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IN MEMORIAM
Irwin Silber
John Pietaro
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Various Contributors
SPYING
FBI Raids
Kevin Zeese
COURT WATCH
Warrantless GPS
Stephen Bergstein
COMMERCIALISM
Corporate Playroom
Yosef Brody
GREEN TIDE
Passenger Trains
Olga Bonfiglio
CONSERVATIVE WATCH
BP Funds Climate Ed
Bill Berkowitz
Activism
ECOLOGY
Evening with Evo
Anne Petermann
NON-VIOLENT RESISTANCE
Jailed for Activism
Mohammed Khatib
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THE ECONOMY
Failing Recovery
Jack Rasmus
PARTISAN POLITICS
Tea Party Threat
Roger Bybee
LATIN AMERICA
Venezuela's Elections
Gregory Wilpert
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Resistance in Oaxaca
Alessandro Morosin
COLONIAL MASTERS
Manufactured Nemesis
Angana Chatterji
SPECIAL REPORT
Faces of ELAM
Don Fitz
Culture
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Boston Derby
Sue Katz
FILM
Bitter Sea
Lisa Mullenneaux
BOOK REVIEW
Labor's Civil War
Seth Sandronsky
Zaps
FREE LISTINGS
Zaps - 11/10
Various Contributors
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Zaps - November 2010
Events
MULTICULTURAL - The National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME) will have its 20th annual conference on November 3-6 in Las Vegas with a series of intensive institutes, as well as more introductory talks and workshops, advocating educational equity and social justice.
Contact: NAME Office, 2100 M Street, Washington DC 20037; www.nameorg.org.
UNITY CONFERENCE - The Fifth Annual Unity Conference, co-sponsored by the Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, is scheduled for November 4-5 in Jackson, Mississippi, featuring panels and discussions, plus guest speakers Isabel Garcia and Bill Fletcher, Jr. among others.
Contact: MIRA, PO Box 1104, Jackson, MS 39215; 601-968-5182; www.yourmira.org.
RESISTERS - The annual gathering of New England War Tax Resisters and Supporters is scheduled from November 5-8 in Cambridge and Boston. This 25th Anniversary Gathering will bring together tax resisters and activists from across the region for mutual support, learning, and collaboration.
Contact: NEWT, 41A Brent St., Dorchester, MA 02124; 617-282-3783; www.nwtrcc.org.
JUAREZ ART EVENTS - An art exhibit at the Parks Gallery in Taos, New Mexico is scheduled from November 6-20 in memory of the girls and women assaulted and murdered in Juarez, Mexico over the past 15 years. A poetry reading by Valerie Martinez in memory of the Juarez women is scheduled for November 14 at the Mabel Dodge Luhan House in Taos.
Contact: jofo@laplaza.org.
BOOKFAIR - The 9th Annual New Orleans Bookfair is scheduled for Saturday, November 6 at the 500-600 blocks of Frenchmen Street to celebrate independent publishing and alternative media.
Contact: Robin Stricklin, New Orleans Bookfair, 504-813-6163; nolabookfair@gmail.com; www.nolabookfair.com.
DISSIDENT FOLK - The annual Dissident Folk & Arts Festival, featuring musicians, poets, film and theater artists, is scheduled for3-11 PM November 6.
Contact: John Pietaro, 845-591-2161; leftmus@earthlink.net; www.flamesofdiscontent.org.
GATHERING - The national Gathering of the Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) is scheduled for November 6 at Conway Hall in London, featuring speakers and entertainment highlighting arms issues under the new British regime.
Contact: CAAT, 11 Goodwin Street, Finsbury Park, London N4 3HQ; enquiries@caat.org.uk; www.caat.org.uk.
MEDIA DEMOCRACY - November 6 is Media Democracy Day and events promoting non-corporate independent media are planned in Vancouver, British Columbia and Chicago, Illinois.
Contact: www.mediademocracyday.org; www.chicagoprogmedia.org.
GREEN - Green Festival San Francisco is scheduled for November 6-7 at the Concourse Exhibition Center. A joint project of Global Exchange and Green America, the festival showcases sustainable projects and such speakers as Bill McKibben, Amy Goodman, Thom Hartmann, and Dolores Huerta, among others.
Contact: www.greenfestivals.org.
SUMMIT - Global Summit II: Humanity Uniting for a Sustainable Future is scheduled for November 8-10 at the Fort Mason Center Herbst Pavilion in San Francisco. The event features, speakers, music, and "solutions councils" on climate, women's health, scarcity, resources, and free speech.
Contact: msj@theglobalsummit.org; www.theglobalsummit.org.
RADIO - The AMARC 10 Global Conference will be held November 8-13 in La Plata, Argentina. The World Assembly of Community Radio Broadcasters hosts more than 400 community broadcasters and stakeholders from over 110 countries to share skills and promote social justice and sustainable, democratic, and participatory human development.
Contact: AMARC, International Secretariat, 705 Bourget Street, Suite 100, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H4C 2M6; 514-982-0351; amarc.alc@amarc.org; amarc10.amarc.org.
MUMIA TRIAL - The Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Coalition has called for a full mobilization in Philadelphia on Tuesday, November 9 as the Third Circuit Appeals Court meets to decide whether Mumia Abu-Jamal is to be executed or get life in prison without parole, following a Supreme Court decision on a related case. Simultaneous demonstrations are planned in cities around the world against the political prosecution of the renowned activist.
Contact: The Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal, PO Box 10328, Oakland, CA 94610; 510-268-9429; www.freemumia.org.
ANTI-WALL - November 9-16 is a week of education about and demonstrations against Israel's Apartheid Wall in the West Bank, now 60 percent completed, which violates international law and a 2004 ruling by the ICJ.
Contact: The Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign (PENGON), PO Box 25220 Beit Hanina, Jerusalem, Palestine; mobilize@stopthewall.org; global@stopthewall.org; www.stopthewall.org.
DRAWATHON - A Drawathon to Bring Our War $$ Home is scheduled for November 11 from 10 AM to 4 PM at the Space Gallery in Portland, Maine. Sponsored by the Union of Maine Visual Artists, Code Pink Maine, Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space, and Maine Veterans For Peace.
Contact: Pat Taub, 207-372-8889, pattaub@earthlink.net.
RADICAL LAWYERS - A Troublemaker's Guide to Surviving Law School, Part One is scheduled for November 11, 7-9 PM at the NYU Law School and features a panel of attorneys talking about what motivated them to get through law school as a radical student on their way to becoming the radical lawyers they are today.
Contact: www.nlg.org/news/events.
HEALTHCARE - The Health care-NOW! 2010 Strategy Conference is scheduled for November 13-14 in Philadelphia to make plans to win guaranteed single-payer national health insurance.
Contact: Healthcare-NOW!, 1315 Spruce St., Philadelphia, PA 19107; 800-453-1305; www.healthcare-now.org
THEATER - A Theater of the Oppressed workshop is scheduled for November 13-14 in Seattle, Washington, sponsored by Mandala Center for Change in association with Global Visionaries. Theatre of the Oppressed is a form of popular community-based education which uses theater as a tool for social change.
Contact: Mandala Center, 510 35th St., Port Townsend, WA 98368; 360-344-3435; info@mandalaforchange.com; www.mandalaforchange.com.
DIRECT ACTION - The annual November vigil to protest the School of the Americas, (now officially WHINSEC) is scheduled for November 19-21 at Fort Benning, Georgia, with additional events (teach-in, concerts, anti-militarization organizers' conference) at the Columbus Convention Center.
Contact: School of the Americas Watch, PO Box 4566, Washington, DC 20017; 202-234-3440; info@soaw.org; www.soaw.org.
DAY OF MOURNING - A National Day of Mourning demonstration is traditionally scheduled for noon on Thanksgiving Day (November 25) at Coles Hill in Plymouth, Massachusetts, commemorating the slaughter of Native Americans.
Contact: UAINE, 284 Amory St., Jamaica Plain, MA 02130; 617-522-6626; info@uaine.org; www.uaine.org.
CLIMATE - UN climate talks are scheduled for November 29 through December 10 in Cancun, Mexico.
Contact: www.actforclimatejustice.org, www.climate-justice-action.org.
HR DAY - Friday, December 10 is Human Rights Day, commemorating the 1948 adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a revolutionary document that has yet to be implemented.
Contact: OHCHR-UNOG, 8-14 Avenue de la Paix, 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland; www.un.org/en/rights.
BOOKFAIR - Northern California's Humboldt County Anarchist Bookfair is scheduled for December 11 from 10 AM to 6 PM at the Manila Community Center in between Eureka and Arcata.
Contact: Humboldt Anarchist Book Fair, PO box 196, Eureka, CA 95502; 707-616-4700; humboldtanarchistbookfair.wordpress.com; humboldtgrassroots@riseup.net.
CUBA TOURS - Tours that allow Americans to break the blockade and visit Cuba are available through Canada via Cuba Education Tours, including for the Havana International Jazz Festival, December 12-21.
Contact: Cuba Education Tours, 877-687-3817; www.cubafriends.com.
SOCIAL FORUM - The 2011 World Social Forum is scheduled for February 6-11 in Dakar, Senegal for discussions among citizen activists for alternatives to the dominant corporate-military system under the banner "Another World is Possible."
Contact: www.fsm2011.org; www.forumsocialmundial.org.br.
Campaigns / Resources
IRAN STATEMENT - The Campaign for Peace & Democracy is circulating a statement for signatures calling to "End the war threats and sanctions program against Iran, and support the struggle for democracy inside Iran."
Contact: CPD, 2790 Broadway #12, New York, NY 10025; cpd@igc.org; www.cpdweb.org.
ART/Posters - The Syracuse Cultural Workers' catalog "Tools For Change" is available online or in print, featuring art, music, apparel, calendars, and more by an artist collective committed to social justice.
Contact: Syracuse Cultural Workers, PO Box 6367, Syracuse, New York 13217; 800-396-1449; www.syracuseculturalworkers.com.
Books
AFGHANISTAN - In The Case for Withdrawal from Afghanistan, edited by Nick Turse, leading commentators examine the Afghan debacle and its parallels with previous British and Soviet occupations.
Contact: Verso Books, 20 Jay Street, Suite 1010, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 718-246-8160; verso@versobooks.com; www.versobooks.com.
ANARCHIST BIO - In Carlo Tresca: Portrait of a Rebel, Nunzio Pernicone traces the amazing life of an early 20th century Italian-American newspaper editor, labor agitator, anarchist, anti-communist, street fighter, and opponent of fascism.
Contact: AK Press, 674-A 23rd St., Oakland, CA 94612; 510-208-1700; info@akpress.org; www.akpress.org.
CAPITALISM - In The Ecological Rift: Capitalism's War on the Earth, John Bellamy Foster, Brett Clark, and Richard York argue that the source of our ecological crisis lies in the paradox of wealth in capitalist society, arguing for a change in social relations as the solution.
Contact: Monthly Review Press, 146 W. 29th Street, #6W, New York, NY 10001; 800-670-9499; bookorder@monthlyreview.org; www.monthlyreview.org.
CENSORED - Censored 2011, edited by Mickey Huff, Peter Phillips, and Project Censored, presents the annual list of the top 25 censored stories, with additional narrative by the original reporters.
Contact: Seven Stories Press, 140 Watts St., New York, NY 10013; 212-226-8760; orders@sevenstories.com; www.sevenstories.com.
DEBT - In Debt, the IMF, and the World Bank: Sixty Questions, Sixty Answers, Éric Toussaint and Damien Millet explain how developed economies have systematically and deliberately exploited less-developed economies by forcing them into unequal trade and political relationships.
Contact: Monthly Review Press, 146 W. 29th Street, #6W, New York, NY 10001; 800-670-9499; bookorder@monthlyreview.org; www.monthlyreview.org.
GANGS - The Almighty Black P Stone Nation: The Rise, Fall, and Resurgence of an American Gang by Natalie Y. Moore & Lance Williams chronicles the evolution of a group of poverty-stricken teens transformed into a dominant gang accused of terrorism, offering insight into the way in which minority crime is targeted in the community, reported in the media, and prosecuted in the courts.
Contact: Independent Publishers Group, 814 N. Franklin St., Chicago, IL 60610; 800-888-4741; frontdesk@ipgbook.com; www.ipgbook.com.
GLOBALIZATION - Black Bloc, White Riot: Anti-Globalization and the Genealogy of Dissent by Bernardine Dohrn, foreword by AK Thompson, revisits the struggles against globalization and explores the connection between political violence and the white middle class.
Contact: AK Press, 674-A 23rd St., Oakland, CA 94612; 510-208-1700; info@akpress.org; www.akpress.org.
IMMIGRATION - In Breaks in the Chain: What Immigrant Workers Can Teach America about Democracy, Paul Apostolidis investigates the life stories of a group of Mexican immigrant meatpackers, revealing the surprising power of activism by workers and their allies.
Contact: University of Minnesota Press, 111 Third Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55401; 612-627-1970; ump@umn.edu; www.upress.umn.edu.
OBAMA - In The Empire's New Clothes: Barack Obama in the Real World of Power, Paul Street assesses Obama's newly emergent record on domestic and foreign politics against his original agenda for change.
Contact: Paradigm Publishers, 2845 Wilderness Place, Suite 200, Boulder, CO 80301; 800-887-1591; www.paradigmpublishers.com.
PEACE - In Radical Peace: Refusing Violence, William Hathaway offers first-person experiences of war resisters, deserters, and peace activists in the U.S., Europe, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
Contact: media.trineday.com/radicalpeace.
QUEER - Queer (In)justice: The Criminalization of LGBT People in the United States by Joey L. Mogul, Andrea J. Ritchie, Kay Whitlock (edited by Michael Bronski) is an historical examination of the queer experiences—as criminal defendants, prisoners, and survivors of violent crimes.
Contact: Beacon Press, 25 Beacon Street Boston, MA 02108; 617-742-2110; BP_Orders@beacon.org; www.beacon.org.
SNCC WOMEN - Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts by Women in SNCC, edited by Faith S. Holsaert, Martha Prescod Norman Noonan, Judy Richardson, Betty Garman Robinson, Jean Smith Young, and Dorothy M. Zellner, offers a new oral history of women in the 1960s U.S. civil rights movement.
Contact: University of Illinois Press, 1325 South Oak St., MC-566, Champaign, IL 61820; 217-333-0950; uipress@uillinois.edu; www.press.uillinois.edu.
SOCIOLOGY - Sociology Is a Martial Art: Political Writings by Pierre Bourdieu, edited by Gisèle Sapiro, offers a survey of this dissident sociologist who helped inspire the mass movements against neoliberalism and globalization.
Contact: The New Press, 38 Greene St, 4th Fl., New York, NY 10013; 800-343-4499; orderentry@perseusbooks.com; www.thenewpress.com.
TELEVISION - In Reality Bites Back: The Troubling Truth About Guilty Pleasure TV, Jennifer L. Pozner examines how "unscripted" (but carefully crafted) "reality" TV shows glorify retrograde stereotypes that most people would assume got left behind 35 years ago.
Seal Press, 1700 4th St., Berkeley, California 94710; 510-595-3664; seal.press@perseusbooks.com; www.sealpress.com.
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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.
