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NEW DEADLINE
ZMI 2010
Z Staff
IN MEMORIAM
Tim Costello
Various Contributors
IN MEMORIAM
Dennis Brutus
Patrick Bond
SPOTLIGHT
Coup Review
Dawn Paley
SPOTLIGHT
Truth-lite in Honduras
Andres Conteris
FOG WATCH
Nation-Buster
Edward Herman
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Morales & Movements
Tanya Kerssen
CONSERVATIVE WATCH
Tea Party
Bill Berkowitz
EYES RIGHT
Producerism
Chip Berlet
Activism
ANNIVERSARY ACTIVISM
Gaza March
Eileen Fleming
LABOR NOTES
Laborers & Worker Centers
Tiffany Ten eyck
OCCUPATIONS
California Students
Kate Maich
Features
LABOR TODAY
Undocumented
David Bacon
INTERVIEW
Radical Labor
Diane Krauthamer
GREEN TIDE
Copenhagen
Anne Petermann
ECONOMIC POLICY
Prelude to Depression?
Jack Rasmus
COVERT PROGRAM
PRTs & the CIA
Douglas Valentine
WINESS TO WAR
Strong Enough
Craig Reinbold
LOOKING FORWARD
Democratic Alternatives
Various Contributors
Culture
BOOK REVIEW
Fellman's Terrorism History
Jeremy Kuzmarov
BOOK REVIEW
Engler's Black Book
Tamara Lorincz
Zaps
FREE LISTINGS
Zaps - 02-10
Various Contributors
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Zaps - February 2010
Events
DIVERSITY - The American Conference on Diversity is holding it's 2010 Educators' Institute, "Reaching and Teaching Immigrant Students," in cooperation with the Peter Sammartino School of Education at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, New Jersey, with two full-day sessions on February 5 & 12.
Contact: American Conference On Diversity, 109 Church St., New Brunswick, NJ 08901; 732-745-9330; info@AmericanConferenceOnDiversity.org; www.americanconferenceondiversity.org.
CONVERGENCE - An Anti-Olympic Convergence and People's Summit is scheduled for February 10-15 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Local activists plan rallies, alternative free events and games, and skill-shares towards creating a capitalism-free future as the corporate, money-driven official games take place on nearby unceded indigenous lands.
EVOLUTION - February 12-14 will be the fifth annual celebration of Evolution Weekend, intended to demonstrate that religious people from many faiths and locations understand that evolution is sound science and poses no problems for their faith, affiliated with the Clergy Letter Project repudiating anti-science fundamentalism.
TEACH-IN- The 9th Annual Local to Global Justice Teach-in comes to Arizona State University in Tempe on February 27-28, providing space for sharing experiences and knowledge between scholars and activists working on a wide range of social justice, human rights, and sustainability issues.
STUDENT STRIKE - In response to program cuts and fee hikes in California's school system, students and education activists there have called for a Strike and Day of Action in Defense of Public Education on March 4. The call was issued at an October Mobilizing Conference to Save Public Education in Berkeley. Plans are under way for walkouts, marches, occupations, and teach-ins, both in California and nationally, as other states are also seeking to prop up a corrupt corporate welfare state by imposing cuts on working class education rights.
WOMEN'S STRIKE - International Women's Day, March 8, has also been a day of protest, education, and direct action to redress the ongoing oppression of women who do two-thirds of all the world's work—most of it without pay or formal benefits and often in slave conditions.
LEFT FORUM - The 2010 Left Forum is scheduled for March 19-21 at Pace University in New York City. This year's theme is "The Center Cannot Hold: Rekindling the Radical Imagination" and will feature hundreds of panel discussions, art and film shows, and exhibitors. Opening plenary speaker will be Jesse Jackson, while the final plenary will feature Noam Chomsky. Z will also have a table and be sponsoring discussions through the Reimagining Society Project.
Contact: Left Forum, c/o PhD Program in Sociology, CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016; 212-817-2003; leftforum@leftforum.org; www.leftforum.org.
JOBS - April 8 is the 75th anniversary of congressional passage of legislation to create the largest public works program in history, the Works Progress Administration (WPA), which created 8.5 million jobs during the Great Depression. As unemployment rises today, the Bail Out the People Movement has issued a national call to help organize a mass demonstration on Saturday, April 10 in Washington, DC calling for a real jobs program.
Contact: Bail Out the People Movement, Solidarity Center, 55 W. 17th St. #5C, New York, NY 10011; 212-633-6646; www.BailOutPeople.org.
LABOR NOTES - The 2010 Labor Notes Conference: Organizing a Rank-And-File Recovery is scheduled for April 23-25 in Detroit, with workshops and strategy sessions. Donations to help offset costs and provide scholarships, especially to youth, are being accepted.
Contact: Labor Notes, 7435 Michigan Ave Detroit, MI 48210; 313-842-6262; labornotes@labornotes.org; www.labornotes.org.
CLIMATE CONFERENCE - The Peoples' World Conference on Climate Change and Mother Earth's Rights is scheduled for April 20-22 in Cochabamba, Bolivia. The conference was announced by President Morales in response to the failure of the UN Copenhagen conference to address the underlying causes in the capitalist model; it will instead offer real solutions and plans.
SPACE WEAPONS - The annual membership meeting of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space is scheduled for May 9 in NYC, in conjunction with other international events centered around the U.N.'s Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference.
Contact: Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space, PO Box 652, Brunswick, ME 04011; 207-443-9502; globalnet@mindspring.com; www.space4peace.org.
SOCIAL FORUM - The second United States Social Forum is scheduled for June 22-26 in Detroit. The social forum movement, started ten years ago in Brazil, has brought together millions of people around the world working for participatory grassroots alternatives to a hierarchical system of corporate exploitation of peoples and the environment. The theme of the USSF is Another World Is Possible, Another U.S. Is Necessary.
Resources
CAFE - The Red & Black Cafe in Portland, Oregon offers event and discussion space for the progressive community in the Pacific Northwest within a worker run collective offering fair-trade food and drink.
Contact: Red & Black Cafe, 400 Southeast 12th Ave., Portland, OR 97214; 503-231-3899; redandblackbooking@riseup.net; www.redandblackcafe.com.
GLOBALIZATION - The February/March issue of the journal Globalizations will cover the economic crisis and the response by corporate globalizers and people's social movements and theorizers.
Contact: Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 7625 Empire Dr., Florence, KY 41042; 800-634-7064; www.routledge.com.
LATIN AMERICA - NACLA: Report on the Americas is a bimonthly publication of the North American Conference on Latin America offering progressive, footnoted articles and research about the majority of the western hemisphere.
Contact: North American Congress on Latin America, 38 Greene Street, 4th Fl., New York, NY 10013; 646-613-1440; www.nacla.org.
PROPAGANDA - The November edition of the quarterly journal Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture is dedicated to the "Herman/Chomsky Propaganda Model 20 Years On." The publication is available in print and online as with free, downloadable, printable articles.
Contact: Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture (WPCC), c/o Katharina Nötzold, University of Westminster, Harrow Campus, Watford Road, Harrow, Middlesex, HA1 3TP, UK; www.wmin.ac.uk/mad/page-880.
DVD
PHILOSOPHY - In Examined Life, filmmaker Astra Taylor interviews influential thinkers such as Cornell West, Judith Butler, and Michael Hardt in various settings on issues ranging from cultural theory to the environment.
Contact: Zeitgeist Films Ltd., 247 Centre St., New York, NY 10013; 212-274-1989; www.zeitgeistfilms.com.
SPRAWL - Sprawling From Grace: The Consequences of American Suburbanization is a documentary which explores the ravages of oil, cars, and corporate engineered city planning.
Contact: Cinema Libre Studio, 8328 De Soto Ave., Canoga Park, CA 91304; 818-349-8822; info@cinemalibrestudio.comwww.cinemalibrestudio.com.
SUSTAINABILITY - The Suzuki Diaries: Sustainability in Action follows environmentalist David Suzuki and his youngest daughter, Sarika, as they travel to Europe to explore what a sustainable future might look like, and to see if two different generations can find reason for hope.
Contact: Bullfrog Films, PO Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; 800-543-3764; info@bullfrogfilms.com; www.bullfrogfilms.com.
Books
ANARCHISM - In Demanding the Impossible: A History of Anarchism, Peter Marshall offers a balanced and critical account of a misunderstood but broad movement, from Taoism to Situationism, from Ranters to Punk rockers, from individualists to communists, from anarcho-syndicalists to anarcha-feminists.
Contact: PM Press, PO Box 23912, Oakland, CA 94623; 510-658-3906; info@pmpress.org; www.pmpress.org.
CHILDREN'S - Mischief in the Forest is a children's book by graphic artist Stephanie McMillan and environmentalist Derrick Jensen. An online fundraising campaign for the book's production is also underway.
COCAINE - Drawing on declassified documents and years of research, William L. Marcy examines The Politics of Cocaine: How U.S. Foreign Policy Has Created a Thriving Drug Industry in Central and South America.
Contact: Independent Publishers Group, 814 N. Franklin St., Chicago, IL 60610; frontdesk@ipgbook.com; www.ipgbook.com.
FOOD - Food Rebellions! Crisis and the Hunger for Justice by Eric Holt-Giménez and Raj Patel with Annie Shattuck offers the real story behind the global food crisis, documenting the devastating effects of the industrial agri-foods complex and debunking the myth that sustainable farming practices and people-centered food systems cannot feed the world.
Contact: Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy, 398 60th Street, Oakland, CA 94618; 510-654-4400; info@foodfirst.org; www.foodfirst.org.
NEOLIBERALISM - In Freedom Not Yet: Liberation and the Next World Order, Kenneth Surin examines theoretical models for understanding the economic polarization of corporate neoliberal economic policies.
Contact: Duke University Press, PO Box 90660, Durham, NC 27708; 919-687-3600; orders@dukeupress.edu; www.dukepress.edu.
OLD WORLD - In The New Old World, Perry Anderson offers skepticism of European exceptionalism by examining the EU's eastward expansion, a foreign policy largely subservient to America's, and the popular rejection of the European Constitution.
Contact: Verso, 20 Jay Street, 10th Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 718-246-8160; versony@versobooks.com; www.versobooks.com.
PIRATES - In Life Under the Jolly Roger: Reflections on Golden Age Piracy, Gabriel Kuhn examines the political legacy and cultural symbolism of the "golden age" pirates who roamed the seas between the Caribbean Islands and the Indian Ocean from 1690 to 1725.
Contact: PM Press, PO Box 23912, Oakland, CA 94623; 510-658-3906; info@pmpress.org; www.pmpress.org.
POPULATION CONTROL - The Taming of the American Crowd: From Stamp Riots to Shopping Sprees by Al Sandine traces a history of mass gatherings, from the days of anti-colonial revolt to the passive, "colonized crowds" that fill today's sports arenas, commercial centers, and workplaces.
Contact: Monthly Review Press, 146 W. 29th Street, #6W, New York, NY 10001; 800-670-9499; bookorder@monthlyreview.org; www.monthlyreview.org.
REVOLUTION - You Don't Play with Revolution: The Montreal Lectures of CLR James offers eight never-before-published lectures from 1968 by the prominent Trinidadian anti-colonial scholar and cultural critic.
Contact: AK Press, 674-A 23rd St., Oakland, CA 94612; 510-208-1700; info@akpress.org; www.akpress.org.
UNBOUGHT - The 40th Anniversary Expanded Edition of Unbought and Unbossed by Shirley Chisholm details her remarkable rise to be the first African-American Congressperson and her historic and radical presidential candidacy, along with new essays examining her impact.
WALL - A Wall in Palestine by René Backmann (translated by A. Kaiser) offers a comprehensive look, from the barrier's terrible impact on ordinary citizens to how it will shape the future of the Middle East.
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Announcements
CUBAN 5 - From May 30 to June 5, supporters of the Cuban 5 will gather in Washington DC to raise awareness about the case and to demand a humanitarian solution that will allow the return of these men to their homeland.
Contact: info@thecuban5.org; info@thecuban5.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, music, exhibitors, and more.
Contact: Bikes Not Bombs, 284 Amory St., Jamaica Plain, MA 02130; 617-522-0222; mailbikesnotbombs.org; www.bikesnotbombs.org.
LEFT FORUM - The 2013 Left Forum will be held June 7-9, at Pace University in NYC.
Contact: 365 Fifth Avenue, CUNY Graduate 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.
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 the University of Havana, plus visits to a co-op and educational and medical institutions.
Contact: cuba@globaljusticecenter.org; http://www.globaljustice center.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 in the U.S.
Contact: http://freeandequal.org/
LITERACY - The National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE) will hold its conference July 12-13 in Los Angeles.
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 across the continent to learn skills and build one big union.
Contact: http://workpeoplescollege.org/.
PEACESTOCK - On July 13, the 11th Annual Peacestock 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.
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.
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.
Contact: info@yeacamp.org; http://yeacamp.org/.
