebrate the continuing existence of the antinuclear vigil outside the White House, 24 hours a day since June 3, 1981; bring drums, literature, petitions, puppets, banners, & signs; Please contact us to recommend speakers, & to let us know if you or others are planning to come; Peace Park Antinuclear Vigil, Proposition One Committee, POB 27217, Washington DC 20038; 202/462-0757; http://prop1@prop1.org The Prophetic Voice in Public Life: Reclaiming the Quaker Social Testimony, 5/4-6; $130-250; activists & religious leaders with Jim Wallis, editor of Sojourners magazine; Pendle Hill Conference Center, 338 Plush Mill Rd, Wallingford PA 19086; 800/742-3150; www.pendlehill.org Healing the Wounds of Murder, 6/7-9; Boston College, Chestnut Hill MA; first national gathering for murder victims' family members opposed to the death penalty; featured guest speaker Sister Helen Prejean; sponsored by Boston College & Murder Victims' Families for Reconciliation, 2161 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge MA 02140; 617/552-0985; www.mvfr.org
Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary is banning the media from interviewing Leonard Peltier; in addition, Peltier and other federal prisoners were recently notified that their phone calls are restricted to 300 minutes per month (calls are already subject to many restrictions and prisoners are charged exorbitantly). Together, these two developments indicate that prison authorities plan to cut prisoners off from communication with the public, which will make prison staff less accountable for prison abuse and will have a devastating effect on families of prisoners and on the defense networks of political prisoners. Write, fax, or phone your congressional representatives, and especially Kathleen Hawk Sawyer, Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, 320 First St NW, Washington DC 20534; 202/307-3198; fax 202/514-6878.
For more information and sample letters, contact
the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee, POB 583, Lawrence KS 66044;
785/842-5774; www.freepeltier.org
Help the over four million people in South
Africa living with AIDS/HIV get treatment to extend and improve
their lives! South Africa has one of the highest percentages of
people living with AIDS, with recent estimates of one in every
four people being HIV positive. Currently, 39 pharmaceutical companies
have patent cases against the South African government which are
preventing people in Africa from receiving needed medicine. The
Medicins Sans Frontiers (Nobel Prize winning Doctors without Borders)
is asking us to sign the petition at http://www.msf.org/petition/
The American Friends Service Committee, recipients
of the 1947 Nobel Peace Prize for their work with European refugees,
has nominated Peace Brigades International for this year's
Nobel Peace Prize. PBI is a London-based peace group that provides
nonviolent bodyguards for human rights workers. PBI currently
provides "protective accompaniment" and peace awareness
initiatives and nonviolent training for peacemakers in Colombia,
Haiti, East Timor, and Mexico.
HR.19, Introduced by Republican Georgia Congressman Bob Barr on the first day of the new Congress, would repeal sections of three Executive Orders specifically prohibiting assassinations by the US government. Entitled the "Terrorist Elimination Act of 2001," the bill would nullify sections of three previous Executive Orders including one initiated by Ronald Reagan in 1981. The first order, signed by Gerald Ford, prohibited "political" assassinations. Successive orders by Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan renewed this ban. The full text of HR.19 may be viewed at <http://thomas.loc.gov>. This bold move, unreported by major media, offers a chance for an early referendum on the new administration's full-speed run at a more violent and brutish foreign policy. The appointment of career covert operative and Annapolis graduate Richard Armitage as Deputy Secretary of State under Colin Powell only underscores the clear message that the Bush Administration is sending to the world. Call your legislators. Call your local media. Call your neighbor. A loud enough uproar can stop this criminal move in its tracks.
(c) Copyright 2001, From The Wilderness
Publications and Michael C. Ruppert. P.O. Box 60-350, Sherman
Oaks, CA 91413. For more information and the full version of this
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Allan Kohrman, Newton, MA
Meera Censor, Fallbrook, CA
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