From johncoursey at hotmail.com Wed Feb 1 07:29:34 2006 From: johncoursey at hotmail.com (John Coursey) Date: Wed Feb 1 07:32:25 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Busboys & Poets: Black Liberation & Socialism, feat Ahmed Shawki Message-ID: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.mutualaid.org/pipermail/dawn-dc/attachments/20060201/c6af9829/attachment.html From agentforchange at comcast.net Wed Feb 1 15:00:13 2006 From: agentforchange at comcast.net (Pat Elder) Date: Wed Feb 1 15:55:50 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Protest at Blair HS tomorrow Message-ID: <20060201230133.CBD10AD3D40@catfur.mutualaid.org> Army Cinema Van allows students to kill in simulated games rather than attending class. Protest set for this Thursday, 2/2 at noon at Blair High School in Silver Spring, MD Stop the military from deceiving Montgomery County youth and glorifying war! Please come out and support local activists protesting the "Army Cinema Van" that is coming to Montgomery Blair High School. Under the guise of providing educational programs, this van and other similar military exhibits promote an unrealistic, glorified image of the military and provide military recruiters with access to high school students beyond what they already enjoy in school cafeterias and hallways. WHAT: We will protest the Army Cinema Van, please bring your signs, drums, pots, and pans. WHERE: Four Corners at the intersection of Colesville Road and University Boulevard, diagonally across the corner from the Montgomery Blair High School on 51 University Boulevard East, Silver Spring, Md. WHEN: Thursday, February 2, Noon CONTACT: Pat Elder agentforchange@comcast.net For directions by public transportation, from the Silver Spring Metro Station, take any of the following buses and stop at "Four Corners" (Colesville Road and University Boulevard): Z2 Bus towards Colesville Z6 Bus towards Burtonsville Ride-On Bus 9 towards Wheaton Station. For directions by car, please go to: http://www.mbhs.edu/about/directions.html You can park in the neighbouring streets, but parking in the lot at Four Corners may be risky unless you purchase some item in the stores. Here is more information on the Army Cinema and other recruiting vans from the Central Committee for Conscientious Objector web site at http://www.objector.org/recruiting-vans/army.html What are the Recruiting Vans? - The Army Adventure Van & The Armor Experience, featuring an M-1 tank simulator, a Cobra helicopter simulator, and a "Weaponeer" -- an M-16 rifle simulator. The Weaponeer provides each student with a printout showing exactly where each "hit" tore through their depersonalized, but human, target. - Five Army Cinema Vans, each equipped with nine slide projectors and three screens. - Six Multiple Exhibit Vehicles, these are equipped with state of the art DVD presentations and can be viewed in the vehicle or brought into the schools. - Four Rockwalls, carries 6 recruiters, and is a rock climbing wall for youth. Seven parking spaces long by two deep, the Vans provide, according to the Army, "educational multi-media shows." The Recruiting Commands, who control the vans, aim to keep them filled all day long with class after class of students. Local recruiters are always present at these "educational" events. In each case, the Pentagon's Recruiting Commands and local recruiters use Montgomery County Public school grounds, school facilities, and school time to glorify the armed forces and their version of history. A Learning Experience? The Army Recruiting Command advertises the vans as a "A Learning Experience." The Navy baldly calls them, "Recruiting Vans." But so-called academic slide shows are packaged with far more blatant advertisements for the U.S. military. The vans are designed to recruit, not to educate. "The vans zero in on our target market, and that's in high schools," explained Fred Zinchiak, Public Affairs Specialist in the Sacramento Army Recruiting Battalion. The Cinema Van's so-called "academic" shows include We the People - "217 years of American history from the birth of the nation through Operation Desert Storm" - and Math. It All Starts Here, one of several shows explicitly geared to junior high school students. But the real intent of the Vans is to portray the military as a glamorous, painless "opportunity." The Army slide shows feature Combat Arms - The Tough Choice, with 21 minutes of artillery, armor, and combat engineering, doubtless without the carnage that results when these weapons are actually used; Path to the Future, bringing to multi-media life the recruiters' empty promises about education and career training; and Path to Professionalism, a "guide on the transition from civilian tosoldier," which glorifies a soldier's first year without mentioning the hazing, humiliation, and loss of civil rights endemic to basic training." -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.mutualaid.org/pipermail/dawn-dc/attachments/20060201/04296a07/attachment.html From relamine at yahoo.com Wed Feb 1 19:56:33 2006 From: relamine at yahoo.com (Rami Elamine) Date: Thu Feb 2 11:19:18 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Whose New Orleans? event featuring Malik Rahim, this Friday, Al-Fishawy @ 8:00 Message-ID: <20060202035633.44808.qmail@web33215.mail.mud.yahoo.com> WHOSE NEW ORLEANS? Friday, February 3 @ 8:00 PM Before It's Too Late People's Media Center at Al-Fishawy Cafe 4132 Georgia Avenue NW (between Taylor and Upshur near Shell gas station, 3 blocks north of the Petworth Metro on the green line, on the #70/71 bus line) Featuring Malik Rahim, Jordan Flaherty, and screenings of Old Orleans and Amnesty for Survivors Malik Rahim is a veteran of the Black Panther Party in New Orleans. For decades he was an organizer of public housing tenants both there and in San Francisco. Malik is a recent Green Party candidate for New Orleans City Council and lives in the Algiers neighborhood. He is one of the founders of grassroots relief group Common Ground and has also started Rebuild Green. The Washington Post recently ran a piece on Malik entitled "For a Former Panther, Solidarity After the Storm": http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/03/AR2005120301254.html Jordan Flaherty is a New Orleans resident, labor organizer, and Left Turn editor. His complete writings on Katrina are at http://www.leftturn.org/articles/SpecialCollections/jordanonkatrina.aspx Old Orleans ? video, shot by a Cuban New Orleanian in the days after the hurricane, showing the flooding of the city and people's reactions Amnesty for Survivors ? video, issues of criminal justice around Katrina, produced by the Corrections Documentary Project and Critical Resistance $8 suggested donation, to benefit Common Ground and Left Turn magazine -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.mutualaid.org/pipermail/dawn-dc/attachments/20060201/59a84c64/attachment.html From thefishinhole at gmail.com Wed Feb 1 20:36:57 2006 From: thefishinhole at gmail.com (chuck norris) Date: Thu Feb 2 11:19:18 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Urgent Fundraising Appeal For Auburn Arrestee Zachary Jenson In-Reply-To: <1149.sacprisonersupport.1138853519.squirrel@mail.riseup.net> References: <1149.sacprisonersupport.1138853519.squirrel@mail.riseup.net> Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: sacprisonersupport@riseup.net Date: Feb 1, 2006 11:11 PM Subject: Urgent Fundraising Appeal For Auburn Arrestee Zachary Jenson To: undisclosed-recipients Alert- February 1, 2006 Fundraising appeal for Zachary Jenson Zachary Jenson, Eric McDavid and Lauren Weiner were arrested in Auburn, California on January 13th and subsequently indicted on one count of conspiracy to destroy property by means of explosives or fire. This highly charged political case is a result of years of surveillance and infiltration of activist circles on the part of the government. The families of Eric and Lauren have been able to hire private attorneys, but that has not been the case with Zachary. After feeling disappointed by his public defender Zachary has chosen hire a private attorney. Zach is facing 20 years in prison based on the unreliable word of an informant paid by the FBI. He needs an attorney with the proper experience andpolitical orientation who can devote enough time to this difficult case. Zachary has selected an attorney who is willing to take his case and her retainer fee is $25,000. We understand this is a large sum of money, but we cannot raise it alone. We are asking that people organize fundraisers and donate as much as possible so that we can get Zachary the legal representation necessary to give him a fighting chance. If you are organizing a fundraiser or would like to donate please contact Sacramento Prisoner Support at sacprisonersupport@riseup.net From david.etheridge at verizon.net Fri Feb 3 05:15:13 2006 From: david.etheridge at verizon.net (David Etheridge) Date: Fri Feb 3 12:47:32 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Peace vigil at the US Capitol on February 4 Message-ID: <010201c628c3$dec84b40$6400a8c0@Study> Please join us in a Peace Vigil at noon on Saturday February 4 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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This event is sponsored by Northern Virginians for Peace and Justice. --------------------------------- Bring words and photos together (easily) with PhotoMail - it's free and works with your Yahoo! Mail. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.mutualaid.org/pipermail/dawn-dc/attachments/20060203/34d169d3/attachment.html From johncoursey at hotmail.com Fri Feb 3 13:32:33 2006 From: johncoursey at hotmail.com (John Coursey) Date: Fri Feb 3 13:40:41 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] CLEMENCY FOR VERNON EVANS: RALLY AT DEATH ROW PRISON IN BALTIMORE SATURDAY In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Please forward this announcement widely: Watch the powerful video clemency petition Vernon Evans has submitted to MD Governor Robert Ehrlich. It presents the fact of Vernon Evans' humanity to the man who holds the power to stop his execution. It's a remarkable document that everyone should see. Please do everything you can to distribute this video! View it here: http://www.savevernonevans.org/ClemencyVideo.html Rally for Vernon's life outside MD's death row Saturday, Feb. 4th at 2 PM at 401 E.Madison St. Baltimore, MD. >From DC: A bus will leave from Takoma Metro Station at 12:30. Contact Governor Ehrlich immediately and repeatedly. Make it impossible for him to ignore the demand for justice. Office of the Governor Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr. State House Annapolis, Maryland 21401-1925 410.974.3901 (p) 410.974.3275 (f) Toll Free 1.800.811.8336 TDD 410.333.3098 MD Relay 1.800.735.2258 http://www.gov.state.md.us/mail/ From agentforchange at comcast.net Sat Feb 4 10:30:11 2006 From: agentforchange at comcast.net (Pat Elder) Date: Mon Feb 6 04:27:19 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Be a Sweetheart for Peace & Justice! Message-ID: <20060204183039.0B4ADAD1AF2@catfur.mutualaid.org> Take off Valentine's Day, Tuesday, February 14th and join one or two of these worthwhile events. In the morning you can help distribute children's shoes on Capitol Hill to represent Iraqi war casualties and in the afternoon you can participate in a recruiting center action near Prince George's Plaza or a Raging Grannies Demonstration at the Silver Spring Recruiting Station. Grandmom would appreciate flowers and chocolates while she attempts to enlist! ---------------- ---------------- Join peace activists on Capitol Hill from the Iraqi Children's Shoe Project on the morning of Valentine's Day, February 14th. Citizens from four area peace groups will ask members of the U.S. Senate to open their hearts to the children of Iraq - the innocent victims of war. At 9:30 a.m. activists will meet at the offices of the Friends Committee on National Legislation, (FCNL), 245 2nd St. N.E., to receive Senate assignments and talking points. Following a brief press conference, members of the sponsoring groups will visit each Senator's office to show them a pair of children's shoes as a symbol of shoes worn by Iraqi children. They will deliver a fact sheet and a photograph of the shoes. They had hoped to leave a pair of shoes with each Senator, but have been prevented from doing so by restrictions set by the Capitol Police. They're hoping to be done by lunchtime. Each pair of shoes will have a tag attached to them that reads: "Dear Senator, when you hold these shoes in your hands, please remember the Iraqi children who are suffering and dying in this war. Stop the warfare. Bring the troops home." The Iraqi Children's Shoe Project is organized by Arlingtonians for Peace, with co-sponsorship from Northern Virginians for Peace and Justice, CodePink, and the D.C. Anti-War Network. Organizers are encouraging participants to take the metro located at Union Station to the Raging Grannies Protest after they're finished. Contact: Anne Bridgman, Arlingtonians for Peace, acbridgman@hotmail.com, 703-772-3195 ------------ Put Feb. 14, high noon, on your calendar and spread the word! There's no need to bring chocolate or flowers - just yourselves, even if you can only half an hour around lunchtime. The Prince George's County Peace and Justice - Broader Horizons Campaign will hold a counter-recruiting demonstration at the Hyattsville recruiting station located at 6525 Belcrest Rd., about two blocks from the Prince George's Plaza Metro Station. The message of this action is, "Love our young people, send them to college not war, oppose high-pressure recruiting." Please bring signs reflecting this message. The timing of this event will allow protesters to hop on the metro to make it to the demonstration at the Silver Spring Recruiting Station, set for 2:00 pm. The time will coincide with the Valentine's Day action planned for Silver Spring by Mont. Co. Raging Grannies and Peace Action. Recruiters at E. Roosevelt High School have been using a Humvee for high-tech displays, similar to the army cinema van at Mont. Blair H.S. They're everywhere in P.G! For more information, contact Lucy Duff. lucyduff@earthlink.net (301) 577-2350 ------------- The Raging Grannies would probably appreciate chocolate and flowers! The recently formed Metropolitan Area Raging Grannies Gaggle will inaugurate its first action by organizing grandmothers who will attempt to enlist in the U.S. Army at the Silver Spring Armed Forces Recruiting Center at 2:00 pm on Valentines Day, Tuesday, February 14. Join us while grandmother and others offer their bodies in place of the young soldiers now serving in Iraq. Grandma has had a wonderful, long life and she's willing to step in to replace our young people so they can come home! Word at the Bridge Club is that some grannies are planning civil resistance. Please come out and join PeaceAction Montgomery in supporting our local Raging Grannie Gaggle. Stop the military from recruiting our youth for this illegal and immoral war. On Valentine's Day, let's say, "No more heartbreak." The Recruiting Center is located at 8202 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring, Md. Take the Metro to the Silver Spring Station and walk three blocks south on Georgia Ave. Signs should reflect this message: "The war is Iraq is heart-breaking." "We know in our hearts this war is wrong." A planning meeting will be held at the Mayorgya Coffee Factory, 8040 Georgia Ave., this Sunday, Feb. 5, from 3-5 PM. All are welcome. CONTACT: info@PeaceActionMC.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I myself would like to leaflet with a flier indicating how the neocons are opening the door to anti-semitism in the U.S. and how they are allying themselves with the most retrograde anti-semites in this country, Falwell and Robertson, among others. Richard saw what I wrote on this and he agreed. I include it as a paste-in and attachment. What do you think? While the Israeli Likudniks and their buddies in the U.S. will be well represented, the Israeli peace forces and Left will be excluded - at the very time when ever more in Israel are beginning to ask whether the war on Iraq is a good idea. jw p.s. I am sure that this message is monitored by NSA and all the other secret police agencies and will make it even harder to get into the conference. But who knows. These guys are sometimes as incompetent as they are cruel. *** President Bush Cites Israel as Motive for War Neocons Open Door to Anti-Semitism by John Walsh "If you're a supporter of Israel, I would strongly urge you to help other countries become democracies," President Bush declared Monday (12/12/05), in a major address defending American policy in Iraq and his wider vision for the region. "Israel's long-term survival depends upon the spread of democracy in the Middle East." -George W. Bush quoted in Jewish Forward, December 16, 2005 "Americans know the difference between honest critics who question the way the war is being prosecuted, "and partisan critics who claim that we acted in Iraq because of oil, or because of Israel, or because we misled the American people," (01/10/06). -George W. Bush quoted by Reuters, January 10, 2006 It seemed odd when Bush threw in a line while defending the war on Iraq about a month ago by claiming that the war was in Israel's interest (first quote above). Here Bush was answering the question which must be asked of all wars: "Cui bono"? And Bush told us in no uncertain terms that this war benefited Israel. Now, a month later he warns us that the war has nothing to do with Israel, and the topic is taboo. What is going on here? In the first place Bush's initial statement implicating Israel stirred a certain anxiety in the American Jewish community - and in Israel. Again from the same article in the same article in the Forward: "But some pro-Israel activists and Israeli observers criticized Bush's comments, saying they could end up fueling claims that Jerusalem and Jewish groups pushed the United States into an unpopular war. 'American Jews don't want American soldiers to be dying for Israel,' said Martin Raffel, associate executive director of the Jewish Council of Public Affairs, a public-policy coordinating umbrella group consisting of 13 national organizations and 123 local community-relations councils? "Israeli experts voiced similar concerns. 'It could put Israel in a very awkward situation with the American public, if Israel would be the excuse for losing more American soldiers every day,' said Danny Rothschild, a retired major general who once served as the Israeli army's top administrator in the West Bank." Of course the Left, the Libertarians and the "old" Right have long discussed the role of Israel in the war on Iraq as has the progressive American Jewish community. All conclude, as any honest discussion of the issue demands, that oil, Israel and empire all played a role. And there can be no doubt of the close connection between many of the leading neocons (more properly called "radical reactionaries") and the Likudniks of Israel. But a discussion of Israel's role within these groups is one thing, and it is quite another when the link between the war and Israel trips off the tongue of the President of the United States. You can bet that many who had not considered this link before are considering it now. Bush and Rove have one thing in mind here, and it is the 2006 elections. In the second quote above, Bush says he does not want "partisan" critics criticizing war on the basis of Israel, oil or his lies. By this he means that the Democrats are raising the Israel connection. Nothing could be farther from the truth; the only one of the trio of links raised by prominent Dems is the lies Bush and Cheney told, and even then our Dem worthies, displaying their characteristic reticence, rarely use the "L" word. Bush is also warning the Jewish community, which much to its credit, has shown little appetite for his agenda, to vote Republcian. And he is warning the Dems off the Iraq issue lest they incur the wrath of AIPAC, which like its Likudnik brethren in Israel, is enraptured over the war on Iraq. As Akiva Eldar reminded us, if reminding were needed, in a recent article in the Israeli daily Haaretz, entitled "Analysis / Congress keeps one eye on the Jewish lobby" "The resolution by the U.S. Congress (threatening to withhold aid to the Palestinian Authority), which is couched in vague terms, is typical of its behavior in an election year in which its members need funding and political support from the pro-Israel AIPAC." In adopting this strategy, Bush of course will stir up the latent anti-Semitism in his pro-Israel Christian fundamentalist base - what Barney Frank aptly calls "Anti-semites" for Israel. (The ground for this is very fertile, given the equation between Jews and Israel, so successfully implanted in the public's mind over the years by AIPAC and the neocons.) But that is a nasty eventuality which Bush is more than willing to risk in order to keep the Congress on his side. And it is more than likely that there are even darker motives at work here. As the war in Iraq comes crashing down on the heads of Bush, Cheney and company, they will need a scapegoat. And who better than the Jews? Far-fetched? Maybe, but Bush and Rove have shown themselves capable of any atrocity in pursuit of their agenda. In fact a development like this has been predictable all along. Those among the neocons with a special affinity for Israel's Likud, like Perle, Wolfowitz or Bolton have been reckless in their pursuit of the war on Iraq. They have even been willing to get into bed with anti-Semites like Jerry Falwell or Pat Robertson. That is dangerous since on the other side of these "preachers" in the same bed lies David Duke. The author can be reached at jvwalshmd@gmail.com. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Brickburner-2006-01.doc Type: application/msword Size: 54784 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.mutualaid.org/pipermail/dawn-dc/attachments/20060204/e91badf6/Brickburner-2006-01-0001.doc From agentforchange at comcast.net Sun Feb 5 18:31:01 2006 From: agentforchange at comcast.net (Pat Elder) Date: Mon Feb 6 04:27:20 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Shenanigans at White House tomorrow Message-ID: <20060206023151.7CB11ACB7F3@catfur.mutualaid.org> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT February 5, 2006 Peter Cobb 415-686-1096 Thousands of eviction notices to be hand delivered to Bush & Co. Grassroots effort reflects growing public dissatisfaction with bumbling President WHO: Not In Our Name WHAT: Thousands of eviction notices hand delivered to Bush & Co. WHERE: White House Gates 1600 Pennsylvania Ave WHEN: MONDAY FEB 6, 2006 - 10:30am The Not In Our Name Project, www.notinourname.net will be delivering several thousand signed "eviction notice" postcards from across the country to the White House on Monday, Feb 6. Organizers of the national campaign will also be joined by activists from World Can't Wait, Drive Out the Bush Regime, DC Anti War Network, and others. Messages range from "You are bad for America!" to "Dear George, it's hard to fit all the reasons you should step down on this postcard, but come on, you know you weren't elected!" Organizers plan to display several hundred postcards in front of the White House and will attempt to deliver thousands of others. This grassroots effort is the second phase of Not In Our Name's "Eviction Notice" campaign. The first phase occurred on September 26, with an eviction notice signed by Cornel West, Medea Benjamin, Bill Mitchell & many others. National Steering Committee member Peter Cobb explains, "We delivered an eviction notice on behalf of people suffering the world over, including here in the US, because of this administration. That last eviction notice was signed by people who were ready to risk arrest with Cindy Sheehan on September 26, 2005. These particular notices are signed by people from all across the country, many of whom could not make the trek. We promised to hand deliver them, and as it says on the card itself, 'We won't stop till Bush and his regime are driven out.'" Not in Our Name is a nationwide network of activists dedicated to promoting and committing acts of resistance to the injustices done by our government in our names. It was founded shortly after September 11th in response to Bush's declaration, "You're either with us or against us". #### -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.mutualaid.org/pipermail/dawn-dc/attachments/20060205/076b8283/attachment.html From calendar at dcpalestine.org Mon Feb 6 02:16:01 2006 From: calendar at dcpalestine.org (calendar@dcpalestine.org) Date: Mon Feb 6 04:27:20 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Upcoming DC-Palestine Events: wk of 2006-2-6 Message-ID: <200602061016.k16AG04M031097@ebte.umd.edu> NEW BOOKS ADDED to the DCP Book Page: www.dcpalestine.org (click on the books link on the right) 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, February 06, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PANEL DISCUSSION:THE 2006 PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS: WHAT NEXT? TIME: 10:00am-11:30am 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 panel discussion on “The 2006 Palestinian Elections: What Next?” Monday, 6 February 2006 10:00 –11:30 a.m. (note time) The 25 January 2006 Palestinian legislative election gave the Islamic movement Hamas 74 seats in the Palestinian legislature—enough power to ... ........................................................................ TUESDAY, February 07, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BRIEFING/DISCUSSION:INTERNATIONAL AID, DIPLOMACY AND THE PALESTINIAN REALITY 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 The Palestine Center Invites you to a briefing with Mr. Nigel Roberts Former World Bank Country Director, Occupied Palestinian Territory “International Aid, Diplomacy and the Palestinian Reality” Tuesday, 7 February 2006 12:30 - 2:00 p.m. There is growing consensus that a prosperous Palesti ... ........................................................................ FRIDAY, February 10, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PANEL DISCUSSION:HAMAS, THE PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS AND FUTURE IMPLICATIONS TIME: 1:00pm LOCATION: Georgetown University DIRECTIONS: ICC (Intercultural Center) Auditorium 37th & O Streets, NW Washington, DC 20057-1020 SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS: The Center for Contemporary Arab Studies CONTACT: (202) 687-5793 ccasinfo@georgetown.edu Hamas, the Palestinian Elections and Future Implications Friday, February 10, 2006 1:00pm Georgetown University ICC (Intercultural Center) Auditorium 37th & O Streets, NW Washington, DC 20057-1020 Hamas’ victory in the Palestinian parliamentary elections has upset the balance of power for the Pales ... ........................................................................ SATURDAY, February 11, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FUNDRAISER: FUNDRAISER FOR MERIP TIME: 8:00pm-11:00pm LOCATION: Busboys and Poets DIRECTIONS: Langston Room 2021 14th St., NW (at V Street) Washington D.C. 20009 SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS: The Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP) CONTACT: (202) 223-3677 ctoensing@merip.org Join us for an evening to benefit the Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP) Saturday, February 11, 2006 8:00 - 11:00 pm Busboys and Poets 2021 14th Street, NW (at V Street) Washington, DC RSVP required as space is limited Featuring the words of Suheir Hammad, the beats of the Iron S ... ........................................................................ ========================= N E X T W E E K ========================= TUESDAY, February 14, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BRIEFING/DISCUSSION:BETWEEN ELECTIONS: PALESTINE AND ISRAEL WITH AMJAD ATALLAH 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 Tuesday, 14 February 2006, 12:30 - 2:00 p.m. Amjad Atallah, "Between Elections: Palestine and Israel" President, Strategic Assessments Initiative The Israeli public will have two months to follow the developments in the Palestinian political arena before effecting change in their political domain. Will the o ... ........................................................................ WEDNESDAY, February 15, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONCERT: ANERA BENEFIT CONCERT TOUR TIME: 7:30pm LOCATION: Georgetown University DIRECTIONS: Center for Contemporary Arab Studies ICC Auditorium (Inter Cultural Center) 37th and O Streets, NW Washington D.C. 20057 SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS: Concert tour proceeds will help ANERA support the ESNCM Palestine Youth Orchestra project. CONTACT: (202) 347-2558 khabib@anera.org Music from Palestine: Oriental Music Ensemble (Jerusalem) Wednesday, February 15, 2006 at 7:30pm Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, ICC Auditorium (Inter Cultural Center), Georgetown University We invite you to join us for an evening of Arab music. MUSIC FROM PALESTINE features four musicians of this i ... ........................................................................ THURSDAY, February 16, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONCERT: ANERA BENEFIT CONCERT TOUR TIME: 7:30pm LOCATION: Freer Gallery of Art DIRECTIONS: Meyer Auditorium Jefferson Drive at 12th Street, SW Washington D.C. Smithsonian Metro SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS: Concert tour proceeds will help ANERA support the ESNCM Palestine Youth Orchestra project. CONTACT: (202) 347-2558 khabib@anera.org Arab Music from Palestine: The Oriental Music Ensemble Thursday, February 16, 2006, 7:30 pm, Freer Gallery of Art, Meyer Auditorium Here is an unprecedented opportunity to hear this quartet of faculty members from the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music in Jerusalem on their debut American tour. The en ... ........................................................................ FRIDAY, February 17, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONFERENCE: PALESTINE SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT FIFTH ANNUAL DIVESTMENT CONFERENCE TIME: 7:00pm LOCATION: Georgetown University SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS: Georgetown University’s Students for Justice in Palestine (GU-SJP) on behalf of PSM ORGANIZED BY: SJP GU CONTACT: (202) 784-8417 (202) 460-8865 web@palestinesolidaritymovement.org The Palestine Solidarity Movement (PSM) announces that its fifth annual conference will be held February 17th through 19th at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. The annual conference comes to Georgetown’s campus, which possesses a Catholic and Jesuit identity, on the heels of a series of bold initiatives ta ... ........................................................................ SATURDAY, February 18, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONFERENCE: PALESTINE SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT FIFTH ANNUAL DIVESTMENT CONFERENCE TIME: 08:00am-11:00pm LOCATION: Georgetown University SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS: Georgetown University’s Students for Justice in Palestine (GU-SJP) on behalf of PSM ORGANIZED BY: SJP GU CONTACT: (202) 784-8417 (202) 460-8865 web@palestinesolidaritymovement.org The Palestine Solidarity Movement (PSM) announces that its fifth annual conference will be held February 17th through 19th at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. The annual conference comes to Georgetown’s campus, which possesses a Catholic and Jesuit identity, on the heels of a series of bold initiatives ta ... ........................................................................ SUNDAY, February 19, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONFERENCE: PALESTINE SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT FIFTH ANNUAL DIVESTMENT CONFERENCE TIME: 10:00am-4:00pm LOCATION: Georgetown University SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS: Georgetown University’s Students for Justice in Palestine (GU-SJP) on behalf of PSM ORGANIZED BY: SJP GU CONTACT: (202) 784-8417 (202) 460-8865 web@palestinesolidaritymovement.org The Palestine Solidarity Movement (PSM) announces that its fifth annual conference will be held February 17th through 19th at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. The annual conference comes to Georgetown’s campus, which possesses a Catholic and Jesuit identity, on the heels of a series of bold initiatives ta ... ........................................................................ ==================== DETAILS OF THIS WEEK'S EVENTS =================== Panel Discussion: THE 2006 PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS: WHAT NEXT? The Palestine Center invites you to a panel discussion on “The 2006 Palestinian Elections: What Next?” Monday, 6 February 2006 10:00 –11:30 a.m. (note time) The 25 January 2006 Palestinian legislative election gave the Islamic movement Hamas 74 seats in the Palestinian legislature—enough power to form a single-party government but not absolute power to easily pass or veto laws. Why did Palestinians empower Hamas and turn Fateh into the opposition? How will the elections affect efforts in the United States to bring a deeper understanding of the Palestinian perspective, specifically among U.S. policy-makers? What is the future of the Palestinian Authority and the paralyzed peace process? What next should the United States and international community do? Panel participants: Ms. Dalal Hasan, a member of the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs’ observer team to the 25 January 2006 legislative elections, as well as a member of the Jerusalem Fund Board of Directors; Mr. Edward Abington, former U.S. Consul General to Jerusalem and a political consultant to the Palestinian Authority; and Dr. Shibley Telhami, the Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and Development at the University of Maryland and a Senior Fellow at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution. Panelists will begin their remarks promptly at 10:00 a.m. with Q&A to follow. Light refreshments will be available prior to this briefing. The Palestine Center is located near the Foggy Bottom Metro station (Orange/Blue lines), at the intersection of Virginia and New Hampshire Avenues NW. Registration today! RSVP by 5:00 p.m. Sunday (5 February 2006) by calling 202-338-1290 (ext. 11) or emailing your affiliation and contact information to rsvp@palestinecenter.org. Registration is required. Unregistered guests will not be admitted. The Palestine Center Potomac Plaza Building / 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. Its focus is on the relationship between the United States and the Middle East with particular emphasis on Palestine and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. ........................................................................ Briefing/Discussion: INTERNATIONAL AID, DIPLOMACY AND THE PALESTINIAN REALITY The Palestine Center Invites you to a briefing with Mr. Nigel Roberts Former World Bank Country Director, Occupied Palestinian Territory “International Aid, Diplomacy and the Palestinian Reality” Tuesday, 7 February 2006 12:30 - 2:00 p.m. There is growing consensus that a prosperous Palestinian economy is vital to achieving sustainable security for Palestinians and Israelis and to maintain any sort of political process. However, there are many factors required for the economy to stabilize and Palestinians to prosper. What are the realistic possibilities for an economically viable Palestinian state and what are the responsibilities, opportunities and constraints for the parties involved in the region? Mr. Nigel Roberts, who just returned from the Occupied Palestinian Territory where he served as World Bank Country Director from 2001-05, will analyze the current financial situation in Palestine and address the dynamic between aid, diplomacy and the realties on the ground. Roberts is currently serving at the World Bank headquarters in Washington, DC. Register today! Registration is required to attend this briefing. Unregistered guests will not be admitted. RSVP by 12:00 noon Monday, 7 February 2006, by emailing your name and contact information to rsvp@palestinecenter.org or call the RSVP line at 202-338-1290 (ext. 11). The Palestine Center Potomac Plaza Building / 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. Its focus is on the relationship between the United States and the Middle East with particular emphasis on Palestine and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. ........................................................................ Panel Discussion: HAMAS, THE PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS AND FUTURE IMPLICATIONS Hamas, the Palestinian Elections and Future Implications Friday, February 10, 2006 1:00pm Georgetown University ICC (Intercultural Center) Auditorium 37th & O Streets, NW Washington, DC 20057-1020 Hamas’ victory in the Palestinian parliamentary elections has upset the balance of power for the Palestinians, but has even larger implications for Israel, the US and the world at large. There is now a new dimension for how the peace process must evolve in the Middle East, and there are more questions than ever before. Join us to hear a panel of experts discuss the implications of this unprecedented new era. Invited guests include: Amaney Jamal, Assistant Professor, Department of Politics, Princeton University Huwaida Arraf, Co-founder, International Solidarity Movement Jamie Arnett, MAAS 07, Observer to the Palestinian Parliamentary Elections Marie Van den Bosch, MAAS 07, Observer to the Palestinian Parliamentary Elections Please RSVP to: http://www12.georgetown.edu/sfs/rsvp/index.cfm?Action=View&EventID=423 These events are free and open to the general public, but space is limited. Please RSVP online to http://www12.georgetown.edu/sfs/rsvp/index.cfm?Program=CCAS, and click on each event you wish to attend. For a list of all upcoming events, please see: http://events.georgetown.edu/events/?CalendarID=89&View=7 ........................................................................ Fundraiser: FUNDRAISER FOR MERIP Join us for an evening to benefit the Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP) Saturday, February 11, 2006 8:00 - 11:00 pm Busboys and Poets 2021 14th Street, NW (at V Street) Washington, DC RSVP required as space is limited Featuring the words of Suheir Hammad, the beats of the Iron Sheik, and a silent auction of the powerful images of MERIP photographers. Complimentary mezzeh along with beer and wine will be served. Space is limited. Reserve your place now! To RSVP, email ctoensing@merip.org or call (202) 223-3677. $150 (includes a subscription to Middle East Report and a copy of the new MERIP book The Struggle for Sovereignty) $100 (includes a subscription to Middle East Report) $50 general admission. 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From kiask at comcast.net Mon Feb 6 04:58:25 2006 From: kiask at comcast.net (Ken Meyercord) Date: Mon Feb 6 05:06:03 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Fallujah Films on FPA Message-ID: <005501c62b1d$0508da30$772d3244@Ken> Two documentaries on Fallujah, one produced by Code Pink, one by the Italian TV network RAI, will air on the show WORLDDOCS on Fairfax Public Access (cable channel 10 in Fairfax County) at the following times: Wed. Feb 8 at 8am Tues., Feb 28 at Noon Saturday, March 11 at 11am Tues. March 14 at 9:30pm From johncoursey at hotmail.com Mon Feb 6 07:28:35 2006 From: johncoursey at hotmail.com (John Coursey) Date: Mon Feb 6 07:49:22 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Busboys & Poets: Black Liberation & Socialism, feat Ahmed Shawki Message-ID: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.mutualaid.org/pipermail/dawn-dc/attachments/20060206/1e26c443/attachment.html From minorthreatsxepunk at yahoo.com Mon Feb 6 19:52:08 2006 From: minorthreatsxepunk at yahoo.com (bob) Date: Tue Feb 7 04:19:43 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Love Bloc 06 Message-ID: <20060207035208.11955.qmail@web33213.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Valentines day is a coming and well it needs some love so come on out. We will be meeting up at Murrow Park near the World Bank/IMF Come on come all bring lovers, secret admirers, friends (boy, girl, other), co workers, other activists, and yourself to send our love to our favorite fianancial institutions and maybe some other groups and people! Meet up around 6:30 at Murrow Park near the WORLD BANK/IMF (metro accessible at both Farrugut stations) on Febuarary 14th (tuesday) Come on out for a night of fun and excitement and love and don't forget your signs and noisemakers! Remember 'the Earth is not dying, it is being murdered and the people murdering it have names and addresses' -- Utah Phillips ------------- "Executing McVeigh will not bring back the people he killed, but it will bring back the machinery of death. The federal government hasn't killed anyone in 40 years, and now they're trying to use McVeigh to bring the death penalty back. But don't make any mistake about it after McVeigh, the next person they kill won't look like him, he will look like me. He might be innocent like me, too." --Darby Tillis, an exonerated former Illinois death row inmate --------------- You cannot have daily democracy without daily citizenship- Ralph Nader -------------- Money can buy you a fine dog, but only love can make him wag his tail. Kinky Friedman ------------- A poem is a naked person... Some people say that I am a poet. Bob Dylan __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From endviolence at carolmoore.net Tue Feb 7 04:47:42 2006 From: endviolence at carolmoore.net (Carol Moore in DC) Date: Tue Feb 7 04:56:59 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Tues Feb 7 DAWN Meeting; Discussion Topic: Muslim Riots Message-ID: <43E896EE.3000602@carolmoore.net> Tuesday Feb 7 DC Antiwar Network (DAWN) Weekly Meeting 7:00 - 9:00 PM AFSC office, 2211 14th Street, NW (couple blocks north of U Street) All peace/anti-war activists are welcome to participate and vote on proposals. Discussion topic before report backs, proposals and breakout groups: **Muslim Riots: What Do We Think?** Last year thousands of Muslim youths in France rioted over discrimination. Thousands more now are rioting over the depiction of Mohammed, something he specifically warned against to avoid idolotry. What do we think of these riots? Spontaneous outbursts or intentional strategies? Actions of the truly oppressed or of religious fanatics? Did anti-Muslims use Mohammed's image to purposely provoke Muslims? Relation to US Imperialism? Useful or counter-productive? Lessons for US activism? From jsmacdonald at riseup.net Tue Feb 7 11:01:44 2006 From: jsmacdonald at riseup.net (Jim Macdonald) Date: Tue Feb 7 11:05:13 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] REMINDER: 9 Feb 06 DC CAN Meeting - NEW LOCATION Message-ID: <52412.jsmacdonald.1139338904.squirrel@mail.riseup.net> ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: REMINDER: 9 Feb 06 DC CAN Meeting - NEW LOCATION From: "Love Transforms" Date: Tue, February 7, 2006 2:00 pm To: "info@dccan.net" -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Come check it out.... come check it out if you've never been come check it out if you attended and you left unsure of its value come check it out if you come to every meeting come check it out check out what we can do. DC Community Action Network MISSION: To create a space that facilitates networking and cooperation among community, activist, civic groups and concerned individuals seeking to bring about community transformation with the aim of creating a more socially just world. Bring a dish to share, networking potluck and information share. START TIME: 6:30pm LOCATION: University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law 4200 Connecticut Ave., NW (above the Van-Ness / UDC stop on the red line) Building 39 Room 205 http://www.udc.edu/campus_map.htm Thanks, and see you then! The CAN Core -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.mutualaid.org/pipermail/dawn-dc/attachments/20060207/fad9d562/untitled-2.html From jwaskey at gmail.com Tue Feb 7 13:41:20 2006 From: jwaskey at gmail.com (Jason Waskey) Date: Tue Feb 7 14:02:00 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Concerned about the War in Iraq? Hear ex-US Sen. Max Cleland in College Park 2/8 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <971205b10602071341x5b7f3b8j3e3f438ffdc2b6ab@mail.gmail.com> *I hope you can join former US Senator Max Cleland and me in College Park Wednesday evening,February 8th, to discuss America's role in the world in the wake of the Iraq War. * *Max is a good friend, a Vietnam veteran, and strong Democrat. He headed the U.S. Veterans Administration under President Jimmy Carter and represented Georgia in the U.S.Senate from 1996 to 2002. * *He has been a leading critic of the Bush Administration's policy in Iraq. Come hear his views and share yours. * *- Jim Rosapepe Former US Ambassador to Romania (1998-2001)* The College of Behavior and Social Sciences and The Democracy Collaborative Invite you to an evening with *Former U.S. Senator and* *Vietnam Veteran **MAX CLELAND* *"** After Iraq**: Restoring America's Positive Role in the World" * * *Q&A session to follow Moderated by former U.S. Ambassador *Jim Rosapepe * *Wednesday, February 8th 7:00 pm Art-Sociology Building * *University of Maryland, College Park** * To RSVP, contact 301-405-0656 or *sgonzales@gvpt.umd.edu* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.mutualaid.org/pipermail/dawn-dc/attachments/20060207/dedf84b5/attachment.html From malachykilbride at yahoo.com Wed Feb 8 10:47:45 2006 From: malachykilbride at yahoo.com (malachy kilbride) Date: Wed Feb 8 10:59:33 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Important work ahead Message-ID: <20060208184745.78361.qmail@web32111.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Dear friends, several of us, representing various locally-based grassroots groups, have been meeting to organize actions commemorating the third year of war and occupation. This came out of a meeting held on January 21 in which over 35 people representing 17 different DC area peace and social justice groups gathered to see what our respective plans are for the time marking the third year of war and occupation and to see if we wanted to try and work together. The energy in the room that day was very positive and people decided that they wanted to meet again and attempt to work together on a local grassroots expression of our opposition to war and occupation. This energy that has brought us together is in stark contrast to a meeting held months before the September 2005 mass mobilization in Washington DC. That meeting was participated in by over 100 people concerned that both ANSWER and UFPJ were planning on holding two seperate mass mobilizations and the divisions that kept th em apart. Many wondered why these two groups couldn't work together. Why was the peace movement divided? Why couldn't we have a united anti-war movement, at least for one day and in the very same city? There was a great deal of acrimony in the room. This acrimony has now carried through to the recent statements by UFPJ and ANSWER that they will never work together again. This March both UFPJ and ANSWER have announced that they support local organizing to mark the third year of war and occupation. This call for locally-based anti-war expressions has also been made by many grassroots groups throughout the country. So now is the time to have the courage and strength of our convictions. In the face of unbridled militarism and a military industrial complex with an unquenchable appetite for our public funds, war committed in our names, cities with innocent civilians bombed, maimed, and killed, occupations of countries in which we are not welcome, people tortured and held without any legal representation or charges levied against them now, an elected head of state kidnapped and flown out of his country, and the failure of the government to provide for the common defense against the power of nature, Hurricane Katrina now is the time to act. This year we are not called to come to a city by a large national group that will have a presentation of speakers and then tell us when and where to march. This year we are called to act locally here in the DC area. We are responsible this year for our expressions against the war-occupation and for peace. We will organize this ourselves working together as grassroots groups. It is up to us to express our dissent against the injustice of this war-occupation and all that our government has done in our names from warfare, to torture, spying on our resistance to all these injustices, and the attacks on our civil liberties. Three years of war and occupation is approaching. We know now that we were lied to about why we went to war . We know now that people are rounded up and held without charge or legal recourse. We know now that people are abused and tortured in our names and with our public funds. We know that more war is planned, maybe even the near future. We know that a war on the poor has gone on for a long time as we planned and prepared for war over the many many years. How will we to respond? Will we organize to actively resist and dissent? Or will we look the other way? Will our silence and inaction be our complicity? I urge all to come to the next organizing meeting. Even if you have not been involved please consider getting involved. Groups are asked to have one official representative but all are welcome. Our next meeting is this Monday, February 13 at 7PM. This week we are meeting at St. Thomas Episcopal Church located at 1772 Church Street, NW near Dupont Circle Metro Station Red Line. Directions: From the Q Street exit, take Q Street East to 18th Street. Turn right, go one block South to the corner of 18th and Church. The church is on Church Street behind the park. Off-street parking is available. There is a parking lot off an alley behind the church. can be reached by the following bus lines: (42), (D1 D3 D6), (D2), (G2), (H1), (L1 L2 L4), (N2 N3 N4 N6), (S1 S2 S4). Please come out and spread the word. Peace, Malachy --------------------------------- Bring words and photos together (easily) with PhotoMail - it's free and works with your Yahoo! Mail. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.mutualaid.org/pipermail/dawn-dc/attachments/20060208/5f05fcd5/attachment.html From malachykilbride at yahoo.com Wed Feb 8 11:18:18 2006 From: malachykilbride at yahoo.com (malachy kilbride) Date: Wed Feb 8 11:24:48 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Feb 10 Weekly Action: We're Back!!!!!!! Message-ID: <20060208191818.33054.qmail@web32110.mail.mud.yahoo.com> The DC Anti-War Network?s Weekly Action Group calls upon people seeking justice and peace to join us as we once again confront the sinister World Bank operative, Luis Marti, and make the connections between economic justice and war. We will meet in Dupont Circle park near the fountain at 6pm on Friday, February 10, 2006. Bring your pots and pans, Farberware or otherwise and other noisemakers! We will then proceed to the home of Marti, at 2201 N Street, NW, the Westbrooke Place Apartments. There we will demand to meet with Marti and urge him, in no uncertain terms, to resign with the other 24 World Bank executive directors who oversee policies that promote ?Free Trade Zones? that threaten and take the lives of impoverished people. We demand that he and his other Gang of 24 cease their war on the poor. We take this action against Marti for we believe that just as he shares responsibility for the economic policies that wage war on the poor we too, with his neighbors at the Wes tbrooke Place Apartments, share in the responsibility for not confronting Marti. We share in the responsibility to dissent and resist the unjust plans of The World Bank and the influence over The World Bank by the United States Government that also promotes the suffering through such methods as structural adjustments in countries like Colombia and now the continuation of war and occupation and the privatization of Iraq?s economy. After this action DAWN participants may follow up chasing another rat that breeds other destructive policies that have drastic influence over the poor of Washington DC, the war on the DC?s poor. We urge all to come out and join us making the connections between economic justice and the militarism that leads to war against foreign peoples and war on the poor all over the world. For those who cannot express themselves with us we urge you to contact Marti at his home: 202-466-3903 work: 202-458-2089, fax at 202-522-1575 or e-mail: lmarti (at) worldbank.org And or call the Westbrooke Place Apartments to have the dangerous and sinister Marti thrown out of the building. Call: 202-466-6228. Resist and Dissent! The DC Anti-War Network/DAWN www.dawndc.net --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.mutualaid.org/pipermail/dawn-dc/attachments/20060208/f53bdce8/attachment.html From jsmacdonald at riseup.net Wed Feb 8 15:54:09 2006 From: jsmacdonald at riseup.net (Jim Macdonald) Date: Wed Feb 8 15:56:04 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] [Fwd: tony the rat and wolfie unite tomorrow at the World Bank] Message-ID: <4354.jsmacdonald.1139442849.squirrel@mail.riseup.net> ***forwarded from a group of DAWN participants*** TOMORROW, Mayor Tony the Rat Williams will be holding a press conference with Paul Wolfowitz at the World Bank. So come one, come all and protest two perpetrators of the global and local war on the poor. The Press Conference will be at 12:30pm and we will be congregating at 12:10 in Murrow Park at 18th and H St. NW. The description of the event from the Mayor's calendar is as follows: 12:30 pm Remarks Press Conference with Executive Bureau of United Cities And Local Governments Location: World Bank 701 18th Street, NW (Media interested in attending this press conference must contact Karen Rowson at (202) 626-3120 by 10 am, Thursday, February 9.) - chuck norris From theredbudtree at earthlink.net Wed Feb 8 18:24:29 2006 From: theredbudtree at earthlink.net (laura costas) Date: Wed Feb 8 18:29:01 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Vietnam Book event, 15 February Message-ID: <11f4e7ed30c14dabea0de0659c176061@earthlink.net> Greetings, all, This book is profiled on the Veterans for Peace website: http://www.veteransforpeace.org/fourth_uncle.htm and sounds quite good. Here is a presentation with the co-author via Politics and Prose in DC. Best, L Laura Costas Military Families Speak Out/Veterans For Peace, chapter 16 301-650-2326 Politics & Prose and Friends of Chevy Chase Library Invite you to a slide show & discussion about a legendary Vietnamese itinerant doctor with Fourth Uncle in the Mountain co-author, Marjorie Pivar Wednesday, February 15th at 6:30 PM At the Chevy Chase Library 5625 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.? (near McKinley Street) Washington, D.C. 20015??? -???? 202.282.0021 ? Fourth Uncle in the Mountain: A Memoir of a Barefoot Doctor in Vietnam (St. Martin?s Press) by Quang Van Nguyen and Marjorie Pivar is the true story of an orphan, Quang Van Nguyen, adopted by a sixty-four-year-old Buddhist monk, Thau, who carries great responsibility for his people as a barefoot doctor.? Thau manages against all odds to raise his son to follow in his footsteps and in doing so saves him, as well as a part of Vietnam?s esoteric knowledge from the Vietnam holocaust. (Marjorie encouraged Quang to share his remarkable story after he advised the pediatric medical team at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York to make the correct diagnosis for her son.) ? 2004 Book of the Year - Seattle?s University Bookstore ?Get swept away by a true story full of startling twists and surprises, as full of life and death as the Mekong River. It?s a tale of spiritual communities in the Seven Sacred Mountains, of river pirates and subterranean mazes, with a plucky boy hero trained in acupuncture as well as martial arts. Quang is a smart, curious young orphan with a weakness for playing pranks, adopted by a medicinal healer, educated by monks, taught by forbidden sorcerers, until at last he is confined for his enlightenment in the underground cave-and-tunnel world of the Fourth Uncle.? --Nick DiMartino, University Bookstore ? ?It is an amazing, wonderful, and absolutely unique contribution to our knowledge of modern Vietnamese culture.? --K.W. Taylor, Cornell University Chair of Asian Studies ? ?It is important for every student and graduate of acupuncture schools everywhere to understand the true meaning and traditional genesis of this medicine as they might have learned it as an apprentice ...This is a necessary journey each of us can take thanks to Dr. Van Nguyen and Margie Pivar in Fourth Uncle in the Mountain.?--Leon Hammer, MD, renowned doctor of Oriental Medicine, President of Dragon Rises College of Oriental Medicine, Gainesville, FL ? ?A great interpreter ? that is, an intelligent and generous one ? is rare. Just as rare as understanding between our distant worlds....Fourth Uncle reads in the direct? and confident phrasing and tone true to a "barefoot doctor." --Polo, The Asian Reporter ? Fourth Uncle in the Mountain is being promoted by the Yale Journal for Humanities in Medicine, and Veterans for Peace. ? 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Thursday afternoon workers and students will rally together in Georgetown University?s Red Square in the most recent phase of the Living Wage Coalition?s fight to implement the ?Just Employment Policy.? Campus janitors contracted by P & R Enterprises, as well as with members of the Living Wage Coalition (LWC), will demand the right to organize a union by means of majority sign-up (also known as a card-check). Speakers will address questions raised by the Georgetown community regarding the living wage struggle, as well as recent actions taken by the LWC (?Wage Protest Meets DPS Resistance" 2/3/06 issue of the Hoya see http://www.thehoya.com/news/020306/news2.cfm). Invited speakers include contracted Georgetown janitors, unionized directly-hired campus workers, candidates for Georgetown University?s Student Association President, Representatives from the Service International Employees Union, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), and Representatives from the DC Labor Council. Georgetown University is blocking the janitors? ability to form a union. The P&R janitors want to organize through a majority-sign up (or ?card check?) process, which is the most fair and democratic process to organize unions. This process is being promoted in Congress by almost 205 Congress members sponsoring the Employee Free Choice Act. In the aforementioned article in the Hoya, university spokesperson Erik Smulson clearly stated that the university is refusing to allow janitors to organize through a majority sign-up. This demonstrated the university?s misunderstanding of the concept of a majority sign-up: it is a simple and democratic process to avoid the bureaucratic National Labor Relations Board election process, which usually takes at least 6-8 weeks, in which time employers regularly intimidate and fire pro-union workers (see http://araw.org/resources/facts/cardvsnlrb.cfm) Besides blocking workers? internationally-recognized human right to form a union, Georgetown administrators have fallen short of their commitment to pay workers at least a living wage of $13 an hour by July 1, 2005, as promised in the ?Just Employment Policy? (JEP; see http://www.georgetown.edu/svp/justemployment.html). For example, many Georgetown janitors earn $9.92 an hour, and receive a healthcare benefit that equals out to $1.47 an hour. The janitors are demanding they be paid the additional $1.61 an hour to ensure the numbers all add up to the $13 promised. However, administrators claim that the missing $1.61 is accounted for by basic benefits such as sick days and bereavement leave ? not only are these benefits basic workers? rights that any Catholic employer should automatically provide, but more importantly these types of benefits are not relevant to the seven factors of a living wage as defined by the university in the JEP: ?food, housing, transportation, healthca re, childcare, taxes, and other basic necessities?. Georgetown workers deserve better than this! And, for members of the Living Wage Coalition, the Georgetown that we know and love is better than this! In March 2005, 26 students went on a hunger-strike for nine days to escalate a campaign in solidarity with Georgetown workers demanding living wages. As the one year anniversary of the hunger strike approaches, students have chosen the same date, March 14th, as the deadline for the ACBP and the Georgetown administration to actually implement the policy that they agreed upon. According to the ?Just Employment Policy?, all Georgetown workers should have been making at least $13 an hour starting July 1, 2005. In reality, many janitors and security guards earn less than $10 an hour, and even including their healthcare plans their compensation is far below the $13 an hour that Georgetown defined as a living wage. WHAT: Workers and Students Rally for a Living Wage. WHO: Georgetown P & R Workers and Georgetown Students. WHEN: 12:45-1:05 Thursday February 9th, 2006. WHERE: ?Red Square? on Georgetown University?s Main Campus, 37th and 0 streets NW. see campus map: http://explore.georgetown.edu/maps/. WHY: After four years of struggling with Georgetown administrators over the issue of the living wage, and working closely with campus wage-earning employees, the Living Wage Coalition had no choice but to take the drastic action of a hunger strike in spring 2005. After nine days on strike Georgetown University agreed to the ?Just Employment Policy?. Now, almost a year later, those promises have not been met: Georgetown workers are not receiving the wage and benefits promised to them, and the university has done nothing to ensure workers? right to organize a union (as the contracted janitors have been trying to form a union for almost a year now). # # # --------------------------------- Relax. Yahoo! Mail virus scanning helps detect nasty viruses! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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From December 5-15 he joined with 25 Catholic Workers and peacemakers in the Witness Against Torture--a march, fast and vigil in Guantanamo Bay. The group attempted to visit the Guantanamo prisoners, demand an end to their torture and to call for their immediate release. The talk will be held in the Pryzbala Center Room 323 Catholic University is located at 620 Michigan AVE NE There is parking available in the lot beween the Pryzbala Center and Caldwell Hall. Metro: Redline Brookland/CUA This event is sponsored by Pax Christi CUA. Please direct questions to 67okeefe@cua.edu _______________________________________________ ccjp-list mailing list ccjp-list@leb.net http://leb.net/mailman/listinfo/ccjp-list From david.etheridge at verizon.net Thu Feb 9 08:13:24 2006 From: david.etheridge at verizon.net (David Etheridge) Date: Thu Feb 9 08:21:11 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Re: Peace vigil at the US Capitol on February 11 Message-ID: <017701c62d93$c32f3090$6400a8c0@Study> Please join us in a Peace Vigil at noon on Saturday February 11 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... URL: http://lists.mutualaid.org/pipermail/dawn-dc/attachments/20060209/7e073a64/attachment.html From agentforchange at comcast.net Thu Feb 9 09:15:38 2006 From: agentforchange at comcast.net (Pat Elder) Date: Thu Feb 9 09:19:52 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] FW: Meeting with police Message-ID: <20060209171559.0DA24AD0127@catfur.mutualaid.org> Grannies are gearing up for Valentine's Day at 2:00 pm in Silver Spring. Take the red line to Silver Spring and walk 3 blocks south on Georgia Ave to the Recruiting Center on the right, at 8202 Georgia Ave. -----Original Message----- From: Jean Athey [mailto:jlathey@hprg.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 8:48 PM To: drpatsalomon@aol.com Subject: Re: Meeting with police We also took Ione R. with us, one of the women planning to be arrested. Ione is wonderful--she's 75 and somewhat frail, maybe with early Parkinson's as she has some trouble walking. She has a terrific sense of humor and has done a lot to get ready for this protest (obtained a photo ID from MVA, had pictures made of her grandkids blown up for a poster, put together a great hat, got her camera repaired so she can get pictures, etc.). None of this is particularly easy for her, as she no longer drives and has to depend on others for getting around. Also, her hands shake a little bit. I enjoyed riding down to SS with her to get to know her! She's been arrested a few times in her life, before this, and once went down to Georgia for a protest at the School of the Americas; she wasn't arrested there, but had some kind of order against her that meant she couldn't come in the area again. I feel so lucky to get to meet such people!! ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Cc: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 5:33 PM Subject: Re: Meeting with police > Jean may also answer this. We met with Lt. Rae Hansen of Silver > Spring. We emphasized the peaceful nature of our protest, our desire > to cooperate, and that we would not be involved in property damage of > any kind. Hansen said they will be neutral, and that is their duty to > protect us and other residents of Silver Spring. He was appreciative > of our communication in advance of the event, and seemed most > disturbed about the possibility of Georgia Ave. being blocked. He also > wanted #s, and seem to suggest that we should help him keep the #'s of > arrestees down to 5. (Too much time to process, too costly for the > county) We didn't concede to this. He suggested 5 arrests would make > the same point to the press.( I don't > agree.) He even semi-threatened that if we were more than five - he > might leave some of us sitting on the sidewalk and process just a > small group of us at a time. He said he would, if we entered the > recruiting center and were about to be arrested, make the same request > there. He explained that the charges were likely to be a misdemeaor > for disorderly conduct or disturbing the peace, resulting in a > citation. He emphasized that we needed photo ID. > > In regard to the free republic folks, he did expect them, since they > were at a previous peace demonstration there. He said that they had a > right to be there, but that police would keep the groups separate. > > We told him we could only make best estimates of the turnout or the > arrestees (5-10) or supporters. He said that he would call in the next > shift early that day, compained again about the expense. The on site > officer(s) in charge will be Sgt. Stone and/or Laudermilk. > > I thought the meeting went well and will help us during the demonstration. > Thanks for you legal support for this. > -----Original Message----- From gael at codepinkalert.org Thu Feb 9 14:07:10 2006 From: gael at codepinkalert.org (Gael Murphy) Date: Thu Feb 9 14:10:59 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] URGENT ACTION: NO MORE HOMELESS KATRINA SURVIVORS! Message-ID: ****************PLEASE DISTRIBUTE WIDELY**************** NO MORE HOMELESS KATRINA SURVIVORS! On Monday, February 13th, the New Orleans homeless population will skyrocket, and the survivors of Katrina will be victimized again. FEMA's short-term hotel program expires for most of the 26,000 displaced hurricane survivors and most of these evacuees have not been provided with long-term, or even transitional housing solutions. An immediate nation-wide phone call and email campaign is needed to help keep families off the street. Don't let Katrina survivors be further victimized by the poverty-promoting plans of those with the power to correct the issues! CONTACTS FEMA Nicol Andrews, Deputy Strategic Director, 202-646-7917, nicol.andrews@dhs.gov MAYOR NAGIN ph 504-658-4900, fx 504-658-4939 CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ph 504-658-(1010 John Batt) (1020 Renee Pratt) (1030 Jacquelyn Clarkson) (1040 Cynthia Morrell) (1050 Cynthia Lewis) (1060 Ed Sapir) (1070 Oliver Thomas) GOVERNOR BLANCO ph 866-366-1121, fx 225-342-7099 WHEN YOU CALL OR WRITE: ? Tell each council member and the mayor to provide housing now! Council members must stop pushing trailer parks out of their districts, and the mayor must take a stand for housing NOLA citizens. Now is not the time for self-interested political jockeying. ? Tell the elected officials: There are major absentee voting efforts organizing their evacuated constituents. If they do not act in the best interests of ALL their constituents they will be defeated in the upcoming elections. ? Tell the elected officials: Governor Blanco's plan to shelter survivors for 30 days in cities far from their jobs and their damaged homes is unacceptable. Those shelters must be provided in New Orleans. ? Tell the elected officials: Our tax funded National Guard should not be used to force survivors into homelessness at gunpoint. ? Tell FEMA: that they are mandated by the Stafford Act to provide housing for disaster victims for eighteen months. Their attempt to cut-off shelter programs is illegal as well as immoral. ? Tell FEMA: The Stafford Act requires that transitional housing and rental assistance must be provided locally to the survivors workplace. Trailers hours outside of NOLA are not feasible, or acceptable. ? Tell everyone: The money that has been pledged to the recovery belongs to the people, not the corporations. Homeowners need the grants to rebuild, give corporations the loans ? they were insured. ? Tell these hotels to honor the FEMA extensions Don't evict hurricane survivors into homelessness to house wealthy Mardi Gras tourists! Royal St Charles 504-587-3700, AmeriHost Inn and Suites 504-299-9900 Quality Inn: Maison St Charles 504-522-0187 For more info contact www.no-heat.org, 504-883-8225 www.communitylaborunited.org www.commongroundrelief.org From jsmacdonald at riseup.net Fri Feb 10 06:41:01 2006 From: jsmacdonald at riseup.net (Jim Macdonald) Date: Fri Feb 10 06:44:31 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Protest Luis Marti tonight 6PM Dupont Circle Message-ID: <9685.jsmacdonald.1139582461.squirrel@mail.riseup.net> 6PM tonight, at Dupont Circle, the DC Anti-War Network's weekly action working group is calling for a return visit to the home of Luis Marti, one of the 24 executive directors of the World Bank. Why the hell has and is DAWN protesting Luis Marti? (the long version) http://www.dawndc.net/float.php?annc_id=322§ion_id=4 (the short version) As one of the executive directors of the World Bank, Luis Marti is one of the 24 executive directors of the World Bank, representing Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Spain, and Venezuela. As such, he has continued pushing so called ?free trade zones?, which coerce nations to drop their tax and labor laws to attract foreign corporations, usually in the name of eradicating poverty, but which more commonly have the effect of destroying huge numbers of lives and the land where those remaining live. This is a direct assault on people across the globe. When those economic assaults fail, the powers behind the World Bank (mostly the US and the EU) take matters into their own hands militarily, whether via the drug war, the war on terrorism, or the overthrow of Aristide in Haiti. The globalization that people like Marti cause work hand-in-hand with the militarism that Bush, Cheney, and the Congress cause. Luis Marti lives in our city, Washington, DC. We know where he lives at 2201 N Street NW in the Westbrooke Place Apartments, a person responsible for many deaths. We call on him to resign from the World Bank and to stand in solidarity with the world's poor against the cabal of the rich nation states who use war and empire to cause vast suffering at home and abroad. Call him at his home 202-466-3903, or at work at 202-458-2089, or fax him at 202-522-1575. Complain about him to his apartment's management company at 202-466-6228 and help inform his neighbors. And, if Luis Marti won't resign, at least call him to work to drop the debt of all the world's poor countries. He is not working to eradicate poverty; he is waging a war on the poor. After this protest, we will decide in the street to go somewhere else, making connections with militarism, civil liberties, local issues, and injustice everywhere. Please support these actions, and be prepared to help shape them as they occur on the street and as we meet about them (usually in the breakout time of Tuesday's DAWN meeting between 8 and 9PM). For more on tonight's protest, see http://www.dawndc.net/float.php?annc_id=324§ion_id=1 . From gulfwarvet2003 at yahoo.com Thu Feb 9 23:46:28 2006 From: gulfwarvet2003 at yahoo.com (Don Kline) Date: Sat Feb 11 08:24:32 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Beyond Treason Available In-Reply-To: <017701c62d93$c32f3090$6400a8c0@Study> Message-ID: <20060210074628.16155.qmail@web36512.mail.mud.yahoo.com> We have made Beyond Treason available at http://www.denniskyne.com/beyondtreason.htm You can purchase as many copies as you would like for a flat shipping fee of five dollars. Please let everyone know that purchasing at http://www.denniskyne.com/beyondtreason.htm will allow Dennis to keep doing the outstanding protesting that he does done for the previous three years. PEACE, NOW. Dennis Kyne Support the Truth www.denniskyne.com --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Use Photomail to share photos without annoying attachments. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.mutualaid.org/pipermail/dawn-dc/attachments/20060209/67ed3cf6/attachment.html From malachykilbride at yahoo.com Fri Feb 10 14:06:56 2006 From: malachykilbride at yahoo.com (malachy kilbride) Date: Sat Feb 11 08:24:32 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] February 7 DAWN Meeting Notes Message-ID: <20060210220656.20755.qmail@web32113.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Carol and Jim facilitated. Malachy was note-taker, Genevieve was time-keeper, and David kept stack. (1) The Bi-weekly Executive Committee(BEC) was chosen. Nicole volunteered her hat. The BEC is now composed of:Jerry, Jay, Becky, David B., Jim, and the alternate is Malachy. (2) Reportbacks from: March 2006 Actions, DC CAN, World Can't Wait, Ban Cat campaign, and a written treasury report. (3) Proposals: (a)Process Proposal to change endorsements and involvements with groups, actions, or individuals that are not of a time sensitive nature. Tabled (b) Point of Order Proposal to allow people to express their disapproval if something that is said by another violates the Points of Unity. Tabled (c)March 5, 2006 AIPAC Protest. Passed unanimously (d)UFPJ Proposal to withdraw membership in UFPJ. 9 Yes, 5 No, 2 Abstained (Not Passed) (e)National Peace Lobby Working Group Proposal to "restart" this existing working group. The group will work on getting people to lobby against the war, reduce the military budget, and getting Congress to seek a special prosecutor to go after the Bush Administration. Passed unanimously (f)National Palestine Solidarity Movement Level 3 endorsement to use the DAWN sound system for their February event. Passed unanimously (g)Proposal for DAWN not to give any more money to UFPJ ever again. 9 Yes, 5 No, 2 Abstained Next week's (February 14) co-facilitators: Becky and Malachyand Greeter:Paul --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Use Photomail to share photos without annoying attachments. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The grandmothers vehemently oppose this war; their enlistment is not a show of support for military action in Iraq. But if someone must die, let it be the old, not the young. Too many have died. Too many have been maimed. Enough. Grannies say, ?End the war now.? When: February 14, 2006, Valentine?s Day 2:00 p.m. Where: Armed Forces Recruiting Center 8202 Georgia Ave. Silver Spring, MD Who: PeaceAction Montgomery has organized this event, in conjunction with Code Pink and Raging Grannies in 12 cities across the U.S. PeaceAction Montgomery is a county-based chapter of Peace Action, the nation?s oldest and largest grassroots peace organization. See www.PeaceActionMC.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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It takes a lot of courage to be 80 years old with a heart condition and other frailties and submit to being handcuffed and transported in a police vehicle to a jail cell. Please see if you can find the time on Tuesday afternoon. Take the Red Line to the Silver Spring. From the station walk east on Wayne or Bonifant a block to Georgia and take a right. It's two blocks down on the right, US Armed Forces Recruiting Center, 8202 Georgia Ave. http://www.stationmasters.com/System_Map/SILVERSP/silversp.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.mutualaid.org/pipermail/dawn-dc/attachments/20060212/275abe4b/attachment.html From calendar at dcpalestine.org Mon Feb 13 02:16:01 2006 From: calendar at dcpalestine.org (calendar@dcpalestine.org) Date: Mon Feb 13 03:57:28 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Upcoming DC-Palestine Events: wk of 2006-2-13 Message-ID: <200602131016.k1DAG0l7027537@ebte.umd.edu> NEW BOOKS ADDED to the DCP Book Page: www.dcpalestine.org (click on the books link on the right) 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, February 13, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FILM: DOCUMENTARY FILM SCREENING OF THE WALL TIME: 6:00pm LOCATION: George Mason University DIRECTIONS: Johnson Center Cinema, Ground Floor 4400 University Drive Fairfax, Virginia 22030 SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS: Students for Justice in Palestine George Mason University CONTACT: sjp_gmu@yahoo.com Documentary Film Screening of: "The Wall" Monday, February 13 @ 6:00 PM George Mason University Johnson Center Cinema, Ground Floor 4400 University Drive Fairfax, Virginia 22030 (96 Minutes long) In an original documentary approach, Simone Bitton follows the separation fence that is destroying ... ........................................................................ BRIEFING: CLAYTON SWISHER SPEAKS ABOUT PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS TIME: 7:00pm LOCATION: George Washington University DIRECTIONS: Marvin Center amphitheater 800 21st Street, NW Washington, DC 20052 Foggy Bottom Metro SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS: SJP-GWU(Students for Justice in Palestine at George Washington University) ORGANIZED BY: SJP-GWU CONTACT: sjp@gwu.edu Clayton Swisher speaks about Palestinian Elections Monday February 13 7:00pm George Washington University Marvin Center amphitheater 800 21st Street, NW Washington, DC 20052 Middle East Institute Director of Programs Clayton Swisher will be speaking Monday about his work serving on a delegation led b ... ........................................................................ TUESDAY, February 14, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BRIEFING/DISCUSSION:BETWEEN ELECTIONS: PALESTINE AND ISRAEL WITH AMJAD ATALLAH 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 The Palestine Center invites you to a briefing on The 2006 Palestinian Elections: Finding an Equilibrium With Mr. Amjad Atallah President, Strategic Assessments Initiative Tuesday, 14 February 2006 12:30 – 2:00 p.m. The results of the January 2006 Palestinian Legislative Council elections have cr ... ........................................................................ WEDNESDAY, February 15, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONCERT: ANERA BENEFIT CONCERT TOUR TIME: 7:30pm LOCATION: Georgetown University DIRECTIONS: Center for Contemporary Arab Studies ICC Auditorium (Inter Cultural Center) 37th and O Streets, NW Washington D.C. 20057 SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS: Concert tour proceeds will help ANERA support the ESNCM Palestine Youth Orchestra project. CONTACT: (202) 347-2558 khabib@anera.org Music from Palestine: Oriental Music Ensemble (Jerusalem) Wednesday, February 15, 2006 at 7:30pm Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, ICC Auditorium (Inter Cultural Center), Georgetown University We invite you to join us for an evening of Arab music. MUSIC FROM PALESTINE features four musicians of this i ... ........................................................................ THURSDAY, February 16, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONCERT: ANERA BENEFIT CONCERT TOUR TIME: 7:30pm LOCATION: Freer Gallery of Art DIRECTIONS: Meyer Auditorium Jefferson Drive at 12th Street, SW Washington D.C. Smithsonian Metro SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS: Concert tour proceeds will help ANERA support the ESNCM Palestine Youth Orchestra project. CONTACT: (202) 347-2558 khabib@anera.org Arab Music from Palestine: The Oriental Music Ensemble Thursday, February 16, 2006, 7:30 pm, Freer Gallery of Art, Meyer Auditorium Here is an unprecedented opportunity to hear this quartet of faculty members from the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music in Jerusalem on their debut American tour. The en ... ........................................................................ FRIDAY, February 17, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONFERENCE: PALESTINE SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT FIFTH ANNUAL DIVESTMENT CONFERENCE TIME: 7:00pm LOCATION: Georgetown University SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS: Georgetown University’s Students for Justice in Palestine (GU-SJP) on behalf of PSM ORGANIZED BY: SJP GU CONTACT: (202) 784-8417 (202) 460-8865 web@palestinesolidaritymovement.org The Palestine Solidarity Movement (PSM) announces that its fifth annual conference will be held February 17th through 19th at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. The annual conference comes to Georgetown’s campus, which possesses a Catholic and Jesuit identity, on the heels of a series of bold initiatives ta ... ........................................................................ SATURDAY, February 18, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONFERENCE: PALESTINE SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT FIFTH ANNUAL DIVESTMENT CONFERENCE TIME: 08:00am-11:00pm LOCATION: Georgetown University SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS: Georgetown University’s Students for Justice in Palestine (GU-SJP) on behalf of PSM ORGANIZED BY: SJP GU CONTACT: (202) 784-8417 (202) 460-8865 web@palestinesolidaritymovement.org The Palestine Solidarity Movement (PSM) announces that its fifth annual conference will be held February 17th through 19th at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. The annual conference comes to Georgetown’s campus, which possesses a Catholic and Jesuit identity, on the heels of a series of bold initiatives ta ... ........................................................................ SUNDAY, February 19, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONFERENCE: PALESTINE SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT FIFTH ANNUAL DIVESTMENT CONFERENCE TIME: 10:00am-4:00pm LOCATION: Georgetown University SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS: Georgetown University’s Students for Justice in Palestine (GU-SJP) on behalf of PSM ORGANIZED BY: SJP GU CONTACT: (202) 784-8417 (202) 460-8865 web@palestinesolidaritymovement.org The Palestine Solidarity Movement (PSM) announces that its fifth annual conference will be held February 17th through 19th at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. The annual conference comes to Georgetown’s campus, which possesses a Catholic and Jesuit identity, on the heels of a series of bold initiatives ta ... ........................................................................ ========================= N E X T W E E K ========================= MONDAY, February 20, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONCERT: SAYYED DARWEESH TRIBUTE CONCERT TIME: 6:00pm LOCATION: The Kennedy Center DIRECTIONS: Millennium Stage Free Performance 2700 F Street, NW Washington, DC 20566 Information: 800-444-1324 or 202-467-4600 Foggy Bottom Metro SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS: Xauen Music CONTACT: 800-444-1324 Chicago Classical Oriental Ensemble Monday, February 20, 6:00 p.m. John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts 2700 F Street, NW Washington, DC 20566 Xauen Music (http://www.xauen-music.com) is proud to announce its upcoming nationwide tour, "The Songs of Sheikh Sayyed Darweesh, "featuring the Chicago Cl ... ........................................................................ SATURDAY, February 25, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ARTS WORKSHOP: MOSAIC ARTS WORKSHOP TIME: 09:00am-01:00pm LOCATION: The Palestine Center DIRECTIONS: The Jerusalem Fund Gallery 2425 Virginia Ave. NW Washington, DC 20037 Foggy Bottom Metro SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS: Palestine Center(The Palestine Center) ORGANIZED BY: Palestine Center CONTACT: 202-338-1958 mailto:info@palestinecenter.org The Jerusalem Fund Gallery presents a Mosaic Arts Workshop with mosaic artist Valerie Theberge Saturday, 25 February 2006 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Registration required. Deadline: Friday, 17 February 2006. The art of mosaic has been practiced, in one form or another, for thousands of years. The Middle ... ........................................................................ ==================== DETAILS OF THIS WEEK'S EVENTS =================== Film: DOCUMENTARY FILM SCREENING OF THE WALL Documentary Film Screening of: "The Wall" Monday, February 13 @ 6:00 PM George Mason University Johnson Center Cinema, Ground Floor 4400 University Drive Fairfax, Virginia 22030 (96 Minutes long) In an original documentary approach, Simone Bitton follows the separation fence that is destroying one of the most historically significant landscapes in the world, while imprisoning one people and enclosing the other. Includes conversations with children, Israelis, and the Palestinians who have been hired to build the wall as well as an interview with the Director General of the Israeli Ministry of Defense. Winner, Marseille Festival of Documentary Film: Grand Prix Sundance Film Festival: Special Jury Prize for World Cinema - Documentary ........................................................................ Briefing: CLAYTON SWISHER SPEAKS ABOUT PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS Clayton Swisher speaks about Palestinian Elections Monday February 13 7:00pm George Washington University Marvin Center amphitheater 800 21st Street, NW Washington, DC 20052 Middle East Institute Director of Programs Clayton Swisher will be speaking Monday about his work serving on a delegation led by former President Jimmy Carter to observe the January 2006 Palestinian Parliamentary elections. Swisher is author of the recent book The Truth About Camp David. No one is free when others are oppressed. Students for Justice in Palestine, GWU ........................................................................ Briefing/Discussion: BETWEEN ELECTIONS: PALESTINE AND ISRAEL WITH AMJAD ATALLAH The Palestine Center invites you to a briefing on The 2006 Palestinian Elections: Finding an Equilibrium With Mr. Amjad Atallah President, Strategic Assessments Initiative Tuesday, 14 February 2006 12:30 – 2:00 p.m. The results of the January 2006 Palestinian Legislative Council elections have created a new uncertainty within the Palestinian Authority (PA), Israel and the international community. What steps should the major players take to prevent the collapse of the PA and to safeguard the democratic process in the Occupied Palestinian Territory? Will Hamas follow the Hezbollah example by looking for a third party through which to speak to Israel and the United States? How ought Israel and the United States to react? Has the region reached the equilibrium that Palestinians and Israelis have long wanted and are comfortable with? Amjad Atallah, president of Strategic Assessments Initiative and former legal advisor to the PLO’s Negotiations Affairs Department will examine options before for Hamas, the PA, Israel and the United States. Register today! Registration is required to attend this briefing. Unregistered guests will not be admitted. RSVP by 6:00 p.m. Monday, 13 February 2006, by emailing your name and contact information to rsvp@palestinecenter.org or call the RSVP line at 202-338-1290 (ext. 11). The Palestine Center Potomac Plaza Building / 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. Its focus is on the relationship between the United States and the Middle East with particular emphasis on Palestine and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. ........................................................................ Concert: ANERA BENEFIT CONCERT TOUR Music from Palestine: Oriental Music Ensemble (Jerusalem) Wednesday, February 15, 2006 at 7:30pm Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, ICC Auditorium (Inter Cultural Center), Georgetown University We invite you to join us for an evening of Arab music. MUSIC FROM PALESTINE features four musicians of this instrumental ensemble who are senior faculty of the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music headquartered in Jerusalem. Led by the Conservatory's Director, Suhail Khoury, the Ensemble plays music that is a careful balance of authentic classical tradition and modern influences. As one reviewer stated, 'There's a true ensemble feel in the performances that gives a fine edge to the pieces.' Playing handmade instruments - the 'ud (lute), the qanoun (zither), nay (flute) and clarinet, and percussion - their current repertoire includes compositions by Lebanese, Kurdish, Turkish, Iraqi, Egyptian, Tunisian, and Palestinian musicians. This evening will provide an opportunity to enjoy the performance of this distinguished Ensemble and to learn of its members’ work to bring music into the lives of young people in Palestine. As faculty of the Conservatory, they are investing in young Palestinians who are the future of Palestinian musical life, developing their capacity to play internationally with their counterparts as a true bridge to cultural understanding and peace. We look forward to sharing MUSIC FROM PALESTINE with you. Suggested minimum admission: $10 general, $5 students and senior citizens, with valid ID, first come first served at the door. For more information about ANERA's Benefit Concert tour, please contact Ms. Kathy Habib at (202) 347-2558. ........................................................................ Concert: ANERA BENEFIT CONCERT TOUR Arab Music from Palestine: The Oriental Music Ensemble Thursday, February 16, 2006, 7:30 pm, Freer Gallery of Art, Meyer Auditorium Here is an unprecedented opportunity to hear this quartet of faculty members from the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music in Jerusalem on their debut American tour. The ensemble performs classical and contemporary Arab music for 'ud, nay, clarinet, qanun, and percussion. The conservatory, with campuses in Bethlehem and Ramallah, was famously endorsed by both Edward Said and conductor Daniel Barenboim for its teaching of Western and Arab music to Palestinian youth. Presented in cooperation with American Near East Refugee Aid. For more information about ANERA's Benefit Concert tour, please contact Ms. Kathy Habib at (202) 347-2558. ........................................................................ Conference: PALESTINE SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT FIFTH ANNUAL DIVESTMENT CONFERENCE The Palestine Solidarity Movement (PSM) announces that its fifth annual conference will be held February 17th through 19th at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. The annual conference comes to Georgetown’s campus, which possesses a Catholic and Jesuit identity, on the heels of a series of bold initiatives taken by the decision-making bodies of various Christian denominations to consider the use of divestment as a tactic to non-violently influence a just resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The event will be hosted by Georgetown University’s Students for Justice in Palestine (GU-SJP) on behalf of PSM, a coalition of North American organizations dedicated to implementing divestment and boycott strategies as a component of human rights activism in order to realize both equality and justice for all people residing within Israel/Palestine. To Register: http://www.palestinesolidaritymovement.org/registration.htm ........................................................................ Conference: PALESTINE SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT FIFTH ANNUAL DIVESTMENT CONFERENCE The Palestine Solidarity Movement (PSM) announces that its fifth annual conference will be held February 17th through 19th at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. The annual conference comes to Georgetown’s campus, which possesses a Catholic and Jesuit identity, on the heels of a series of bold initiatives taken by the decision-making bodies of various Christian denominations to consider the use of divestment as a tactic to non-violently influence a just resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The event will be hosted by Georgetown University’s Students for Justice in Palestine (GU-SJP) on behalf of PSM, a coalition of North American organizations dedicated to implementing divestment and boycott strategies as a component of human rights activism in order to realize both equality and justice for all people residing within Israel/Palestine. To Register: http://www.palestinesolidaritymovement.org/registration.htm ........................................................................ Conference: PALESTINE SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT FIFTH ANNUAL DIVESTMENT CONFERENCE The Palestine Solidarity Movement (PSM) announces that its fifth annual conference will be held February 17th through 19th at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. The annual conference comes to Georgetown’s campus, which possesses a Catholic and Jesuit identity, on the heels of a series of bold initiatives taken by the decision-making bodies of various Christian denominations to consider the use of divestment as a tactic to non-violently influence a just resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The event will be hosted by Georgetown University’s Students for Justice in Palestine (GU-SJP) on behalf of PSM, a coalition of North American organizations dedicated to implementing divestment and boycott strategies as a component of human rights activism in order to realize both equality and justice for all people residing within Israel/Palestine. To Register: http://www.palestinesolidaritymovement.org/registration.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 malachykilbride at yahoo.com Mon Feb 13 07:57:01 2006 From: malachykilbride at yahoo.com (malachy kilbride) Date: Mon Feb 13 08:11:12 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Tonight's meeting cancelled and rescheduled In-Reply-To: <20060213143922.378.qmail@web32115.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <20060213155701.6305.qmail@web32112.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Tonight's meeting, at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, specifically planning for the march and teach-in on March 18 has been cancelled. People organizing for this will meet on Saturday, February 18 from 1:30PM to 3:30 PM at Mt. Pleasant Library. This meeting is for all activities planned for commemoration of the war-occupation that will be occuring this Spring. People organizing specifically for the March 18 events will have a chance to organize at this time. Please come and get involved. These are our locally-based grassroots efforts to express ourselves as DC area people against the war-occupation and all the injustices that surround it. Spread the word! RESIST and DISSENT in the name of justice and peace! -- Malachy malachy kilbride wrote: I have reserved space at Saint Thomas Episcopal Church in Dupont Circle off of 18th and Church streets. As of now the meeting is still on and it will start at 7pm. I have received e-mails from some wondering if we are still having the meeting or not? Considering the snow and the streets and also whether or not we have anything to report on the space for the teach-in I would like to know if this meeting should or should not wait until next week. Do we have anything new to address? Have the people who volunteered to find a space for the teach-in found a space? Is there anything pressing that absolutely must be addressed tonight? I would like to make a decision on this as soon as possible. Thanks, Malachy --------------------------------- Relax. Yahoo! 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Totonchi) Date: Tue Feb 14 04:04:51 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Demo in DC: SUPPORT STRIKING IRANIAN WORKERS, Wed, Feb. 15. 12:00 PM Message-ID: <915d38c20602131131t77cba69fna5b48c9c0561f46e@mail.gmail.com> SUPPORT STRIKING IRANIAN WORKERS THIS WEDNESDAY JOIN the AFL-CIO, Solidarity Center, DC Metro Labor, and Georgetown Solidarity Committee in a demonstration of solidarity with STRIKING BUS DRIVERS IN IRAN On January 27, 2006, the Iranian government sent thousands of armed forces that used tear gas, batons, and even death threats against striking union members of the Tehran Bus Company. Workers demanded that the Iranian government uphold their rights under existing Iranian law. Hundreds of workers, including their wives and children, were arrested and/or injured. Iranian Interest Section, 2209 Wisconsin Ave, Washington, DC NW 12:00 PM, February 15, 2006 Contact: Cathy Feingold CFeingol@solidaritycenter.org or 202-778-4507 ***The AFL-CIO will provide transportation that will leave from 1925 K St. NW Washington DC, 20010 at 11:40am. (Closest Metros: Farragut North (red line) and Farragut West (orange/blue line)*** The Iranian Interest Section is also easily accessible on the 30, 32, 34, 35, or 36 buses that travel up and down Wisconsin Ave and beyond. To find other routes, please use www.wmata.com . -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.mutualaid.org/pipermail/dawn-dc/attachments/20060213/bb764d83/attachment-0001.html From nparry at mail.com Tue Feb 14 04:56:34 2006 From: nparry at mail.com (Nat Parry) Date: Tue Feb 14 05:11:08 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Camp Liberty? Message-ID: <20060214125634.444591F50B1@ws1-2.us4.outblaze.com> This guy I know in Atlanta wrote up this call for a mass Camp Casey-style occupation of DC. He's well aware of the difficulties in pulling this off, but he decided to put the call out there anyway. I told him that he should at least address it to the activist community in DC, which he does by asking for the DC activist community to start discussing this idea and see if we can determine the best date for this kind of action. I was thinking the spring meetings of the IMF and World Bank.... Anyway, I'm passing along his call, which is worth reading. His blog is here: http://campliberty.blogspot.com/2006/02/camp-liberty.html Camp Liberty Because America is our country. Camp Liberty | 1.30.06 Those who make peaceful protest impossible make violent revolution inevitable. - John F. Kennedy, 1962 America is in grave danger. Many Americans believe their country is under siege - and it is - but not from what they read about in the newspapers. Not from what they see on their TV?s. The single biggest threat to their country and their futures comes not from foreign ?terrorists? or Saddam Hussein or Osama bin Laden or other adversaries, but from the Administration of George W. Bush. A Runaway Train of Abuses The damages caused by this Administration are far-reaching and difficult to summarize in a brief manner, but include a severe tarnishing of America?s reputation in the world through the illegal occupation of Iraq, support for torture and ?extraordinary rendition?, maintaining a gulag of secret prisons similar to the well-known Guantanamo Bay prison camp. The bellicose and arrogant actions of the Administration have enraged a multitude of people?s around the world, and especially in the Middle East. The warmongering actions of this Administration have placed Americans in harm?s way deliberately. This is why ?terrorists? want to damage us. Here at home there is a severely damaged economy, relentless spying on Americans, and a wholesale muzzling of our press. There is sufficient evidence that the election process has been compromised, to engage in polite understatement. The Bush Administration has laid siege to our rights and freedoms as enumerated in the Bill of Rights. They use the American media and press to spew lies and deceit and to distort reality in the most Orwellian fashion. They have succeeded in placing rightwing extremist judges on various important Supreme Courts, creating a generation?s worth of slanted decision-maiking in a coordinated effort to eliminate the progress made in the 20th Century. They seek to outlaw dissent and any other opposition to their agenda. These actions collectively spell out a crystal clear and very present danger to American Citizen?s immediate futures as well as our attempts to intervene in a Federal Administration that is now completely out of control and above the law. There are very important mid-term elections coming this November and there are many unanswered questions and currently no way of getting these resolved by the legal means available to Americans. Necessary Intervention What I think is needed and what I am proposing is a Camp Casey-styled ?sit-in? protest against the Bush Administration as well as the GOP-controlled government and it?s horrendous and destructive agenda. Call it what you want, the bottom line is the need for a sustained presence of over a million Americans in Washington DC long enough to get the attention of the news media and the People of the USA. The protest would necessarily have to take place in Washington DC as this is the epicenter of most of the problems. We have to protest INSIDE the ?Beltway?. There?s little need for discussion about what to protest ? protest whatever you want. As progressives are not defined by a fascist-style ?lockstep", such as that which defines the GOP, there are constant disagreements about how to do this or that. Really, folks, we don?t have the luxury of time to ferret out such trivia. We need a mass of warm bodies occupying a very prominent area of Washington DC for an extended, indefinite period of time. Team Bush is a bigger threat than anything else. Keeping it simple I am suggesting 2 very simple actions - Camp Liberty in Washington DC, as near to the Steps of Congress as we can get, and ongoing collaborative/solidarity protests in every city near media outlets. (Such as CNN in Atlanta) Camp Liberty should run indefinitely ? this is why I make a comparison with Cindy Sheehan?s Camp Casey sit-in. A one-day march won?t do anything for us. Team Bush enjoys de facto control of the media (despite the incessant blather of the right that somehow liberals control the media) and that media marginalizes, downplays, minimizes and explains away what the people on TV see happening.. The necessary protest absolutely has to be indefinite. A month or 2 or 3, I don?t know and that?s also unimportant. Getting a huge number of Americans to gather in Washington DC for more than a weekend would be the most general and simplest way to describe what its intended. Protesting in Shifts This has a lot of advantages. It will allow for many, many people to come and join in and will facilitate ?protesting in shifts?. I believe many people were excited about Camp Casey because they could actually go on and work within the schedules of their busy lives. People can come and go as they wish and as they need to. There would be needs for all sorts of supports such as food and water, sleeping arrangements, trash and waste disposal, and more that I cannot think of. I suppose, since we are so ?free? there would have to be some sort of ?permit?, a process that would clearly get used to deny such an action, but it has to happen, permission or not. There are a lot of very experienced organizers who know more about this than I probably ever will; my point in this writing is not to recreate that wheel, but to throw out the suggestion that we do this and get started. After Camp Casey there was a period of time where Ms. Sheehan and the Iraq War Veterans for Peace toured the country on their way to the ?big? Anti-War demonstration in DC on September 24th. People were arriving in DC well before the actual protest march. That?s the model for this idea: people just showing up in DC and gathering together near Congress. I am unfamiliar with DC but I imagine protesting anywhere near the White House is impossible and Bush doesn't care anyway. Congress is where the law makers are. They will HAVE to see us. Protesting the Media The media is the other component of this huge problem. Scared, apathetic, embedded, or fully in agreement with the Administration?s systematic takeover of our country, the media has failed so miserably in reporting what is happening. It is abject failure and should be the focus of study in the future to ensure it never happens again. The media is the apparatus that has marginalized and downplayed the actions of We the People when we have attempted to protest this administration?s drive to the invasion of Iraq. Basically, there should be regular protests in every American city with a significant media outlet. It should be at least weekly or more - as well as definitely every weekend - and they should endure as long as Camp Liberty. Think of it as a temporary lifestyle adjustment - a new hobby - not an isolated one-time event. Team Bush doesn?t give up. If we build it the People will come It should not take too long before the effort garners attention in a roughly similar manner to that of Camp Casey. It will likely take off on the internet first where the flow of information has yet to be significantly compromised. American media will ignore it or denigrate it at first ? that?s the media?s ?job? now. But if we hold out for even a few days, and get a few celebrities and ?important people? (such as good Democrats running for office ? hell, I?d welcome ?good Republicans? because there are even some of them who are quietly as disgusted as we are, but are not allowed to express themselves) we will get media attention. Global media attention will be good but is not as important as getting the attentions of Congress and our fellow Americans. It's too soon to suggest a concrete date or a place. I only want to ?catapult? the idea of what might make an impact on the problem at hand. This is a general call to action but it is essential that people understand that in order for the ?rubber to meet the road? with this the Activist Community in Washington DC probably needs to make the suggestion for the best-fitting date.I am asking for them to begin talking about this.Spring might be good and sooner rather than later seems like a wise idea. A site will emerge to begin coordinating the best date and location and other logistical information. So please, spread this around. I am posting it on Smirking Chimp as well as Daily Kos. Info will get posted at those locations when it becomes available. Time is running out. Set it off. Doc xxdr_zombiexx@yahoo.com -- ___________________________________________________ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://lists.mutualaid.org/pipermail/dawn-dc/attachments/20060215/ac5bf5ca/attachment.html From jsmacdonald at riseup.net Thu Feb 16 07:21:05 2006 From: jsmacdonald at riseup.net (Jim Macdonald) Date: Thu Feb 16 07:24:02 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Servicing DC's homeless, 5:30PM, Sat., Canadian Embassy (DAWN's weekly action) Message-ID: <27166.jsmacdonald.1140103265.squirrel@mail.riseup.net> The Weekly Action Group of the DC Anti-War Network is organizing here in DC for the commemoration of the war-occupation of Iraq. In doing so we are continuing to make the connections between the war-occupation, militarism, and economic justice here and abroad (See the DAWN web site for our actions). It was decided that our group will begin serving homeless people prior to the commemoration and after. This Saturday, February 18, at 5:30PM people interested in this action and getting involved in future serving of homeless people, with DAWN?s Weekly Action Group, are asked to go to the park next to the Canadian Embassy, 501 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW. We will continue doing this every Saturday beyond the commemoration of the war-occupation. For this week, we do not need people to prepare food or even necessarily serve food. What would be ideal is for people to come out and establish a relationship with those we will be encountering and serving. In following weeks, to sustain this action, we will need more help. We have come to believe that the issues we address are all connected. Whether it is the destruction of our environment, the preparing and waging of war, the subjugation of people through torture, or oppression by institutions and governments we believe all these issues are all related. We attempt to make the connections between the wars on people of other nations and the war on the poor here and elsewhere with our weekly actions that confront representatives of the World Bank/IMF, local elected officials, and national figures elected or otherwise. We urge you to come out, join us, and serve those who have become victims of a war waged against them. Make the connections with us. With us, dissent and resist! From endviolence at carolmoore.net Thu Feb 16 08:14:54 2006 From: endviolence at carolmoore.net (Carol Moore in DC) Date: Thu Feb 16 09:21:50 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] March 6 Protest US-Israeli Nuclear Hypocrisy at AIPAC Conference Message-ID: <43F4A4FE.5060503@carolmoore.net> FROM: aipacprotest@earthlink.net Monday, March 6, 2006 6-8 pm PROTEST US-ISRAELI NUCLEAR HYPOCRISY at the AIPAC ANNUAL CONFERENCE ** NO US-ISRAEL ATTACK ON IRAN ** ISRAEL STOP THREATENING NEIGHBORS WITH NUCLEAR WEAPONS ** NUCLEAR FREE MIDDLE EAST ** EQUAL RIGHTS AND RIGHT OF RETURN FOR PALESTINIANS Endorse! Publicize! Participate! WHEN: Monday, March 6th, 6:00-8:00 PM during American Israel Public Affairs Committee(AIPAC) Gala Banquet attended by dozens of congressional representatives and other luminaries. (Rumor has it "hot shot" Dick Cheney will speak.) WHERE: DC Convention Center, south side of Mount Vernon Place between 7th and 9th Streets NW. WHAT: Bring relevant signs, flags, banners. Be ready to speak out with other activists for Middle East peace and human and Palestinian rights. Megaphone will be provided. Some people are talking about non-violent civil disobedience so email us if interested. WHY: To make it clear we do not want the US or Israel to attack Iran and want both to work for a nuclear free Middle East that removes Israeli -- and American -- nuclear weapons from the area. Israel should cease threatening its neighbors with nuclear weapons and instead seek peace by ensuring that Palestinians have equal rights and the right to return to their original homes, lands, cities, towns and villages. SUNDAY VIGILS: Some individuals will vigil Sunday morning and evening March 5th. 11:00 am to 1:00 pm during speech by UN Ambassador John Bolton on Iran; 6:00 - 8:00 pm during the dinner meeting, just in case Dick Cheney shows up Sunday instead of Monday. ENDORSE! Get individual and organizational endorsements in as soon as possible to be listed on press materials. To endorse, learn about civil disobedience, or share comments, questions email aipacprotest@earthlink.net To see list of endorsers, links to photos of past protests, etc. go to: http://stopthewarnow.net/protests/aipacprotest-03-06.html Initiated by DC Antiwar Network http://dawndc.net DC area activists, feel free to join our break out group/ planning meeting at the weekly Tuesday DAWN meeting. See top right of http://dawndc.net for meeting details. From klarant at aol.com Thu Feb 16 11:28:06 2006 From: klarant at aol.com (klarant@aol.com) Date: Thu Feb 16 11:35:51 2006 Subject: [dawn-dc] Support DC young women THIS WEEKEND Message-ID: <8C801463F32A7BD-1044-9FFA@FWM-R07.sysops.aol.com> Fundraiser to benefit Young Women's Drumming Empowerment Project. Saturday, February 18, 2006 at Busboys and Poets Restaurant, 14th and V Sts NW, 3-6 p.m. Adults $10-$20 sliding; Youth $5 and none turned away. Friends: I'm writing to all of you who are staying in town this weekend, and who might have a few hours and a few bucks to spare for DC's young women this Saturday. The Young Women's Drumming Empowerment Project - whose inspiring performances left audiences in a state amazement last September - are hosting their own fundraiser this weekend. YWDEP hopes to raise funds for its new Peer Mentorship Program - through this, the girls from last year's group will mentor new girls entering the program this year. We're currently setting up training sessions to prepare them for this challenge. In addition, we hope to raise money to purchase more drums as the project grows its membership. We are just asking for a little of your time and generosity for this FUN event on Saturday, which will feature an incredible performance line-up with the Princess of Controversy, the women of the Guerrilla Poets and Rhythm Workers Union, Deb Randall of Venus Theatre, the girls of SKIRTS doing their step routine and movement pieces, plus singer/songwriters and poets and YWDEP own She Poets of the Rizing Moon. We also have a fun raffle planned with lots of great prizes donated by local businesses and artists to give away. PLEASE COME. More info at: www.youngwomendrum.org Thank you, Kristen Arant YWDEP Founder kristen@youngwomendrum.org -------------- next part ---------