 July/August 2004
American Friends Service Committee Peacework Magazine Sara Burke, Managing Editor Sam Diener, 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 EVENTS Bread & Puppet Museum Open for the Summer daily 10 am-6 pm through 10/31; Hundreds of puppets & masks, cheap art, preparations for performances, lots going on; B&P Farm, Rt. 122, Glover VT; 802/525-3031 Roundtable Discussion in Memory of Paul Wellstone, 8/25, 4-6 pm; Old West Church; $25; with Maria Elena Durazo, Frances Fox-Piven, Jim Hightower, Barbara Ehrenreich, Gus Newport, & others; co-sponsored by Jobs with Justice & the Union of Minority Neighborhoods, 617/541-4111
Discussions at the Good Life Center, Mondays, 7 pm; The Good Life Center, 372 Harborside Rd, Harborside (Brooksville) ME; 8/2 Rob Pfeiffer of Veterans for Peace on "Socialization of Males"; 8/9 the Beehive Collective shares "Plan Colombia" graphics for social change; 8/16 Martin Steingesser on "Poetry, Politics, & Patriots"; 8/23 George Lakey on "Adventures in Change: Personal & political"; 8/30 Arnold Greenberg on "What is Democratic Education?"; 9/6 Kate Brennan on "urban Agriculture as a Way to Social Change"; 9/13 Rowan Sherwood & Jim Merkel on "Radical Simplicity"; Call 207/326-8211 or visit www.goodlife.com GATHERINGS Boston Social Forum, 7/23-25; University of Massachusetts Boston; through workshops, cultural events, plenary sessions, & convocations, we encourage progressive organizations of all kinds to showcase their best analysis of the present & ideas for the future; the goal of this event is for social movements to exchange information, network with one another, & form new alliances; www.bostonsocialforum.org WERU Full Circle Summer Fair, 7/24-25; Blue Hill Fairgrounds, ME; music, information, speakers, & much more; for details contact WERU radio, 207/469-6600; www.weru.org Organizing the Real Superpower: Fellowship of Reconciliation National Conference, 8/5-9; Los Angeles, CA; workshops, nonviolence training, youth programs, Muslim-Jewish peace walk, & more; FOR, POB 271, Nyack NY 10960; 845/358-4601; www.forusa.org Burdock Gathering for a Free & Sustainable Maine, 8/10-17; Starks ME; workshops on direct action, skills sharing, & much more; Burdock, POB 1582, Portland ME 04104; 207/775-0270; www.burdockgathering.net Northeast Organic Farming Association Summer Conference, 8/12-15; Hampshire College, Amherst MA; our theme is "breaking ground for the future with the wisdom of the past"; with Eliot Coleman, Vandana Shiva, & Ralph Nader; NOFA c/o Bill Duesing, POB 135, Stevenson CT 06491; www.nofa.org Twin Oaks Women's Gathering, 8/27-29; Louisa VA; Workshops, dance, drumming, camping, creative activities; Women's Gathering, 138 Twin Oaks Rd, Louisa VA 23093; 540/894-5126; www.twinoaks.org Common Ground Country Fair, 9/24-26; Maine Organic Farmers & Gardeners Association, 207/568-4142; mofga@mofga.org; www.mofga.org Hope in Action: A Conference to Change the World, 10/1-3; Boston University, Boston MA; with Betty Burkes, Jon Wilson, Terry Tempest Williams, Hashim Garrett, Linda Latieri, & many more; sponsored by Hope Magazine; contact Hope in Action 2004, POB 160, Naskeag Rd, Brooklin ME 04616; www.hopemag.com Close the School of the Americas! Nonviolent Vigil & Direct Action, 11/19-21; Fort Benning GA; commemorate victims & celebrate resistance to the infamous "School of Assassins"; SOA Watch, 202/234- 3440; www.soaw.org OPPORTUNITIES Diversity Leadership Institute for Youth, 8/6-9; Bates College, Augusta ME; Students of the DLI are dedicated to combating bias; our mission is to bring people together & reduce prejudice & hate in our schools & communities; sponsored by the Holocaust Human Rights Center of Maine, POB 4645, Augusta ME 04330; 207/282-5371; www.hhrc.org RESOURCES Battle for Broad (DVD), a 25-minute documentary about the Kensington Welfare Rights Union's historic march in 2000 for economic human rights; denied a permit, the march took place anyway, 10,000 people strong, led by children, youth, people with disabilities, homeless people, poor people & their allies; free 25-page educational supplement with discussion guide; sponsored by the Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign; www.universityofthepoor.org Islam from a Quaker Perspective, Anthony Manousos; 18 pp; order from Friends Bulletin, 3303 Raintree Ave, Torrance CA 90505; friendsbul@aol.com; www.westernquaker.net EVENTS DURING THE For a more comprehensive event schedule for July 20-30, visit www.unitedprogressivealliance.org Veterans for Peace Conference , 7/22-25; Emerson College, 120 Boylston Street; VfP, 617/824-8554; www.veteransforpeace.org Eyes Wide Open Outdoor/Indoor Exhibits, 7/22-29; a simple, large-scale installation designed to convey the human cost of the occupation of Iraq; over a thousand pairs of boots, representing each life lost so far, will be arranged in rows; 7/22, 9 am-5:30 pm, Boston City Hall Plaza; 7/23-25, UMass Boston; 7/26, 2-8 pm, Boston Common (with videos & educational program indoors at nearby Beacon Hill Friends House, 6 Chestnut St 9 am-7 pm); 7/27, 9 am-9 pm, Copley Square Plaza (with videos & educational program indoors at nearby Beacon Hill Friends House, 6 Chestnut St 9 am-6 pm); 7/28-29, 10 am-4 pm, Sennott Park, Cambridge (with videos & educational program indoors at nearby Area IV Youth Center, 243 Harvard St); sponsored by American Friends Service Committee, 2161 Mass. Ave., Cambridge MA 02140; 617/661-6130 An Evening with John Sayles, 7/23, 9:30 pm; Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle St., Cambridge; $15 in advance, $18 at the door; John Sayles will discuss his film career & show clips from his upcoming election-themed film Silver City; producer Maggie Renzi will also participate Veterans Address the Nation , 7/23, 7 pm; Faneuil Hall, Boston; $15; with Felix Arroyo, Chuck Turner, Daniel Ellsberg, Howard Zinn, & Dennis Kucinich; songs of peace & social justice with Karen Brandow, Charlie King, & others; Veterans for Peace, www.veteransforpeace.org Backbone Campaign , 7/26-29;
80-foot puppet of a backbone will be paraded at various venues, with ribs denoting
progressive platform issues upon which Democrats will be urged to grow a backbone;
volunteer puppetistas needed to help carry the backbone & hand out Spineless
Citations; Backbone Campaign, POB 278, Vashon, WA 98070; 206/463-4784; Convergence Center, 7/26-29; Boston Community Church, 565 Boylston St; a temporary autonomous zone, alternative village, & information clearinghouse for anyone coming to participate in the resistance; sponsored by the Bl@ck Tea Society, www.blackteasociety.org Students Mobilizing Students , 7/26, 10 am-1 pm; Harvard Institute of Politics; Will teach the nuts & bolts of mobilizing voters; sponsored by HIP; iop@ksg.harvard.edu We All Pay for the Occupation of Palestine: A Rally , 7/26, 5-7 pm; Causeway Street across from the DNC; with South African freedom fighter & poet Dennis Brutus, Josh Ruebner from the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, & Nancy Murray from the Boston Coalition for Palestinian Rights; sponsored by United for Justice with Peace, www.justicewithpeace.org Stonewalk, 7/27-9/2; Family members of 9/11 victims will walk from Boston to New York, pulling a 1400-pound granite memorial honoring "Unknown Civilians Killed in War"; sponsored by the Peace Abbey, 2 North Main St., Sherborn MA 01770; 518/650-3659; www.peaceabbey.org Million Billionaire March, 7/27, 6:30 pm; we will begin at Rowes Wharf in Boston; "As billionaires, it is our sacred duty as guardians of privilege & power to defend the Bush administration from this barbaric electoral challenge"; if you would like to help us fire champagne corks at the misguided masses, join the "Get on the limo" swing state tour or visit http//:billionairesforbush.com. Calling All Delegates & Other Citizens: Addressing National & Global Crises, 7/27, 10 am-2 pm; Faneuil Hall, Boston; A speak-out about crises & solutions; contact American Friends Service Committee, 617/661-6130 Issues of Peace, 7/27, noon-3 pm; Paulist Center, 5 Park St, Boston; panels on "Ending the Occupation in Iraq" & "Building a Department of Peace & Nonviolence" with Phyllis Bennis, Tom Hayden, Dennis Kucinich, & Steve Cobble; United Progressive Alliance, www.unitedprogressivealliance.org Anti-war Candlelight Vigil, 7/27, 7:30-9 pm; Copley Square, Boston; with Military Families Speak Out & September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows; sponsored by American Friends Service Committee, 2161 Mass. Ave., Cambridge MA 02140; 617/661-6130 The Really Really Democratic Bazaar, 7/27, noon-8 pm; Boston Common; "An open-air public market to celebrate our alternatives" sponsored by the Bl@ck Tea Society, www.blackteasociety.org Revolutionary Women Boston 2004, 7/27, 1-5:30 pm; Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, 415 Summer Street; mobilize & organize female political leadership at all levels of government; sponsored by Revolutionary Women, www.revolutionarywomen.org Fund Public Health-Not Bioterror: Rally & March to Keep the Level 4 Bioterror Lab Out of Boston, 7/28, 3-8 pm; Blackstone Park, Boston; Street theater, music, & speakers; help send a message to Boston City Council & the Mayor to oppose Boston University's plan for a bioterror research lab in Roxbury/South End; for more information visit www.acej.org Guantanamo Rally, 7/28, noon-2 pm; Copley Square, Boston; "What have we become? Guantanamo to Abu Ghraib";United for Justice with Peace; www.justicewithpeace.org A Call for Peace & Justice at the DNC: Assembly, Rally, & Candlelight Vigil, 7/29, 4-11 pm; Canal Street (across from the Fleet Center) Boston; speakers on issues of peace & justice in a designated Free Speech Zone; sponsored by United For Peace, www.justicewithpeace.org EVENTS DURING THE All events in New York City unless otherwise noted. Life After Capitalism Conference, 8/20-22, Hunter College, New York City; A weekend of visionary dialogue extending beyond critiques of the Bush administration; 212/591-0083; www.lifeaftercapitalism.org Immigrant Workers Day of Action & Speakout, 8/27, 11 am-7 pm; location TBA; No immigrant-bashing! Support immigrant rights! Sponsored by the Immigrant Solidarity Network c/o ACTON LA, 1013 Mission St #6, South Pasadena CA 91030; for more information, contact Lee Siu Hin, 626/695-3405; www.immigrantsolidarity.org Bike National Convention, 8/28; with workshops, tune-ups, & fun designed to bring together bike activists from all over the country; sponsored by the environmental group Time's Up; 212/802-8222; www.times-up.ort/rnc_2004 Books Not Bombs Youth Convergence, 8/28, 9 am & thru the day; St. Mark's Church, 131 E. 10th St.; Skills trainings, discussions of strategy & analysis, banner-making, food, & information you'll need for the coming protests; sponsored by the National Youth & Student Peace Coalition, c/o SEAC, POB 39109, Philadelphia PA 19104; 215/222-4711; youthconvergence@yahoo.com; www.nyspc.org CODEPINK: Women for Peace, 8/28, 7 pm; Riverside Church; with Eve Ensler, Spearhead's Michael Franti, Cynthia McKinney, Amy Goodman, Holly Near, Aya De Leon, & others; CODEPINK, 2010 Linden Ave, Venice CA 90291; 310/827-4320; www.codepinkalert.org United for Peace & Justice March & Rally, 8/29; for details about this massive, nonviolent event, planned to coincide with marches all over the world - visit www.unitedforpeace.org Poor People's March for our Lives, 8/30, Still We Rise March & Rally for Justice, 8/30, 1 pm; march from Union Square North up Eighth Ave. to 31st St. for a rally with hip-hop performances, speeches; Sponsored by Still We Rise, a coalition of organizations working in low-income communities in New York City on health care, housing, welfare & employment rights, & criminal justice; SWR c/o NYCAHN, 80A 4th Ave, Brooklyn NY 11217; 917/349-7619 The Shout Heard around the World! 8/31; A call for nonviolent direct action at the RNC by local anti-authoritarians, who envision this as a day of creative action outside the protest pens; for information contact; www.shoutheardroundtheworld.com 
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