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PARTY POLITICS
GOP Could Steal the Election
Bob Fitrakis
EQUAL RIGHTS
Still 77 Cents
Elizabeth Schulte
ECOLOGY
The Food Ordeal
Robert Hunziker
CIVIL WAR?
Syria and Civil War
Phyllis Bennis
FOG WATCH
Failed States
Edward S. Herman
MIDEAST
A Post Arab Spring
Ramzy Baroud
CONSERVATIVE WATCH
Christian Right Star
Bill Berkowitz
DO NO HARM
Carnage Continues
William Charney
Activism
ACADEMIC FREEDOM
Loretta Capeheart's Battle
Steve Macek
YEAR OF THE CO-OP
Are You Feeling Cooperative?
John e. Peck
Interview
Role of the Executive
Ollie Mikse
Features
GREEEN TIDE
Rio Earth Summit
Anne Petermann
SOUTH AMERICA
A Coup Over Land
Benjamin Dangl
COURT WATCH
Stop-And-Frisks
Stephen Bergstein
ECONOMIC NEWS
The Eurozone
Jack Rasmus
POLITICAL ALLIANCES
Real Enemy
Kevin Young
Book Review
Military Resisters
Buff Whitman-bradley
Zaps
Annoucements
Various Contributors
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Events, Campaigns, Books, & Films
Events
WALL STREET SOUTH - From September 1-6, poor and working people from across the world plan to march on the Wall Street of the South in
Contact: http://wallstsouth.org.
DRONES - Members of the Upstate Coalition to Ground Drones and End the Wars are currently fundraising to travel to Pakistan from September 21-28 with a group led by Medea Benjamin and Shahzad Akbar (of The Foundation For Fundamental Rights). The group plans to meet with victims of drone attacks and hear their stories, and to participate in a march and rally in opposition to
Contact: http://upstatedrone action.org/.
LABOR DAY - The 28th annual Bread and Roses Festival, a celebration of the ethnic diversity and labor history of
Contact: http://www.bread androsesheritage.org/.
CUBA/WOMEN - The US Women & Cuba Collaboration delegation, “Global Economic Crisis: Women Working Together to Advance Economic Justice and Human Rights,” will be held September 1-11.
Contact: http://www.women andcuba.org.
OCCUPY
Contact: http://occupywallst. org.
FOOD/MONSANTO - The week of September 17 is a week of action against Monsanto’s control of the world’s food supply at the expense of food democracy. Events are planned worldwide.
Contact: http://occupy monsanto.com.
PRIVACY - The British Columbia Information Summit 2012 will be held in
Contact: http://www.infosummit.ca/.
NUCLEAR - Thousands of anti-nuclear activists across the
Contact: http://coalitionagainst nukes.org/.
CHICANO/LATINO - El Centro de la Raza will celebrate its 40th anniversary on September 29 in
Contact: http://www.elcentro delaraza.org/.
SCHOOLS - Dignity in Schools’ National Week of Action on Ending School Pushout will be September 29-October 6.
Contact: http://www.dignityin schools.org.
CLIMATE CHANGE - The Peace and Justice Studies Association, with Tufts Initiative on Climate Change and Climate Justice, will hold its annual conference October 4-6 at
Contact: http://www.justice withpeace.org.
HEALTHCARE - A Demonstration for Universal Healthcare has been called for October 6 on the National Mall in
Contact: http://duh4all.org; http://www.healthcarenow.org.
TEACHERS - The 12th Annual Conference, Teaching for Social Justice: Acts of Courage and Resistance, will be held October 6 in
Contact: 415-676-7844; teachers4socialjustice@yahoo.com; http://www.t4sj.org/.
SPACE MILITARIZATION - October 6-13 is Keep Space for Peace Week, an international week of protest to stop the militarization of space.
Contact: http://www.space 4peace.org/.
ART/SOCIAL CHANGE - The Arts & Social Change Symposium will be held October 12-13 in
Contact: http://www.artsand socialchange.org/.
IRAN/WAR - United For Peace and Justice has launched the Iran Pledge of Resistance with numerous member groups and other peace and social justice organizations. The pledge is to take action against war with
Contact: http://www.iranpled ge.org; http://www.unitedforpeace.org.
ROOTS CAMP - RootsCamp will be held November 30, in
Contact: http://neworganizing.com/.
FOOD NOT BOMBS - Food Not Bombs is currently fundraising for various projects, including The Elect To End Hunger and Poverty Tour and The Food Not Bombs Free Skool.
Contact: http://foodnotbombs.net/.
Books
HOWARD ZINN - Howard Zinn: A Life on the Left by Martin Duberman is the first major biography of the late activist, professor and writer.
Contact: The New Press,
POLICE - As American troops became bogged down in
Contact:
CAPITALISM - The Endless Crisis: How Monopoly-Finance Capitol Produces Stagnation and Upheaval from the USA to China by John Bellamy Foster and Robert W. McChesney, traces the origins of economic stagnation and explains what it means for a clear understanding of our current situation.
Contact: Monthly Review Foundation,
MOVEMENTS - Occupy Language: The Secret Rendezvous with History and the Present by Marina Sitrin and Dario Azzellini, uses the vocabulary of emergent movements around the world to highlight the similarities of their practices and visions, from the Zapatistas in Mexico and mobilizations for popular control in Venezuela, Argentina, and Brazil, to the Arab Spring, the European and Israeli Summer, and Occupy.
Contact:
MUSIC - Pete Seeger: In His Own Words is a compilation of the musician’s private writings, documents, and letters, chronicling his life story.
Contact: Paradigm Publishers, 5589 Arapahoe Ave, Suite 206A, Boulder, CO; http:// www.paradigmpublishers.com/.
CAPITALISM - In The Capitalism Papers: Fatal Flaws of an Obsolete System, Jerry Mander presents a series of arguments that capitalism is increasingly non-viable and that the problems are intrinsic to the model and not reformable.
Contact: Counterpoint Press, http://counterpointpress.com/.
YOUNG READERS - Seven Stories Press has launched
Contact: Seven Stories Press,
SOCIAL SECURITY - The People’s Pension: The Struggle to Defend Social Security Since Reagan by Eric Laursen, is the first comprehensive history of the Social Security wars that began with Reagan’s election.
Contact: AK Press,
CO-OPS - For All the People: Uncovering the Hidden History of Cooperation, Cooperative Movements, and Communalism in
Contact: PM Press,
EXTREMISM - Radical Distortion: How Emotions Warp What We Hear by John W. Reich, is about how extremism causes selective hearing and biases our ability to form objective judgements. The book argues that radical speech leads to radical hearing and impedes our willingness to consider moderate viewpoints.
Contact: Prometheus Books,
Film
DEBT - Some Debts Can’t Be Paid With Money is a new film based on Margaret Atwood’s book, Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth. The movie studies debt in its various forms: societal, personal, environmental, spiritual, criminal, and economic.
Contact: Zeitgeist Films,
Contact: http://www.wearemany.tv/.
DEMOCRATIC FILMMAKER - Film by Democracy (FbD) is an new ongoing experimental film project, to develop 100 percent fan-driven content. FbD strives to contest
Contact: http://www.filmbydemocracy.com/.
OCCUPY - Occupy the Film Festival will be held September 15-16 at the Anthology Film Archives in
Contact: http://occupythefilmfestival.com/.
Music/Media
FOLK/OCCUPATION RECORDS - Occupation Records has released the compilation, Folk the Banks, featuring Ani DiFranco, Tom Morello, Billy Bragg, Sam Duckworth, Martha Wainwright, and others.
Contact: info@occupationrecords.com; http://occupation records.com.
AIDS BENEFIT - The Red Hot Organization and the (RED) initiative have teamed up to release (RED) Hot + Fela, a new fundraising and AIDS awareness effort; and Fela Kuti tribute compilation.
Contact: Red Hot Organization,
COMEDY - Jamie Kilstein, radical comedian and co-host of podcast Citizen Radio, will be touring in select cities nationwide, including
Contact: http://jamiekilstein.com/.
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Announcements
LABOR - May 1 is May Day. Workers of the world will celebrate the 124th anniversary of International Worker’s Day. Born out of a call for an 8-hour workday in the United States, this day is an opportunity for all workers to show their solidarity with one another, as well as to renew the call for labor rights.FARM CONFERENCE - The Farm Conference on Community and Sustainability will be held May 24-26 in Summertown, TN, in partnership with the Fellowship of Intentional Communities. Tour green homes, see sustainable food production, learn about solar installations, alternative education, midwifery, and more.
Contact: Douglas@thefarmcommunity.com; http://www.thefarmcommunity.com/.
PALESTINE - The Conference of the Palestinian Shatat in North American will be held June 3-5 in Vancouver. The conference will examine the future of the Palestinian liberation movement.
Contact: palestinianconference@gmail.com; http://www.palestinianconference.org/.
LABOR - The Pacific Northwest Labor History Association’s 45th annual conference will be held May 3-5, in Portland, OR. This year’s theme is Labor Under Attack: Learning from the Past and Preparing for the Future. A call for presentations, workshops and papers is currently underway.
Contact: PNLHA, 27920 68th Ave. East, Graham, WA 98338; 206-406-2604; PNLHA1@aol.com; http://www3.telus.net.
MARIJUANA - On the first Saturday of May marijuana legalization activists will hold informational and educational events, rallies and marches in over 300 cities around the world.
Contact:http://globalcannabismarch.com/.
ECONOMICS - The Union For Radical Political Economics will hold its 39th annual conference May 9-11 in New York City.
Contact: http://www.ramapo.edu/eea/2013/.
RECLAIM THE DREAM - The 2013 Poor People’s Campaign & March from Baltimore to Washington D.C. will be May 11. Communities, schools and unions interested in participating are encouraged to contact the Baltimore People’s Assembly.
Contact: 410-500-2168; 410-218-4835; BaltimorePeoplesAssembly@gmail.com; Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Baltimore and the Baltimore Peoples Power Assembly, 2011 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21218.
MOTHER’S DAY - The 17th Annual Mother’s Day Walk For Peace will be May 12th, in Dorchester, MA. The walk began in 1996 for families who had lost children to violence. The day has become a way for thousands of people to financially support the work of the Louis Brown Peace Institute.
Contact: http://www.ldbpeaceinstitute.org/; http://mothersdaywalk4peace.org/.
NATO 5 - An International Week of Solidarity with the NATO 5 has been called for May 16-21. Supports call on supporters to raise awareness of the NATO 5 and support funds for the defendants on the one-year anniversary of their preemptive arrests.
Contact: nato5solidarity@gmail.com; https://nato5support.wordpress.com.
MOUNTAINTOP - The 2013 Mountain Justice Summer Activist Training Camp will be held May 19-27 in Damascus, VA. It will be a week of workshops, field trips to view Mountain Top Removal coal mines, direct actions, and service project.
Contact: http://rampscampaign.org/.
FEMINIST SCI-FI - The feminist science fiction convention WisCon 37 is scheduled for May 24-27 in Madison, WI.
Contact: WisCon, ? SF3, PO Box 1624, Madison, WI 53701; concom37@wiscon.info; http://www.wiscon.info/.
ANARCHY FEST - A month-long Festival of Anarchy is scheduled for May in Montreal. The festival includes The Montreal Anarchist Bookfair (May 19-20).
Contact: http://www.anarchistbookfair.ca/; http://www.radicalmontreal.com/.
LABOR - The International Labor Rights Forum will present: Down the Supply Chain, Driving Corporate Accountability, on May 22 in Washington, DC. The Labor Rights Awards Ceremony and Reception will honor pioneers in supply chain worker organizing, working solidarity and international labor rights policy.
Contact: http://laborrights.org/.
MULTICULTURE - The 26th annual National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education (NCORE) will take place May 28-June 1, in New Orleans.
Contact: SWCHRS, 3200 Marshall Avenue, Suite 290, Norman, OK 73072; 405-325-3694; ncore@ou.edu; www.ncore.ou.edu.
MEDIA - The 2013 Alliance for Community Media Annual Conference will be held May 29-31, in San Francisco, CA. Participants will include educators, community leaders, media professionals, journalists, nonprofit leaders, policymakers and students.
Contact: http://www.allcommunitymedia.org/.
RADIO - The 38th Annual Community Radio Conference is schedule for May 29-June 1, in San Francisco, CA, with discussions and workshops.
Contact: 1101 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20004; 202-756-2268; comments@nfcb.org; http://www.nfcb.org/.
BRADLEY MANNING - On June 1, a rally will be held at Fort Meade in support of Bradley Manning.
Contact: http://www.bradleymanning.org.
BIKES - Bikes Not Bombs is holding its 24th annual Bike-A-Thon and Green Roots Festival in Boston, MA on June 3, with several bike rides scheduled, music, exhibitors and more.
Contact: Bikes Not Bombs, 284 Amory St., Jamaica Plain, MA 02130; 617-522-0222; mail@bikesnotbombs.org; www.bikesnotbombs.org.
LEFT FORUM - The 2013 Left Forum will be held June 7-9, at Pace University in New York City.
Contact: 365 Fifth Avenue, CUNY Graduated Center, ? Sociology Dept., New York, NY 10016; http://www.leftforum.org/.
VEGAN FEST - Mad City Vegan Fest will be held in Madison, WI, June 8. The annual event features food, speakers, and exhibitors.
Contact: 122 State Street, Suite 405 B, Madison, WI 53701; madcityveganfest@gmail.com; http://veganfest.org/.
ADC CONFERENCE - The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) holds its annual conference June 13-16, in Washington, DC, with panel discussions and workshops on civil rights, media and other topics.
Contact: 1990 M Street, Suite 610, Washington, DC, 20036; 202-244-2990; convention@adc.org http://convention.adc.org/.
CUBA/SOCIALISM - A Cuban-North American Dialog on Socialist Renewal and Global Capitalist Crisis will be held in Havana, Cuba, June 16-30. There will be a 5 day Seminar at University of Havana, plus visits to a cooperative, urban garden, community development project, social research centers, and educational & medical institutions.
Contact: cuba@globaljusticecenter.org; http://www.globaljusticecenter.org/.
NETROOTS - The 8th Annual Netroots Nation conference will take place June 20-23 in San Jose, CA. The event features panels, trainings, networking, screenings, and keynotes.
Contact: 164 Robles Way, #276, Vallejo, CA 94591; registration@netrootsnation.org; http://www.netrootsnation.org/.
MEDIA - The 15th annual Allied Media Conference will be held June 20-23, in Detroit.
Contact: 4126 Third Street, Detroit, MI 48201; http://alliedmedia.org/.
GRASSROOTS - The United We Stand Festival will be hosted by Free & Equal, June 22 in Little Rock, Arkansas. The festival aims to reform the electoral process throughout the U.S.
Contact: http://freeandequal.org/.
SOCIALISM - The Socialism 2013 Conference is scheduled for June 27-30 in Chicago, featuring talks and panel discussions.
Contact: info@socialismconference.org; http://www.socialismconference.org.
LITERACY - The National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE) will hold its conference July 12-13 in Los Angeles under the heading, Intersections: Teaching and Learning Across Media.
Contact: 10 Laurel Hill Drive, Cherry Hill, NJ 08003; http://namle.net/conference/.
IWW - The North American Work People’s College will take place July 12-16 at Mesaba Co-op Park in northern Minnesota. The event will bring together Wobblies from branches across the continent to learn new skills and build One Big Union.
Contact: http://workpeoplescollege.org/.
PEACESTOCK - On July 13th, the 11th Annual Peacestock: A Gathering for Peace, will take place at Windbeam Farm in Hager City, WI. The event is a mixture of music, speakers and community for peace. Sponsored by Veterans for Peace.
Contact: Bill Habedank, 1913 Grandview Ave., Red Wing, MN 55066; 651-388-7733; billhabedank@yahoo.com; http://www.peacestockvfp.org.
CHILDREN’S DEFENSE - July 15-19, join clergy, seminarians, Christian educators, young adult leaders and other faith-based advocates for children at CDF Haley Farm in Clinton, Tennessee, for five days of spiritual renewal, networking, movement building workshops, and continuing education about the urgent needs of children at the 19th annual Proctor Institute for Child Advocacy Ministry.
Contact: cdfinfo@childrensdefense.org; http://www.childrensdefense.org.
ACTIVIST CAMP - Youth Empowered Action (YEA) Camp will have sessions in July and August in Ben Lomond, CA; Portland, OR; Charlton, MA. YEA Camp is designed for activists 12-17 years old who want to make a difference in the world.
Contact: info@yeacamp.org; http://yeacamp.org/.
LA RAZA - The annual National Council of La Raza (NCLR) Conference is scheduled for July 18-19 in New Orleans, with workshops, presentations and panel discussions.
Contact: NCLR Headquarters Office, Raul Yzaguirre Building, 1126 16th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036; 202-785-1670; www.nclr.org.
LABOR - The Eastern Conference For Workplace Democracy: Growing Our Cooperatives, Growing Our Communities, will be held at Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA, July 26-28.
Contact: info@east.usworker.coop; http://east.usworker.coop/.
WOMEN/LYNNE STEWART- Radical Women is asking for support letters and cards to be sent to Lynne Stewart. Stewart is a civil rights attorney and political prisoner who is currently in jail. She has breast cancer and authorities have denied her request for transfer from her Texas prison to the New York City hospital where she received medical attention during a prior bout of breast cancer. Send messages and cards to: Lynne Stewart 53504-054, Federal Medical Center Carswell, P.O. Box 27137, Fort Worth, TX 76127.
Contact: 747 Polk Street, San Francisco, CA 94109; 415-864-1278; RadicalWomenUS@gmail.com; http://lynnestewart.org/; http://www.radicalwomen.org/.
HAITI/WOMEN - Haiti’s government is considering a legal reform measure that would prohibit and punish all sexual assault, including marital rape. MADRE and the International Campaign to Stop Rape & Gender Violence in Conflict are launching a petition to raise international support for this push to address violence against women in Haiti.
Contact: 121 West 27th Street, #301, New York, NY 10001; 212-627-0444; madre@madre.org; http://www.madre.org.
SYRIA/MIDDLE EAST - The Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) is currently seeking funds to assist more than 200,000 refugees fleeing violence in Syria.
Contact: https://www.mecaforpeace.org.
FOLK FESTIVAL - The Falcon Ridge Folk Festival will be held August 2-4, in the Berkshires, NY.
Contact: http://www.falconridgefolk.com/; falcridge@aol.com.
WAR RESISTERS - The War Resisters League will hold its 90th anniversary conference, Revolutionary Nonviolence: Building Bridges Across Generations and Communities, August 1-4, at Georgetown University. The event will focus on the U.S.’ long history of antimilitarism.
Contact: 339 Lafayette Street, New York, NY 10012; 212-228-0450; wrl@warresisters.org; http://www.warresisters.org.
POPULAR ECONOMICS - The Center for Popular Economics is holding its 2013 Summer Institute August 4-9 at Hampshire College in Amherst, MA. No background in economics is needed for this intensive training. This year’s theme is, The Care Economy: Building a Just Economy with a Heart.
Contact: Center for Popular Economics, PO Box 785 Amherst, MA 01004; 413-545-0743; programs@populareconomics.org; www.populareconomics.org.
VETERANS - Veterans for Peace is holding the 28th annual convention August 6-11 in Madison, WI. This year’s theme is, Power To The Peaceful.
Contact: http://www.vfpnationalconvention.org/.
DEMOCRACY - The Democracy Convention will take place August 7-11 in Madison, WI. The convention brings together nine conferences including topics such as media, education, defense, race, environment and others.
Contact: https://democracyconvention.org/.
MEN - The 38th National Conference on Men & Masculinity: Forging Justice: Creating Safe, Equal and Accountable Communities, presented in partnership with HAVEN, will be held in Detroit, MI, August 8-10.
Contact: ccardinal@haven-oakland.org; http://www.nomas.org/.
OCCUPY - An Occupy National Gathering will be held in Kalamazoo, MI, August 21-25.
Contact: natgat2013@gmail.com; http://occupynationalgathering.net/.
COMMUNITIES - The Communities Conference is a networking and learning opportunity for co-operative or communal lifestyles, with workshops, events and entertainment; scheduled for August 30-September 2 at the Twin Oaks Community in Louisa, Virginia.
Contact: http://www.communitiesconference.org/.
LABOR DAY - The 29th annual Bread and Roses Festival, a celebration of the ethnic diversity and labor history of Lawrence, MA, will be held September 2, in honor of the 1912 Bread and Roses Strike. There will be music, dance, poetry, drama, ethnic food, historical demonstrations, walking & trolley tours.
Contact: PO Box 1137, Lawrence, MA 01842; 978-794-1655; http://www.breadandrosesheritage.org/.
OCCUPY WALL STREET - September 17 is the two-year anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Events are planned in New York City and worldwide.
Contact: http://occupywallst.org/.
TEACHERS - The 13th Annual Conference, “Teaching for Social Justice: The Politics of Pedagogy,” will be held October 12 in San Francisco, CA. The free event features workshops, resources, and free childcare.
Contact: 415-676-7844; teachers4socialjustice@yahoo.com; http://www.t4sj.org/.
HAITI - International Action, which brings clean water and chlorinators to Haiti, seeks office space capable of housing up to six people and their office equipment.
Contact: Zach Bremer, Zbrehmer@haitiwater.org; 202-488-0735; http://www.haitiwater.org/.
MEDIA - The Union for Democratic Communications and Project Censored are sponsoring a joint conference on media democracy, media activism and social justice to be held November 1-3 at the University of San Francisco. Proposals for presentations, workshops and panels from activists and critical scholars are invited.
