From LNcallahan at verizon.net Sat Apr 1 06:33:55 2006 From: LNcallahan at verizon.net (LNcallahan@verizon.net) Date: Sat Apr 1 11:12:30 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Meeting Monday Message-ID: <20060401143355.45290.qmail@host332.ipowerweb.com> All Aboard to New York City on April 29 - Mobilization to End the War in Iraq and Bring All Our Trooops Home Now! Planning meeting to mobilize and coordinate movement-wide participation from the Metro Washington, D.C. Area DATE: Monday, April 3 TIME: 7:00 P.M. LOCATION: Communications Workers of America 501 3rd St. NW (corner of E) Washington DC Nearest Metro Redline Judiciary Square Some things we'll discuss: *Organizing buses to New York *Mobilizing through: - organizations - listservs - phone calls Here are the initiating organizations of 4/29: Rainbow/PUSH Coalition US Labor Against the War National Organization for Women United for Peace and Justice Friends of the Earth Climate Crisis Coalition People's Hurricane Relief Fund Veterans for Peace National Youth and Student Peace Coalition Here's the call: A war based on lies Spying, corruption and attacks on civil liberties Katrina survivors abandoned by government MARCH FOR PEACE, JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY End the war in Iraq - Bring all our troops home now! SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 2006 NEW YORK CITY Unite for change - let's turn our country around! From mpollan at starpower.net Sun Apr 2 13:05:24 2006 From: mpollan at starpower.net (mpollan@starpower.net) Date: Sun Apr 2 21:33:30 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Loose Change, free screening in TK PK Message-ID: <20060402200524.60555.qmail@host332.ipowerweb.com> Loose Change, 2nd edition free screening, Thursday, April 6th, 2006 at 7:00PM screening with a discussion to follow. at Sangha, 7014 Westmoreland Ave. Takoma Park, across from Carroll Ave. Gazebo park, 3 blocks from Takoma Metro. Loose change illustrates the direct connections between the attacks of September 11, 2001 and the US Government, using news footage, scientific evidence, and interviews with Americans whose lives irrevocably changed that day. contact: DavidSlesinger@yahoo.com From calendar at dcpalestine.org Mon Apr 3 02:16:01 2006 From: calendar at dcpalestine.org (calendar@dcpalestine.org) Date: Mon Apr 3 08:04:05 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Upcoming DC-Palestine Events: wk of 2006-4-3 Message-ID: <200604030916.k339G0i8004571@ebte.umd.edu> Visit our sister site: http://triptopalestine.com/ New photos and articles added from a recent visit This is a list of upcoming events in the DC Metro Area relating to Palestine. The list is automatically generated by the calendar engine at DCPalestine.org . For more details on each event, please visit www.DCPalestine.org, AND BE SURE TO CHECK IT BEFORE YOU ATTEND YOUR EVENT FOR LAST MINUTE CHANGES! ========================= T H I S W E E K ========================= WEDNESDAY, April 05, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BRIEFING/DISCUSSION:AID TO THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY AFTER THE HAMAS ELECTION VICTORY IN PALESTINE TIME: 12:00noon-1:20pm LOCATION: American University DIRECTIONS: Washington College of Law 4801 Massachusetts Ave NW Room 101 Washington D.C. SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS: Society for Justice in Palestine CONTACT: sjp_wcl@yahoo.com TESTING U.S. SUPPORT OF DEMOCRACY IN THE MIDDLE EAST: Aid to the Palestinian Authority after the HAMAS Election Victory in Palestine On January 25, 2006, Palestinians voted in a free and fair parliamentary election, giving a majority of their votes to HAMAS – an organization labeled “terrorist” by the U.S ... ........................................................................ ========================= N E X T W E E K ========================= MONDAY, April 10, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BRIEFING/DISCUSSION:PALESTINE AWARENESS WEEK: AMERICAN UNIVERSITY TIME: 7:00pm LOCATION: American University DIRECTIONS: 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20016 Tenleytown Metro SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS: SJP-AU(Students for Justice in Palestine at American University) ORGANIZED BY: SJP-AU CONTACT: Fourth Annual Palestine Awareness Week at American University will be held April 10-13, 2006. 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20016 http://www.american.edu/maps/ http://www.american.edu/maps/campus.htm The speakers will be at 7:00 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and we will have documentary/fi ... ........................................................................ TUESDAY, April 11, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LECTURE: FIRST ANNUAL HISHAM B. SHARABI MEMORIAL LECTURE WITH DR. HALIM BARAKAT TIME: 12:30-2:00pm LOCATION: The Palestine Center DIRECTIONS: Potomac Plaza Building 2425 Virginia Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20037 Foggy Bottom Metro SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS: Palestine Center(The Palestine Center) ORGANIZED BY: Palestine Center CONTACT: 202-338-1290 (ext. 11) info@palestinecenter.org Tuesday, 11 April 2006, 12:30 - 2:00 p.m. Dr. Halim Barakat, "Hisham Sharabi: The Intellectual and Activist" The first annual Hisham B. Sharabi Memorial Lecture - this event will coincide with the unveiling of the Sharabi Memorial Research Library An annual lecture has been established in honor of Hisham ... ........................................................................ BRIEFING/DISCUSSION:PALESTINE AWARENESS WEEK: AMERICAN UNIVERSITY TIME: 7:00pm LOCATION: American University DIRECTIONS: 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20016 Tenleytown Metro SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS: SJP-AU(Students for Justice in Palestine at American University) ORGANIZED BY: SJP-AU CONTACT: Fourth Annual Palestine Awareness Week at American University will be held April 10-13, 2006. 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20016 http://www.american.edu/maps/ http://www.american.edu/maps/campus.htm The speakers will be at 7:00 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and we will have documentary/fi ... ........................................................................ WEDNESDAY, April 12, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BRIEFING/DISCUSSION:PALESTINE AWARENESS WEEK: AMERICAN UNIVERSITY TIME: 7:00pm LOCATION: American University DIRECTIONS: 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20016 Tenleytown Metro SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS: SJP-AU(Students for Justice in Palestine at American University) ORGANIZED BY: SJP-AU CONTACT: Fourth Annual Palestine Awareness Week at American University will be held April 10-13, 2006. 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20016 http://www.american.edu/maps/ http://www.american.edu/maps/campus.htm The speakers will be at 7:00 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and we will have documentary/fi ... ........................................................................ THURSDAY, April 13, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PALESTINE CULTURAL NIGHT:PALESTINE AWARENESS WEEK: AMERICAN UNIVERSITY TIME: 7:00pm LOCATION: American University DIRECTIONS: 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20016 Tenleytown Metro SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS: SJP-AU(Students for Justice in Palestine at American University) ORGANIZED BY: SJP-AU CONTACT: Fourth Annual Palestine Awareness Week at American University will be held April 10-13, 2006. 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20016 http://www.american.edu/maps/ http://www.american.edu/maps/campus.htm The speakers will be at 7:00 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and we will have documentary/fi ... ........................................................................ ==================== DETAILS OF THIS WEEK'S EVENTS =================== Briefing/Discussion: AID TO THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY AFTER THE HAMAS ELECTION VICTORY IN PALESTINE TESTING U.S. SUPPORT OF DEMOCRACY IN THE MIDDLE EAST: Aid to the Palestinian Authority after the HAMAS Election Victory in Palestine On January 25, 2006, Palestinians voted in a free and fair parliamentary election, giving a majority of their votes to HAMAS – an organization labeled “terrorist” by the U.S. State Department. Having expressed their will, the Palestinian people are now faced with the consequences of their choice, as the United States threatens to discontinue funding and vital aid to a HAMAS-led government and the civil society programs under it. What are the implications for Palestinians, Israel, and the United States of cutting aid to the Palestinian Authority? Talk by: Rob Malley, International Crisis Group (ICG) Wednesday, April 5 12:00 – 1:20pm American University Washington College of Law 4801 Massachusetts Ave NW Room 101 Washington D.C. Rob Malley is former Special Advisor to President Clinton on the Middle East. He attended the Camp David talks between Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak in July 2000. He currently directs the Middle East/North Africa Program at the International Crisis Group. Lunch will be served Sponsored by the Society for Justice in Palestine/Israel. Contact sjp_wcl@yahoo.com ........................................................................ ====================== E N D O F E V E N T S ======================= If you wish to submit an event please contact your group's DCPalestine representative or e-mail events@dcpalestine.org . Copyright (c) 2003, DCPalestine.org. All rights reserved. Designed and administered by Spidy.net - No one masters the Web like Spidy! From Catsambol at aol.com Mon Apr 3 07:29:37 2006 From: Catsambol at aol.com (Catsambol@aol.com) Date: Mon Apr 3 08:04:06 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] World Bank / IMF Protests Scenario Outline Message-ID: <20d.14db4b2d.31628b51@aol.com> We are not mass mobilizing for this year?s World Bank / IMF meetings. What?! You will not find a rally with speeches you will not listen to and a march from one park to another past an assortment of empty buildings. BUT, YOU WILL FIND LOTS OF ACTION! Don?t come to Washington, DC, April 21 ? 23 if all you intend to do is march. However, if you want to take effective action, march and do a whole lot more! Updates, housing information, ride boards, other logistics information available at http://worldbank.activeresistance.org or by signing up to the listserve at http://lists.activeresistance.org/mailman/listinfo/dc . World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings, April 21-23, 2006 Schedule of Resistance: Friday, April 21st- Evening Spokes Council - Gather with other individuals and affinity groups to strategize and plan actions for the weekend. Time to be announced. Place: The convergence center at St. Stephens Church, 16th and Newton Streets NW (S2 and S4 bus; Columbia Heights Metro) Saturday, April 22nd- We are organizing a day of trainings (at the convergence center) to be followed by an evening of action. While the goons of capitalist exploitation plot their schemes behind closed doors, we will prepare ourselves for effective and safe resistance. From legal trainings to guerrilla street theater, affinity group training to an orientation on DC community struggles, we will gather our tools and CONFRONT THE DELEGATES AND THEIR CORPORATE FRIENDS ON SATURDAY FOLLOWING THE TRAININGS. If they want to eat, drink, and be merry on the backs of billions worldwide, they will do so in the face of our resistance. Sunday, April 23rd- Day of autonomous direct action. Keep the pressure on the individuals who power the machine of global exploitation. Let them know they cannot stage their war on the poor without hearing our cries in the streets! **** Brought to you by the Farragut Squares. farragutsquares@gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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There will be a International Maritime and Congressional Reception from 5:00 - 6:30 p.m. In peace, Art Laffin Location: Marriott Wardman Park Hotel (main entrance), 2660 Woodley Road NW (off Connecticut Ave.) Metro: Woodley Park, Washington, DC, DC Metro: Woodley Park/Zoo/Adams Morgan Note: Pursuant to Title II and Title V of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA PATRIOT Act), all electronic transmissions may be monitored by numerous federal and state agencies without notice or judicial authorization. --------------------------------- New Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Call regular phones from your PC and save big. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.mutualaid.org/pipermail/dawn-dc/attachments/20060403/6954cb18/attachment.html From jsmacdonald at riseup.net Tue Apr 4 06:30:43 2006 From: jsmacdonald at riseup.net (Jim Macdonald) Date: Tue Apr 4 06:40:26 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] OUTDOOR DAWN MEETING TONIGHT Message-ID: <52976.jsmacdonald.1144157443.squirrel@mail.riseup.net> Most weeks, DAWN meets every Tuesday at 2211 14th Street NW. NOT TONIGHT! Tonight, DAWN joins the Dorothy Day Catholic Workers in protest of the Arms Bazaar on Woodley Road (north around the corner from the Woodley Park Metro) outside the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, 2660 Woodley Road NW. That protest starts at 5:30 PM. For more, see http://www.dawndc.net/float.php?annc_id=361§ion_id=1 . At 7PM, we'll meet outside for our 1 hour meeting. The spot is accessible to people with disabilities, and as always, artists are encouraged to come make art or express themselves musically in the meeting format. After that meeting, we'll move to working group meetings. Tonight's discussion is still being discussed by Nicole and I, who are facilitators. Tentatively, it will be related to the arms bazaar. Namely, what can we do about the military/industrial complex? (Nothing like a small issue). DAWN is working on numerous things right now. Check out the DAWN website at http://www.dawndc.net to see it all. Just in the last weekend, DAWN supported day laborers in Wheaton, continued its service of the homeless, protested DC Mayor Williams for his continued war on the poor in DC and Luis Marti of the World Bank for his continued war on the poor throughout Latin America. We also joined a meeting called by the Farragut Squares to plan direct action at the World Bank / IMF meetings April 21 - 23 (see http://worldbank.activeresistance.org .) That just tells you what we've done; we're working on a lot more. See you tonight AT WOODLEY ROAD! See you next back at the AFSC offices. From catsambol at aol.com Tue Apr 4 10:22:43 2006 From: catsambol at aol.com (catsambol@aol.com) Date: Tue Apr 4 11:31:21 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Behind Bars: The Expansion of the American Prison Sell Message-ID: <20060404172243.3047.qmail@host332.ipowerweb.com> With over two million Americans serving prison sentences, and millions more locked up awaiting trial, on parole, under house arrest, at a halfway house, or otherwise under the supervision of the Justice Department, the prison system is an important component of our society. Yet even as prisons receive almost no attention in the mainstream media, politicians from both parties are nearly unanimous in supporting the proliferation of prisons, along with the expansion of an increasingly militarized police force and a more draconian penal system. The prison system sells itself as a solution to crime, but it is a false cure for an exaggerated problem. Speakers include: Peter Gelderloos is a writer and community organizer in Harrisonburg, Virginia. He has been active with Harrisonburgs Rising Up Collective, as well as the local Food Not Bombs, Copwatch, and anti-oppression workshops. After serving a six month prison sentence for an illegal protest action, Peter has become involved in prisoner support and anti-prison organizing. Patrick Lincoln spent time organizing around global justice issues before studying in Nicaragua for a year, then came home to commit an act of symbolic protest against U.S. militarism. As a result, he spent six months in federal prison. Since then he has learned to take his organizing more seriously than himself, and embrace the need for a militant, diverse movement that addresses the War at Home in which the prison system plays a critical role. April 13th, 2006 Beginning at 8:00pm Johnson Center, third floor, Room E Sponsored by the George Mason University Anarchist Society From chunpan9 at yahoo.com Tue Apr 4 11:26:39 2006 From: chunpan9 at yahoo.com (Chun Pan) Date: Tue Apr 4 13:38:51 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Video of antiwar protest, last Sept., in Washington Message-ID: <20060404182639.82019.qmail@web51008.mail.yahoo.com> Could you tell your membership about this video? Thank you. Chun ----------------------------------- I am the documentary filmmaker that made ?Skipping in Camp Casey?. I have just completed another film about the antiwar protest that occurred on September 24, 2005 in Washington DC. It is called ?What Democracy Looks Like?. If you would like a copy of this DVD, please e-mail me at ?ChunPan9@yahoo.com? with your mailing address. This video can be used to support Cindy Sheehan?s peace efforts. It is 47 minutes and can be shown at group meetings or it can be broadcast on your local public TV station. Below are a couple of reviews: 1) http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x728650 2) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/campcaseyalumni/message/2477 Again, please include you mailing address. Thanks. Chun Pan ChunPan9@yahoo.com Chun Pan 2001 Routt St. Lakewood, CO 80215 (303) 274-5897 ChunPan9@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From agentforchange at comcast.net Tue Apr 4 14:52:08 2006 From: agentforchange at comcast.net (Pat Elder) Date: Wed Apr 5 04:09:11 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Creating a Culture of Peace - 4/29 in Baltimore Message-ID: <20060404215345.11F66BFDAB7@catfur.mutualaid.org> The 21st Annual Peace, Justice, & Environmental Conference will be held on Saturday, April 29, 2006 at Seton Keough High School, 1201 Caton Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland. This year's event, "Creating a Culture of Peace," will feature a dozen workshops on issues ranging from counter-recruiting to a campaign establishing a Department of Peace. Registration will begin at 7:45 a.m. and the conference will commence at 8:45. For more information and for directions, see: http://www.mupj.org/pdfdocs/brochure2006-04-29.pdf The Opening Panel will consist of the following individuals: Antiwar: Ray McGovern, Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity Developing and Negotiating Policies of Justice and Peace: Rev. Mac Legerton, Center for Community Action, North Carolina Reorganizing to Promote Inclusiveness: Brother Michael Mohammed, Executive Director, Abundant Life Clinic Paradigm Shifting: Bill Jenkins, Washington Buddhist Peace Fellowship Counter Recruiting: Pat Elder, National Network Opposing the Militarization of Youth (NNOMY) Strategies for Paradigm Shifting to Create a Culture of Peace: Dr. Francine Blume, Director of Experiential Education, Career Center, American University. Among the workshops, John Judge will share his expertise on counter-recruiting, Ray McGovern will conduct a workshop on antiwar organizing, and Kevin Zeese will address efforts to move Maryland toward a reliable voting system. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.mutualaid.org/pipermail/dawn-dc/attachments/20060404/a828a8aa/attachment.html From laynegarrett at yahoo.com Wed Apr 5 07:08:52 2006 From: laynegarrett at yahoo.com (layne garrett) Date: Wed Apr 5 07:17:38 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] FW: DC Youth Unite for a JUST Immigration Reform Message-ID: <20060405140852.95573.qmail@web32215.mail.mud.yahoo.com> PASS THE DREAM ACT NOW! Youth Action Research Group DC Youth UNITE!!! For a JUST Immigration Reform Date: Monday, April 10th Place: Malcolm X Park, 16th St and Euclid Time: 12:00 to 3:00 Youth Rally 3:00 (SHARP!) March to the Monument (make signs & banners, learn chants, and be interviewed for our radio show!) Call YARG at 202-462-5767 for more information (see flyer attached!!) Whats up DC youth, youth workers, allies/adults who support DC young people! We have been working hard pounding the pavement, doing presentations in our classes, talking to youth in our school lunch rooms - - inviting them to come out to a youth rally this coming Monday, April 10th ** see above for details. We met with youth from all up and down the East coast this weekend and we are coordinating our rally with youth from other cities who are organizing ACROSS THE NATION!!! We need your help! to help get the word out. Come out to Malcolm X park on Monday, Bring your friends, and help spread the word to other DC youth and adults who believe in social justice and the rights of all human beings to work for a better life for themselves and their families. Hundreds of thousands of people will be taking it to the streets this Monday in cities ACROSS THE NATION to protest against a hateful, racist bill currently being debated in congress (HR 4437) that if passed into law would criminalize 11 million human beings living in the US who are 'undocumented' and the organizations that help them (that means YARG!). We are organizing to STOP these bills and to help pass JUST immigration reform, including a bill that will be reintroduced to the House of Representatives this Thursday - the DREAM Act - which would enable 65,000 students per year, who under current law are unable to go to college, to go to college and earn legal status (see attached fact sheet for more details). As it is now, people have been living 'undocumented' in the US working hard, oftentimes doing backbreaking labor under unsafe conditions for very little pay to provide for their families because of poor economic conditions in their home countries, due in large part to US foreign policy. STOP HR4437! WE WANT JUST IMMGRATION REFORM! Students in DC, for whom DC is our home, have been working hard in our classes to graduate from high school. We need this bill to become a law so that DC students who have earned our right to go to college will be supported in acheiving our dreams. PASS THE DREAM ACT NOW! Love, Danielle, Jose A., LaKeisha, Denisse, Judith, Aqiyla, Jose L., Margherita, Tim, Deja, Calix, Carlos, Nate, Stephanie, Sandra, and everyone else we don't have time to list! Thanks for your support - see you on the streets! -- Danielle Kurzweil Executive Director/Lead Organizer Youth Action Research Group 1419 V St NW Suite 401 Washington, DC 20009 p 202.462.5767 f 202.462.5768 www.yargdc.blogspot.com --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. PC-to-Phone calls for ridiculously low rates. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.mutualaid.org/pipermail/dawn-dc/attachments/20060405/ad9c5210/attachment.html From relamine at yahoo.com Wed Apr 5 07:33:15 2006 From: relamine at yahoo.com (Rami Elamine) Date: Wed Apr 5 07:54:54 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] REMINDER: Ward Churchill on Political Dissent, TONIGHT, St Stephens Church Message-ID: <20060405143315.86329.qmail@web33210.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Surprise, Last Minute Event: Spread the word far and wide ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The Brian MacKenzie Infoshop Presents: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "Pushing Back" Ward Churchill on Resisting the Suppression of Political Dissent Wednesday, April 5 @ 7pm (promptly)++++++++++++++++++++++++ St. Stephens Church 16th and Newton Streets, NW Washington DC Near the Columbia Heights Metro ++++++++++++++++++++++++ *****FREE***** Donations to benefit groups working on defending political prisoners and immigrant rights accepted Ward Churchill (Keetoowah Band Cherokee) is one of the most outspoken of Native American activists and scholars in North America and a leading analyst of indigenous issues. He is a Professor of Ethnic Studies and Coordinator of American Indian Studies at the University of Colorado. Churchill serves as Associate Director of the Center for Studies of Ethnicity and Race in America at the institution. He is also co-director of the Colorado chapter of the American Indian Movement and vice chair of the American Indian Anti-Defamation Council. Churchill?s many books include Marxism and Native Americans, Fantasies of the Master Race, Struggle for the Land, On the Justice of Roosting Chickens, From A Native Son, Critical Issues in Native North America, The COINTELPRO Papers, Indians R Us?, Agents of Repression, Since Predator Came, and A Little Matter of Genocide: Holocaust and Denial in the Americas. In his lectures and numerous published works, Churchill explores the themes of genocide in the Americas, racism, historical and legal (re)interpretation of conquest and colonization, environmental destruction of Indian lands, government repression of political movements, literary and cinematic criticism, and indigenist alternatives to the status quo. Churchill is also a past national spokesperson for the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee, has served as a delegate to the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations (as a Justice/Rapporteur for the for the 1993 International People's Tribunal on the Rights of Indigenous Hawaiians), and as an advocate/prosecutor of the First Nations International Tribunal for the Chiefs of Ontario. ++++++++++++++++++ For More Information: www.dcinfoshop.org 202-986-0681 dcinfoshop@mutualaid.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Sunday, April 9, 3-5 pm AFSC DC office: 2211 - 14th St., NW Speakers: David Cobb, 2004 Presidential candidate Kevin Zeese, 2006 Senate candidate and Democracy Rising Charlie Cray, Center on Corporate Policy Mackenzie Baris, DC Jobs with Justice Discussion, refreshments Sponsored by DC Statehood Green Party; questions: contact Ann Wilcox (202-441-3265) --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2?/min or less. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.mutualaid.org/pipermail/dawn-dc/attachments/20060407/9776d9bd/attachment.html From fbp at igc.org Sun Apr 9 09:30:42 2006 From: fbp at igc.org (John M Miller) Date: Mon Apr 10 04:10:08 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Tax Day Protests Across the US Scheduled for Monday, April 17, 2006 Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20060409122832.03fc94a8@igc.org> National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee (NWTRCC) PO Box 150553, Brooklyn, NY 11215 ? 800-269-7464 Fax: 718-768-4388 ? nwtrcc@nwtrcc.org ? www.nwtrcc.org PRESS RELEASE Tax Day Protests Across the U.S. Scheduled for Monday, April 17, 2006 For Immediate Release: April 10, 2006 Contact: Ruth Benn, Coordinator, NWTRCC 800-269-7464 (718-768-3420) or nwtrcc@nwtrcc.org Brooklyn, NY ? Taxpayers rushing to the IRS or post offices on Monday, April 17, the last day to file 2005 taxes, will be greeted by signs and banners protesting the use of taxes for war. And, from Chico, California, to Fort Collins, Colorado, and Louisville, Kentucky, to Cambridge Massachusetts, members of the public will be asked to take a ?penny poll,? by dropping coins into jars representing budget categories to show how they would like their tax money disbursed. These informal penny polls show year after year that funding education, health care, and human resources are the highest priorities, with the Pentagon receiving a much smaller share. This result is consistent with a February 2005 study by the Program on International Policy Attitudes where adult Americans favored increases in social spending and gave military spending the deepest cut averaging 31%.* With over $5 billion per month going to pay for war and occupation in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the death toll in military personnel and civilians increasing each day, anger is rising over the gluttonous use of resources?human and monetary?consumed by war. In many cases the people holding the signs will be individuals who openly refuse to pay some or all of their income taxes because they cannot in good conscience pay for war. Each year the National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee (NWTRCC) collects a list of tax day actions to share with activists and the media (see below). This year the list includes activities in over 35 cities and town. In Portland, Oregon, Berkeley, California, and Madison, Wisconsin, war tax resisters will publicly redirect their federal tax dollars to community organizations. Redirection is an intricate part of refusing to pay federal taxes to the IRS; resisters instead pay their taxes by giving the money to organizations that meet human needs, care for victims of war, and work for peace and justice. Along with redirection ceremonies and vigils, hundreds of activists around the country will hand out informational leaflets detailing for passers-by how their income tax money is really used. The National Priorities Project calculates the cost of the Iraq war per household at $3,000, and the War Resisters League?s analysis of the Bush administration?s budget puts military spending at 49% of the federal budget. ** Rebecca Nellenbeck of Ithaca, New York, made the decision to refuse to pay for war for the first time in 2005. ?There is so much money. There just isn't enough to pay for endless, illegitimate, illegal, unjust wars and care for our children, not to mention pay for education and healthcare.? Rather than send her income tax money to the IRS, she chose to give it to a veterans? hospital, her local post office and library, and a health care fund. The National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee (NWTRCC), founded in 1982, is a coalition of local, regional and national groups to provide information and support to people who are conscientious objectors to paying taxes for war. * Program on International Policy Attitudes -http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/articles/brunitedstatescanadara/85.php?nid=&id=&pnt=85 ** National Priorities Project ? cost of war per household http://www.nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=61 ** War Resisters League budget analysis http://www.warresisters.org/piechart.htm A Listing of Tax Day Actions http://www.nwtrcc.org/taxday2006.htm Arizona Tucson ? Women?s International League for Peace and Freedom, Local Chapter. susan@susanthorpe.com or www.wilpftucson.org. Leafleting at the Sun Station Post Office, 9 am-5 pm, and, at the main Post Office, Cherry Bell Station, 5 pm-Midnight. California Chico ? Chico Peace and Justice Center. chris4pax@chico.com. Penny poll and leaflet at downtown Post Office, Broadway and 5th Streets. Eureka ? Redwood Peace & Justice Center, (707) 822-5506. Penny poll and information. Arcata Post Office, 9-5. Fresno ? Women's International League for Peace & Freedom (WILPF). socialjustice@sti.net. Leafletting at post office. 10 am - 2 pm. Oakland - Northern California War Tax Resistance. (510) 843-9877 or info@nowartax.org" or www.nowartax.org. 6:30 - 8 pm People's Life Fund granting ceremony and potluck at 1550 5th St. @ Henry St. (around the corner from West Oakland BART); 8:15 pm -10 pm, Outdoor slideshow of antiwar images and leafleting at West Oakland Post Office, 1675 7th St. (two blocks from West Oakland BART). Sonoma County ? Sonoma County Taxes for Peace. (707) 823-9203. Leafleting at three post offices in the county. Colorado Fort Collins ? Center for Justice, Peace & Environment. (970) 484-8039 or strengththroughpeace@yahoo.com. Penny poll and leafleting while handing out pieces of pie to ?take back the pie chart.? District of Columbia Washington ? DC Area War Tax Resistance. info@dcwtr.org. Vigil and redistribution of resisted tax money at IRS Headquarters, 1111 Constitution NW. Noon. Florida St. Petersburg ? Leafleting at one or more neighborhood post offices, 11 am-3 pm. Contact: (727) 895-3090 or rhpaine@yahoo.com. Indiana South Bend ? Michiana War Tax Refusers and Michiana Peace and Justice Coalition. http://community.michiana.org/justice/ or (574) 231-8971. Tax Day Vigil and Leafletting at Main Post Office, Western and St. Joseph. 6:00 p.m.?midnight. Iowa Dubuque ? Citizens? Tax Moratorium. (563) 583-2586. Tax day vigil and leafleting at U.S. Courthouse, 6th and Locust, 5-7 pm. Anti-war vigil every Friday morning 8-8:30 am, U.S. Highway 20 and South Locust near bridge to Illinois. Kentucky Louisville ? Fellowship of Reconciliation. (502) 458-8056 or edwardsfor@bellsouth.net. Hand out WRL pie chart at the four corners of Fifth & Market while employees of the large banking center walk out for lunch. We will be wearing Uncle Sam regalia and will ask pedestrians to vote in our penny poll as they walk by. Noon. Louisiana New Orleans ? Pax Christi. Contact: Ben Gordon, (504) 522-3951 or (504) 522-3751 (office/voice). Leafleting with pie chart at Federal Building or post office. 4-6 pm. Maine (April 17 is a holiday; actions April 18) Bangor, Belfast, Portland (probably other towns too) ? Maine War Tax Resistance Resource Center. (207) 525-7776 or invert@acadia.net. Bangor: Post office and Federal Building, Harlow St., Noon-6 pm, leafleting and penny poll, followed by a showing at 6 pm of ?An Act of Conscience? at location tba. Belfast: 11:30 am-1 pm and other times, Post Office. Portland: Leafleting at main Post Office, 125 Forest Avenue, time TBA. Brunswick ? Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space. (207) 729-0517 or globalnet@mindspring.com. Protest and leafleting. 11 am?1 pm. Massachusetts Cambridge ? New England War Tax Resistance, deirdredoran@hotmail.com. Penny poll, vigil, leafleting at Central Square Post Office. April 18. Always fun - Billionaires for Bush are usually out too. Greenfield ? Pioneer Valley War Tax Resistance. (413) 774-2640 or tmacl_hdrs@yahoo.com. Saturday, April 15, meet 10 a.m. at Greenfield Commons for vigil and procession between Commons and recruiting centers, ending in front of Greenfield Food Coop for tabling and leafletting. Michigan Ann Arbor ? The Peoples Progressive Network. bruthgraves@provide.net. Leafletting at the Federal Building with National Priorities Project material for Michigan. Noon. Jackson ?War tax resistance history exhibit will be displayed at Jackson Community College leading up to tax day. Penny poll. April 15 - Leafleting at Jackson Post Office. Contact: alan_gamble@jccmi.edu. Minnesota International Falls ?Penny poll at Post Office, library, and Court House during the days leading up to tax day. Details to be announced. Contact: (218) 286-5819. Missouri St. Louis ? St. Louis Covenant Community of War Tax Resisters. hras@humanrightsaction.net or (314) 725-5303. Vigil and leafleting at the Main Post Office, Market and 18th St., 11:30 am ? 1 pm. New Hampshire Portsmouth ? Info: Maine War Tax Resistance Resource Center. (207) 525-7776 or invert@acadia.net. Leafleting at main Post Office, 80 Daniel St., time tba. New Mexico Albuquerque ? Albuquerque War Tax Alternative Fund. (505) 247-2788. Leafleting with the pie chart and telephone tax resistance forms at the Post Office. New York New York City ? NYC War Resisters League (nycwrl@att.net or www.warresisters.org/wrl_actions.htm) and NYC War Tax Resistance, www.nycplf.org. Leafleting and vigil at Manhattan IRS office (110 W. 44th Street, just west of Sixth Ave.) from noon-2 pm possibly followed by solemn procession mourning the use of tax dollars for war between IRS and post office (8th Ave and 34th St.). Syracuse ? Syracuse Peace Council. (315) 472-5478 or carol@peacecouncil.net. Leaflet with ?Truth Sheet #1? about local costs of war at the post office. North Carolina Asheville ? Fools of Conscience. wncpc@main.nc.us. Leafleting at the Downtown Post Office, Saturday April 15. Time tba. Ohio Athens ? Appalachian Peace and Justice Network. (740) 592-2608. Leafleting and penny poll at post office, 5 W. Stimson Ave. (possibly at campus PO also). 11 am - 7 pm. Oregon Eugene ? Taxes for Peace Not War. jyotisue@yahoo.com. Leaflet and penny poll at the main post office. 11 am ? 5 pm. Portland ? Oregon Community for War Tax Resistance/WRL. (503) 238-0605 or jgrueschow@comcast.net. April 14: Holding ?Burma Shave? signs on the local bridges during morning and evening rush hours; redirection ceremony at Pioneer Square at 5 pm. April 17: Penny poll at downtown post office. Time tba. Pennsylvania Valley Forge ? Brandywine Peace Community. 610-544-1818 or brandywine@juno.com or www.brandywinepeace.com. Mourning to Resistance: Stations of Justice & Peace - Nonviolent Resistance at Lockheed Martin. Lockheed Martin, Mall & Goddard Boulevards, (behind King of Prussia Mall). Good Friday, April 14, Noon. Texas Austin ? Austin Conscientious Objectors to Military Taxation. jeffweb@sbcglobal.net. Leafleting at Central Post Office with ?Where Your Income Taxes Really Go? flyer. Late afternoon. San Antonio ?Leafleting with pie chart at weekly peace vigil, Thursdays 4-5 pm, downtown at the main plaza (officially Plaza de Las Islas) on the Northeast corner (Main Plaza and Commerce Sts.) Contact: valliveoak@juno.com. Utah Salt Lake City ? People for Peace and Justice of Utah. (801) 502-8556 or info@utahpeace.org or see the website: www.utahpeace.org/films.html. War tax resistance film showing: ?An Act of Conscience: Standing Up for Your Beliefs Begins At Home.? Free Speech Zone, 2144 Highland Drive. April 15, 7 pm. Washington Seattle ? Nonviolent Action Community of Cascadia (NACC) and other groups. (206) 547-0952 or nacc@drizzle.com or http://seanacc.org. Leafleting with ?Where Your Income Taxes Really Go? flyers at Seattle post offices. Call for locations and times. Tacoma ?Leafleting of the WRL pie chart at the Main Post Office in Tacoma, 8 pm - ?. Contact: George Rodkey, (253) 961-5822 or georod01@msn.com. Wisconsin Madison ? Madison Area War Tax Resistance. 608-255-1800 or jerry@lakesidepress.org. Public distribution of resisted tax dollars with location and time tba. Madison ?Madison Branch of WILPF and Health Writers. lz14@juno.com. Leaflet at the Post Office on Tax Day to educate filers on where their tax money goes. Milwaukee ? Milwaukee War Tax Resistance and Casa Maria Catholic Worker. (414) 344-5745. IRS offices, Federal Plaza, 3rd and Wisconsin Ave. Vigiling outside for an hour with signs and flyers, deliver letter to Senator Herb Kohl in his office, civil disobedience at tax office. Noon. National National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund. http://www.peacetaxfund.org/takeaction/taxday-act.htm. Educate friends, legislators, and the general public about an alternative: The Peace Tax Fund! Whether you write a letter, talk to a friend, or plan a demonstration, we encourage you to spread the word about this campaign. Contact the NWTRCC office, (800) 269-7464 or nwtrcc@nwtrcc.org, if you need further contact information for a local group. - 30 ? From endviolence at carolmoore.net Sun Apr 9 18:23:47 2006 From: endviolence at carolmoore.net (Carol Moore in DC) Date: Mon Apr 10 04:10:08 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Reminder Mon April 10: Planning Meeting for Public Forum on Israel Lobby influence Message-ID: <4439B3A3.7090609@carolmoore.net> Mon April 10: Planning Meeting for Public Forum on Israel Lobby influence... Original from: "David Kirshbaum" PLANNING MEETING: Monday, April 10, at 7pm Dynasty Restaurant, 2nd floor private room 2210 14th Street, NW Washington, DC 202.332.8332 DC Antiwar Network has endorsed a forum for academia, the activist community and the concerned public. on "THE ISRAEL LOBBY AND US FOREIGN POLICY" An exploration of the issues raised in the controversial paper by John J. Mearsheimer, a professor of political science and a co-director of the Program on International Security Policy at the University of Chicago, and Stephen M. Walt, academic dean of the Kennedy School of Government. See links to original paper and news, critiques at http://stopthewarnow.net/warlobbies/harvardpaper.html Note our recent Iran forum drew almost 70 people. Planning is open to those who recognize this as a valuable paper that needs a fair hearing. This effort is part of ongoing campaigns to protest the Israel Lobby's role in undermining U.S. democracy through special interest lobbying and even espionage, inaccurate propagandizing concerning the Palestinian people's struggle for self-determination and human rights, and promoting wars in Iraq and Iran. From calendar at dcpalestine.org Mon Apr 10 02:16:01 2006 From: calendar at dcpalestine.org (calendar@dcpalestine.org) Date: Mon Apr 10 04:10:09 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Upcoming DC-Palestine Events: wk of 2006-4-10 Message-ID: <200604100916.k3A9G0xU006599@ebte.umd.edu> Visit our sister site: http://triptopalestine.com/ New photos and articles added from a recent visit This is a list of upcoming events in the DC Metro Area relating to Palestine. The list is automatically generated by the calendar engine at DCPalestine.org . For more details on each event, please visit www.DCPalestine.org, AND BE SURE TO CHECK IT BEFORE YOU ATTEND YOUR EVENT FOR LAST MINUTE CHANGES! ========================= T H I S W E E K ========================= MONDAY, April 10, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BRIEFING/DISCUSSION:PALESTINE AMBASSADOR AFIF SAFIEH ON THE HUMANITARIAN CONDITION IN PALESTINE TIME: 8:00pm LOCATION: American University DIRECTIONS: McDowell Formal Lounge 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20016 Tenleytown Metro http://www.american.edu/maps/campus.htm SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS: SJP-AU(Students for Justice in Palestine at American University) ORGANIZED BY: SJP-AU CONTACT: AU.SJPal@gmail.com Students for Justice in Palestine at American University present Palestine Awareness Week 2006 The Humanitarian Condition in Palestine and the Potential Impact of Stopping Aid Monday, April 10 American University McDowell Formal Lounge, 8:00 PM Reception to follow Our distinguished panel of speakers w ... ........................................................................ FILM/DISCUSSION:PALESTINE AWARENESS WEEK-AU: FILM: ARNA'S CHILDREN & DISCUSSION WITH MATT HORTON TIME: 12:30pm LOCATION: American University DIRECTIONS: SIS (School of International Service) Lounge 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20016 Tenleytown Metro http://www.american.edu/maps/campus.htm SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS: SJP-AU(Students for Justice in Palestine at American University) ORGANIZED BY: SJP-AU CONTACT: AU.SJPal@gmail.com Students for Justice in Palestine at American University present: PALESTINE AWARENESS WEEK 2006 Film Screening Monday, April 10 - 12:30 PM American University SIS (School of International Service) Lounge Arna’s Children and follow-up discussion with Matt Horton based on his experiences in Jenin R ... ........................................................................ CULTURAL NIGHT: PALESTINIAN CULTURE NIGHT TIME: 7:00pm LOCATION: George Mason University DIRECTIONS: Johnson Center Dewberry Hall 4400 University Drive Fairfax, Virginia 22030 SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS: Students for Justice in Palestine George Mason University CONTACT: sjp_gmu@yahoo.com Palestine In the tradition of International Week at GMU STUDENTS FOR JUSTICE IN PALESTINE Cordially invites you to experience an evening of Palestinian Culture Featuring: FREE Palestinian Food Traditional Palestinian dance performance by DC Debkeh FREE Debkeh (dance) lessons Live Traditional Mus ... ........................................................................ TUESDAY, April 11, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LECTURE: FIRST ANNUAL HISHAM B. SHARABI MEMORIAL LECTURE WITH DR. HALIM BARAKAT TIME: 12:00-2:00pm LOCATION: The Palestine Center DIRECTIONS: Potomac Plaza Building 2425 Virginia Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20037 Foggy Bottom Metro SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS: Palestine Center(The Palestine Center) ORGANIZED BY: Palestine Center CONTACT: 202-338-1290 (ext. 11) rsvp@palestinecenter.org The Jerusalem Fund and Palestine Center Board of Directors Invites you to the first annual Hisham B. Sharabi Memorial Lecture With Dr. Halim Barakat Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Arab Studies, Georgetown University "Hisham Sharabi: The Intellectual and Activist" Tuesday, 11 April 2006 12:00-2:0 ... ........................................................................ FILM/DISCUSSION:PALESTINE AWARENESS WEEK-AU: FILM: THE KILLING ZONE TIME: 12:30pm LOCATION: American University DIRECTIONS: Mary Graydon Center 200 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20016 Tenleytown Metro http://www.american.edu/maps/campus.htm SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS: SJP-AU(Students for Justice in Palestine at American University) ORGANIZED BY: SJP-AU CONTACT: AU.SJPal@gmail.com Students for Justice in Palestine at American University present: PALESTINE AWARENESS WEEK 2006 Film Screening Tuesday, April 11 - 12:30 PM American University Mary Graydon Center 200 Dispatches: The Killing Zone Within hours of arriving Sandra and Rodrigo are shot at and tear-gassed by Israeli ... ........................................................................ BRIEFING/DISCUSSION:PALESTINE AWARENESS WEEK-AU: DISCUSSION WITH NOURA ERAKAT TIME: 7:00pm LOCATION: American University DIRECTIONS: Mary Graydon Center 200 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20016 Tenleytown Metro http://www.american.edu/maps/campus.htm SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS: SJP-AU(Students for Justice in Palestine at American University) ORGANIZED BY: SJP-AU CONTACT: AU.SJPal@gmail.com Students for Justice in Palestine at American University present PALESTINE AWARENESS WEEK 2006 Discussion with Noura Erakat: The Failure of Oslo, the Success of Hamas at the Polls, and Implications for the Palestinian Solidarity Movement in the U.S. Tuesday, April 11 @ 7:00 PM American University ... ........................................................................ WEDNESDAY, April 12, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FILM/DISCUSSION:PALESTINE AWARENESS WEEK-AU: FILMS: WEST BANK STORY & RANA'S WEDDING TIME: 12:30pm LOCATION: American University DIRECTIONS: Mary Graydon Center 245 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20016 Tenleytown Metro http://www.american.edu/maps/campus.htm SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS: SJP-AU(Students for Justice in Palestine at American University) ORGANIZED BY: SJP-AU CONTACT: AU.SJPal@gmail.com Students for Justice in Palestine at American University present: PALESTINE AWARENESS WEEK 2006 Film Screenings Wednesday, April 12 - 12:30 PM American University Mary Graydon Center 245 West Bank Story - A musical comedy set in the fast-paced, fast-food world of competing falafel stands in the ... ........................................................................ BRIEFING/DISCUSSION:PALESTINE AWARENESS WEEK-AU: AU STUDENTS REPORT BACK ON PALESTINE TIME: 7:00pm LOCATION: American University DIRECTIONS: Mary Graydon Center 200 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20016 Tenleytown Metro http://www.american.edu/maps/campus.htm SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS: SJP-AU(Students for Justice in Palestine at American University) ORGANIZED BY: SJP-AU CONTACT: AU.SJPal@gmail.com Students for Justice in Palestine at American University present PALESTINE AWARENESS WEEK 2006 Out of the Classroom and Into the Occupation: American University Students Report Back on Working and Volunteering in Palestine Wednesday, April 12 @ 7:00pm American University Mary Graydon Center 200 C ... ........................................................................ THURSDAY, April 13, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FILM/DISCUSSION:PALESTINE AWARENESS WEEK-AU: FILM: PEACE, PROPAGANDA AND THE PROMISED LAND TIME: 1:00pm LOCATION: American University DIRECTIONS: SIS (School of International Service) Lounge 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20016 Tenleytown Metro http://www.american.edu/maps/campus.htm SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS: SJP-AU(Students for Justice in Palestine at American University) ORGANIZED BY: SJP-AU CONTACT: AU.SJPal@gmail.com Students for Justice in Palestine at American University present: PALESTINE AWARENESS WEEK 2006 Film Screening Thursday, April 13 - 1:00 pm American University SIS (School of International Service) Lounge Peace, Propaganda, and the Promised Land Combining American and British TV news clips with ... ........................................................................ BRIEFING/DISCUSSION:PALESTINE AWARENESS WEEK-AU: ISRAELI AND PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS IMPLICATIONS TIME: 12:00pm LOCATION: American University DIRECTIONS: SIS (School of International Service) Lounge 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20016 Tenleytown Metro http://www.american.edu/maps/campus.htm SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS: SJP-AU(Students for Justice in Palestine at American University) ORGANIZED BY: SJP-AU CONTACT: AU.SJPal@gmail.com Students for Justice in Palestine at American University present PALESTINE AWARENESS WEEK 2006 THURSDAY, APRIL 13 "Israeli and Palestinian Elections and their Implications on the Future of the Region" Mohammed Abu-Nimer (SIS) and Steven A. Cook (Council on Foreign Relations) Co-presented with the Sch ... ........................................................................ PALESTINE CULTURAL NIGHT:4TH ANNUAL PALESTINIAN CULTURAL NIGHT WITH IRON SHEIK & DC DABKEH & FERAS ON THE OUD TIME: 8:00pm LOCATION: American University DIRECTIONS: Ampitheatre (In case of rain we will be in the Tavern) 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20016 Tenleytown Metro http://www.american.edu/maps/campus.htm SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS: SJP-AU(Students for Justice in Palestine at American University) ORGANIZED BY: SJP-AU CONTACT: AU.SJPal@gmail.com Students for Justice in Palestine at American University present PALESTINE AWARENESS WEEK 2006 4th Annual Palestinian Cultural Night!! Thursday, April 13 American University 8:00pm in the amphitheatre (In case of rain we will be in the Tavern) Music, dancing, and more! Come out and celebrate Pale ... ........................................................................ ========================= N E X T W E E K ========================= WEDNESDAY, April 19, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BRIEFING/DISCUSSION:STRUGGLE BETWEEN THE ARAB WORLD & THE CHRISTIAN WEST? TIME: 12:30-2:00pm LOCATION: The Palestine Center DIRECTIONS: Potomac Plaza Building 2425 Virginia Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20037 Foggy Bottom Metro SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS: Palestine Center(The Palestine Center) ORGANIZED BY: Palestine Center CONTACT: 202-338-1290 (ext. 11) rsvp@palestinecenter.org Wednesday 19 April 2006 12:30 – 2:00 pm Dr. Milton Viorst Journalist, scholar and author "A Struggle between the Arab World & the Christian West?" America’s involvement in Iraq is simply the latest round in a 1,400-year struggle between Christianity and Islam, in which the United States became a pa ... ........................................................................ THURSDAY, April 20, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LECTURE: PALESTINIAN AMBASSADOR AFIF SAFIEH TIME: 12:30pm LOCATION: Georgetown University DIRECTIONS: Center for Contemporary Arab Studies Intercultural Center 241 ICC (CCAS Boardroom) 37th & O Streets, NW Washington, DC 20057-1020 SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS: Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS) CONTACT: (202) 687-5793 ccasinfo@georgetown.edu Palestinian Ambassador Afif Safieh: Reflections on American Palestinian Relations Thursday, April 20, 2006 at 12:30pm Georgetown University Center for Contemporary Arab Studies Intercultural Center 241 ICC (CCAS Boardroom) 37th & O Streets, NW Washington, DC 20057-1020 Tel: (202) 687-5793 Fax: (20 ... ........................................................................ ==================== DETAILS OF THIS WEEK'S EVENTS =================== Briefing/Discussion: PALESTINE AMBASSADOR AFIF SAFIEH ON THE HUMANITARIAN CONDITION IN PALESTINE Students for Justice in Palestine at American University present Palestine Awareness Week 2006 The Humanitarian Condition in Palestine and the Potential Impact of Stopping Aid Monday, April 10 American University McDowell Formal Lounge, 8:00 PM Reception to follow Our distinguished panel of speakers will share their perspectives on this critical issue: The Honorable Afif Safieh, Palestine’s Ambassador to the U.S. Dr. Peter Gubser, President of the American Near East Refugee Aid Dr. Mohammed Abu-Nimer, Associate Professor, American University’s School of International Service, International Peace and Conflict Resolution “If Israel continues to withhold revenues from a Hamas-led Palestinian Authority and the major donor countries reduce their budget support and development aid, the Palestinian Authority will be thrown into a deep depression, with a decline in personal incomes of 30 percent this year alone, according to a World Bank study requested by the donors and sent to them Wednesday night. In these circumstances, the study says, the Palestinian economy will shrink by 27 percent in 2006, a one-year contraction that compares to the Great Depression in the United States. Unemployment will nearly double to 39.6 percent of the population, and the percentage of those below the poverty level will increase by 50 percent, to as much as 67 percent of the population….Palestinian Authority employs more than 140,000 people…[and]… runs 76 percent of the schools and 62 percent of the health facilities…..But Israel's policy - already withholding some $55 million a month in tax and customs rec! eipts it collects for the Palestinian Authority and restricting trade and access to Israel by Palestinian workers - is the largest factor in the analysis. The next largest factor is the expected cut in the provision of budget support - cash - to a Hamas-run Palestinian Authority. The main cash donors are Saudi Arabia and the European Union, and while the bank assumes that Muslim donations will continue unchanged, Western cash support is expected to drop by at least $50 million a year.” Source: “World Bank imagines dark Palestinian days” by Steven Erlanger, New York Times, March 16, 2006 All events are free and open to the public! Stop by our tent on the Quad anytime for food and discussion! Contact Shan at AU.SJPal@gmail.com for more information http://www.american.edu/maps/ http://www.american.edu/maps/campus.htm ........................................................................ Film/Discussion: PALESTINE AWARENESS WEEK-AU: FILM: ARNA'S CHILDREN & DISCUSSION WITH MATT HORTON Students for Justice in Palestine at American University present: PALESTINE AWARENESS WEEK 2006 Film Screening Monday, April 10 - 12:30 PM American University SIS (School of International Service) Lounge Arna’s Children and follow-up discussion with Matt Horton based on his experiences in Jenin Refugee Camp Arna Mer Khamis was a legendary activist for the rights of the Palestinian people who founded a theatre group at a refugee camp, teaching children to express themselves through acting. Her son Juliano, a director for the group, filmed Arna working with the children over a 6-year period. Following Arna's death, he returns to the camp to find out what became of the young refugees. Best Documentary Feature winner at the 2004 Tribeca Film Festival. All events are free and open to the public! Stop by our tent on the Quad anytime for food and discussion! Contact Shan at AU.SJPal@gmail.com for more information http://www.american.edu/maps/ http://www.american.edu/maps/campus.htm ........................................................................ Cultural Night: PALESTINIAN CULTURE NIGHT Palestine In the tradition of International Week at GMU STUDENTS FOR JUSTICE IN PALESTINE Cordially invites you to experience an evening of Palestinian Culture Featuring: FREE Palestinian Food Traditional Palestinian dance performance by DC Debkeh FREE Debkeh (dance) lessons Live Traditional Music Singing and Poetry reading by Dana Yousef Free and Open to the Public Monday April 10, 2006 @ 7pm George Mason University Dewberry Hall, Johnson Center Ground Floor Fairfax, VA Join us in celebrating the Cultures that make up our Diverse GMU Campus! For more information email us @ sjp_gmu.yahoo.com ........................................................................ Lecture: FIRST ANNUAL HISHAM B. SHARABI MEMORIAL LECTURE WITH DR. HALIM BARAKAT The Jerusalem Fund and Palestine Center Board of Directors Invites you to the first annual Hisham B. Sharabi Memorial Lecture With Dr. Halim Barakat Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Arab Studies, Georgetown University "Hisham Sharabi: The Intellectual and Activist" Tuesday, 11 April 2006 12:00-2:00 p.m. Critical of the ideological boundaries holding back Arab society, the late Hisham B. Sharabi (1927-2005)'s life and writings challenged the boundaries of the traditional and sought a more nuanced analysis of Arab development as well as U.S.-Arab relations. His vision, as founding chairman of The Jerusalem Fund and The Palestine Center, co-founder of the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown University, and long-time editor of the English-language quarterly, Journal of Palestine Studies, championed the cause of Palestinian human rights and brought forth a deeper understanding of the Palestinian story and events in the Middle East than usually portrayed in American circles. Dr. Halim Barakat, a colleague and friend, will reengage the questions that Sharabi’s life and work asked and will look at how Sharabi’s ideas gave birth to major institutions and a unique school of thought through his constant debates with friends, colleagues, and even himself. 12:00 – 12:45 p.m. Lunch and Film Screening of Jaffa la Mienne (Jaffa of Mine) 12:45 – 1:00 p.m. Dedication of the Hisham B. Sharabi Memorial Library 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Lecture and Discussion with Halim Barakat Jaffa la Mienne (1998) is a portrayal of the relationship of the city of Jaffa (Sharabi’s hometown) with her exiled children. The film takes the viewer back to the old city of Jaffa, the main port of Palestine and its commercial and economic capital. Poignant images capture a seemingly perpetual human tragedy, with the people who remained struggling to preserve their cultural identity. This event is free to the public, however registration is required. Unregistered guests will not be admitted. To register, send your name and contact information to rsvp@palestinecenter.org or call 202-338-1290 (x11). The Palestine Center 2425 Virginia Avenue, NW | Washington, DC 20037 USA Tel. 202-338-1290 | Directions: http://www.thejerusalemfund.org/contactus.html The Palestine Center is the educational program of the Jerusalem Fund for Education and Community Development, an independent non-profit organization based in Washington, DC. Established in 1991, the Center provides a Palestinian and Arab perspective to the media, policy, political and academic communities through briefings, conferences, in-depth studies and more. It focuses on the relationship between the United States and the Middle East, with particular emphasis on Palestine and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. ........................................................................ Film/Discussion: PALESTINE AWARENESS WEEK-AU: FILM: THE KILLING ZONE Students for Justice in Palestine at American University present: PALESTINE AWARENESS WEEK 2006 Film Screening Tuesday, April 11 - 12:30 PM American University Mary Graydon Center 200 Dispatches: The Killing Zone Within hours of arriving Sandra and Rodrigo are shot at and tear-gassed by Israeli troops breaking up a memorial service for Rachel Corrie, an American peace activist crushed by an Israeli Army bulldozer two days before. That sets the tone for a five-week stay in which they document the shooting by Israeli troops of the British peace campaigner Tom Hurndall, the death of James Miller, the award-winning cameraman who worked extensively for Channel 4, killed as he filmed Israeli troops bulldozing Palestinian homes, and the deaths and mutilation of many innocent Palestinians and Israelis. The Dispatches team reveals what life is like in what has become a fully blown war zone. All events are free and open to the public! Stop by our tent on the Quad anytime for food and discussion! Contact Shan at AU.SJPal@gmail.com for more information http://www.american.edu/maps/ http://www.american.edu/maps/campus.htm ........................................................................ Briefing/Discussion: PALESTINE AWARENESS WEEK-AU: DISCUSSION WITH NOURA ERAKAT Students for Justice in Palestine at American University present PALESTINE AWARENESS WEEK 2006 Discussion with Noura Erakat: The Failure of Oslo, the Success of Hamas at the Polls, and Implications for the Palestinian Solidarity Movement in the U.S. Tuesday, April 11 @ 7:00 PM American University Mary Graydon Center 200 Noura will examine the various factors that led to Hamas' success during the recent Palestinian elections including Israeli unilateralism and deteriorating humanitarian conditions on the ground. She will close with a discussion about the next steps for the Palestinian solidarity movement in the U.S. Noura Erakat is a Palestinian-American legal-activist. Upon graduating from Boalt Hall Law school at UC Berkeley, she received a New Voices Fellowship to work as the National Grassroots Organizer and Legal Advocate at the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation. Prior to attending law school, she helped launch the divestment campaign along with the Students for Justice in Palestine at UC Berkeley. She interned at Adalah: The Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel Proper; studied at Hebrew University in West Jerusalem; and volunteered in refugee camps throughout the West Bank and Lebanon. Noura is currently a steering committee member of AMWAJ, Arab Movement of Women Arising for Justice. She is also a founding member of the Divestment Support Committee which seeks to support students, communities, and institutions in their efforts to divest from Israel. All events are free and open to the public! Stop by our tent on the Quad anytime for food and discussion! Contact Shan at AU.SJPal@gmail.com for more information http://www.american.edu/maps/ http://www.american.edu/maps/campus.htm ........................................................................ Film/Discussion: PALESTINE AWARENESS WEEK-AU: FILMS: WEST BANK STORY & RANA'S WEDDING Students for Justice in Palestine at American University present: PALESTINE AWARENESS WEEK 2006 Film Screenings Wednesday, April 12 - 12:30 PM American University Mary Graydon Center 245 West Bank Story - A musical comedy set in the fast-paced, fast-food world of competing falafel stands in the West Bank. Rana’s Wedding - The critically acclaimed drama of finding love under occupation, by the director of Paradise Now "Fascinating. It gives a more complete visual picture...than we ever see on the news." - Roger Ebert "Among the finest films made in the Middle East." - Phil Hall, Film Threat All events are free and open to the public! Stop by our tent on the Quad anytime for food and discussion! Contact Shan at AU.SJPal@gmail.com for more information http://www.american.edu/maps/ http://www.american.edu/maps/campus.htm ........................................................................ Briefing/Discussion: PALESTINE AWARENESS WEEK-AU: AU STUDENTS REPORT BACK ON PALESTINE Students for Justice in Palestine at American University present PALESTINE AWARENESS WEEK 2006 Out of the Classroom and Into the Occupation: American University Students Report Back on Working and Volunteering in Palestine Wednesday, April 12 @ 7:00pm American University Mary Graydon Center 200 Come hear American University students and alumni report back on their experiences in Palestine. The panel will also provide information for those interested in working or volunteering in Palestine. American University Student and Alumni Panel: Sahar Al-Nouri Nathaniel Black Soud Habbas Lamese Hasan Peter Muller Nathan Stock All events are free and open to the public! Stop by our tent on the Quad anytime for food and discussion! Contact Shan at AU.SJPal@gmail.com for more information http://www.american.edu/maps/ http://www.american.edu/maps/campus.htm ........................................................................ Film/Discussion: PALESTINE AWARENESS WEEK-AU: FILM: PEACE, PROPAGANDA AND THE PROMISED LAND Students for Justice in Palestine at American University present: PALESTINE AWARENESS WEEK 2006 Film Screening Thursday, April 13 - 1:00 pm American University SIS (School of International Service) Lounge Peace, Propaganda, and the Promised Land Combining American and British TV news clips with observations of analysts, journalists, and political activists, PEACE, PROPAGANDA & THE PROMISED LAND provides an historical overview, a striking media comparison, and an examination of factors that have distorted U.S. media coverage and, in turn, American public opinion. Official Selection, 2004 Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival All events are free and open to the public! Stop by our tent on the Quad anytime for food and discussion! Contact Shan at AU.SJPal@gmail.com for more information http://www.american.edu/maps/ http://www.american.edu/maps/campus.htm ........................................................................ Briefing/Discussion: PALESTINE AWARENESS WEEK-AU: ISRAELI AND PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS IMPLICATIONS Students for Justice in Palestine at American University present PALESTINE AWARENESS WEEK 2006 THURSDAY, APRIL 13 "Israeli and Palestinian Elections and their Implications on the Future of the Region" Mohammed Abu-Nimer (SIS) and Steven A. Cook (Council on Foreign Relations) Co-presented with the School of International Service American University SIS Lounge, 12:00 Followed by Screening of Peace, Propaganda, and the Promised Land All events are free and open to the public! Stop by our tent on the Quad anytime for food and discussion! Contact Shan at AU.SJPal@gmail.com for more information http://www.american.edu/maps/ http://www.american.edu/maps/campus.htm ........................................................................ Palestine Cultural Night: 4TH ANNUAL PALESTINIAN CULTURAL NIGHT WITH IRON SHEIK & DC DABKEH & FERAS ON THE OUD Students for Justice in Palestine at American University present PALESTINE AWARENESS WEEK 2006 4th Annual Palestinian Cultural Night!! Thursday, April 13 American University 8:00pm in the amphitheatre (In case of rain we will be in the Tavern) Music, dancing, and more! Come out and celebrate Palestinian culture with us… all are invited!! Listen to the sounds of Feras on the oud! See traditional dabkeh dancing with DC Dabkeh! Featuring the beats of Palestinian-American hip-hop artist - Iron Sheik! All events are free and open to the public! Stop by our tent on the Quad anytime for food and discussion! Contact Shan at AU.SJPal@gmail.com for more information http://www.american.edu/maps/ http://www.american.edu/maps/campus.htm ........................................................................ ====================== E N D O F E V E N T S ======================= If you wish to submit an event please contact your group's DCPalestine representative or e-mail events@dcpalestine.org . Copyright (c) 2003, DCPalestine.org. All rights reserved. Designed and administered by Spidy.net - No one masters the Web like Spidy! From rodino at riseup.net Sat Apr 8 18:04:29 2006 From: rodino at riseup.net (rodino@riseup.net) Date: Mon Apr 10 04:10:19 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] April 29, MONDAY meeting, CWA offices Message-ID: <50828.rodino.1144544669.squirrel@mail.riseup.net> SECOND planning meeting to mobilize and coordinate movement-wide participation from the Metro Washington, D.C. Area. All Aboard to New York City on April 29 - Mobilization to End the War in Iraq and Bring Our Troops Home Now! DATE: Monday, April 10 TIME: 7:00 p.m. LOCATION: Communications Workers of America 501 3rd St., NW (corner of E) Washington, D.C. Nearest Metro Red Line Judiciary Square ****Please send this notice to your listserv. Thank you.**** -------------------------- Nancy Wohlforth Secretary-Treasurer OPEIU -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.mutualaid.org/pipermail/dawn-dc/attachments/20060408/169e5c9e/untitled-2.html From rodino at riseup.net Sat Apr 8 18:06:14 2006 From: rodino at riseup.net (rodino@riseup.net) Date: Mon Apr 10 04:10:19 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Buses for April 29 Message-ID: <50829.rodino.1144544774.squirrel@mail.riseup.net> Buses are now available for all to board on April 29 to New York to March for Peace, Justice and Democracy! These buses are being organized by a coalition of anti-war organizations and individuals in the D.C. Metro area. Attached is a document with half-page forms to fill out to reserve your seat on a bus. Please distribute far and wide. If you would like to print half-page flyers on the back of the forms, they're available (along with other information) at www.April29.org. * Buses will leave from Greenbelt Metro Station at 6:00 a.m. Free parking available. (Please note that Metro doesn't begin service until 7:00 a.m. on Saturdays.) * Cost is $40 per seat. (55 seats on a bus.) * To reserve, send check or money order payable to "Denice Lombard" to Yorty, P.O. Box 2199, Washington, D.C. 20013-2199. * Questions? Send to dc2nybus@yahoo.com or call (202) 546-0387 and we will get back to you. * After receipt of your reservation, you will receive confirmation, map and further information by email. Please note that if there is enough interest, t-shirts will be made for sale with the logo on the reservation form that we can wear to express our anti-war, region-wide unity.: -------------------------- Nancy Wohlforth Secretary-Treasurer OPEIU -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.mutualaid.org/pipermail/dawn-dc/attachments/20060408/234c5c6a/untitled-2.html From chunpan9 at yahoo.com Mon Apr 10 19:44:48 2006 From: chunpan9 at yahoo.com (Chun Pan) Date: Tue Apr 11 04:06:54 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Easter in Crawford, TX. April 13 - 16 Message-ID: <20060411024448.38050.qmail@web51004.mail.yahoo.com> Join us: Easter in Crawford, TX. April 13 - 16 Cindy Sheehan?s antiwar vigil in Crawford, TX, last year, was attended by the thousands. For all the people who went : did you know that there is a Yahoo group called: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/campcaseyalumni Chun Pan 2001 Routt St. Lakewood, CO 80215 (303) 274-5897 ChunPan9@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From jsmacdonald at riseup.net Tue Apr 11 08:06:07 2006 From: jsmacdonald at riseup.net (Jim Macdonald) Date: Tue Apr 11 08:08:09 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] DAWN meeting tonight, 2211 14th Street NW, 7PM Message-ID: <41449.jsmacdonald.1144767967.squirrel@mail.riseup.net> The DC Anti-War Network (DAWN) is back at AFSC tonight, 2211 14th Street NW, at 7PM for our weekly meeting. All our welcome and are full participants upon their first meeting. Bring proposals to DAWN, vote, and get involved with our actions. Tonight, our weekly discussion will be a report about the counter-recruitment conference last weekend in Pittsburgh and a discussion about how we can move forward with our counter-recruitment work. We will also have proposals, report backs, announcements, and working group break outs. If you want to get involved with the work of DAWN, these breakouts are an excellent opportunity. These follow at approximately 8PM following the general portion of the meeting. DAWN welcomes people with disabilities. Let us know how we might enable you to participate if you or someone you know wants to be involved but lives with a disability. We also welcome artists. Feel free to use DAWN meeting space for art projects or to express yourself in the meeting musically. Whether you are a person who pays attention intently on every word at a meeting or feel more involved through art, we welcome you into our circle. For more on DAWN and our recent activity, as well as our meeting procedures, see http://www.dawndc.net. From antoniajuhasz at gmail.com Tue Apr 11 17:32:28 2006 From: antoniajuhasz at gmail.com (Antonia Juhasz) Date: Tue Apr 11 18:47:28 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] The Bush Agenda, book and anti-war discussion Message-ID: <5a9346ba0604111732i780bc1bau4cd3514bf6c23711@mail.gmail.com> Hi Dawn, Please join me for a discussion of my new book, The Bush Agenda: Invading the World, One Economy at a Time, and an activist discussion of how we can stop the economic invasion of Iraq, the U.S. military invasion, and not only unseat the Bush Regime, but replace the entire Bush Agenda. Washington, DC, April 27, 6:30pm, Borders Bookstore, 1801 K Street, NW (corner of 18th & L). "? in this excellent book [Juhasz] breaks down complex issues, exposes back room deals, and gives readers the information they need to speak truth to power." -Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now! "The Bush Agenda lays out the 'noble cause' for which George Bush asked our sons and daughters to give their lives: to open Iraq to US corporate control. All potential military recruits should read this book and then decide if Halliburton and Chevron are worth fighting for." -Cindy Sheehan, peace mom "The Bush Agenda is a devastating indictment of the collusion between government and big business that has turned the United States?once-respected Savior of Democracy?into a feared and hated empire. Packed with facts and insider stories, it is a resounding call to action." -John Perkins, author of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man The Bush Agenda: Invading the World, One Economy at a Time, exposes the radical corporate globalization agenda of the Bush Administration as it is being implemented in Iraq, across the region through the new U.S.-Middle East Free Trade Area, and where the administration would like to go next. I explore the history of the World Bank, IMF, and WTO and the fallacy that expanded "free trade" will bring expanded "freedom" as the administration claims. The book concludes with meaningful steps we can take to change course and implement meaningful alternatives. http://www.thebushagenda.org. From khalid_rosenbaum at yahoo.com Tue Apr 11 19:32:19 2006 From: khalid_rosenbaum at yahoo.com (Khalid Rosenbaum) Date: Tue Apr 11 19:33:30 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] FACING THE TRUTH ABOUT 9/11 - Monday Apr. 17 and Monday Apr. 24 Message-ID: <20060412023219.46488.qmail@web50911.mail.yahoo.com> EVENT TITLE: FACING THE TRUTH ABOUT 9/11 Speaker: Webster Griffin Tarpley, historian, investigative journalist, and noted expert on international terrorism, has been featured on CNN, Charlie Rose, and numerous cable access television and talk radio programs throughout the United States, Europe and Canada. Presentation on April 24, 2006 8:00 p.m., Busboys and Poets, 14 & V St., N.W. : "9/11 Synthetic Terror: Made in the USA" by Webster Griffin Tarpley Suggested donation at the door : $10 The DC 9/11 Truth Committee is sponsoring this renowned expert on international terrorism, historian, and author of the ground-breaking 911 Synthetic Terror: Made in the USA in a presentation addressing the unresolved questions about what really happened on September 11th, 2001. The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 will be presented as an example of state-sponsored, false-flag terrorism, carried out by a rogue network within the US government - a rogue network which is the current form of the invisible government behind the Iran-contra scandal of 1986-88. Related Events: April 17, 2006 at Sangha, 7014 Westmoreland Avenue, Takoma Park, MD. Screening of lecture by Prof. Stephen Jones of Brigham Young University of evidence of controlled demolition of World Trade Center Towers and Building 7. Contacts: Jan Walker janhwalker@mac.com 301-585-0006 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From farragutsquares at gmail.com Wed Apr 12 13:58:14 2006 From: farragutsquares at gmail.com (Farragut Squares Collective) Date: Wed Apr 12 15:38:21 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] World Bank/IMF Counter Events Next Weekend Message-ID: <71e951670604121358m52c036dds83d1c8d88ddf2e3a@mail.gmail.com> The World Bank and IMF meetings are upon us. The Farragut Squares Collective, a DC based ad hoc group opposed to the Bank and Fund, have put together a schedule of anti-capitalist and anti-authoritarian events to counter the egregious meetings. Come to one or come to all. Be there and be Farragut Square. FRIDAY: Time TBA: MGJ street theater and media stunt at WB Time TBA: Office Demos at WB/IMF/IFC affiliates 7pm: Open weekend Scenario meeting 8pm: Meet at Convergence Space to leave for Home Demos SATURDAY: TRAININGS (St Stephens Church at 16th and Newton NW): 8:30-9:30 Breakfast 9:30-10:30 DC issues teach-in 10:30-12:30 medic training (safety in the streets) 12:30-1 Lunch 1-2 legal training 2-dinner Affinity group training, formation and spokescouncil ACTION: 7:30pm Converge at Farragut Square for night march to capitalist places of interest SUNDAY: time, place TBA: IMF Soccer Riot Mass Housing is available at St. Stephen's Church at 16th and Newton NW. All meals on Saturday and Friday dinner will be provided by the Farragut Squares Collective. For more information go to: http://worldbank.activeresistance.org From jsmacdonald at riseup.net Thu Apr 13 06:22:32 2006 From: jsmacdonald at riseup.net (Jim Macdonald) Date: Thu Apr 13 06:34:59 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Action follows DAWN's homeless service Message-ID: <33734.jsmacdonald.1144934552.squirrel@mail.riseup.net> This weekend at 9AM, we are going to be continuing our homeless service outside of the Canadian Embassy at 501 Pennsylvania Avenue NW and then moving by foot throughout the city. Please join us and consider bringing these needed items: toiletries, clothing, metro cards, eating utensils. We are mobile, so keep that in mind. If you can come with a cart or something with wheels, that really helps. But, we'll find a way to make due. This has been an important action for us as we connect the war on the poor with the war abroad. While we do not generally talk with those we are serving about issues of war and peace (unless they bring it up, which is more often than you might think), we still believe that this action helps us keep in mind those connections. The same processes that cause war abroad cause the classism at home. The same disempowerment that makes most people helpless to stop the weaponized assault that is destroying so many lives is the same disempowerment that has created a class of virtual untouchables on the streets of DC. So, please come and join us. The sustainability of this action depends upon figuring out ways for people to plug in. We have a special need during World Bank/IMF protest weekend (April 22), since many of the participants of this action are also involved with the logistics and trainings being offered that day. AFTERWARDS From jsmacdonald at riseup.net Thu Apr 13 06:32:01 2006 From: jsmacdonald at riseup.net (Jim Macdonald) Date: Thu Apr 13 06:35:00 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Re: [dawn-discuss-dc] Action follows DAWN's homeless service In-Reply-To: <33734.jsmacdonald.1144934552.squirrel@mail.riseup.net> References: <33734.jsmacdonald.1144934552.squirrel@mail.riseup.net> Message-ID: <59959.jsmacdonald.1144935121.squirrel@mail.riseup.net> My apologies...the send button hit spontaneously! AFTERWARDS, we are going back to the home of Luis Marti, one of the 24 regional executive directors of the World Bank. We've been to his home more than once, and we are coming back to demand his resignation. We are meeting at Farragut Square at Noon on the K Street side before we head over to his residence. Very few people know who Luis Marti is, or who any of these executive directors are. They have incredible power over the fate of many people, and yet they roam around invisible in our community. These people are murderers; they just happen to do it with a suit and tie. So many people have been displaced from their homes because of the structural adjustment policies of the World Bank. What if the World Bank gives you aid but says that one condition of that aid is that you must make changes to your economy, for instance building a dam. These strings attached take away the ability of people to determine their own destiny, and destroy many lives. Marti is responsible for large parts of Latin America, including Mexico. Rightwingers and bigots complain about the large number of Mexican immigrants. One reason these immigrants come into the United States is because they have been left with very little choice, disempowered by policies put in place by Luis Marti. Leave the immigrants alone. It's Luis Marti that has to go! We call on him to resign. Bring any pots and pans you might have. After that protest at about 1PM or 1:30PM, DAWN's Weekly Action Group will be joining the Farragut Squares for a meeting. I'm sorry I don't remember the precise location, so someone correct me, but I believe it will be at Dupont Circle. Join them as they plan for direct action and trainings at the World Bank/IMF. They've just posted an itinerary at http://worldbank.activeresistance.org . > This weekend at 9AM, we are going to be continuing our homeless service > outside of the Canadian Embassy at 501 Pennsylvania Avenue NW and then > moving by foot throughout the city. > > Please join us and consider bringing these needed items: toiletries, > clothing, metro cards, eating utensils. We are mobile, so keep that in > mind. If you can come with a cart or something with wheels, that really > helps. But, we'll find a way to make due. > > This has been an important action for us as we connect the war on the poor > with the war abroad. While we do not generally talk with those we are > serving about issues of war and peace (unless they bring it up, which is > more often than you might think), we still believe that this action helps > us keep in mind those connections. The same processes that cause war > abroad cause the classism at home. The same disempowerment that makes > most people helpless to stop the weaponized assault that is destroying so > many lives is the same disempowerment that has created a class of virtual > untouchables on the streets of DC. > > So, please come and join us. The sustainability of this action depends > upon figuring out ways for people to plug in. We have a special need > during World Bank/IMF protest weekend (April 22), since many of the > participants of this action are also involved with the logistics and > trainings being offered that day. > > AFTERWARDS > > _______________________________________________ > dawn-discuss-dc mailing list > dawn-discuss-dc@lists.mutualaid.org > http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/dawn-discuss-dc > free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org - Remember this list is a > publicly accessible list, meaning that non-members can see the archives at > http://www.dawndc.net/weblist.html or at > http://lists.mutualaid.org/pipermail/dawn-discuss-dc/ . These archives > are searchable via the internet and cannot be deleted. Please be careful > that what you post is for consumption to the general public. > From endviolence at carolmoore.net Thu Apr 13 07:21:21 2006 From: endviolence at carolmoore.net (Carol Moore in DC) Date: Thu Apr 13 07:43:26 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] April 17 "Tax Day": War Tax Resistance Vigil, Distribution Resisted Tax Monies Message-ID: <443E5E61.2050407@carolmoore.net> -------- Original Message -------- From: DC War Tax Resisters WASHINGTON D.C. AREA WAR TAX RESISTANCE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Carol Moore 202-635-3739 Tim Godshall 202-483-3751 WAR TAX RESISTERS TO GIVE AWAY RESISTED TAX MONEY TO HUMAN NEEDS AND PEACE GROUPS On Monday, April 17 -- ?Tax Day? -- members of the Washington, D.C. Area War Tax Resistance will donate over $3,000 of resisted tax money to peace and humanitarian organizations at I.R.S. headquarters, 1111 Constitution Avenue, NW. (Near Orange Line Federal Triangle metro.) Presentations will begin at 12:00 noon. This is one of more than forty war tax resistance events across the country on April 17th, the day on which taxes are due this year. War tax resisters refuse to pay some or all of their federal income taxes because of their convictions against paying for military violence. A War Resisters League analysis of the President's fiscal year 2007 budget calculates that it allocates 49% to current and past military expenses. This same budget eliminates or severely cuts 141 domestic non-security programs. War tax resisters are among those who recognize that military violence occurs not only when bombs are dropped or bullets are fired, but when budget priorities deprive communities of the resources they need for education, healthcare, and housing, and food. Members of Washington, D.C. Area War Tax Resistance re-direct their federal income taxes toward organizations that serve humanity and promote peace. This year, recipients will include: Empower DC, which works to enhance and improve the self-advocacy of low income and working people in the District of Columbia, Washington Free Clinic, which provides free primary health care services to those who lack access to medical care, to Community Harvest's Urban Oasis Community Farm & Learning Center, which involves DC youth in an organic mini-farm in Southeast DC, and Christian Peacemaker Teams, which places violence-reduction teams in crisis situations and militarized areas around the world. Resisted tax money also will be donated to other peace and social needs groups. For information on similar events around the country or war tax resistance in general, go to the National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee web page: http://www.nwtrcc.org/taxday2006.htm From david.etheridge at verizon.net Thu Apr 13 13:36:53 2006 From: david.etheridge at verizon.net (David Etheridge) Date: Thu Apr 13 13:38:35 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Peace vigil at the US Capitol on April 15 Message-ID: <00da01c65f3a$0048a2e0$6500a8c0@Study> Please join us in a Peace Vigil at noon on Saturday April 15 on the West Lawn of the Capitol. Look for the blue banner with the message, "Seek Peace and Pursue It. --Psalms 34:14" The vigil lasts one hour and is silent except when one of us responds to the occasional questions about why we are there. For more information see http://www.quaker.org/langleyhill/seekpeace.htm or email seekpeacevigil@yahoo.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Volunteer at this meeting to help bring D.C. folks to NYC on April 29! Join labor brothers and sisters, veterans, and immigrant workers who are coming from Chicago, Philadelphia, Milwaukee, Boston, and Connecticut to protest the war and march for worker rights. Get info: www.April29.org; dc2nybus@yahoo.com; 202-546-0387. ******************************************************************** Iraq veteran says, Support the Troops: Bring Them Home Now! Garrett Reppenhagen, a former Army sniper who served in Iraq, is now a member of Iraq Veterans Against the War and will be the featured speaker at a coalition meeting of progressive organizations mobilizing for the April 29 March for Peace, Justice and Democracy. In August of 2001, Garrett joined the Army and became a Cavalry/Scout at Ft. Knox, KY. His home duty station was in Vilseck, Germany with the 2-63 Armor Battalion, 1st Infantry Division. The war in Iraq started while he was deployed for nine months in Kosovo. Six months later he was sent to Iraq for a year. In that time he was chosen for sniper school at the NATO-run International Target Interdiction Course in the German Alps. He was deployed to Baquaba, Iraq in February 2004 to February 2005. During that year he performed sniper missions in the Diyala Province and also performed operations with the Scouts and Personal Security Detachment. He was affected by the Stop-Loss which extended his service an extra ten months. Garrett received an honorable discharge on May 31st, 2005. Since returning to the United States he has been active in Iraq Veterans Against the War and recently became a board member. He has given public talks on torture, white phosphorus, technology in the war zone, combat stress and Veterans benefits. He works for a non-profit veterans advocacy organization in Washington DC. ### From calendar at dcpalestine.org Mon Apr 17 02:16:02 2006 From: calendar at dcpalestine.org (calendar@dcpalestine.org) Date: Mon Apr 17 04:04:45 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Upcoming DC-Palestine Events: wk of 2006-4-17 Message-ID: <200604170916.k3H9G0nN004794@ebte.umd.edu> Visit our sister site: http://triptopalestine.com/ New photos and articles added from a recent visit This is a list of upcoming events in the DC Metro Area relating to Palestine. The list is automatically generated by the calendar engine at DCPalestine.org . For more details on each event, please visit www.DCPalestine.org, AND BE SURE TO CHECK IT BEFORE YOU ATTEND YOUR EVENT FOR LAST MINUTE CHANGES! ========================= T H I S W E E K ========================= WEDNESDAY, April 19, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BRIEFING/DISCUSSION:STRUGGLE BETWEEN THE ARAB WORLD & THE CHRISTIAN WEST? TIME: 12:30-2:30pm LOCATION: The Palestine Center DIRECTIONS: Potomac Plaza Building 2425 Virginia Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20037 Foggy Bottom Metro SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS: Palestine Center(The Palestine Center) ORGANIZED BY: Palestine Center CONTACT: 202-338-1290 (ext. 11) rsvp@palestinecenter.org The Palestine Center Invites you to a briefing and book signing with Milton Viorst Author, Journalist and Scholar "A Struggle between the Arab World and the Christian West?" Viorst will be discussing his latest book, Storm from the East: The Struggle between the Arab World and the Christian West Publish ... ........................................................................ THURSDAY, April 20, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LECTURE: PALESTINIAN AMBASSADOR AFIF SAFIEH TIME: 12:30pm LOCATION: Georgetown University DIRECTIONS: Center for Contemporary Arab Studies Intercultural Center 241 ICC (CCAS Boardroom) 37th & O Streets, NW Washington, DC 20057-1020 SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS: Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS) CONTACT: (202) 687-5793 ccasinfo@georgetown.edu Palestinian Ambassador Afif Safieh: Reflections on American Palestinian Relations Thursday, April 20, 2006 at 12:30pm Georgetown University Center for Contemporary Arab Studies Intercultural Center 241 ICC (CCAS Boardroom) 37th & O Streets, NW Washington, DC 20057-1020 Tel: (202) 687-5793 Fax: (20 ... ........................................................................ FRIDAY, April 21, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BENEFIT: PALESTINIAN CULTURAL NIGHT TIME: 7:00pm-10:00pm LOCATION: Georgetown University DIRECTIONS: Bulldog Alley (next to the Hoya court) in the Leavey Center 37th street and O street Washington, DC SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS: SJP GU(Students for Justice in Palestince - Georgetown University) ORGANIZED BY: SJP GU CONTACT: 917-822-1428 solidaritypalestine@georgetown.edu FRIDAY April 21, 2006 – 7pm-10pm BENEFIT: PALESTINIAN CULTURAL NIGHT AND DINNER Join us for a beautiful evening with food, poetry, music and dabkeh. Evening will include: Delicious Arabic food A photo exhibition Poetry reading with Serin Atiani DC Dabkeh - Traditional Palestinian Dance Troupe Food ... ........................................................................ ========================= N E X T W E E K ========================= WEDNESDAY, April 26, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BAZAAR: MOTHER’S DAY SALE OF PALESTINIAN EMBROIDERY AND CRAFTS TIME: 5:00pm-8:00pm LOCATION: Skewers Restaurant DIRECTIONS: upstairs at 1633 P Street NW Washington, DC Dupont Circle Metro SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS: Palestinian Embroidery Project CONTACT: (202) 244-2753 (301) 229-0973 gtheobald@mindspring.com MertzMD@aol.com MOTHER’S DAY SALE OF PALESTINIAN EMBROIDERY AND CRAFTS When: 5-8pm, Wednesday, April 26, 2006 Where: Skewers restaurant, upstairs at 1633 P Street NW, Washington, DC (Dupont Circle Metro) Directions: Metro stop is Dupont Circle. Take Q Street exit, walk east to 17th Street and south to P Street. Th ... ........................................................................ SATURDAY, April 29, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONCERT: PHILISTINES HIP-HOP CONCERT TIME: 8:00pm LOCATION: George Mason University DIRECTIONS: Johnson Center Bistro 4400 University Drive Fairfax, Virginia 22030 SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS: Students for Justice in Palestine George Mason University CONTACT: sjp_gmu@yahoo.com Saturday, April 29, 2006 The Philistines Hip-Hop Concert 8pm George Mason University Johnson Center Bistro 4400 University Drive Fairfax, Virginia 22030 $8 students, $10 non-students An evening of hip-hop dedicated to the youth of Palestine. Featuring: the Philistines performing their hit CD Free ... ........................................................................ ==================== DETAILS OF THIS WEEK'S EVENTS =================== Briefing/Discussion: STRUGGLE BETWEEN THE ARAB WORLD & THE CHRISTIAN WEST? The Palestine Center Invites you to a briefing and book signing with Milton Viorst Author, Journalist and Scholar "A Struggle between the Arab World and the Christian West?" Viorst will be discussing his latest book, Storm from the East: The Struggle between the Arab World and the Christian West Publisher’s release date: 18 April 2006 Wednesday, 19 April 2006 12:30 – 2:30 p.m. America’s involvement in Iraq is simply the latest round in a 1,400-year struggle between Christianity and Islam, in which the United States became a participant only in the last century, argues Milton Viorst in his new book, Storm from the East: The Struggle between the Arab World and the Christian West (Random House release date, 18 April 2006). Viorst presents the history of America’s uneasy relationship with the Arab world and argues that conflict in the region will continue until the West, with the United States in the lead, honors the Arabs’ insistence on deciding their own destiny. As a journalist and scholar, Milton Viorst has covered the Middle East since the 1960s. He was a Middle East correspondent for The New Yorker and his work has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and the Wall Street Journal. In addition to Storm from the East, Viorst is the author of six books on the Middle East, including In the Shadow of the Prophet: The Struggle for the Soul of Islam (Westview Press, 2001); Sandcastles: The Arabs in Search of the Modern World (Alfred A. Knopf, 1994); and Sands of Sorrow: Israel's Journey from Independence (HarperCollins, 1987). “Having covered the Middle East for three decades, Milton Viorst has the eye of the historian but the brevity of the reporter, and his concise book sweeps across the centuries to explain the disparities between the values and viewpoints of the Islamic East and the Christian West. His chronicle will help to overcome the mutual sense of ‘differentness’ that has sometimes been the only link between two worlds.” — Jimmy Carter This event is free to the public; however, registration is required. Unregistered guests will not be admitted. To register, send your name and contact information to RSVP or call 202-338-1290 (x11). RSVP by 12:00 Noon Tuesday, April 18. Copies of Storm from the East will be available for sale and signing by the author during this event. The Palestine Center 2425 Virginia Avenue, NW | Washington, DC 20037 USA Tel. 202-338-1290 | Directions: http://www.thejerusalemfund.org/contactus.html The Palestine Center is the educational program of the Jerusalem Fund for Education and Community Development, an independent non-profit organization based in Washington, DC. Established in 1991, the Center provides a Palestinian and Arab perspective to the media, policy, political and academic communities through briefings, conferences, in-depth studies and more. It focuses on the relationship between the United States and the Middle East, with particular emphasis on Palestine and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. ........................................................................ Lecture: PALESTINIAN AMBASSADOR AFIF SAFIEH Palestinian Ambassador Afif Safieh: Reflections on American Palestinian Relations Thursday, April 20, 2006 at 12:30pm Georgetown University Center for Contemporary Arab Studies Intercultural Center 241 ICC (CCAS Boardroom) 37th & O Streets, NW Washington, DC 20057-1020 Tel: (202) 687-5793 Fax: (202) 687-7001 Email: ccasinfo@georgetown.edu A lecture by Ambassador Afif Safieh, head of the PLO Mission to the United States. Ambassador Safieh was previously Palestinian General Delegate to the United Kingdom and Deputy Head of Mission of the Palestinian Delegation to the United Nations in Geneva. Limited seating; please RSVP at http://www12.georgetown.edu/sfs/rsvp/index.cfm?Action=View&EventID=579 ........................................................................ Benefit: PALESTINIAN CULTURAL NIGHT FRIDAY April 21, 2006 – 7pm-10pm BENEFIT: PALESTINIAN CULTURAL NIGHT AND DINNER Join us for a beautiful evening with food, poetry, music and dabkeh. Evening will include: Delicious Arabic food A photo exhibition Poetry reading with Serin Atiani DC Dabkeh - Traditional Palestinian Dance Troupe Food partially donated by King of Pita All proceeds will be donated to Najdeh Najdeh, a Lebanese NGO, has worked in the Palestinian refugee camps of Lebanon for many decades. They focus mainly on work with women and children. Their programs include vocational training, literacy classes, embroidery, school tutoring for children, health care education, a domestic violence program, and scholarships. They also provide micro-loans for women and they run several nurseries and kindergartens. WHEN: FRIDAY, April 21, 2006 TIME: 7pm – 10pm $10 donation LOCATION: Georgetown University Bulldog Alley (next to the Hoya court) in the Leavey Center, 37th street and O street, Washington, DC ORGANIZED BY: Students for Justice in Palestine-Georgetown University (SJP-GU) CONTACT: solidaritypalestine@georgetown.edu or 917-822-1428 ........................................................................ ====================== E N D O F E V E N T S ======================= If you wish to submit an event please contact your group's DCPalestine representative or e-mail events@dcpalestine.org . Copyright (c) 2003, DCPalestine.org. All rights reserved. Designed and administered by Spidy.net - No one masters the Web like Spidy! From catsambol at aol.com Mon Apr 17 06:11:00 2006 From: catsambol at aol.com (catsambol@aol.com) Date: Mon Apr 17 06:27:07 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] imf/wb critical mass 04/21/06 Message-ID: <20060417131100.64270.qmail@host332.ipowerweb.com> imf/wb critical mass 04/21/06 dupont circle 6pm. this is not going to be the usual friendly slow paced bi monthly cm. this one is going to be faced pace and geared at causing major traffic backups for all those commuters who choose to use cars. don't bring your best bike. things will get interesting. cops on motorcylces, bikes, cars, vans + helicopters. they will try and keep things moving but we will show them what 200 bikes can do. fight the power, take it to the streets. let's get 1000 bikes!!!! From catsambol at aol.com Mon Apr 17 06:19:30 2006 From: catsambol at aol.com (catsambol@aol.com) Date: Mon Apr 17 06:47:16 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] It's T minus 4 days to the World Bank and IMF Spring meetings Message-ID: <20060417131930.68301.qmail@host332.ipowerweb.com> It's T minus 4 days to the World Bank and IMF Spring meetings and the Farragut Squares Collective has been busy little elves finalizing a schedule of counter Bank and Fund events. What follows is the fruits of our labor. We hope to see y'all in the streets of Washington, DC, in the driveways and at the parties of the men and women who turn Earth into fields of profit, instead of fields of green. Come to one event, or come to all. Be there, and be Farragut Square. Calendar of Events: THURSDAY: 5pm: Mass Housing opens at St. Stephen's Church at 16th and Newton FRIDAY: 12PM: MGJ media stunt at IMF 1pm: Office Demos at WB/IMF/IFC affiliates - leave from the Park at 20th and Pennsylvania Ave. NW, near the IMF 7pm: General Open Scenario Meeting at St. Stephen's Church 7pm: Dinner served at St. Stephen's 8pm: Leave from St. Stephen's for Home Demo at Paul Wolfowitz's house in Chevy Chase. SATURDAY: 8:30-9:30AM: Breakfast at St. Stephen's 9:30-10:30: DC issues Teach-in (all trainings at St. Stephen's) 10:30-12:30: Medic training (safety in the streets) 12:30-1pm: Lunch 1-2pm: Legal training (know your rights in DC) 2-Dinner: Affinity Group training, formation and SPOKESCOUNCIL 7:30PM: Meet at Farragut Square for Night March and actions to capitalist points of interest SUNDAY: Time/Place TBA: IMF Soccer Riotbring your old spare balls http://worldbank.activeresistance.org http://lists.activeresistance.org/mailman/listinfo/dc From endviolence at carolmoore.net Mon Apr 17 12:42:04 2006 From: endviolence at carolmoore.net (Carol Moore in DC) Date: Mon Apr 17 13:18:08 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Mon April 24 Forum: "Is the Israel Lobby Promoting War On Iran?" Message-ID: <4443EF8C.2030409@carolmoore.net> DC Anti-War Network Presents: IS THE ISRAEL LOBBY PROMOTING WAR ON IRAN? Can the "Harvard Paper" Stop a War? Monday April 24th 6:30-6:45 Meet and Greet 6:45-8:30 Forum (will start on time) West End Neighborhood Library, 1101 24th Street, at L Street near Foggy Bottom Metro, in the large second floor meeting room (steps at left back corner) A new academic working paper, THE ISRAEL LOBBY AND US FOREIGN POLICY, has caused quite a stir not only in academia, but in United States politics. This is because it asserts that America's "Israel Lobby" actually pressures the U.S. congress, president and media to pursue policies that benefit Israel at the expense of America's best diplomatic, economic and military interests. It makes controversial statements like: ?Saying that Israel and the U.S. are united by a shared terrorist threat has the causal relationship backwards: the U.S. has a terrorism problem in good part because it is so closely allied with Israel, not the other way around.? The authors further assert the Israel Lobby stifles debate about Israel and U.S. foreign policy by constant charges of anti-Semitism, a tactic they charge undermines American democracy. The paper, published on the Harvard University web site, was written by John J. Mearsheimer, a professor of political science and a co-director of the Program on International Security Policy at the University of Chicago, and Stephen M. Walt, academic dean of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. Both are members of the Coalition for a Realistic Foreign Policy, the organized voice of the ?realist? school of foreign policy. The so-called "Harvard paper" asserts that the Israel Lobby, of which neoconservatives are one branch, promoted the war against Iraq, and now war against Iran, to benefit Israel. Our speakers will explore the paper?s controversial theses, including as they concern a possible U.S. military attack on Iran. As revealed recently by investigative reporter Seymour Hersh, such an attack might utilize Hiroshima-sized nuclear weapons as ?bunker busters.? Speakers will discuss whether actively protesting the Israel Lobby?s various neoconservative, Jewish and Christian Zionist organizations can help peace activists stop war against Iran. Speakers include: ALEX PATICO is U.S. coordinator of the multi-country Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran, a group bringing together a broad coalition devoted to opposing current U.S. policy regarding Iran, while supporting respect for human rights (including women and ethnic and religious minorities), freedom of the press, and democratic values in Iran. Mr. Patico served in the Peace Corps in Iran, has been an advisor to Iranians for International Cooperation and co-founded the National Iranian American Council. He will be part of a Fellowship of Reconciliation delegation to Iran in early May . See http://campaigniran.org/casmii SIMIN ROYANIAN is an economist and a thirty-seven year veteran of the anti-imperialist and peace and justice movements in Iran and in the US. She co-founded Women for Peace and Justice in Iran and has been a frequently speaker at forums and in the media for peace, justice and women? rights. http://women4peace.org/ KEVIN ZEESE is Director of DemocracyRising.US, an organization working to responsibly end the Iraq War and Occupation. He served as Ralph Nader's Press Secretary in 2004 and currently is running for U.S. Senator from Maryland bringing together the Green, Populist and Libertarian Parties. He often has spoken out on the undue influence the neoconservatives and the Israel Lobby have had in promoting wars against Iraq and Iran. See http://www.ZeeseForSenate.org Please come to this important forum, the first of several events planned by activists to organize against the terrible Iran war President Bush is planning, with the acquiescence of the U.S. congress. Endorsements welcome. For more information call 202-635-3739 or see DC Antiwar Network site DAWNDC.NET. See also a member?s site linking to the paper, articles and a chart exploring differing positions at STOPTHEWARNOW.NET/WARLOBBIES/HARVARDPAPER.HTML DC area peace and antiwar activists, please feel free to join the DAWN Iran Working Group to help stop this war. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dawn-iran-workinggroup From cpardew at soaw.org Tue Apr 18 09:28:49 2006 From: cpardew at soaw.org (Christy Pardew) Date: Tue Apr 18 09:35:02 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Join SOA Watch and Father Roy this Sunday and Monday here in DC Message-ID: <00d901c66305$2fa11530$100a0a0a@SOAWatch.org> (En Espa?ol Abajo) Please join SOA Watch and Father Roy Bourgeois this weekend here in DC! We wanted to extend a special invitation to upcoming events here in Washington, DC. We hope you will join us during this crucial moment in the campaign to close the SOA. Across the Americas, support for the school of the Americas is eroding every day. Add your voice to this movement for justice! Now is the time to take our message to Capitol Hill. On Sunday, April 23, we'll gather for a day of legislative trainings and workshops. We'll be at American University in the Ward Building, Room 1 from 10 am - 6 pm. On Sunday evening at 5:45 pm, Father Roy Bourgeois, founder of SOA Watch, will give a talk about his work, including the recent delegation to Bolivia, Argentina, and Uruguay. Invite your friends and family to this exceptional event! This will also be held in the Ward Building at AU. On Monday, April 24, join us in the morning at Lutheran Church of the Reformation (212 East Capitol Street) for a march to Capitol Hill, where we'll hold a brief rally in Upper Sentate Park corner of Constitution and Delaware Avenues) before folks leave for meetings with their Members of Congress. For a full schedule, visit http://www.soaw.org/new/article.php?id=1229. For maps and directions to AU, visit http://www.american.edu/directory/. For metro information, visit http://www.wmata.com. For more information, contact SOA Watch at 202.234.3440. See you soon! SOA Watch ----- Quisimos extenderles una invitaci?n especial a unos venideros eventos aqu? en Washington, DC. Esperamos que puedan estar con nosotros en este momento clave para el movimiento para cerrar la Escuela de las Am?ricas. EN TODA AM?RICA EL APOYO A LA INFAME ESCUELA DE ASESINOS SE EST? DERROTANDO. ??nanse al movimiento por la justicia! Es hora de llevar nuestro mensaje al Congreso. El domingo, 23 de abril, nos reuniremos por un d?a de capacitaciones legislativas y talleres. Vamos a estar en la "American University" en el edificio "Ward", cuarto 1 desde las 10 a las 6. *En la tarde, el Padre Roy Bourgeois, fundador de SOA Watch, dar? una charla sobre su trabajo, incluyendo el reciente viaje a Bolivia, Argentina, y Uruguay. ?Inviten a sus amigos y familiares a este evento ?nico!* El lunes, 24 de abril, habr?n un mitin y una marcha hasta Capitol Hill (la colina del capitolio), con oradores y m?sicos, seguidos de visitas a congresistas en el Senado y la C?mara de Representantes. Para mas informaci?n visite a www.SOAW.org o llame al 202.234.3440. Por un mapa y direcciones a la AU, visite a http://www.american.edu/directory/. Por informacion del metro, visite a http://www.wmata.com. ?Nos vemos pronto! SOA Watch -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.mutualaid.org/pipermail/dawn-dc/attachments/20060418/0a96c52c/attachment.html From endviolence at carolmoore.net Tue Apr 18 10:03:00 2006 From: endviolence at carolmoore.net (Carol Moore in DC) Date: Tue Apr 18 10:11:29 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] NEW: Petition to UFPJ on 4/29 Speakers - Iran/Palestine Message-ID: <44451BC4.5040808@carolmoore.net> http://thestruggle.org/campaign1.htm Petition from Stan Heller and the Middle East Crisis Committe. See Heller's relevant article http://www.counterpunch.org/heller04132006.html Petition to the UFPJ Steering Committee http://campaigns.ajjp.org/campaigns/signStatement.php?cid=6 Petition to the Leaders of United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ) UFPJ is organizing a massive anti-war march in New York City on April 29th, but is ignoring critical dimensions of the war. The so-called "war on terror," which in reality is a violent drive re-colonize the Middle East, stretches far beyond Iraq. The Bush Administration is provoking a confrontation with Iran. Its diplomats are demanding UN action against Iran. The Washington Post reports that it is even "contemplating tactical nuclear devices" against that country. All this is done even though Iran has neither attacked nor occupying any other country, even though the Bush Administration winks at Israel's hundreds of nuclear bombs, even though it has recently accepted India into the club of nuclear armed powers. The escalation of rhetoric and threats against Iran has gone on for many months without a suitable reaction from UFPJ. Neither on its own website nor on the April 29 website created for the demonstration do the demands mention threats to attack Iran. Apparently the rally will not mention Israel or Palestine either, despite the fact that the US has used Israel to fight Arab national aspirations for decades, despite the fact that Israeli government leaders were strongly in favor of the invasion of Iraq and urged their Christian and Jewish enthusiasts in this country to press for war, despite the fact that the 2006 AIPAC convention was filled with demands for war, despite the fact that Israel threatens to attack Iran by itself, despite the fact that Israeli militarism and war-mongering is an outgrowth of its oppression of the Palestinians. We suspect UFPJ is reining in the demands of the rally to be acceptable to Democratic party politicians in the false belief that only by electing a Democratic Congress and President can the war be stopped. It is false because the Democrats are complicit in this war from end to end. It is false because the peace movement was able to stop the Vietnam War despite the fact that anti-war Democrats were always a small minority of Congress and were routed in presidential elections. For unknown reasons UFPJ is not having speakers at the demonstration. There is no rally, just a march and a "peace festival." The chance for new activists to hear about all the dimensions of the war is lost. The chance to have substantial speeches shown on CSPAN and other media is thrown away. We, the undersigned, urge the UFPJ to immediately reconsider the demands and program for April 29th to call for: 1. An end to the threats of attack or sanctions against Iran 2. Full exposure of the role of the Israeli militarism in the Middle East and in U.S. politics and as part of the demonstration: 3. That it have a brief program of speakers 4. That it have Palestinian and Israeli speakers who will protest the Wall, the occupation, the prison-like conditions in the territories and all aspects of human and national rights denied Palestinians. 5. That it have a speaker who will denounce the threats to attack Iran __________________________ (As of 12:55 pm EST 4-18-06) Signed, Name City State Organization* Michael Beal Middletown Connecticut Sam Bernstein New Haven Connecticut Librarian; UNITE HERE Local 34 Jeffrey Blankfort Ukiah California Journalist, Radio Host Ronald Bleier New York New York Al-Awda Owen Broadhurst Agawam Massachusetts Green-Rainbow Party Candidate for State Representative Gale Courey Toensing Falls Village, Town of Canaan Connecticut Al Awda CT Committee, journalist HASSAN FOUDA Groton Connecticut ICAHD Chris Garaffa New Canaan Connecticut Danbury Peace Coalition Patricia Ginoni Bridgeport Connecticut Samuel Goldberger WEST HARTFORD Connecticut We Refuse to be Enemies Stanley Heller West Haven Connecticut Chairperson, Middle East Crisis Committee Patricia Hval Westerly Rhode Island Speak Out, WBLQ Khalil Iskarous New Haven Connecticut Middle East Crisis Committee Brooks Kelly New Milford Connecticut CEA-teacher Sarah Kowaleski New Britain Connecticut Steve Krevisky Middletown Connecticut Congress of CT Community Colleges Justine McCabe New Milford Connecticut International Committee, Green Party of the US John Paggioli Norwich Connecticut Physician; Council for the National Interest David Truskoff Granby Connecticut Author www.erols.com/suttonbear Leela Yellesetty New Haven Connecticut International Socialist Org Carol Moore Washington D.C. DC Antiwar Network; Libertarians 4 Peace John Paggioli Norwich Connecticut Physician; Council for the National Interest John Perry Ryan Braintree Vermont David Truskoff Granby Connecticut Author www.erols.com/suttonbear Leela Yellesetty New Haven Connecticut International Socialist Org From endviolence at carolmoore.net Wed Apr 19 06:42:57 2006 From: endviolence at carolmoore.net (Carol Moore in DC) Date: Wed Apr 19 06:51:18 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Endorse April 29th Rally - Get on the DC to NYC Bus!! Message-ID: <44463E61.1080509@carolmoore.net> Dear DC Area Peace Groups, as well as Individual Activists: **FORWARD WIDELY** Please endorse and come to the: April 29 March for Peace, Justice and Democracy in New York City End the War in Iraq -- Bring All the Troops Home Now -- Turn this Country Around! http://www.april29.org. The president's approval ratings keep tanking ... and momentum is building for the massive April 29th demonstration. The event has already received more than 900 endorsements -- ranging from the Hip Hop Caucus to the Communications Workers of America to the National Council of Churches. GROUPS: Click here to join this growing list! http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=101062312&url_num=10&url=http://april29.org/modinput4.php?modin=119 BUSES FROM DC TO NYC, FOR GROUPS AND INDIVIDUAL ACTIVISTS Then start organizing your members to get on the four buses we have lined up. If you can get at least 30 plus people from your group, we MAY be able to get the bus to come to YOUR gathering point at 6 AM. Otherwise, we leave from Greenbelt Metro Station. All inquiries to dc2nybus@yahoo.com These buses are being organized by a coalition of anti-war organizations and individuals in the D.C. Metro area. * Buses will leave from Greenbelt Metro Station at 6:00 a.m. Free parking available. (Please note that Metro doesn't begin service until 7:00 a.m. on Saturdays.) * Cost is $40 per seat. (55 seats on a bus.) * To reserve, send check or money order payable to "Denice Lombard" to Yorty, P.O. Box 2199, Washington, D.C. 20013-2199. INCLUDE EMAIL for updates and instructions * Questions? Send to dc2nybus@yahoo.com or call (202) 546-0387 and we will get back to you. * After receipt of your reservation, you will receive confirmation, map and further information by email. From johncoursey at hotmail.com Wed Apr 19 09:30:00 2006 From: johncoursey at hotmail.com (John Coursey) Date: Wed Apr 19 09:38:50 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Dennis Brutus at Busboys & Poets this Sunday In-Reply-To: <44463E61.1080509@carolmoore.net> Message-ID: Come hear Dennis Brutus read from Sunday, April 23rd from 4pm-6pm Busboys and Poets, 14th & V Sts, NW (2021 V St NW), Washington DC Langston Room Join Brutus as he addresses the issues of debt, poverty, war, racism, and neoliberalism. Brutus will be signing copies of the book, Poetry and Protest: A Dennis Brutus Reader. This event is free and open to the public. ------------ About POETRY AND PROTEST: A DENNIS BRUTUS READER Lee Sustar and Aisha Kareem, editors Dennis Brutus is known worldwide as a voice against apartheid. Since its fall, he has been a voice for justice and humanity, as this brilliant original collection of interviews, poetry, and essays, the first of its kind in North America, clearly shows. "We in South Africa needed the support of the international community in our efforts to end the vicious system of oppression called apartheid. We had to have eloquent advocates tell the world our story and persuade it to come to our assistance. We won a spectacular victory over the awfulness of apartheid, a victory that is unthinkable without the support of the international community. We had none more articulate and with more credibility and integrity than Dennis Brutus to lead our cause." --Archbishop Desmond Tutu, winner of the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize "Dennis has inspired countless people with his poems of struggle, and, equally importantly, with his actions. All of us are in his debt." --Danny Glover "The lyrical force of [Dennis's] poetry was transposed into his revolutionary actionssomething immensely invigorating, for us to see the grim determination of defiance lit up as theater before the horde of oppressors, brighter than their searchlights and flash of their guns...his passion for justice in our African continent has now long extended to the whole world where the abyss between rich and poor countries grows instead of closing. Dennis's passion is the real face of globalization." --Nadine Gordimer, winner of the 1991 Nobel Prize for Literature "Dennis Brutus has a home and struggle everywhere there is injustice. Poetry and Protestis unquestionably amongst the most important of the several dozen political biographies South Africa has been blessed with since the early 1990s, because it is