Commentary
MEMORIAL
Hazel Dickens
John Pietaro
FROM THE WEB
Net Briefs 06-11
Various Contributors
FOG WATCH
U.S. Counterrevolution
Edward Herman
HEALTH CARE
Misguided Plans
Margaret Flowers
BIZARRE POLITICS
Buy Cable, Free Gun
Don Monkerud
SOCIAL ORDER
Assault on Civil Liberties
Fred Nagel
COURT WATCH
SC Lets DA Off
Stephen Bergstein
Activism
ANNIVERSARY
Roots of Stonewall
Michael Bronski
DEMOCRACY DEFICIT
Free Speech for People
Valerie Saturen
Fallout
HALF LIES
Fukushima
Michael Steinberg
EVACUATION
Indian Point
John Raymond
Features
DOMESTIC POLICY
Meaning of Madison
Paul Street
CAPITALIST ECONOMICS
Budgets, Taxes, Classes
Jack Rasmus
UPRISINGS
The Missing Story
Shahin Cole
INTERVIEW
War on the Earth
David Barsamian
Zaps
FREE LISTINGS
Zaps - 06/11
Various Contributors
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Zaps - June 2011
Events
ART EXHIBIT - The touring exhibit "New World Border" features works by more than 30 artists responding to the border wall currently being erected between the U.S. and Mexico. The show will be at the Meridian Gallery in San Francisco until July 30.
Contact: thenewworldborder@gmail.com;www.newworldborder.tumblr.com/artwork.
RADIO - The 36th Annual Community Radio Conference is scheduled for June 1-4 in San Francisco with discussions and workshops.
Contact: National Federation of Community Broadcasters, 1970 Broadway, Suite 1000, Oakland, CA 94612; 510-451-8200; conference@nfcb.org; www.nfcb.org.
FREE MANNING RALLY - A rally in support of accused "wikileaker" Bradley Manning, and in protest of his torture and indefinite detainment at the hands of the U.S. military, is scheduled for June 4 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where he is currently held awaiting trial. Rideshares are being organized.
Contact: Bradley Manning Support Network, www.bradleymanning.org.
APPALACHIA RISING - A March on Blair Mountain culminating in a rally and day of action is planned for June 4-11 in southern West Virginia's coalfields to demand an end to mountaintop removal, the strengthening of labor rights, sustainable job creation in Appalachian communities, and the preservation of Blair Mountain.
Contact: Appalachia Rising, PO Box 32, Arnett, WV 25007; 304-924-1506; organizeapprising@gmail.com; www.marchonblairmountain.org.
ADC CONFERENCE - The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) holds its annual conference June 10-12 in Washington, DC, with panel discussions and workshops on civil rights, media, the changes in the Mideast, etc.
Contact: ADC, 1732 Wisconsin Ave., NW, Washington DC, 20007; 202-244-2990; convention@adc.org; www.adc.org/convention.
ECO-DEFENSE - The third annual Wild Roots Feral Futures (WRFF) eco-defense, direct action, and rewilding encampment is scheduled for June 14-22 in the forests of Southwest Colorado. This participatory camp community will feature skillshares, trainings, wild food walks, and more.
Contact: feralfutures@riseup.net; feralfutures.blogspot.com.
BIKING - Bikes Not Bombs is holding its 24th annual Bike-A-Thon and Green Roots Festival in Boston, Massachusetts on June 12, with several 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.
LABOR - The Pacific Northwest Labor History Association's 43rd annual conference, "When Unions Matter Most: Opportunities for Collaboration and Solidarity," is scheduled for June 17-19 in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Contact: PNLHA, 2402-6888 Station Hill Drive, Burnaby, BC, V3N 4X5; 604-540-0245; pnlha@shaw.ca; www.pnlha.org.
RENEWABLE ENERGY - The 22nd Annual Energy Fair, the nation's longest-running renewable energy education event of its kind, is scheduled for June 17-19 at Renew the Earth Institute in Custer, Wisconsin. A "Grassroutes Caravan" bike ride from Madison is scheduled for June 11-22.
Contact: Midwest Renewable Energy Association, 7558 Deer Rd., Custer, WI 54423; 715-592-6595; info@midwestrenew.org; www.midwestrenew.org; www.grassroutescaravan.org.
SPACE WEAPONS - The Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space holds its 19th annual Organizing Conference from June 17-19 in North Andover, Massachusetts, with peace activists from around the world and a low-cost sliding scale fee to attend. Additionally, a vigil will be held at a Raytheon production plant on the afternoon of June 17, and a concert with Tetsu Kitagawa, one of Japan's leading peace and justice singer/songwriters, is scheduled for the evening of June 18.
Contact: Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space, PO Box 652, Brunswick, ME 04011; 207-443-9502; globalnet@mindspring.com; www.space4peace.org.
PRISONERS - The Chicano Mexicano Prison Project (CMPP) will hold its 13th annual conference / summit on Raza prisoners and colonialism on June 19 at the Logan Heights Library in San Diego, Califaztlán. This year's theme is "Inside and Outside Prisons: Liberation Is A Struggle."
Contact: info_sd@uniondelbarrio.org or ebustill@aol.com.
MEDIA - The 13th annual Allied Media Conference will be held June 23-26 in the McGregor Conference Center at Wayne State University in Detroit. Participatory workshops and skillshares will emphasize DIY alternative media to advance visions of a just and creative world.
Contact: Allied Media Projects, 4126 Third St., Detroit, MI 48201; www.alliedmediaconference.org.
BOOKFAIR - LA's third Anarchist Bookfair is scheduled for June 25 at Art Share Los Angeles, with workshops, panels, publishers, authors, art, food, and music.
Contact: www.anarchistbookfair.com.
FUNDRAISER - A book signing and fundraiser event for the embattled NUHW union is scheduled for June 25 at the Haymarket Brewery in Chicago. Authors Steve Early and Cal Winslow, authors of books on the "civil war" between competing healthcare provider unions in California, will be on hand.
Contact: www.haymarketbooks.org/events.
NO NUKES - June 25 is Nuclear Abolition Day this year, coordinated by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) and designated as a "global day of action." Calendar and ideas for local events available at the website.
Contact: info@icanw.org; www.nuclearabolition.org.
TRAINING - An Earth Activist Training for permaculture design certification is scheduled for June 25 through July 9 at HeartRoot Farm in Audet, Quebec.
Contact: Earth Activist Training, PO Box 170177, San Francisco, CA 94117; 800-381-7940; earthactivisttraining@gmail.com; www.earthactivisttraining.org.
SOCIALISM - The Socialism 2011 Conference is scheduled for July 1-4 in Chicago, featuring talks and panel discussions.
Contact: Socialism 2010, c/o Center for Economic Research and Social Change, PO Box 180296, Chicago, IL 60618; 773-583-7884; info@socialismconference.org; www.socialismconference.org.
CARAVAN - The 22nd annual Pastors for Peace Friendship Caravan to Cuba is scheduled for July 2 through August 1. Through mid-July, volunteers will travel across the U.S. and Canada collecting aid and educating about the unjust blockade against Cuba, before an orientation in Texas July 17-19, followed by an educational program in Cuba July 22-30, followed by a return journey. People can participate by attending or hosting local events, donating materials, sponsoring a traveler, or coming along.
Contact: IFCO/Pastors for Peace, 418 W. 145th St., New York, NY 10031; 212-926-5757; cucaravan@igc.org; www.pastorsforpeace.org.
LIBERATION EDUCATION - The third "Free Minds, Free People" conference is scheduled for July 7-10 in Providence, Rhode Island, bringing together teachers, students, researchers, parents and community-based activists to build a movement to develop education as a tool for liberation.
Contact: info@freemindsfreepeople.org; www.freemindsfreepeople.org.
EASTERN CO-OPS - The Eastern Conference for Workplace Democracy, Connecting our Workplaces; Building Cooperative Economies, is being held from July 8-10 at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
Contact: ECWD organizers Neily Jennings or Esteban Kelly, 802-448-0972; info@east.usworker.coop; east.usworker.coop.
PROGRESSIVE SCI-FI - The Think Galacticon 3 conference is scheduled for July 8-10 at Roosevelt University in Chicago. A project of the Think Galactic Reading Group and Collective, the conference offers a space in which leftists and others can discuss how speculative fiction can inform our ideas about social justice.
Contact: Think Galactic, 1321 N Milwaukee, PMB 420, Chicago, IL 60642; info@thinkgalactic.org; www.tgcon3.thinkgalactic.org.
COPWATCH - The 2nd International Copwatch Conference is scheduled for July 22-24 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Designed to help activists share strategies to take back their communities from oppressive and abusive police, the conference is open to anyone except law enforcement officials.
Contact: Winnipeg Copwatch, 2F-91 Albert Street Winnipeg Manitoba Canada R3B 1G5; 204-942-1588; wpgcopwatch@gmail.com; www.conference.winnipegcopwatch.org.
LA RAZA - The annual National Council of La Raza (NCLR) Conference is scheduled for July 23-26 in Washington, DC, 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.
POPULAR ECONOMICS - The Center for Popular Economics is holding its 2011 Summer Institute July 24-30 at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. No background in economics is needed for this intensive training. This year's theme is Media, Democracy, and the Economy.
Contact: Center for Popular Economics, PO Box 785 Amherst, MA 01004; 413-545-0743; programs@populareconomics.org; www.populareconomics.org.
COMMUNITY MEDIA - The Alliance for Community Media 2011 National Conference is scheduled for July 27-30 in Tucson, Arizona. Hands-on workshops and skillshares will be offered by this grassroots coalition of community media groups.
Contact: ACM, 1760 Old Meadow Road, Suite 500, McLean, VA 22102; www.alliancecm.org.
VETERANS - Veterans for Peace is holding this year's annual convention August 3-7 at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon. This year's theme is Resilience, Resistance, and Non-Violent Revolution.
Contact: Contact Veterans For Peace, 216 S. Meramec Ave., St. Louis, MO 63105; 314-725-6005; www.vfpnationalconvention.org.
GREEN PARTY - The 2011 Annual National Meeting of the Green Party US is scheduled in conjunction with the NY Green Fest in Alfred, New York from August 5-7, with a fair, workshops, and forums open to the public besides the membership meeting.
Contact: Green Fest, info@nygreenfest.org, www.nygreenfest.org; GP-US Membership Meeting, registration@gp.org, www.gp.org.
COMMUNITIES - The Communities Conference is a networking and learning opportunity for co-operative or communal lifestyles, with workshops, events, and entertainment scheduled for August 19-21 at the Twin Oaks Community in Louisa, Virginia.
Contact: Twin Oaks Communities Conference, 138 Twin Oaks Road, Louisa, VA 23093; 540-894-5126; conference@twinoaks.org; www.communitiesconference.org.
Films
MUMIA - The 2010 documentary Justice On Trial, currently touring the country, is the latest look at the persecution of U.S. political prisoner Mumia Abu Jamal, who still faces the death penalty.
Contact: Big Noise Films, Po Box 72, NY, NY 10013; noise@bignoisefilms.org; www.bignoisefilms.org
POLLUTION - After the Apocalypse, a documentary about a village next to a nuclear testing site in Kazakhstan suffering high levels of birth defect.. Newly released, the film is opening this summer worldwide.
Contact: Tigerlily Films, The Glass room, Rich Mix Cultural Foundation, London, UK; www.tigerlilyfilms.com; www.aftertheapocalypsemovie.com.
SOLAR POWER - Burning in the Sun is an inspirational documentary available on DVD about a young West African man installing solar panels in rural Mali where more than 90 percent of households lack electricity.
Contact: Bullfrog Films, PO Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; 800-543-3764; info@bullfrogfilms.com; www.bullfrogfilms.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.
