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WAR
Losing in Afghanistan
Marjorie Cohn
FOG WATCH
Global (In)justice
Edward Herman
COURT WATCH
Whistleblowers & Court
Stephen Bergstein
DEMOCRACY DEFICIT
U.S. Buys Press
Eva Golinger
BEHIND THE CURTAIN
Tea Party Tale
Don Monkerud
CONSERVATIVE WATCH
New Apocalypse
Bill Berkowitz
Activism
MOVEMENT BUILDING
USSF 2010
Chris Spannos
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Guam Build-Up
Seth Kershner
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Drones Over America
Mike Reizman
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AFRICOM
Stephen Roblin
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Paper of Power?
Florian Zollmann
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BOOK REVIEW
Politics of Genocide
Rick Rozoff
BOOK REVIEW
Anatomy of Epidemic
Bruce Levine
BOOK REVIEW
Epic Recession
Suzi Weissman
BOOK REVIEW
The Bomb
David Swanson
BOOK REVIEW
Korean War
Jeremy Kuzmarov
BOOK REVIEW
FDR & New Deal
John Pietaro
Zaps
FREE LISTINGS
Zaps - 09/10
Various Contributors
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Zaps - September 2010
Events
ANARCHY FEST - The fourth annual Victoria Festival of Anarchy & Bookfair is planned for September 5-12, with the Bookfair on the last two days; features workshops, presentations, music and more.
FAIR TRADE - The Fair Trade Futures Conference is scheduled for September 10-12 in Boston, with seminars aimed towards promoting an alternative and more just economy.
Contact: Fair Trade Futures Conference, 202-636-3547; conference@fairtradefederation.org; www.fairtradeconference.ning.com.
BOOKFAIR - The Twin Cities Anarchist Bookfair is scheduled for September 10-12 in south Minneapolis, with skillshares, crafts, food, music, and of course authors, publishers and books.
DEMOCRACY SCHOOL - The Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund is hosting a democracy School in Seattle September 17-18, to teach organizing for environmental justice and sustainable communities.
PEACE DAY - September 21 is the UN's International Day of Peace, with this year's theme Youth, Peace and Development. Activities promoting peace and opposing violence and war are scheduled for the entire week including during the United Nations for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Review Summit September 17-19.
MOBILIZATION - Appalachia Rising events against mountaintop removal mining are scheduled for September 25-27 in Washington, DC. A weekend conference, Appalachia Rising, Voices from the Mountains, is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday. On Monday, the Appalachia Rising Day of Action will feature a march and rally, with opportunities for non-violent civil disobedience.
JOBS - A mass mobilization and march for jobs, One Nation Working Together, is scheduled for Saturday, October 2 in Washington, DC. The event is supported by local peace and economic justice groups around the country, who are organizing rides there.
Contact: One Nation Working Together, 1333 H Street NW, Suite 300, East Tower, Washington DC 20005; 202-533-2578; onenationteam@onenationworkingtogether.org; www.onenationworkingtogether.org.
WORKSHOP - Democracy Unlimited's workshop "Challenging Corporate Rule, Creating Democracy" is scheduled for October 2 in Eureka, California; this introductory workshop on fighting corporate hegemony and building a grassroots movement is offered three times a year.
Contact: Democracy Unlimited of Humboldt County, PO Box 610, Eureka, California, 95502; 707-269-0984; www.duhc.org.
SPACE FOR PEACE - The annual International Week of Protest to Stop the Militarization of Space is scheduled for October 2-9; resources to help plan educational events or demonstrations are available online and by request.
Contact: Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space, PO Box 652, Brunswick, ME 04011; 207-443-9502; globalnet@mindspring.com; www.space4peace.org.
ARTIVIST - The 7th Annual Artivist Film Festival & Artivist Awards, dedicated to addressing human rights, children's advocacy, environmental preservation, and animal rights, is scheduled for October 5-9 in Hollywood.
Contact: The Artivist Collective, Inc., PO Box 910, Hollywood , CA. 90028; 310-712-1222; info@artivists.org; www.artivists.org.
TEACHERS - The 9th Annual Conference, "Teaching for Social Justice: A Labor of Love," will be held Saturday, October 9 from 9 AM to 5 PM at Mission High School in San Francisco. The free event features workshops and resources.
Contact: Teachers 4 Social Justice, 542 Munich Street, San Francisco, California 94112; 415-676-7844; www.t4sj.org.
CLIMATE - Climate action days are being planned for Sunday, October 10 and Tuesday, October 12. The carbon/climate connection group 350.org has registered over a thousand events and teach-ins around the world for 10/10/10, also called "A Day to Celebrate Climate Solutions" and a "Global Work Party." Climate Justice Action has called for a Global Day of Action on October 12, in conjunction with the Latin American network Global Minga.
IMF/WB PROTESTS - Protests against the elite International Monetary Fund and World Bank are being planned for October 9-11 in Washington, DC, during the groups' meetings there.
RNC PROTESTERS - Protesters who face draconian fines and prison terms for their non-violent political activism during the 2008 Republican Convention are scheduled to go to trial on October 25 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Though one of the original eight defendants is opting for a plea agreement as of this writing, the other seven are continuing to trial. Supporters are urged to get informed and involved to help defend their civil rights.
EDUCATION FORUM - The World Education Forum (WEF) will take place in Palestine from October 28-31. Under the umbrella of the World Social Forum, the WEF is an annual thematic forum which seeks to uphold the concept of education as a fundamental human right. Simultaneous assemblies are scheduled in Ramallah, Haifa, Gaza, Jerusalem, and Beirut (Lebanon), while interlinked expanded worldwide events in live communication with the assemblies are being planned.
BOOKFAIR - The 9th Annual New Orleans Bookfair is scheduled for Saturday, November 6 at the 500-600 blocks of Frenchmen Street. It will be a celebration of 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 is moving from upstate New York to NYC's Brecht Forum this year. Featuring musicians, poets, film and theater artists, it is scheduled for November 6 from 3-11 PM.
GATHERING - The National Gathering of the Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) is scheduled for November 6 at Conway Hall in London. This year's event will feature 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.
Fundraising
CATALYST - The Catalyst Project is a center for political education and movement building, prioritizing anti-racist work with mostly white sections of social justice movements while also developing relevant theory, strategy, and practice to build the organizational capacity of our movements. A collectively run, democratic organization of volunteers and a small staff, with an annual budget under $100,000, the project has been raising funds to expand its reach.
Contact: The Catalyst Project, 522 Valencia St #2, San Francisco, CA 94110; info@collectiveliberation.org; www.collectiveliberation.org.
MEDIA - MediaChannel.org, founded in 2000 by Danny Schechter and Rory O'Connor to inspire debate, collaboration, action, and citizen engagement has been kept alive through fundraisers of late, but is now asking for creative ideas, as well as emergency financial support to keep going in a difficult media environment.
Contact: MediaChannel, 575 8th Ave., New York, NY l0018; 212-246-0202; dissector@mediachannel.org; www.mediachannel.org.
RADIO - The Union Edge Talk Radio Show is raising money to keep its hour-long weekday show going (broadcast in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia), and available online through the Working Family Radio Network.
Contact: The Union Edge Talk Radio Show, 841 California Ave. Suite 101, Pittsburgh, PA 15212; charles@wfrnlive.com; www.wfrnlive.com.
Books
AFGHANiSTAN - Raising my Voice: The extraordinary story of the Afghan woman who dares to speak out by Malalai Joya tells the story of this Afghan member of parliament who has been a strong critic of the U.S. occupation and of the warlord government, from her time growing up in refugee camps to her political activism.
Contact: Rider Books, Ebury Press, Random House, 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London SW1V 2SA UK; www.ebury-publishing.co.uk.
ANARCHISM - Anarchism and Education: A Philosophical Perspective by Judith Suissa offers a philosophical account of the neglected tradition of anarchist thought on education, from Bakunin, Kropotkin, and Proudhon, to Noam Chomsky, Paul Goodman, Daniel Guerin, and Colin Ward.
Contact: PM Press, PO Box 23912, Oakland, CA 94623; 510-658-3906; info@pmpress.org; www.pmpress.org.
ART - The University Avenue Project, Volumes 1 & 2, by Wing Young Huie, offers a behind the scenes look at a public art photographic exhibition exploring intersections of culture and community along a six-mile urban corridor in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Contact: Minnesota Historical Society, 345 W. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul, MN 55102; 651-259-3000; www.mnhs.org; www.theuniversityaveproject.com.
COPYING - In Praise of Copying by Marcus Boon builds on the deceptively simple but original argument that copying is an essential part of being human while examining the evolving methods, technologies, laws, and social constructs surrounding the issue.
Contact: Harvard University Press, 79 Garden St., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138; 800-405-1619; Contact_HUP@harvard.edu; www.hup.harvard.edu.
CORPORATIONS - Unequal Protection: The Rise of Corporate Dominance and the Theft of Human Rights by Thom Hartmann examines how corporations have exploited their legal status as persons and won special protections while avoiding responsibilities.
Contact: Berrett-Koehler, 235 Montgomery Street, Suite 650, San Francisco, CA 94104; 415-288-0260; bkpub@bkpub.com; www.bkconnection.com.
DETENTION - Between the Fences: Before Guantánamo, there was the Port Isabel Service Processing Center by Tony Hefner offers an insider's account of one of the largest immigration detention centers in America, exposing alarming corruption and violations of basic human rights.
Contact: Seven Stories Press, 140 Watts St., New York, NY 10013; 212-226-8760; orders@sevenstories.com; www.sevenstories.com.
EDUCATION - Quality Education as a Constitutional Right: Creating a Grassroots Movement to Transform Public Schools, edited by Theresa Perry, Robert P. Moses, Ernesto Cortés Jr., Lisa Delpit, and Joan T. Wynne, offers essays to "transform current approaches to educational inequity."
Contact: Beacon Press, 25 Beacon Street Boston, MA 02108; 617-742-2110; BP_Orders@beacon.org; www.beacon.org.
EMPIRE - Dying Empire: U.S. Imperialism and Global Resistance by Francis Shor combines academic and activist perspectives to analyze the crises endemic to empire and to propose a vision for the realization of another more socially just world.
Contact: Routledge, c/o Taylor & Francis, Inc., 7625 Empire Drive, Florence, Kentucky 41042; 800-634-7064; orders@taylorandfrancis.com; www.routledge.com.
ENVIRONMENT - Rooted in the Earth: Reclaiming the African American Environmental Heritage by Dianne D. Glave is a comprehensive study of the diverse relationship and attitudes of African Americans with nature.
Contact: Independent Publishers Group, 814 North Franklin St., Chicago, IL 60610; 312-337-0747; frontdesk@ipgbook.com; www.ipgbook.com.
FOLK MUSIC - Singing Out: An Oral History of America's Folk Music Revivals by David King Dunaway and Molly Beer, foreword by Pete Seeger, is based on 30 years of interviews that describe folk's origins and its ongoing revolution.
Contact: Oxford University Press, 198 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10016; 212-726-6000; custserv.us@oup.com; www.oup.com.
GRAPHICS - Signal: 01: A Journal of International Political Graphics, edited by Josh MacPhee and Alec Icky Dunn, is an ongoing, full-color, book series dedicated to documenting and sharing compelling graphics, art projects, and cultural movements of international resistance and liberation struggles.
Contact: PM Press, PO Box 23912, Oakland, CA 94623; 510-658-3906; info@pmpress.org; www.pmpress.org.
HUMAN RIGHTS - The Divided World: Human Rights and Its Violence by Randall Williams examines why some people are deemed worthy of human rights and others are not, showing how the concept of human rights corresponds with U.S. imperialist aims.
Contact: University of Minnesota Press, Suite 290 111 Third Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55401; 612-627-1970; ump@umn.edu; www.upress.umn.edu.
ICON - Hanoi Jane: War, Sex, and Fantasies of Betrayal by Jerry Lembcke offers an analysis of how and why Jane Fonda the person became Hanoi Jane the myth, locating its origins in the need of Americans to explain defeat in Vietnam through delusions of emasculating home-front betrayal.
Contact: University of Massachusetts Press, PO Box 429, Amherst, MA 01004; 413-545-2217; info@umpress.umass.edu; www.umass.edu.
MANIFESTO - The Anti-American Manifesto by Ted Rall warns of the dangers of a U.S. heading toward economic and political collapse and offers an alternative program.
Contact: Seven Stories Press, 140 Watts St., New York, NY 10013; 212-226-8760; orders@sevenstories.com; www.sevenstories.com.
POSTERS - Firebrands: Portraits from the Americas by Shaun Slifer and Bec Young, and curated by the Justseeds Artists' Collective, offers 192 pages of art, world history, and dangerous information in illustrated mini-poster pages that showcase radicals, dissidents, folk singers, and rabble-rousers, from Emma Goldman to Tupac, Pablo Neruda to Fred Hampton.
Contact: Microcosm Publishing, 222 S Rogers St., Bloomington, IN 47404; 812-323-7395; www.microcosmpublishing.com.
PROPAGANDA - Selling War in a Media Age: The Presidency and Public Opinion in the American Century, edited by Kenneth Osgood and Andrew K. Frank, presents a series of essays by media scholars and historians on American war promotion from the Spanish American War to Iraq.
Contact: University Press of Florida, 15 NW 15th St., Gainesville, FL 32611; 352-392-1351; www.upf.com.
VIOLENCE - Teacher at Point Blank: Confronting Sexuality, Violence, and Secrets in a Suburban School by Jo Scott-Coe offers a memoir in essays focused on subtle and overt forms of violence in secondary public education where teachers—now nearly 80 percent women—find themselves idealized and disparaged, expected to embody the dedication of parents, the coldness of data managers, and the obedience of Stepford spouses.
Contact: aunt lute books, PO Box 410687, San Francisco, CA 94141; 415-826-1300; books@auntlute.com; www.auntlute.com.
WORKER CENTERS - Working for Justice: The L.A. Model of Organizing and Advocacy, edited by Ruth Milkman, Joshua Bloom, and Victor Narro, presents 11 case studies of recent low-wage worker organizing campaigns in Los Angeles, makes the case for a distinctive "LA Model" of union and worker center organizing.
Contact: Cornell University Press, Sage House, 512 East State St., Ithaca, NY 14850; 607-277-2338, ext. 251 or ext. 258; www.cornellpress.cornell.edu.
Z Magazine Archive
Announcements
OCCUPY TOGETHER - Occupy Together is the unofficial hub for the various occupations springing up across the country in solidarity with Occupy Wall St. Towns and cities worldwide are participating.
Contact: http://www.occupytogether.org/.
MAY DAY - May 1 is May Day, also International Workers Day, celebrating the successful fight of workers for rights such as the eight-hour workday. A General Strike is called for May Day by many groups, and events are planned worldwide.
Contact: http://maydayunited.org/; http://www.may1.info/; info@maydayunited.org.
LABOR - The 2012 Labor Notes Conference, themed Solidarity for the 99%, will be held May 4-6, in Chicago. Thousands of union members, officers, and grassroots labor activists will attend the event, which features workshops, meetings and organizing opportunities.
Contact: 313-842-6262; http:// labornotes.org/conference.
MARIJUANA MARCH - On the first Saturday of May (this year: May 5) marijuana legalization activists will hold informational and educational events, rallies and marches in over 300 cities around the world.
Contact: http://globalcannabismarch.com; http://cannabis.wikia.com.
AMERICAN MUSLIMS - KinderUSA will celebrate its 10th Anniversary with a Fundraising Banquet Dinner in Los Angeles on May 5. The keynote speaker will be Norman Finkelstein. KinderUSA was founded as a group of concerned humanitarians and physicians, and has become a leading American Muslim charity organization helping families through health development and emergency relief.
Contact: http://www.kinder usa.org/.
SEXUAL VIOLENCE - SWAN (Service Women’s Action Network) will present Truth and Justice: The 2012 Summit on Military Sexual Violence in Washington, D.C. on May 8. The conferences will give survivors the opportunity to share their stories with congressmembers, policy experts and the general public; with key panels by military law and policy experts on major topics involving military sexual violence and survivors’ access to justice.
Contact: http://truthandjustice summit.org/.
MEDIA - The Alliance for Community Media Youth Summit 2012 will be held May 8 at Pierce College in Philadelphia, PA. The summit will consist of four one-day symposia that provide a public forum for discussion about media and news literacy in America. Participants will include educators, community leaders, media professionals, journalists, nonprofit leaders, policymakers and students.
Contact: http://www.allcommunitymedia.org.
MOMS/BOMBS - Moms Against Bombs and the Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action will honor the long history of women’s resistance to injustice, war and nuclear weapons on May 12. A full day of activities is planned, including Orientation to the Trident Nuclear Weapons System, Nonviolence Training, Action Planning and Preparation, Mother’s Day Proclamation for Peace, and a Vigil and Nonviolent Direct Action at the Bangor Trident Submarine Base.
Contact: Anne Hall, 206- 545-3562, annehall@familyhealing.com; gznonviolencenews@yahoo.com; www.gzcenter.org.
MOTHER’S DAY/PEACE - The Mother’s Day Walk for Peace began in 1996 for families who had lost their children to violence. On a day that celebrates mothers and children, the Walk became a place for families and friends to feel support and love with thousands of others who pledge their commitment to peace.
The day has also become a way for thousands of people to financially support the work of the Louis Brown Peace Institute. Mother’s Day is May 13.
Contact: http://www.kintera.org/faf/home/; http://www.ldb peaceinstitute.org/.
BRECHT FORUM - The Beginning Is Near: An Evening with Michael Moore & Cornel West, a special benefit for the Brecht Forum, will be held May 18 at Hunter College in New York City.
Contact: https://brechtforum.org.
LABOR - The Pacific Northwest Labor History Association’s 44th annual conference, A Century of Bread and Roses, is scheduled for May 18-20 in Tacoma, WA.
Contact: PNLHA, 2402-6888 Station Hill Drive, Burnaby, BC, V3N 4X5; 604-540-0245; pnlha@shaw.ca; www.pnlha.org.
HOMELESSNESS - PM Press and First Presbyterian Church will host author Summer Brenner at the Conference on Homelessness on May 19 in Palo Alto, CA.
Contact: First Presbyterian Church, 1140 Cowper Street, Palo Alto, VA 94301; http://www.pmpress.org/.
NATO/G8 - The Coalition Against NATO/G8 War & Poverty Agenda is organizing protests at the NATO and G8 meetings being held in Chicago, May 19-21. A legal, permitted, family-friendly march and rally are planned for May 19. An Occupy Chicago month-long occupation is being planned to begin May 1. The Network for a Nato-Free Future and American Friends Service Committee will also be hosting a Counter-Summit for Peace and Economic Justice May 18-19 at People’s Church in Chicago.
Contact: http://cang8.wordpress.com/about/; http://www.natofreefuture.org/.
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.radical montreal.com/;http://www.anarchist bookfair.ca/.
TRUTHDIG - Truthdig.com will be gathering May 20-25 in New Mexico with other concerned people to assess current prospects for progressive change. Speakers include Dennis Kucinich and Chris Hedges.
Contact: http://www.truthdig.com/event/santafe.
FEMINIST SCI-FI - The feminist science fiction convention WisCon 36 is scheduled for May 25-28 in Madison, Wisconsin, featuring discussion and debate of sci-fi/fantasy ideas relating to feminism, gender, race and class.
Contact: WisCon, c/o SF3, PO Box 1624, Madison, WI 53701; concom35@wiscon.info; www.wiscon.info.
MULTICULTURE - The 25th Annual National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education (NCORE) holds its annual conference May 29 -June 2 in New York City.
Contact: Southwest Center for Human Relations Studies, 3200 Marshall Avenue, Suite 290, Norman, OK 73072; 405- 325-3694; www.ncore.ou.edu.
BIKING - 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.
RADIO - The 37th Annual Community Radio Conference is scheduled for June 13-16 in Houston, TX 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.
PEOPLE’S SUMMIT - The People’s Summit for Social and Environmental Justice during Rio+20 is an event by global civil society that will take place between the 15 and the 23 of June at Flamengo, in Rio de Janeiro—alongside the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), Rio+20.
Contact: contato@rio2012. org.br; http://cupuladospovos.org.br/en/.
ADC CONFERENCE - The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ACD) holds its annual conference June 21-24 in Washington, DC, with panel discussions and workshops on civil rights, media, the Mideast, etc.
Contact: ADC, 1732 Wisconsin Ave., NW, Washington DC, 20007; 202-244-2990; convention@adc.org; www.adc.org/convention.
MEDIA - The 14th annual Allied Media Conference will be held June 28-July 1 at Wayne State University in Detroit, MI. 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.alliedmediacon ference.org.
LA RAZA - The annual National Council of La Raza (NCLR) Conference is scheduled for July 7-10 in Las Vegas, 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.
PEACESTOCK - On July 14 the 10th Annual Peace- stock: A Gathering for Peace will take place at Windbeam Farm in Hager City, WI. Peacestock (formerly “Pigstock”) is a mixture of music, speakers, and community for peace. The event is sponsored by Veterans for Peace, Chapter 115 and has a peace-themed agenda.
Contact: Bill Habedank, 1913 Grandview Ave., Red Wing, MN 55066; 651-388-7733; billhabedank@yahoo.com; http://www.peacestockvfp.org.
POPULAR ECONOMICS - The Center for Popular Economics is holding its 2012 Summer Institute July 23-27 at Columbia University in New York City. No background in economics is needed for this intensive training. This year’s theme is Economics for the 99%.
Contact: Center for Popular Economics, PO Box 785 Amherst, MA 01004; 413-545-0743; programs@populareconomics.org; www.populareconomics.org.
CUBA/PASTORS - The 23rd annual Pastors for Peace Friendship Caravan to Cuba is scheduled for
July1-July 31. 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 15-18, followed by an education program in Cuba July 21-29, and finally a return back to the U.S. People can participate by attending or hosting local events, donating materials, or sponsoring a traveler.
Contact: IFCO/Pastors for Peace, 418 W. 145th St., New York, NY 10031; 212-926- 5757; cucaravan@igc.org; www.pastorsforpeace.org.
COMMUNITY MEDIA - The Alliance for Community Media 2012 National Conference is scheduled for July 31-August 2 in Chicago. Hands-on workshops and skillshares will be offered by this grassroots coalition of community media groups. This year’s theme is Collaborate!
Contact: ACM, 1760 Old Meadow Road, Suite 500, McLean, VA 22102; www.alliancecm.org.
VETERANS - Veterans for Peace is holding the 27th annual convention August 8-12 in Miami, FL. This year’s theme is, Liberating the Americas: Lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean.
Contact: Veterans For Peace, 216 S. Meramec Ave., St. Louis, MO 63105; 314-725-6005; www.vfpnationalconvention.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 31-September 3 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.
