Activism
RESISTANCE
Labor in Iran
Faramarz Dadvar
DISSENTING
Yes We Camp
Stephanie Westbrook
ORGANIZING
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Michael Gould-Wartofsky
INTERVIEW
Howard Zinn
Gabriel matthew Schivone
INTERVIEW
Steve Downs
Andy Piascik
INTERVIEW
John Minto
Mandisi Majavu
Commentary
FROM THE WEB
Net Briefs - 09-09
Various Contributors
GOLPISTAS
Honduran Coup
Roger Burbach
CAPITALISM
Wealth Gap
Don Monkerud
RADIOACTIVITY
Forgotten Accident
Linda Gunter
FOG WATCH
Times Memory
Edward Herman
Culture
SCI-FI
Galacticon
Mitchell Szczepanczyk
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David Rovics
Jasmin Ramsey
BOOK REVIEW
Prison Resistance
Hans Bennett
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Brian Tokar
DOMESTIC POLICY
Corporate Democracy
Paul Street
WAR & PEACE
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Christopher Smith
WEALTH & HEALTH
Corporate Control
Martin Donohoe
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Zaps - 09-09
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Zaps - September 2009
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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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/.
