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Zaps September
Prepared by Joel Chaffee
Events
ANARCHY FEST - The sixth annual Victoria Anarchist Book fair is scheduled for September 10 and 11, in
Contact: info@victoriaanarchist bookfair.ca; www.victoriaanarchist bookfair.ca.
GATHERING/PROTEST - The National Gathering of the Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) has scheduled protest actions for September 13 in
Contact: www.caat.org.uk;
RACISM - The 17th annual Anti-Racist Action Network Conference will take place Saturday, September 17, in
Contact: southsidechicago@antiracistaction.org; southside chicagoara@hushmail.com; antiracistaction.org.
MILITARY SPENDING - The Progressive Democrats of America are hosting the “Military Industrial Complex at 50” conference in
Contact: micat50cville.org; www.pdamerica.org.
BOOK FAIR - The Twin Cities Anarchist Book fair is scheduled for September 16-18 in
Contact: tcabf@riseup.net; tcanarchist.org.
PEACE DAY - September 21 is the UN’s International Day of Peace. The UN’s website features a worldwide calendar of events throughout the month promoting peace and opposing violence and war in diverse places worldwide, including
Contact: www.internationaldayofpeace.org; international dayofpeace.org/participate/events_calendar.html.
CLIMATE - “Moving Planet,” a climate action day, is planned for Saturday, September 24. The carbon/climate connection group 350.org has registered events and teach-ins worldwide to promote moving away from fossil fuels, and to demand government action on climate issues, including
Contact: www.350.org.
CLASS WAR - “The War on the Working Class” is the title of a conference scheduled for October 1 at
Contact: Union for Radical Political Economics, Gordon Hall,
OCCUPATION - Inspired by the courageous, nonviolent uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain, Yemen, Greece, Spain, and elsewhere, over 50 populist organizations and thousands of activists have joined the October 2011 movement and are planning protests on October 6 at Freedom Plaza in Washington, DC. The event will begin with a concert and rally at noon, with the stated goal “to kick off massive sustained occupation and nonviolent civil resistance to rampant corporatism and militarism.”
Contact: october2011.org.
OCCUPATION - United for Peace and Justice (UJP)-
Contact: ujpcoalition@yahoo.com; justicewithpeace.org.
POLICE BRUTALITY-October 22 is the National Day Against Police Brutality. The October 22nd Coalition to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation will have various events around the country.
Contact: october22-ny.org; www.october22.org.
GREEN FESTIVAL - Green Festivals are scheduled for
Contact: www.greenfestivals.org.
SPACE FOR PEACE - The annual International Days of Protest to Stop the Militarization of Space is scheduled for October 1-8. Resources to help plan educational events or demonstrations are available online and by request. Participants include United Against Drones (U.S./UK), and the Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom.
Contact: globalnet@mindspring.com; www.space4peace.org; unitedagainstdrones.wordpress.com.
TEACHERS - The 11th annual conference, “Teaching for Social Justice-The Power of Community” will be held Sunday, October 9 from 9 AM to 5 PM at
Contact: Teachers for Social Justice,
PEACE CONFERENCE - The Gandhi-King Conference on Peacemaking (GKC) and the Peace and Justice Studies Association (PJSA) will hold their first annual jointly-sponsored event, “A Living Movement: Toward a World of Peace, Solidarity, and Justice,” on October 21-23, at Christian Brothers University in Memphis, TN. The conference includes workshops, presentations, papers, and other community-building events.
Contact: info@peacejusticestudies.org; www.gandhikingconference. org.
LABOR - United Workers, a National Economic & Social Rights Initiative (NESRI) partner, has organized the first Fair Development Conference in
Contact: conference@united workers.org; www.nesri.org.
MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION - The National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME) will host its 21st annual conference in
Contact: name@NAMEorg.org; nameorg.org.
RESISTERS - The National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee (NWTRCC) is holding the “Nuclear Weapons: Don’t Buy Them, Don’t Own Them,” conference in
Contact: nwtrcc@nwtrcc.org; www.nwtrcc.org.
DIRECT ACTION - The annual November vigil to protest the School of the
Contact: SOA Watch,
CLASS - The Center for Study of Working Class Life has announced the “How Class Works-2012 Conference,” to be held at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, July 7-9, 2012. Proposals for papers, presentations, and sessions are welcome until December 12, 2011.
Contact: Center for Study of Working Class Life, Dept. of Economics, SUNY at Stony Brook,
WORKSHOP - The University of Wisconsin Extension School for Workers presents a two-day workshop for union activists on September 14 and 15. This innovative new class, featuring and designed by internationally renowned labor cartoonist Mike Konopacki, will help labor leaders and other activists understand how art can become an important tool in mobilizing. We will address such questions as how do we tap the artistic talent among our members, how do we utilize the power that art has to parody our opponents, and how can we utilize art to get more rank and file involvement in our organizations? The class offers hands-on-training for the artistically inclined and for those who are not.
Contact: www.solidarity.com/hk cartoons/Artmobilization.html
School
TRAINING - The
Contact: Register at afgj.org or email info@afgj.org for more information.
Books
RACISM - In a revised and expanded third edition, Paul Kivel’s Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice, offers instruction for white people to understand and stand up to racism.
Contact: New Society Publishers,
YOUNG LORDS PARTY - Haymarket Books reissues the long- out-of-print Palante, the first book by and about the Young Lords Party in
Contact: Haymarket Books,
RADICAL HISTORY - Hillbilly Nationalists, Urban Race Rebels, and Black Power: Community Organizing in Radical Times is the story of some of the 1960’s most important groups. Authors Amy Sonnie and James Tracy tell a deeply-sourced narrative history of the groups JOIN, the Young Patriots, Rising Up Angry, White Lightning, and the October 4th Organization.
Contact: MelvilleHouse Publishing,
VENEZUELA - In The Revolution in Venezuela: Social and Political Change under Chavez, a range of authors consider the nature of social change in contemporary Venezuela and explore a number of themes to elucidate the sources of the nation’s political polarization.
Contact:
CLIMATE CHANGE - Kivalina: A Climate Change Story is a muckraking account of the peril faced by one small village in
Contact: Haymarket Books,
EPIDEMIC - While outbreaks of the spruce beetle have occurred over the years, Empire of the Beetle: How Human Folly and a Tiny Bug Are Killing North America’s Great Forests asserts that misguided science, out-of-control logging, bad public policy, 100 years of fire suppression, and climate change have released the world’s oldest forest manager from all natural constraints.
Contact: Claire McKinney,
WHISTLEBLOWING - No Fear: A Whisteblower’s Triumph Over Corruption and Retaliation at the EPA, is a new book by Marsha Coleman-Adebayo, a seminal figure in modern civil liberties legislation. Coleman-Ade bayo presents an account of her grassroots fight against the EPA’s persistent bigotry.
Contact: Independent Publishers Group,
RELIGION - Prophetic Encounters: Religion and the American Radical Tradition, offers a history of the relationship between religion and the movements for social change in
Contact: Beacon Press,
ACTIVISM - Sojourning for Freedom portrays pioneering black women activists from the early twentieth century through the 1970s, focusing on their participation in the U.S. Communist Party (CPUSA) between 1919 and 1956. Author Erik S. McDuffie considers how women from diverse locales and backgrounds became radicalized, joined the CPUSA, and advocated a pathbreaking politics committed to black liberation, women’s rights, decolonization, economic justice, peace, and international solidarity.
Contact: Duke University Press,
ANTHROPOLOGY - Weaponizing Anthropology details the rapid militarization of anthropology and incursions by the CIA and other intelligence agencies onto American university campuses after 9/11. Author David Price combines his expertise of the history of anthropologists’ collaborations with military and intelligence agencies with an activist stance opposing current efforts to weaponize anthropology in global counterinsurgency campaigns.
Contact: AK Press, 3500 Parkdale Ave, Building 1, Suite 3, Baltimore, MD 21211; 410-878- 7706; publicity@akpress.org; www.akpress.org.
CAPITALISM - In Anti-Capitalism, activist and scholar Ezequiel Adamovsky debunks the assumption that though capitalism is flawed, it is the best system we have. Adamovsky details the struggle against rising corporate power as it unfolds in academia, in radical newspapers, and in villages and cities.
Contact: Seven Stories Press,
DISSENT - Hell No: Your Right To Dissent in 21st-Century
Contact: The New Press,
Film
ECONOMICS - The Flaw tells the story of the credit bubble that caused the financial crash of 2008, and explains how excessive income inequality leads to economic instability.
Contact: Bullfrog Films,
NUTRITION - Got the Facts on Milk? is a partly-animated documentary that questions the popular belief in the health benefits of milk. The film addresses questions about dairy’s role in cancer, osteoporosis, asthma; as well as economic, ethical and environmental considerations.
Contact: Evolotus PR; 818-783-0569; www. evolotuspr.com; milkdocumentary.com/trailer.
Contact: Bullfrog Films,
PUBLIC EDUCATION - New DVDs for the National Educators’ Conference to Fight Back for Public Education offered by Labor Beat include Fighting The Banks, Community/Teacher Collaborations, Lessons from Madison, Wisconsin, and Defending Public Education in the USA.
Contact: Labor Beat, 37 S. Ashland,
FOOD - Based on the recent decision by the Olympia (WA) Food Co-op to boycott Israeli products, Challenging Power is an independently produced documentary from Johan Genberg (From the Edge of the Blade).
Contact: Trickle Up Films; 360-866-8644; contact@trickleupfilms.org; www.trickleupfilms.org/challenging-power.
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Announcements
LABOR - May 1 is May Day. Workers of the world will celebrate the 124th anniversary of International Worker’s Day. Born out of a call for an 8-hour workday in the United States, this day is an opportunity for all workers to show their solidarity with one another, as well as to renew the call for labor rights.FARM CONFERENCE - The Farm Conference on Community and Sustainability will be held May 24-26 in Summertown, TN, in partnership with the Fellowship of Intentional Communities. Tour green homes, see sustainable food production, learn about solar installations, alternative education, midwifery, and more.
Contact: Douglas@thefarmcommunity.com; http://www.thefarmcommunity.com/.
PALESTINE - The Conference of the Palestinian Shatat in North American will be held June 3-5 in Vancouver. The conference will examine the future of the Palestinian liberation movement.
Contact: palestinianconference@gmail.com; http://www.palestinianconference.org/.
LABOR - The Pacific Northwest Labor History Association’s 45th annual conference will be held May 3-5, in Portland, OR. This year’s theme is Labor Under Attack: Learning from the Past and Preparing for the Future. A call for presentations, workshops and papers is currently underway.
Contact: PNLHA, 27920 68th Ave. East, Graham, WA 98338; 206-406-2604; PNLHA1@aol.com; http://www3.telus.net.
MARIJUANA - On the first Saturday of May marijuana legalization activists will hold informational and educational events, rallies and marches in over 300 cities around the world.
Contact:http://globalcannabismarch.com/.
ECONOMICS - The Union For Radical Political Economics will hold its 39th annual conference May 9-11 in New York City.
Contact: http://www.ramapo.edu/eea/2013/.
RECLAIM THE DREAM - The 2013 Poor People’s Campaign & March from Baltimore to Washington D.C. will be May 11. Communities, schools and unions interested in participating are encouraged to contact the Baltimore People’s Assembly.
Contact: 410-500-2168; 410-218-4835; BaltimorePeoplesAssembly@gmail.com; Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Baltimore and the Baltimore Peoples Power Assembly, 2011 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21218.
MOTHER’S DAY - The 17th Annual Mother’s Day Walk For Peace will be May 12th, in Dorchester, MA. The walk began in 1996 for families who had lost children to violence. The day has become a way for thousands of people to financially support the work of the Louis Brown Peace Institute.
Contact: http://www.ldbpeaceinstitute.org/; http://mothersdaywalk4peace.org/.
NATO 5 - An International Week of Solidarity with the NATO 5 has been called for May 16-21. Supports call on supporters to raise awareness of the NATO 5 and support funds for the defendants on the one-year anniversary of their preemptive arrests.
Contact: nato5solidarity@gmail.com; https://nato5support.wordpress.com.
MOUNTAINTOP - The 2013 Mountain Justice Summer Activist Training Camp will be held May 19-27 in Damascus, VA. It will be a week of workshops, field trips to view Mountain Top Removal coal mines, direct actions, and service project.
Contact: http://rampscampaign.org/.
FEMINIST SCI-FI - The feminist science fiction convention WisCon 37 is scheduled for May 24-27 in Madison, WI.
Contact: WisCon, ? SF3, PO Box 1624, Madison, WI 53701; concom37@wiscon.info; http://www.wiscon.info/.
ANARCHY FEST - A month-long Festival of Anarchy is scheduled for May in Montreal. The festival includes The Montreal Anarchist Bookfair (May 19-20).
Contact: http://www.anarchistbookfair.ca/; http://www.radicalmontreal.com/.
LABOR - The International Labor Rights Forum will present: Down the Supply Chain, Driving Corporate Accountability, on May 22 in Washington, DC. The Labor Rights Awards Ceremony and Reception will honor pioneers in supply chain worker organizing, working solidarity and international labor rights policy.
Contact: http://laborrights.org/.
MULTICULTURE - The 26th annual National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education (NCORE) will take place May 28-June 1, in New Orleans.
Contact: SWCHRS, 3200 Marshall Avenue, Suite 290, Norman, OK 73072; 405-325-3694; ncore@ou.edu; www.ncore.ou.edu.
MEDIA - The 2013 Alliance for Community Media Annual Conference will be held May 29-31, in San Francisco, CA. Participants will include educators, community leaders, media professionals, journalists, nonprofit leaders, policymakers and students.
Contact: http://www.allcommunitymedia.org/.
RADIO - The 38th Annual Community Radio Conference is schedule for May 29-June 1, in San Francisco, CA, with discussions and workshops.
Contact: 1101 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20004; 202-756-2268; comments@nfcb.org; http://www.nfcb.org/.
BRADLEY MANNING - On June 1, a rally will be held at Fort Meade in support of Bradley Manning.
Contact: http://www.bradleymanning.org.
BIKES - Bikes Not Bombs is holding its 24th annual Bike-A-Thon and Green Roots Festival in Boston, MA on June 3, with several bike rides scheduled, music, exhibitors and more.
Contact: Bikes Not Bombs, 284 Amory St., Jamaica Plain, MA 02130; 617-522-0222; mail@bikesnotbombs.org; www.bikesnotbombs.org.
LEFT FORUM - The 2013 Left Forum will be held June 7-9, at Pace University in New York City.
Contact: 365 Fifth Avenue, CUNY Graduated Center, ? Sociology Dept., New York, NY 10016; http://www.leftforum.org/.
VEGAN FEST - Mad City Vegan Fest will be held in Madison, WI, June 8. The annual event features food, speakers, and exhibitors.
Contact: 122 State Street, Suite 405 B, Madison, WI 53701; madcityveganfest@gmail.com; http://veganfest.org/.
ADC CONFERENCE - The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) holds its annual conference June 13-16, in Washington, DC, with panel discussions and workshops on civil rights, media and other topics.
Contact: 1990 M Street, Suite 610, Washington, DC, 20036; 202-244-2990; convention@adc.org http://convention.adc.org/.
CUBA/SOCIALISM - A Cuban-North American Dialog on Socialist Renewal and Global Capitalist Crisis will be held in Havana, Cuba, June 16-30. There will be a 5 day Seminar at University of Havana, plus visits to a cooperative, urban garden, community development project, social research centers, and educational & medical institutions.
Contact: cuba@globaljusticecenter.org; http://www.globaljusticecenter.org/.
NETROOTS - The 8th Annual Netroots Nation conference will take place June 20-23 in San Jose, CA. The event features panels, trainings, networking, screenings, and keynotes.
Contact: 164 Robles Way, #276, Vallejo, CA 94591; registration@netrootsnation.org; http://www.netrootsnation.org/.
MEDIA - The 15th annual Allied Media Conference will be held June 20-23, in Detroit.
Contact: 4126 Third Street, Detroit, MI 48201; http://alliedmedia.org/.
GRASSROOTS - The United We Stand Festival will be hosted by Free & Equal, June 22 in Little Rock, Arkansas. The festival aims to reform the electoral process throughout the U.S.
Contact: http://freeandequal.org/.
SOCIALISM - The Socialism 2013 Conference is scheduled for June 27-30 in Chicago, featuring talks and panel discussions.
Contact: info@socialismconference.org; http://www.socialismconference.org.
LITERACY - The National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE) will hold its conference July 12-13 in Los Angeles under the heading, Intersections: Teaching and Learning Across Media.
Contact: 10 Laurel Hill Drive, Cherry Hill, NJ 08003; http://namle.net/conference/.
IWW - The North American Work People’s College will take place July 12-16 at Mesaba Co-op Park in northern Minnesota. The event will bring together Wobblies from branches across the continent to learn new skills and build One Big Union.
Contact: http://workpeoplescollege.org/.
PEACESTOCK - On July 13th, the 11th Annual Peacestock: A Gathering for Peace, will take place at Windbeam Farm in Hager City, WI. The event is a mixture of music, speakers and community for peace. Sponsored by Veterans for Peace.
Contact: Bill Habedank, 1913 Grandview Ave., Red Wing, MN 55066; 651-388-7733; billhabedank@yahoo.com; http://www.peacestockvfp.org.
CHILDREN’S DEFENSE - July 15-19, join clergy, seminarians, Christian educators, young adult leaders and other faith-based advocates for children at CDF Haley Farm in Clinton, Tennessee, for five days of spiritual renewal, networking, movement building workshops, and continuing education about the urgent needs of children at the 19th annual Proctor Institute for Child Advocacy Ministry.
Contact: cdfinfo@childrensdefense.org; http://www.childrensdefense.org.
ACTIVIST CAMP - Youth Empowered Action (YEA) Camp will have sessions in July and August in Ben Lomond, CA; Portland, OR; Charlton, MA. YEA Camp is designed for activists 12-17 years old who want to make a difference in the world.
Contact: info@yeacamp.org; http://yeacamp.org/.
LA RAZA - The annual National Council of La Raza (NCLR) Conference is scheduled for July 18-19 in New Orleans, with workshops, presentations and panel discussions.
Contact: NCLR Headquarters Office, Raul Yzaguirre Building, 1126 16th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036; 202-785-1670; www.nclr.org.
LABOR - The Eastern Conference For Workplace Democracy: Growing Our Cooperatives, Growing Our Communities, will be held at Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA, July 26-28.
Contact: info@east.usworker.coop; http://east.usworker.coop/.
WOMEN/LYNNE STEWART- Radical Women is asking for support letters and cards to be sent to Lynne Stewart. Stewart is a civil rights attorney and political prisoner who is currently in jail. She has breast cancer and authorities have denied her request for transfer from her Texas prison to the New York City hospital where she received medical attention during a prior bout of breast cancer. Send messages and cards to: Lynne Stewart 53504-054, Federal Medical Center Carswell, P.O. Box 27137, Fort Worth, TX 76127.
Contact: 747 Polk Street, San Francisco, CA 94109; 415-864-1278; RadicalWomenUS@gmail.com; http://lynnestewart.org/; http://www.radicalwomen.org/.
HAITI/WOMEN - Haiti’s government is considering a legal reform measure that would prohibit and punish all sexual assault, including marital rape. MADRE and the International Campaign to Stop Rape & Gender Violence in Conflict are launching a petition to raise international support for this push to address violence against women in Haiti.
Contact: 121 West 27th Street, #301, New York, NY 10001; 212-627-0444; madre@madre.org; http://www.madre.org.
SYRIA/MIDDLE EAST - The Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) is currently seeking funds to assist more than 200,000 refugees fleeing violence in Syria.
Contact: https://www.mecaforpeace.org.
FOLK FESTIVAL - The Falcon Ridge Folk Festival will be held August 2-4, in the Berkshires, NY.
Contact: http://www.falconridgefolk.com/; falcridge@aol.com.
WAR RESISTERS - The War Resisters League will hold its 90th anniversary conference, Revolutionary Nonviolence: Building Bridges Across Generations and Communities, August 1-4, at Georgetown University. The event will focus on the U.S.’ long history of antimilitarism.
Contact: 339 Lafayette Street, New York, NY 10012; 212-228-0450; wrl@warresisters.org; http://www.warresisters.org.
POPULAR ECONOMICS - The Center for Popular Economics is holding its 2013 Summer Institute August 4-9 at Hampshire College in Amherst, MA. No background in economics is needed for this intensive training. This year’s theme is, The Care Economy: Building a Just Economy with a Heart.
Contact: Center for Popular Economics, PO Box 785 Amherst, MA 01004; 413-545-0743; programs@populareconomics.org; www.populareconomics.org.
VETERANS - Veterans for Peace is holding the 28th annual convention August 6-11 in Madison, WI. This year’s theme is, Power To The Peaceful.
Contact: http://www.vfpnationalconvention.org/.
DEMOCRACY - The Democracy Convention will take place August 7-11 in Madison, WI. The convention brings together nine conferences including topics such as media, education, defense, race, environment and others.
Contact: https://democracyconvention.org/.
MEN - The 38th National Conference on Men & Masculinity: Forging Justice: Creating Safe, Equal and Accountable Communities, presented in partnership with HAVEN, will be held in Detroit, MI, August 8-10.
Contact: ccardinal@haven-oakland.org; http://www.nomas.org/.
OCCUPY - An Occupy National Gathering will be held in Kalamazoo, MI, August 21-25.
Contact: natgat2013@gmail.com; http://occupynationalgathering.net/.
COMMUNITIES - The Communities Conference is a networking and learning opportunity for co-operative or communal lifestyles, with workshops, events and entertainment; scheduled for August 30-September 2 at the Twin Oaks Community in Louisa, Virginia.
Contact: http://www.communitiesconference.org/.
LABOR DAY - The 29th annual Bread and Roses Festival, a celebration of the ethnic diversity and labor history of Lawrence, MA, will be held September 2, in honor of the 1912 Bread and Roses Strike. There will be music, dance, poetry, drama, ethnic food, historical demonstrations, walking & trolley tours.
Contact: PO Box 1137, Lawrence, MA 01842; 978-794-1655; http://www.breadandrosesheritage.org/.
OCCUPY WALL STREET - September 17 is the two-year anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Events are planned in New York City and worldwide.
Contact: http://occupywallst.org/.
TEACHERS - The 13th Annual Conference, “Teaching for Social Justice: The Politics of Pedagogy,” will be held October 12 in San Francisco, CA. The free event features workshops, resources, and free childcare.
Contact: 415-676-7844; teachers4socialjustice@yahoo.com; http://www.t4sj.org/.
HAITI - International Action, which brings clean water and chlorinators to Haiti, seeks office space capable of housing up to six people and their office equipment.
Contact: Zach Bremer, Zbrehmer@haitiwater.org; 202-488-0735; http://www.haitiwater.org/.
MEDIA - The Union for Democratic Communications and Project Censored are sponsoring a joint conference on media democracy, media activism and social justice to be held November 1-3 at the University of San Francisco. Proposals for presentations, workshops and panels from activists and critical scholars are invited.
