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Faramarz Dadvar
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Yes We Camp
Stephanie Westbrook
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Michael Gould-Wartofsky
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INTERVIEW
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Net Briefs - 09-09
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GOLPISTAS
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Roger Burbach
CAPITALISM
Wealth Gap
Don Monkerud
RADIOACTIVITY
Forgotten Accident
Linda Gunter
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Edward Herman
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Mitchell Szczepanczyk
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Events
PEACE CONFERENCE - The Peace & Neutrality Alliance has scheduled an international peace conference on War, NATO, and the Lisbon Treaty, September 5 near Shannon Airport in County Clare, Ireland. This airport is used by NATO for wars of aggression and by the CIA for rendition-torture flights.
ANARCHY FEST - The fourth annual Victoria Festival of Anarchy & Bookfair is planned for September 4-13, with the Bookfair on the last two days; features workshops, presentations, music, and more.
ENCUENTRO - The Fifth Annual Encuentro of the Student/ Farmworker Alliance is scheduled for September 10-12 in Immokalee, Florida for a weekend of relationship-building, training, strategizing to build on successful campaigns (from Subway to Taco Bell), and planning for the future.
Contact: Student/Farmworker Alliance, PO Box 603, Immokalee, FL 34143; 239-657-8311; organize@sfalliance.org; www.sfalliance.org.
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CLIMATE JUSTICE ACTIONS
September 14 to November 30, across North America: Climate Justice Speaking Tour / New Voices on Climate Change, www.globaljusticeecology.org/newvoices.php
September 18-20, in Richmond, California: MCJ West Coast Convergence camp, fair, and skillshares, west.climateconvergence.org
September 20-25, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Three Rivers Climate Convergence camp and fair & protests at the International Coal Conference, 3rivers.actforclimatejustice.org; AND numerous climate actions during the G-20 Summit protests, www.g20media.org, www.resistg20.org, www.organizepittsburgh.org ...
October 12, around the world: International Day of Action in Defense of Mother Earth and in Defense of Indigenous Rights, www.ienearth.org
October 24, around the world: Day of Action on atmospheric carbon, www.350.org
November 30, around the world: Mass non-violent civil disobedience over corporate stymied climate solutions on the 10-year anniversary of the WTO shutdown in Seattle and in advance of crucial UN climate talks the following week, www.actforclimatejustice.org; full activation of Climate Pledge of Resistance - CPR for the Planet, beyondtalk.net
December 7-18, Copenhagen, Denmark, and worldwide: NO FALSE SOLUTIONS! Direct actions and creative resistance are encourages in opposition to the disastrous corporate agenda that is expected to dominate this significant UN climate conference (COP-15), www.climate-justice-action.org, www.actforclimatejustice.org, www.risingtidenorthamerica.org, climateimc.org/en
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G20 PROTESTS - The Bail Out the People Movement has called for a major mobilization during the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Bail Out the People actions are scheduled for September 24-25. (Many other groups also have actions planned for actions are planned for September 19-25.) Actions will take place locally, as well as in NYC and around the world. The Bail Out the People message is that Another World is Possible, But We Must Fight For It.
Contact: Bail Out the People Movement, Solidarity Center, 55 W. 17th St. #5C, New York, NY 10011; 212-633-6646; www.BailOutPeople.org. For other G20 actions, see: www.organizepittsburgh.org, www.resistg20.org, www.g20media.org.
SPACE NUKES - The annual International Week of Protest to Stop the Militarization of Space is scheduled for October 3-10; resources to help plan events/ demonstrations are available.
Contact: Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space, PO Box 652, Brunswick, ME 04011; 207-443-9502; globalnet@mindspring.com; www.space4peace.org.
CONFLICT RESOLUTION - The Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR) will hold its 9th Annual Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, October 7-10.
Contact: ACR, 5151 Wisconsin Avenue, NW Suite 500, Washington, DC 20016; 202-464-9700; www.acrnet.org.
FILM FEST - The 6th Annual Artivist Film Festival is scheduled for October 8-11 at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood, California. The festival is dedicated to showcasing human rights, children's advocacy, environmental preservation, and animal rights, while strengthening the voice of advocate artists.
Contact: The Artivist Collective, Inc., PO Box 910, Hollywood, CA 90028; 310-712-1222; info@artivists.org; www.artivists.org.
CONCERT - A 40th anniversary commemoration of Woodstock Free Concert is scheduled for October 25 in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. Besides music, the event will highlight speakers from the anti-war and free speech movements, along with a green eco-village.
Contact: 2b1 Multimedia, Inc., 3075 17th St., San Francisco, CA 94110; 415-861-1520; www.2b1records.com.
DVDs
OIL - Crude is the inside story of the infamous "Amazon Chernobyl" case, where global politics, celebrity activism, and indigenous cultures clashed amid environmental devastation.
Contact: First Run Features, 630 Ninth Ave., Suite 1213, New York, NY 10036; 212-243-0600; paul@firstrunfeatures.com; www.crudethemovie.com.
OUTDOORS - In the documentary, A Snowmobile For George, an unusual collection of critics sound off on the consequences of the last decade of environmental deregulation.
Contact: Bullfrog Films, PO Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; 800-543-3764; info@bullfrogfilms.com; www.bullfrogfilms.com.
Books
AMENDMENT - In After Patrick Henry: A Second American Revolution, labor historian Neal Q. Herrick proposes a Constitutional amendment to limit the corporate-government corruption nexus and restore powers to the American people.
Contact: Black Rose Books, CP 1258, Succ Place du Parc, Montreal, QC H2W 2R3, Canada; info@blackrosebooks.net; www.blackrosebooks.net.
ATLAS - In US Future States Atlas, Dan Mills offers a meticulous, bitingly satirical atlas of an imagined future United States if its expansionist imperialist ambitions came true; featuring 35 original artworks.
Contact: Perceval Press, 1223 Wilshire Blvd., Suite F, Santa Monica, CA 90403; info@percevalpress.com; www.percevalpress.com.
CHINA - China's Global Strategy: Toward a Multipolar World by Jenny Clegg argues from an anti-war perspective that China's growing influence may create a more fair and stable world by constraining U.S. hegemony and superpower bullying.
Contact: Pluto Press, 345 Archway Road, London N6 5AA, U.K.; www.plutobooks.com or www.macmillan.com.
COLOMBIA - In Blood and Capital: The Paramilitarization of Colombia, Jasmin Hristov demonstrates how various interrelated forms of violence by state forces, paramilitary groups, and organized crime are instrumental to the process of capital accumulation by the local elite, as well as the exercise of political power by foreign enterprises.
Contact: Lawrence Hill Books, 814 N. Franklin St., Chicago, IL 60610; 800-888-4741; Contact: Ohio University Press, 19 Circle Dr., The Ridges, Athens OH 45701; 740-593-1154; www.ohioswallow.com.
RACISM - The representation of Muslims as animals in news, political cartoons, and talk radio is analyzed in At War with Metaphor: Media, Propaganda, and Racism in the War on Terror, by Erin Steuter and Deborah Wills.
Contact: Lawrence Hill Books, 814 N. Franklin St., Chicago, IL 60610; 800-888-4741; Contact: Lexington Books, 4501 Forbes Blvd., Suite 200, Landham, MD 20706; 800-462-6420; custserv@rowman.com; www.lexingtonbooks.com.
RESISTERS - The Will to Resist: Soldiers Who Refuse to Fight in Iraq and Afghanistan by Dahr Jamail is a comprehensive study of the today's military resisters and dissent within the ranks of world's most powerful military, documenting the fight for justice inside the belly of the beast.
Contact: Lawrence Hill Books, 814 N. Franklin St., Chicago, IL 60610; 800-888-4741; Contact: Haymarket Books, PO Box 180165, Chicago, IL 60618; 773-583-7884; info@haymarketbooks.org; www.haymarketbooks.org.
Contact: Lawrence Hill Books, 814 N. Franklin St., Chicago, IL 60610; 800-888-4741; Contact: Ohio University Press, 19 Circle Dr., The Ridges, Athens OH 45701; 740-593-1154; www.ohioswallow.com.
RACISM - The representation of Muslims as animals in news, political cartoons, and talk radio is analyzed in At War with Metaphor: Media, Propaganda, and Racism in the War on Terror, by Erin Steuter and Deborah Wills.
Contact: Lawrence Hill Books, 814 N. Franklin St., Chicago, IL 60610; 800-888-4741; Contact: Lexington Books, 4501 Forbes Blvd., Suite 200, Landham, MD 20706; 800-462-6420; custserv@rowman.com; www.lexingtonbooks.com.
RESISTERS - The Will to Resist: Soldiers Who Refuse to Fight in Iraq and Afghanistan by Dahr Jamail is a comprehensive study of the today's military resisters and dissent within the ranks of world's most powerful military, documenting the fight for justice inside the belly of the beast.
Contact: Lawrence Hill Books, 814 N. Franklin St., Chicago, IL 60610; 800-888-4741; Contact: Haymarket Books, PO Box 180165, Chicago, IL 60618; 773-583-7884; info@haymarketbooks.org; www.haymarketbooks.org.
SEXISM - Sexism in America: Alive, Well, and Ruining Our Future by Barbara J. Berg is a social history of gender relations in the United States that debunks the myth of gender equality having been essentially achieved.
Contact: Lawrence Hill Books, 814 N. Franklin St., Chicago, IL 60610; 800-888-4741; frontdesk@chicagoreviewpress.com; www.chicagoreviewpress.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.
