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Martin Luther King Jr. reminds us to address oppression in three point, racism, militarism, and poverty. We can often see the intersections of these forms of oppression. This Sunday we will look at the impact of hunger, poverty and homelessness within the city of Boston. Join us as we discuss the signs of hope and opportunities to effect change in here in Boston. As we prepare to begin our Monday night dinners we must be educated on the systemic issues affecting homeless folks in Boston today.
Michael Bancewicz is the Coordinator of Community Initiatives at the Church on the Hill, Boston. He is also a member/volunteer of the street ministry, Ecclesia Ministries/common cathedral. Among his affiliations, he co-facilitates the monthly Doorbell Ministry meetings, where agencies and church leadership gather to discuss trends and resources regarding the members of our community most in need. He is currently involved in the start up of an initiative called the "Agape Project" which in few words is a neighbor to neighbor connection for the newly housed (formally homeless) with folks already established in the communities they are moving to.
The Constitutional Convention Initiative will be sponsoring a panel discussion on "Separation and Balance of Power" to be held on the evening of January 6, 2008 beginning at 8:30 PM . Featured on the panel are: Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich, candidate for President; Gore Vidal, noted author, playwright and activist; David Swanson, co-founder of AfterDowningStreet.org and creator of ImpeachCheney.org . John Kaminski, Chair of Maine Lawyers for Democracy, will introduce the panel's theme. The moderator will be Herb Hoffman, Director of the Constitutional Convention Initiative. Due to health considerations, Gore Vidal will participate by video link from his home in Los Angeles.
This program will be in front of a live audience in the studios of MCAM, Manchester, NH, and will be live video streamed on KucinichTV.com . The audience will have opportunity to ask questions of the panelists and the viewing audience will be able to email questions to the panel in real time.
This event, focussing on critical issues confronting basic Constitutional tenets and taking place just two days before the New Hampshire primary, is likely to be particularly charged,.
What a Way to Go: Life at the End of Empire (123 min) is a disturbing, compassionate, sometimes humorous personal essay about coming to grips with climate change, resource crises, environmental meltdown, and the demise of the American lifestyle. Friends and experts analyze the historical, social, and psychological factors driving us towards human extinction. Bennett and Erickson challenge their audience to face difficult times with courage and integrity.
Featuring interviews with authors and scientists Daniel Quinn, Derrick Jensen, Richard Heinberg, William Catton, Jerry Mander, Chellis Glendinning, Richard Manning, Thomas Berry, Paul Roberts, Ran Prieur, William Schlesinger, Stuart Pimm and Douglas Crawford-Brown.
There will be a meeting with our US Rep. Ed Markey Sunday Feb. 10 at 7:30 PM, Framingham Town Hall. The purpose of that meeting is to discuss Impeachment of Bush and Cheney, and the end of the occupation of Iraq.
For questions, Herb Chasan 508-380-1196.
In April, 1999 Dr. Hardy Limeback, a leading Canadian fluoride authority often cited by health officials in their defense of fluoridated water, long-standing consultant to the Canadian Dental Association and a professor of dentistry at the University of Toronto, changed his mind and has since become a leading opponent of fluoridated water. Professor Limeback is interviewed by Dr. Paul Connett, Professor of Chemistry, St. Lawrence University, New York. Dr. Limeback explains the events and information that led to his changed position. In 1992 Dr. Limeback recommended a ban of fluoride supplements for children under 3. In 1997 he discovered, contrary to his assumption, that pharmaceutical grade sodium fluoride is not added to Canada’s water supply. Instead, hydrofluosilicic acid, a by-product of Florida fertilizer production plants is used.
Statement of and Interview with Dr. J. William Hirzy Senate Subcommittee on Wildlife, Fisheries, and Drinking Water.
Dr. J. William Hirzy is a senior scientist in the Risk Assessment Division of the Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Dr. Hirzy is also Vice President of the National Treasury Employees Union which represents eleven professional employees unions at EPA headquarters. In June, 2000 Dr. Hirzy, representing the Union, not EPA, testified before a Senate subcommittee. This 30 minute documentary presents portions of Dr. Hirzy’s statement followed by an interview in which he answers questions about his testimony. It is not very well known that the Union of 7000 EPA professionals (scientists, lawyers, toxicologists, engineers) has opposed fluoridating public water for ten years and called upon Congress to “order an independent review of a cancer bioassay previously mandated by Congressional committee” showing a link between fluoride and bone cancer in young males.
Join us to view and discuss this timely and important documentary. For more information, see recent article in Scientific American.
LexGWAC is sponsoring a *Four-Part Home Energy Efficiency Series* beginning January 10 in the Cary Library Meeting Room. Since our homes' energy use is a major factor in a family's carbon footprint, GWAC would like to offer help to Lexington residents who want to reduce their carbon emissions but need some expert guidance.
Part One: "Tightening Up Your Home, Sealing Leaks" will feature home energy efficiency expert Paul Eldrenkamp, who will explain how to test your home for energy leaks and how to best use a contractor to insulate your home and reduce your energy costs. Paul founded Byggmeister, Inc., a residential remodeling company based in Newton, in 1983, and has been focusing on high-performance renovations since the late 1980's. He has been a board member of the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association, the Green Decade Coalition/Newton, and the Newton Historical Society, among other organizations. He writes regularly on a range of topics for industry publications and is a frequent speaker at construction conferences. Additionally, he works with a range of local environmental groups to provide several workshops each year on improving residential energy performance, and provides blower door and infrared audits for Low-Carbon Diet and other neighborhood groups.
On January 11, from 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM, the ACLU of Massachusetts will be holding a solemn procession and vigil in downtown Boston demanding the closure of Guantánamo prison.
Assemble at the ACLU of Massachusetts, 12:15 PM. Start procession at 12:30 PM. Reach JFK Building by 1 PM. Then march in procession back to the ACLU office.
I know some of you would prefer an evening event. But after weighing variables such as media availability and the relative lack of evening foot traffic in the winter, we decided a lunch-time event would be best.
My hope is that many of you will wear our orange jump suits over warm clothes or carry them in the procession. We also have two coffins and signs here at the ACLU of Massachusetts office. I hope to locate a big drum - its beat can lead us in a slow march through Boston's streets to the JKF Building and back.
The ACLU of Massachusetts is located at 211 Congress Street, corner of Congress and High Streets, on the third floor. It is adjacent to the large Bank of American headquarters with a plaza and flagpoles in front. It is close to South Station and Post Office Square.
RSVP: Nancy Murray
Director of Education
ACLU of Massachusetts
211 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02110
617-482-3170 x 314
Louise's new book, "Undoing the Silence: Six Tools for Social Change Writing", will be available at this event. Inspiring stories from the 80s and 90s have found their way into this book to help today's activists speak out in writing for social justice. Louise will be reading, sharing tips, and signing books for those who want their own copy.
Even though the Senate Judiciary Committee passed legislation that provides greater protections for privacy and doesn't give amnesty to telecommunications companies, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has decided to move the bad Senate Intelligence Committee bill. This is not good news for those of us who respect freedom, the rule of law and the Constitution.
Tell your senators and Senator Reid to vote against this awful legislation.
S 1959 "Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007" must be stopped at all costs. (It's already been approved by the House of Representatives by a HUGE majority.)
Pick up your phone and contact our US Senators' offices to instruct them to vote "NO" on S.1959, titled "To establish the National Commission on the Prevention of Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism, and for other purposes".
If this bill is passed, and becomes law, your words and actions could be considered terrorism. S 1959 EVISCERATES FREE SPEECH, and empowers the govt. to declare ANYTHING they deem an "extremist belief system", instantly make you a terrorist, resulting in stripping of US citizenship, torture, and/or execution, with no habeas corpus rights, no ability to challenge even in the US Supreme Court.
Applicants wanted: Summer 2007 international human rights training programs with young leaders (ages 18- 30) who may be interested in participating in one of our upcoming human rights delegations to Bosnia, Guatemala, Rwanda or Venezuela.
Tuition is $2250-$2750. Some financial aid is available.
Global Youth Connect is an international human rights organization which is building and supporting a community of youth who are actively promoting and protecting human rights, and educating and inspiring the next generation to work for peaceful change. We have been organizing international human rights delegations since 2001.
January 24 - February 3, 2008 Start and end in Caracas; visits to the states of Falcon, Carabobo, Lara, and Yaracuy
The Alberto Lovera Bolivarian Circle of NY invites you to join us in January for a 10-day trip to Venezuela examining advances in food sovereignty and other initiatives for social change. Start off in the capital city of Caracas, then travel to four additional states, including visits to newly formed cooperative farms and rural development projects in the countryside; community and national media outlets; government sponsored social programs, including Mercal markets and Barrio Adentro medical clinics, and much more. Meet with farmers, community leaders, and government officials. Sightseeing and visits to some of the country's beautiful beaches and other natural areas will also be included.
Basic information (more forthcoming):
Cost for Airfare: $578. A limited number of tickets are currently reserved at this price, which is a great deal for the time of year!
Cost for Activities: $500. This will cover all lodging, all transportation, and some meals for the duration of the trip. Additional expenses will be minimal.
Space is limited. Interested persons should email as soon as possible.
Comcast has given us a glimpse of a world without Net
Neutrality, and it's a chilling sight.
An investigation by the Associated Press caught the
cable giant secretly inspecting online communications
and crippling users' ability to share information with
one another.
On 11-1-07, Free Press filed a legal complaint
demanding that the FCC take action to protect the free
flow of information on the Internet. By joining our
complaint, you can help stop Comcast and other
gatekeepers.
The MBTA on October 10th started broadcasting
continuous [corporate] radio ads and "music" at South
Station, North Station and Airport Station with a plan
to expand the continuous radio broadcast system-wide
after Thanksgiving. This will adversely monopolize
this historic First Amendment public space:
1. Curtail and Interfere with Conversations of all
MBTA patrons
2. Curtail and Interfere with Reading of all MBTA
patrons
3. Target ads to all School Children who use the MBTA
4. Eliminate Subway Musician Performances
We, the undersigned, support the diversity of
expression of patrons and artists in the subway. We
petition Governor Deval Patrick and Massachusetts Bay
Transportation Authority Board of Directors to stop
the T-Radio broadcast.
Congress will be debating war appropriations again, and the Senate - as the Republicans have routinely demonstrated - has the power to filibuster any appropriations it doesn't like. A filibuster in the Senate would effectively force an end to the war. So if each of us does our part in exposing the filibuster option, then we can apply tremendous pressure on our senators, the likes of which they haven't felt in decades!
Petition to sign.
"We do not support construction of new nuclear
reactors as a means of addressing the climate crisis.
Available renewable energy and energy efficiency
technologies are faster, cheaper, safer and cleaner
strategies for reducing greenhouse emissions than
nuclear power."
See and hear Walter, Joe, Abbey, random pedestrians (One even honked.) and a supporting cast of spontaneous volunteers all explaining the Honk Experience. (You can hear them when the cars aren't honking anyway.) No honks were added.
This took five hours in the cutting room. It's derived from thirty minutes of source shot over a two hour period on July 30th.
Cuencavision the local Spanish cable TV that carries some TV from Cuba. It includes Cubavision news from 1 to 1:30 PM weekdays and News from Telesur at Noon. The current schedule is viewable as a pdf file by clicking on the "Media Kit Cuencavision" link. Telesur is a major initative by several Latin American countries to provide an alternative to the US dominated media.
Cuencavision a local low power Spanish TV station in Boston is picking up Telesur and Cubavison TV and rebroadcasting them during the day. Cuencavision is carried on Cablevision in Boston and Brookline on Channel 26. It can also be received directly on Ch 58 in a limited area of its Albany Street, Boston, Transmission Site.
IMPEACH VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY -- (Congressional Record, House of Representatives - November 07, 2007)
(Mr. KUCINICH asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. KUCINICH. "Mr. Speaker, yesterday I brought articles of impeachment before this House. The articles have been referred to the Judiciary Committee, and the people of the United States now have a chance to become engaged in a broad discussion about the importance of this action."
"People ask, why now? Well, recently, the administration asked for millions of dollars to be included in the defense budget to retrofit Stealth B-2 bombers with 30,000-pound bombs that can be used to bomb nuclear research labs in Iran at Natans and Bushir. Think of the humanitarian and ecological disaster that would come from that kind of a bombing."
"This administration, which took license to go to war based on lies, must be held accountable. And the Vice President must be held accountable for his role in bringing about the war against Iraq and in trying to beat the drums for a war against Iran."
"As has been pointed out here, we have so many needs here at home. We have people who are losing their homes, losing their pensions, losing their jobs, losing their health care, and we must bring discipline in this House to hold this administration accountable unto the law, so we can begin to focus on a domestic agenda and stop waging aggressive war."
"Impeach the Vice President."
TOLL-FREE PHONE NUMBERS FOR THE U.S. CAPITOL SWITCHBOARD
US House of Representatives Web Sites
Doris Tennant and Ellen Lubell (of Newton) are representing a Guantanamo prisoner pro bono, so they are providing their time at no charge. However, their costs, including their own travel and that of a translator, translator fees, and Freedom of Information Act requests, are running at least $20,000 for this year, and will likely continue at that same pace or more. Most of the other attorneys who are representing Guantanamo detainees are members of large law firms that can cover these types of expenses, but in their case the two of them are the firm.
If you would like to make a contribution to help them defray costs, it would be much appreciated. Please make your check payable to "Tennant Lubell Detainee Fund." Your contribution will NOT be tax-deductible, but they promise to put it to good use to help provide fundamental legal rights to a man who remains in indefinite detention.
Doris Tennant, Esq.
Tennant Lubell, LLC
288 Walnut Street, Suite 500
Newton, MA 02460
617-969-9610, X 101
Fax: 617-969-9611
Action Alert: The Alliance for Democracy warns us to oppose Holt bill (HR 811). We call for a ban on the use of Direct Recording Electronic voting equipment (DREs) and to require the use of paper ballots.
AFD urgently calls upon all citizens to call their Representatives to demand amendments to rectify the defects in HR 811, specifically to ban the use of DRE voting machines and require the use of paper ballots in all elections in the United States.
1. DRE systems must be banned.
2. All voting must be by voter marks on a paper ballot.
3. All recounts must be by hand counting of paper ballots.
4. All elections must have a statistically significant verification.
5. All recounts at every level of government must be by hand counting.
6. All software must be subject to public disclosure.
7. No connections to the Internet should be allowed.
8. All election records should be available to the public.
Go to for on-line information and a link to a printable flier.
A call for all people of conscience
to donate to its Lebanon Palestine Emergency Relief Fund.
All donations will be used to help Palestinian and
Lebanese victims of the latest Israeli aggression.
Tel: 760-685-3243
Fax: 360-933-3568
E-mail link
We are happy to report that a new shipment of olive oil has arrived. The most recent harvest was excellent and per case prices are less than they were last year.
As with our previous shipments, this oil comes directly from the Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committees, PARC, a non-profit, non- governmental organization in the West Bank. PARC works with 15 different small cooperatives. This shipment comes from the Mazare' Al Nubani/ Ramallah and the Kufr Thulth, Jayous and Azzoun cooperatives. The labels are printed in the West Bank and the oil is bottled at the PARC bottling facility in Aram. PARC is a member of the International Fair Trade Association, and is the only Palestinian organization that has received the Palestine Standards Institution certification for its olive oil.
OLIVE BRANCH OLIVE OIL DONATIONS
As with past shipments, a percentage of the proceeds of olive oil sales is donated back to organizations working directly with Palestinians. Past recipients include:
Palestinian Medical Relief Society Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions Birthright Unplugged American Friends Service Committee-Middle East Crisis Fund American Near East Refugee Aid Olive Harvest Coalition Union of Palestinian Women’s Committees Ibdaa Cultural Center International Solidarity Movement US OMEN Ta’ayush
THE IMPORTANCE OF OLIVE OIL TO THE PALESTINIAN ECONOMY
Olive oil is the backbone of the Palestinian agricultural economy. Eighty percent of cultivated land in Palestine is planted with olive trees, and the olive harvest provides between 25 to 50 percent of a farming family’s annual income. Olive trees, many of which are hundreds of years old, hold a deep significance in the culture and economy of the Holy Land. As the political and economic situation in Palestine continues to deteriorate, with increased restrictions on the mobility of people, goods and services, olive oil has become a matter of basic survival for many Palestinian families. Buying this oil is a constructive and tangible way to help alleviate poverty and build peace.
PARC assists at every stage of the olive oil production process, from helping farmers to reclaim rocky land, conserve water and implement sensible environmental practices (like re-cropping, dry-land farming and recycling of waste materials) to setting up regional labs for farmers to test their olive oil. PARC strictly monitors the quality of the oil, testing and re-testing it at its main laboratory to ensure that it meets all specifications. Extra-virgin olive oil comes from the first pressing of the olives, contains no more than 0.8% acidity, and is judged to have a superior taste. There can be no refined oil in extra-virgin olive oil.
Palestinian farmers traditionally care for their trees without the use of pesticides or sprays. PARC is currently working with international agricultural organizations to obtain organic certification for its olive oil, which should be finalized in the next few months. Because both light and heat are known enemies of olive oil, Olive Branch Olive Oil comes in a dark green glass bottle that is optimal for storage.
Available in 750ml bottles, by the case (12 bottles, $145), or more.
For ordering and other info, please email us at palestinebostonoliveoil@yahoo.com or call Susie at 781-648-6307.
Harvard's Palestine Solidarity Committee will be holding a vigil for Gaza from 11:45 am to 12:15 pm on the steps of Memorial Church in Harvard Yard. All who care for Palestine are invited to attend. Please wear black and spread the word widely.
Meet briefly at the statue to exchange thoughts,
then walk silently around the Yard and nearby streets,
returning to the statue by 12:30pm.
Southeast corner of Rt 27 and 30 (nearest to Brooks Pharmacy).
Come for all or part. Bring a candle, lantern, or flashlight.
Organizer: Sandy Coy.
Join the Boston Tea Party Conference call,
Participant call in: 402-756-9100; Access code: 680903#
Socialist Alternative Radio, 91.5 FM Boston
listen anytime on the Web at WMFO.org. A democratic socialist, working-class view of politics and culture, including solidarity announcements, interviews, music, and more.
Write to us at BostonSAradio@aol.com.
Join a Friday fast and/or protest in solidarity with illegal detentions. The fast began in 2005 when Nobel Peace Laureates Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Adolpho Esquivel, (Argentina), along with others around the world, chose this method to seek the release of our unjustly detained and tortured brothers and sisters.
In Boston, local activists Susan McLucas and Phoebe Knopf have joined the Friday fast and will protest every Friday in front of the JFK Building from noon to one. The action, which is rooted in nonviolence, includes speakers, music, hand-outs and petitions to create public pressure to stop all illegal detentions and to try those responsible for the illegal treatment of thousands of detainees, most of whom are Arab and Muslim men. Susan and Phoebe will be wearing orange jumpsuits.