grassrootspeace.org November 5, 2007: This website is an archive of the former website, traprockpeace.org, which was created 10 years ago by Charles Jenks. It became one of the most populace sites in the US, and an important resource on the antiwar movement, student activism, 'depleted' uranium and other topics. Jenks authored virtually all of its web pages and multimedia content (photographs, audio, video, and pdf files. As the author and registered owner of that site, his purpose here is to preserve an important slice of the history of the grassroots peace movement in the US over the past decade. He is maintaining this historical archive as a service to the greater peace movement, and to the many friends of Traprock Peace Center. Blogs have been consolidated and the calendar has been archived for security reasons; all other links remain the same, and virtually all blog content remains intact. THIS SITE NO LONGER REFLECTS THE CURRENT AND ONGOING WORK OF TRAPROCK PEACE CENTER, which has reorganized its board and moved to Greenfield, Mass. To contact Traprock Peace Center, call 413-773-7427 or visit its site. Charles Jenks is posting new material to PeaceJournal.org, a multimedia blog and resource center. Search site - New! Calendar - Calendar Archive Contents - Archives - War Crimes - GI Special - Student Activism - Links

Books of the Month The War on Truth From Warriors to Resisters Army of None Iraq: the Logic of Withdrawal

Calendar Archive (of material that had appeared on traprockpeace.org)
(April 13, 2004 - autumn, 2007)

[Editor's note: I created this archive when grassrootspeace.org needed to switch to a new online calendar due to potential security problems with the old calendar's software. Due to the vast amount of spam, it was not practical to try to import the old calendar's data base to the new calendar. I deleted about 9 thousand spam 'entries' to create this archive (the spam had never appeared publicly on the old calendar, but the spam continued in the database even after attempts to delete it by the calendar moderator). You will see some duplications of entries. These occurred when members of the public tried to enter events without realizing that the calendar was moderated. I have deleted many of the duplications but missed some. I tried to created a web page from an Excel version of the archive, but my web editing software was not able to handle the huge file. Concerning format, the entry starts with the date of the event (yearmonthday), event name and description, in descending chronological order. - Charles Jenks, September 27, 2007]

20071202 STUDENT ACTIVISM - Anniversary of Hampton FREEDOM OF SPEECH & ASSEMBLY challenge "ON DEC. 2, 2005, Hampton University students defended their right to speak and assemble, against repression from HU police and administration through selective enforcement, and attempts to intimidate. SEE: http://www.grassrootspeace.org/hampton_university_students/ AND PHOTS at: http://www.grassrootspeace.org/campus_antiwar.html"

20071117 "MAKING YOUR ACTIVISM MORE SUSTAINABLE, 2 Days in Deerfield" "Based on the evidence, we're not really going to ""change the world"" easily or soon! It leaves us as activists with the question: are we conducting our lives in a way that supports our effectiveness in the long run? No social movement needs a revolving door: activists with hard-won skills and experience leaving because we're burned out, or have allowed our activism to lose its creativity and life-centered passion. This workshop is for you if: - you want to prevent burn-out or loss of vitality, - you already feel a bit ""crispy fried"" and want to take steps of renewal, - you'd like to assist your group to create an atmosphere that supports sustainability and attracts long-term volunteers, - you're just tired and discouraged, and you'd like some inspiration. This workshop is highly experiential and includes participatory activities, small group sharing, mini-lectures, reflection, and fun. It's an experiential ""package,"" which means that it won't be possible to come late, leave early, or take time off in the middle -- we'll be journeying together as an intact group. Be open to the possibility that emotion may show up in the course of the weekend. NOTE: This workshop runs from 10am on Saturday to 4pm on Sunday. Participants are welcome to spend Friday and/or Sunday night at Woolman Hill. GEORGE LAKEY first stood up against racism at age twelve and now, at seventy, is still an activist. He's led campaigns on local, state, national and international levels, facilitated 1500 social change workshops on five continents, and authored seven books. A Quaker, he's senior associate at the Lang Center at Swarthmore College, a great-grandfather of three, and loves to play piano for Broadway sing-alongs. JUDITH SHEA, a Quaker from New Haven Meeting, is a long-time professional and planner in the health care field, and a co-founder of the Movement for a New Society. WOOLMAN HILL Quaker Retreat Center 107 Keets Road Deerfield MA 01342 413 774-3431 Margaret Cooley, Programs"

20071102 "An Invitation to Strength & Beauty in Hard Times, Rowe Conference, MA 11/2-4" "An Invitation to Strength and Beauty in Hard Times Chellis Glendinning November 2-4 Rowe Camp & Conference Center, Rowe, MA PLEASE INQUIRE ABOUT REGISTRATION. Many people today share a sense that we are living in hard times -- and on the verge of yet harder times. Peak oil, the unfettered microwaving of the planet, extreme alterations in climate, constant war, ecological degradation, and mass extinctions seem to be leading to a breaking point. Some parts of the world have already been shattered; others may be heading in that direction. Each of us has a relationship with the natural world, our personal lineages, and our collective history, and these connections form the basis of a vibrant understanding of who and what we are – both practically in our day-to-day lives and mythically in the stories that give meaning to our experiences. Using both traditional and imaginative techniques like sharing in circle and creative ritual, we will convene our knowing, our feelings, and our insights about the complexities of the personal, ecological, and social dramas that we face. We will create a living clan system to enable us to experience the bonding, power, and creativity that are fundamental to our being. By speaking, listening, and learning, we will look deeply into the nature of our lives and world – and renew ourselves to face what is unfolding with mindfulness, strength, and beauty. Chellis Glendinning is a psychologist specializing in trauma recovery. In the 1980s, during the height of the Cold War, Dr. Glendinning founded an institute of psychotherapists called Waking Up in the Nuclear Age that sought to help people address their individual responses to living with awareness of a threatened future, work more relevant than ever now. She wrote My Name Is Chellis and I’m in Recovery from Western Civilization, a book that helped to found the field of eco-psychology. Her When Technology Wounds was up for a Pulitzer Prize in 1991; Off the Map: An Expedition Deep into Empire and the Global Economy won the National Federation of Press Women Book Award in 2000; while Chiva: A Village Takes on the Global Heroin Trade captured the prize in 2006. Dr. Glendinning has also written a bilingual folk opera about immigration, De Un Lado Al Otro, that recently premiered in Santa Fe. She lives in the traditional land-based village of Chimayó, New Mexico, where she works for environmental justice and cultural preservation. We’ve been inviting her here since 1991 and are honored to welcome her first visit."

20071006 "AGAPE'S 25th ANNIVERSARY, WITH ARUN GANDHI, Ware, MA" "Come to Agape's 25th Anniversary featuring... Arun Gandhi, Grandson of The Mahatma (co-founder of the M.K. Gandhi Center for Nonviolence, Rochester, NY) October 6, 2007, beginning Promtpty at 10 am Bring a brown bag lunch and dish to share The day will include walks on Agape's 34 acres of land in the Quabbin Watershed, meditation, meeting with old friends. Music, featuring Robert Jonas on the Japanese Flute College Panel with students from area colleges reflecting on the meaning of nonviolence in their lives in the midst of a culture of violence. Contact the Agape Community: Agape Community 2062 Greenwich Road Ware, MA 01082 Phone: 413-967-9369 peace@agapecommunity.org http://www.agapecommunity.org"

20070921 INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE "INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE Local, regional and national actions help to declare the peace we insist upon. Leslie Fraser is organizing a noon vigil in Greenfield, MA Peter Perry is organizing in DC: 571 271-1313. Got peace? Call to help. 413 773-7427"

20070921 PEACE ONE DAY "* Peacebuilding documentary filmmaker Jeremy Gilley visited the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC) Secretariat. Mr. Gilley waged a successful campaign to get official UN recognition for a fixed calendar date for a global 24-hour ceasefire, was in the offices of the GPPAC Secretariat recently. Gilley came to the European Centre for Conflict Prevention (ECCP) to speak with and film Paul van Tongeren and others for a new documentary on peacebuilding and conflict prevention efforts happening worldwide on 21 September, the Peace One Day / UN International Day of Peace. GPPAC is currently developing plans collaborate more closely with Gilley’s project, also called Peace One Day. For more information, see www.peaceoneday.org The Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict can be reviewed at http://www.gppac.net/"

20070831 "WOMEN in BLACK, Vigil Friday at NOON, Amherst" "WOMEN in BLACK, Vigil each Friday, NOON, Amherst Just wear black. Bring a sign if you like. One favorite street sign is ""HONK for PEACE,"" because we need our neighbors to become active and outspoken. One way found to draw attention to the needless tragedy of war during the Vietnam war was to wear a black armband. This can mean bringing up thoughts and feelings, as we go about our business -- it's not business as usual. CAN CELL PHOES STOP DESTROYERS ?"

20070829 "PIONEER VALLEY COALITION TO CHANGE & CHALLENGE WAL-MART, Amherst, MA" "Last Wednesdays of the month -- please confirm meetings before travel. PIONEER VALLEY COALITION TO CHANGE & CHALLENGE WAL-MART 7-9pm, Porter Lounge (3rd Floor) or another room, Converse Hall, Amherst College, Rts 116 & 9, Amherst. Challenge Wal-Mart in Hadley (and maybe in Greenfield) working on Wake-Up Wal-Mart campaigns, giving mutual aid to the coalition members challenging Wal-Mart in many ways. Info: mailto: socialchange@amherst.edu. Hadley Neighbors for Sensible Development (www.HadleyNeighbors.org), Sprawl Busters (www.sprawl-busters.com), and Stop Sprawl-Mart (www.StopSprawlMart.org) are fighting sprawl. Want to help Wal-Mart workers get fair treatment? Contact Dan Clifford, Wake Up Wal-Mart, 732-6209 x14, mailto:dclifford@ufcw1459.com Check out : http://wmass.walmartvoices.com/ and http://www.wakeupwalmart.com."

20070827 W Mass Campus Anti-War Network Meeting "Western Massachusetts Campus Anti-War Network Organizing Meeting Join us to learn how you can start a CAN chapter at your college or high school! Bring your ideas and friends! CAN will be holding regular meetings every monday, if you can't make it this monday, mark you calendar for next week! Mondays 6:00pm - 7:30pm Media Education Foundation 60 Masonic Street, Northampton CAN is a national co-sponsor of the August 25th protest at the Bush family vacation in Kennebunkport, Maine; we will begin to strategize for building a broad student contingent at the protest, and begin discussing plans for CAN's national week of coordinated action, which will take place from September 15-21. CAN is a national, independent, grass-roots organization committed to ending the war in Iraq. CAN's primary demand is ""Troops out now--money for education, not war and occupation!"" Nationally, CAN has been at the forefront of the counter-recruitment movement, and works closely with Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW). Come check us out! Check out CAN's nation website www.campusantiwar.net To join the Western Mass CAN discussion list go to: http://groups.google.com/group/wmasscan/subscribe For more information, please email wmasscan@googlegroups.com"

20070826 "AMHERST PEACE VIGIL -- NOON- 1PM, EVERY SUNDAY" "AMHERST PEACE VIGIL -- NOON- 1PM, EVERY SUNDAY The Amherst Peace Vigil passes out 200 or so new flyers every Sunday. Neighbors share news and help hold the banners. Come and wave to encourage your neighbors. The passersby get excited when they see lots of us there. HONK for PEACE!"

20070825 "Rally and March to the Bush Family Compound, Kennebunkport, ME" "Rally and March to the Bush Family Compound: Stop the War and Occupation! Check out the website: http://www.kportprotest.org/index.html (Poster is attached to email) August 25th, 2007 Kennebunkport, ME Round-trip (coach bus) tickets from Burlington are available the Peace and Justice Center for $45. 21 Church St. Burlington. (802)863-8326. (We need your help! To help organize the Vermont mobilization, please contact Mary at 802.363.7228) This will be a convergence of anti-war, environmental, labor and social justice activists along with concerned citizens. To break the cycle of endless war we need to draw attention to America's need for systemic change. Let us start a ""revolution of values."" Raise Your Voices! Raise Your Spirits! Please join INDIGO GIRLS, Melida and Carlos Arredondo, Geroge Paz Martin, war resister Augustin Aguayo, retired Colonel Ann Wright, Ashley Smith, Congressman Dennis Kucinich, Eugene Puryear, Bruce Gagnon, Charlie Clements, Doug Rawlings, and others, along with Iraq Veterans at a rally and march to the Bush Family Compound. Camping available at Camp Casey and Camp Alex. Speakers: Cindy Sheehan, activist and founder of the Camp Casey Peace Institute Colonel Ann Wright Congressman Dennis Kucinich Melida Arredondo Carlos Arredondo, Founder of People United for Peace and member of Gold Star Families Liam Madden, founder of Boston Iraq Veterans Against War, www.ivaw.org Dr. Dahlia Wasfi, physician, Iraqi anti-war resister, www.liberatethis.org Augustin Aguayo, war resister, www.aguayodefense.org Helga Aguayo, led a campaign for freedom and justice for her husband and war resisters George Paz Martin, National co-chair of United for Peace and Justice, Program Director of Peace Action Wisconsin, Green Party member Bruce Gagnon, co-founder of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space Doug Rawlings, one of the original founders of Veterans for Peace Greg Speeter from National Priorities Project Peter Kellman, president of the Southern Maine Labor Council, AFL-CIO, and author of the book ""Divided We Fall"" Dexter Kamilewicz, Military Families Speak Out Eugene Puryear, Student Organizer from Howard University for Act Now to Stop War and End Racism. Ashley Smith, Northeast Regional Coordinator for International Socialist Organization Augustin Aguayo, Conscientious Objector/War Resister Charlie Clements, president and CEO of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee Sally Breen, chair of the Peace Action Maine steering committee Music: Indigo Girls Dave Rovics Inanna Pat Scanlon The Leftist Marching Band Bojah & the Insurrection Emma's Revolution"

20070824 "WOMEN in BLACK, Vigil Friday at NOON, Amherst" "WOMEN in BLACK, Vigil each Friday, NOON, Amherst Just wear black. Bring a sign if you like. One favorite street sign is ""HONK for PEACE,"" because we need our neighbors to become active and outspoken. One way found to draw attention to the needless tragedy of war during the Vietnam war was to wear a black armband. This can mean bringing up thoughts and feelings, as we go about our business -- it's not business as usual. CAN CELL PHOES STOP DESTROYERS ?"

20070823 "Fund the Wounded, Not The War! Panel meeting and discussion" "Featuring: Adrienne Kinne, Iraq Veterans Against the War, North East Regional Organizer Debbie Lucey, Gold Star Famlies for Peace and activists from the Campus Anti-War Network and the International Socialist Organization 7-9pm at the Media Education Foundation, 60 Masonic Street, Northampton Hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians and over 3,600 U.S. soldiers have died in the Iraq war; the Iraqi health care system has been destroyed; and tens of thousands of physically and psychologically wounded veterans have returned home to face long waits or denial of health care. The Democrats took both Houses of Congress in a referendum against the war, but they continue to fund it. As Cindy Sheehan recently said It's up to us to end this terrible injustice. Join local anti-war activists to discuss what is being done and what needs to be done to end the war, bring all of the troops home, and provide them with proper health care. Sponsored by the International Socialist Organization Co-Sponsored by Traprock Peace Center and the Campus Anti-War Network For more information, or to endorse the event please contact (413) 351-2323 or contact@isonoho.org for a full list of upcoming ISO events visit: www.isonoho.org"

20070820 W Mass Campus Anti-War Network Meeting "Western Massachusetts Campus Anti-War Network Organizing Meeting Join us to learn how you can start a CAN chapter at your college or high school! Bring your ideas and friends! CAN will be holding regular meetings every monday, if you can't make it this monday, mark you calendar for next week! Mondays 6:00pm - 7:30pm Media Education Foundation 60 Masonic Street, Northampton CAN is a national co-sponsor of the August 25th protest at the Bush family vacation in Kennebunkport, Maine; we will begin to strategize for building a broad student contingent at the protest, and begin discussing plans for CAN's national week of coordinated action, which will take place from September 15-21. CAN is a national, independent, grass-roots organization committed to ending the war in Iraq. CAN's primary demand is ""Troops out now--money for education, not war and occupation!"" Nationally, CAN has been at the forefront of the counter-recruitment movement, and works closely with Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW). Come check us out! Check out CAN's nation website www.campusantiwar.net To join the Western Mass CAN discussion list go to: http://groups.google.com/group/wmasscan/subscribe For more information, please email wmasscan@googlegroups.com"

20070819 "FREE HARVEST SUPPER, GREENFIELD TOWN COMMON" "Third Annual Free Harvest Supper of Local Food Sunday, August 19, 5-7pm, Greenfield Town Common For more information: contact info@freeharvestsupper.org or leave a message at 413-774-3150              Mark your calendars now and plan to attend the Third Annual Free Harvest Supper of Local Food on Sunday, August 19 from 5-7pm on the Greenfield Town Common/Court Square. All are welcome at this great community event which will again feature a free bountiful meal of locally grown food prepared by local chefs, live music, children’s activities, educational displays and a Really, Really Free Market. New this year will be appetizers served to those standing in line and a more efficient serving system to speed the line along. To conserve resources and reduce trash, all are encouraged to bring their own place setting and napkin. For more information and to see pictures of the 2006 Supper, visit: http://www.freeharvestsupper.org.            The goals of the Free Harvest Supper are: to encourage everyone to eat locally grown food; to support local agriculture; and to raise money for Farmers Market coupons distributed by the Center for Self-Reliance Food Pantry. While the Supper is free to all, donations are accepted and are used for the coupons which help achieve the supper’s goals. Local residents in need of food get coupons from the Food Pantry, use them to purchase locally grown food at the Greenfield Farmers Market, and then Food Pantry staff pay the farmers for the coupons they have accepted. It’s a win-win system.            The Really, Really Free Market was a huge success at last year’s Free Harvest Supper. Again this year, gardeners and farmers are welcome to bring the overflow of extra produce they have to share with the community. The Really, Really Free Market is just like its name says: free. All are welcome to take home some of the donated produce. Last year’s Free Market included peaches, apples, eggs, tomatoes, squash, greens, flowers, cucumbers, eggplants, peppers and more. There is no need to sign up to donate to the Really, Really Free Market – just bring your produce to the supper from 4-5:30pm.            As with all great community events, many hands make light work. A core group of volunteer organizers is already at work planning the Free Harvest Supper and they need lots of volunteers to make it all happen. There are many ways to be involved, either with planning or on the day of the supper. To offer your help, contact info@freeharvestsupper.org or leave a message at 413-774-3150.                      "

20070819 "AMHERST PEACE VIGIL -- NOON- 1PM, EVERY SUNDAY" "AMHERST PEACE VIGIL -- NOON- 1PM, EVERY SUNDAY The Amherst Peace Vigil passes out 200 or so flyers every Sunday. Neighbors share news and help hold the banners. Come and wave to encourage your neighbors. The passersby get excited when they see lots of us there. HONK for PEACE!"

20070818 Planning Mtg in Boston "Important Second Meeting of New England Region to Organize October 27th Antiwar Action As agreed at the meeting of the New England Region in Worcester on July 21, the second general meeting will be held in Boston on August 18 from 1:00 to 5:00 PM. The meeting place and directions will be issued shortly. Meanwhile, please place this important meeting on your calendar! The following agenda for the August 18 meeting is being proposed by the Structure Committee: Committee reports (1:00 to 2:00 PM) Structure Committee: reports, general discussion, consensus/votes on committee proposals. Program Committee: reports, general discussion, consensus/votes on committee proposals. Messaging for October 27 event (2:00 to 3:00 PM) Presentation on the UFPJ messaging for the national action Discussion of the messaging for the regional action in Boston Break (3:00 to 3:15 PM) Breakout into working committees (3:15 to 5:00 PM) Mark Stahl Member, Structure Committee"

20070817 "WoMEN in BLACK, Vigil Friday at NOON, Amherst" "WOMEN in BLACK, Vigil each Friday, NOON, Amherst Just wear black. Bring a sign if you like. One favorite street sign is ""HONK for PEACE,"" because we need our neighbors to become active and outspoken. One way found to draw attention to the needless tragedy of war during the Vietnam war was to wear a black armband. This can mean bringing up thoughts and feelings, as we go about our business -- it's not business as usual. CAN CELL PHOES STOP DESTROYERS ?"

20070817 "Wide Angle Fims presents ""9/11 Mysteries" """9/11 Mysteries"" screens at our new location: Unitarian Universalist Society of Amherst (next door to Barts) Watch here for more details."

20070815 "22nd Annual Veterans For Peace Convention, St. Louis, Aug. 15 - 19" "22nd Annual Veterans For Peace Convention St. Louis, Missouri - August 15 - 19, 2007 VETERANS’ TRUTH - GATEWAY TO PEACE Building Community to Abolish War Veterans, applying their experience, strength and conviction to the abolishment of war, invest the Gateway Arch of St. Louis with new significance as a portal to peace. Where: The Holiday Inn Select, 811 N. 9th Street - St. Louis, MO 63101 For room reservations call: 1-800-972-3145 (Special Convention room rates are $89.00 per night – for maximum occupancy of 4) Metro line from airport to within three blocks of hotel. ONLINE REGISTRATION HERE! http://www.veteransforpeace.org/VFP_2007_convention_registration.vp.html PRELIMINARY PRESENTERS INCLUDE: Israeli – Palestinian Combatants For Peace Korea Veterans For Peace Phyllis Bennis – Institute for Policy Studies Charlie R. and Nancy L. – MFSO Jonathon Hutto - Appeal For Redress David Cortwright - Fourth Freedom Forum Dennis Kucinich – Presidential Candidate Maxine Waters - Congresswoman Aimee Allison – Vet/Politician The Iraq Veterans Against the War SCHEDULE OF EVENTS: Wednesday, August 15 – Board Meeting, welcoming evening Riverboat Dinner Cruise. Thursday, August 16 – Board Meeting until noon, Opening Ceremony, Afternoon Workshops, dinner on own, evening Plenary Session followed by Poetry Reading. Friday, August 17 – Workshops all day – Noon Women’s Caucus - Dinner on own - Public Speak-Out beginning at 6:30 PM. Saturday, August 18 – All day Business Meeting, Evening Banquet. Sunday, August 19 – Farewell Ceremony – Peace Action. ONLINE REGISTRATION HERE! http://www.veteransforpeace.org/VFP_2007_convention_registration.vp.html Download PDF of early registration form. Mail registration and payment to: VFP National Office: 216 S. Meramec Ave. St. Louis, MO 63105 * please write 'convention' on outside of envelope"

20070813 W Mass Campus Anti-War Network Meeting "Western Massachusetts Campus Anti-War Network Organizing Meeting Join us to learn how you can start a CAN chapter at your college or high school! Bring your ideas and friends! CAN will be holding regular meetings every monday, if you can't make it this monday, mark you calendar for next week! Mondays 6:00pm - 7:30pm Media Education Foundation 60 Masonic Street, Northampton CAN is a national co-sponsor of the August 25th protest at the Bush family vacation in Kennebunkport, Maine; we will begin to strategize for building a broad student contingent at the protest, and begin discussing plans for CAN's national week of coordinated action, which will take place from September 15-21. CAN is a national, independent, grass-roots organization committed to ending the war in Iraq. CAN's primary demand is ""Troops out now--money for education, not war and occupation!"" Nationally, CAN has been at the forefront of the counter-recruitment movement, and works closely with Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW). Come check us out! Check out CAN's nation website www.campusantiwar.net To join the Western Mass CAN discussion list go to: http://groups.google.com/group/wmasscan/subscribe For more information, please email wmasscan@googlegroups.com"

20070812 Karen's HALLELULIAH "Sunday, August 12th 4:00 till whenever 15 Abbott St. Greenfield, MA (Sandra Boston’s House) 413-773-8303 Please come and help me celebrate: ? surviving the fire and ? the gift of your friendship and support Chicken, burgers, veggie burgers, Potato salad, cake, ice cream, wine, soft drinks and music! will be provided. Please bring a salad, dessert or finger food to share And a musical instrument, if so inclined And please RSVP by email or phone (413-773-8303) if you can come. Let’s party hardy! Much love, Karen ?"

20070812 "AMHERST PEACE VIGIL -- NOON- 1PM, EVERY SUNDAY" "AMHERST PEACE VIGIL -- NOON- 1PM, EVERY SUNDAY The Amherst Peace Vigil passes out 200 or so new flyers every Sunday. Neighbors share news and help hold the banners. Come and wave to encourage your neighbors. The passersby get excited when they see lots of us there. HONK for PEACE!"

20070810 "WOMEN in BLACK, Vigil Friday at NOON, Amherst" "WOMEN in BLACK, Vigil Friday at NOON, Amherst Just wear black. Bring a sign if you like. One favorite street is HONK for PEACE, because we need our neighbors to become active and outspoken. Can Cell Phones Stop Destroyers?"

20070809 "Nagasaki Day Peace Dedication, Philadelphia Cathedral" "August 9, 6PM, Nagasaki Day Peace Dedication SS Peter & Paul Roman Catholic Cathedral*, 18th & Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Phila, PA [*August 9, 1945, the Urakami Roman Catholic Cathedral was ground zero for the Nagasaki bombing which destroyed at the time the largest Catholic city in all of Asia] '07 Brandywine Peace Community Turns 30...GIVE NOW! Brandywine Peace Community P.O. Box 81, Swarthmore, PA 19081 610-544-1818 brandywine@juno.com www.brandywinepeace.com"

20070809 Anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki "Anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki to be observed in Northampton, with candles floating on Paradise Pond, Smith College"

20070809 "No MORE NUCLEAR VICTIMS! NAGASAKI DAY, Florence, MA" "5:30 pm Reception. Presentations by Ms. Yuko Nakamura, a hibakusha survivor of the nuclear holocaust of Hiroshima, Secretary General of Kanagawa Atomic Bomb Sufferers Association, Hiratsuka-City, Kanagawa, Japan, and Bal Penguel, Coordinator of the AFSC Peacebuilding & Demilitarization Program. Location: Westwood Shelter, Look Park, 300 North Main Street, Florence, MA A light meal will be served. 7:45 pm Traditional lantern floating ceremony (children welcome) at Willow Lake, Look Park, Florence, MA, with Shakuhachi flute player, Robert Jonas. Rain or shine. There will be a fee for entering Look Park by car, if you do not have a sticker. Information: AFSC, 413-584-8975 Bus Schedule: Leave Northampton Courthouse at 4:55 for 5:30 reception. Latest return bus 7:15. Leave Courthouse at 7:05 for 7:45 floating lantern ceremony. No return bus."

20070808 "Southeast Convergence for Climate Action, NC" "NIRS is proud to invite you to participate in the Southeast Convergence for Climate Action August 8 – 14 at a secluded site near Asheville, NC. Social Justice * Energy Justice * Climate Justice * Non-violence * Democracy skills Week-long intergenerational training retreat (“Action Camp”) — learn about false solutions to climate change (“clean coal” and nuclear) — build real-world skills for real climate solutions; organizing; action. Registration required – come for all or part. Low cost ($50 -- $100, sliding scale)...scholarships available. Meals and tent camping included in registration OR stay in area motels; limited Asheville home-stays possible. To register please visit: http://www.climateconvergence.org/southeast/index.php Daily: intensive workshops on anti-oppression, basics and advanced issues in energy, nvironment, climate, local/global sustainability, democracy skills, all issue sessions will include strategic thinking and planning, spanning local to global, community time, shared chores, yoga, evening campfire, music! Panels/Workshops include: Confronting False Solutions to Climate Change including “clean coal” and nuclear power Anti-oppression leadership training Strategic Campaign building Grandparents of our movement telling stories of past victories Nukes 101, Fossil Fuels 101, Organizing 101 Global Nuclear Energy Partnership and its Global Mobile Chernobyl Countering mountain top removal and challenging expanding coal energy plans Principles of non-violent activism Climbing and other action skills Making big puppets Homegrown sustainability – wind, solar, energy efficiency, permaculture, small hydro, small biofuels …and more! Cosponsors include: Southern Energy Network www.climateaction.net/ Nuclear Information and Resource Service www.nirs.org Mountain Justice Summer Energy Justice Summer http://energyjustice.net/ejs/ Asheville Rising Tide Rising Tide North America http://risingtidenorthamerica.org/wordpress/category/front-page/ Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League http://www.bredl.org Nuclear Watch South http://www.nonukesyall.org The Canary Coalition http://www.canarycoalition.org Please register – come for all or part -- http://www.climateconvergence.org/southeast/index.php More information: Call Mary Olson NIRS Southeast Office 828-675-1792 – nirs@main.nc.us * * * nirsnet@nirs.org * * * Nuclear Information and Resource Service, 6930 Carroll Avenue, #340, Takoma Park, MD 20912 301-270-NIRS; nirsnet@nirs.org; http://www.nirs.org"

20070807 "New England Peace Pagoda, Talk/Walk, Amherst 8/7 - Florence8/9" "Aug. 7-9 Walk – New England Peace Pagoda. All are invited to join for any part or all of the walks. Info: 367-2202 August 7 – 7:00 pm John and Carrie Schuchardt of the House of Peace, Ipswich, MA John: Proliferation or Abolition: the Leadership of Japan’s Moral Heroes. Carrie: Hibaku Maria: The Bombed Madonna of Nagasaki. Location: First Congregational Church, 165 Main Street, Amherst, MA Info: 584-8975."

20070806 Campus Anti-War Network Meeting "Western Massachusetts Campus Anti-War Network (CAN) inaugural meeting. August 6th at 6 PM at the Media Education Foundation (MEF), 60 Masonic St in Northampton. Join us to learn how you can start a CAN chapter at your high school or college! The meeting will also feature an overview of the history of CAN, and local activists report back from CAN's summer retreat in Madison, WI. For more information, please email wmasscan@googlegroups.com, or jamesfiorentino@hotmail.com. To join the Western Mass CAN discussion list: http://groups.google.com/group/wmasscan/subscribe College not Combat! Troops out now!"

20070806 "5 Rivers Council (Sustainability) Business meeting," 5 Rivers Council (Sustainability) Business meeting is on the first Monday of the month. All welcome. Details TBA.

20070805 "WALK FOR A NUCLEAR-FREE FUTURE, Aug 5-9, VT" "WALK FOR A NUCLEAR FREE FUTURE No Cash Cow for Entergy! This is a drug/alcohol free walk based on Gandhian principles of non-violence and will include the Buddhist prayer of Na Mu Myo Ho Ren Ge Kyo led by Buddhist nun Ichikawa-san during the walk. As we walk we will bring together the spiritual and political forces to create a nuclearfree future. For contact information on the road: cell phones: Hattie 978-790-3074, Deb 413-834-3280 Hiroshima Day to Nagasaki Day Aug. 5–Aug. 9, 2007 The focus of this walk will be on stopping a twenty year license extension for Vermont Yankee and all refurbishing and building of nuclear weapons. Schedule AUGUST 5: Middlebury – assemble the night of the 5th AUGUST 6 DAY: Walk Middlebury area AUGUST 6 EVENING: Potluck and overnight in Middlebury AUGUST 7 DAY: Walk Rutland area AUGUST 7 EVENING: Potluck/sleep overnight Rutland/ Shrewsbury area AUGUST 8 DAY: Walk Montpelier/Barre area AUGUST 8 EVENING: Potluck dinner /sleep in Montpelier AUGUST 9 DAY: Walk Burlington/Shelburne area AUGUST 9 EVENING: Potluck dinner in Burlington! Each night after potluck there will be a discussion regarding activism around shutting down Vermont Yankee. With radiating waves, a skull and crossbones and a running person, a new ionizing radiation warning symbol is being introduced to supplement the traditional international symbol for radiation, the three cornered trefoil. The new symbol is being launched today by the IAEA and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) to help reduce needless deaths and serious injuries from accidental exposure to large radioactive sources. It will serve as a supplementary warning to the trefoil, which has no intuitive meaning and little recognition beyond those educated in its significance. SHUT DOWN VERMONT YANKEE ALL ARE WELCOME to co-sponsor or join this walk. CO-SPONSORS INCLUDE: Citizens Awareness Network, www.nukebusters. Org 413-339-5781 Buddhist order of Nipponzan Myohoji – contact Hattie 978-249-6224 or Hattieshalom@verizon.net People for Less Pollution, Middlebury, Vermont – blmijjb@sover.net 802-352-4416 Central Vermont Peace and Justice – info@centralvermontpeace.org Peace and Justice -- peace@pjcvt.org 802-863-2345 Vermont Yankee Decommissioning Alliance – 802-476-3154 Salem Peace Committee – boocal@comcast.net American Friends Service Committee in Vermont – Jgainza@afsc.org Womens International league for Peace and Freedom Burlington Branch – www.wilpfburlington.org"

20070805 "AMHERST PEACE VIGIL -- NOON- 1PM, EVERY SUNDAY" "AMHERST PEACE VIGIL -- NOON- 1PM, EVERY SUNDAY The Amherst Peace Vigil passes out 200 or so new flyers every Sunday. Neighbors share news and help hold the banners. Come and wave to encourage your neighbors. The passersby get excited when they see lots of us there. HONK for PEACE!"

20070805 "WAGE PEACE! CHARLIE KING SINGS IN DEERFIELD, Bells at 7:15 PM, Deerfield" "7:00 p.m. Charlie King will sing and play during a reflection at Traprock Peace Center, 103 KEETS ROAD, DEERFIELD. We'll reflect on our need to prevent nuclear war. Poems, stories, letters, insights welcome. Please help to invite faith communities to ring bells ring at 7:15 p.m., anniversary of the atomic blast in Hiroshima. Info: 413 773-7427 www.grassrootspeace.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Anniversary of the Atomic Bombing of HIROSHIMA: At 7:15 PM Eastern time on August 5 it is 8:15 AM in Hiroshima, August 6. This is the anniversary of the moment when the, a harbor city, ripe with military manufacturing, was engulfed in the flames of the atom bomb. In fiscal 2007, Massachusetts neighbors will give $480 million in federal taxes for nuclear weapons design, development, construction, testing and use, according to the National Priorities Project. If we' are paying for nuclear war ~~ will we get it? Please go to your place of worship, front lawn or town common to ring bells at 7:15 PM, with songs, poems, letters, prayers, for those who struggled and struggle still with the aftermath of the nuclear age. HIbakusha (Hiroshima survivors) miners, factory workers, reactor workers, down-winders, civilians and soldiers alike, exposed to toxic and radioactive uranium ammunition and dust, and call for ""NO NUCLEAR WAR!"" Probably there is some facility in every state that plays a role in producing the tools that would be used in nuclear war. Where is the facility nearest to you? 1. Periscopes for nuclear submarines are manufactured on King Street in Northampton, MA. 2. Missile guidance systems are built by Raytheon workers and investors in Andover, MA. 3. Groton CT makes nuclear submarines. 4. Padukha, Kentucky holds 30,000 containers of uranium waste, each with 14 tons under vacuum pressure. These wastes are used to make ammunition from 'depleted' uranium. Will we get what we pay for? HOW MUCH FOR WAR? HOW MUCH FOR PEACE? Thank you thinking with us about these things. We welcome your contribution online, by mail, through labor, through participation in committees, and by donation in person. Underwriting sponsors of our web site please inquire. Together we WAGE PEACE. Traprock Peace Center, 413 773-7427."

20070804 Greenfield Vigil Observes Hiroshima Anniversary "11 a.m., Greenfield Town Common. Vigil and speak-out to mark the beginning of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Remembrance Week: a time to honor those who died and suffered due to the U.S. atomic bombing of those Japanese cities on August 6 & 9, 1945; to share thoughts on the human costs of war; and to express visions and strategies for peace with justice in a nuclear-free world. Co-sponsored by the Greenfield Weekly Peace Vigil and the Connecticut Valley Coalition for Women's Lives. Info: Susan Dorazio, 367-9356."

20070803 "WOMEN in BLACK, Vigil Friday at NOON, Amherst" "WOMEN in BLACK, Vigil each Friday, NOON, Amherst Just wear black. Bring a sign if you like. One favorite street sign is ""HONK for PEACE,"" because we need our neighbors to become active and outspoken. One way found to draw attention to the needless tragedy of war during the Vietnam war was to wear a black armband. This can mean bringing up thoughts and feelings, as we go about our business -- it's not business as usual. CAN CELL PHOES STOP DESTROYERS ?"

20070803 "Vietnam Veterans Against the War, 8/3-5, Chicago IL" "Vietnam Veterans Against the War 40th Anniversary Friday, August 3 - Sunday, August 5, 2007 Chicago, Illinois Come celebrate 40 years of solidarity for peace, justice and veterans rights. Please check for details and registration at: http://www.vvaw.org"

20070802 "Demo at RAYTHEON: BAN CLUSTER BOMBS, Waltham, MA" "RAYTHEON MAKES CLUSTER BOMBS THAT KILL CHILDREN BAN CLUSTER BOMBS Raytheon, headquartered in Waltham, is the biggest missile manufacturer in the world, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of cluster bombs, and ranks fourth in terms of military sales. COME TO DOWNTOWN WALTHAM ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 5-7:00 PM TO PROTEST THE US GOVERNMENT’S USE OF CLUSTER BOMBS AND RAYTHEON’S IMMORAL PROFITS FROM WEAPONS OF CIVILIAN DEATH, NOT DEFENSE Meet at Waltham Common in front of commuter rail station (Carter St.) Station is one block south of Main St. (Rte 20), just east of Moody St. WHAT SHOULD BE DONE? US must sign an international treaty to ban the production and use of cluster bombs Stop investment in cluster bomb manufacturers by US banks and investors Halt Raytheon's manufacturing of cluster bombs Support legislation to prevent the use and export of these inhumane weapons -- Specifically, tell your congressional officials to support the legislation introduced by Senators Dianne Feinstein (CA) and Patrick Leahy (VT) and passed 6/28 by the Senate Appropriations Committee and S594, the Cluster Munitions Civilian Protection Act of 2007 and referred to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives. MIDDLE EAST CRISIS COALITION www.middleeastcrisiscoalition.org crisismiddleeast@yahoo.com"

20070729 Clamshell Alliance Reunion - last day "The 2007 Clamshell Alliance Reunion is next weekend, July 27-29 at the World Fellowship Center near Conway NH. Make your reservation for rooms or camping and meals via email: office@worldfellowship.org or via phone: 603/447-2280. Some folks are just coming for the day on Saturday, please let them know ahead for meal planning. Keep reading for the schedule of events, as far as we know. More details will be announced at meal times. Below that you'll see some news flashes. Sat. July 28th at 10:00 am ""Beyond Nuclear"" Workshop with Clamshell Alliance founding member Paul Gunter on the current status of US/international nuclear industry as well as a new Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS) initiative that aims to educate about the nuclear power and weapons connection and to promote positive, solutions-focused messages. Gunter has directed NIRS Reactor Watchdog Project since 1991. Sat. July 28th at 4:30 pm ""Towards the ""08 Election"" NH Primary with Arnie Alpert, New Hampshire American Friends Service Committee Program Coordinator and Anne Miller, New Hampshire Peace Action Director, organize to raise the issues, including nuclear weapons abolition, during the New Hampshire primary campaign. As a member of the Clamshell Alliance, Arnie played a significant role as a member of the late 70s and early 80s office collective. Presentation of draft versions of the To the Village Square: Nukes, Clams & Democracy Book. Comments, additions encouraged. Discussion of book release, distribution and fund raising strategies for completion. Photo slide shows - images for the book, website and exhibit - by Lionel Delevingne. Discussion groups about: Election Strategies, '78 Occupation (different perspectives), Regional Gatherings (re energizing networks, organizing), and more! Sat. July 28th at 9:00 pm Video showing of Seabrook '77 by Robbie Leppzer, maybe at other times too. We will also have Green Mountain Post's The Last Resort available to see if we can find the time. Ongoing Videotaping of personal Clam recollections. Lots of chances to visit with old friends from our Clamshell days. Other events happening at the World Fellowship Center the same weekend (that Clams are welcome at): Sat. July 28th at 7:30 pm Ecos del Pacifico! Afro-Colombian Poetry, Storytelling, Dance and Drumming with Julio Montano Montenegro, Martha Arboleda Ortiz, and Charlie Montano Arboleda; Sun. July 29th at 10:00am Defending Life and Culture in Colombia. Julio Montano Montenegro, an anthropologist and artist, is founder of the artistic corporation Ecos del Pacifico and a member of the Black Communities Process. Martha Arboleda Ortiz is a teacher, instructor, and dancer. They have co-written books about Afro-Colombian myths and legends. They are living in exile in Chicago because of death threats in Colombia. News Flashes: 1) The Campaign for Ratepayers Rights, a key group in the financial fight against Seabrook for years, has gotten re-energized. They have updated their website (http://www.ratepayersrights.org/) and sent out their first newsletter in almost 4 years. Send an email to Bob Williams at RBWVI@msn.com with your contact info and he'll send you one. 2) Beyond Nuclear, a new anti-nuclear organization, will be the focus of a presentation next Thursday, July 26 at 7:00 pm at the Unitarian Church in Concord NH. The Church is at 274 Pleasant Street, Concord, just past the Concord Hospital. Paul Gunter (NIRS Reactor Watchdog Project director) will be joined by Kevin Kamps, the long time nuclear waste expert and advocate for NIRS. Beyond Nuclear intends to broaden the message of concern about the hazards of nuclear power by also addressing the inextricable links between the power reactors and the spread of nuclear weapons. The meeting is to introduce this important new effort, and, we hope, raise some funds to sustain it. It should be stimulating and informative. 3) For the latest on this week's earthquake damage to a nuclear facility in Japan and much more news, go to: http://clamshell-tvs.blogspot.com/ This email is from the To the Village Square: Nukes, Clams & Democracy Project (http://www.clamshell-tvs.org/).The purpose for these is to update Clamshell Alliance members from the last 30 years about: 1) current efforts to prevent a resurgence of nuclear power and 2) the status of the TVS project. These emails will not exceed 4 per month; this is a low volume list! Email addresses have been suppressed to prevented unwanted contact and spamming. Also replies to these emails will only come to me (the Administrative Coordinator for TVS). Suggestions for future emails are most welcome. Please send along any email addresses of Clams and supporters you have contact with. For those interested in more frequent emails about anti-nuclear issues and discussion, send an email to: clamshellalliance-subscribe@yahoogroups.com You can see recent posts at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clamshellalliance No Nukes! Hope to see you at the reunion or at least be in touch, Tom Wyatt To the Village Square Administrative Coordinator tom@clamshell-tvs.org Prefer to call and leave a message? You can do so at (978) 864-9494 *** “Nuclear power plants weren’t safe thirty years ago and they aren’t safe now,” says Arnie Alpert, a member of the anti-nuclear Clamshell Alliance in the 1970s and 80s. “There still is no viable plan for safe and permanent storage of thousands of tons of radioactive waste — waste that is vulnerable to terrorist attacks.” “Seabrook and other nuclear plants are pre-deployed weapons of mass destruction,” said Alpert, now the N.H. Coordinator for the American Friends Service Committee. “A strong grassroots movement halted nuclear power 30 years ago. The occupations became touchstones, sparking similar nonviolent protests across the country and internationally. This is a powerful story,” says Kristie Conrad, another Clamshell Alliance member and spokesperson for To the Village Square: Nukes, Clams & Democracy, a new anti-nuclear project that tells the story of the Clamshell as a successful exercise in democracy. Conrad, who lives less than 2 miles from the Seabrook reactor with her family, went on to say that “The dangers still exist. Mega corporations are running the industry for profit with no regard for people’s safety and health. We need a Manhattan Project for safe, renewable energy.” The Manhattan Project was the federal initiative in the 1940’s that developed nuclear technology. To the Village Square: Nukes, Clams & Democracy takes its name from Albert Einstein, who wrote in 1946: “To the village square we must carry the facts of atomic energy. From there must come America’s voice.” The project began with the annual Clamshell reunion in 2006 - sharing stories of the past, rekindling friendships and learning about the resurgence of the nuclear industry. It has grown to have an extensive website that documents the resistance to Seabrook HYPERLINK “http://www.clamshell-tvs.org/” (http://www.clamshell-tvs.org) and plans for a book and exhibit. The Clamshell reunion this year is the weekend of July 27-29 at the World Fellowship in Conway, NH. For more information, to go: ( HYPERLINK “http://www.worldfellowship.org/” www.worldfellowship.org) The nuclear power industry has launched a massive public relations and lobby campaign to present itself as an answer to global warming. “Despite this well-oiled industry campaign and increased federal subsidies, nuclear energy can not be part of the solution,” said Paul Gunter, a Clamshell founder and Director of the Reactor Watchdog Project at the Nuclear Information & Resource Service. Gunter explained, “A nuclear power relapse would squander precious resources needed to slow and reverse global warming. Building more nukes will also create hundreds of thousands of tons of unmanaged lethal radioactive waste, accelerate the spread of nuclear weapons and result in more Chernobyl-scale atomic disasters.”"

20070729 "New England Impeachment Summit, Worcester MA" "New England Impeachment Summit July 29 Worcester MA Have you heard yet about the Northeast Regional Impeachment Summit? It's on July 29th in Worcester, MA from 12-5pm at Clark Universtity Jefferson Bldg. Rm. 218. One or two representatives of any group working on impeachment are invited to attend. This is not a big rally or demonstration."

20070729 "AMHERST PEACE VIGIL -- NOON- 1PM, EVERY SUNDAY" "AMHERST PEACE VIGIL -- NOON- 1PM, EVERY SUNDAY The Amherst Peace Vigil passes out 200 or so new flyers every Sunday. Neighbors share news and help hold the banners. Come and wave to encourage your neighbors. The passersby get excited when they see lots of us there. HONK for PEACE!"

20070728 CLAMSHELL ALLIANCE REUNION "The 2007 Clamshell Alliance Reunion is next weekend, July 27-29 at the World Fellowship Center near Conway NH. Make your reservation for rooms or camping and meals via email: office@worldfellowship.org or via phone: 603/447-2280. Some folks are just coming for the day on Saturday, please let them know ahead for meal planning. Keep reading for the schedule of events, as far as we know. More details will be announced at meal times. Below that you'll see some news flashes. Sat. July 28th at 10:00 am ""Beyond Nuclear"" Workshop with Clamshell Alliance founding member Paul Gunter on the current status of US/international nuclear industry as well as a new Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS) initiative that aims to educate about the nuclear power and weapons connection and to promote positive, solutions-focused messages. Gunter has directed NIRS Reactor Watchdog Project since 1991. Sat. July 28th at 4:30 pm ""Towards the ""08 Election"" NH Primary with Arnie Alpert, New Hampshire American Friends Service Committee Program Coordinator and Anne Miller, New Hampshire Peace Action Director, organize to raise the issues, including nuclear weapons abolition, during the New Hampshire primary campaign. As a member of the Clamshell Alliance, Arnie played a significant role as a member of the late 70s and early 80s office collective. Presentation of draft versions of the To the Village Square: Nukes, Clams & Democracy Book. Comments, additions encouraged. Discussion of book release, distribution and fund raising strategies for completion. Photo slide shows - images for the book, website and exhibit - by Lionel Delevingne. Discussion groups about: Election Strategies, '78 Occupation (different perspectives), Regional Gatherings (re energizing networks, organizing), and more! Sat. July 28th at 9:00 pm Video showing of Seabrook '77 by Robbie Leppzer, maybe at other times too. We will also have Green Mountain Post's The Last Resort available to see if we can find the time. Ongoing Videotaping of personal Clam recollections. Lots of chances to visit with old friends from our Clamshell days. Other events happening at the World Fellowship Center the same weekend (that Clams are welcome at): Sat. July 28th at 7:30 pm Ecos del Pacifico! Afro-Colombian Poetry, Storytelling, Dance and Drumming with Julio Montano Montenegro, Martha Arboleda Ortiz, and Charlie Montano Arboleda; Sun. July 29th at 10:00am Defending Life and Culture in Colombia. Julio Montano Montenegro, an anthropologist and artist, is founder of the artistic corporation Ecos del Pacifico and a member of the Black Communities Process. Martha Arboleda Ortiz is a teacher, instructor, and dancer. They have co-written books about Afro-Colombian myths and legends. They are living in exile in Chicago because of death threats in Colombia. News Flashes: 1) The Campaign for Ratepayers Rights, a key group in the financial fight against Seabrook for years, has gotten re-energized. They have updated their website (http://www.ratepayersrights.org/) and sent out their first newsletter in almost 4 years. Send an email to Bob Williams at RBWVI@msn.com with your contact info and he'll send you one. 2) Beyond Nuclear, a new anti-nuclear organization, will be the focus of a presentation next Thursday, July 26 at 7:00 pm at the Unitarian Church in Concord NH. The Church is at 274 Pleasant Street, Concord, just past the Concord Hospital. Paul Gunter (NIRS Reactor Watchdog Project director) will be joined by Kevin Kamps, the long time nuclear waste expert and advocate for NIRS. Beyond Nuclear intends to broaden the message of concern about the hazards of nuclear power by also addressing the inextricable links between the power reactors and the spread of nuclear weapons. The meeting is to introduce this important new effort, and, we hope, raise some funds to sustain it. It should be stimulating and informative. 3) For the latest on this week's earthquake damage to a nuclear facility in Japan and much more news, go to: http://clamshell-tvs.blogspot.com/ This email is from the To the Village Square: Nukes, Clams & Democracy Project (http://www.clamshell-tvs.org/).The purpose for these is to update Clamshell Alliance members from the last 30 years about: 1) current efforts to prevent a resurgence of nuclear power and 2) the status of the TVS project. These emails will not exceed 4 per month; this is a low volume list! Email addresses have been suppressed to prevented unwanted contact and spamming. Also replies to these emails will only come to me (the Administrative Coordinator for TVS). Suggestions for future emails are most welcome. Please send along any email addresses of Clams and supporters you have contact with. For those interested in more frequent emails about anti-nuclear issues and discussion, send an email to: clamshellalliance-subscribe@yahoogroups.com You can see recent posts at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clamshellalliance No Nukes! Hope to see you at the reunion or at least be in touch, Tom Wyatt To the Village Square Administrative Coordinator tom@clamshell-tvs.org Prefer to call and leave a message? You can do so at (978) 864-9494 *** “Nuclear power plants weren’t safe thirty years ago and they aren’t safe now,” says Arnie Alpert, a member of the anti-nuclear Clamshell Alliance in the 1970s and 80s. “There still is no viable plan for safe and permanent storage of thousands of tons of radioactive waste — waste that is vulnerable to terrorist attacks.” “Seabrook and other nuclear plants are pre-deployed weapons of mass destruction,” said Alpert, now the N.H. Coordinator for the American Friends Service Committee. “A strong grassroots movement halted nuclear power 30 years ago. The occupations became touchstones, sparking similar nonviolent protests across the country and internationally. This is a powerful story,” says Kristie Conrad, another Clamshell Alliance member and spokesperson for To the Village Square: Nukes, Clams & Democracy, a new anti-nuclear project that tells the story of the Clamshell as a successful exercise in democracy. Conrad, who lives less than 2 miles from the Seabrook reactor with her family, went on to say that “The dangers still exist. Mega corporations are running the industry for profit with no regard for people’s safety and health. We need a Manhattan Project for safe, renewable energy.” The Manhattan Project was the federal initiative in the 1940’s that developed nuclear technology. To the Village Square: Nukes, Clams & Democracy takes its name from Albert Einstein, who wrote in 1946: “To the village square we must carry the facts of atomic energy. From there must come America’s voice.” The project began with the annual Clamshell reunion in 2006 - sharing stories of the past, rekindling friendships and learning about the resurgence of the nuclear industry. It has grown to have an extensive website that documents the resistance to Seabrook HYPERLINK “http://www.clamshell-tvs.org/” (http://www.clamshell-tvs.org) and plans for a book and exhibit. The Clamshell reunion this year is the weekend of July 27-29 at the World Fellowship in Conway, NH. For more information, to go: ( HYPERLINK “http://www.worldfellowship.org/” www.worldfellowship.org) The nuclear power industry has launched a massive public relations and lobby campaign to present itself as an answer to global warming. “Despite this well-oiled industry campaign and increased federal subsidies, nuclear energy can not be part of the solution,” said Paul Gunter, a Clamshell founder and Director of the Reactor Watchdog Project at the Nuclear Information & Resource Service. Gunter explained, “A nuclear power relapse would squander precious resources needed to slow and reverse global warming. Building more nukes will also create hundreds of thousands of tons of unmanaged lethal radioactive waste, accelerate the spread of nuclear weapons and result in more Chernobyl-scale atomic disasters.”"

20070727 "WOMEN in BLACK, Vigil Friday at NOON, Amherst" "WOMEN in BLACK, Vigil Friday at NOON, Amherst Just wear black. Bring a sign if you like. One favorite street is HONK for PEACE, because we need our neighbors to become active and outspoken. Can Cell Phones Stop Destroyers?"

20070727 "WOMEN in BLACK, Vigil Friday at NOON, Amherst" "WOMEN in BLACK, Vigil each Friday, NOON, Amherst Just wear black. Bring a sign if you like. One favorite street sign is ""HONK for PEACE,"" because we need our neighbors to become active and outspoken. One way found to draw attention to the needless tragedy of war during the Vietnam war was to wear a black armband. This can mean bringing up thoughts and feelings, as we go about our business -- it's not business as usual. CAN CELL PHOES STOP DESTROYERS ?"

20070727 "30th Anniversary Reunion of the Clamshell Alliance, NH" "The 2007 Clamshell Alliance Reunion is next weekend, July 27-29 at the World Fellowship Center near Conway NH. Make your reservation for rooms or camping and meals via email: office@worldfellowship.org or via phone: 603/447-2280. Some folks are just coming for the day on Saturday, please let them know ahead for meal planning. Keep reading for the schedule of events, as far as we know. More details will be announced at meal times. Below that you'll see some news flashes. Sat. July 28th at 10:00 am ""Beyond Nuclear"" Workshop with Clamshell Alliance founding member Paul Gunter on the current status of US/international nuclear industry as well as a new Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS) initiative that aims to educate about the nuclear power and weapons connection and to promote positive, solutions-focused messages. Gunter has directed NIRS Reactor Watchdog Project since 1991. Sat. July 28th at 4:30 pm ""Towards the ""08 Election"" NH Primary with Arnie Alpert, New Hampshire American Friends Service Committee Program Coordinator and Anne Miller, New Hampshire Peace Action Director, organize to raise the issues, including nuclear weapons abolition, during the New Hampshire primary campaign. As a member of the Clamshell Alliance, Arnie played a significant role as a member of the late 70s and early 80s office collective. Presentation of draft versions of the To the Village Square: Nukes, Clams & Democracy Book. Comments, additions encouraged. Discussion of book release, distribution and fund raising strategies for completion. Photo slide shows - images for the book, website and exhibit - by Lionel Delevingne. Discussion groups about: Election Strategies, '78 Occupation (different perspectives), Regional Gatherings (re energizing networks, organizing), and more! Sat. July 28th at 9:00 pm Video showing of Seabrook '77 by Robbie Leppzer, maybe at other times too. We will also have Green Mountain Post's The Last Resort available to see if we can find the time. Ongoing Videotaping of personal Clam recollections. Lots of chances to visit with old friends from our Clamshell days. Other events happening at the World Fellowship Center the same weekend (that Clams are welcome at): Sat. July 28th at 7:30 pm Ecos del Pacifico! Afro-Colombian Poetry, Storytelling, Dance and Drumming with Julio Montano Montenegro, Martha Arboleda Ortiz, and Charlie Montano Arboleda; Sun. July 29th at 10:00am Defending Life and Culture in Colombia. Julio Montano Montenegro, an anthropologist and artist, is founder of the artistic corporation Ecos del Pacifico and a member of the Black Communities Process. Martha Arboleda Ortiz is a teacher, instructor, and dancer. They have co-written books about Afro-Colombian myths and legends. They are living in exile in Chicago because of death threats in Colombia. News Flashes: 1) The Campaign for Ratepayers Rights, a key group in the financial fight against Seabrook for years, has gotten re-energized. They have updated their website (http://www.ratepayersrights.org/) and sent out their first newsletter in almost 4 years. Send an email to Bob Williams at RBWVI@msn.com with your contact info and he'll send you one. 2) Beyond Nuclear, a new anti-nuclear organization, will be the focus of a presentation next Thursday, July 26 at 7:00 pm at the Unitarian Church in Concord NH. The Church is at 274 Pleasant Street, Concord, just past the Concord Hospital. Paul Gunter (NIRS Reactor Watchdog Project director) will be joined by Kevin Kamps, the long time nuclear waste expert and advocate for NIRS. Beyond Nuclear intends to broaden the message of concern about the hazards of nuclear power by also addressing the inextricable links between the power reactors and the spread of nuclear weapons. The meeting is to introduce this important new effort, and, we hope, raise some funds to sustain it. It should be stimulating and informative. 3) For the latest on this week's earthquake damage to a nuclear facility in Japan and much more news, go to: http://clamshell-tvs.blogspot.com/ This email is from the To the Village Square: Nukes, Clams & Democracy Project (http://www.clamshell-tvs.org/).The purpose for these is to update Clamshell Alliance members from the last 30 years about: 1) current efforts to prevent a resurgence of nuclear power and 2) the status of the TVS project. These emails will not exceed 4 per month; this is a low volume list! Email addresses have been suppressed to prevented unwanted contact and spamming. Also replies to these emails will only come to me (the Administrative Coordinator for TVS). Suggestions for future emails are most welcome. Please send along any email addresses of Clams and supporters you have contact with. For those interested in more frequent emails about anti-nuclear issues and discussion, send an email to: clamshellalliance-subscribe@yahoogroups.com You can see recent posts at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clamshellalliance No Nukes! Hope to see you at the reunion or at least be in touch, Tom Wyatt To the Village Square Administrative Coordinator tom@clamshell-tvs.org Prefer to call and leave a message? You can do so at (978) 864-9494 *** “Nuclear power plants weren’t safe thirty years ago and they aren’t safe now,” says Arnie Alpert, a member of the anti-nuclear Clamshell Alliance in the 1970s and 80s. “There still is no viable plan for safe and permanent storage of thousands of tons of radioactive waste — waste that is vulnerable to terrorist attacks.” “Seabrook and other nuclear plants are pre-deployed weapons of mass destruction,” said Alpert, now the N.H. Coordinator for the American Friends Service Committee. “A strong grassroots movement halted nuclear power 30 years ago. The occupations became touchstones, sparking similar nonviolent protests across the country and internationally. This is a powerful story,” says Kristie Conrad, another Clamshell Alliance member and spokesperson for To the Village Square: Nukes, Clams & Democracy, a new anti-nuclear project that tells the story of the Clamshell as a successful exercise in democracy. Conrad, who lives less than 2 miles from the Seabrook reactor with her family, went on to say that “The dangers still exist. Mega corporations are running the industry for profit with no regard for people’s safety and health. We need a Manhattan Project for safe, renewable energy.” The Manhattan Project was the federal initiative in the 1940’s that developed nuclear technology. To the Village Square: Nukes, Clams & Democracy takes its name from Albert Einstein, who wrote in 1946: “To the village square we must carry the facts of atomic energy. From there must come America’s voice.” The project began with the annual Clamshell reunion in 2006 - sharing stories of the past, rekindling friendships and learning about the resurgence of the nuclear industry. It has grown to have an extensive website that documents the resistance to Seabrook HYPERLINK “http://www.clamshell-tvs.org/” (http://www.clamshell-tvs.org) and plans for a book and exhibit. The Clamshell reunion this year is the weekend of July 27-29 at the World Fellowship in Conway, NH. For more information, to go: ( HYPERLINK “http://www.worldfellowship.org/” www.worldfellowship.org) The nuclear power industry has launched a massive public relations and lobby campaign to present itself as an answer to global warming. “Despite this well-oiled industry campaign and increased federal subsidies, nuclear energy can not be part of the solution,” said Paul Gunter, a Clamshell founder and Director of the Reactor Watchdog Project at the Nuclear Information & Resource Service. Gunter explained, “A nuclear power relapse would squander precious resources needed to slow and reverse global warming. Building more nukes will also create hundreds of thousands of tons of unmanaged lethal radioactive waste, accelerate the spread of nuclear weapons and result in more Chernobyl-scale atomic disasters.”"

20070727 "CLAMSHELL ALLIANCE REUNION, CONWAY, NH" "Greetings, It's almost time! The 2007 Clamshell Alliance Reunion is July 27-29 at the World Fellowship Center near Conway NH. There will be workshops (Arnie Alpert & Paul Gunter), video showings (Robbie Leppzer's Seabrook '77), photo slide shows (from Lionel Delevingne), videotaping of personal Clam recollections, lots of chances to visit with old friends from our Clamshell days, planning of regional gatherings, and FUN! Find all the details at: http://news.clamshell-tvs.org/clam-reunion/anniversary-gathering-this-summer Make your reservation for rooms or camping and meals at http://www.worldfellowship.org via email at office@worldfellowship.org or via phone at 603/447-2280. Don't wait, things will fill up. This is the first of a series of periodic emails from the To the Village Square: Nukes, Clams & Democracy Project. The purpose for this list is to update Clamshell Alliance members from the last 30 years about: 1) current efforts to prevent a resurgence of nuclear power and 2) the status of the TVS project. These emails will not exceed 4 per month; this is a low volume list! Email addresses have been suppressed to prevented unwanted contact and spamming. Also replies to these emails will only come to me (the Administrative Coordinator for TVS). Suggestions for future emails are most welcome. Please send along any email addresses of Clams you have contact with. If you don't know already, the goal of To the Village Square is to tell the dramatic story of the Clamshell Alliance and its legacy. By sharing this story (in person, book, exhibit and website), we hope to help carry the issue of nuclear power once again to the village square for open public debate and energize a new generation of anti-nukers. Come visit the website we've developed is at: http://www.clamshell-tvs.org It's got lot of information, stories (http://news.clamshell-tvs.org/category/stories), photographs, links to videos, as well as The Clam Post, a world wide news blog (http://clamshell-tvs.blogspot.com). In the last couple months, we've been working hard on collecting stories and essays for a book to accompany the website. To the Village Square: Nukes, Clams & Democracy — just like the Clamshell itself — needs the support of hundreds of people to succeed. We especially need donations to continue our efforts. The details of how to do so are at: http://www.clamshell-tvs.org/get_involved/index.html We also are looking for contacts for potentially larger donors. Reply to me or Sharon Tracy at sharon@clamshell-tvs.org with any suggestions. No Nukes! Hope to see you at the reunion or be in touch, Tom Wyatt To the Village Square Administrative Coordinator tom@clamshell-tvs.org Prefer to call and leave a message? You can do so at (978) 864-9494"

20070725 "PIONEER VALLEY COALITION TO CHANGE & CHALLENGE WAL-MART, Amherst, MA" "Last Wednesdays of the month -- please confirm meetings before travel. PIONEER VALLEY COALITION TO CHANGE & CHALLENGE WAL-MART 7-9pm, Porter Lounge (3rd Floor) or another room, Converse Hall, Amherst College, Rts 116 & 9, Amherst. Challenge Wal-Mart in Hadley (and maybe in Greenfield) working on Wake-Up Wal-Mart campaigns, giving mutual aid to the coalition members challenging Wal-Mart in many ways. Info: mailto: socialchange@amherst.edu. Hadley Neighbors for Sensible Development (www.HadleyNeighbors.org), Sprawl Busters (www.sprawl-busters.com), and Stop Sprawl-Mart (www.StopSprawlMart.org) are fighting sprawl. Want to help Wal-Mart workers get fair treatment? Contact Dan Clifford, Wake Up Wal-Mart, 732-6209 x14, mailto:dclifford@ufcw1459.com Check out : http://wmass.walmartvoices.com/ and http://www.wakeupwalmart.com."

20070724 "Crawford to NYC - Orange Revolution, PA" "Orange Revolution Start Impeachment - Stop the Occupation Can you join us on July 23rd? - Can you wear orange? - The impeachment movement is gaining traction, and now - over the next two weeks - is the time to push it all the way to success. Over the weekend, supporters of impeachment made ""Impeach Cheney"" the number 1 video on Youtube. On Friday, for the first time, a polling company asked Americans if they want Cheney impeached. A majority of 54% said Yes, and the poll was reported in the media. Congressman John Conyers even cited it on ABC's ""This Week"" on Sunday. Below is the route of Cindy's march and a link for more information and to get involved. Now is the time to get involved in our democracy. Use it or lose it. July 10 Crawford Tx Houston Tx July 11 Houston Tx. New Orleans La. July 12 New Orleans La. Montgomery Al. July 13 Montgomery Al. Ft. Benning Ga July 14 Ft. Benning Ga Atlanta Ga. July 15 Atlanta Ga. Gainsville Ga. July 16 Ganisville Ga. Clemson SC July 17 Clemson SC Charlotte NC July 18 Charlotte NC Greensboro NC July 19 Greensboro NC Lynchburg VA July 20 Lynchburg VA Charlottesville VA (rally at 6 p.m.) July 21 Charlottesville VA Richmond VA July 22 Richmond VA Arlington VA July 23 Arlington Cemetery - White House / Capitol July 23 Washington DC Philadelphia PA July 24 Philadelphia PA Allentown PA July 25 Allentown PA New York City NY July 26 United Nations Action July 27 Begin to Gather at Central Park July 28 TBA July 29 Gathering of Hearts Fest Central Park http://www.thecampcaseypeaceinstitute.org On July 4, Los Angeles opened an Impeachment Center, and on July 5 Philadelphia held an impeachment forum (here's the video). But the date to keep in mind is July 23, 2007. That will be the fifth anniversary of the Downing Street Meeting, the meeting at Number 10 Downing Street at which the head of British intelligence reported that Bush and Cheney were intent on invading Iraq and were going to ""fix the intelligence and facts around the policy."" The meeting was recorded in the Downing Street Minutes which were leaked in May 2005. This July 23rd, a Monday, Cindy Sheehan will lead a march from Arlington National Cemetery (gather there at 10 a.m.) to Capitol Hill, to the office of Congressman John Conyers to ask him to move forward with impeachment. We will wear orange that day, a color that has come to stand for nonviolent revolution. We encourage as many people as possible to join us, and if you cannot, to phone Congressman Conyers' office that day asking him to move forward on impeachment: (202) 225-5126. Citizens plan to read the Constitution to Representatives in Congress who have neglected their sworn oath to uphold it. Will you come to read this aloud with us? The White House continues to announce its refusal to comply with a growing stack of subpoenas, even going so far now as to try to block the testimony of former staffers who claim to be willing to testify. ABC asked Conyers about this Sunday morning, and his reply was (I don't know any other way to say this) delusional. Conyers cited the recent poll showing public support for impeachment as a reason why the White House should start complying with subpoenas, and then assured ABC (and anyone at the White House who may have been watching) that he did not intend to impeach anyone. Here's the problem with that, Chairman Conyers: When you announce that you're bluffing, the bluff doesn't work. Impeachment has often worked as a bluff. Nixon left before he was impeached. The Supreme Court reined in Truman before he was impeached. But when you announce ahead of time that you won't really go all the way to impeachment, nothing short of impeachment has any teeth to it. Remember when you rigged the Iran Contra hearings to avoid impeachment? You got ineffective hearings, a massive cover-up, and electoral defeat. Right now you're repeating two out of three of those results. Imagine a labor union announcing that it will never strike. It's not that you have to strike every week, but when you announce that you never will, you lose all bargaining power. As surely as the sun rises and night falls, Bush and Cheney will not comply with your subpoenas. The 23rd in DC is part of a march from Texas to New York. Cindy Sheehan, Rev. Lennox Yearwood, and others are leading a march/drive from Crawford, Texas, to New York City. The march will include stops at the district offices of House Judiciary Committee Members Mel Watt, and Bobby Scott to push them to support impeachment. Their Judiciary Committee colleagues Maxine Waters, Hank Johnson, and Keith Ellison have cosponsored Dennis Kucinich's articles of impeachment against Cheney, H Res 333."

20070724 "PHILADELPHIA DETAILS - HONK TO IMPEACH - Go, Rev." "Cindy Sheehan’s “Journey for Humanity” Caravan (www.thecampcaseypeaceinstitute.org) Stops in Philadelphia - Tuesday, July 24th Come on out to learn more about the REAL “Surge” to IMPEACH CHENEY & BUSH WEAR ORANGE TO EXPRESS SOLIDARITY There are two events: The first is at Independence Mall, Market St. between 5th and 6th, from 1:30 to 3:30 PM Featured speakers will include Cindy Sheehan and Rev Lennox Yearwood. The second is a Honk to Impeach Rally on Broad Street between Arch and Race Sts, from 4:00 to 5:30 PM Bring IMPEACH signs ! For more information call: 215-945-1269"

20070723 "Crawford to Arlington Cemetary, White House, Capitol - Orange Revolution, DC" "Orange Revolution Start Impeachment - Stop the Occupation Can you join us on July 23rd? - Can you wear orange? - The impeachment movement is gaining traction, and now - over the next two weeks - is the time to push it all the way to success. Over the weekend, supporters of impeachment made ""Impeach Cheney"" the number 1 video on Youtube. On Friday, for the first time, a polling company asked Americans if they want Cheney impeached. A majority of 54% said Yes, and the poll was reported in the media. Congressman John Conyers even cited it on ABC's ""This Week"" on Sunday. Below is the route of Cindy's march and a link for more information and to get involved. Now is the time to get involved in our democracy. Use it or lose it. July 10 Crawford Tx Houston Tx July 11 Houston Tx. New Orleans La. July 12 New Orleans La. Montgomery Al. July 13 Montgomery Al. Ft. Benning Ga July 14 Ft. Benning Ga Atlanta Ga. July 15 Atlanta Ga. Gainsville Ga. July 16 Ganisville Ga. Clemson SC July 17 Clemson SC Charlotte NC July 18 Charlotte NC Greensboro NC July 19 Greensboro NC Lynchburg VA July 20 Lynchburg VA Charlottesville VA (rally at 6 p.m.) July 21 Charlottesville VA Richmond VA July 22 Richmond VA Arlington VA July 23 Arlington Cemetery - White House / Capitol July 23 Washington DC Philadelphia PA July 24 Philadelphia PA Allentown PA July 25 Allentown PA New York City NY July 26 United Nations Action July 27 Begin to Gather at Central Park July 28 TBA July 29 Gathering of Hearts Fest Central Park http://www.thecampcaseypeaceinstitute.org On July 4, Los Angeles opened an Impeachment Center, and on July 5 Philadelphia held an impeachment forum (here's the video). But the date to keep in mind is July 23, 2007. That will be the fifth anniversary of the Downing Street Meeting, the meeting at Number 10 Downing Street at which the head of British intelligence reported that Bush and Cheney were intent on invading Iraq and were going to ""fix the intelligence and facts around the policy."" The meeting was recorded in the Downing Street Minutes which were leaked in May 2005. This July 23rd, a Monday, Cindy Sheehan will lead a march from Arlington National Cemetery (gather there at 10 a.m.) to Capitol Hill, to the office of Congressman John Conyers to ask him to move forward with impeachment. We will wear orange that day, a color that has come to stand for nonviolent revolution. We encourage as many people as possible to join us, and if you cannot, to phone Congressman Conyers' office that day asking him to move forward on impeachment: (202) 225-5126. Citizens plan to read the Constitution to Representatives in Congress who have neglected their sworn oath to uphold it. Will you come to read this aloud with us? The White House continues to announce its refusal to comply with a growing stack of subpoenas, even going so far now as to try to block the testimony of former staffers who claim to be willing to testify. ABC asked Conyers about this Sunday morning, and his reply was (I don't know any other way to say this) delusional. Conyers cited the recent poll showing public support for impeachment as a reason why the White House should start complying with subpoenas, and then assured ABC (and anyone at the White House who may have been watching) that he did not intend to impeach anyone. Here's the problem with that, Chairman Conyers: When you announce that you're bluffing, the bluff doesn't work. Impeachment has often worked as a bluff. Nixon left before he was impeached. The Supreme Court reined in Truman before he was impeached. But when you announce ahead of time that you won't really go all the way to impeachment, nothing short of impeachment has any teeth to it. Remember when you rigged the Iran Contra hearings to avoid impeachment? You got ineffective hearings, a massive cover-up, and electoral defeat. Right now you're repeating two out of three of those results. Imagine a labor union announcing that it will never strike. It's not that you have to strike every week, but when you announce that you never will, you lose all bargaining power. As surely as the sun rises and night falls, Bush and Cheney will not comply with your subpoenas. The 23rd in DC is part of a march from Texas to New York. Cindy Sheehan, Rev. Lennox Yearwood, and others are leading a march/drive from Crawford, Texas, to New York City. The march will include stops at the district offices of House Judiciary Committee Members Mel Watt, and Bobby Scott to push them to support impeachment. Their Judiciary Committee colleagues Maxine Waters, Hank Johnson, and Keith Ellison have cosponsored Dennis Kucinich's articles of impeachment against Cheney, H Res 333."

20070723 "CALL ON CONGRESS TO IMPEACH, Conyers: (202) 225-5126" "On this anniversary of the Downing Street meeting, Cindy Sheehan, Ray McGovern, Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Ann Wright, Debra Sweet, Dave Lindorff, David Swanson, Jodie Evans, Medea Benjamin, Kevin Zeese, Tina Richards, and others will march from Arlington National Cemetery to the office of Congressman John Conyers, to read the Constitution. If you can't visit DC this week, perhaps you would like to call, and ask others to call. Congressman Conyers is Chairman of House Judiciary Committee which has the authority to begin the impeachment process (investigations). John Conyers, (202) 225-5126 The Congressional Switchboard will connect you to any Senator or Representative's office. It takes about a minute to leave an opinion. Pass it on? Say why you called today! There are so many reasons to call. Four million Iraqi refugees are some of the reasons. War profiteering is another. Until 6PM weekdays, an operator will connect you: 202 224-3121."

20070723 "BEYOND NUCLEAR: L.A.Times Op Ed, ""A Warming World, No to Nukes""" "NEWS FROM BEYOND NUCLEAR For Immediate Release July 23, 2007 Contact: Linda Gunter 301.270.2209 info@beyondnuclear.org Superb Los Angeles Times Editorial Makes Compelling Case against Turning to Nuclear Power to Combat Climate Change TAKOMA PARK, MD – The Los Angeles Times today ran an excellent editorial on the detriments of nuclear power. In an extensive, detailed, and possibly unprecedented opinion piece, the Times laid out the definitive arguments against the nuclear power option in the context of climate change. The editorial can be found at: http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-nuclear23jul23,0,378363.story?coll=la-opinion-leftrail. The editorial, entitled: A Warming World, No to Nukes, identified the case for nuclear power as “weak” and went on to list the many compelling reasons to eliminate the nuclear choice: “The enormous cost of building nuclear plants, the reluctance of investors to fund them, community opposition and an endless controversy over what to do with the waste ensure that ramping up the nuclear infrastructure will be a slow process — far too slow to make a difference on global warming. That's just as well, because nuclear power is extremely risky. What's more, there are cleaner, cheaper, faster alternatives that come with none of the risks. Beyond Nuclear applauds the Los Angeles Times for taking this stand, particularly in making the often neglected connection between nuclear power and nuclear weapons, an issue central to the Beyond Nuclear mission. The Times editorialists wrote: “Weapons proliferation is an even more serious concern. The uranium used in nuclear reactors isn't concentrated enough for anything but a dirty bomb, but the same labs that enrich uranium for nuclear fuel can be used to create weapons-grade uranium. Thus any country, such as Iran, that pursues uranium enrichment for nuclear power might also be building a bomb factory. It would be more than a little hypocritical for the U.S. to expand its own nuclear power capacity while forbidding countries it doesn't like from doing the same.” Beyond Nuclear urges the country’s press corps to take note of this important editorial, and to call upon the expertise and resources of the Beyond Nuclear staff at any time for follow-up on the broad array of related topics discussed in the piece. Paul Gunter covers all aspects of nuclear reactor oversight for Beyond Nuclear: paul@beyondnuclear.org Kevin Kamps covers all aspects of radioactive waste and the nuclear fuel chain for Beyond Nuclear. kevin@beyondnuclear.org Cindy Folkers is a specialist in the radiation impacts on health at Beyond Nuclear. cindy@beyondnuclear.org Linda Gunter authored with Paul Gunter a special report on the impacts to wildlife from the operation of nuclear reactors, due to be expanded and updated later this year. linda@beyondnuclear.org. Beyond Nuclear staff members can be reached at: 301.270.2209. Please visit our Web site at: www.beyondnuclear.org"

20070723 5th anniversary of the infamous Downing Street meeting "July 23rd is the 5th anniversary of the infamous Downing Street meeting, wherein US and British representatives discussed fixing the 'intelligence' to promote war an attack against Iraq. Your active, vocal, civil resistance to corruption in government is a crucial component in government for the people, of the people and by the people."

20070722 "PIONEER VALLEY WAR TAX RESISTERS, Deerfield or Greenfield, MA" "PIONEER VALLEY WAR TAX RESISTERS, Sunday, March 18 ( and third Sundays, every other month) 4-6pm, at the Weldon Apartments' Community Room, 54 High Street, Greenfield. There is parking at the back. There are many ways to resist payment for the brutality and plunder of war. Come to help plan for public education about war tax resistance and to raise your concerns and ideas. Press the buzzer to be let in by Tom. Tom usually waits by the door for 10-15 minutes. To confirm date and location, call Juanita Nelson, 413773-5188 x1 at Traprock Peace Center."

20070722 "AMHERST PEACE VIGIL -- NOON- 1PM, EVERY SUNDAY" "AMHERST PEACE VIGIL -- NOON- 1PM, EVERY SUNDAY The Amherst Peace Vigil passes out 200 or so new flyers every Sunday. Neighbors share news and help hold the banners. Come and wave to encourage your neighbors. The passersby get excited when they see lots of us there. HONK for PEACE!"

20070721 5 Rivers Council Meets - Network Sustainable Living "Next Meeting of the 5 Rivers Council will be 2-5 pm., Saturday, July 21st at Lupinwood, the home of John and Maya, 172 Highland Avenue, Greenfield, MA 01301. Topics of interest include a 5 Rivers Council newspaper, Brainstorm and volunteer to design a fall event proposed with a focus on energy, Saturday, Nov. 3, Review follow up of the May event, and the Open Space discussion topics, Discuss how we can improve 5 Rivers Council communication. Take up items tabled, such as the Exxon/Mobil War Boycott and your concerns related to sustainable living in a just society, as time allows. Pass the talking stick! This meeting will start and end on time. Please come a few minutes early if you can. Web Search for more: Five Rivers Council"

20070721 "FOUR DAYS IN COURT - NOT GUILTY, DC" "July 9-12, 2007 - Four days in court in Washington, DC – Found NOT GUILTY Joy First I was arrested along with Ellen Barfield, David Barrows, Gordon Clark, Sam Crook, Malachy Kilbride, and Eve Tetaz in the Hart Senate Office Building on Thursday March 29, 2007. We went there one hour after the Senate voted to continue to fund the war. We set up cardboard tombstones with pictures of soldiers and Iraqis who have died in the war since the Democrats took control of Congress in January. We began to read their names. After about 20 minutes, we were arrested by Capitol Police and charged with unlawful conduct. We were arraigned on Friday morning after David, Malachy, Eve, and Ellen spent the night in jail. We all pleaded not guilty and since the charge carries a possible six months in jail we requested a consolidated jury trial. We began planning our trial, and as in the past, we were going to be representing ourselves as pro se defendants. Mark Goldstone graciously agreed to be our attorney advisor. He has had a great deal of experience in this kind of work. I was so grateful to have him on our team. We each had a role to play in the trial. I was to give the closing statement. I flew from Madison, WI to Washington, DC on Sunday July 8. While sitting in the airport, I was thinking about what I was doing and feeling scared, but I reminded myself that if the most important thing is that I don’t go to jail, then I wouldn’t have gotten arrested in the first place. No – the most important thing is that I speak out when my government is doing something that is illegal and immoral. The seven of us, along with Mark Goldstone, met on Sunday night to go through the trial. Mark said that our primary defense is the tourist standard which is applied in unlawful conduct charges. What this means is that we were no more disruptive than an equal size group of tourists. The test is the impact of how disruptive we were, not the activities we were engaged in. This would be my first experience with a jury trial and I was feeling very anxious. I certainly don’t continue to risk arrest and go to trial because I enjoy it. But with the suffering that continues in Iraq, and with families of US soldiers in Iraq, I feel called to continue to do this work. Jury selection Jury selection was set for Monday July 9. After a short appearance before Judge Craig Iscoe, we waited most of the day hoping that we would have the chance to get a jury selected. Much of the time was spent discussing our strategy and whether we wanted to agree to any of the government stipulations. We decided to reject all of the stipulations, but under Mark’s advice agreed to keep them in mind in case it made sense later to accept some of them. It became a possibility that we would not select a jury until Tuesday, and if that date did not work out, we would move the trial to August. I was very disappointed about the possibility of having to return to DC in August for the trial. Fortunately, at about 3:00 pm, we were called into the courtroom and told that the jury selection process would begin. Gordon Clark was our representative, along with Mark Goldstone, going before the judge to question individual witnesses about their responses to the Voir Dire questions. One of the questions that the judge asked the potential jurors was: Do you have such strong feelings about the war in Iraq that it would be difficult for you to be fair in judging this case? The majority of the potential jurors answered yes to this question. Each side was able to strike three potential jurors, but because of the large number of jurors answering yes to the above question, the prosecutor could not strike all of them and we ended up with a jury that was very sympathetic to our cause. Two potential jurors were dismissed by the prosecutor because they said that they had such strong feelings about the war and what we did that they absolutely would not have been able to convict us. One woman was dismissed, and as she stood to leave she held her hands together and bowed to us before she walked away. One of the final jurors was a reporter from Al Jazeera. The jury was told that the government has to prove each and every element of the charge with each and every defendant. After the jury selection was complete, the court adjourned for the day. We returned bright and early Tuesday morning, feeling anxious, but ready to begin the trial. We met in the cafeteria to continue our strategizing. Every spare minute throughout the next few days, we would meet either in the cafeteria in the morning and at noon, or in a witness room at the back of the courtroom to strategize. Bathroom breaks, phone calls, and eating were all put on hold as we continued to discuss our case. Opening statements We began Tuesday morning with opening statements. The prosecutor, Sean Farrell, was not a particularly eloquent speaker. He laid out what he thought were the facts of the case according to the police report. There were some clear discrepancies in the police report. Mr. Farrell said that we can’t just do what we want. He likened us to spoiled children who wanted to be arrested and ignored several warnings. David Barrows followed with his opening statement. Mr. Farrell objected many times during David’s opening and many of the objections were sustained. David eloquently stated, “We came not to break the law, but to remind our Senate of its obligation to enforce the law.” He later stated, “When our congress, our president, and even our very courts turn their backs on the Bill of Rights and the US Constitution, then it falls to the people of the land to demand justice.” The government’s case The government first called Officer Langley to the stand. She made our case for us when she said under cross examination by Malachy that we were not more disruptive than other groups of seven in the building. She also portrayed us as spoiled children who don’t obey. By the end of the questioning of the first witness it was time to adjourn for the day. I was not able to sleep very well since I arrived in DC and was starting to feel a bit worn down. Yet my adrenalin was really flowing as the trial continued with the government’s case on Wednesday morning. Officer Connor was called to the stand. When we were at the police station under arrest in March, Officer Connor said to one of us that he didn’t go any higher in rank because he didn’t want to play the games he would have to play. He also said that maybe when he retired he would join us. The government played the Youtube video of our action HYPERLINK http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ttLP25VsSM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ttLP25VsSM I think playing this video hurt the government. It was very moving to watch our action on the big screen in the courtroom. I began to cry as I watched. I also noticed that David was crying. When I looked at the jurors, one of them was clearly crying and many of them looked very moved and even pained. The video made it crystal clear what we were doing in trying to stop the war which causes the death and suffering of so many innocent people. Officer Connor claimed both on direct and cross that we were taking up a large portion of the atrium. This is not true. We were about 30 people, and the atrium is huge. He also said that we clearly got three warnings. This is also not true. I did not hear any warnings. The videotape clearly shows Captain Neeld walk into the area and shout out, “Cease and desist. You are getting locked up. There will be no warnings. You will be arrested right now.” She immediately walked over to Malachy and me and said, “These two are going.” Next Officer Mutusiak took the stand. It was similar questioning by the prosecution. Did they give us warnings? Did we take up a large space and block movement? Were we loud and disruptive? Upon cross by Malachy, Officer Mutusiak did admit that she saw people moving around us. Our case The trial had been going on for a day and a half. The jury was getting tired. We decided that it would be best if we put two witnesses on the stand and didn’t drag it out too long. Ellen and I were the ones chosen to go on the stand. I didn’t really want the added stress of being on the stand because I was getting nervous about the closing, but I said that I would do it if that was what was decided. I don’t have good notes on what happened while I was on the stand. I testified that I did not hear any warnings. Then I was asked by Sam, “Didn’t I know that when the police were there, they were going to be arresting us?” I answered that I am often at demonstrations against the war. There is always a police presence, but often no arrests take place. On cross, Mr. Ferrell asked me if I had permission from my Senator to be in the Hart Senate Office Building that day. I looked at him in disbelief. I said that I did not understand the question. I couldn’t believe he would suggest that I needed my Senators permission to be there. I think the jury must also have been taken aback by that question. He also asked if I was demonstrating and I said yes. I think that was a mistake. I should have said I was there petitioning my government. We rested our case after Ellen and I testified and were cross-examined by Mr. Farrell. Closing statements Mr. Farrell delivered a lukewarm closing statement. The jury did not appear to be very drawn into his arguments. It was then my turn and I was very nervous, but also felt the support of so many people behind me, friends and co-activists in Madison and in DC. I had added a lot to my statement as the trial unfolded. While I was giving the statement I tried to focus on the jury and make a lot of eye contact with them. I was interrupted a lot by objections from Mr. Farrell, but I kept going to get my message out. I made several political statements that were objected to as I expected. However, I was surprised that when I talked about our First Amendment right to petition our government, there were objections that were sustained. One of the things I wanted to say, but didn’t get out was, “If we remain silent while our government is engaged in illegal and immoral activities, then we are complicit, we are guilty of being in violation of international law and of going against our most dearly held values. It is our responsibility to speak out.” I was again stopped as I began the last paragraph. I thought to myself, what do I do now? I wanted to get my last line in. I knew the judge was getting tired of this. I also knew that this was my only chance to get this statement into the court record. I had to say this last sentence. So, I said, “We need to bring the real criminals to justice.” I was looking right at the jury when I said it. The reporter from Al Jazeera broke into a huge smile. I sat down shaking like crazy. The prosecution then had a chance for rebuttal. He kind of lost it during rebuttal. He sounded petty and vindictive. He talked about us being spoiled children who thought we were above the law. He said that we were there because we wanted to be arrested. It was then the end of day 3. The next day the jury would begin deliberations. We had many supporters who stopped in for different parts of the trial. It was so good to look into the courtroom and see the familiar loving faces of those who have often stood beside us and been arrested with us. Max Obbuszewski was there for part of the first day of the trial offering support and encouragement. Art Laffin walked into the courtroom and bowed to us in such a loving and supportive gesture that I could hardly keep from crying. Debby Churhman was with us for part of the trial and as the jury deliberated. As I felt I was falling apart waiting for the verdict, she helped pull me back together. Pete Perry was also there a good part of the time. He was a steadying presence as we continued to discuss our strategy. There were many others who were there and supported us during the ordeal. Deliberations We didn’t arrive at the courthouse so early on Thursday morning. There were no more discussions we needed to have. There was nothing more we could do but wait. The jury began deliberations at 9:30 and so we had to be there by that time. After about an hour the clerk called us into the courtroom saying the jury had a question. They wanted more direction from the judge on interpreting the tourist standard which I had highlighted in my closing argument. The judge said that he could not give them any more information and they must go back and deliberate with the information they have. The jury broke for an hour lunch and then continued deliberations. We sat in the courtroom, roamed the halls, generally tried to keep from going crazy as we waited for the verdict. I kept telling myself that I need to put this in perspective. What happens to the seven of us is not the most important thing. The war continues. Innocent people continue to suffer and die everyday. At about 3:00 I was walking down by the end of the hallway and Gordon waved me over. He said they had a verdict. My knees turned to jelly and I started to get very teary. I had to wait about 20 minutes for Mark Goldstone to return to the courthouse. We went into the courtroom and sat in our regular spots where we had been sitting for the past four days and waited for the jury to walk in. The verdict As the jury walked in, I noticed several of them were smiling. I am thinking – is that a good sign? It seemed like time lost its meaning as the jurors took their chairs and we waited to hear the verdict. Then the judge asked the foreman to stand and read the verdicts. He began, “Gordon Clark – not guilty.” When I heard that I knew we would all be found not guilty, but I wanted to hear my name. The foreman continued, “Joy First – not guilty…………..” And on for all seven of us. I started to weep. I couldn’t believe it. I looked at the jurors and saw that a couple of them also began to cry. The defendants and Mark all began to hug each other. Our supporters were right there with hugs for us. It was incredible. Mark Goldstone asked the judge if any of the jurors were interested, could they remain in the jury room because the defendants would like to talk to them. We went into the jury room and there were two jurors who remained to talk with us. One was the reporter from Al Jazeera. The other was a man who always appeared to be supportive of us. Unfortunately, the prosecutor joined us and so I believe the conversation was less candid than it might have been. I can hardly remember what was said. I was feeling like I was in a dream. A few things I remember was that the jury voted about an hour after beginning deliberations. At that time, the majority wanted to find us guilty. After they talked to the judge about the tourist standard, they began to look at that more closely and begin to move towards acquittal. They said it was more about the law than about politics, but it is difficult to believe that their feelings about the war didn’t push many of them look for a legal way to acquit us. It was such an intense unbelievable experience. I came home utterly exhausted, both physically and emotionally. It was a small victory for the peace movement. But, again, it has to be put in perspective. We must continue this work. We must continue taking risks in speaking out against the war. Our government continues its illegal and immoral actions in the war and occupation of Iraq that is causing the needless death of over 600,000 Iraqis and almost 4,000 US soldiers. The suffering of the families who have lost a loved one is immeasurable. As I said in my closing statement, when we have a war criminal in the White House who is responsible for this suffering, and we are arrested for reading the names of the dead in a senate office building, there is something woefully wrong with our system. Though we have been fighting for four years to end the war, I believe what we do does make a difference. I believe that we must continue the struggle for peace and justice. We need more people to join in and I believe that is happening. We, the people, are the deciders. We, the people, can make a difference. I’ll see you at the next action. Yours in peace and resistance. Joy Recieved by email, July 20"

20070720 "WOMEN in BLACK, Vigil Friday at NOON, Amherst" "WOMEN in BLACK, Vigil each Friday, NOON, Amherst Just wear black. Bring a sign if you like. One favorite street sign is ""HONK for PEACE,"" because we need our neighbors to become active and outspoken. One way found to draw attention to the needless tragedy of war during the Vietnam war was to wear a black armband. This can mean bringing up thoughts and feelings, as we go about our business -- it's not business as usual. CAN CELL PHOES STOP DESTROYERS ?"

20070720 "Wide-Angle Film: SALUD, at Amherst UU Society, 7PM" "Friday 7/20, 7pm, Amherst Wide-Angle Films presents ""Salud"" This film explores the case of Cuba, with one of the world's best health systems. For forty years, Cuba has taken it to the road, their doctors in demand by other struggling nations. The film documents their philosophy and experience of a community-oriented, preventive and universal health care model."

20070719 "V.A.'s Research on Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses, Dallas, TX" "Wednesday, July 18: Meeting Held in Simmons Biomedical Research Bldg (NIB), Room 11.120 (NOTE ROOM CHANGE FOR THURDAY) University of Texas Southwestern School of Medicine 5323 Harry Hines Blvd. Dallas, Texas [Please Note: The meeting will be held in a different location Thursday, July 19] Preliminary Agenda Wednesday, July 18 8:00 – 8:30 Informal gathering, coffee 8:30 – 8:35 Welcome, introductory remarks Jim Binns, Chairman Res Adv Cmte Gulf War Illnesses 8:35 – 10:45 University of Texas Southwestern School of Medicine Gulf War Illnesses Research Program Dr. Robert Haley Univ of Texas Southwestern staff 10:45 – 11:00 Break 11:00 – 12:30 Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS): study of molecular pathogenesis, protein biomarkers, and virus infection Dr. Jonathan Kerr St. George’s University of London 12:30 – 1:30 Lunch 1:30 – 3:20 University of Texas Southwestern School of Medicine Gulf War Illnesses Research Program Univ of Texas Southwestern staff 3:20 – 3:35 Break 3:35 – 4:05 University of Texas Southwestern School of Medicine Gulf War Illnesses Research Program Univ of Texas Southwestern staff 4:05 – 5:00 Discussion regarding University of Texas Southwestern School of Medicine Gulf War Illnesses Research Program Committee 5:00 – 5:30 Public comments Thursday, July 19: Meeting Held at the Hilton Anatole 2201 Stemmons Freeway Dallas, Texas Preliminary Agenda: Thursday, July 19 8:00 – 8:30 Informal gathering, coffee 8:30 – 9:10 Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) reveals evidence of structural brain changes among veterans deployed in the first Gulf War Dr. Roberta White Boston University School of Public Health 9:10 – 10:30 Diagnosis and treatment of chronic toxic injury Dr. William Meggs East Carolina University School of Medicine 10:30 – 10:45 Break 10:45 – 11:30 Update on recently published research relevant to the health of Gulf War veterans Dr. Beatrice Golomb University of California at San Diego School of Medicine 11:30 – 12:30 Lunch 12:30 – 12:45 Overview of chronic multisymptom illnesses conference Dr. Daniel Clauw University of Michigan School of Medicine 12:45 – 1:15 Update on VA Gulf War research programs Dr. Bill Goldberg VA Office of Research and Development 1:15 – 1:30 Committee business: Report update Dr. Lea Steele Res Adv Cmte Gulf War Illnesses 1:30 – 2:00 Public comments 2:00 Adjourn All the commissions that were formed after the Walter Reed Scandal have not looked at medical diagnosis and treatment for those that were poisoned during Operation Desert Storm. Again we abandon the troops and the veterans. I value medical research but I also value true medical care that begins with physical hands on assessment, medical testing and diagnostic testing and using all available treatments. I ask you is this all related to costs and dollars alone or more implications to national security, medical preparedness, and secrets hidden from the American public at large. Clinical practice has been altered by political concerns! Where is the demand for Accountability, Responsibility, and Medical Clinical Care? Or in other words where is the head of this multi headed serpent? When can I and other gulf war veterans of Operation Desert Storm 90-91 expect true medical care ie full diagnostic testing and treatment? We have been waiting since 1991! Denise Nichols is a nurse who participated in Gulf War I. She has worked with dedication to get appropriate care for veterans. She can be contacted at DSNurse@AOL.com The VA RAC GWI usually meets in Washington DC. This is a chance to attend, see what they are doing, and interact at a closer, more affordable location. Their last meeting of the year will be in October in DC. (They meet quarterly, 3-4 times a year.) Right now would be an important time to attend because they are working on their next major report. This report is to be presented to the DVA and the Congress by November. Your public comments regarding their recommendations would be invaluable. Please notify any others you know that may help us Gulf War veterans, especially former military physicians who understand the special needs of environmentally poisoned veterans. Please help us make a difference!"

20070718 "V.A.'s Research on Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses, Dallas, TX" "Wednesday, July 18: Meeting Held in Simmons Biomedical Research Bldg (NIB), Room 11.120 (NOTE ROOM CHANGE FOR THURDAY) University of Texas Southwestern School of Medicine 5323 Harry Hines Blvd. Dallas, Texas [Please Note: The meeting will be held in a different location Thursday, July 19] Preliminary Agenda Wednesday, July 18 8:00 – 8:30 Informal gathering, coffee 8:30 – 8:35 Welcome, introductory remarks Jim Binns, Chairman Res Adv Cmte Gulf War Illnesses 8:35 – 10:45 University of Texas Southwestern School of Medicine Gulf War Illnesses Research Program Dr. Robert Haley Univ of Texas Southwestern staff 10:45 – 11:00 Break 11:00 – 12:30 Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS): study of molecular pathogenesis, protein biomarkers, and virus infection Dr. Jonathan Kerr St. George’s University of London 12:30 – 1:30 Lunch 1:30 – 3:20 University of Texas Southwestern School of Medicine Gulf War Illnesses Research Program Univ of Texas Southwestern staff 3:20 – 3:35 Break 3:35 – 4:05 University of Texas Southwestern School of Medicine Gulf War Illnesses Research Program Univ of Texas Southwestern staff 4:05 – 5:00 Discussion regarding University of Texas Southwestern School of Medicine Gulf War Illnesses Research Program Committee 5:00 – 5:30 Public comments Thursday, July 19: Meeting Held at the Hilton Anatole 2201 Stemmons Freeway Dallas, Texas Preliminary Agenda: Thursday, July 19 8:00 – 8:30 Informal gathering, coffee 8:30 – 9:10 Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) reveals evidence of structural brain changes among veterans deployed in the first Gulf War Dr. Roberta White Boston University School of Public Health 9:10 – 10:30 Diagnosis and treatment of chronic toxic injury Dr. William Meggs East Carolina University School of Medicine 10:30 – 10:45 Break 10:45 – 11:30 Update on recently published research relevant to the health of Gulf War veterans Dr. Beatrice Golomb University of California at San Diego School of Medicine 11:30 – 12:30 Lunch 12:30 – 12:45 Overview of chronic multisymptom illnesses conference Dr. Daniel Clauw University of Michigan School of Medicine 12:45 – 1:15 Update on VA Gulf War research programs Dr. Bill Goldberg VA Office of Research and Development 1:15 – 1:30 Committee business: Report update Dr. Lea Steele Res Adv Cmte Gulf War Illnesses 1:30 – 2:00 Public comments 2:00 Adjourn All the commissions that were formed after the Walter Reed Scandal have not looked at medical diagnosis and treatment for those that were poisoned during Operation Desert Storm. Again we abandon the troops and the veterans. I value medical research but I also value true medical care that begins with physical hands on assessment, medical testing and diagnostic testing and using all available treatments. I ask you is this all related to costs and dollars alone or more implications to national security, medical preparedness, and secrets hidden from the American public at large. Clinical practice has been altered by political concerns! Where is the demand for Accountability, Responsibility, and Medical Clinical Care? Or in other words where is the head of this multi headed serpent? When can I and other gulf war veterans of Operation Desert Storm 90-91 expect true medical care ie full diagnostic testing and treatment? We have been waiting since 1991! Denise Nichols is a nurse who participated in Gulf War I. She has worked with dedication to get appropriate care for veterans. She can be contacted at DSNurse@AOL.com The VA RAC GWI usually meets in Washington DC. This is a chance to attend, see what they are doing, and interact at a closer, more affordable location. Their last meeting of the year will be in October in DC. (They meet quarterly, 3-4 times a year.) Right now would be an important time to attend because they are working on their next major report. This report is to be presented to the DVA and the Congress by November. Your public comments regarding their recommendations would be invaluable. Please notify any others you know that may help us Gulf War veterans, especially former military physicians who understand the special needs of environmentally poisoned veterans. Please help us make a difference!"

20070718 Join Cindy Sheehan - ORANGE REVOLUTION IN N.C. - Start Impeachment - Stop the Oc "Orange Revolution Start Impeachment - Stop the Occupation Can you join us on July 23rd? - Can you wear orange? - The impeachment movement is gaining traction, and now - over the next two weeks - is the time to push it all the way to success. Over the weekend, supporters of impeachment made ""Impeach Cheney"" the number 1 video on Youtube. On Friday, for the first time, a polling company asked Americans if they want Cheney impeached. A majority of 54% said Yes, and the poll was reported in the media. Congressman John Conyers even cited it on ABC's ""This Week"" on Sunday. Below is the route of Cindy's march and a link for more information and to get involved. Now is the time to get involved in our democracy. Use it or lose it. July 10 Crawford Tx Houston Tx July 11 Houston Tx. New Orleans La. July 12 New Orleans La. Montgomery Al. July 13 Montgomery Al. Ft. Benning Ga July 14 Ft. Benning Ga Atlanta Ga. July 15 Atlanta Ga. Gainsville Ga. July 16 Ganisville Ga. Clemson SC July 17 Clemson SC Charlotte NC July 18 Charlotte NC Greensboro NC July 19 Greensboro NC Lynchburg VA July 20 Lynchburg VA Charlottesville VA (rally at 6 p.m.) July 21 Charlottesville VA Richmond VA July 22 Richmond VA Arlington VA July 23 Arlington Cemetery - White House / Capitol July 23 Washington DC Philadelphia PA July 24 Philadelphia PA Allentown PA July 25 Allentown PA New York City NY July 26 United Nations Action July 27 Begin to Gather at Central Park July 28 TBA July 29 Gathering of Hearts Fest Central Park, New York City http://www.thecampcaseypeaceinstitute.org On July 4, Los Angeles opened an Impeachment Center, and on July 5 Philadelphia held an impeachment forum (here's the video). But the date to keep in mind is July 23, 2007. That will be the fifth anniversary of the Downing Street Meeting, the meeting at Number 10 Downing Street at which the head of British intelligence reported that Bush and Cheney were intent on invading Iraq and were going to ""fix the intelligence and facts around the policy."" The meeting was recorded in the Downing Street Minutes which were leaked in May 2005. This July 23rd, a Monday, Cindy Sheehan will lead a march from Arlington National Cemetery (gather there at 10 a.m.) to Capitol Hill, to the office of Congressman John Conyers to ask him to move forward with impeachment. We will wear orange that day, a color that has come to stand for nonviolent revolution. We encourage as many people as possible to join us, and if you cannot, to phone Congressman Conyers' office that day asking him to move forward on impeachment: (202) 225-5126. Citizens plan to read the Constitution to Representatives in Congress who have neglected their sworn oath to uphold it. Will you come to read this aloud with us? The White House continues to announce its refusal to comply with a growing stack of subpoenas, even going so far now as to try to block the testimony of former staffers who claim to be willing to testify. ABC asked Conyers about this Sunday morning, and his reply was (I don't know any other way to say this) delusional. Conyers cited the recent poll showing public support for impeachment as a reason why the White House should start complying with subpoenas, and then assured ABC (and anyone at the White House who may have been watching) that he did not intend to impeach anyone. Here's the problem with that, Chairman Conyers: When you announce that you're bluffing, the bluff doesn't work. Impeachment has often worked as a bluff. Nixon left before he was impeached. The Supreme Court reined in Truman before he was impeached. But when you announce ahead of time that you won't really go all the way to impeachment, nothing short of impeachment has any teeth to it. Remember when you rigged the Iran Contra hearings to avoid impeachment? You got ineffective hearings, a massive cover-up, and electoral defeat. Right now you're repeating two out of three of those results. Imagine a labor union announcing that it will never strike. It's not that you have to strike every week, but when you announce that you never will, you lose all bargaining power. As surely as the sun rises and night falls, Bush and Cheney will not comply with your subpoenas. The 23rd in DC is part of a march from Texas to New York. Cindy Sheehan, Rev. Lennox Yearwood, and others are leading a march/drive from Crawford, Texas, to New York City. The march will include stops at the district offices of House Judiciary Committee Members Mel Watt, and Bobby Scott to push them to support impeachment. Their Judiciary Committee colleagues Maxine Waters, Hank Johnson, and Keith Ellison have cosponsored Dennis Kucinich's articles of impeachment against Cheney, H Res 333."

20070717 "INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEERS FOR PEACE, at Traprock, Deerfield, MA, USA" "INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEERS FOR PEACE, at Traprock Peace Center, Deerfield, MA, USA 17-Jul to 31-Jul TRAPROCK PEACE CENTER is moving its residence and offices this summer. Traprock is invinting internaional volunteers to help with this move through Volunteers for Peace. US neighbors can help by supporting the program with donations, and by pledging contrubutions of garden produce, from July 17-31. By July we expect to be ready to renovate, involve physically move and organize a new peace center. We will continue our public outreach to promote peace, and funding for peace work. Physical work requires lifting and carrying at least 35 lbs. (16 kg). Additional skills can include: video and computer literacy, gardening, carpentry, or talents such as singing or public speaking. Accommodations: Beds and couches will be provided in our large house on a beautiful, rural hilltop called Woolman Hill. Bring a tent if you prefer. Share meal preparations and clean-up. House provides fully functional kitchen, some access to the internet, DVD player for rainy nights, a library of multi-media peace resources. Location: Deerfield is one hour north of Hartford, CT, two hours west of Boston, MA; 3.5 hours north of New York City. We are located on a beautiful rural hilltop surrounded by meadows and woods. Leisure Activities: Creative approaches to peace making can include theater improv, public surveys, poets for peace! Nearby cultural activities include free events sponsored by five colleges within 30 km, many local dance halls, woodland hikes, riverside bicycling, free concerts every Thursday, etc. Transportation: Bradley International Airport, Hartford, Connecticut recommended. Special Requirements: Be eager to work for peace and social justice and able to lift 35 lbs (16 kg). No smoking, please. Please see http://www.vfp.org Organized by Jane Skakel, US Program Coordinator Volunteers For Peace (VFP) 1034 Tiffany RD Belmont, VT 05730-0202 Fax: 802.259.2922"

20070716 "Multimedia dance-theater: Parang Sabil: Ballad of the Kris, Amherst College" "Parang Sabil: Ballad of the Kris A multimedia dance-theater production by Kinding Sindaw and Andrea Assaf presented July 15 & 16, 2007 8 pm, Amherst College Holden Theater, as part of New World Theater. Parang Sabil is the legendary ballad of the Tausug people of the southern Philippines. This story of resistance, dignity, and courage portrays the struggle against U.S. military occupation and commemorates the massacre of indigenous Muslim people in 1906. Kinding Sindaw’s multimedia dance-theater production, conceived and choreographed by Potri Ranka Manis, juxtaposes Tausug dance, music, martial arts, and epic storytelling with Mark Twain’s satirical anti-imperialist writings. DIRECTED BY ANDREA ASSAF. Experience the circularity of time and collision of cultures; encounter tradition and resistance in new ways; and understand the indigenous as contemporary in this postmodern retelling of an ancient tale. For tickets call FAC Box office at 413-545-2511 For more information about the shows visit our website at www.newworldtheater.org PARANG SABIL was also presented in NYC as a part of the First Annual National Asian American Theater Festival June 19 & 21@ 7pm, June 20@ 1:30 & 7pm Theatre Row, The Beckett, NYC For more information about the festival and directions to the theater, visit their website at www.naatf.org"

20070715 "The World Peace Diet & Will Tuttle, Peace Abbey, Sherborn, MA" "The World Peace Diet and Will Tuttle Sunday, July 15th 1pm, Sherborn, MA The Peace Abbey will be honoring Dr. Will Tuttle, with The Courage of Conscience Award on July 15! The Peace Abbey community has been extremely moved by Dr. Tuttle's book ""The World Peace Diet,"" and his life dedicated to making a more compassionate world. ""It is out of a desire to promote the causes of peace and justice, nonviolence and love that The Peace Abbey Courage of Conscience Award is humbly given"". Dr. Tuttle will join Mother Theresa, Thich Nhat Hanh, Benjamin Spock, and others as recipients of this award. Evelyn Kimber writes the following.. Boston Vegetarian Society's annual event at the PEACE ABBEY in Sherborn is a highlight event of our year. Soak in the beauty and ""good vibes"" of this unique place, meet the animals in the small sanctuary for rescued farm animals, stroll the grounds and view the Pacifist Memorial and Gandhi statue, the magnificent Emily the Sacred Cow Animal Rights Memorial, and explore the Abbey Museum and its artifacts from around the world. we encourage you to bring your friends and family, especially non-vegetarians. We would love them to hear Dr. Tuttle's presentation. We'll have plenty of room!"" 1 P.M. VEGAN POTLUCK ""Share delicious vegan cuisine. Bring a favorite dish to share that is free of meat, poultry, fish, dairy, eggs, and honey. Dishes should be ready to serve, and please include serving implements (labeled with your name). A card with ingredients listed helps those with food allergies. 3 P.M. SPEAKER PRESENTATION - We'll use the Unitarian church next to the Peace Abbey for the speaker program. Our special guest speaker is Will Tuttle, PhD, pianist, composer, educator, and author of the highly acclaimed new book, The World Peace Diet: Eating for Spiritual Health and Social Harmony. He will present the main ideas in his provocative book, which is the first bookto make explicit the invisible connections between our meals and our broad range of problems - psychological, social, and spiritual, as well as health and environmental. Dr. Tuttle offers powerful ways we can experience healing and peace and contribute to a positive transformation of human consciousness. Will Tuttle holds a doctorate in education from U. Cal. Berkeley and has taught college courses in creativity, humanities, mythology, and philosophy. He has a broad background in both Eastern and Western meditation traditions, and is a Dharma Master in the Zen tradition. He has performed and lectured widely throughout the US and Europe and is a frequent presenter at national conferences. He has been writing a regular column for VegNews Magazine since its inception. He has been a vegan and an animal and peace advocate for 25 years. Dr. Tuttle is devoted to cultural healing and awakening and to creating uplifting, healing music. He has created 7 much-loved CD albums of original piano music."" Acclaim for The World Peace Diet: ""I find this book to be the clearest and most complete case for ethical vegetarianism that I have ever seen. I admire him for the courage and the skill to state his case in a very clear and compelling way. A landmark publication."" - Rev. Robert J. Brumet ""A profoundly insightful and important book, it is sure to be a catalyst and powerful tool in the evolution of human consciousness."" - Satya Magazine ""One of the most provocative books I've ever read. This is a deep book, aglow with insights that penetrate and expose the complacency of a culture that has strayed painfully far from compassion."" - John Robbins ""The World Peace Diet presents what is probably the most comprehensive case yet for eating a diet, and creating a society, free from cruelty and violence. Its central focus is the idea that cruelty to animals (particularly farmed animals) sets a tone in our society that plays out in interpersonal violence, war, and environmental destruction. It is a provocative thesis, one that merits the attention of all who claim to value life."" - Pathways Magazine"

20070715 "Multimedia dance-theater: Parang Sabil: Ballad of the Kris, Amherst College" "Parang Sabil: Ballad of the Kris A multimedia dance-theater production by Kinding Sindaw and Andrea Assaf presented July 15 & 16, 2007 8 pm, Amherst College Holden Theater, as part of New World Theater. Parang Sabil is the legendary ballad of the Tausug people of the southern Philippines. This story of resistance, dignity, and courage portrays the struggle against U.S. military occupation and commemorates the massacre of indigenous Muslim people in 1906. Kinding Sindaw’s multimedia dance-theater production, conceived and choreographed by Potri Ranka Manis, juxtaposes Tausug dance, music, martial arts, and epic storytelling with Mark Twain’s satirical anti-imperialist writings. DIRECTED BY ANDREA ASSAF. Experience the circularity of time and collision of cultures; encounter tradition and resistance in new ways; and understand the indigenous as contemporary in this postmodern retelling of an ancient tale. For tickets call FAC Box office at 413-545-2511 For more information about the shows visit our website at www.newworldtheater.org PARANG SABIL was also presented in NYC as a part of the First Annual National Asian American Theater Festival June 19 & 21@ 7pm, June 20@ 1:30 & 7pm Theatre Row, The Beckett, NYC For more information about the festival and directions to the theater, visit their website at www.naatf.org"

20070715 "AMHERST PEACE VIGIL -- NOON- 1PM, EVERY SUNDAY" "AMHERST PEACE VIGIL -- NOON- 1PM, EVERY SUNDAY The Amherst Peace Vigil passes out 200 or so new flyers every Sunday. Neighbors share news and help hold the banners. Come and wave to encourage your neighbors. The passersby get excited when they see lots of us there. HONK for PEACE!"

20070714 "Workshop: Transforming Your Triggers, Greenfield" "Workshop: Transforming Your Triggers! Saturday July 14, noon-6pm The patterns we carry within us to deal with fear are not our fault, but they are our responsibility. Learning to wrok with our deepest fears of betrayal, abandonment and rejection frees us to begin truly conscioous communication with our self and others. Learn to create a safe internal environment, working with biofeedback, visualization, color, and polarity dream work. ""When our response to fear is kindness, everthing softens."" ~~Jett Psaris and Marlena Lyons in 'Undefended Love.' Join Sandra Boston who has taught communications techniques for over 30 years. Details: Call 41- 774-5952 Cost: $85 with $25 mpm-refundable deposit to 15 Abott St. Greenfield, MA 01301 Sponsored by the Conscious Communication Institute, a project of the Gandhi Foundation http://ww.ccitraining.org"

20070714 "Project 2050: The Love in Revolution, New World Theater, Amherst" "Project 2050: The Love in Revolution Project 2050 searches for the true meaning of “revolution”, examining how it gets used, where it comes from, and where the youth of today want to take it. What happens when the word “revolution” gets pimped in everything from music videos to banking ads? What’s the difference between revolution, resistance, uprising and independence? What did Che Guevara mean when he said, “Every true revolutionary is driven by love”? This summer, Project 2050 investigates global justice movements through history and today, asking “what kind of love are we talking about?” and “what kind of revolution do we want?” Join the youth of Project 2050 as they discover, revise, remix and evolve REVOLUTION for a new generation! Performances take place at 8 pm at Amherst College Holden Theater Tickets available at FAC Box Office. Call 413-545-2511. For show information, visit our website at www.newworldtheater.org or call NWT at 413-545-1972"

20070713 "WOMEN in BLACK, Vigil Friday at NOON, Amherst" "WOMEN in BLACK, Vigil Friday at NOON, Amherst Just wear black. Bring a sign if you like. One favorite street is HONK for PEACE, because we need our neighbors to become active and outspoken. Can Cell Phones Stop Destroyers?"

20070713 "WOMEN in BLACK, Vigil Friday at NOON, Amherst" "WOMEN in BLACK, Vigil each Friday, NOON, Amherst Just wear black. Bring a sign if you like. One favorite street sign is ""HONK for PEACE,"" because we need our neighbors to become active and outspoken. One way found to draw attention to the needless tragedy of war during the Vietnam war was to wear a black armband. This can mean bringing up thoughts and feelings, as we go about our business -- this is NOT business as usual! CAN CELL PHOES STOP DESTROYERS ? The number for Congress is easy to remember: 202 224-3121. 202 2+2+4 and you can't be 31, you don't look a day over 21!"

20070713 "Project 2050: The Love in Revolution, New World Theater, Amherst" "Project 2050: The Love in Revolution Project 2050 searches for the true meaning of “revolution”, examining how it gets used, where it comes from, and where the youth of today want to take it. What happens when the word “revolution” gets pimped in everything from music videos to banking ads? What’s the difference between revolution, resistance, uprising and independence? What did Che Guevara mean when he said, “Every true revolutionary is driven by love”? This summer, Project 2050 investigates global justice movements through history and today, asking “what kind of love are we talking about?” and “what kind of revolution do we want?” Join the youth of Project 2050 as they discover, revise, remix and evolve REVOLUTION for a new generation! Performances take place at 8 pm at Amherst College Holden Theater Tickets available at FAC Box Office. Call 413-545-2511. For show information, visit our website at www.newworldtheater.org or call NWT at 413-545-1972"

20070713 Response: FEDS BLOCKED COURTHOUSE; I WON'T PAY. Iowa "DATE: July 13, 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE IOWA OCCUPATION PROJECT a sustained campaign of nonviolence to end the war in Iraq N E W S R E L E A S E CONTACT: Frank Cordaro Des Moines Catholic Worker 515 490 2490 cell Frank.Cordaro@gmail.com David Goodner david-goodner@uiowa.edu 641-295-1554 HEADLINE: July 6 Activist Receives Minimum Fine for Guilty Plea. Refuses to Pay Peace activist David A. Goodner, 26, University of Iowa senior, UI Anti-war Committee, plead guilty in Linn County this morning to counts of criminal trespassing and interference with official acts. Goodner was assessed the minimum fine on both counts: $65 for criminal trespassing and $250 for interference with official acts. Goodner told the judge he would not pay the fines. ""I consider my refusal to pay my fines an extension of my civil disobedience,"" Goodner said afterwards. Goodner was arrested at the Cedar Rapids Federal Courthouse at 2:05pm on Friday July 6, during a public antiwar demonstration outside the federal building in Cedar Rapids where a district office of Senator Charles Grassley is located.. After protesters were denied entrance to the building, Goodner attempted to access the building from a restricted side door. Goodner read the following statement to supporters after the hearing: ""On Friday, July 6, I knowingly and deliberately broke the law on both counts of criminal trespassing and interference with official acts. I do not regret what I did and would do it again if I thought it would call attention to the war crimes and crimes against humanity our government is committing in the Middle East and around the world. Although I pleaded guilty to both counts, the issue at hand to me is the unlawful and Constitutionally-prohibited actions of the U.S. Federal Marshals who, on July 6, blocked the public entrance to the Cedar Rapids Federal Courthouse for over an hour and prevented a group of 75 citizens from entering a public building that is financed with our tax dollars. ""I would have never entered the restricted area if I wasn't denied my legal rights at the public entrance first. ""The interference with official acts charge is also without merit in my opinion because the ""official act"" of blocking 75 people from entering the federal building during normal business hours was itself an unlawful, illegal act. If we hadn't been denied our legal rights, crowd control would have been unnecessary."""

20070713 "IMPEACHMENT: Bill Moyers Journal, PBS TV" "Bill Moyers' Journal on Impeachment On PBS everywhere Friday evening July 13 Topic: Impeaching Cheney and Bush Guests: Bruce Fein, former deputy attorney general under Ronald Reagan; John Nichols, author of ""The Genius of Impeachment"" Check for local broadcast times: http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/about/airdates.html"

20070712 "Veterans Cheated, Wrong Diagnoses, ABC TV tonight." "Thursday, July 12 ABC will air my story on “Nightline” and “World News Tonight” Friends, Family-- As you know, the last nine months I have been working on one story. I discovered that the military is cheating wounded Iraq vets out of a lifetime of disability and medical benefits by claiming that they were ill before joining the Army. (On) Thursday, July 12 my reporting will be featured on ABC’s “World News Tonight” (6:30 PM) and “Nightline” (11:30 PM). I invite everyone to watch — and tell your friends. If you have feedback, I encourage you to write to the show here (nightline@abcnews.go.com) and here (http://abc.go.com/site/contactus.html?cat=World%20News%20with%20Charles%20Gibson). I would love to hear your thoughts as well. Best, Joshua Joshua Kors (646) 456-7738 joshua@joshuakors.com www.joshuakors.com"

20070712 "Healthcare Workers & Activists, Meet in Amherst" "FROM SICKO TO SANITY: Healthcare Workers and Activists Unite for Universal Single-Payer Healthcare Panel Discussion and Organizing meeting Thursday July 12th, 7 - ?9 pm Bangs Community Center, Room 101 70 Boltwood Walk, Amherst, MA 01002 Filmmaker Michael Moore's latest work, ""Sicko,"" is opening up a debate across the country about the healthcare crisis facing working Americans. Join Western MA healthcare workers and activists in a panel discussion about the next steps in building a movement that can win single-payer healthcare for all. Please bring your own experiences and ideas for action to share. FEATURED PANELISTS Joyce Fiorentino, BSN is a transplant coordinator at Baystate Medical Center. Gary Lapon coordinates training for HIV/AIDS service providers throughout Western MA and is a member of the International Socialist Organization. Ginny Lyons, RN is a member of the Massachusetts Nurses Association and works as a Hospice Nurse. She has been active in fighting for nurse to patient ratios to ensure patient safety. Frank Olbris is a member of Mass-Care, the Massachusetts Campaign for Single Payer Health Care, and the Franklin/Hampshire Health Care Coalition and has been an Activist for Single-Payer Health care for over 20 years. Read recent health care coverage in Socialist Worker: www.socialistworker.org Articles: Who's killing health care in America? U.S. health care's dismal showing Will Sicko spark a movement? Exposing a sick health care system Sponsored by the International Socialist Organization All are welcome! For more information, directions, or a ride please contact us at 413.351.2323 or email contact@isonoho.org"

20070711 "Five aquitted in Des Moines, Sat in Sen. Grassley's office" "Five people who were arrested on February 26 for occupying Senator Grassley's office in Des Moines were acquitted late yesterday when found not guilty by a jury in Polk County. The five were Kathleen McQuillen, Staff Person for th DM Regional based American Friends Service. Dixie Webb, Catholic Just Faith and board member of the Des Moines based Catholic Peace Ministry. Chet Quinn, Iowa Methodist Federation for Peace and Justice. Brian Terrell, Maloy IA, Catholic Worker and Director of the Catholic Peace Ministry. Elton Davis, former DM Catholic Worker and full time dad and peace activist. A full press release sent by Catholic Peace Ministry as well as a photo of the five is available at this link. http://www.schoolformoralcourage.com/desmoines5.html"

20070710 Crawford to NYC - US ORANGE REVOLUTION BEGINS "Orange Revolution Start Impeachment - Stop the Occupation Can you join us on July 23rd? - Can you wear orange? - The impeachment movement is gaining traction, and now - over the next two weeks - is the time to push it all the way to success. Over the weekend, supporters of impeachment made ""Impeach Cheney"" the number 1 video on Youtube. On Friday, for the first time, a polling company asked Americans if they want Cheney impeached. A majority of 54% said Yes, and the poll was reported in the media. Congressman John Conyers even cited it on ABC's ""This Week"" on Sunday. Below is the route of Cindy's march and a link for more information and to get involved. Now is the time to get involved in our democracy. Use it or lose it. July 10 Crawford Tx Houston Tx July 11 Houston Tx. New Orleans La. July 12 New Orleans La. Montgomery Al. July 13 Montgomery Al. Ft. Benning Ga July 14 Ft. Benning Ga Atlanta Ga. July 15 Atlanta Ga. Gainsville Ga. July 16 Ganisville Ga. Clemson SC July 17 Clemson SC Charlotte NC July 18 Charlotte NC Greensboro NC July 19 Greensboro NC Lynchburg VA July 20 Lynchburg VA Charlottesville VA (rally at 6 p.m.) July 21 Charlottesville VA Richmond VA July 22 Richmond VA Arlington VA July 23 Arlington Cemetery - White House / Capitol July 23 Washington DC Philadelphia PA July 24 Philadelphia PA Allentown PA July 25 Allentown PA New York City NY July 26 United Nations Action July 27 Begin to Gather at Central Park July 28 TBA July 29 Gathering of Hearts Fest Central Park http://www.thecampcaseypeaceinstitute.org On July 4, Los Angeles opened an Impeachment Center, and on July 5 Philadelphia held an impeachment forum (here's the video). But the date to keep in mind is July 23, 2007. That will be the fifth anniversary of the Downing Street Meeting, the meeting at Number 10 Downing Street at which the head of British intelligence reported that Bush and Cheney were intent on invading Iraq and were going to ""fix the intelligence and facts around the policy."" The meeting was recorded in the Downing Street Minutes which were leaked in May 2005. This July 23rd, a Monday, Cindy Sheehan will lead a march from Arlington National Cemetery (gather there at 10 a.m.) to Capitol Hill, to the office of Congressman John Conyers to ask him to move forward with impeachment. We will wear orange that day, a color that has come to stand for nonviolent revolution. We encourage as many people as possible to join us, and if you cannot, to phone Congressman Conyers' office that day asking him to move forward on impeachment: (202) 225-5126. Citizens plan to read the Constitution to Representatives in Congress who have neglected their sworn oath to uphold it. Will you come to read this aloud with us? The White House continues to announce its refusal to comply with a growing stack of subpoenas, even going so far now as to try to block the testimony of former staffers who claim to be willing to testify. ABC asked Conyers about this Sunday morning, and his reply was (I don't know any other way to say this) delusional. Conyers cited the recent poll showing public support for impeachment as a reason why the White House should start complying with subpoenas, and then assured ABC (and anyone at the White House who may have been watching) that he did not intend to impeach anyone. Here's the problem with that, Chairman Conyers: When you announce that you're bluffing, the bluff doesn't work. Impeachment has often worked as a bluff. Nixon left before he was impeached. The Supreme Court reined in Truman before he was impeached. But when you announce ahead of time that you won't really go all the way to impeachment, nothing short of impeachment has any teeth to it. Remember when you rigged the Iran Contra hearings to avoid impeachment? You got ineffective hearings, a massive cover-up, and electoral defeat. Right now you're repeating two out of three of those results. Imagine a labor union announcing that it will never strike. It's not that you have to strike every week, but when you announce that you never will, you lose all bargaining power. As surely as the sun rises and night falls, Bush and Cheney will not comply with your subpoenas. The 23rd in DC is part of a march from Texas to New York. Cindy Sheehan, Rev. Lennox Yearwood, and others are leading a march/drive from Crawford, Texas, to New York City. The march will include stops at the district offices of House Judiciary Committee Members Mel Watt, and Bobby Scott to push them to support impeachment. Their Judiciary Committee colleagues Maxine Waters, Hank Johnson, and Keith Ellison have cosponsored Dennis Kucinich's articles of impeachment against Cheney, H Res 333."

20070708 "AMHERST PEACE VIGIL -- NOON- 1PM, EVERY SUNDAY" "AMHERST PEACE VIGIL -- NOON- 1PM, EVERY SUNDAY The Amherst Peace Vigil passes out 200 or so new flyers every Sunday. Neighbors share news and help hold the banners. Come and wave to encourage your neighbors. The passersby get excited when they see lots of us there. HONK for PEACE!"

20070706 "WOMEN in BLACK, Vigil each Friday, NOON, Amherst" "WOMEN in BLACK, Vigil each Friday, NOON, Amherst Just wear black. Bring a sign if you like. One favorite street sign is ""HONK for PEACE,"" because we need our neighbors to become active and outspoken. One way found to draw attention to the needless tragedy of war during the Vietnam war was to wear a black armband. This can mean bringing up thoughts and feelings, as we go about our business -- it's not business as usual. CAN CELL PHOES STOP DESTROYERS ?"

20070705 "MASS CITIZENS AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY, Springfield" "First Thursdays MASS CITIZENS AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY 7-8:30pm, Unitarian-Universalist Society, 245 Porter Lake Drive, Springfield. Planning 2007 Sacco/Vanzetti Night, August 23. Info: 567-3451, mailto:mcadp1@aol.com or mailto:CAJOWL66@aol.com or Beth Moriarty, mailto:carys96@earthlink.net."

20070705 "REP. JOHN OLVER, WILL BUSH BOMB IRAN, CANCEL '08 ELECTIONS?" "Congressman John Olver Believes Bush Will Cancel 2008 Elections, Still Refuses to Support Impeaching Him or Cheney By Bob Feuer At 9 am, some twenty of the successful presenters of impeachment resolutions at their W. Mass. annual town meetings met at the Jones Library in Amherst, MA. We ratified our agenda and prepared ourselves for our 10 am meeting with Cong. John Olver. At about 10 am, the congressman came into the room with his aid, and Susie Patlove welcomed the congressman, laid out our agenda, and the congressman approved. We commenced with individual introductions and brief reports on the outcomes in each of our towns. Cong. Olver asked us to spare him a review of what he already knew and believed about the crimes of the Bush administration, and of the overwhelming majority of his district in favor of impeachment. When he aggrandized himself on his voting record, I took exception to 24 April 2007. When he asked what I was referring to, I challenged him to co-sponsor H. Res. 333; and he emphatically refused. Nonetheless, we informed him of the good that would come out of an impeachment, and gave intelligent and caring answers to all of the objections he might harbor. We had present a young U.S. soldier, a veteran of both the Iraq and Afghanistan occupations, who directly asked the congressman what could we do to move him towards co-signing H. Res. 333. The congressman did not answer that direct question. He is deeply concerned whether we will actually have an election in Nov. '08, as he believes this administration will likely strike Iran from the air, declare a national emergency, and cancel the '08 elections. He sees ending the war as his primary goal, and he believes the brilliant Nancy Pelosi has a strategy more potent than impeachment. He thinks impeachment is a futile waste of legislative energy, will be harmful of democratic '08 victories, and further tighten the ""gridlock"" he has complained of for the past few decades. We adjourned at 11:45 am. Bottom line: It's the Beltway,"

20070704 PEACE PICNIC - Traprock's 11th annual 4th of July "It's a pot-luck feast and picnic beginning at 2pm. Strawberries, blueberries, and cream make red, white and blue. We usually have fireflies by evening. Sing like the birds, your independence from the war machine, and your interdependence for peace! Poems, songs and stories welcome. Reminisce or share your news. Your latest ecological or garden discovery? Your new solar oven recipe? Perhaps you'll bring that great book we'd love to hear about. All ages welcome. Theater games galore."

20070702 HOWARD ZINN in Great Barrington "Subject: Howard Zinn to speak in Great Barrington Monday July 2. Berkshire Community Radio Alliance (WBCR-LP, 97.7 FM) presents political activist and historian Howard Zinn in a benefit lecture and reading at Monument Mountain Regional High School Rte 7 Great Barrington, MA on Monday, July 2nd at 7:00 pm. Zinn will be discussing his two latest books, A Power Governments Cannot Suppress (2006) and a Young Peoples History of the United States (2007). There will be a question and answer period at the end of his talk, followed by a book signing. Tickets are $15 and all proceeds benefit community radio in the southern Berkshires. The event is co-sponsored by Stockbridge Booksellers. Tickets are can be purchased at Stockbridge Booksellers, 10 Elm Street, Stockbridge, MA (413-298-3329), on Saturday mornings at WBCR's table at the Great Barrington Farmers' Market, and online at www.berkshireradio.org Tickets will also be available the evening of the event at Monument Mountain Regional High School. For more information call 413-298-3329. Howard Zinn is considered something of a national treasure, speaking out on issues of social justice and government missuse of power. According to political writer and pundit, Noam Chomsky, Zinn is responsible for ""changing the consciousness of a generation."" Zinn is perhaps best known for his book A People's History of the United States (1980), which presents American history through the eyes of those he feels are outside of the political and economic establishment. It's companion, Voices of a People's History of the United States (2004), co-edited with Anthony Arnove, is an anthology of disenfranchised voices of resistance, class oppression, racial injustice, sexual inequality, and national arrogance. Raised in a working-class immigrant family in Brooklyn, Zinn was a shipyard worker before he joined the US Air Force as a bombardier pilot in World War II, an experience he now points to in shaping his opposition to war. Zinn received his Ph.D. in history from Columbia University and was a postdoctoral Fellow in East Asian Studies at Harvard University. In 1956, he became a professor at Spelman College in Atlanta, a school for black women, where he soon became involved in the Civil Rights movement, during which he participated as an adviser to the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and chronicled his experience in his book SNCC: The New Abolitionists. While at Spelman, Zinn mentored a young student named Alice Walker, the Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Color Purple. When he was fired in 1963 for insubordination related to his protest work, he moved to Boston University, where he became a leading critic of the Vietnam War. WBCR-LP is a member-driven, all volunteer, community radio station. The station offers any Berkshire County resident access to the local airwaves. Community members are invited to join the station and produce radio programming after training in the station's Great Barrington studio. More information, along with a current programming schedule, can be found on the station's website at www.berkshireradio.org"

20070702 Five Rivers Council Business Meeting "Five Rivers Council Business Meeting will be from noon to 2 PM. Will this be at Green Fields Market, upstairs? Or at Sandra Boston's house?"

20070701 "IMPEACHMENT DEMO, Boston Common Every Sunday" SEE: http://www.impeachment-sunday.org/Home_Page.php

20070701 "THOUSANDS expected to protest, KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine" "Bush to Host Putin, Americans to Protest Bush Thousands expected to protest while Russian leader is in Maine - Music begins at 11, March at 1:00. By Karen Dandurant, Portsmouth Herald KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine — A protest march ... planned to coincide with President George W. Bush's meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin, is expected to draw a crowd of thousands. The protest march and citizens summit will be held at 1 p.m., Sunday, July 1, at the Village Green on Ocean Avenue in Kennebunkport. The rally will be held rain or shine, and is being organized by The Kennebunks' Peace Department and the Maine Campaign to Impeach. Event coordinators are Kittery businesswoman Jamilla El-Shafei of the Peace Department and Deborah Gordon of the Maine Campaign to Impeach. Rally participants will call for the impeachment of Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, and for the immediate withdrawal of American troops from Iraq. ""When Bush is coming in my backyard, I feel I have to hold him accountable,"" said El-Shafei. ""He and Cheney need to be impeached. This is a perfect opportunity to let national and local media know we do not stand with this president. We do not support his foreign and domestic policies. He has caused death and destruction from Iraq to (Hurricane) Katrina. His actions are unconscionable. In my opinion, he makes the Nixon administration look like the Hardy Boys. It the most scurrilous bunch of crooks in the history of the American presidency."" El Shafei said the timing is extremely important. ""We want to point out that Chechnya is their (Russia's) Iraq,"" she said. ""Because of these two presidents who think they are czars, innocent people are dying and countries are being destroyed. It's important to point out the link between those two. Both imperialistic empires have invaded and destroyed oil-rich countries, and that should not go unnoticed."" Immediately before the march begins, David Swanson, co-founder of AfterDowningStreet.org, and John Kaminski, chairman of Maine Lawyers for Democracy, will address the crowd. AfterDowningStreet.org is a nonpartisan coalition of more than 200 veterans, peace, and political-activist groups that works to pressure both Congress and the media to investigate whether President Bush has committed impeachable offenses in connection with the Iraq war. Kaminski's organization of more than 80 lawyers brought to the Maine Legislature a detailed position paper calling for the impeachment of Bush and Cheney. In this paper, the MLD cites deceptions used to justify the commencement of the Iraq war, the illegality of the war under the terms of international treaties to which the United States is a signatory, and the illegal wiretapping of U.S. citizens. Further grounds for impeachment, according to the MLD, include the administration's use of torture, detention without trials and the suspension of habeas corpus. ""Unless this administration is held accountable through impeachment, their unchecked abuses of power will set precedent for future U.S. presidents,"" said Kaminski. Music will start at 11 a.m. and include Pat Scanlon and Band of Andover, Mass.; Matt Loosigian, a folksinger from Brunswick, Maine; and the Raging Grannies of Maine and Massachusetts. GETTING AROUND PARKING: Due to the large crowd of protesters expected, organizers are asking that people park at Kennebunk High School on Fletcher Street (Route 35). People traveling on Interstate 95 should take Exit 25 and immediately get on Route 35 South. Kennebunk High is roughly one mile from I-95. SHUTTLE: Beginning at 9 a.m., shuttle buses will transport people to the march in Kennebunkport. INFORMATION: Send e-mail to jamillaelshafei@yahoo.com or call 969-7574 in New Hampshire, or greenpointdesign@hotmail.com or (207) 671-4701 in Maine."

20070701 "AMHERST PEACE VIGIL -- NOON- 1PM, EVERY SUNDAY" "AMHERST PEACE VIGIL -- NOON- 1PM, EVERY SUNDAY The Amherst Peace Vigil passes out 200 or so flyers every Sunday. Neighbors share news and help hold the banners. Come and wave to encourage your neighbors. The passersby get excited when they see lots of us there. HONK for PEACE!"

20070630 "National Women's Law Center, art contest, ages 13-19" "To kickoff NWLC’s 35th anniversary celebration, we’re excited to announce a national art contest for students 13-19 years old! The winner will receive an award of $500 and their work, along with other chosen works receiving honorable mention recognition, may be featured in NWLC materials and on its web site. NWLC is looking for visual artwork, such as photography, painting, Flash animation, and other web-based media, that creatively depicts the contest’s theme of “expanding the possibilities for women and girls"". The deadline to enter the contest is June 30, 2007. Please encourage any creative 13-19 year olds you know to enter, and help us get the word out to any students, teachers, principals, school administrators, parents, community activists, and anyone else that may be interested! We hope to receive some fantastic submissions as NWLC celebrates 35 years of expanding the possibilities for women and girls, and also to be able to recognize some fabulous young artists. You can find full contest details here, or contact Jillian Holzer at (202) 588-5180 or jholzer@nwlc.org for more information. Sincerely, Nancy Duff Campbell Co-President Marcia Greenberger Co-President"

20070630 The People's Pint -- 10% PER CENT FOR PEACE "The People's Pint -- 10% PER CENT FOR PEACE Print your coupon -- see the link on the home page: http://www.grassrootspeace.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- The People's Pint announces it will dedicate ""10% for Peace"" of meals purchased during the first ten days of summer, June 21-30, when patrons bring with them a coupon from the Traprock Peace Center web site, www.grassrootspeace.org. Coupons for the benefit will also be posted at the Greenfield, Shelburne Falls, South Deerfield, Sunderland, and Turners Falls libraries, and some grocery stores. The People's Pint is a downtown brewery and restaurant in Greenfield, serving dinner and desserts daily beginning at 4pm. The Pint uses local foods whenever possible and has brewed over 70 styles of beer since opening in 1997 at 24 Federal Street. 'The Adopted Sisters"" kick off the ten-day project at the Pint with a medley of songs this Thursday at 8pm. Annie Hassett, Lynne Meryl, Karen Copeland and Julia Burrough recently sang together at the Relay for Life and were warmly received for both their music and for reaching out to walkers coming together for very personal reasons. Several Community Groups are taking initiatives in support of Traprock Peace Center, establishing a new location for their operations later this summer. Traprock has rented their building on Woolman Hill in Deerfield since opening in 1979, for offices, and housing for staff, interns and guest speakers. The June offering of the ""DoGooders"" of Northampton is an evening of performance art to benefit Traprock. Performance artists are invited to present an original piece.  It will take place at Evolution Cafe, 22 Chestnut St., Florence on Sunday, June 24. Doors open at 5:30 for dinner; performances begin at 6:30. Contact Joann Lutz, 413-586-6384, for more information. On the first Sunday in June, neighbors attending the Franklin County Interfaith Peace Service at the First United Methodist Church contributed to an offering collected for Traprock amounting to $377. Woolman Hill Conference Center will excuse the last two months rent for Traprock's current facility. In February DanceSpree, a regular Friday night, barefoot boogie in Northampton dedicated proceeds from their Valentines Day dance, and added some extra, amounting to a contribution of $500. These offers help Traprock to continue operations while looking for a permanent home. Traprock's mission is to promote nonviolent resolution of conflict, locally, regionally, nationally and internationally and to work for economic justice and disarmament. ""I don't know if we can do enough to prevent the next war,"" says Sunny Miller, Traprock's Executive Director since 1995. ""We're doing a great job at sharing resources. If people reach out to one another, and make a big enough circle, it can matter!"" Every day Traprock's website gets an average of more than 5,000 visitors who use and share free text, audio and video resources on a wide variety of peace and anti-war topics. Last month one Traprock YouTube video was seen by over 100,000 viewers in less than a week. ""All kinds of people need peace,"" says Alden Booth, owner of the People's Pint. ""Most of what we care about requires a context of peace -- our grandkids, our schools and libraries, our healthcare, our homes, farms and businesses, and our environment  are at risk during war. I think Jeanette Rankin, the first woman elected to Congress, was right when she said, 'You can no more win a war, than you can win an earthquake.'"" ###"

20070630 Congressional Recess? June 30 - July 9 "June 30 – July 9, we can expect Congress Members to be home again on recess."

20070629 The People's Pint -- 10% PER CENT FOR PEACE "The People's Pint -- 10% PER CENT FOR PEACE Print your coupon -- see the link on the home page: http://www.grassrootspeace.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- The People's Pint announces it will dedicate ""10% for Peace"" of meals purchased during the first ten days of summer, June 21-30, when patrons bring with them a coupon from the Traprock Peace Center web site, www.grassrootspeace.org. Coupons for the benefit will also be posted at the Greenfield, Shelburne Falls, South Deerfield, Sunderland, and Turners Falls libraries, and some grocery stores. The People's Pint is a downtown brewery and restaurant in Greenfield, serving dinner and desserts daily beginning at 4pm. The Pint uses local foods whenever possible and has brewed over 70 styles of beer since opening in 1997 at 24 Federal Street. 'The Adopted Sisters"" kick off the ten-day project at the Pint with a medley of songs this Thursday at 8pm. Annie Hassett, Lynne Meryl, Karen Copeland and Julia Burrough recently sang together at the Relay for Life and were warmly received for both their music and for reaching out to walkers coming together for very personal reasons. Several Community Groups are taking initiatives in support of Traprock Peace Center, establishing a new location for their operations later this summer. Traprock has rented their building on Woolman Hill in Deerfield since opening in 1979, for offices, and housing for staff, interns and guest speakers. The June offering of the ""DoGooders"" of Northampton is an evening of performance art to benefit Traprock. Performance artists are invited to present an original piece.  It will take place at Evolution Cafe, 22 Chestnut St., Florence on Sunday, June 24. Doors open at 5:30 for dinner; performances begin at 6:30. Contact Joann Lutz, 413-586-6384, for more information. On the first Sunday in June, neighbors attending the Franklin County Interfaith Peace Service at the First United Methodist Church contributed to an offering collected for Traprock amounting to $377. Woolman Hill Conference Center will excuse the last two months rent for Traprock's current facility. In February DanceSpree, a regular Friday night, barefoot boogie in Northampton dedicated proceeds from their Valentines Day dance, and added some extra, amounting to a contribution of $500. These offers help Traprock to continue operations while looking for a permanent home. Traprock's mission is to promote nonviolent resolution of conflict, locally, regionally, nationally and internationally and to work for economic justice and disarmament. ""I don't know if we can do enough to prevent the next war,"" says Sunny Miller, Traprock's Executive Director since 1995. ""We're doing a great job at sharing resources. If people reach out to one another, and make a big enough circle, it can matter!"" Every day Traprock's website gets an average of more than 5,000 visitors who use and share free text, audio and video resources on a wide variety of peace and anti-war topics. Last month one Traprock YouTube video was seen by over 100,000 viewers in less than a week. ""All kinds of people need peace,"" says Alden Booth, owner of the People's Pint. ""Most of what we care about requires a context of peace -- our grandkids, our schools and libraries, our healthcare, our homes, farms and businesses, and our environment  are at risk during war. I think Jeanette Rankin, the first woman elected to Congress, was right when she said, 'You can no more win a war, than you can win an earthquake.'"" ###"

20070629 Wide-Angle Film: The Boys of Baraka great film screened by WIDE ANGLE FILMS "THE BOYS OF BARAKA (2005) Friday June 29 7 pm An engrossing account of a year spent at a Kenyan boarding school by 11- and 12-year-old boys from a crime-ridden Baltimore neighborhood. “...it's the first documentary (non-Holocaust-related) I've seen that had grown men in the audience with tears in their eyes. It contains both hope and despair, and makes you feel strongly that this shouldn’t be happening in the United States of America. As soon as you have the chance, go and see it.” Wide-Angle Films New downtown location! UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY OF AMHERST Wide-Angle Films: local residents presenting alternative media/ discussion. ""The Boys of Baraka"" won an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Independent or Foreign Film, as well as Best Documentary Awards at the Chicago and Newport film festivals, a special Jury Award at South by Southwest (SXSW), and Audience Awards at the Woodstock and SILVERDOCS film festivals. Discussion follows film. THANKS, SPONSORS! Social Justice Committee of the Unitarian Universalist Society of Amherst, Peace and Social Concerns Committee of Mount Toby Friends, Traprock Peace Center, Western Mass AFSC, SAGE Free Admission! Info: 413-256-1760 http://justiceandpeace.net/WideAngleFilms.htm ALSO THIS SUMMER More Wide-Angle Films at our new downtown Amherst location - eye opening presentations. July 20 Salud August 17 9/11 Mysteries"

20070628 The People's Pint -- 10% PER CENT FOR PEACE "The People's Pint -- 10% PER CENT FOR PEACE Print your coupon -- see the link on the home page: http://www.grassrootspeace.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- The People's Pint announces it will dedicate ""10% for Peace"" of meals purchased during the first ten days of summer, June 21-30, when patrons bring with them a coupon from the Traprock Peace Center web site, www.grassrootspeace.org. Coupons for the benefit will also be posted at the Greenfield, Shelburne Falls, South Deerfield, Sunderland, and Turners Falls libraries, and some grocery stores. The People's Pint is a downtown brewery and restaurant in Greenfield, serving dinner and desserts daily beginning at 4pm. The Pint uses local foods whenever possible and has brewed over 70 styles of beer since opening in 1997 at 24 Federal Street. 'The Adopted Sisters"" kick off the ten-day project at the Pint with a medley of songs this Thursday at 8pm. Annie Hassett, Lynne Meryl, Karen Copeland and Julia Burrough recently sang together at the Relay for Life and were warmly received for both their music and for reaching out to walkers coming together for very personal reasons. Several Community Groups are taking initiatives in support of Traprock Peace Center, establishing a new location for their operations later this summer. Traprock has rented their building on Woolman Hill in Deerfield since opening in 1979, for offices, and housing for staff, interns and guest speakers. The June offering of the ""DoGooders"" of Northampton is an evening of performance art to benefit Traprock. Performance artists are invited to present an original piece.  It will take place at Evolution Cafe, 22 Chestnut St., Florence on Sunday, June 24. Doors open at 5:30 for dinner; performances begin at 6:30. Contact Joann Lutz, 413-586-6384, for more information. On the first Sunday in June, neighbors attending the Franklin County Interfaith Peace Service at the First United Methodist Church contributed to an offering collected for Traprock amounting to $377. Woolman Hill Conference Center will excuse the last two months rent for Traprock's current facility. In February DanceSpree, a regular Friday night, barefoot boogie in Northampton dedicated proceeds from their Valentines Day dance, and added some extra, amounting to a contribution of $500. These offers help Traprock to continue operations while looking for a permanent home. Traprock's mission is to promote nonviolent resolution of conflict, locally, regionally, nationally and internationally and to work for economic justice and disarmament. ""I don't know if we can do enough to prevent the next war,"" says Sunny Miller, Traprock's Executive Director since 1995. ""We're doing a great job at sharing resources. If people reach out to one another, and make a big enough circle, it can matter!"" Every day Traprock's website gets an average of more than 5,000 visitors who use and share free text, audio and video resources on a wide variety of peace and anti-war topics. Last month one Traprock YouTube video was seen by over 100,000 viewers in less than a week. ""All kinds of people need peace,"" says Alden Booth, owner of the People's Pint. ""Most of what we care about requires a context of peace -- our grandkids, our schools and libraries, our healthcare, our homes, farms and businesses, and our environment  are at risk during war. I think Jeanette Rankin, the first woman elected to Congress, was right when she said, 'You can no more win a war, than you can win an earthquake.'"" ###"

20070627 Stand up for Peace: The two comedian solution to middle east peace "Wednesday, June 27, 7:30 p.m. The New School, Tishman Auditorium, 66 West 12th Street Admission: $5 Have you heard the one about the Jewish and Palestinian-American comedians? ""Standup for Peace: The Two Comedian Solution to Middle East Peace"" is the groundbreaking comedy show created by Scott Blakeman and Dean Obeidallah, that brings Arab and Jewish-Americans together to laugh, and encourages a dialogue in support of a peaceful, political resolution of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. “Standup for Peace” honors June 5, 2007, the international peace day to mark the 40th anniversary of the 1967 Middle East War, and to promote Israel-Palestine unity. Scott Blakeman has made more than thirty national television appearances, including Comedy Central's ""Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn,"" and was the warmup comedian for CBS' ""Late Show with David Letterman."" Blakeman has taught the Standup Comedy Workshop at The New School for 20 years,and his past students include Jon Stewart and Caroline Rhea. NBC-TV said Blakeman is, ""The top political comedian working in New York today,"" and The New York Times called him, ""An astute, funny political observer."" Dean Obeidallah's comedy comes in large part from his unique background of being the son of a Palestinian father and a Sicilian mother. Dean has been featured on numerous national and international television programs, including CNN's ""American Morning,"" PBS's ""Newshour with Jim Lehrer""; NBC’s “Saturday Night Live”; CNN International's ""Inside The Middle East"" and ABC's "" 20/20."" He has appeared frequently on the national radio network, Air America, and also appeared on Comedy Central's Axis of Evil comedy special and DVD. Dean is proud to be the co-founder and co-executive producer of The NY Arab-American Comedy Festival."

20070627 Stand up for Peace: The two comedian solution to middle east peace "Wednesday, June 27, 7:30 p.m. The New School, Tishman Auditorium, 66 West 12th Street Admission: $5 Have you heard the one about the Jewish and Palestinian-American comedians? ""Standup for Peace: The Two Comedian Solution to Middle East Peace"" is the groundbreaking comedy show created by Scott Blakeman and Dean Obeidallah, that brings Arab and Jewish-Americans together to laugh, and encourages a dialogue in support of a peaceful, political resolution of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. “Standup for Peace” honors June 5, 2007, the international peace day to mark the 40th anniversary of the 1967 Middle East War, and to promote Israel-Palestine unity. Scott Blakeman has made more than thirty national television appearances, including Comedy Central's ""Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn,"" and was the warmup comedian for CBS' ""Late Show with David Letterman."" Blakeman has taught the Standup Comedy Workshop at The New School for 20 years,and his past students include Jon Stewart and Caroline Rhea. NBC-TV said Blakeman is, ""The top political comedian working in New York today,"" and The New York Times called him, ""An astute, funny political observer."" Dean Obeidallah's comedy comes in large part from his unique background of being the son of a Palestinian father and a Sicilian mother. Dean has been featured on numerous national and international television programs, including CNN's ""American Morning,"" PBS's ""Newshour with Jim Lehrer""; NBC’s “Saturday Night Live”; CNN International's ""Inside The Middle East"" and ABC's "" 20/20."" He has appeared frequently on the national radio network, Air America, and also appeared on Comedy Central's Axis of Evil comedy special and DVD. Dean is proud to be the co-founder and co-executive producer of The NY Arab-American Comedy Festival."

20070627 "US Social Forum, 6/27-7/1, ATLANTA, GA" "United States Social Forum, Wed Jun 27-Sun Jul 1 ATLANTA, GA The (First Ever!) US Social Forum. ?More than a conference, more than a networking bonanza, more than a reaction to war and repression, the USSF sends a message around the world that there is an active movement in the US opposing US policies at home and abroad. This is our opportunity to demonstrate to the world: Another World is Possible!? Info: http://www.ussf2007.org/"

20070627 The People's Pint -- 10% PER CENT FOR PEACE "The People's Pint -- 10% PER CENT FOR PEACE Print your coupon -- see the link on the home page: http://www.grassrootspeace.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- The People's Pint announces it will dedicate ""10% for Peace"" of meals purchased during the first ten days of summer, June 21-30, when patrons bring with them a coupon from the Traprock Peace Center web site, www.grassrootspeace.org. Coupons for the benefit will also be posted at the Greenfield, Shelburne Falls, South Deerfield, Sunderland, and Turners Falls libraries, and some grocery stores. The People's Pint is a downtown brewery and restaurant in Greenfield, serving dinner and desserts daily beginning at 4pm. The Pint uses local foods whenever possible and has brewed over 70 styles of beer since opening in 1997 at 24 Federal Street. 'The Adopted Sisters"" kick off the ten-day project at the Pint with a medley of songs this Thursday at 8pm. Annie Hassett, Lynne Meryl, Karen Copeland and Julia Burrough recently sang together at the Relay for Life and were warmly received for both their music and for reaching out to walkers coming together for very personal reasons. Several Community Groups are taking initiatives in support of Traprock Peace Center, establishing a new location for their operations later this summer. Traprock has rented their building on Woolman Hill in Deerfield since opening in 1979, for offices, and housing for staff, interns and guest speakers. The June offering of the ""DoGooders"" of Northampton is an evening of performance art to benefit Traprock. Performance artists are invited to present an original piece.  It will take place at Evolution Cafe, 22 Chestnut St., Florence on Sunday, June 24. Doors open at 5:30 for dinner; performances begin at 6:30. Contact Joann Lutz, 413-586-6384, for more information. On the first Sunday in June, neighbors attending the Franklin County Interfaith Peace Service at the First United Methodist Church contributed to an offering collected for Traprock amounting to $377. Woolman Hill Conference Center will excuse the last two months rent for Traprock's current facility. In February DanceSpree, a regular Friday night, barefoot boogie in Northampton dedicated proceeds from their Valentines Day dance, and added some extra, amounting to a contribution of $500. These offers help Traprock to continue operations while looking for a permanent home. Traprock's mission is to promote nonviolent resolution of conflict, locally, regionally, nationally and internationally and to work for economic justice and disarmament. ""I don't know if we can do enough to prevent the next war,"" says Sunny Miller, Traprock's Executive Director since 1995. ""We're doing a great job at sharing resources. If people reach out to one another, and make a big enough circle, it can matter!"" Every day Traprock's website gets an average of more than 5,000 visitors who use and share free text, audio and video resources on a wide variety of peace and anti-war topics. Last month one Traprock YouTube video was seen by over 100,000 viewers in less than a week. ""All kinds of people need peace,"" says Alden Booth, owner of the People's Pint. ""Most of what we care about requires a context of peace -- our grandkids, our schools and libraries, our healthcare, our homes, farms and businesses, and our environment  are at risk during war. I think Jeanette Rankin, the first woman elected to Congress, was right when she said, 'You can no more win a war, than you can win an earthquake.'"" ###"

20070627 "PIONEER VALLEY COALITION TO CHANGE & CHALLENGE WAL-MART, Amherst, MA" "Last Wednesdays of the month -- please confirm meetings before travel. PIONEER VALLEY COALITION TO CHANGE & CHALLENGE WAL-MART 7-9pm, Porter Lounge (3rd Floor) or another room, Converse Hall, Amherst College, Rts 116 & 9, Amherst. Challenge Wal-Mart in Hadley (and maybe in Greenfield) working on Wake-Up Wal-Mart campaigns, giving mutual aid to the coalition members challenging Wal-Mart in many ways. Info: mailto: socialchange@amherst.edu. Hadley Neighbors for Sensible Development (www.HadleyNeighbors.org), Sprawl Busters (www.sprawl-busters.com), and Stop Sprawl-Mart (www.StopSprawlMart.org) are fighting sprawl. Want to help Wal-Mart workers get fair treatment? Contact Dan Clifford, Wake Up Wal-Mart, 732-6209 x14, mailto:dclifford@ufcw1459.com Check out : http://wmass.walmartvoices.com/ and http://www.wakeupwalmart.com."

20070627 "PIONEER VALLEY COALITION TO CHANGE & CHALLENGE WAL-MART, Amherst, MA" "Last Wednesdays of the month -- please confirm meetings before travel. PIONEER VALLEY COALITION TO CHANGE & CHALLENGE WAL-MART 7-9pm, Porter Lounge (3rd Floor) or another room, Converse Hall, Amherst College, Rts 116 & 9, Amherst. Challenge Wal-Mart in Hadley (and maybe in Greenfield) working on Wake-Up Wal-Mart campaigns, giving mutual aid to the coalition members challenging Wal-Mart in many ways. Info: mailto: socialchange@amherst.edu. Hadley Neighbors for Sensible Development (www.HadleyNeighbors.org), Sprawl Busters (www.sprawl-busters.com), and Stop Sprawl-Mart (www.StopSprawlMart.org) are fighting sprawl. Want to help Wal-Mart workers get fair treatment? Contact Dan Clifford, Wake Up Wal-Mart, 732-6209 x14, mailto:dclifford@ufcw1459.com Check out : http://wmass.walmartvoices.com/ and http://www.wakeupwalmart.com."

20070627 "US Social Forum, 6/27-7/1, ATLANTA, GA" "Come to the US Social Forum, June 27- July 1 in Atlanta, GA., to connect with others, share your story, gain leadership skills, get inspired, link with a global movement that is changing the world. SEE >>>> http://www.ussf2007.org"

20070626 The People's Pint -- 10% PER CENT FOR PEACE "The People's Pint -- 10% PER CENT FOR PEACE Print your coupon -- see the link on the home page: http://www.grassrootspeace.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- The People's Pint announces it will dedicate ""10% for Peace"" of meals purchased during the first ten days of summer, June 21-30, when patrons bring with them a coupon from the Traprock Peace Center web site, www.grassrootspeace.org. Coupons for the benefit will also be posted at the Greenfield, Shelburne Falls, South Deerfield, Sunderland, and Turners Falls libraries, and some grocery stores. The People's Pint is a downtown brewery and restaurant in Greenfield, serving dinner and desserts daily beginning at 4pm. The Pint uses local foods whenever possible and has brewed over 70 styles of beer since opening in 1997 at 24 Federal Street. 'The Adopted Sisters"" kick off the ten-day project at the Pint with a medley of songs this Thursday at 8pm. Annie Hassett, Lynne Meryl, Karen Copeland and Julia Burrough recently sang together at the Relay for Life and were warmly received for both their music and for reaching out to walkers coming together for very personal reasons. Several Community Groups are taking initiatives in support of Traprock Peace Center, establishing a new location for their operations later this summer. Traprock has rented their building on Woolman Hill in Deerfield since opening in 1979, for offices, and housing for staff, interns and guest speakers. The June offering of the ""DoGooders"" of Northampton is an evening of performance art to benefit Traprock. Performance artists are invited to present an original piece.  It will take place at Evolution Cafe, 22 Chestnut St., Florence on Sunday, June 24. Doors open at 5:30 for dinner; performances begin at 6:30. Contact Joann Lutz, 413-586-6384, for more information. On the first Sunday in June, neighbors attending the Franklin County Interfaith Peace Service at the First United Methodist Church contributed to an offering collected for Traprock amounting to $377. Woolman Hill Conference Center will excuse the last two months rent for Traprock's current facility. In February DanceSpree, a regular Friday night, barefoot boogie in Northampton dedicated proceeds from their Valentines Day dance, and added some extra, amounting to a contribution of $500. These offers help Traprock to continue operations while looking for a permanent home. Traprock's mission is to promote nonviolent resolution of conflict, locally, regionally, nationally and internationally and to work for economic justice and disarmament. ""I don't know if we can do enough to prevent the next war,"" says Sunny Miller, Traprock's Executive Director since 1995. ""We're doing a great job at sharing resources. If people reach out to one another, and make a big enough circle, it can matter!"" Every day Traprock's website gets an average of more than 5,000 visitors who use and share free text, audio and video resources on a wide variety of peace and anti-war topics. Last month one Traprock YouTube video was seen by over 100,000 viewers in less than a week. ""All kinds of people need peace,"" says Alden Booth, owner of the People's Pint. ""Most of what we care about requires a context of peace -- our grandkids, our schools and libraries, our healthcare, our homes, farms and businesses, and our environment  are at risk during war. I think Jeanette Rankin, the first woman elected to Congress, was right when she said, 'You can no more win a war, than you can win an earthquake.'"" ###"

20070626 "RESTORE HAEAS CORPUS Rally at Upper Senate Park, DC" "June 26, on Capitol Hill to Restore Law and Justice: Thousands of Americans will attend a rally at Upper Senate Park and then call on Congress to restore habeas corpus, fix the Military Commissions Act, end torture and rendition and restore our constitutional rights. The Day of Action is being sponsored by the ACLU and AIUSA and a coalition of organizations including the Hip Hop Caucus."

20070626 "Demo to END TORTURE, Coolidge Bridge, & Springfield, MA" "JOIN US FOR A DAY OF ACTION TO RESTORE LAW & JUSTICE! TUESDAY, JUNE 26. A nationwide coalition of ACLU, Amnesty International, Bill of Rights Defense Committee, Center for Constitutional Rights, Leadership Committee for Civil Rights and many others are planning action in Washington, DC to lobby Congress to end torture and restore habeas corpus. The Pioneer Valley Coalition Against Secrecy and Torture Invites you to join us in grassroots support actions here in the Valley! Stop Torture. Restore Habeas Corpus and Due Process. Shut Down Guantanamo. Protect Fundamental Freedoms. 'Burma Shave' Picket on the Calvin Coolidge Bridge: Morning: 7:30-9:00 am Evening: 4:30 to 6 pm (Meet on the Northampton -- west -- end) Afternoon: Visit offices of Congressman Neal and Senator Kerry pm with informational picket outside 2:00 pm at the Federal Building in Springfield. RSVP that you plan to participate (tell us which action) or for more information, call 413-584-1849 or email martygjf@comcast.net. In November 2006 Congress passed the Military Commissions Act which narrowed the definition of torture, eliminated the fundamental right of appeal to the courts of one's imprisonment, protected official torturers from prosecution and created Military Commissions that allow secret evidence and evidence procured by torture. Legislative efforts are now in both houses of Congress to correct the most heinous aspects of the act. Your presence on June 26 will support their passage and help to restore the rule of law!"

20070625 Standup for Peace: The Two Comedian Solution to Middle East Peace "Wednesday, June 27, 7:30 p.m. The New School, Tishman Auditorium, 66 West 12th Street Admission: $5 Have you heard the one about the Jewish and Palestinian-American comedians? ""Standup for Peace: The Two Comedian Solution to Middle East Peace"" is the groundbreaking comedy show created by Scott Blakeman and Dean Obeidallah, that brings Arab and Jewish-Americans together to laugh, and encourages a dialogue in support of a peaceful, political resolution of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. “Standup for Peace” honors June 5, 2007, the international peace day to mark the 40th anniversary of the 1967 Middle East War, and to promote Israel-Palestine unity. Scott Blakeman has made more than thirty national television appearances, including Comedy Central's ""Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn,"" and was the warmup comedian for CBS' ""Late Show with David Letterman."" Blakeman has taught the Standup Comedy Workshop at The New School for 20 years,and his past students include Jon Stewart and Caroline Rhea. NBC-TV said Blakeman is, ""The top political comedian working in New York today,"" and The New York Times called him, ""An astute, funny political observer."" Dean Obeidallah's comedy comes in large part from his unique background of being the son of a Palestinian father and a Sicilian mother. Dean has been featured on numerous national and international television programs, including CNN's ""American Morning,"" PBS's ""Newshour with Jim Lehrer""; NBC’s “Saturday Night Live”; CNN International's ""Inside The Middle East"" and ABC's "" 20/20."" He has appeared frequently on the national radio network, Air America, and also appeared on Comedy Central's Axis of Evil comedy special and DVD. Dean is proud to be the co-founder and co-executive producer of The NY Arab-American Comedy Festival."

20070625 The People's Pint -- 10% PER CENT FOR PEACE "The People's Pint -- 10% PER CENT FOR PEACE Print your coupon -- see the link on the home page: http://www.grassrootspeace.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- The People's Pint announces it will dedicate ""10% for Peace"" of meals purchased during the first ten days of summer, June 21-30, when patrons bring with them a coupon from the Traprock Peace Center web site, www.grassrootspeace.org. Coupons for the benefit will also be posted at the Greenfield, Shelburne Falls, South Deerfield, Sunderland, and Turners Falls libraries, and some grocery stores. The People's Pint is a downtown brewery and restaurant in Greenfield, serving dinner and desserts daily beginning at 4pm. The Pint uses local foods whenever possible and has brewed over 70 styles of beer since opening in 1997 at 24 Federal Street. 'The Adopted Sisters"" kick off the ten-day project at the Pint with a medley of songs this Thursday at 8pm. Annie Hassett, Lynne Meryl, Karen Copeland and Julia Burrough recently sang together at the Relay for Life and were warmly received for both their music and for reaching out to walkers coming together for very personal reasons. Several Community Groups are taking initiatives in support of Traprock Peace Center, establishing a new location for their operations later this summer. Traprock has rented their building on Woolman Hill in Deerfield since opening in 1979, for offices, and housing for staff, interns and guest speakers. The June offering of the ""DoGooders"" of Northampton is an evening of performance art to benefit Traprock. Performance artists are invited to present an original piece.  It will take place at Evolution Cafe, 22 Chestnut St., Florence on Sunday, June 24. Doors open at 5:30 for dinner; performances begin at 6:30. Contact Joann Lutz, 413-586-6384, for more information. On the first Sunday in June, neighbors attending the Franklin County Interfaith Peace Service at the First United Methodist Church contributed to an offering collected for Traprock amounting to $377. Woolman Hill Conference Center will excuse the last two months rent for Traprock's current facility. In February DanceSpree, a regular Friday night, barefoot boogie in Northampton dedicated proceeds from their Valentines Day dance, and added some extra, amounting to a contribution of $500. These offers help Traprock to continue operations while looking for a permanent home. Traprock's mission is to promote nonviolent resolution of conflict, locally, regionally, nationally and internationally and to work for economic justice and disarmament. ""I don't know if we can do enough to prevent the next war,"" says Sunny Miller, Traprock's Executive Director since 1995. ""We're doing a great job at sharing resources. If people reach out to one another, and make a big enough circle, it can matter!"" Every day Traprock's website gets an average of more than 5,000 visitors who use and share free text, audio and video resources on a wide variety of peace and anti-war topics. Last month one Traprock YouTube video was seen by over 100,000 viewers in less than a week. ""All kinds of people need peace,"" says Alden Booth, owner of the People's Pint. ""Most of what we care about requires a context of peace -- our grandkids, our schools and libraries, our healthcare, our homes, farms and businesses, and our environment  are at risk during war. I think Jeanette Rankin, the first woman elected to Congress, was right when she said, 'You can no more win a war, than you can win an earthquake.'"" ###"

20070625 "7pm The Politics of WATER, Do-It-Yourself Sustainability, Amherst" "Dam Nation: Dispatches from the Water Underground This new book explores the politics of water and Do It Yourself technologies for sustainability. Monday, June 25, 7pm at Food for Thought Books 106 North Pleasant Street Amherst, MA 01002 Join Cleo Woelfle-Erskine and July Oskar Cole as they discuss their new and vital book, Dam Nation. Dam Nation combines environmental victories in the sustainable use movement with hands-on, participatory options for country and city dwellers. Not just a ""how-to"" but a ""why-to,"" the book begins with the story of dams in the American West, and culminates in the vision of a new water culture. Cleo Woelfle-Erskine and Laura Allen, both restoration activists and educators, demand a new approach for American watersheds and taxpayers: the restoration of the water commons. Contributors to Dam Nation interviewed water organizers and innovators on five continents. Wide-ranging articles link diverse grassroots struggles with analysis of urban infrastructure, and river restoration with experiments in alternative water systems. The ""water underground"" surfaces to share strategies for redirecting household and urban waste streams, for recharging our aquifers and spirit of resistance alike, and for rebuilding our communities' physical and political strength. ""The politics of water - as this brilliant anthology makes clear - are the politics of human survival. Read this, and believe me, you'll never flush with the same equanimity again."" -Mike Davis, author of City of Quartz and Dead Cities Co-sponsored by the Enviro Show (on Valley Free Radio, WXOJ-LP), the Montview Neighborhood Farm, & Pedal People"

20070624 The People's Pint -- 10% PER CENT FOR PEACE "The People's Pint -- 10% PER CENT FOR PEACE Print your coupon -- see the link on the home page: http://www.grassrootspeace.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- The People's Pint announces it will dedicate ""10% for Peace"" of meals purchased during the first ten days of summer, June 21-30, when patrons bring with them a coupon from the Traprock Peace Center web site, www.grassrootspeace.org. Coupons for the benefit will also be posted at the Greenfield, Shelburne Falls, South Deerfield, Sunderland, and Turners Falls libraries, and some grocery stores. The People's Pint is a downtown brewery and restaurant in Greenfield, serving dinner and desserts daily beginning at 4pm. The Pint uses local foods whenever possible and has brewed over 70 styles of beer since opening in 1997 at 24 Federal Street. 'The Adopted Sisters"" kick off the ten-day project at the Pint with a medley of songs this Thursday at 8pm. Annie Hassett, Lynne Meryl, Karen Copeland and Julia Burrough recently sang together at the Relay for Life and were warmly received for both their music and for reaching out to walkers coming together for very personal reasons. Several Community Groups are taking initiatives in support of Traprock Peace Center, establishing a new location for their operations later this summer. Traprock has rented their building on Woolman Hill in Deerfield since opening in 1979, for offices, and housing for staff, interns and guest speakers. The June offering of the ""DoGooders"" of Northampton is an evening of performance art to benefit Traprock. Performance artists are invited to present an original piece.  It will take place at Evolution Cafe, 22 Chestnut St., Florence on Sunday, June 24. Doors open at 5:30 for dinner; performances begin at 6:30. Contact Joann Lutz, 413-586-6384, for more information. On the first Sunday in June, neighbors attending the Franklin County Interfaith Peace Service at the First United Methodist Church contributed to an offering collected for Traprock amounting to $377. Woolman Hill Conference Center will excuse the last two months rent for Traprock's current facility. In February DanceSpree, a regular Friday night, barefoot boogie in Northampton dedicated proceeds from their Valentines Day dance, and added some extra, amounting to a contribution of $500. These offers help Traprock to continue operations while looking for a permanent home. Traprock's mission is to promote nonviolent resolution of conflict, locally, regionally, nationally and internationally and to work for economic justice and disarmament. ""I don't know if we can do enough to prevent the next war,"" says Sunny Miller, Traprock's Executive Director since 1995. ""We're doing a great job at sharing resources. If people reach out to one another, and make a big enough circle, it can matter!"" Every day Traprock's website gets an average of more than 5,000 visitors who use and share free text, audio and video resources on a wide variety of peace and anti-war topics. Last month one Traprock YouTube video was seen by over 100,000 viewers in less than a week. ""All kinds of people need peace,"" says Alden Booth, owner of the People's Pint. ""Most of what we care about requires a context of peace -- our grandkids, our schools and libraries, our healthcare, our homes, farms and businesses, and our environment  are at risk during war. I think Jeanette Rankin, the first woman elected to Congress, was right when she said, 'You can no more win a war, than you can win an earthquake.'"" ###"

20070624 "IMPEACHMENT DEMO, Boston Common Every Sunday" See http://www.impeachment-sunday.org/Home_Page.php

20070624 "Performance Art Benefit, Florence" "Performance Art Benefit June 24 in Florence Join the do-gooders for an evening of good company, good food, and performance art to benefit Traprock Peace Center as it transitions into a new and as-yet-undetermined home this summer. Traprock is hoping to raise enough funds to purchase a property after renting for more than 27 years on the grounds of Woolman Hill Conference Center. The event will take place at Evolution, a vegan cafe located in Florence Center, at 22 Chestnut St., on Sunday, June 24, beginning at 5:30 p.m. Dinner will be available for purchase. The performances will begin at 6:30 p.m. Donations will be accepted. Invited performers include the entire class of ""Zany Performance Art"", taught by the Zany Angels. Everyone is invited to show performances up to 10 minutes long, and fitting into a 10' x 10' stage. For more information, please contact Joann Lutz at 413-586-6384 or joannlutz@yahoo.com"

20070624 "Benefit for Traprock Peace Center - Florence, MA" "Come to a Benefit for the Traprock Peace Center WHEN: Sunday June 24th 5:30 - 6:30 Dinner and Socializing 6:30 + Performance by students from the ""Zany Performance Art"" class taught by the Zany Angels - Rhythea Kaufmann and Rose Oceana + Open-Mic performance - sign up at the door and/or call Joann Lutz (586-6834) + closing circle dance with Prakash - Do-Gooder organizer/dancer WHERE: Evolution Cafe, 22 Chestnut St., Florence ( 1 block from Route 9 - Main St - in Florence - behind Citgo gas station - across from Coopers Corner. WHO will we be supporting: Donations will benefit Traprock Peace Center, Deerfield, as it searches for a new home. (www.grassrootspeace.org ) Dinner will be available from the Evolution menu from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Performances begin at 6:30. The entire class of ""Zany Performance Art"", taught by the Zany Angels, have been invited to perform and all performers are welcome. Performances should be 10 minutes or less and fit in a 10' x 10' stage. Organized by the Do gooders and Joann Lutz. For more information, or to register to perform, please call Joann Lutz, 586-6384."

20070623 The People's Pint -- 10% PER CENT FOR PEACE "The People's Pint -- 10% PER CENT FOR PEACE Print your coupon -- see the link on the home page: http://www.grassrootspeace.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- The People's Pint announces it will dedicate ""10% for Peace"" of meals purchased during the first ten days of summer, June 21-30, when patrons bring with them a coupon from the Traprock Peace Center web site, www.grassrootspeace.org. Coupons for the benefit will also be posted at the Greenfield, Shelburne Falls, South Deerfield, Sunderland, and Turners Falls libraries, and some grocery stores. The People's Pint is a downtown brewery and restaurant in Greenfield, serving dinner and desserts daily beginning at 4pm. The Pint uses local foods whenever possible and has brewed over 70 styles of beer since opening in 1997 at 24 Federal Street. 'The Adopted Sisters"" kick off the ten-day project at the Pint with a medley of songs this Thursday at 8pm. Annie Hassett, Lynne Meryl, Karen Copeland and Julia Burrough recently sang together at the Relay for Life and were warmly received for both their music and for reaching out to walkers coming together for very personal reasons. Several Community Groups are taking initiatives in support of Traprock Peace Center, establishing a new location for their operations later this summer. Traprock has rented their building on Woolman Hill in Deerfield since opening in 1979, for offices, and housing for staff, interns and guest speakers. The June offering of the ""DoGooders"" of Northampton is an evening of performance art to benefit Traprock. Performance artists are invited to present an original piece.  It will take place at Evolution Cafe, 22 Chestnut St., Florence on Sunday, June 24. Doors open at 5:30 for dinner; performances begin at 6:30. Contact Joann Lutz, 413-586-6384, for more information. On the first Sunday in June, neighbors attending the Franklin County Interfaith Peace Service at the First United Methodist Church contributed to an offering collected for Traprock amounting to $377. Woolman Hill Conference Center will excuse the last two months rent for Traprock's current facility. In February DanceSpree, a regular Friday night, barefoot boogie in Northampton dedicated proceeds from their Valentines Day dance, and added some extra, amounting to a contribution of $500. These offers help Traprock to continue operations while looking for a permanent home. Traprock's mission is to promote nonviolent resolution of conflict, locally, regionally, nationally and internationally and to work for economic justice and disarmament. ""I don't know if we can do enough to prevent the next war,"" says Sunny Miller, Traprock's Executive Director since 1995. ""We're doing a great job at sharing resources. If people reach out to one another, and make a big enough circle, it can matter!"" Every day Traprock's website gets an average of more than 5,000 visitors who use and share free text, audio and video resources on a wide variety of peace and anti-war topics. Last month one Traprock YouTube video was seen by over 100,000 viewers in less than a week. ""All kinds of people need peace,"" says Alden Booth, owner of the People's Pint. ""Most of what we care about requires a context of peace -- our grandkids, our schools and libraries, our healthcare, our homes, farms and businesses, and our environment  are at risk during war. I think Jeanette Rankin, the first woman elected to Congress, was right when she said, 'You can no more win a war, than you can win an earthquake.'"" ###"

20070623 "Film, ""Howard Zinn: You Can't be Neutral on a Moving Train"" Shelburne Falls" "The documentary “Howard Zinn: You Can't be Neutral on a Moving Train” will have its Franklin County debut 7 PM Saturday evening, June 23rd at Memorial Hall in Shelburne Falls. This acclaimed film looks at the amazing life of Howard Zinn, renowned historian, activist, author and inspiration to new generations in these turbulent times. Following his early days as a shipyard labor organizer and bombardier in World War II, Zinn became an academic rebel and leader of civil disobedience during an era of institutionalized racism and war. His influential writings shine light on and bring voice to factory workers, immigrant laborers, African Americans and the working poor. Howard Zinn established himself as a significant historian and political scientist with the publication 27 years ago of his classic, “A People's History of the United States”. Featuring rare archival materials and interviews with Zinn and colleagues such as Noam Chomsky, this film captures the essence of this extraordinary man who has been a catalyst for progressive change for more than 60 years. The film is narrated by Matt Damon and features music by Pearl Jam, Woody Guthrie and Billy Bragg. Director Deb Ellis will be present to discuss the making of the film. The evening, labeled “A Tribute to Howard Zinn,” is being produced as a benefit for the Reel World Collective, a local group that has shown over seventy documentary films in Shelburne Falls to local audiences in recent years and for the Zinn Theater Works Project. Suggested donatiomn $8.00 - student and child discount. All are welcome. For information call 625-9959."

20070623 Reel World film "Please add : The films director Deb Ellis will be there. For further info for Howard Zinn film June 23rd call 625-9959 It will be at Memorial Hall, Bridge Street in Sheburne Falls"

20070623 Howard Zinn film "A tribute to Howard Zinn - Film: Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train. is an inspirational retrospective on Zinn's amazing life - with vintage footage of Noam Chonsky, Woody Guthrie, Billy Bragg. The films director Deb Ellis will be there. For further info for Howard Zinn film June 23rd call 625-9959 It will be at Memorial Hall, Bridge Street in Sheburne Falls"

20070622 The People's Pint -- 10% PER CENT FOR PEACE "The People's Pint -- 10% PER CENT FOR PEACE Print your coupon -- see the link on the home page: http://www.grassrootspeace.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- The People's Pint announces it will dedicate ""10% for Peace"" of meals purchased during the first ten days of summer, June 21-30, when patrons bring with them a coupon from the Traprock Peace Center web site, www.grassrootspeace.org. Coupons for the benefit will also be posted at the Greenfield, Shelburne Falls, South Deerfield, Sunderland, and Turners Falls libraries, and some grocery stores. The People's Pint is a downtown brewery and restaurant in Greenfield, serving dinner and desserts daily beginning at 4pm. The Pint uses local foods whenever possible and has brewed over 70 styles of beer since opening in 1997 at 24 Federal Street. 'The Adopted Sisters"" kick off the ten-day project at the Pint with a medley of songs this Thursday at 8pm. Annie Hassett, Lynne Meryl, Karen Copeland and Julia Burrough recently sang together at the Relay for Life and were warmly received for both their music and for reaching out to walkers coming together for very personal reasons. Several Community Groups are taking initiatives in support of Traprock Peace Center, establishing a new location for their operations later this summer. Traprock has rented their building on Woolman Hill in Deerfield since opening in 1979, for offices, and housing for staff, interns and guest speakers. The June offering of the ""DoGooders"" of Northampton is an evening of performance art to benefit Traprock. Performance artists are invited to present an original piece.  It will take place at Evolution Cafe, 22 Chestnut St., Florence on Sunday, June 24. Doors open at 5:30 for dinner; performances begin at 6:30. Contact Joann Lutz, 413-586-6384, for more information. On the first Sunday in June, neighbors attending the Franklin County Interfaith Peace Service at the First United Methodist Church contributed to an offering collected for Traprock amounting to $377. Woolman Hill Conference Center will excuse the last two months rent for Traprock's current facility. In February DanceSpree, a regular Friday night, barefoot boogie in Northampton dedicated proceeds from their Valentines Day dance, and added some extra, amounting to a contribution of $500. These offers help Traprock to continue operations while looking for a permanent home. Traprock's mission is to promote nonviolent resolution of conflict, locally, regionally, nationally and internationally and to work for economic justice and disarmament. ""I don't know if we can do enough to prevent the next war,"" says Sunny Miller, Traprock's Executive Director since 1995. ""We're doing a great job at sharing resources. If people reach out to one another, and make a big enough circle, it can matter!"" Every day Traprock's website gets an average of more than 5,000 visitors who use and share free text, audio and video resources on a wide variety of peace and anti-war topics. Last month one Traprock YouTube video was seen by over 100,000 viewers in less than a week. ""All kinds of people need peace,"" says Alden Booth, owner of the People's Pint. ""Most of what we care about requires a context of peace -- our grandkids, our schools and libraries, our healthcare, our homes, farms and businesses, and our environment  are at risk during war. I think Jeanette Rankin, the first woman elected to Congress, was right when she said, 'You can no more win a war, than you can win an earthquake.'"" ###"

20070622 THE BLACK ARMBAND IS BACK "The Anti-War Black Arm Band is Back De-javu.... remember the Vietnam war moratorium black arm bands? Or maybe you are too young..... The black arm-band is back and we're (people against war) wearing them every Friday. No more complicated than that. A small piece of black fabric will work. This is one small thing we can do to make a silent protest against the wars, and it's a way to remember those who have died or suffered from the violence. Wouldn't it really be something if every Friday people all over the world started wearing a black arm-band? Peace To All, Galen and Shannon"

20070622 Soldier in Iraq Asks for Help "Iraq Veterans Against the War <kelly@ivaw.org> wrote: On June 19, 26 year old SPC Eli Israel put himself at great personal risk by making the courageous decision to refuse further participation in the U.S. occupation of Iraq. Eli told his commanding officer and sergeants that he will no longer be a combatant in this illegal, unjustified war. Eli believes that the U.S. government used the attacks of September 11, 2001 as a pretense to invade Iraq and that ""we are now violating the people of this country (Iraq) in ways that we would never accept on our own soil."" Eli is stationed at Camp Victory in Baghdad with JVB Bravo Company, 1-149 Infantry of the Kentucky Army National Guard. This soldier's decision to refuse orders puts him at great risk, especially because he is in Iraq, isolated from legal assistance and other support. The following is a message that Eli sent yesterday to a friend back home: ""I have told them that I will no longer play a 'combat role' in this conflict or 'protect corporate representatives,' and they have taken this as 'violating a direct order.' I may be in jail or worse in the next 24 hours. Please rally whoever you can, call whoever you can, bring as much attention to this as you can. I have no doubt that the military will bury me and hide the whole situation if they can. I'm in big trouble. I'm in the middle of Iraq, surrounded by people who are not on my side. Please help me. Please contact whoever you can, and tell them who I am, so I don't 'disappear.'"" Eli is taking an incredible risk by refusing orders in Iraq and will most likely be court martialed. Please help him by contacting his Senator and requesting that he take any steps necessary to support and protect this soldier and ensure that the Army respects his rights and does not illegally retaliate against him. Senator Mitch McConnell: http://mcconnell.senate.gov/contact.cfm Washington Office 361-A Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Phone: (202) 224-2541 Fax: (202) 224-2499"

20070621 The People's Pint -- 10% PER CENT FOR PEACE "Print your coupon -- see the link on the home page: http://www.grassrootspeace.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- The People's Pint announces it will dedicate ""10% for Peace"" of meals purchased during the first ten days of summer, June 21-30, when patrons bring with them a coupon from the Traprock Peace Center web site, www.grassrootspeace.org. Coupons for the benefit will also be posted at the Greenfield, Shelburne Falls, South Deerfield, Sunderland, and Turners Falls libraries, and some grocery stores. The People's Pint is a downtown brewery and restaurant in Greenfield, serving dinner and desserts daily beginning at 4pm. The Pint uses local foods whenever possible and has brewed over 70 styles of beer since opening in 1997 at 24 Federal Street. 'The Adopted Sisters"" kick off the ten-day project at the Pint with a medley of songs this Thursday at 8pm. Annie Hassett, Lynne Meryl, Karen Copeland and Julia Burrough recently sang together at the Relay for Life and were warmly received for both their music and for reaching out to walkers coming together for very personal reasons. Several Community Groups are taking initiatives in support of Traprock Peace Center, establishing a new location for their operations later this summer. Traprock has rented their building on Woolman Hill in Deerfield since opening in 1979, for offices, and housing for staff, interns and guest speakers. The June offering of the ""DoGooders"" of Northampton is an evening of performance art to benefit Traprock. Performance artists are invited to present an original piece.  It will take place at Evolution Cafe, 22 Chestnut St., Florence on Sunday, June 24. Doors open at 5:30 for dinner; performances begin at 6:30. Contact Joann Lutz, 413-586-6384, for more information. On the first Sunday in June, neighbors attending the Franklin County Interfaith Peace Service at the First United Methodist Church contributed to an offering collected for Traprock amounting to $377. Woolman Hill Conference Center will excuse the last two months rent for Traprock's current facility. In February DanceSpree, a regular Friday night, barefoot boogie in Northampton dedicated proceeds from their Valentines Day dance, and added some extra, amounting to a contribution of $500. These offers help Traprock to continue operations while looking for a permanent home. Traprock's mission is to promote nonviolent resolution of conflict, locally, regionally, nationally and internationally and to work for economic justice and disarmament. ""I don't know if we can do enough to prevent the next war,"" says Sunny Miller, Traprock's Executive Director since 1995. ""We're doing a great job at sharing resources. If people reach out to one another, and make a big enough circle, it can matter!"" Every day Traprock's website gets an average of more than 5,000 visitors who use and share free text, audio and video resources on a wide variety of peace and anti-war topics. Last month one Traprock YouTube video was seen by over 100,000 viewers in less than a week. ""All kinds of people need peace,"" says Alden Booth, owner of the People's Pint. ""Most of what we care about requires a context of peace -- our grandkids, our schools and libraries, our healthcare, our homes, farms and businesses, and our environment  are at risk during war. I think Jeanette Rankin, the first woman elected to Congress, was right when she said, 'You can no more win a war, than you can win an earthquake.'"" ###"

20070621 "Parang Sabil: Ballad of the Kris, Theatre Row, The Beckett, NYC" "Parang Sabil: Ballad of the Kris A multimedia dance-theater production by Kinding Sindaw and Andrea Assaf Parang Sabil is the legendary ballad of the Tausug people of the southern Philippines. This story of resistance, dignity, and courage portrays the struggle against U.S. military occupation and commemorates the massacre of indigenous Muslim people in 1906. Kinding Sindaw’s multimedia dance-theater production, conceived and choreographed by Potri Ranka Manis, juxtaposes Tausug dance, music, martial arts, and epic storytelling with Mark Twain’s satirical anti-imperialist writings. DIRECTED BY ANDREA ASSAF. Experience the circularity of time and collision of cultures; encounter tradition and resistance in new ways; and understand the indigenous as contemporary in this postmodern retelling of an ancient tale. For tickets call FAC Box office at 413-545-2511 For more information about the shows visit our website at www.newworldtheater.org PARANG SABIL will also be presented in NYC as a part of the First Annual National Asian American Theater Festival June 19 & 21@ 7pm, June 20@ 1:30 & 7pm Theatre Row, The Beckett, NYC It will also be presented July 15 & 16, 2007 8 pm, Amherst College Holden Theater, as part of New World Theater. For more information about the festival and directions to the theater, visit their website at www.naatf.org"

20070621 "WORLD PEACE & PRAYER DAY, Montague, MA: Dawn to Dusk" "Friends, Brothers and Sisters, Lightworkers and Peacemakers, COME CELEBRATE SUMMER SOLSTICE At WORLD PEACE & PRAYER DAY June 21, 2007 Dawn to Dusk* From which there is no beginning and no ending in the sacred hoop of life, I am sending you this message of Peace from my heart: may our prayers for peace be heard. May peace be with you all. -Chief Arvol Looking Horse Dawn: Ceremony and lighting of the sacred fire Morning: Healing Ritual Bathing & Talking Circle Noon: Unity Ceremony for Peace Afternoon: Talking Circle Sunset: Closing Ceremony (7pm) Film Showing: “TRUDELL” @ 8:30pm ** (Documentary of the life, poetry and vision of AIM founder, John Trudell.) Poetry Reading: Susan Deer Cloud @ 8:30pm** (prior to film showing) Location: The Medicine Wheel at Montague (below the Bookmill, google “Montague Bookmill” for directions *Please feel free to come any time throughout the day to walk the Medicine Wheel, make a tobacco offering (provided) and prayer for peace. For more information contact Elliot @ (917) 549-8329"

20070621 "Tulsa: Eight have Day in Court for ""IMPEACH"" action" "Demonstrator's day in court: Cases tossed against 8 who protested visit by Cheney, April 27, 2007 MIKE SIMONS photographer / Tulsa World: Judy Ramsey (left) reads a statement as Angela Spotts and Carl “Huti” Hoyt listen outside Municipal Court on Thursday. The three were among 10 people who were charged with illegally refusing a police order during an April 27 protest against Vice President Dick Cheney in Tulsa. The charges were dismissed Thursday after the police officers failed to appear in court. See photo; text by RANDY KREHBIEL, World Staff Writer (For text see http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?articleID=070622_1_A9_spanc83115"

20070620 "IMPEACH: Reading the Constitution, at the National Archives, DC" "Reaffirmation of the Constitution Come join us at the National Archives as we look upon the US Constitution and then march to the Capitol and tell Congress, ""Impeachment is on the table with the American People."" What: Reading of the original US Constitution When: June 20th 2:00 pm with a March to follow Where: The National Archives, 7th and Constitution Who: David Swanson of AfterDowningStreet, Tina Richards of Grassroots America, Rev. Yearwood of the Hip Hop Caucus, Linda Schade of Voters for Peace, Kevin Zeese of Democracy Rising, Pete Perry of the Washington Peace Institute and many more. Why: It is time we take back our constitution and demand justice from Congress. Nothing less then Impeachment is acceptable. __._,_.___"

20070620 "Parang Sabil: Ballad of the Kris, Theatre Row, The Beckett, NYC" "Parang Sabil: Ballad of the Kris A multimedia dance-theater production by Kinding Sindaw and Andrea Assaf Parang Sabil is the legendary ballad of the Tausug people of the southern Philippines. This story of resistance, dignity, and courage portrays the struggle against U.S. military occupation and commemorates the massacre of indigenous Muslim people in 1906. Kinding Sindaw’s multimedia dance-theater production, conceived and choreographed by Potri Ranka Manis, juxtaposes Tausug dance, music, martial arts, and epic storytelling with Mark Twain’s satirical anti-imperialist writings. DIRECTED BY ANDREA ASSAF. Experience the circularity of time and collision of cultures; encounter tradition and resistance in new ways; and understand the indigenous as contemporary in this postmodern retelling of an ancient tale. For tickets call FAC Box office at 413-545-2511 For more information about the shows visit our website at www.newworldtheater.org PARANG SABIL will also be presented in NYC as a part of the First Annual National Asian American Theater Festival June 19 & 21@ 7pm, June 20@ 1:30 & 7pm Theatre Row, The Beckett, NYC It will also be presented July 15 & 16, 2007 8 pm, Amherst College Holden Theater, as part of New World Theater. For more information about the festival and directions to the theater, visit their website at www.naatf.org"

20070620 "Camilo Mejía, Conscientious Objector, S. Hadley" "Date/Time: Wednesday, June 20, 7 pm Event: Camilo Mejía will read from and sign his new memoir, Road from Ar Ramadi: The Private Rebellion of Staff Sergeant Mejía. Staff Sergeant Camilo Mejía became the new face of the antiwar movement in early 2004 when he applied for a military discharge as a conscientious objector. After serving in the Army for nearly nine years, he was the first known Iraq veteran to refuse to fight, citing moral concerns about the war and occupation. Despite widespread public support and an all-star legal team, Mejía was convicted of desertion by a military court and sentenced to a year in prison, prompting Amnesty International to declare him a prisoner of conscience. Now released after serving almost nine months, the soldier-turned-pacifist tells his own story, from his upbringing in Central America and his experience as a working-class immigrant in the United States to his service in Iraq - where he was deployed in the Sunni triangle and witnessed prisoner abuse - and his time in prison. ""Sergeant Mejía served his country bravely and well in Iraq; but he is serving his country better, and just as bravely, in his publicly announced refusal to participate further in what he correctly identifies as an illegal war using illegal means."" - Daniel Ellsberg. Elli Meeropol Publicist and Book Group Coordinator Odyssey BookShop Village Commons 9 College St. South Hadley, MA 01075 413.534.7307 odysseynews@aol.com"

20070619 "MULTI-MEDIA THEATER & DANCE: Parang Sabil: Ballad of the Kris, NYC" "MULTI-MEDIA THEATER & DANCE: Parang Sabil: Ballad of the Kris A multimedia dance-theater production by Kinding Sindaw and Andrea Assaf Parang Sabil is the legendary ballad of the Tausug people of the southern Philippines. This story of resistance, dignity, and courage portrays the struggle against U.S. military occupation and commemorates the massacre of indigenous Muslim people in 1906. Kinding Sindaw’s multimedia dance-theater production, conceived and choreographed by Potri Ranka Manis, juxtaposes Tausug dance, music, martial arts, and epic storytelling with Mark Twain’s satirical anti-imperialist writings. DIRECTED BY ANDREA ASSAF. Experience the circularity of time and collision of cultures; encounter tradition and resistance in new ways; and understand the indigenous as contemporary in this postmodern retelling of an ancient tale. For tickets call FAC Box office at 413-545-2511 For more information about the shows visit our website at www.newworldtheater.org PARANG SABIL will also be presented in NYC as a part of the First Annual National Asian American Theater Festival June 19 & 21@ 7pm, June 20@ 1:30 & 7pm Theatre Row, The Beckett, NYC It will also be presented July 15 & 16, 2007 8 pm, Amherst College Holden Theater, as part of New World Theater. For more information about the festival and directions to the theater, visit their website at www.naatf.org"

20070619 Brattleboro Court date for SHUT IT DOWN Affinity Group "--June 19th- Windham County Court, Brattleboro court date for 7 women in the SHUT IT DOWN affinity group for the April 25 chaining action at Vermont Yankee. We would love as many people as possible to join us. We will meet in the court parking lot at 7:30 AM and be in the courtroom by 8:00 AM. The women are: Julia Bonafine, Frances Crowe, Marcia Gagliardi, Dorthee, Ellen Graves, Hattie Nestel, Paki Wieland. For further questions contact Hattie:"

20070619 Federal appeals court urged to allow Agent Orange lawsuit "Federal appeals court urged to allow Agent Orange lawsuit by Michael Sung at 10:58 AM ET [JURIST] Lawyers representing approximately three million Vietnamese plaintiffs appealed the dismissal [PDF text; JURIST report] of their civil lawsuit to the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit [official website] Monday. The plaintiffs argued that more than 30 American chemical companies should be held liable for billions of dollars in compensatory damages and environmental cleanup costs for producing and supplying defoliants like Agent Orange [VA backgrounder], which were sprayed in Vietnam during the war to destroy forest cover and render crops unusable. The plaintiffs argued that the companies were aware that defoliants, which often contained dioxin [NIH backgrounder; WHO backgrounder] - a known teratogen and suspected carcinogen, was harmful but continued to supply the approximately 18 million gallons used by the US military in Vietnam. The chemical companies argued that the defoliants were not intended to injure people ... READ MORE AT : http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2007/06/federal-appeals-court-urged-to-allow.php (18 million gallons of Agent Orange were supplied, at a profit.)"

20070619 “SHUT IT DOWN -- STOP THE TORTURE” Juneteenth "“SHUT IT DOWN -- STOP THE TORTURE” Capitol Hill Press Briefing Hosted by: the ACLU and the Hip Hop Caucus Date: Tuesday, June 19th, 2007 Time: 11:30am – 12:30pm Location: 2237 Rayburn H.O.B. Concert Hosted by: the ACLU, Amnesty International, and the Hip Hop Caucus Date: Tuesday, June 19th, 2007 Time: 7:30pm Doors Location: The 9:30 Club, 815 V St., NW, Washington, DC Washington, DC – The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Amnesty International (AIUSA) and the Hip Hop Caucus are presenting a briefing and a concert on Tuesday, June 19, 2007 to raise awareness about torture and human rights. These advocacy groups and a group of outspoken Hip Hop artists will make it known that America is not, and should not be, a country that sanctions torture and holds people indefinitely. The briefing and concert are being held on June 19th, or “Juneteenth,” the anniversary of the true emancipation of slaves in Galveston, TX, to highlight the current injustice of holding people indefinitely without charge or trial in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. By connecting the present with the past, the event organizers seek to cultivate a new set of activists on the issues of torture and habeas corpus. During the concert, performers and speakers will call for the audience to join a Day of Action the following week, June 26, on Capitol Hill to Restore Law and Justice. Thousands of Americans will attend a rally at Upper Senate Park and then call on Congress to restore habeas corpus, fix the Military Commissions Act, end torture and rendition and restore our constitutional rights. The Day of Action is being sponsored by the ACLU and AIUSA and a coalition of organizations including the Hip Hop Caucus. For press credentials for the concert, please contact: Liz Havstad, 510 207 6749 (cell) For more information, www.hiphopforhabeas.org and http://www.juneaction.org Tickets available for the concert at www.tickets.com or club box office. ###"

20070617 "Focus on WMUA, featured Traprock & Veterans for Peace." "Peter Tusinski of Leydon, MA, follows in the footsteps of Ken Mosakowski to continue the noon radio program ""FOCUS"" every Sunday at WMUA for over 30 years. A rotation of hosts was envisioned by Ken, when he understood his days were numbered. Bravo, Ken. What fortitude and perseverance! Bravo, Peter, Leo, and all who help."

20070617 Socialism 2007 - Chicago "***Please Forward Widely*** Socialism for the 21st Century! Socialism 2007 June 14-17,Chicago www.socialismconference.org Socialism 2007 is a three-day event that will bring together socialists and other activists who are involved in struggles across the country-from opposing the war to organizing against the death penalty-and share a vision of rebuilding the left. Last summer, some 1,500 people turned out in New York City. This year's conference in Chicago will feature activists and socialists from Central and Latin America, renowned activist writers and journalists, soldiers and veterans who are resisting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, prisoners and their families who are fighting for justice in the prison system, immigrant rights activists who are organizing against deportations and many more. Included in the more than 100 events at Socialism 2007 are films, music and meetings on the hidden history of international working-class struggle-from the Flint sit-down strikes of 1937 to the Russian Revolution of 1917. Come join us in Chicago on June 14-17, 2007, for Socialism 2007. Featured Speakers: John Pilger, Journalist, activist and filmmaker; Dahr Jamail Independent journalist covering the Iraq war; Amy Goodman Host, Democracy Now!; Jeremy Scahill journalist and Author, Blackwater; Laura Flanders Radio host, Air America Anthony Arnove Author, Iraq: the Logic of Withdrawal; Kelly Dougherty, Camilo Mejía and Garret Reppenhagen Iraq Veterans Against the War; Members of the Free Gary Tyler! Committee; Paul D'Amato Author, The Meaning of Marxism; Jeffrey St. Clair Author, Grand Theft Pentagon; Michael Schwartz Contributor on the Iraq war to TomDispatch.com; Howie Hawkins Green Party, New York; Justin Akers Chacón Co-author, No One Is Illegal!; Luciana Genro Party of Socialism and Liberty, Brazil; Dahlia S. Wasfi, M.D. Iraqi-American antiwar activist; Barbara Becnel Activist and co-author of anti-gang literature with Stan Tookie Williams; Anthony Prior Former NFL player and author of The Slave Side of Sunday; Phil Gasper Editor, The Communist Manifesto: A Road Map to History's Most Important Political Document; Josh Frank Author, Left Out: How the Liberals Helped Re-Elect George W. Bush; Yusuf Salaam Exonerated in the Central Park (NY) jogger case; Samuel Farber Author of The Origins of the Cuban Revolution Reconsidered; Charles Jenks Traprock Peace Center; Marlene Martin National director, Campaign to End the Death Penalty; Kevin Murphy Author, Revolution and Counterrevolution: Class Struggle in a Moscow Metal Factory; Ahmed Shawki Editor, International Socialist Review; Charles André Udry Economist and editorial board member of ÀL'Encontre, Switzerland; Sharon Smith Columnist, Socialist Worker, and author of Subterranean Fire; Ron Jacobs Author, The Way the Wind Blew; Dave Zirin Nation.com sports columnist and author, What's My Name Fool? and Welcome to the Terrordome. What you'll find at Socialism 2007: MORE THAN 100 meetings, a bookfair, films, entertainment ... and parties. Check out www.socialismconference.org to register and for more information about schedule, housing, and childcare. Sponsored by: The Center for Economic Research and Social Change Publisher of The International Socialist Review and Haymarket Books. Co-sponsored by: The International Socialist Organization Publisher of Socialist Worker."

20070616 "FIVE RIVERS Council -- 2-5PM, Greenfield" "The monthly gathering of the Five Rivers Council will take place on Saturday, June 16th, 2007 from 2:00 – 5:00pm at Lupinwood, 172 Highland Ave., Greenfield. Maya Apfelbaum will send directions. We will incorporate the format agreed upon at our last meeting in May which will include next steps and current developments along with other facets which should be both enjoyable and engaging."

20070616 "Forum on Iraq with Sen. Kerry, Nattick, MA" "Saturday, June 16th – Senator Kerry hosting open forum on Iraq We have heard from Senator Kerry's office that he will host a long-awaited open forum, specifically on Iraq, on Saturday, June 16th at 4:00 PM at Kennedy Middle School, 165 Mill Street, Natick, MA. This is one of Kerry's first open meetings with Massachusetts residents since his '04 campaign and presents us a timely opportunity to engage with him directly to push him to take more leadership toward passing policies that would immediately end the war in Iraq and address related issues of concern to the peace community, such as plans for withdrawal, the Iraqi oil law and benchmark, the elimination of U.S. bases in Iraq, engaging in regional diplomacy (including with Iran!), funding for humanitarian reconstruction, de-funding the war, and more."

20070616 "Nat'l Grassroots Leadership Training Institute, Brit Tzedek’s -- DC Jun 16-17" "June 16-19, 2007 Washington, D.C. National Grassroots Leadership Training Institute & National Advocacy Days 2007 National Grassroots Leadership Training Institute(June 16-17, 2007 - Washington, DC) Brit Tzedek’s 2nd Grassroots Leadership Training Institute, Building our Political Movement for Israeli-Palestinian Peace, will take place the evening of Saturday, June 16 and all day Sunday, June 17, in downtown, Washington, DC. The Institute will bring hundreds of activists together from across the U.S. for an evening plenary and day of intensive workshops, trainings and networking opportunities on topics such as: Building a successful chapter in your city; Creating a Brit Tzedek presence in your local media, and bringing a pro-Israel, pro-peace message to your synagogues and organized Jewish community. Join us as we celebrate our growing movement, and strategize for continued success and growth. National Advocacy Days 2007 (June 18-19, 2007 - Washington, DC) Brit Tzedek’s 3rd Annual National Advocacy Days begins on Monday, June 18, with a day of political briefings and trainings on the Hill from policy experts and government officials, followed by an evening reception with Members of Congress. On Tuesday, June 19, you ’ll have the opportunity to meet with your own Senators and Representatives and urge them to support our pro-Israel, pro-peace message! Registration will be available for each event separately or for both events at a discounted price. More details coming soon! For more information, contact Brit Tzedek v'Shalom, The Jewish Alliance for Justice and Peace?11 E. Adams Street, Suite 707? Chicago, IL 60603 Phone: (312) 341-1205 Fax: (312) 341-1206 info@btvshalom.org www.btvshalom.org"

20070616 Socialism 2007 - Chicago "***Please Forward Widely*** Socialism for the 21st Century! Socialism 2007 June 14-17,Chicago www.socialismconference.org Socialism 2007 is a three-day event that will bring together socialists and other activists who are involved in struggles across the country-from opposing the war to organizing against the death penalty-and share a vision of rebuilding the left. Last summer, some 1,500 people turned out in New York City. This year's conference in Chicago will feature activists and socialists from Central and Latin America, renowned activist writers and journalists, soldiers and veterans who are resisting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, prisoners and their families who are fighting for justice in the prison system, immigrant rights activists who are organizing against deportations and many more. Included in the more than 100 events at Socialism 2007 are films, music and meetings on the hidden history of international working-class struggle-from the Flint sit-down strikes of 1937 to the Russian Revolution of 1917. Come join us in Chicago on June 14-17, 2007, for Socialism 2007. Featured Speakers: John Pilger, Journalist, activist and filmmaker; Dahr Jamail Independent journalist covering the Iraq war; Amy Goodman Host, Democracy Now!; Jeremy Scahill journalist and Author, Blackwater; Laura Flanders Radio host, Air America Anthony Arnove Author, Iraq: the Logic of Withdrawal; Kelly Dougherty, Camilo Mejía and Garret Reppenhagen Iraq Veterans Against the War; Members of the Free Gary Tyler! Committee; Paul D'Amato Author, The Meaning of Marxism; Jeffrey St. Clair Author, Grand Theft Pentagon; Michael Schwartz Contributor on the Iraq war to TomDispatch.com; Howie Hawkins Green Party, New York; Justin Akers Chacón Co-author, No One Is Illegal!; Luciana Genro Party of Socialism and Liberty, Brazil; Dahlia S. Wasfi, M.D. Iraqi-American antiwar activist; Barbara Becnel Activist and co-author of anti-gang literature with Stan Tookie Williams; Anthony Prior Former NFL player and author of The Slave Side of Sunday; Phil Gasper Editor, The Communist Manifesto: A Road Map to History's Most Important Political Document; Josh Frank Author, Left Out: How the Liberals Helped Re-Elect George W. Bush; Yusuf Salaam Exonerated in the Central Park (NY) jogger case; Samuel Farber Author of The Origins of the Cuban Revolution Reconsidered; Charles Jenks Traprock Peace Center; Marlene Martin National director, Campaign to End the Death Penalty; Kevin Murphy Author, Revolution and Counterrevolution: Class Struggle in a Moscow Metal Factory; Ahmed Shawki Editor, International Socialist Review; Charles André Udry Economist and editorial board member of ÀL'Encontre, Switzerland; Sharon Smith Columnist, Socialist Worker, and author of Subterranean Fire; Ron Jacobs Author, The Way the Wind Blew; Dave Zirin Nation.com sports columnist and author, What's My Name Fool? and Welcome to the Terrordome. What you'll find at Socialism 2007: MORE THAN 100 meetings, a bookfair, films, entertainment ... and parties. Check out www.socialismconference.org to register and for more information about schedule, housing, and childcare. Sponsored by: The Center for Economic Research and Social Change Publisher of The International Socialist Review and Haymarket Books. Co-sponsored by: The International Socialist Organization Publisher of Socialist Worker."

20070615 "Film at M.E.F. ""Reel Bad Arabs"", Northampton, MA" "Film, ""Reel Bad Arabs,"" a film from Northampton's own Media Education Foundation, examines the overwhelmingly negative portrayal of Arabs in American film and television. Free, at the Media Education Foundation, 60 Masonic Street, an accessible location. Discussion will follow. Sponsored by The Northampton Committee to Stop the War in Iraq"

20070615 Socialism 2007 - Chicago "***Please Forward Widely*** Socialism for the 21st Century! Socialism 2007 June 14-17,Chicago www.socialismconference.org Socialism 2007 is a three-day event that will bring together socialists and other activists who are involved in struggles across the country-from opposing the war to organizing against the death penalty-and share a vision of rebuilding the left. Last summer, some 1,500 people turned out in New York City. This year's conference in Chicago will feature activists and socialists from Central and Latin America, renowned activist writers and journalists, soldiers and veterans who are resisting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, prisoners and their families who are fighting for justice in the prison system, immigrant rights activists who are organizing against deportations and many more. Included in the more than 100 events at Socialism 2007 are films, music and meetings on the hidden history of international working-class struggle-from the Flint sit-down strikes of 1937 to the Russian Revolution of 1917. Come join us in Chicago on June 14-17, 2007, for Socialism 2007. Featured Speakers: John Pilger, Journalist, activist and filmmaker; Dahr Jamail Independent journalist covering the Iraq war; Amy Goodman Host, Democracy Now!; Jeremy Scahill journalist and Author, Blackwater; Laura Flanders Radio host, Air America Anthony Arnove Author, Iraq: the Logic of Withdrawal; Kelly Dougherty, Camilo Mejía and Garret Reppenhagen Iraq Veterans Against the War; Members of the Free Gary Tyler! Committee; Paul D'Amato Author, The Meaning of Marxism; Jeffrey St. Clair Author, Grand Theft Pentagon; Michael Schwartz Contributor on the Iraq war to TomDispatch.com; Howie Hawkins Green Party, New York; Justin Akers Chacón Co-author, No One Is Illegal!; Luciana Genro Party of Socialism and Liberty, Brazil; Dahlia S. Wasfi, M.D. Iraqi-American antiwar activist; Barbara Becnel Activist and co-author of anti-gang literature with Stan Tookie Williams; Anthony Prior Former NFL player and author of The Slave Side of Sunday; Phil Gasper Editor, The Communist Manifesto: A Road Map to History's Most Important Political Document; Josh Frank Author, Left Out: How the Liberals Helped Re-Elect George W. Bush; Yusuf Salaam Exonerated in the Central Park (NY) jogger case; Samuel Farber Author of The Origins of the Cuban Revolution Reconsidered; Charles Jenks Traprock Peace Center; Marlene Martin National director, Campaign to End the Death Penalty; Kevin Murphy Author, Revolution and Counterrevolution: Class Struggle in a Moscow Metal Factory; Ahmed Shawki Editor, International Socialist Review; Charles André Udry Economist and editorial board member of ÀL'Encontre, Switzerland; Sharon Smith Columnist, Socialist Worker, and author of Subterranean Fire; Ron Jacobs Author, The Way the Wind Blew; Dave Zirin Nation.com sports columnist and author, What's My Name Fool? and Welcome to the Terrordome. What you'll find at Socialism 2007: MORE THAN 100 meetings, a bookfair, films, entertainment ... and parties. Check out www.socialismconference.org to register and for more information about schedule, housing, and childcare. Sponsored by: The Center for Economic Research and Social Change Publisher of The International Socialist Review and Haymarket Books. Co-sponsored by: The International Socialist Organization Publisher of Socialist Worker."

20070614 "Interfaith Council of Franklin County, Deerfield" "June 14: The Interfaith Council of Franklin County will meet Thursday, June 14, at Traprock Peace Center, Woolman Hill, Deerfield. A pot luck dinner is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. and will be followed by the final business meeting of this fiscal year and installation of officers for next year."

20070614 "Iraqi Workers speak about Oil, in Boston," "Iraqi Workers speak about Oil, in Boston, Thursday June 14 VOICES OF IRAQI WORKERS – Solidarity Tour UMass Boston, Wheatley Student Lounge, 4th floor 6:00 PM *Faleh Abood Umara -General Secretary, Southern Oil Company, Iraq Federation of Oil Workers *Hashmeya Muhsin Hussein - President Electrical Utility Workers Union, Iraq Federation of Trade Unions (First womean to lead an Iraqi national union) Hear directly from Iraqi trade unionists about the role that the labor movement is playing in working against privatization, for a fair oil law and creating a secular, progressive Iraq."

20070614 Socialism 2007 - Chicago "***Please Forward Widely*** Socialism for the 21st Century! Socialism 2007 June 14-17,Chicago www.socialismconference.org Socialism 2007 is a three-day event that will bring together socialists and other activists who are involved in struggles across the country-from opposing the war to organizing against the death penalty-and share a vision of rebuilding the left. Last summer, some 1,500 people turned out in New York City. This year's conference in Chicago will feature activists and socialists from Central and Latin America, renowned activist writers and journalists, soldiers and veterans who are resisting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, prisoners and their families who are fighting for justice in the prison system, immigrant rights activists who are organizing against deportations and many more. Included in the more than 100 events at Socialism 2007 are films, music and meetings on the hidden history of international working-class struggle-from the Flint sit-down strikes of 1937 to the Russian Revolution of 1917. Come join us in Chicago on June 14-17, 2007, for Socialism 2007. Featured Speakers: John Pilger, Journalist, activist and filmmaker; Dahr Jamail Independent journalist covering the Iraq war; Amy Goodman Host, Democracy Now!; Jeremy Scahill journalist and Author, Blackwater; Laura Flanders Radio host, Air America Anthony Arnove Author, Iraq: the Logic of Withdrawal; Kelly Dougherty, Camilo Mejía and Garret Reppenhagen Iraq Veterans Against the War; Members of the Free Gary Tyler! Committee; Paul D'Amato Author, The Meaning of Marxism; Jeffrey St. Clair Author, Grand Theft Pentagon; Michael Schwartz Contributor on the Iraq war to TomDispatch.com; Howie Hawkins Green Party, New York; Justin Akers Chacón Co-author, No One Is Illegal!; Luciana Genro Party of Socialism and Liberty, Brazil; Dahlia S. Wasfi, M.D. Iraqi-American antiwar activist; Barbara Becnel Activist and co-author of anti-gang literature with Stan Tookie Williams; Anthony Prior Former NFL player and author of The Slave Side of Sunday; Phil Gasper Editor, The Communist Manifesto: A Road Map to History's Most Important Political Document; Josh Frank Author, Left Out: How the Liberals Helped Re-Elect George W. Bush; Yusuf Salaam Exonerated in the Central Park (NY) jogger case; Samuel Farber Author of The Origins of the Cuban Revolution Reconsidered; Charles Jenks Traprock Peace Center; Marlene Martin National director, Campaign to End the Death Penalty; Kevin Murphy Author, Revolution and Counterrevolution: Class Struggle in a Moscow Metal Factory; Ahmed Shawki Editor, International Socialist Review; Charles André Udry Economist and editorial board member of ÀL'Encontre, Switzerland; Sharon Smith Columnist, Socialist Worker, and author of Subterranean Fire; Ron Jacobs Author, The Way the Wind Blew; Dave Zirin Nation.com sports columnist and author, What's My Name Fool? and Welcome to the Terrordome. What you'll find at Socialism 2007: MORE THAN 100 meetings, a bookfair, films, entertainment ... and parties. Check out www.socialismconference.org to register and for more information about schedule, housing, and childcare. Sponsored by: The Center for Economic Research and Social Change Publisher of The International Socialist Review and Haymarket Books. Co-sponsored by: The International Socialist Organization Publisher of Socialist Worker."

20070610 "AMHERST PEACE VIGIL -- NOON- 1PM, EVERY SUNDAY" "AMHERST PEACE VIGIL -- NOON- 1PM, EVERY SUNDAY The Amherst Peace Vigil passes out 200 or so flyers every Sunday. Neighbors share news and help hold the banners. Come and wave to encourage your neighbors. The passersby get excited when they see lots of us there. HONK for PEACE!"

20070609 "TAMING THE GIANT CORPORATION: Conference, DC June 9 + 10" "TAMING THE GIANT CORPORATION: A National Conference on Corporate Accountability Presented by Ralph Nader and The Center for Study of Responsive Law June 8, 9 and 10, 2007 1530 P Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 The multinational corporation is the dominant institution in the global political economy. The toll it inflicts on people and the planet -- high drug prices, sweatshops, global warming, and on and on -- is well documented. But too little attention has been focused on the corporation itself, and the evolving forms of corporate power. ""Taming the Giant Corporation"" aims to identify, examine and classify the changing manifestations of corporate power. The conference's central, pioneering task is to facilitate discussion, debate and strategic thinking about how to subordinate corporate power to the will and interests of the people. How do we replace the excessive corporate privileges and immunities entrenched in law and the economy? Corporations were originally chartered by the states in the early nineteenth century to be our servants not our masters. How can we displace corporations (e.g., with national health insurance, by keeping information and knowledge in the public domain, or by expanding and strengthening the commons)? What tools and approaches can empower communities to set parameters on corporate activity? What countervailing institutions should be nurtured to offset concentrated corporate power? ""Taming the Giant Corporation"" will be an opportunity to learn, debate, meet leading advocates and activists, and grapple with the questions that must be answered if we are to strive for a just and livable world."

20070608 Dave Zirin at Food for Thought Books - Amherst "Please come by the Amherst stop of Dave Zirin's tour for his latest book, Welcome to the Terrordome: The Pain, Politics and Promise of Sports (forward by Chuck D) Date/Time: Friday, June 8 at 7PM Location: Food for Thought Books, Downtown Amherst (106 N.Pleasant Street) ""If you're a sports fan you'll love this book. If you're politically active, you'll love this book. If you're a politically active sports fan, you've found your bible."" —Katrina vanden Heuvel, Editor & Publisher, The Nation ""In sportswriting, attitude is easy. But Zirin's also got razor smarts, rapier wit, and, most of all, a rebel's large heart...you'll never see sports the same way again. —Jeff Chang, author, Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation ""Dave Zirin is the best young sports writer in America."" —Robert Lipsyte, New York Times Two reviews of his book: http://slamonline.com/online/2007/05/the-best-young-sportswriter-in- america/ http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=105&ItemID=12987 This much-anticipated sequel to What's My Name, Fool? by acclaimed commentator Dave Zirin breaks new ground in sports writing, looking at the controversies and trends now shaping sports in the United States-and abroad. Features chapters such as ""Barry Bonds is Gonna Git Your Mama: The Last Word on Steroids,"" ""Pro Basketball and the Two Souls of Hip-Hop,"" ""An Icon's Redemption: The Great Roberto Clemente,"" and ""Beisbol: How the Major Leagues Eat Their Young."" Zirin's commentary is always insightful, never predictable. Dave Zirin is the author of the widely acclaimed book What's My Name, Fool? (Haymarket Books) and writes the weekly column ""Edge of Sports"" (edgeofsports.com). He writes a regular column for The Nation and Slam magazine and has appeared as a sports commentator on ESPN TV and radio, CBNC, WNBC, Democracy Now!, Air America, Radio Nation, and Pacifica."

20070606 WILL 100 GRANDmothers give $500 to establish a NEW TRAPROCK? "This week we are looking for 100 Grandmas who will fund peace not war. Nuclear war has a firm foundation. According the the National Priorities Project Massachusetts neighbors will spend $480 million on nuclear war in 2007. Will we get what we pay for? Traprock has to move this summer. Help create a firm foundation for peace work for generations to come! Please say why you want to fund peace, not war! Your contribution is tax deductible. Consider sending or pledging $500 this week: Traprock Peace Center Deerfield, MA 01342 We need your advice, and your help passing on this appeal. Call anytime: 413 773-7427 We thank you for your timely attention. The rent is due June 10. Soon we could put that toward a mortgage, not rent. With your help we can do it, but only if you know how much your gift counts!"

20070605 11 STATES HAVE RESOLUTION RE IMPEACHMENT "On Tuesday, May 29, 2007, Maine became the 11th state legislature to introduce a resolution to petition for the impeachment of President George Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. Maine joins Vermont (where the Senate has already passed such a resolution), California, Hawaii, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico, Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin."

20070605 "National Hunger Awareness Day, Greenfield, MA" "Franklin County Community Meals, Center for Self-Reliance/Community Action! Franklin County Resource Network Hunger Task Force and The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts invite you to participate in National Hunger Awareness Day 2007: The Face of Hunger Will Surprise You Tuesday, June 5, 2007 at 4:30 PM Hunger Awareness Day Vigil featuring elected officials, hunger-relief agency representatives and those most affected by hunger in western Massachusetts. You are welcome to offer a statement in support of National Hunger Awareness Day. Greenfield Town Common, Greenfield NO ONE SHOULD BE HUNGRY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS National Hunger Awareness Day 2007: The face of hunger may surprise you. Every day in western Massachusetts, one in ten people struggles to put a meal on the table or has to choose between paying for utilities or buying food. More and more families, elders and children in our region daily rely on emergency food assistance from community pantries or meal sites. Hunger can strike anyone, including working families, elderly neighbors on limited incomes, and people faced with a sudden illness or layoff. It does not discriminate against age, race, gender or ethnicity. From June 1st through 6th, The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts and its local partners will host four community-wide events to recognize National Hunger Awareness Day 2007 and the many faces of hunger in Berkshire, Franklin, Hampshire and Hampden Counties. Here in western Massachusetts more than 100,000 people annually experience food insecurity or hunger in this land of plenty. In Franklin County alone, last year The Food Bank distributed nearly 1 million pounds of food to those in need. Join us as we raise our local community’s awareness about the solvable problem of hunger in America – and the face of hunger in western Massachusetts!"

20070604 "Unlearning Hate: A Community Conversation--Stand Up, Speak Up, Speak Out! -- Gr" "In the wake of multiple acts of racist and anti-semitic vandalism this spring, the Greenfield Human Rights Commission is sponsoring a public speakout on hate to be held next Monday, June 4, 6:30 to 8:00 PM at the Youth Services Center, 20 Sanderson Street, Greenfield. Unlearning Hate: A Community Conversation--Stand Up, Speak Up, Speak Out! is designed to give community members a forum to explore hate and prejudice as it exists in Greenfield and to begin to generate strategies for embracing and honoring our differences in order to make out town safe and welcoming for all. Please join us. Light refreshments. For questions, contact Lew Metaxas, Chair, Greenfield Human Rights Commission, 413 772-1560."

20070603 "Interfaith Peace Service, First United Methodist Ch, Greenfield" "The Interfaith Council of Franklin County has organized a multi-faith peace prayer service for Sunday, June 3 at 7 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, 25 Church Street, Greenfield. The format of the service will include music, prayers, and readings in support of peace by members of various area faith traditions. Find 25 Church Street approximately 2 blocks north and one block east of the main intersection in Greenfield, Massachusetts (north and east of Federal & Main Streets, or Route 5/10 and 2-A). All are welcome. Last spring the collection was given to Habitat for Humanity. This spring the collection will be given to Traprock Peace Center for peace and justice work, and for costs associated with moving."

20070602 “Cambridge Peace Day” 1-5pm "“Cambridge Peace Day” Saturday, June 2, 2007, 1 pm - 5 pm Cambridge City Hall, 795 Mass. Ave. Cambridge Senior Center, 806 Mass. Ave. Welcoming for people of all ages. Join us in: Performances - music, poetry, dance, spoken word, theater Delisil, Jeff Robinson, AfroDZAk, CRLS Jazz Band, Senior Center Chorus…. Participation - making peace cranes and peace flags, learning the healing arts, joining in dialogue, singing along, acting. True Story Theater, Peace Games, Dances of Universal Peace, Emperor Norton's Stationary Marching Band, Underground Railroad Theater, Raging Grannies… Exhibits - local & global, peace& justice information tables 1 pm - Program opens on City Hall steps 4:30 pm - Make a human peace symbol in front of City Hall. Do you have a poem? A song? Some words to share about peace? Contact us to join in. For more information, to get a schedule, to volunteer, contact the Peace Commission at 617-349-4694 or email peace@cambridgema.gov FREE --- FREE refreshments, resources, renewal FREE --- FREE 25TH Anniversary – Cambridge Peace Commission For the 25th anniversary of the Peace Commission, the Cambridge City Council declared Cambridge as a “City of Peace” in the year 2007. The resolution is an invitation to all of Cambridge- community groups, civic institutions, businesses, families, faith communities - to make connections to peace building. Help promote peacebuilding all year long."

20070601 THANKS in a NEIGHBORS NETWORK to END WAR "Thanks to neighbors for writing personal appeals asking for support to establish a new Traprock Peace Center. And for planning and giving benefits that help spread the word, the hope, and the appeal. Are there 80 grandmothers who can give $1,000 this year? Can you of modest means make a pledge of $10 a month for the peace every town and village, every parent and every child so needs? We will need to raise $30-50,000 dollars in the next two weeks to build confidence that we can put a down-payment on a promising property this summer. Thanks to Sally Shaw of Gill, Lori Blanding of Easthampton, DanceSpree, Sally Weiss and Joann Lutz of Northampton, Cindy Kallet of Maine & Grey Larsen of Indiana, Annie Hassett, Kevin McVeigh, John Bailey, Maya Appelblum, Mark Smith of Greenfield, Leela Whitcomb-Hewitt and Gaella Elwell of Conway, Juanita Nelson, Charlie Jenks, Jud and Beaty Blain of Deerfield, Bob McCormick, Mark and Sue Watkins of Shutesbury, Dan Gorey of Erving, and Fric Spruyt of Vermont. Thanks to you, too! Will you send a check, write a note and spread the word? Please say why you give, why you commit to peace, not war. Imagine a peace center, rent-free in 20-30 years. Imagine a peace center where we own and can add energy efficient features. Imagine a peace center where we can plant, harvest, and build what we choose. Imagine a peace center with room to grow. Imagine a peace center that eventually can house 4 staff members, interns, visiting speakers, and guests . Imagine a peace center adjoining a CSA farm. Imagine a peace center in walking distance to a busy bus line. Imagine a peace center with easy bicycle access. Imagine a peace center closer to college students. Imagine a peace center with wheel-chair accessibility and weekly program offerings. IMAGINE 200 people giving $500. IMAGINE 1000 pledging monthly or seasonal support. IMAGINE a Family Foundation giving $20,000 or $10,000. IMAGINE a peace-friendly sports star coming to our July 4 picnic and auctioning off a date. IMAGINE your own music or poetry benefit for Traprock. IMAGINE your loved one's named etched on a tile. IMAGINE your bequest working for peace after you're gone. WHAT BETTER LEGACY TO LEAVE, than resources for a world and a community discovering the paths to peace, together. Consider, that according to the National Priorities Project, Massachusetts neighbors will spend $480.4 million dollars on nuclear war in 2007 through federal taxes. I can't help but think, 'We get what we pay for!"" Your contribution is tax-deductible. HONOR SOMEONE YOU LOVE OR ADMIRE WITH A CONTRIBUTION TODAY. HELP YOUR PEACE CENTER GRADUATE TO A NEW, MORE PERMANENT HOME. Most of us aren't fund-raisers. We're roll-up-our-sleeves active citizens, donors, volunteers, staff and interns. We invest a lot of hope, time, talent and resources in peace work! Join us. Reduce your taxable income. Fund peace, not war."

20070531 "LONGMEADOW VIGILS PROTESTS WAR ESCALATION, each Thursday?" "LONGMEADOW VIGILS PROTESTS WAR ESCALATION, each Thursday? A series of vigils protesting the Bush plan to escalate the war in Iraq will take place each Thursday at the north end of Longmeadow St. from 4:30 to 5:30 P.M. For those who may not know , this location is at the entrance to Longmeadow as you come in from Springfield. Come for all or part of the hour. Also you may want to create your own sign. Come and exercise your democratic right to protest the continuation of this ugly Iraq war. s.f. (Please let us know about your peace & justice, non-profit event. Click on the plus sign on any date, and paste your press release or announcement into the larger of two boxes. Create a headline above. Click 'save' and wait a day or two for approval. -- We toss the spam and approve legitimate events!)"

20070530 Charges dropped in WA "Victory for Indian Island 37 - Charges Dropped Port Townsend, Washington May 29, 2007 All charges were dropped against the 37 peace activists who sat in the road leading to Indian Island naval base on September 23, 2006. The action was part of a nation wide week of protests called by the Declaration of Peace campaign. Misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct for blocking a roadway at the weapons shipping depot near Port Townsend, Washington were first reduced to a $72 traffic infraction in February. The defendants were disappointed by an email message from the prosecuting attorney’s office which said that they did not want to give the protesters a soapbox to air their views during a trial. At the February hearing, the prosecuting attorney said their office had decided that a trial would be too costly for Jefferson County. The defendants replied that the war was costing the county far more. The prosecution said they would not be spending more county funds to pursue the case. No representative from the county prosecuting office was present in the court room today, and no response had been received to the defense attorney’s motion to dismiss all charges. Judge Jill Landes said she was “disturbed” that the prosecutor had not filed a response and did not show up in court, and so she had no option but to dismiss all infractions. Defense attorney, Larry Hildes, said this was a clear victory for the defendants. Liz Rivera Goldstein said she was disappointed that we did not go to trial, but felt that the county could not have gotten a conviction against the 37 activists, and that the county knew that the protesters would prevail in court. Liz Rivera Goldstein and Bethel Prescott were again arrested at the gate of Indian Island on April 21, when the navy docked a trident nuclear submarine at the base. They have been charged with disorderly conduct, and will have a pretrial hearing on Wednesday, June 6. Both Rivera Goldstein and Prescott look forward to a trial where they hope to present a “necessity defense”, citing international law and the illegality of the war and occupation in Iraq."

20070530 "PIONEER VALLEY COALITION TO CHANGE & CHALLENGE WAL-MART, Amherst, MA" "Last Wednesdays of the month -- please confirm meetings before travel. PIONEER VALLEY COALITION TO CHANGE & CHALLENGE WAL-MART 7-9pm, Porter Lounge (3rd Floor) or another room, Converse Hall, Amherst College, Rts 116 & 9, Amherst. Challenge Wal-Mart in Hadley (and maybe in Greenfield) working on Wake-Up Wal-Mart campaigns, giving mutual aid to the coalition members challenging Wal-Mart in many ways. Info: mailto: socialchange@amherst.edu. Hadley Neighbors for Sensible Development (www.HadleyNeighbors.org), Sprawl Busters (www.sprawl-busters.com), and Stop Sprawl-Mart (www.StopSprawlMart.org) are fighting sprawl. Want to help Wal-Mart workers get fair treatment? Contact Dan Clifford, Wake Up Wal-Mart, 732-6209 x14, mailto:dclifford@ufcw1459.com Check out : http://wmass.walmartvoices.com/ and http://www.wakeupwalmart.com."

20070529 "Peace Maker Awards Ceremony, Tech School, Turners Falls" "May 29: The Interfaith Council of Franklin County and Traprock Peace Center will conduct the eighth annual Peace Maker Awards Ceremony on Tuesday, May 29, at 7 p.m. at the Franklin County Technical School, Industrial Boulevard, Turners Falls. Each year the IFC and Traprock offer five $100 prizes and other cash awards, framed certificates, letters of recommendation, journals, calendars, and flowers to selected nominees from area high schools who have been involved in peace and justice causes in their schools and communities. For more information contact 773-7427."

20070527 "Noon Peace Vigils - Amherst, Cambridge, Newburyport!" "Noon Peace Vigils - Amherst, Cambridge, Newburyport! Description: There has been a vigil on the Amherst Common on Sundays for 27 years. Hardy neighbors stand for peace. Choose your sign or banner, honk & wave, or see one of the 200 flyers passed out each week. Visit over tea or lunch afterwards across the street? You can help make peace real in our lives and in the world. Here's a simple place to start. More Peace Vigils: In Cambridge, MA - Noon (approx) to 1:30 at Cambridge Common, Mass Ave & Garden Street. Also on Sundays in Newburyport, 12-1 pm, Market Square in Newburyport If you have a sign and a car, you can use it as a sun-shade this summer, and have it handy for spontaneous vigils and demonstrations. Everywhere you park, your message will be seen. Seeing citizens take action spontaneously suggests that, ""The Times they are a changin'!'"""

20070527 "Interfaith Peace Service, OUR LADY OF PEACE, Turners Falls, MA" "June 3: The Interfaith Council of Franklin County will sponsor a Peace Service Sunday, June 3, at 7 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, 25 Church Street, Greenfield. The format of the service will include music, prayers, and readings in support of peace by members of various area faith traditions. Please come to hear many voices, many faith traditions, praying peace, singing peace! This is a widely diverse Interfaith Council, providing leadership on local peace and social justice issues. An offering will be collected to support the work and establishment of a new facility for Traprock Peace Center. Meet your neighbors celebrating diversity in our faith communities -- all for peace."

20070527 "Soldiers March for Soldiers, Columbus, OH" "*Please FW to soldiers you may know on your lists* This is something communities across the country can do to support the troops on Memorial Day weekend. Memorial Day Weekend-""Soldiers March for Soldiers"" Mark your calender for May 27, 2007 - Meet at the Ohio Statehouse Veterans memorial in downtown Columbus at 12:30 pm Support our active duty military in their ""Appeal for Redress"" march of support- for brothers and sisters in arms, on Memorial Day Weekend, Sunday May 27, 2007 march step-off at 1 PM. More information about the petition: http://www.appealforredress.org/ The wording of the Appeal for Redress is short and simple. It is patriotic and respectful in tone. Please sign the petition, there are over a thousand soldiers who have done so. As a patriotic American proud to serve the nation in uniform, I respectfully urge my political leaders in Congress to support the prompt withdrawal of all American military forces and bases from Iraq . Staying in Iraq will not work and is not worth the price. It is time for U.S. troops to come home. Please come dressed in uniform (retired) or plain non uniform cameo jacket, pants etc. (active, reserve, Guard) This is a non-political event. All participants should wear a hat. We are looking for a snare drum to lead the march. A flute or fife player would be just great too. March cadence from the Statehouse to the Federal Building where the petition will be read, along with a prayer of peace for our troops and the Iraqi people. We would like to limit participation to former or current soldiers and we need at least 24 to make a formation during the speech. Peace groups and others are invited, limiting their own participation to signs of support to end the war and lot's of cheering for our brave troops;-) Sponsoring and coordinating organizations: Military Families Speak Out-Central Ohio Chapter http://www.mfso.org, Progress Ohio, Veterans for Peace, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Artists for Political Reform, the Interfaith Alliance and many local churches and Peace groups Questions: Teresa Dawson, 614-284-5623 militaryfamiliesspeakoutohio@gmail.com"

20070526 Protest DICK CHENEY at WEST POINT "SATURDAY, MAY 26: Protest Vice-President Dick Cheney's Graduation Speech at West Point Join a huge crowd to protest Dick Cheney’s appearance at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on Saturday morning, May 26. As residents of the Hudson Valley, we will NOT accept the perpetuation of this illegal and immoral war. We refuse to be complicit, we will be heard. We demand truth, justice and accountability from the U.S. government. Not another day, not another dollar for this illegal war. Bring all U.S. troops home from Iraq now!! Help us organize the largest protest action the Hudson Valley has ever seen – let’s show up in large numbers, and unified in concerted opposition to this war. We will assemble at 8:30 am at the Veterans’ Park in Highland Falls, NY on Main Street. We will march to, and we expect, through Thayer Gate into West Point and then re-assemble for a rally. Iraq Veterans Against the War, Gold Star Families for Peace, Military Families Speak Out, Veterans for Peace and many other organizations including Democratic Alliance of Orange County, Rockland Coalition for Peace and Justice and No War Westchester are joining the protest. Since a big turnout is expected, we encourage people to carpool and get there early, early, early. Please help spread the word. Bring your families and friends to join the protest. Directions: Take Bear Mountain Bridge to Route 9W North. Take the Route 218 exit off of Route 9W. Simply stay on Route 218 for one mile to Veterans’ Park. We want to pull as many people from NYC as possible. We want THOUSANDS at this rally. People coming up on the train from NYC and towns along the Hudson will be offered shuttle bus service from the Peekskill train station to West Point. Trains leave Grand Central for Peekskill at 6:20 a.m. and 7:51 a.m. on May 26th. Buses will meet the train at 7:45 a.m. and 8:55 a.m. Buses will return to Peekskill around noon. Please call WESPAC for bus reservations and to confirm bus schedules. (914) 682-4690 or email WESPAC at info@wespac.org . For more information, for directions, updates and to endorse the rally, visit: www.WestPointRally.org <http://www.westpointrally.org/> Download No War Westchester May 26 flyer http://www.nowarwestchester.org/5-26-07%20%20Protest%20Cheney%20at%20West%20Point.doc Local Contacts: WESPAC Foundation at www.wespac.org <http://www.wespac.org/> (914) 682-4690 No War Westchester www.NoWarWestchester.org <http://www.nowarwestchester.org/> (914) 830-0639"

20070526 "2007 Alternatives to Violence Project - National Gathering, Parrish, FL" "PARRISH, FL 2007 Alternatives to Violence Project-USA National Gathering, DaySpring Conference Center, 8411 25th. St. East. ""AVP is a multicultural organization of volunteers offering experiential workshops that empower individuals to liberate themselves and others from the burden of violence. Our fundamental belief is that there is a power for peace and good in everyone, and that this power has the ability to transform violence. AVP builds upon a spiritual base of respect and caring for self and others, working both in prisons and with groups in the community."" Emma's Revolution will be doing a workshop and concert for this program. http://www.avptampabay.org/"

20070525 Protest Andy Card: Boston Globe story on May 10 "Thursday, May 10, 2007 UMass protesters rally against honorary degree for Andrew Card By Raja Mishra, Globe Staff AMHERST -- Vice President Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld and other high profile members of the Bush administration face regular protests, but today at the University of Massachusetts demonstrators took aim at Andrew Card, the reticent former White House chief of staff whose pending honorary degree has generated considerable controversy. Card, a longtime Bay State politician, has drawn the ire of Iraq war opponents, who say his war planning activities disqualify him from walking the stage at the flagship state university's May 25 commencement. The protesters, a well-organized group of undergraduates, graduate students, and some faculty members, say the university must reverse the plan to award Card by early next week or face more intensive protests, including a possible demonstration at the commencement itself. http://www.boston.com/news/globe/city_region/breaking_news/2007/05/umass_protestor.html (As of Wednesday, May 16, 1500 signatures of students, faculty and staff had been gathered. )"

20070525 "No Degree for Andrew Card Protest - UMass, Amherst" "Honor Students, Not War Criminals! NO DEGREE FOR ANDREW CARDNO DEGREE FOR ANDREW CARD UMass is a Public University: Card Shames Us All STAND OUT PROTEST AT COMMENCEMENT FRIDAY, May 25: 12:00-4:00 (12:00-2:00 is most important). Join students, faculty, and staff at the UMass Mullins Center. Bring your most creative nonviolent responses."

20070525 "CELEBRATION OF PEACE, LEARNING, & DEMOCRACY, 5-7:00, Amherst" "CELEBRATION OF PEACE, LEARNING, AND DEMOCRACY FRIDAY, May 25: 5:00-7:00. Jones Library, Amherst. Celebrate the real values of UMass. Honor graduating PhDs, MAs, and BAs. With music by Tom Neilson."

20070524 "Stand Out, Tonight! No Honors for War Crimes!" "THURSDAY, May 24: 4:30-6:30. Hold signs on heavily trafficked intersections. ""Honor Students, Dis-Card""; ""No Honor, No Degree"" Students object to honorary degrees offered to anyone who has not earned them with laudible action. Andrew Card was White House Chief of Staff and was in charge of the White House Iraq Group. He was a primary architect of the spin created to launch a war without provocation, and has attempted to establish a permanent footing for war profiteers, violating the Geneva Conventions. ""Hey Hey, Ho Ho, Andy Card has got to go!"" Standing, speaking, claim Human Rights for all! Bring your songs to the Common!"

20070524 "NRC Hearing - Brattleboro, VT" "New England Coalition e-alert On May 24, 2007 at Latchis Theater, 50 Main St, Brattleboro at 7 PM, NRC staff will inform Entergy of the results of the NRC inspection covering scoping and aging management of safety stystems for Vermont Yankee 20 year license renewal. The public will then have the opportunity to ask questions. Members of the public may provide questions or particular topics of interest for discussion in advance by calling Richard Conte at 610-337-5183."

20070524 "LONGMEADOW VIGILS PROTESTS WAR ESCALATION, each Thursday?" "LONGMEADOW VIGILS PROTESTS WAR ESCALATION, each Thursday? A series of vigils protesting the Bush plan to escalate the war in Iraq will take place each Thursday at the north end of Longmeadow St. from 4:30 to 5:30 P.M. For those who may not know , this location is at the entrance to Longmeadow as you come in from Springfield. Come for all or part of the hour. Also you may want to create your own sign. Come and exercise your democratic right to protest the continuation of this ugly Iraq war. s.f. (Please let us know about your peace & justice, non-profit event. Click on the plus sign on any date, and paste your press release or announcement into the larger of two boxes. Create a headline above. Click 'save' and wait a day or two for approval. -- We toss the spam and approve legitimate events!)"

20070523 "Memorial Service for those in MA who died Homeless, Greenfield, noon" "May 23: The Interfaith Council will conduct a memorial service Wednesday, May 23, at noon on the Greenfield Town Common for those who died homeless in Massachusetts last year. The format of the service will include prayers, songs, readings, personal statements, and ringing of church bells."

20070522 "Oberlin Council says Impeach, OH" "Impeach Bush, Oberlin council says Posted by Laura Johnston May 22, 2007 15:47PM Categories: Breaking News The Oberlin City Council is calling for the U.S. House of Representatives to impeach President Bush and Vice President Cheney. Listing electronic surveillance of American civilians, intentionally misleading Congress about the threat from Iraq as well as three other reasons, the city council voted unanimously for the resolution, which may be the first of its kind in Ohio."

20070520 "PIONEER VALLEY WAR TAX RESISTERS, Greenfield, MA" "PIONEER VALLEY WAR TAX RESISTERS, Sunday, March 18 ( and third Sundays, every other month) 4-6pm, at the Weldon Apartments' Community Room, 54 High Street, Greenfield. There is parking at the back. There are many ways to resist payment for the brutality and plunder of war. Come to help plan for public education about war tax resistance and to raise your concerns and ideas. Press the buzzer to be let in by Tom. Tom usually waits by the door for 10-15 minutes. For more information, call Juanita Nelson, 413773-5188 x1 at Traprock Peace Center."

20070520 "Noon Peace Vigils - Amherst, Cambridge, Newburyport!" "Noon Peace Vigils - Amherst, Cambridge, Newburyport! Description: There has been a vigil on the Amherst Common on Sundays for 27 years. Hardy neighbors stand for peace. Choose your sign or banner, honk & wave, or see one of the 200 flyers passed out each week. Visit over tea or lunch afterwards across the street? You can help make peace real in our lives and in the world. Here's a simple place to start. More Peace Vigils: In Cambridge, MA - Noon (approx) to 1:30 at Cambridge Common, Mass Ave & Garden Street. Also on Sundays in Newburyport, 12-1 pm, Market Square in Newburyport If you have a sign and a car, you can use it as a sun-shade this summer, and have it handy for spontaneous vigils and demonstrations. Everywhere you park, your message will be seen. Seeing citizens take action spontaneously suggests that, ""The Times they are a changin'!'"""

20070520 "Dissent within the ranks - New London, CT" "at The Oasis 16 Bank Street, New London, CT 06320 May 20, 2007 at 1:00 PM with speakers Jonathan Hutto, co-founder, Appeal foor Redress, USN Liam Madden, co-founder, Appeal for Redress, Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW), USMC veteran Damon Murphy, IVAW, USN veteran Fabian Bouthillette, IVAW, The Military Project, USN veteran"

20070519 "Stop-DU Conference, E. Tennessee State U., Johnson City, TN" "It's happening! Saturday, May 19, a major conference on depleted uranium is scheduled for East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tennessee. There is no registration cost, so you can afford to travel and bring your friends. Military personnel, especially those who have been in Iraq and Afghanistan, are most welcome to help us strategize next steps. There is a Camp DU tenting option for those who choose just across the road from Aerojet Ordnance, one of the primary manufacturers of DU penetrator cores for the 120 mm Abrams tank shells. Saturday parking for the conference is free on campus and there are various eating places near Room 102 in Rogers Stout Hall, where we will be meeting, next to the Sherrod Library. Major Doug Rokke, PhD, has been the Pentagon expert on depleted uranium. Cathy Garger writes eloquently on the issues of depleted uranium munitions. Mohammad Daud Miraki, PhD, is an articulate speaker and author of Afghanistan After Democracy.  These three lead off the day at 9:00AM, EST, and will be followed by break out groups that grapple with next steps in this nonviolent campaign to stop the production of depleted uranium weapons. It is past time to expose the horrors of DU to the US public and put together a plan to stop its use. Come join us in this major step. Alert and invite media to cover this event. Christian Peacemaker Teams is sponsoring a DU Delegation that runs from May 18 - 27. This conference is an integral part of this international delegation. To join the delegation, go to http://www.cpt.org/ and check links to delegations and registrations. Questions? Contact either Linda Modica at lcmodica@... or 423-676-2925, or Cliff Kindy at 260-982-2971. Blessings of peace to your days!"

20070519 Medical and Societal Consequences of the War in Iraq - Boston "Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility (GBPSR) has organized a conference entitled ""The Medical and Societal Consequences of the War in Iraq: Strategies for Promoting True Security."" It is being held on Saturday, May 19, from 9:00am-4:30pm (registration begins at 8:30am) at Boston's historic Old South Church in Copley Square, so please save the date. Distinguished speakers will discuss the high rates of injuries, mental illness, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among returning US soldiers and the high number of civilian casualties in Iraq. Please see the attached flyer for the complete lists of topics. The Academy Award-nominated film The Ground Truth will also be shown at 3:00pm. The goals of the conference are to contribute to the growing movement to stop the Bush Administration's plan to escalate the troop level, to help stop this war and prevent future wars, and to offer ideas to promote true security. Please join us! To reserve a seat, please email Lynn Martin at Ldmartin@fas.harvard.edu. The registration fee is $10. Seating is limited to the first 200 registrants, so reserve a seat today! Download poster at http://www.grassrootspeace.org/iraq_poster.pdf"

20070519 DU--from Appalachia to Afghanistan to Iraq "DEPLETED URANIUM CONFERENCE & ""CAMP DU"" ANNOUNCEMENT EVENT #1: Conference on Depleted Uranium: ""DU -- from Appalachia to Afghanistan to Iraq"" Sponsor: Christian Peacemaker Team Stop-DU Campaign Location: East Tennessee State University, Rogers Stout Hall, Room 102, Johnson City, TN 37614 Speakers (to date): Doug Rokke, Dr. Mohammed Miraki, Cathy Garger Date: May 19, 2007, Saturday, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm Registration/Lunch Fee*: $15.00 Payable to Organizers: First Tennessee Progressives Mail Fee to: Anthony Pittman, Secretary - FTP, 712 Wilson Ave., Johnson City, TN 37604 EVENT #2: Tent Camp Presence across from DU Weapons Factory: ""Camp DU"" Sponsor: Christian Peacemaker Team Stop-DU Campaign Location: Roger's land across from Aerojet Ordnance on Old State Route 34, Jonesborough, TN 37659 Dates: May 18, 2007 through May 27, 2007 Free: Bring your own Tent** RSVP: Anthony Pittman @ apittman2002@yahoo.com *If you'd like to attend, but don't have $15 right now, just mail Anthony a note to let us know you're coming. **If you don't have a tent, but would like to be a part of this action, please email Anthony and we'll round up a tent for you. Linda Modica, Co-founder First Tennessee Progressives 266 Mayberry Road Jonesborough, TN 37659 H: 423-753-9697 C: 423-676-2925 E: linda.c.modica@mac.com ""Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together."" -- Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1961"

20070517 LONGMEADOW VIGIL PROTESTS WAR ESCALATION "LONGMEADOW VIGILS PROTESTS WAR ESCALATION, each Thursday? A series of vigils protesting the Bush plan to escalate the war in Iraq will take place each Thursday at the north end of Longmeadow St. from 4:30 to 5:30 P.M. For those who may not know , this location is at the entrance to Longmeadow as you come in from Springfield. Come for all or part of the hour. Also you may want to create your own sign. Come and exercise your democratic right to protest the continuation of this ugly Iraq war. s.f. (Please let us know about your peace & justice, non-profit event. Click on the plus sign on any date, and paste your press release or announcement into the larger of two boxes. Create a headline above. Click 'save' and wait a day or two for approval. -- We toss the spam and approve legitimate events!)"

20070516 "Halliburton's ‘Take the Money and Run’ Farewell Party, Houston, TX" "Halliburton's ‘Take the Money and Run’ Farewell Party WASHINGTON, May 14 (HalliburtonWatch.org) -- On May 16 Halliburton shareholders gather for the company’s annual meeting in the affluent suburban Woodlands community of Houston. They will be greeted by the corporation's CEO David Lesar and Vice President Dick Cheney as they beat on a giant money bag piñata stuffed with Hallibacon bucks. Protesters from Texas and around the country will celebrate in all their business finery with champagne outside the meeting to draw attention to Halliburton’s shameful war profiteering and recent plans to run away from Congressional oversight by relocating to the United Arab Emirates. Demonstrators from the Houston Global Awareness Collective (HGAC) will use street theater complete with large bags of money and nonviolent direct action to send off the controversial corporation currently fleeing investigations for bribery, bid rigging, illegally profiting from Iran, and defrauding the military. This action at the shareholder’s meeting is part of an ongoing campaign to pressure Halliburton to ‘face the music’ for the millions of dollars the company has bilked from US taxpayers. “We’re here to make sure Halliburton and their corporate cronies don’t get to snake off quietly to the United Arab Emirates. Halliburton, with the help of its friends in the Bush administration like Vice President Dick Cheney, has made a killing off the death, destruction and corruption in Iraq. It’s like they are fleeing a crime scene. They must be held accountable!” says Katie Heim, a member of HGAC. “We had them on the run in Oklahoma last year, and we will keep chasing them down.” A pre-party and press conference are said to be broadcast on ‘You Tube’, to kick off the event. Vice President Dick Cheney and Halliburton CEO David Lesar, never ones to miss an opportunity to ‘roll in the dough’ are among the rumored guests promised to be in attendance to kick off the festivities. Other guests from Dallas, Crawford, and California have also RSVPed for the soiree and will be rolling into Houston in the days leading up to the final farewell bash. The Houston Global Awareness Collective is a non-violent community-based anti-war and global justice group founded in July 2001, and calls for a non-violent and peaceful protest. HGAC has organized hundreds of protests and educational events around the Houston area on war profiteering, the war in Iraq and corporate globalization. For more information of Halliburton and their corporate practices visit http://www.halliburtonwatch.org. PARTY/PROTEST/INVITE Halliburton's moving to Dubai and David Lesar and Dick Cheney, the current and former CEOs of Halliburton, cordially invite you to the Halliburton Shareholders meeting and going away party. Please save the date: 8:00am Wednesday, May 16th At the beautiful The Woodlands Resort & Conference Center, 2301 North Millbend Drive, The Woodlands, Texas 77380. (Meet at the resort entrance, corner of Grogans Mill Rd and N. Millbend. There is a location for vehicles to park 1/2 a block away.) http://www.woodlandsresort.com/ Please check www.houstonglobalawareness.org for party updates. What to bring - a dress shirt, tie and jacket (now on sale at your local thrift shop) we will provide the Cheney and Lesar masks. We will also need noisemakers, confetti and balloons. Please email Carol at waldo@riseup.net to join the party planning committee. We have a 20 foot money bag and other props that need making. More Information: CorpWatch: Alternative Annual Report on Halliburton, May 2007"

20070515 Traprock's Community Meal at Second Cong. Church "Traprock cooks bring casseroles, salads, fruit, meat or vegetables ready to serve to Second Congregational Church by the Town Common in Greenfield, at 4:30. The meal begins at 5:30 and servers and clean-up crew are welcome. Call Jonathan Lagreze (413) 624-5534 or Marlyn Clayton (?) Bravo cooks & servers. What a team with big hearts. We love you."

20070515 NOMINATE: Franklin Co. PEACE MAKER AWARDS DUE DATE EXTENDED: MAY 15 "NOMINATE A STUDENT in ONE-PAGE LETTER Each year the Interfaith Council of Franklin County and Traprock Peace Center invite neighbors and members of our school communities to name the most constructive peace making done by students in grades 9-12, living in Franklin County. One-page nomination letters are due to be post-marked or delivered by TUESDAY, May 15, 2007.   Mail or deliver your letter to Traprock Peace Center Deerfield, MA 01342 During the past six years a great variety of exemplary students have been honored. These students spoke up for respect, intervened in potentially violent situations, participated in youth theater projects to increase understanding and tolerance, organized peace rallies, began a recycling program and revitalized a greenhouse, organized a discussion forum, raised money for victims of genocide, participated as skilled mediators in school settings, and provided other community service. It's been an inspiration to hear about their initiatives and hear students comment on the need to make a difference.   The Interfaith Council and Traprock Peace Center honor students with five $100 awards annually and other cash awards, framed certificates, flowers, journals, refreshments, community recognition for their skill & care, and letters of recommendation. Interviews by reporters amplifies the work of these students. Planning is underway for an awards ceremony to be help in early June. This work is supported by donors to Traprock & the Interfaith Council of Franklin County, and of course by the encouragement of hard-working, conscientious faculty, staff and students in our public schools, and by visionary parents.  "

20070515 Rally - No Honorary Degree for Andy Card "Follow-up Rally NO HONORARY DEGREE FOR ANDY CARD! SAVE OUR COMMENCEMENT! WHITMORE ADMIN. BLDG, TUESDAY, MAY 15, 12:30pm Last Thursday more than 300 faculty, graduate and undergraduate students marched to Chancellor Lombardi's office and demanded that University of Massachusetts administrators revoke the offer of the honorary degree to Andrew Card, Jr., the former White House Chief of Staff and head of the White House Iraq Group, by Tuesday, May 15, 12:30. We need to return to Whitmore and reiterate our demand. Time is running out to save our commencement and our great university from this disgrace. Please attend this rally and bring your colleagues and friends. For more info, please contact jeff@takebackumass.com For pictures from the last rally and other information, see www.umassgss.org/AWC"

20070514 """10,000 Mother of a March"" to SURROUND CONGRESS!" "Mon May 14 WASHINGTON, DC ""10,000 Mother of a March"" to surround Congress! More info at: http://www.thecampcaseypeaceinstitute.org/"

20070513 "Noon Peace Vigils - Amherst, Cambridge, Newburyport!" "Noon Peace Vigils - Amherst, Cambridge, Newburyport! Description: There has been a vigil on the Amherst Common on Sundays for 27 years. Hardy neighbors stand for peace. Choose your sign or banner, honk & wave, or see one of the 200 flyers passed out each week. Visit over tea or lunch afterwards across the street? You can help make peace real in our lives and in the world. Here's a simple place to start. More Peace Vigils: In Cambridge, MA - Noon (approx) to 1:30 at Cambridge Common, Mass Ave & Garden Street. Also on Sundays in Newburyport, 12-1 pm, Market Square in Newburyport If you have a sign and a car, you can use it as a sun-shade this summer, and have it handy for spontaneous vigils and demonstrations. Everywhere you park, your message will be seen. Seeing citizens take action spontaneously suggests that, ""The Times they are a changin'!'"""

20070513 "MOTHERS' DAY CONCERT - BEAUTIFUL ACOUSTIC MUSIC, DEERFIELD, 3PM" "Mothers' Day Concert, 3 Pm Sunday, May 13, Deerfield, MA Beautiful music for a beautiful spring! Hear these exquisite and memorable melodies, with moving lyrics. Cindy Kallet and Grey Larsen will sing play the first set, Annie Hassett will sing and play the second of a strictly  acoustic Mother's Day Concert at the beautifully restored Friends Meeting House on Woolman Hill in Deerfield. Bring your mother, bring your partner, bring your aunt, or bring yourself and remember your mother with a gift of great music. You can reserve seats that will be held at the door ($12) by emailing sunny@grassrootspeace.org by Saturday, May 12; up to 50 tickets will be held at the door. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. The meeting house seats 100 people. The concert is a benefit for Traprock Peace Center which will move from Woolman Hill this summer after renting 'the brown house' for 27+ years. More than 5,000 people use peace resources each day at http://www.grassrootspeace.org Directions: 103 Keets Road, Deerfield, MA 01342 is one mile up Woolman Hill, east of Route 5 & 10, just north and east of Historic Deerfield. This is a 10 minute drive south from Greenfield, MA, or a one-hour north from Hartford via, US 91 and Route 5 & 10. Woolman Hill includes over 90 acres of meadow and woodland, with spring peepers, deer, a blue bird now and then, raptors, and on a lucky day, once in a blue moon we see, Mama bear & cubs. According to the National Priorities Project, Massachusetts taxpayers will spend $480.4 million for nuclear weapons and war this year. How much for peace? With Julia Ward Howe, we want peace not war! Contributions are tax deductible. We celebrate a deep peace this Mothers' Day -- proclaimed for peace, by Julia Ward Howe in 1870. ------------------------------------------------------------------ PS: Cindy Sheehan invites 10,000 women to surround Congress on Monday, May 14. Hear her ardent appeals at Traprock's website, in, ""They can't kill love."" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mother's Day Proclamation - 1870 by Julia Ward Howe Arise then...women of this day! Arise, all women who have hearts! Whether your baptism be of water or of tears! Say firmly: ""We will not have questions answered by irrelevant agencies, Our husbands will not come to us, reeking with carnage, For caresses and applause. Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn All that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy and patience. We, the women of one country, Will be too tender of those of another country To allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs."" >From the voice of a devastated Earth a voice goes up with Our own. It says: ""Disarm! Disarm! The sword of murder is not the balance of justice."" Blood does not wipe our dishonor, Nor violence indicate possession. As men have often forsaken the plough and the anvil At the summons of war, Let women now leave all that may be left of home For a great and earnest day of counsel. Let them meet first, as women, to bewail and commemorate the dead. Let them solemnly take counsel with each other as to the means Whereby the great human family can live in peace... Each bearing after his own time the sacred impress, not of Caesar, But of God - In the name of womanhood and humanity, I earnestly ask That a general congress of women without limit of nationality, May be appointed and held at someplace deemed most convenient And the earliest period consistent with its objects, To promote the alliance of the different nationalities, The amicable settlement of international questions, The great and general interests of peace. ---------------------------------------------------------"

20070513 "Mother Day March, Northampton" """Our sons (and daughters) shall not be taken from us to unlearn all we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy and patience. We women of one country will be too tender to those of another country to allow our sons (and daughters) to be trained to injure theirs."" -Julia Ward Howe, 1870 11:30 am gather at the Bridge St. School, Rt. 9 Northampton Noon - walk through downtowns - speakout at the Hestia Mural, Masonic Street Everyone is invited to reclaim the day! LET US SPEAK OF COURAGEOUS WOMEN OF PEACE & JUSTICE who have made a difference in your lives! Signs and banner of peace are welcome. See the PEACEABLE PLANET PUPPETS Hear the GREAT MAMA SPEAK! -plus the Raging Grannies. Need info? 413-256-1760 SPONSORS: Northampton Committee to stop the War in Iraq, The Raging Grannies, The Feet of the Sky Collective, Traprock Peace Center, Connecticut Valley Coalition for Women's Lives, American Friends Service Committee, Amherst Green-Rainbow Party, Code Pink, SAGE, Unitarian Universalist Society of Amherst Social Justice Committee, Progressive Democrats of America, Greenfield Community College Peace & Social Studies"

20070512 The Rising Tide Road Show is coming to Western Mass. "The Rising Tide Road Show's Climate Action Tour in Western Massachusetts: May 12th at Noon on the steps of the Unitarian Universalist Society downtown Northampton between Town Hall and Pulaski Park. The Rising Tide Road Show's Climate Action Tour uses music, theater, and multi-media presentations to address climate change and environmental justice. It’s about the climate crisis, the new coal rush, direct action, debunking false solutions to climate change, anti-oppression, international resistance, and actions communities can take. The Road Show will travel the continent in a bus powered by recycled veggie oil, bringing the struggle for justice and sustainability to community centers, churches, and schools around the continent. For more info go to www.risingtidenorthamerica.org or email: enviroshow@valleyfreeradio.org"

20070512 "SING AND REJOICE! Conference May 11-13, Deerfield" "SING AND REJOICE! with Ruth Mobilia Heath May 11-13, 2007 If you just can't get enough singing, this weekend is for you. We'll sing our way from Friday through Sunday. Ruth is prepared to lead singing in a variety of genres, and encourages participants to bring songs to share with others and instruments to accompany. We'll sing boisterously, contemplatively, lovingly, worshipfully, joyously! We'll sing while walking, while doing chores. Using songbooks, our memories, and songs you bring, we'll share rounds, spirituals, Taizé, songs from musicals, African folk songs, Native American folk songs, Shape Note songs, children's songs, whatever participants are interested in. We'll focus on songs that lift the spirit, songs that have meaning for us on our spiritual path, songs that celebrate love and growth, songs that acknowledge the wonderful diversity of humanity, songs that get us through dark times, and songs that make us laugh! Ruth Mobilia Heath is a 25-year member of Concord (NH) Friends Meeting where the adults and children sing with gusto every week. She delights in all types of singing - from classical to folk, from kids’ songs to Taizé; from Shaker songs to South African Freedom songs. Among her musical adventures, she has sung in an auditioned Chorale for 20 years, started a women's weekly singing group, and has led the Worship Sharing Worshipful Singing group since retiring from leading singing with NE Junior Yearly Meeting during the 8 years she coordinated the program. Song feeds her spiritual life, brightens her dark days, and draws her closer to others. Facilitating group singing is her way to share her passion for vocal music. $40 deposit will reserve a space, and the balance may be paid at the conference. 413 774-3432. Registration, directions, information at http://ww.woolmanhill.org."

20070512 NOMINATE: Franklin Co. PEACE MAKER AWARDS DUE DATE EXTENDED: MAY 15 "NOMINATE A STUDENT in ONE-PAGE LETTER Each year the Interfaith Council of Franklin County and Traprock Peace Center invite neighbors and members of our school communities to name the most constructive peace making done by students in grades 9-12, living in Franklin County. One-page nomination letters are due to be post-marked or delivered by TUESDAY, May 15, 2007.   Mail or deliver your letter to Traprock Peace Center Deerfield, MA 01342 During the past six years a great variety of exemplary students have been honored. These students spoke up for respect, intervened in potentially violent situations, participated in youth theater projects to increase understanding and tolerance, organized peace rallies, began a recycling program and revitalized a greenhouse, organized a discussion forum, raised money for victims of genocide, participated as skilled mediators in school settings, and provided other community service. It's been an inspiration to hear about their initiatives and hear students comment on the need to make a difference.   The Interfaith Council and Traprock Peace Center honor students with five $100 awards annually and other cash awards, framed certificates, flowers, journals, refreshments, community recognition for their skill & care, and letters of recommendation. Interviews by reporters amplifies the work of these students. Planning is underway for an awards ceremony to be help in early June. This work is supported by donors to Traprock & the Interfaith Council of Franklin County, and of course by the encouragement of hard-working, conscientious faculty, staff and students in our public schools, and by visionary parents.  "

20070511 The Rising Tide Road Show is coming to Western Mass. "The Rising Tide Road Show's Climate Action Tour will have two performances in Western Massachusetts: May 11th 7 p.m. at Food For Thought Books in downtown Amherst AND May 12th at Noon on the steps of the Unitarian Universalist Society downtown Northampton between Town Hall and Pulaski Park. The Rising Tide Road Show's Climate Action Tour uses music, theater, and multi-media presentations to address climate change and environmental justice. It’s about the climate crisis, the new coal rush, direct action, debunking false solutions to climate change, anti-oppression, international resistance, and actions communities can take. The Road Show will travel the continent in a bus powered by recycled veggie oil, bringing the struggle for justice and sustainability to community centers, churches, and schools around the continent. For more info go to www.risingtidenorthamerica.org or email: enviroshow@valleyfreeradio.org"

20070511 HOUSE VOTES ON WAR PROFITS & SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING "Below find an action alert on the war funding bill the house will vote on later this week -- please adapt as you wish and pass it around.  UFPJ strongly opposes this response to Bush's veto.  We are producing talking points and further analysis of the bill, which will be posted on the legislative page of our website: http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?list=type&type=100 The majority of people believe as we do, the Congress must act to bring the troops home. There will be a series of struggles in the next weeks to amend the over all Defense Department budget.  UFPJ member groups need to find new ways to expand the voices being raised for Congressional action to bring the troops home. One bill won't end the occupation, but organizing mass pressure on the Congress will.   *****   The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on a rewritten funding bill for the war Thursday evening or Friday (May 10 or 11).   The new bill provides $40 billion immediately for the war in Iraq and contains no timeline or goals for troop withdrawal.  In addition, the bill attempts to coerce Iraq into opening up its vast oil reserves to U.S. and multi-national oil companies.  The bill sets the stage for another confrontation with the Bush Administration on Iraq in July.  The President will have to file progress reports to Congress before they will vote to release another $45 billion to extend the war through September.   This is an unacceptable capitulation to White House pressure. While creating new political problems for the President, it allows him to continue the escalation and persist in policies that have already failed. The promise of another Congressional vote in three months is no substitute for effective action to bring the troops home. We cannot stand by while Congress plays games with the lives of U.S. soldiers and Iraqis.   Call your Representative today.   Call the Capitol switchboard and ask for your Rep's office: 202-224-3121 Tell them: Bring all the troops home now. Vote NO on the FY2007 Supplemental War Appropriation - Congress should stop funding this war. One of the benchmarks Congress has included is that the Iraqi government pass an oil revenue sharing law.  I want Rep. X to understand that the law currently before the Iraqi parliament opens up Iraqi oil reserves to U.S. and multinational oil companies for their profit.  It is opposed by the Iraqi oil workers union and the U.S. peace movement.   Not sure who your Representative is?  Click here to find out [http://capwiz.com/fconl/directory/congdir.tt     Background: Although this two step approach represents progress -- by dragging out the funding process, Congress is obviously tightening the screws on the White House -- it also represents a continuation of the war. We have never supported a dime for this war, and we are not about to now.      How does this bill differ from the bill the President vetoed? - the bill is divided into two bills - one that primarily funds the wars and occupations of Iraq and Afganistan, and another that primarily funds domestic programs - the war funding bill provides the full $95.5 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afganistan -- but only $40 billion will be released immediately.  On July 13 the Administration must submit progress reports, congress will then vote on whether to release the remaining $45 billion. - there are no timelines, goals or deadlines for any troop withdrawals.  The bill does contain a 'sense of Congress"" provision that for each Iraqi battalion certified as proficient, a unit of U.S. troops of comparable size should be withdrawn. - that second vote in July provides a sop to progressives who aren't paying attention: it promises a vote on a bastardized version of the Lee amenedment (restricting funding to the safe and orderly withdrawal of troops).  But they have changed the amendment to allow huge loopholes to keep more troops in Iraq to kill and capture terrorists and to train Iraqi troops.   Benchmarks: This bill is all about benchmarks -- holding the Iraqi government to benchmarks, rather than holding the Bush administration accountable for its failed policy of war and occupation.  A key benchmark is requiring passage of an oil law, promoted in the media for its revenue sharing provisions -- but with a much darker side that would privatize Iraqi oil production and open up oil resources to multinational and U.S. oil companies.  The bill, virtually written by U.S. oil companies is strongly opposed by Iraqi oil workers and most members of Iraq's parliament.  UFPJ strongly opposes the oil law.   For additional analysis, please visit: http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?list=type&type=100  "

20070510 Emergency Rally - Amherst - No Degree for Andrew Card "This is in response to the university's decision to award a degree to Andrew Card, who set up the White House Iraq Group back in 2002 and led the U.S. to war. PLEASE FORWARD! EMERGENCY RALLY - NO DEGREE FOR CARD! THURSDAY, MAY 10, 12:30, WHITMORE ADMIN. BLDG, UMASS-AMHERST Graduate and undergraduate student leaders have called an emergency rally to demand that Chancellor Lombardi, University of Massachusetts President Jack Wilson and the Board of Trustees immediately revoke the offer of the honorary degree to Andrew Card, former White House Chief of Staff (2000-2006) and head of the White House Iraq Group. For more information, contact Jeff Napolitano: jeff@takebackumass.com (413) 320-6099"

20070510 "6:30 DIALOGUE: “How Does Religion Help or Hinder the Cause of Peace?"" GCC downto" "Participate in A Circle of Dialogue on the topic"" “How Does Religion Help or Hinder the Cause of Peace?"" Thursday, May 10, 2007 6:30 to 8:30 P.M. Downtown Campus, Greenfield Community College Join a community Circle of Dialogue to talk about the role of faith, personal values, religion and civic ideas in peacemaking. In dialogue circles of 8 to 12 people, we will express beliefs and listen to differences in an atmosphere of shared learning. Facilitators: The Interfaith Council of Franklin County The Peace Studies Department, Greenfield Community College For more information contact Sue Bowman at 413.772.6321"

20070510 "NOMINATE A HS PEACE MAKER, $100 awards" "Franklin County Peacemaker Awards: NOMINAIONS REQUESTED by MAY 12 Description: NOMINATE A STUDENT in ONE-PAGE LETTER Each year the Interfaith Council of Franklin County and Traprock Peace Center invite neighbors and members of our school communities to name the most constructive peace making done by students in grades 9-12, living in Franklin County. One-page nomination letters are due to be post-marked or delivered by May 12, 2007. Mail or deliver your letter to Traprock Peace Center Deerfield, MA 01342 During the past six years a great variety of exemplary students have been honored. These students spoke up for respect, intervened in potentially violent situations, participated in youth theater projects to increase understanding and tolerance, organized peace rallies, began a recycling program and revitalized a greenhouse, organized a discussion forum, raised money for victims of genocide, participated as skilled mediators in school settings, and provided other community service. It's been an inspiration to hear about their initiatives and hear students comment on the need to make a difference. The Interfaith Council and Traprock Peace Center honor students with five $100 awards annually and other cash awards, framed certificates, flowers, journals, refreshments, community recognition for their skill & care, and letters of recommendation. Interviews by reporters amplifies the work of these students. Planning is underway for an awards ceremony to be help in early June. This work is supported by donors to Traprock & the Interfaith Council of Franklin County, and of course by the encouragement of hard-working, conscientious faculty, staff and students in our public schools, and by visionary parents."

20070509 John Seed Evening Forum "Community Solutions to Global Warming. Climate Change: From Despair to Empowerment. An evening with John Seed from 7-9 pm, 2nd Congregational Church, Greenfield. Free. 6:30-7:00 Guitar & Voice by Pamela Wyn Shannon: Pastoral Songs Celebrating The Seasons, Botanica & Rural Rambling."

20070509 "John Seed: Community Solutions to Global Warming, GREENFIELD" "Community Solutions to Global Warming Climate Change: From Despair to Empowerment John Seed EVENING FORUMS Greenfield – 2nd Congregational Church - Wednesday, May 9th – 7-9 pm Amherst – University of Massachusetts - Thursday, May 10th – noon–2pm Northampton – Friends Meeting – 43 Center Street - Sunday, May 13th – 7-9 pm WORKSHOP S AT EARTHLANDS* May 12th 9:30am – 5:30 pm & May 13th 9:30 am - 5:30 pm *Workshop Pre-Registration Required: earthlands@earthlands.org or 978-724-3428 Co-sponsors: Earthlands, Traprock Peace Center, 2nd Congregation al Church of Greenfield, Sirius Community, The Hampshire Interfaith Council’s Environmental Task Force"

20070506 "Appeal for Redress, with Jonathan Hutto, SPRINGFIELD" "Talk by Jonathan Hutto, a Navy seaman and founder of the Appeal for Redress, an appeal to Congress to end the Iraq war from active duty military personnel (over 1700 signers to date). Topic: Opposition to the war from within the military. Contact: Sally Weiss (windyday32@earthlink.net) or Carl Moos (cjmoos@crocker.com) Co-sponsored by Traprock Peace Center, Arise for Social Justice, American Friends Service Committee and the Norhtampton Committee to End the War in Iraq. Date and location to be confirmed."

20070506 "Jonathan Hutto, APPEAL FOR REDRESS, 2PM, Springfield" "Sunday May 6, 2pm, Christ Church, Springfield Hear Jonathan Hutto, a Navy seaman and founder of the Appeal for Redress, an appeal to Congress to end the Iraq war from active duty military personnel (over 1700 signers to date). Topic: Opposition to the war from within the military. Contact: Sally Weiss (windyday32@earthlink.net) or Carl Moos (cjmoos@crocker.com) Co-sponsored by Traprock Peace Center, Arise for Social Justice, American Friends Service Committee and the Norhtampton Committee to End the War in Iraq. Christ Church is one block east of Dwight Street, off Chestnut (which is northbound), and just south of Edwards Street. Directions: From the NORTH, Use Exit 7 from I-91, marked ""Columbus Avenue, Springfield Center."" Turn LEFT at the first light (opposite Memorial Bridge) and go through TWO lights (crossing E. Columbus Ave. and Main St.). After the Civic Center (on your right), turn RIGHT onto Dwight St. Cross State St. at the next light, then get into the LEFT lane and reverse direction by driving around a lefthand curve. At the traffic light, you’ll go across State St. again, and Christ Church Cathedral is immediately on your right, at the top of the little hill. We share a driveway with the Quadrangle (Library & Museums Association), before the Cathedral building itself. Complete directions and link to a map at : http://www.christchurchcathedralspringfield.org/directions.html"

20070506 "Noon Peace Vigils - Amherst, Cambridge, Newburyport!" "Noon Peace Vigils - Amherst, Cambridge, Newburyport! Description: There has been a vigil on the Amherst Common on Sundays for 27 years. Hardy neighbors stand for peace. Choose your sign or banner, honk & wave, or see one of the 200 flyers passed out each week. Visit over tea or lunch afterwards across the street? You can help make peace real in our lives and in the world. Here's a simple place to start. More Peace Vigils: In Cambridge, MA - Noon (approx) to 1:30 at Cambridge Common, Mass Ave & Garden Street. Also on Sundays in Newburyport, 12-1 pm, Market Square in Newburyport If you have a sign and a car, you can use it as a sun-shade this summer, and have it handy for spontaneous vigils and demonstrations. Everywhere you park, your message will be seen. Seeing citizens take action spontaneously suggests that, ""The Times they are a changin'!'"""

20070506 "6PM, CENTERING PRAYER: Deep Healing For the Soul" "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jeanne Douillard, 413-774-0215; handscapespotter@verizon.net Armand Proulx, 413-774-4355; armandp@crocker.com NEWSPAPER ARTICLE: (Greenfield, MA) Father Thomas Keating, currently residing at the Trappist Monastery in Snowmass, Colorado, and the inspiration behind the international Centering Prayer movement, will be speaking on Centering Prayer at the Second Congregational Church in Greenfield, Massachusetts on Sunday, May 6 from 6 pm to 8 pm. The talk is entitled “Centering Prayer: Deep Healing For the Soul.” This is an interfaith event to which all are welcome. Centering Prayer is a form of meditation for all. Adults, and yes, even children, can learn how to apply this simple method to enhance their daily lives. The world we live in is hectic and fear-filled. Come learn how to create a peace-filled place in your hearts. The two-hour event from 6 pm to 8 pm on Sunday, May 6th, which will include a talk by Father Keating as well as a 10-minute meditation “practice” session, will end with a question and answer period followed by a book signing and reception in the parish hall. A bookstore will also be available for those wishing to purchase books. For more information, please contact Jeanne Douillard at (413) 774-0125. The inspiration for Centering Prayer, which was developed by Father Keating and two other Trappist monks, sprang from an interest in eastern meditation traditions as well as the history of the Christian contemplative tradition. In the mid 1970’s, when Father Thomas Keating, then abbot of the Trappist Monastery in Spencer, Massachusetts, began exploring the history of Christian meditation, the Reverend Armand Proulx, current pastor of Second Congregational Church in Greenfield, Massachusetts was a Catholic priest in the LaSalette Community and serving as chairperson of the Spiritual Life Committee of the Conference of Major Superiors of Men in the United States. Both men, along with a few others, became involved in presenting Centering Prayer to the larger community outside the monastery walls. Concerning the name of the movement, Father Basil Pennington writes the following in the introduction to Centering Prayer in Daily Life and Ministry, edited by Gustave Reininger. Centering prayer – the name has certainly caught on. I can remember well when it first began to be used. It was at the first prayershop we did outside the monastic retreat house. There was a team working with me. In the course of this initial prayershop I quoted (Thomas Merton) frequently, using such quotations as “The best way to come to God is to go to your own center and pass through to the center into the center of God.” Father Armand Proulx…began to call our ‘Prayer of the Cloud’ Centering Prayer. Our traditional little method came home from the prayershop with a new name. In 1984, Father Keating founded Contemplative Outreach, an organization that promotes Centering Prayer to people all over the world. This organization acts as a support system for those who practice Centering Prayer. He has written dozens of books on the subject and travels widely, promoting and teaching Centering Prayer. He has regularly appeared on panels with the Dalai Lama and other religious leaders. Father Keating, a graduate of Deerfield Academy and Yale and Fordham Universities, has been engaged in dialogue with people of all faiths for many years. He is a member of the International Committee for Peace Council which fosters dialogue and cooperation among the world religions and a member of the Snowmass Interreligious Conference, a group of teachers from the world religions who meet yearly to share the experience of the spiritual journey in their respective traditions. The event at Second Congregational Church on May 5th crosses all religious lines. It is for anyone interested in finding a way to quiet themselves in a busy hectic world. Visit Second Church’s website for driving directions, www.crocker.com/~sccucc ----------------------------------------------------- From that ""peace-filled place in your hearts"" join us in speaking up for an end to the 'legalization' of torture by the US Congress. Join us in reaching out to youth to support their peace work, with your one-page nomination letter for a Franklin County, Massachusetts high school student to receive one of five $100 prizes - the Peace Maker Awards. The awards ceremony is a delight. Details to be announced. Letters are due to be post marked or delivered by May 10 to: Traprock Peace Center Deerfield, MA 01342"

20070505 FIVE RIVERS COUNCIL Community Gathering "Second Five Rivers Council Community Gathering What: FIVE RIVERS COUNCIL OPEN SPACE When: SATURDAY, MAY 5, 2007 10:30-supper option at 7PM Bring lunch and perhaps a $10 donation? Where: Four Rivers Charter School, 248 Colrain Rd, Greenfield (north of Greenfield Community College) You are invited to attend the 2nd Five Rivers Council Gathering which promises to be an inspiring day of openness, sharing, empowerment, and genuine community that can lead to various forms of action. The day is designed to respond to the needs and desires that have been voiced in the monthly meetings of the Five Rivers Council since the October 2006 Inaugural Event, but you needn't have been at that event to come. The Theme of the day is ""How to make our local community ‘Healthy, Equitable, and Sustainable.'"" We will be using a meeting process designed by Harrison Owen called ""Open Space Technology"" that wonderfully supports the pursuit of those activities for which there is passion and energy. You will be invited to consider what speaks to your heart about this theme and how you feel committed to act upon it. If inspired, you will be encouraged to announce and post your topic and to convene a 1 _ hour discussion around it. You don't need to be an expert, just willing to share your ideas with others who have a similar concern. The afternoon will be built around the offered topics, with multiple discussion groups running concurrently in three sessions. You can attend any groups to which you are drawn with the flexibility to move to a different topic group at any time. All that is required is that you show up with an openness to share, learn and choose how to act. You can read more about this approach at htpp:/openspaceworld.com/briefhistory.htm and at htpp://www.co-intelligence.org/P-Openspace.html. The Day: May 5, 2007 The Time: 10:30 am -7 pm with optional 7-9 dinner and social Place: Four Rivers School, 248 Colrain Rd, Greenfield Suggested donation: $10 o Bring a bag lunch. Beverages will be available. At 7 a simple dinner will be served with time to socialize and celebrate afterwards. Youth are welcome to participate. Please pre-register for childcare. We look forward to seeing you there and continuing to co-create our local community with intention Please register: NAME: ADDRESS E-MAIL PREREGISTRATION FOR CHILDCARE CHECK HERE IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE ON E-MAIL LIST MAIL TO FIVE RIVERS COUNCIL C/O CARLSON PO BOX 1263 GREENFIELD, MA 010302"

20070505 "Rachel Carson's 100th Birthday! JAMAICA PLAIN, MA" "Rachel Carson's 100th Birthday! Sat May 5 7:30pm JAMAICA PLAIN, MA Concert for Boston Climate Action Network & Celebration of Rachel Carson's 100th Birthday! Central Congregational Church, 85 Seaverns Ave. (half block from Green St. Station, Orange Line). With Magpie, Dean Stevens and Geoff Bartley. Tickets: $20, sliding scale, kids free. Come on the T and get $2 off! Directions: http:/www.centralcongregational.org. Reservations and info: 617-869-3014 and http://www.massclimateaction.org/boston.htm"

20070505 "Clamshell ALLIANCE Anniversary Party, Stories Sought, Boston" "It's been 30 years since the big occupation at Seabrook. This Saturday old clams in the Boston area are invited to a party at Robin's house, 79m-until late. Please email her for details at: rthompson53@comcast.net To the Village Square is a project collecting the wisdom of the Clamshell Alliance, needed as old reactors are running beyond design capacity. The Vernon reactor has requested a 20-year license extension, but catch 22 provides that on the very next day after a 20-year license extension is granted reactor owners can put in a request for another 20 years, and it can be approved with no public input! Don't you love the NRC -- the Nation's Real __________, posing as a Nuclear Regulatory Commission! --------------------------------- To reach To the Village Square, a project affiliated with Traprock Peace Center: http://www.clamshell-tvs.org E-mail: info@clamshell-tvs.org Clamshell-TVS PO Box 1554 Portsmouth, NH 03801-1554 Telephone: (978) 864-9494"

20070505 "Clamshell ALLIANCE Anniversary Party, Stories Sought, Boston" "Anniversary Party Saturday, May 5, 2007 in Boston Robin Thompson is having a party at her house at 7:00pm, near Newton Corner Contact her at rt@rthompson.net, 781-718-5153 for Address and to RSVP Pass the word and/or send her Contact Info Please bring Buttons,T-Shirts, Posters, Stories…, Food & Drink We have already heard of at least one Western Massachusetts affinity group getting back together as the 30th anniversary of the 1977 Seabrook occupation approaches. If you are planning an affinity group reunion, please let TVS know. We would like to encourage you to share your collective memories with us, preferably on videotape and in response to four specific questions:? How did you get involved in the Clamshell? What?s a favorite Clamshell story? What do you think is the Clamshell legacy? What are your memories about the decision to change the 1978 site occupation to a legal demonstration?"

20070505 LEARN TO WIN! Legislative Training and Strategy Session "•Learn the “ins-and-outs” of the Massachusetts legislative process. •Gain experience lobbying, organizing and strategizing through a fun, hands-on workshop. •Take action for a safer and healthier environment."

20070504 """On Poetry & Spirituality""" "A Panel Discussion with Poets Ifeanyi Menkiti, Judith Valente, and Charles Reynard The Lay Committee on Contemporary Spiritual-&-Public Concerns (the “CSPC Committee”) of St. Paul Parish, Cambridge, will hold the eleventh and final lecture of its series on Friday, May 4, 2007, 7:30-9:00 pm. St. Paul parishioner and Grolier Poetry Book Shop Owner/Proprietor, Professor Ifeanyi Menkiti of Wellesley College will moderate a panel discussion entitled, “On Poetry and Spirituality.” Guest panelists include noted poet and journalist, Judith Valente, and esteemed poet and judge, the Hon. Charles Reynard. This event will be held at St. Paul Parish, 29 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA. A reception will follow."

20070504 "Nat'l WAR TAX RESISTANCE GATHERING, May 4-6, Sherborn, MA" "Nat'l WAR TAX RESISTANCE GATHERING, May 4-6, At the Peace Abbey, Sherborn, Massachusetts Refusng to pay for war starts with the individual, in our hearts and minds. ""I know what the money does, now, what am I going to do about it?"" War tax resistance has a long history documented by members of the Pioneer Valley War Tax Resisters. This gathering is hosted by New England War Tas Resistance and the Peace Abbey, in Sherborn, MA. Organizers hope to be joined by representatives from Accion Colectiva de Objetores y Objetoras de Conciencia in Columbia. Friday evening and Saturday have an informal conference format with workshops and open discssions on a variety of topics. Many forms of war tax resistance are legal. Come find out how your neighbors are responding to the moral challenges of a world at war, often in the service of war profiteers. Come for all or part. $15 registration suggested for the entire week-end. Participants will be asked to help with preparation and clean-up of simple vegetarian meals. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. For details, see http://nwtrcc.org Contact: nwtrcc@nwtrcc.org 800 269- 7464 Hear Cindy Sheehan's appeal for war tax resistance and nonviolent revolution at http://www.grassrootspeace.org"

20070504 "War Tax RESISTANCE Gathering, Sherborn, May 4-6" "National War Tax Resistance Gathering May 4-6 This Gathering brings together individuals just considering resistance, quietly dedicated resisters, and vocal organizers to learn from each other, strengthen our network, and inform our continued resistance whatever form it takes. You are invited to learn more about war tax resistance / refusal - at the Peace Abbey in Sherborn MA May 4-6. Resistance can mean simply speaking up to object to paying for war; war tax refusal can mean reducing your income to below taxable levels, bacause you can no longer continue to pay for murderous wars. For more information and registration form go to link below: http://www.nwtrcc.org/peaceabbey.pdf"

20070503 "MASS CITIZENS AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY, Springfield" "First Thursdays MASS CITIZENS AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY 7-8:30pm, Unitarian-Universalist Society, 245 Porter Lake Drive, Springfield. Planning 2007 Sacco/Vanzetti Night, August 23. Info: 567-3451, mailto:mcadp1@aol.com or mailto:CAJOWL66@aol.com or Beth Moriarty, mailto:carys96@earthlink.net."

20070502 "FREE CONCERT with EMMA's REVOLUTION, Colby College, WATERVILLE, ME" "Wed May 2 8:30pm WATERVILLE, ME Foss Dining Hall, Colby College. Sponsored by the Bridge, the Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies Program, and Student Activities. Free and open to the public! Info: Erica Ciszek at elciszek@colby.edu."

20070502 "MAY Day, MAY DAY, May is my MARATHON for Traprock." "MAY Day, MAY DAY, May is my MARATHON for Traprock. Traprock Peace Center has rented the brown house on Woolman Hill for 27.7 years. This summer Woolman Hill wants to expand, and we need to move. However you want advocate for peace, please how your dedication can attract other friends to become founders and supporters of a new Traprock. * MOTHERS' Day is the original peace holiday. Make a gift to honor your mother, your grandmother, or your great aunt. * Pledge a modest amount monthly and send it on the first of the month, or full moon. * Plan a spring tag sale with a neighbor and clean up for peace! * Plan a house concert -- split the proceeds between the musician and Traprock. Chose something you enjoy and plan a marathon. Collect pledges and invite friends to endorse you pledging $2 per hour or $3 per hour for ... a day full of singing on the street reading poetry at a cafe quilting at a church jumping rope at the Energy park dancing in the street -- have a block party! telling jokes by farmers market giving massages all morning playing theater games on community TV or making peach pies for impeachment. * Be delighted with your depth: Dig deep and write a check for $1,000. * Figure out how much your family spent on war through taxes last year and pledge that amount. Contributions to Traprock are tax deductible. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * PLEASE NOTE: If Traprock organizes a fund-raising event, we must take out an insurance ryder for events off-site. If you organize yourself enjoying a usual hobby, and later give to Traprock, your own customary coverage should apply. Easy does it -- Our energies rise like sap in the spring. Our hopes for peace converge, like the swelling rivers. Our neighbors drive by and six cars honk at once for peace. Oh the times they are a changin!"

20070502 "A True History of Fake News, forwarded by PR Watch" "A True History of Fake News Source: Columbia Journalism Review, March/April 2007 http://www.prwatch.org/node/5981 Jon Stewart's parody news show may make him ""the most trusted name in fake news,"" but these days it ""comes at us from every quarter of the media,"" writes journalism professor Robert Love — ""not just as satire but disguised as the real thing, secretly paid for by folks who want to remain in the shadows. And though much of it is clever, it's not all funny."" Love recounts some of the memorable frauds that have filled newspaper pages in the past: the New York Sun's Great Moon Hoax of 1835, Mark Twain's ""petrified man,"" and H.L. Mencken's fabricated 75th anniversary of the bathtub. More recently, he notes, video news releases and pundits-for-hire like Armstrong Williams have ushered in an era where new technologies make it ""easier to deliver the news and also easier to fake it,"" while ""falling circulation, diminishing news budgets, and dismantled staffs"" have given ""third-party players — government, industry, politicians, you name 'em — sleeker weapons and greater power to turn the authority of the press to their own ends: to disseminate propaganda, disinformation, advertising, politically strategic misinformation — to in effect use the media to distort reality."""

20070501 "May Day IMMIGRANTs’ Vigil, Pittsfield, MA" "May Day Immigrants’ Vigil Berkshire County organizations Manos Unidas and the Berkshire Immigrant Center, together with other local immigrant advocacy groups, will hold a vigil on Tuesday, May 1st at Park Square in Pittsfield, MA from 4:00pm to 6:00 pm. The event is part of the May Day National Mobilization to Support Immigrant Workers’ Rights and the ""Day Without Immigrants."" This is a planned day of action by numerous youth, labor, peace and advocacy groups across America to show solidarity and support for immigrant workers’ rights. Marches, teach-ins, and vigils will be held across the country in order to focus attention on the contributions made by our immigrant communities, to combat anti-immigrant sentiment, and to advocate for much-needed comprehensive immigration reform. The second annual Pittsfield vigil will include petition signing, dissemination of information on immigrants’ rights, planning and brainstorming for future actions, as well as street theater, kids’ activities, and tasty ethnic treats! Participants are encouraged to wear white t-shirts as a sign of participation and solidarity. The event aims to mobilize a strong contingent of supporters to show that the Berkshires is a diverse community that respects and appreciates peoples from all races, classes, and cultures. Manos Unidas is a grassroots, multicultural community empowerment organization founded in 2001 by local Latino and supporting community members. The organization works alongside Latino, immigrant, and other underrepresented community members to build a culture of ""beloved community"" that crosses borders of race, class, culture, gender, language, and geography. For more information, contact Anaelisa Vanegas, Manos Unidas/Hands United at 413-243-9121 or manosunidasorg@gmail.com. The Berkshire Immigrant Center provides citizenship assistance, immigration information, advocacy, referrals, and counseling to the growing immigrant communities in Berkshire County. The Center also sponsors monthly walk-in clinics for local residents to get free consultations with a qualified immigration attorney. The program is under the auspices of Berkshire Community Action Council and is funded in part by the Berkshire United Way, the City of Pittsfield, the Mass Bar Foundation, the Berkshire Bank Foundation, the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, and the Citizenship for New Americans Program. The Center is located in the First Baptist Church at 88 South Street, Pittsfield. For more information about the Berkshire Immigrant Center, please call (413) 445-4881 or email info@berkshireic.com."

20070501 "MAY DAY IMMIGRANTS’ Vigil, Pittsfield, MA" "May Day Immigrants’ Vigil Berkshire County organizations Manos Unidas and the Berkshire Immigrant Center, together with other local immigrant advocacy groups, will hold a vigil on Tuesday, May 1st at Park Square in Pittsfield, MA from 4:00pm to 6:00 pm. The event is part of the May Day National Mobilization to Support Immigrant Workers’ Rights and the ""Day Without Immigrants."" This is a planned day of action by numerous youth, labor, peace and advocacy groups across America to show solidarity and support for immigrant workers’ rights. Marches, teach-ins, and vigils will be held across the country in order to focus attention on the contributions made by our immigrant communities, to combat anti-immigrant sentiment, and to advocate for much-needed comprehensive immigration reform. The second annual Pittsfield vigil will include petition signing, dissemination of information on immigrants’ rights, planning and brainstorming for future actions, as well as street theater, kids’ activities, and tasty ethnic treats! Participants are encouraged to wear white t-shirts as a sign of participation and solidarity. The event aims to mobilize a strong contingent of supporters to show that the Berkshires is a diverse community that respects and appreciates peoples from all races, classes, and cultures. Manos Unidas is a grassroots, multicultural community empowerment organization founded in 2001 by local Latino and supporting community members. The organization works alongside Latino, immigrant, and other underrepresented community members to build a culture of ""beloved community"" that crosses borders of race, class, culture, gender, language, and geography. For more information, contact Anaelisa Vanegas, Manos Unidas/Hands United at 413-243-9121 or manosunidasorg@gmail.com. The Berkshire Immigrant Center provides citizenship assistance, immigration information, advocacy, referrals, and counseling to the growing immigrant communities in Berkshire County. The Center also sponsors monthly walk-in clinics for local residents to get free consultations with a qualified immigration attorney. The program is under the auspices of Berkshire Community Action Council and is funded in part by the Berkshire United Way, the City of Pittsfield, the Mass Bar Foundation, the Berkshire Bank Foundation, the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, and the Citizenship for New Americans Program. The Center is located in the First Baptist Church at 88 South Street, Pittsfield. For more information about the Berkshire Immigrant Center, please call (413) 445-4881 or email info@berkshireic.com."

20070501 "Be the Change Conference ... on Industry & Ecosystems, May 1-3, HOUSTON, TX" "May 1 - 3 Be the Change Conference, Rice University, Houston, TX The Impact of the Current Industrial Philosophies on Ecosystems For more information please log onto www.bethechangeusa.net"

20070430 Clamshell Solidarity Demo + Pot-luck "Please call if you'd like to demonstrate on this 30th anniversary of the Clamshell alliance occupation of the Seabrook nuclear reactor site in NH. 1400 were arrested and held at an armory. Two weeks gave those arrested lots of time to organize. No new reactors have been built since. I want to be out on the street, 4:30-5:30. 6 PM Pot-luck at Traprock. Invite old clams? New clams welcome!! Share your story. RSVP 413 773-7427"

20070430 "30th ANNIVERSARY OF THE SEABROOK OCCUPATION, Clamshell Alliance" "April 30, 1977- 2007 Anniversary. Press release. April 5th, 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 6, 2007 CONTACT: Tom Wyatt 978-544-3911, email: tom@clamshell-tvs.org Subject: Anniversary of Massive Nuclear Power Protest at Seabrook National No Nukes campaign that stopped the U.S. nuclear industry cold began at Seabrook Thirty years after their arrest for taking over the construction site of the Seabrook, N.H, nuclear plant, veterans of the Clamshell Alliance say nuclear power is still not a solution to our energy needs. “Nuclear power plants weren’t safe thirty years ago and they aren’t safe now,” says Arnie Alpert, a member of the anti-nuclear Clamshell Alliance in the 1970s and 80s. “There still is no viable plan for safe and permanent storage of thousands of tons of radioactive waste — waste that is vulnerable to terrorist attacks.” “Seabrook and other nuclear plants are pre-deployed weapons of mass destruction,” said Alpert, now the N.H. Coordinator for the American Friends Service Committee. April 30, 2007 marks the 30th anniversary of the huge protest organized by the Clamshell Alliance in 1977. Over 1400 activists nonviolently occupied the Seabrook construction site, were arrested and held in NH armories for up to 2 weeks. This demonstration sparked the national anti-nuclear movement. The Seabrook Station nuclear power plant finally began producing electricity in 1990, but only after its owners declared bankruptcy and at only half the capacity and over ten times the cost of the original project. Nationally, no new nuclear plants have been licensed since then. “A strong grassroots movement halted nuclear power 30 years ago. The occupations became touchstones, sparking similar nonviolent protests across the country and internationally. This is a powerful story,” says Kristie Conrad, another Clamshell Alliance member and spokesperson for To the Village Square: Nukes, Clams & Democracy, a new anti-nuclear project that tells the story of the Clamshell as a successful exercise in democracy. Conrad, who lives less than 2 miles from the Seabrook reactor with her family, went on to say that “The dangers still exist. Mega corporations are running the industry for profit with no regard for people’s safety and health. We need a Manhattan Project for safe, renewable energy.” The Manhattan Project was the federal initiative in the 1940’s that developed nuclear technology. To the Village Square: Nukes, Clams & Democracy takes its name from Albert Einstein, who wrote in 1946: “To the village square we must carry the facts of atomic energy. From there must come America’s voice.” The project began with the annual Clamshell reunion in 2006 - sharing stories of the past, rekindling friendships and learning about the resurgence of the nuclear industry. It has grown to have an extensive website that documents the resistance to Seabrook HYPERLINK “http://www.clamshell-tvs.org/” (http://www.clamshell-tvs.org) and plans for a book and exhibit. The Clamshell reunion this year is the weekend of July 27-29 at the World Fellowship in Conway, NH. For more information, to go: ( HYPERLINK “http://www.worldfellowship.org/” www.worldfellowship.org) The nuclear power industry has launched a massive public relations and lobby campaign to present itself as an answer to global warming. “Despite this well-oiled industry campaign and increased federal subsidies, nuclear energy can not be part of the solution,” said Paul Gunter, a Clamshell founder and Director of the Reactor Watchdog Project at the Nuclear Information & Resource Service. Gunter explained, “A nuclear power relapse would squander precious resources needed to slow and reverse global warming. Building more nukes will also create hundreds of thousands of tons of unmanaged lethal radioactive waste, accelerate the spread of nuclear weapons and result in more Chernobyl-scale atomic disasters.”"

20070430 "Iraq and the Lessons of Vietnam, South Hadley" "April 30 • Monday • 7 pm Marilyn Young Iraq and the Lessons of Vietnam Or, How Not to Learn from the Past From the launch of the “Shock and Awe” invasion in March 2003 through President Bush’s declaration of “Mission Accomplished” two months later, the war in Iraq was meant to demonstrate definitively that the United States had learned the lessons of Vietnam. This new book makes clear that the opposite is more true — that U.S. foreign policy makers have learned little from the past. Celebrated historians Marilyn B. Young and Lloyd Gardner bring together the country’s leading historians of the Vietnam experience to consider how America has again found itself in the midst of a war in which there is no chance of a speedy victory or a sweeping regime change. “Iraq is not Vietnam, the makers of war tell us, hoping we will forget. The writers in this volume insist that we remember, and in these thoughtful, sobering essays they explain why. It is history at its best, meaning, at its most useful.” —Howard Zinn, author of Vietnam: The Logic of Withdrawal, A People’s History of the United States."

20070429 "NOON Peace Vigils - Amherst, Cambridge, Newburyport!" "There has been a vigil on the Amherst Common on Sundays for 27 years. Hardy neighbors stand for peace. Choose your sign or banner, honk & wave, or see one of the 200 flyers passed out each week. Visit over tea or lunch afterwards across the street? You can help make peace real in our lives and in the world. Here's a simple place to start. More Peace Vigils: In Cambridge, MA - Noon (approx) to 1:30 at Cambridge Common, Mass Ave & Garden Street. Also on Sundays in Newburyport, 12-1 pm, Market Square in Newburyport If you have a sign and a car, you can use it as a sun-shade this summer, and have it handy for spontaneous vigils and demonstrations. Everywhere you park, your message will be seen. Seeing citizens take action spontaneously suggests that, ""The Times they are a changin'!'"""

20070428 "ACTV SPRING WORKSHOP, Media Outreach for Nonprofits, Amherst" "SPECIAL ACTV SPRING WORKSHOP for Grassroots Organizations and Area Non-profits Now is the Time: Alternative Media and Grassroots Organizations Date and Time: Saturday, April 28, 2007, 11:00 AM-3:00 PM. A light lunch will be provided. Place: ACTV Studios, 246 College St., Amherst, MA, 01002. Guest Instructor: Dr. Carlos Fontes, Professor of Communications, Worcester State College, Founder, Worcester IndyMedia, Member, Western Mass IndyMedia. Description: Grassroots organizations tend to think of alternative media like Amherst Community Television simply as a means to record events, but alternative media can be used as a much more powerful and effective tool. This workshop will introduce participants to several methods of using alternative media to strengthen an organization and help it achieve its goals. Drawing from concrete examples worldwide, the workshop will analyze, step-by-step, ways in which alternative media can be integrated into a campaign and used as an outreach tool. The workshop will begin with an overview of alternative media in the United States and worldwide, and the ways in which alternative media functions at the levels of small groups, organizations, communities and social movements. Next we will look at concrete examples of alternative media use, showing excerpts of various videos. After lunch, in the third section of the workshop, the participants and the workshop leader will brainstorm how alternative media can be used effectively in their own organizations. Workshop Fee: $10 (Regular Individual); $5 (Students and Seniors); $25 (Organization—up to 5 members may attend; this fee can be deducted from an ACTV organizational membership). To Register: please call Gretchen Saathoff, ACTV Office Manager, at (413) 256-1010. The workshop is limited to 16 people. For more information: contact Carlos Fontes (cfontes@worcester.edu) or Josna Rege (josnarege@comcast.net)."

20070428 "Saturday PEACE Vigils - 11am, Greenfield, Northampton, Sunderland, MA" "Saturday PEACE Vigils - 11am-NOON, Greenfield, Northampton, Sunderland, MA From 11am-noon on Saturdays, Franklin County neighbors and Traprock friends gather to stand for peace. Some prefer to sit in silence, many like to chat, and some like to engage the public with ardent hope. Whatever your ways to make peace, all are welcome! This is a permitted vigil on the grass. We ask that no one hang signs on fences, sign posts, or in the trees, as per Greenfield directives. Drivers love a ""HONK for PEACE"" sign, (which we would generally not use in a residential neighborhood). Come speak up for peace! Come offer passersby a wave and a peace sign! You'll find us at the center of town, and at the center of your hopes on any good day."

20070428 Impeachment Resoulution - sample text "Resolution to Impeach Bush & Cheney WHEREAS, George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney have acted in a manner contrary to their trust as President and Vice President, subversive of constitutional government to the great prejudice of the cause of law and justice, and to the manifest injury of the people of California and the United States of America, by intentionally disseminating and propagating knowingly false and fabricated “evidence” regarding the threat from Iraq in order to wage an illegal war against a sovereign nation in violation of Title 18 United States Code, Section 371; and WHEREAS, George W. Bush further acted to strip American citizens of their constitutional rights in violation of the 4th Amendment to the US Constitution, by ordering the National Security Agency to conduct electronic surveillance of American civilians without seeking warrants from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review, duly constituted by Congress in 1978, in violation of Title 50 United States Code, Section 1805; and, by suspending or denying the rights guaranteed by the Writ of Habeas Corpus by ordering infinite detention without access to legal counsel, without charge and without the opportunity to appear before a civil judicial officer to challenge the detention, based solely on the discretionary designation by the President of a US citizen as an “enemy combatant,” all in subversion of law; and WHEREAS, George W. Bush, in violation of the US Constitution Article I Section 1, overstepped his legal authority by the use of signing statements used to ignore or circumvent portions of over 750 Congressional statutes he brought into law, including an amendment to the 2006 Defense Appropriations bill outlawing the use of “cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment” of prisoners in custody of the United States , thereby conspiring with Richard B. Cheney to commit torture of prisoners in violation of the “Federal Torture Act” Title 18 United States Code, Section 113C, the UN Torture Convention and the Geneva Convention, which under Article VI of the Constitution are part of the “supreme Law of the Land”; therefore, BE IT RESOLVED that George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney, by such conduct, warrant impeachment and trial, and removal from office and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit under the United States; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the California Democratic Party commit to move the Legislature of the State of California to act under Section LIII, Section 603 of the Jefferson Manual and the Hinds Precedents, which allow impeachment to be set in motion “by charges transmitted from the legislature of a state”; and that the State Legislature, having acted through resolution to cause to be instituted in the Congress of the United States, in concert with their oath of office to defend the United States Constitution, proper proceedings for the investigation of the allegations against George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney, shall then transmit a copy of this resolution and its adoption by the Legislature to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, under the great seal of the State of California, marked with the word “Petition” at the top of the document and containing the authorizing signature of the Secretary of State; and that the Speaker of the House of Representatives, in conjunction with the Constitutional duty granted the office, shall route the petition to the House Judiciary Committee for consideration. Submitted by D. Joye Swan"

20070428 "Sustainable Energy Summit, Co-op Power+ at Smith, Northampton" "Co-op Power is co-hosting the 3rd Annual Sustainable Energy Summit, which is being held on Saturday, April 28th at Smith College Performing Arts Center & McConnell Hall. The Summit will provide a forum for community members and organizations to gather learn from each other and discuss the predominant energy issues that we are faced with today. We have some amazing guest speakers lined up for the summit! Richard Heinberg is one of the world's foremost educators on Peak Oil will speak on evidence of oil production peaking around the world and the ways local communities are working together to transition off of fossil fuels. Siegfried Finser is one of the founders of the Rudolf Steiner Foundation (RSF) and the author of the recently published book Money Can Heal. Finser will speak on money as a transformative agent in society, looking at how we can create community-ownership of the resources we depend on most. Alan Mulak is an experienced energy consultant who will walk university leaders and municipal leaders through the process of developing a sustainable energy plan. Gus Newport, the former mayor of Berkeley California and former director of the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative in Roxbury MA, will speak on race, class, and energy to help us all better understand how to build a just new energy system that benefits all people in our communities. The Pioneer Valley Planning Commission and the Franklin Regional Council of Governments will present a Five Year Clean Energy Plan for 69 towns that has been developed using a participatory planning process in W. Mass. We have 5 innovative and thought provoking workshop tracks for the summit; Key Reasons for Clean Energy; Sustainable Energy Options for you Today; Energy, Race and Class; Sustainable Energy Options for Municipalities and University Leaders; Building Thriving Local Economies; and the Community Dialogue. The Community Dialogue track is a fresh idea that includes two sessions that will lean into some of the issues that are making it difficult for our communities to site new renewable energy generation including biomass, wind, and issues of size, ownership and land use. This is a participatory track that begins with a moch debate about the topic, presented by high schools students from around the region. The workshops will have interfaith clergy and elected officials who supply guidance and support to help find common ground between both sides of the presented topic. As an important business in the region with a commitment to renewable energy, we are asking The Bank of Western Massachusetts to join us as a sponsor of this work to build a renewable energy future for our region. We hope you will consider donating $1000 to pay for speakers and event expenses. Sponsorship benefits include: ?&#61472;&#61472;Your organization will be listed on at least three different materials as a supporter of the event. So far Smith College and the Mass Division of Energy Resources, Center for Ecological Technology, NESEA, Pioneer Valley Planning Commission, Franklin Regional Council of Governments, River Valley Market and Clean Water Action and Stan Rosenberg have signed on to cosponsor with us. We are asking organizations and individuals who would like to sponsor the summit to consider contributing in one or more of the following ways: ? Donate at one of the following levels to pay for the keynote speakers and direct expenses: ? Contributor, $1-$500 ? Supporter, $501-$750 ? Sponsor, $751-$1000 ? &#61472;Sustainer, $1000 and beyond. ?&#61472; &#61472;Help bring people to the summit with invitations in your newsletters, list servs, meeting announcements, etc. ?&#61472;Have a table in the exhibit hall. (A minimum $50 donation required). We hope you'll be able to support this important conference!. To sign up as an event sponsor or for further information contact me by phone or email. If I haven't heard from you in a few days I will call to follow-up and make sure you have received this email. I look forward to being in touch. Thank you for considering our request! Sincerely, Alyssa McKim, Event Coordinator alyssa@cooppower.coop 413-772-8898"

20070427 """OUTLAWED"" Film about TORTURE, Mt. Toby Meeting, Leverett" "The film, “Outlawed”: Extraordinary Rendition, Torture and Disappearances in the “War on Terror,” features the testimony of Khaled El-Masri and Binyam Mohamed, two men who have suffered these abuses at the hands of U.S. government agents and the agents of at least four other governments in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. “Outlawed”, co-produced by a coalition of 14 human rights groups in the United States and in Europe, presents the real life consequences of the U.S. government's disregard for international legal instruments dealing with respect for fundamental rights. The film will be shown at the Mount Toby Friends meetinghouse, 194 Long Plain Road (Route 63), Leverett (driving directions here), at 7pm on Friday, April 27th. Free."

20070427 "Verdict in Iowa, THE OCCUPATION PROJECT" The eleven Iowans arrested Feb. 26 outside Sen. Grassley's Cedar Rapids office had their day in court yesterday. The eleven were part of VCNV's Occupation Project. Kathy Kelly from Voices for Creative Non-violence was a witness at the hearing. You can read about it by clicking the link below. http://www.schoolformoralcourage.com/cr11trial.html

20070427 "Film: CHERNOBYL HEART, Northampton" "Film: CHERNOBYL HEART, APRIL 27, 7PM at the Media Education Foundation, 60 Masonic Street, Northampton, MA. Consequences of the 1986 reactor fire include displacement, disease, and fear. New England is threatened by reactors in Vernon, Vermont, Plymouth, MA, Seabrook, NH, Indian Point on the Hudson River just north of NYC, and by the Millstone reactors in CT. Traprock Peace Center celebrates the continuing work of our founders to prevent nuclear disaster. We celebrate the work of Frances Crowe and other neighbors creating this wonderful film series."

20070427 "Hearing cancelled - Message from Ritchard Sitcha, Confined at Plymouth Jail" "Dear friend of Richard Sitcha, (a captive 'detainee', charged with no crime) We just found out late Thursday afternoon that the appellate court has cancelled the hearing. The attorney received a letter from the court, which he confirmed by phone. The judges reviewed the briefs and the US Attorney's request to remand the case to the BIA (Bureau of Immigration Appeals) and decided to remand the case to the BIA. No hearing. The BIA consideration might wait years... While I struggle with this change and await further information from the attorney, I'm trying to ""live in a house of hope"" (like Richard does) and to believe that one door has closed but another has opened. Meanwhile we will explore the possibility of bail/bond in order to get Richard out of prison and amongst us. I will keep you informed. Meanwhile, Richard and a few other inmates at Plymouth County Correctional Facility will be confirmed in a ceremony by the Bishop on Saturday, April 28. (Richard was baptized while in a Catholic high school in Cameroon, and only recently has gone through preparation for confirmation.) Please hold Richard in your prayers. With hope, Suzanne for the Sitcha Defense Committee sent 4/18: Dear friend of Richard Sitcha: We invited Richard to send a message to all the beloved friends who have supported him, as his case will be heard in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York City on April 27. If you wish, you may write directly to Richard: Sitcha Richard, #39823, Unit E1, Room 210; Plymouth County Correctional Facility; 26 Long Pond Road; Plymouth MA 02360 from Suzanne Carlson for the Sitcha Defense Committee _____________________________________________________________________________ 12 April 2007, from Plymouth County Correctional Facility To my tireless and unconditional supporters: It has been three years and seven months that I have been held in different prisons by U.S. Immigration, without having been charged with any crime. Yet you have been so faithful and supportive that I realize that I couldn't have hung in for so long without you. Had your thousands of letters of support not fallen on deaf ears, I would have been freed. If freedom could be bought with money, you would have done everything to buy it for me. Please do not be discouraged; do not lose hope. Though a human heart cannot lean to your love for me, God's heart does. If human ears cannot hear the people's voice, God's ears do. God is love; God is compassionate and full of mercy. Through you God has shown me how much He loves me, how dear I am in His sight. I delight that these unwanted burdens have brought me countless blessings. I was informed that my case will be heard at the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York on April 27, 2007. Although I will be absent, represented only by my lawyer, I praise all of you who will show your support in court that day, with the very short time allotted for the hearing. I continue to believe in American justice, and that justice will be done in my case, and that I will be granted the freedom that I deserve. Also, I would like you to pray for me on April 28, 2007, for I will be confirmed by Bishop John Moolter [sp?] of Plymouth, in the Jail Chapel. I am not worthy in any way to pay back all the good deeds you have done for me, but you can be sure that your reward will come from heaven, and for that I pray. God bless all of you. Love and Peace, Sitcha RichardDear friend and supporter of Richard Sitcha, xxx The appeal hearing has been scheduled for 10 a.m. on April 27, (xxx CANCELLED xxx) to be heard by three judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, in New York City (500 Pearl St. in Manhattan). Richard will not be in the courtroom (remaining in prison). The hearing is open to the public; anyone wishing to attend should contact Suzanne at 413-774-2112 or suzannec@crocker.com for more information and to coordinate our attendance and travel. Richard's attorney, Kevin Hoffkins, had submitted the appeal brief in May 2006; he will be given 8 minutes for oral arguments (the U.S. Attorney will also have 8 minutes for oral arguments). The judges will determine whether the laws (and Richard's rights) were violated by the Immigration Judge. We believe that we have a good case, since the revocation hearing accepted as evidence hearsay on hearsay (unreliable) or telephone conversation (unreliable); moreover the case should not have been reopened because the ""evidence"" was discoverable before the first asylum hearing. Only the recorded hearings and written briefs, plus oral arguments, will be considered. We hope that the court's decision will not be deportation; the support committee is pursuing contingencies if deportation is ordered. Most likely the case would be remanded to the BIA (Bureau of Immigration Appeals, where Richard's first appeal never got fully processed). Attorney Hoffkins wrote: ""I f the government wanted to rescind his asylum status, they would make a new petition to the immigration judge [Hartford]. They would have to submit their evidence all over again."" It seems that this could take a long time (and Richard has been imprisoned for over 3 1/2 years already). In the case of ""remand"", the support committee will continue to pursue bonding Richard out of prison, as several people have offered cash and equity for such a bail-bond opportunity to have Richard out in the community amongst us. Your support is most appreciated at this time: 1) Richard always welcomes letters: Richard Sitcha, #39823; Unit E1, Room 210; Plymouth County Correctional Facility; 26 Long Pond Road; Plymouth MA 02360. Please use the complete address or mail would be returned to sender. 2) Messages and donations to the ""Sitcha Defense Committee"", c/o Suzanne Carlson, P O Box 1263, Greenfield MA 01302; e-mail to suzannec@crocker.com 3) Prayer, meditation, reflection 4) Outreach to friends about Richard and his faithful witness to the God of Life throughout these 3 1/2 years of unjust detention. 5) Press releases to local media (the attorney and members of the Support Committee could be available for interviews) With appreciation from the Sitcha Defense Committee for your loving support of our brother Richard! Suzanne Carlson and Becca King, Greenfield MA; Pam Walker, Shelburne Falls, MA; Carl Doerner, Conway, MA; Lorena Dutelle, South Windsor CT; Albert Marceau, Hartford CT. Background: Trained in law, Richard Sitcha, now 45, fled Cameroon in April 2001 with the help of a priest after he had been arrested and tortured for revealing the government‚s role in the murders of nine youth (the Bepanda Nine). He was granted asylum here January 16, 2003. Following telephone calls to Cameroon which failed to verify Sitcha‚s involvement, the INS summoned him to court September 18, 2003, revoked his asylum, and made him a part of Homeland Security‚s „Pilot Program‰ of incarceration during adjudication. His first lock-down, incredibly, was with hardened criminals at Connecticut‚s maximum security prison in Osborn. There he was beaten so badly he had to be hospitalized, a circumstance that, along with language obstacles and insufficient legal service, contributed to failure of his appeal of the asylum reversal. Legal developments: The government has pressed hard to have him deported. His (first) habeas corpus motion was filed in May 2004 in Federal District Court in Springfield, nonetheless rejected on March 31, 2005 Judge Ponsor denied the government‚s motion for deportation, maintaining the stay of deportation pending appeal (until May 30, 2005). With expert assistance of the National Immigration Project, supporters continued to pursue the legal process, and managed to get the case returned to the Hartford District (under the Second Circuit Court of Appeals/New York), with a habeas motion and stay of deportation. Near the end of his year at Greenfield‚s jail he had been denied the right to make phone calls to Cameroon needed for his defense. When all 30 detainees were transferred to eastern MA jails on March 31, 2005, Richard was placed in a cell overnight, naked and without a blanket, and kept in isolation for several weeks, then moved to different units within Plymouth County Correctional Facility, without Bible or contact lists, unable to make phone calls. Key supporter Lorena Dutelle (his American „maman‰) has been able to visit him twice a week (through a glass on a phone for 30 minutes) since mid-April 2005, sometimes with another friend visiting at the same time. This was the second time Richard had been moved away from a strong community of support, but through visits and letters Richard has maintained a devoted following. Those of us who have known him -- variously as a member of Saint Anne‚ Church, adviser to students on African affairs at Wesleyan University, or through prison visitations -- know him to be warm, gentle and intelligent, a devout Catholic and a model prisoner who has lent much support to other detainees; at the same time, his idealist‚s view of American „justice‰ has been demolished. Perspectives: The interest of Cameroon in the return of one who „revealed state secrets‰, and the eagerness of our government to deliver him, we suspect, is likely connected to the fact of Cameroon‚s offshore oil and its natural gas reserves, oil company pipelines through Cameroon from Chad, and the Pentagon‚s desire to establish a US military base in that country/region. Our State Department consistently reports the 22-year rule of President Biya violates human rights. All communications in the country are monitored by the government. These dots are rather easy to connect. The legal process will have to play itself out, The 887 people in the Greenfield area who petitioned members of Congress in 2005, and followed up with hundreds of phone calls to their MA offices, had not been able to move these officials to address the serious issues of repeated constitutional violations, assault and cruel and unusual punishment, the government‚s failure to provide materials during discovery, interference with Sitcha‚s defense, denial of press interviews, blocking Sitcha‚s acceptance in a third country and, should he be deported, not assuring that one of us accompany him back to Cameroon to seek guarantees for his safety there. Through 3 1/2 years of detention, this wonderful man from Cameroon continues to ""live in a house of hope"" (as Sarah Pirtle expressed in the song she wrote about him) and inspires others with his faith and humanity. Although he fled for his life from an abusive regime, leaving wife, two sons and extended family, community, meaningful work, and beloved culture, Richard has found -- through suffering the injustices of our ""homeland security"" system -- the true security of loving friends and community, both in Hartford-area and in Western Massachusetts."

20070426 "The Power of Dialogue, Watertown , MA" "The Power of Dialogue A Three-Day Workshop April 26-28, 2007 Location: Family Institute of Cambridge, Watertown, MA When conflict in the public sphere is expressed by devaluing, stereotyping, name-calling and demonizing, vital energy is diverted from constructive purposes. People become loyal to their viewpoint and denounce what they believe to be an “opposing” situation. In the process, they denounce people they might not even know. This can rupture the sense of community and conceal positive options for living and working together. Chronic polarized conflict is often grounded in differences in values, identities, or world views. It can arise in any work, social, or political context. This type of conflict is often resistant to conventional methods of intervention. These methods often involve negotiation, compromise and settlement, where underlying values, identities, or relationships are usually not considered. Dialogue, however, can be a transformative force because it goes directly to the ground where protracted conflict begins. It encourages people to articulate and understand their own and others’ values, identities, and relationships, creating openings for civility and respectful coexistence. As a result, new ground is created, where people can learn to work respectfully and constructively with differences. Through experiential exercises, an extensive dialogue simulation, presentations and demonstrations, participants will learn how to apply the key elements of PCP dialogue facilitation: Shifting communication and relationships - - not beliefs - - by: · Creating conversational structures that prevent destructive debate and foster constructive dialogue · Preparing a forum for new ways of speaking and listening through pre-dialogue contacts between facilitator and participants · Partnering with participants in the planning of the dialogue to insure their commitment to and investment in the process · Facilitating from a collaborative stance · Reflection between participants and facilitators on the events of a dialogue to shape what happens next Group size: Registration is limited to 20 Fee: $375-$600 (sliding scale) Fee includes catered lunch and snacks for 3 days Faculty: David Joseph, MSW & Sallyann Roth, MSW CE Credits Continuing Education Credits The Power of Dialogue trainings are co-sponsored by the Family Institute of Cambridge (FIC) and the Public Conversations Project. FIC is approved to offer continuing education (CE) credits for Psychologists. PCP is approved to offer CE credits for Social Workers, Licensed Mental Health Counselors, and Marriage and Family Counselors. FIC maintains responsibility for the trainings. Total CE hours eligible: 18.0 per workshop. Registration: Please call 617-923-1216 x13 to register. Learn more at http://www.publicconversations.org or call 888-727-8326 x13."

20070426 "Chernobyl reactor spewed 80% of its contents, 1986" "One of the most pervasive myths about Chernobyl is that only 3% of the reactor core was released into the biosphere when the explosion occurred on April 26, 1986. Vladimir Chernousenko, Scientific Director of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences' Task Force for the Rectification of the Consequences of the Accident, in his 1991 book Chernobyl, Insight from the Inside, dispels this myth (and a partial list of 20 others), citing, A more official view on `The Nuclear Accident in Block 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station and the Safety of the RBMK Reactor' give[s] the following excerpts from an unpublished report by A.A. Yadrikhinskii, Nuclear Safety Inspection Engineer of the USSR State Atomic Energy Survey Commission (Kurchatov town, RSFSR February, 1988): . . . Radiation emission was no less that 80% of the core (with a total of 192 tons), which amounted to 6.4 x 10^9 Ci.[16] If we divide the figure by the population of the whole earth (4.6 x 10^9 people) then we get 1 Ci per person.[17] Choosing to ignore the facts about how we are collectively contaminating this Earth with lethal-to-all-life-doses of man-made nuclear fission products will ensure the cessation of billions of years of life exploring itself on this planet. It doesn't have to go down this way. ... See more at:: http://www.ratical.org/radiation/inetSeries/ChernyThyrd.html"

20070426 "Nuclear Industry Pins Hopes on Subsidies, PR WATCH" "Nuclear Industry Pins Hopes on Subsidies Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation, April 22, 2007 We are grateful for the work of dedicated people at PR Watch. For live links see ... http://www.prwatch.org/spin Around the world there are consultants, PR advisers and industry associations hyping nuclear power as a ""solution"" to global warming. However, they rarely mention the hidden costs. In a recent briefing for Wall Street analysts, the major U.S. trade association, the Nuclear Energy Institute, pointed to the need for government financial support such as loan guarantees to sustain the sector (PDF file). There are other subsidies, too. Paul Anthony, the CEO of the Australian electricity and gas retailer AGL Energy, pointed to two reasons why he thinks he'll never see nuclear power stations in his home country. ""Nuclear power stations are uninsurable,"" he told Alan Kohler, the host of Inside Business, ""so the insurer of last resort in all countries has to be the government."" Nor, he said, has any country ""effectively sorted out the long-term tail-end costs of holding redundant nuclear stations for the next 300 years."" Privacy Policy | Unsubscribe Center for Media and Democracy 520 University Avenue, Suite 227 Madison, Wisconsin 53703-4929 Phone: 608-260-9713 Fax: 608-260-9714 E-mail: editor@prwatch.org"

20070426 "Chernobyl, 21 years later" "Chernobyl, 21 years later. The death toll remains unknown. See photos taken by a woman who motor biked through the dead zone, carefully noting radiation levels, in order to not come out glowing. http://www.kiddofspeed.com/chapter15.html"

20070425 "TORTURE, RENDITION, BLACK SITES, Northampton, 7PM" "TORTURE, EXTRAORDINARY RENDITION & INDEFINITE DETENTION: WHAT WILL AMERICA STAND FOR?! Join a colloquium on Wednesday, April 25, 2007 at 7 PM at Helen Hills Chapel, Smith College, 123-125 Elm Street, Northampton, co-sponsored by Smith College Department of Government & Lecture Committee and PVCAST, the Pioneer Valley Coalition Against Secrecy & Torture. The following speakers will be featured: Scott Langley and Sheila Stumph, two activists and speakers who went on the march to Guantanamo and also have been active in the ghost plane anti-rendition struggle in North Carolina. We expect their presentation of the political and moral struggle against the beast to be compelling; Buz Eisenberg, renowned Greenfield ACLU Cooperating Attorney and defender of Guantanamo Detainees; and Bruce Miller, Constitutional Law Professor at Western New England College, will join us. The panelists will address the social, legal and/or moral consequences of U.S.A. policies of labeling (as “enemy combatants”), indefinite detainment, torture and extraordinary rendition of persons of Middle Eastern origin who have been imprisoned in Guantanamo and numerous prisons and detentions centers around the world. A question and answer period will provide members of the audience an opportunity to more fully explore concerns raised. Light refreshments will be served in the basement community room following the program. Contact: Marty Nathan PVCAST at 413- 584-1079 Have you called Congress about torture? Thirty operators stand by each week-day until 6 PM, ready to connect you to your Rep and your Senators' offices: 202 224 - 3121 Together we make a difference. No more torture in my name. Close Aero. Stop the Torture Taxis."

20070425 "Spiritual Reflections on a Life of Social Action, Kehler & Corner, Amherst" "Talk by Randy Kehler and Betsy Corner You are cordially invited to a talk: Spiritual Reflections on a Life of Social Action A talk & discussion led by Randy Kehler and Betsy Corner Wednesday, April 25, 2007 at 7PM Jewish Community of Amherst, Small Sanctuary 742 Main St, Amherst Light Refreshments Smoke and Fragrance Free Environment A JCA Adult Education Program Free & Open to the public. Throughout their 31 years of marriage, Betsy Corner and Randy Kehler have been committed to active nonviolence as a method of bringing about a more just and peaceful world. Earlier, this commitment led Randy to refuse cooperation with the Vietnam War, for which he spent two years in federal prison in 1970-71. Together, Betsy and Randy have been long-time conscientious objectors to the payment of taxes for war. As a result, each year they have re-directed their federal war-tax dollars to homeless shelters, food banks, and victims of U.S. war-making. In 1989, this practice led to the seizure of their home, in lieu of taxes, by the U.S. Government and a subsequent 22-month nonviolent vigil inside and around their home that is the subject of a feature documentary film entitled ""An Act of Conscience."" Betsy Corner and Randy Kehler both have been actively involved in local community affairs for many years. Betsy has served on the Colrain Zoning Board of Appeals and was a co-founder of the Valley Community Land Trust with which she is still active. Randy has been an elected member of the Buckland-Colrain-Shelburne School Committee, co-founded the Franklin County CDC and the Traprock Peace Center. He is currently helping to establish the Franklin County-based Five Rivers Council. They have lived in Colrain for 29 years. Betsy is a community mediator with the Mediation and Training Colloborative in Greenfield. Randy has worked as a researcher, writer, and organizer for local and national non-profit organizations, including theTraprock Peace Center in Deerfield, the Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign, andthe Center for Responsive Politics. Daniel Ellsberg, who released the Pentagon Papers that helped to end the war in Vietnam, was inspired by Randy Kehler as indicated by the following paragraph from Ellsberg's autobiography: ""Might some action that risked prison help shorten the war? Obviously Randy thought so. That came close to being a good enough answer. Besides, I could have little doubt, from my own experience in the moment, that he was right. I had just felt the power of his action on my heart. As of this evening, I realized that I had the power and the freedom to act the same way."" The talk is jointly sponsored by the Spirituality and Social Change Interfaith Study Group of the JCA and by the ISIS Institute for Science & Interdisciplinary Studies of Hampshire College on a grant from the estate of Seymour Melman, Columbia University professor, leader in the SANE-Freeze anti-nuclear movement & activist for economic conversion of war industries. What is spirituality? What is social change? How do they inform each other? How do we cope with, understand and collectively struggle with the current local and global crises? These are a few of the questions that the Spirituality and Social Change Interfaith Study group has grappled with over the past four years since the group of social activists, led by Tom Wolff and Ted Slovin, started monthly meetings. We haven't answered any of these definitively but find the group a touch-point in our lives. Each year we have sponsored a more public talk by a spiritual/social leader - a rabbi, a Tibetan monk, a Christian activist - and found these inspiring. The Kehler & Corner event is the latest in this series. Contact Person: Tom Wolff at 413-367-0239"

20070425 The next CHERNOBYL will be FEDERALLY-APPROOVED: NRC RULING DISCUSSED "From: ""Russell 'Ace' Hoffman"" <rhoffman@animatedsoftware.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 12:38 PM Subject: The next Chernobyl will be federally-approved April 25th, 2007 Dear Readers, Tomorrow is the 21st anniversary of the start of a silent slaughter. Chernobyl kills to this day, and will continue to do so halfway to forever. The nuclear industry denies every latent cancer death, every leukemia, every heart ailment, every tumor of any sort. Even the unhappy souls who have survived, but whose lives have been ruined by Chernobyl, are denied the dignity of a valid reason for their depression. They are told it's all in their head. Tomorrow may ALSO be the start of ANOTHER Chernobyl -- ANOTHER round of silent slaughter. The disaster will creep up on us, amidst adamant official government denials from every country with a reactor of their own, whose reputation they will want to protect. It will creep up on us amidst weak media coverage by poorly-educated reporters, who will believe that their main function will be to prevent panic. And to some extent, they'll be right about that. Their time to say the right things, things that might have stopped the horror, will have past. Just like last time. Of course, next time, camera-phones will probably capture some of the tragedy as it unfolds. But even camera-phones and the Internet will not be able to show the horror, because of the odorless, colorless, tasteless nature of nuclear poisons, and because of the years-later pain and suffering of cancer, leukemia, and many of the other health effects, and because of the fierce heat which accompanies virtually ALL nuclear disasters and wafts the poisons high into the air, landing dozens or hundreds (or thousands) of miles away, making positive identification of the victims impossible. Such a disaster has become EVEN more likely, at least in America, because yesterday, in a brazen abdication of their responsibilities, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission ruled that new nuclear reactors will NOT have to be designed to withstand airplane strikes from ""big airplanes"" (Matthew Wald, New York Times). New reactors will NOT be required to be designed with true (but unaffordable and/or impossible) robustness. Instead, the nuclear industry will be allowed to come up with things like emergency dilution plans, so that any radiation released in an accident can be quickly diluted below the threshold for regulatory concern. To make this easier to accomplish, the regulatory limits will be temporarily raised after ANY accident, in order to accommodate the additional release of radioactive materials. If emergency dilution is not possible, then spreading the total radioactive release out over time will suffice. According to the NRC's philosophy, a month-long disaster, for example, is preferable to a two-day disaster, even if the total radioactive release and eventual health effects are expected to be virtually identical. The difference of about 28 days (in this example) can get you an operating license. But if nuke engineers cannot prove (to the satisfaction of the NRC) that they can stretch the ensuing accident out over a couple of weeks or months, then an UTTERLY UNWORKABLE plan of evacuation for the people living 5 to 10 miles around the plant will still suffice! And if THAT's not possible? Believe me, THAT's possible! There are reactors which now have millions of people within 30 miles of them, and tens of millions of people living within 50 miles. The fallout from a reactor accident could force the permanent evacuation of major cities dozens or even HUNDREDS of miles downwind of the plant. But as long as the 5 or, at most, 10-mile radius is considered rural, or has some exit routes, that's good enough for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to give out a licence to operate, or to continue to operate, a reactor. These alternative plans are called ""mitigation plans"" but really they are ALL just closing the barn door after the horses have gotten out. And these are the four horses of the Apocalypse we're talking about! Mean ponies. You don't want THEM getting out! But the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, with the one word ""practicable"" as in ""to the extent practicable"" has eliminated the need for new nuclear reactors to be designed safely. Period. Any fool in a large airplane can destroy a nuclear reactor, and the plant will have been designed LEGALLY as if the threat did not exist! New nuclear plants will also be vulnerable to ""inside jobs,"" missile attacks, ground-based attacks, and a thousand other risks. (Gee, they're going to be just like the CURRENT CROP of reactors!) Yesterday's vote by the NRC was characterized -- by the NRC staff -- as an additional step towards plant security in the wake of 9-11. Actually, it is just the opposite: It gives plant designers specific permission to ignore the realities of the world, giving them even more opportunities than before to commit genocide with federally-mandated immunity. Sincerely, Ace Hoffman Carlsbad, CA ************************************************* ** Russell ""Ace"" Hoffman, ** P.O. Box 1936, Carlsbad CA 92018-1936 ** (800) 551-2726 (U.S. & Canada) ** (760) 720-7261 (elsewhere)"

20070424 "PAT TILLMAN's death, Pvt. Lynch fictions EXAMINED by HOUSE Com." "House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Investigating the First Casualty of War, in Afghanistan and Iraq Source: Associated Press, April 20, 2007 ""Within hours of Pat Tillman's death, the Army went into information-lockdown mode, cutting off phone and Internet connections at a base in Afghanistan, posting guards on a wounded platoon mate, and ordering a sergeant to burn Tillman's uniform,"" reports Scott Lindlaw. The revelations about ""how the military sealed off information from all but a small ring of soldiers,"" following the death of former football star Tillman by ""friendly fire,"" come from documents recently obtained by the Associated Press. Tillman's family was not told of the circumstances surrounding his death for five weeks. According to Army officers, ""pulling the plug on base phones and e-mail"" is routine after soldiers die, to ensure that families are notified ""through official channels."" However, the clampdown following Tillman's death was unusual. On April 24, the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform will hold a hearing on the Tillman incident and ""misinformation surrounding the capture and rescue of Pvt. Jessica Lynch in Iraq."""

20070424 "PEACE MAKER AWARDS - NOMINATIONS FOR HS STUDENTS IN FRANKLIN CO, MA" "Every spring the Interfaith Council of Franklin County and Traprock Peace Center recognize the intentions, initiatives and achievements of high school students of Franklin County, engaged in peace & justice, conflict resolution, problem solving and/or building a culture of peace. We offer five $100 awards and other prizes. For six years we've recognized and celebrated all those nominated, with awards, framed certificates and our heartfelt aplause. Please write a one-page nomination letter describing the good works of students. Post mark or deliver your letter in April, or no later than Saturday, May 5, 2007 to: Traprock Peace Center Deerfield, MA 01342 The awards ceremony is slated for Sunday, May 20. Mark your calendar, and come be inspired by wonderful young people excercising initiative, creativity, skill, hope, talent, or perseverance of many different kinds. Again this spring we're looking for talented youth to perform. (Location to be announced.) This year we'd like to hear about younger students, too. Please copy and paste? THANK YOU FOR PASSING THIS ON!! Nomination letters are due -- by March 5, 2007"

20070424 "High School PEACE MAKER AWARDS, NOMINATIONS DUE SOON, for Franklin Co. students" "Every spring the Interfaith Council of Franklin County and Traprock Peace Center recognize the intentions, initiatives and achievements of high school students of Franklin County, engaged in peace & justice work, conflict resolution, problem solving and/or building a culture of peace. We offer **five*** $100 awards and other prizes. For six years we've recognized and celebrated all those nominated, with awards, framed certificates and our heartfelt aplause. Please write a one-page nomination letter describing the initiatives of students. Post mark or deliver your letter in April, or no later than Saturday, May 5, 2007. Please include (a) phone number(s) for the student(s) nominated so that we can contact them about the details of the awards ceremony. Mail your one-page nomination letters (for individuals or groups) to: Traprock Peace Center Deerfield, MA 01342 The awards ceremony is slated for Sunday, May 20. Mark your calendar, and come be inspired by wonderful young people excercising initiative, creativity, skill, hope, talent, or perseverance of many different kinds. Again this spring we're looking for talented youth to perform at the ceremony. (Location to be announced.) This year we'd like to hear about younger students, too. Please copy and paste? THANK YOU FOR PASSING THIS ON!! Nomination letters are due -- by March 5, 2007"

20070424 Core Group Meeting Core Group Meeting

20070423 "EMPIRE and the BOMB - Joseph Gerson, Amherst" "Monday 4/23, 7pm, Amherst Unitarian Universalist Society of Amherst Empire and the Bomb: This concise history shows how the United States has used nuclear weapons to bolster its imperial ambitions. Leading nuclear specialist and peace campaigner Joseph Gerson explains why atomic weapons were first built and used--and how the United States uses them today to preserve its global empire. Any of us who have paid US federal taxes have helped build this arsenal. How will we prevent its use? 413 773-7427"

20070423 "Antiwar Demonstration - WKU - Bowling Green, KY" "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 6, 2007 Contact: Cody Aldridge, Student organizer, at cody.aldridge@wku.edu. Make Noise Where You Stand: Anti-War Voices to be Heard at WKU Bowling Green, KY - April 23, 2007 A growing group of students, faculty members, and community members who are dissatisfied about the Iraq war are gearing up to make their voices heard. The war in Iraq is seen as an illegal occupation by many citizens and the international community. Students and community members are invited to gather on the North lawn of the Downing University Center (DUC) to demonstrate against the war on Monday, April 23, 2007. The demonstration will begin at 12:00 pm with no specific ending time. It will be a non-violent, peaceful assembly. Our main intention is to raise local awareness of the opposition to the war, as well as give a platform for community members to let their voices be heard. The demonstration is being sponsored not by an official organization but rather by a group of concerned citizens uniting together. The organizers feel it is time to let our government know that we are unhappy with the current war situation. Rather than driving to Washington D.C., we wish to make our voices heard from our own community. ""Our only hope today lies in our ability to recapture the revolutionary spirit and go into a sometimes hostile world declaring eternal hostility to poverty, racism, and militarism."" -Martin Luther King, Jr."

20070423 "EMPIRE AND THE BOMB - Joseph Gerson, Amherst" "EMPIRE AND THE BOMB A Talk and Discussion with Author Joseph Gerson Monday, April 23, 2007 – 7-9 p.m Unitarian Universalist Society of Amherst 121 North Pleasant Street, Amherst About the Book: The United States is the only country to have dropped the atomic bomb. Since the A-bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, every U.S. president has threatened nuclear war. This concise history shows how the United States has used nuclear weapons to bolster its imperial ambitions. Leading nuclear specialist and peace campaigner Joseph Gerson explains why atomic weapons were first built and used--and how the United States uses them today to preserve its global empire. Gerson reveals how and why the United States made more than twenty threats of nuclear attack during the Cold War---against Russia, China, Vietnam, and the Middle East. He shows how such threats continued under Presidents Bush, Clinton, and George W. Bush. The book concludes with an appeal for the abolition of nuclear weapons and an overview of the history of the anti-nuclear movement. Joseph Gerson is the Director of Programs of the American Friends Service Committee in New England---the principal Quaker peace organization in the United States. He is a leading figure in the U.S. peace movement. His previous books include The Sun Never Sets and With Hiroshima Eyes. Contact: Doug Renick at afsc@crocker.com for more information or 413 773-7427. Sponsored by: Western MA AFSC, Traprock Peace Center, SAGE, Social Justice Committee of the Unitarian Universalist Society of Amherst, Food for Thought Books, Anti-War Coalition at U. Mass, Pioneer Valley Interfaith Coalition, International Socialist Organization, Radical Student Union at U. Mass., C.A.N."

20070422 "NOON Peace Vigils - Amherst, Cambridge, Newburyport!" "There has been a vigil on the Amherst Common on Sundays for 27 years. Hardy neighbors stand for peace. Choose your sign or banner, honk & wave, or see one of the 200 flyers passed out each week. Visit over tea or lunch afterwards across the street? You can help make peace real in our lives and in the world. Here's a simple place to start. More Peace Vigils: In Cambridge, MA - Noon (approx) to 1:30 at Cambridge Common, Mass Ave & Garden Street. Also on Sundays in Newburyport, 12-1 pm, Market Square in Newburyport If you have a sign and a car, you can use it as a sun-shade this summer, and have it handy for spontaneous vigils and demonstrations. Everywhere you park, your message will be seen. Seeing citizens take action spontaneously suggests that, ""The Times they are a changin'!'"""

20070422 Reverence for Life/ Music ?Youth "Sunday, April 22, 2007 Reverence for Life/ Music for Life? Youth in Concert for Global Healing/ Culminating in a Global Wave of Music Join the WAVE and be a part! Help BUILD the wave by passing this message on!! Sign up at www.reverenceforlife.org/music (People of all chronologic ages are invited to participate) Join in calling for: People to unite in service to their local and global neighbors, and in advocacy to: Abolish Weapons of Mass Destruction, Mobilize Tools of Global Healing Join in Celebrating: ¨ 50th anniversary of Dr. Albert Schweitzer’s April 1957 Declaration of Conscience that reverberated worldwide from Africa ¨ Earth Day 2007 (April 22): www.earthdaynetwork.org ¨ Global Youth Service Days 2007 (April 20-22): www.gysd.net Dr. Schweitzer believed that reverence for all life is the basis of all true ethics, that the idealism of youth holds the key to the world’s future, and that music has unique power to energize and renew the human spirit. These musical events will be an expression by the world’s youth, through the universal language of music, of the shared yearning of people for a safer and healthier world. To register a musical event, please use the web link below and click on “Music Events”. Each registered event will then be identified by a digital “sunflower” planted at the event’s geographical location on an interactive digital map of the world please help us fill that world map with sunflowers! For more information, visit www.reverenceforlife.org. June 16-19, 2007 Washington, D.C. National Grassroots Leadership Training Institute & National Advocacy Days 2007 National Grassroots Leadership Training Institute(June 16-17, 2007 - Washington, DC) Brit Tzedek’s 2nd Grassroots Leadership Training Institute, Building our Political Movement for Israeli-Palestinian Peace, will take place the evening of Saturday, June 16 and all day Sunday, June 17, in downtown, Washington, DC. The Institute will bring hundreds of activists together from across the U.S. for an evening plenary and day of intensive workshops, trainings and networking opportunities on topics such as: Building a successful chapter in your city; Creating a Brit Tzedek presence in your local media, and bringing a pro-Israel, pro-peace message to your synagogues and organized Jewish community. Join us as we celebrate our growing movement, and strategize for continued success and growth. National Advocacy Days 2007 (June 18-19, 2007 - Washington, DC) Brit Tzedek’s 3rd Annual National Advocacy Days begins on Monday, June 18, with a day of political briefings and trainings on the Hill from policy experts and government officials, followed by an evening reception with Members of Congress. On Tuesday, June 19, you ’ll have the opportunity to meet with your own Senators and Representatives and urge them to support our pro-Israel, pro-peace message! Registration will be available for each event separately or for both events at a discounted price. More details coming soon! For more information, contact Brit Tzedek v'Shalom, The Jewish Alliance for Justice and Peace?11 E. Adams Street, Suite 707?Chicago, IL 60603 Phone: (312) 341-1205 Fax: (312) 341-1206 info@btvshalom.org www.btvshalom.org"

20070422 "Rev. Billy + Church of Stop Shopping Gospel Choir, Brattleboro" "Reverend Billy and the ""Church of Stop Shopping"" Gospel Choir & ""Not Buying It"" Band Coming to Shelburne Falls and Brattleboro, April 21-22 Nationally-known playwright and performance artist Bill Talen, a.k.a. ""Reverend Billy,"" and his NYC-based ""Church of Stop Shopping"" gospel choir and ""Not Buying It"" band, will be bringing their anti-consumerist service of ""Fabulous Worship!"" to Shelburne Falls, MA, and Brattleboro, VT, on April 21-22. Known for their stop-shopping ""interventions"" at national chain stores, The New York Times reported that ""[Rev. Billy] has made himself a thorn in the paws of Walt Disney, Nike, Home Depot, Barnes & Noble and any other chain he views as casually destroying the essence of neighborhoods."" Rev. Billy has been arrested for preaching the gospel of stop shopping at Disneyland and a court injunction forbids him from being within 250 yards of California's 1,481 Starbucks franchises. Starbucks_ advice to their store managers resulted in a paperback book by Rev. Billy entitled 'What Shall I Do If Reverend Billy Is in My Store?' A feature-length documentary film about Rev. Billy and his Church of Stop Shopping, entitled, ""What Would Jesus Buy?"", premiered in Austin, Texas, in mid-March of this year and is soon to be available in theaters nationwide. A book by the same title is soon to be released. ""Before Reverend Billy can be dismissed as yet another prankster-activist with a megaphone,"" wrote The NYTimes_ George Hunka of ""Reverend Billy_s Tent Revival"" at the South Street Seaport in NYC last year, ""one must note that there is something more here, far more. [His ""Revival""] projects an additional note of tragedy and loss: it reminds its audience that when large corporations decide to leave their imprint on local areas, neighborhood identity and self-sovereignty are destroyed."" Rev. Billy and his Church of Stop Shopping will be appearing at Memorial Hall Theater, Bridge Street, Shelburne Falls, at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 21st. They will be at The Church, 120 Main Street, Brattleboro, at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 22. There will be a suggested donation of $10.00 at the door, though no one will be turned away. For further information about Rev. Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping Gospel Choir, go to: www.RevBilly.com. For interviews, call Rev. Billy, at (718) 853-4025 or (646) 299-3019."

20070422 AMHERST EARTH DAY "AMHERST EARTH DAY Sunday April 22nd, 2007 Amherst Common 2 – 4 PM Options include: Interfaith Prayer Circle, Sacred Circle Dances, led by Ellen Kennedy and Rowan Scott Ellen and Rowan share their love and expertise of sacred circle dance brought from their years living Findhorn Community in Scotland Amherst Earth Day awards Tulip tree ceremony/giveaway ‘Prayers for the Earth’ Mandala workshop/signing with Christiana Abel Christiana has studied with the Byakko Shinkoh Kai organization in Japan. Byakko is a Japanese word meaning, “white light”. Byakko Shinko Kai translates as ""White Light Association"". Byakko originated in Japan over forty years ago. It is an organization dedicated to world peace and raising the consciousness of everyone and every living being on earth. Its activities are rooted in the universal prayer for world peace, “May Peace Prevail on Earth”, advocated by the late founder, Masahisa Goi. The Fuji Sanctuary, in Fujinomiya Japan, is the headquarters of Byakko. Friends and supporters of Byakko have gathered at the Fuji Sanctuary for many decades to pray for the peace of the world, and to invoke prayers of gratitude and love to humanity as well as all living things on this earth. ALL WELCOME for more detailed information please contact Emilie 548 1068 emiliehamillton@yahoo.com"

20070421 "Saturday PEACE Vigils - 11am-NOON, Greenfield, Northampton, Sunderland, MA" "Saturday PEACE Vigils - 11am-NOON, Greenfield, Northampton, Sunderland, MA From 11am-noon on Saturdays, Franklin County neighbors and Traprock friends gather to stand for peace. Some prefer to sit in silence, many like to chat, and some like to engage the public with ardent hope. Whatever your ways to make peace, all are welcome! This is a permitted vigil on the grass. We ask that no one hang signs on fences, sign posts, or in the trees, as per Greenfield directives. Drivers love a ""HONK for PEACE"" sign, (which we would generally not use in a residential neighborhood). Come speak up for peace! Come offer passersby a wave and a peace sign! You'll find us at the center of town, and at the center of your hopes on any good day."

20070421 "Rev. Billy & ""Church of Stop Shopping"" Gospel Choir, Shelburne Falls" "Reverend Billy and the ""Church of Stop Shopping"" Gospel Choir & ""Not Buying It"" Band Coming to Shelburne Falls and Brattleboro, April 21-22 Nationally-known playwright and performance artist Bill Talen, a.k.a. ""Reverend Billy,"" and his NYC-based ""Church of Stop Shopping"" gospel choir and ""Not Buying It"" band, will be bringing their anti-consumerist service of ""Fabulous Worship!"" to Shelburne Falls, MA, and Brattleboro, VT, on April 21-22. Known for their stop-shopping ""interventions"" at national chain stores, The New York Times reported that ""[Rev. Billy] has made himself a thorn in the paws of Walt Disney, Nike, Home Depot, Barnes & Noble and any other chain he views as casually destroying the essence of neighborhoods."" Rev. Billy has been arrested for preaching the gospel of stop shopping at Disneyland and a court injunction forbids him from being within 250 yards of California's 1,481 Starbucks franchises. Starbucks_ advice to their store managers resulted in a paperback book by Rev. Billy entitled 'What Shall I Do If Reverend Billy Is in My Store?' A feature-length documentary film about Rev. Billy and his Church of Stop Shopping, entitled, ""What Would Jesus Buy?"", premiered in Austin, Texas, in mid-March of this year and is soon to be available in theaters nationwide. A book by the same title is soon to be released. ""Before Reverend Billy can be dismissed as yet another prankster-activist with a megaphone,"" wrote The NYTimes_ George Hunka of ""Reverend Billy_s Tent Revival"" at the South Street Seaport in NYC last year, ""one must note that there is something more here, far more. [His ""Revival""] projects an additional note of tragedy and loss: it reminds its audience that when large corporations decide to leave their imprint on local areas, neighborhood identity and self-sovereignty are destroyed."" Rev. Billy and his Church of Stop Shopping will be appearing at Memorial Hall Theater, Bridge Street, Shelburne Falls, at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 21st. They will be at The Church, 120 Main Street, Brattleboro, at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 22. There will be a suggested donation of $10.00 at the door, though no one will be turned away. For further information about Rev. Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping Gospel Choir, go to: www.RevBilly.com. For interviews, call Rev. Billy, at (718) 853-4025 or (646) 299-3019."

20070421 Revolutionary Ideas of Karl Marx "Public Meeting: The Revolutionary Ideas of Karl Marx Time and again, Marxism has been declared dead, and capitalism the final form of human fulfillment. Yet every generation--the workers of the great U.S. union struggles of the 1930s, student radicals in the 1960s, the millions who struggled to overthrow apartheid in South Africa, or those who joined the Solidarity movement in Stalinist Poland--has rediscovered the ""buried"" ideas of Marxism as a way to understand the world around them. The International Socialist Organization is sponsoring meetings around the country on ""The Revolutionary Ideas of Karl Marx."" Join us for a discussion of Marx's legacy and how these ideas can provide a guide to changing the world. NYC Guest Speaker and Meeting Details: Lee Sustar is labor editor of Socialist Worker newspaper, and is a contributor to the International Socialist Review, New Labor Forum and the Znet and Counterpunch websites on unions, globalization, the economy, immigrant rights and social movements. He was the recipient of a 2003 Project Censored award. Saturday, April 21st Jackson Heights, Queens at 6:30pm Community United Methodist Church 81-10 35th Avenue (bet 81st & 82nd) 7 train to 82nd Street For more info, call (917) 319-7008 or email nyciso@hotmail.com"

20070420 "Film: THE IRON WALL, Northampton" "APRIL 20 at 7PM see: THE IRON WALL, Isreal's settlements, and now the Separation Wall, work against a vision for peace. 60 Masonic Street, Northampton Films are free. Discussion follows. Also ... APRIL 27 see CHERNOBYL HEART Consequences of the 1986 reactor fire include displacement, disease, and fear."

20070419 "Scott Ritter,""The Art of War for Waging Peace""" "Reservations are available for Thursday, April 19, to hear Scott Ritter in downtown Indianapolis, 6-8:30pm. Seating begins at 5:30. Discuss how the principles of waging war can be used to avoid tragic consequences for military personnel and civilians alike. $20 reserves your seat. Please plan to pay for your dinner at the restaurant, according to your preferences. A full range of options is available, including salad, seafood, pasta, burgers, and steak. A variety of beverages are available including beer and wine."

20070419 Revolutionary Ideas of Karl Marx "Public Meeting: The Revolutionary Ideas of Karl Marx Time and again, Marxism has been declared dead, and capitalism the final form of human fulfillment. Yet every generation--the workers of the great U.S. union struggles of the 1930s, student radicals in the 1960s, the millions who struggled to overthrow apartheid in South Africa, or those who joined the Solidarity movement in Stalinist Poland--has rediscovered the ""buried"" ideas of Marxism as a way to understand the world around them. The International Socialist Organization is sponsoring meetings around the country on ""The Revolutionary Ideas of Karl Marx."" Join us for a discussion of Marx's legacy and how these ideas can provide a guide to changing the world. NYC Guest Speaker and Meeting Details: Lee Sustar is labor editor of Socialist Worker newspaper, and is a contributor to the International Socialist Review, New Labor Forum and the Znet and Counterpunch websites on unions, globalization, the economy, immigrant rights and social movements. He was the recipient of a 2003 Project Censored award. Thursday, April 19th City College at 7pm NAC Building - Room 1/211 137th and Convent Avenue 1 to 137th or A,B,C,D to 145th For more info, call (917) 319-7008 or email nyciso@hotmail.com"

20070419 "World Can't Wait, Impeachment Forum, DC" "Join us this Thursday evening, April 19th, for an Impeachment Now! Roundtable Rocky Anderson, Mayor, Salt Lake City Anne Wright, retired US Army Reserves Colonel and US Diplomat Cindy Sheehan Where:All Souls Unitarian Church, Pierce Hall 1500 Harvard Street @16th Street N.W.(green line metro) When: 6:30pm-9pm The Bush administration is carrying out war crimes and crimes against humanity as you read this. A war of aggression in Iraq that is taking countless innocent lives, legalized torture, military tribunals which strip away the most basic of legal rights, warrantless spying, and now plans for attacking Iran being drawn up. This must be brought to a halt, and the Bush administration must be impeached for war crimes. Yet Congress, now with a Democratic majority, refuses to act in any meaningful way to stop the Bush regime, declaring that impeachment is ""off the table"", and recently approving $100 billion more for the Iraq war. It will be up to the people to mobilize massive resistance that demands Bush's impeachment for war crimes and crimes against humanity. World Cant Wait, DC 202-536-4313"

20070418 Revolutionary Ideas of Karl Marx "Public Meeting: The Revolutionary Ideas of Karl Marx Time and again, Marxism has been declared dead, and capitalism the final form of human fulfillment. Yet every generation--the workers of the great U.S. union struggles of the 1930s, student radicals in the 1960s, the millions who struggled to overthrow apartheid in South Africa, or those who joined the Solidarity movement in Stalinist Poland--has rediscovered the ""buried"" ideas of Marxism as a way to understand the world around them. The International Socialist Organization is sponsoring meetings around the country on ""The Revolutionary Ideas of Karl Marx."" Join us for a discussion of Marx's legacy and how these ideas can provide a guide to changing the world. NYC Guest Speaker and Meeting Details: Lee Sustar is labor editor of Socialist Worker newspaper, and is a contributor to the International Socialist Review, New Labor Forum and the Znet and Counterpunch websites on unions, globalization, the economy, immigrant rights and social movements. He was the recipient of a 2003 Project Censored award. Wednesday, April 18th LaGuardia Community College at 2pm 31-10 Thomson Avenue , Long Island City 7 to 33rd or E, V, R to Queens Plaza Room TBA For more info, call (917) 319-7008 or email nyciso@hotmail.com"

20070418 "Wide-Angle Films - The DREAMS of SPARROWS, Amherst, 7PM" "Free films about global and national issues seldom seen in the U.S. media. Lively discussions follow. WELCOME & thanks to sponsors: American Friends Service Committee, SAGE, and Traprock Peace Center. This week see ""The Dreams of Sparrows"" (2005) After the capture of Saddam, DAFFAR'S search for the truth takes him through all walks of life in Iraq, into the arts and culture of Baghdad, drawing the viewer into powerful encounters with Iraqi painters, writers and filmmakers. As the film continues, the interviews veer towards the politics of occupation and resistance, concluding with the battle over Falluja and the devastating death of one of the crew members. In somber self interviews made following the production, the filmmakers reveal the dramatic changes in their beliefs caused not only by the situation in Iraq, but also by the process of documenting it. more >> ""Through the eyes of Iraqis, in ""The Dreams of Sparrows,"" we can finally divine what emerges from the war's digestive tract...From Baghdad's necropolis of slums and nightmarish refugee camps we travel with Daffar to its middle-class apartments, artists' hangouts, mosques and the headquarters of the Communist Party. This is a city of armed men and of stylish women nervously chain-smoking in their apartments; a city where children studying in a private school hold up crayon drawings and say, ""Here the tank is aiming at the helicopter, and they exchange shells and rockets."" - Tom Bissell, The New York Times Magazine (link) Hayder Daffar on MTV Suchin Pak from MTV News interviewed American producer Aaron Raskin and Iraqi filmmaker Hayder Daffar during his two month publicity tour of the US. link Hayder Daffar and Aaron Raskin on CNN Insight, Jonathon Mann from CNN's Insight, and Kianne Sadeq from CNN's Baghdad Bureau, put together a great 14 minute piece on The Dreams of Sparrows. See short videos: http://www.harbingerpro.com/h_press.html?f=2 http://www.harbingerpro.com/h_press.html?f=3"

20070418 "Scott Ritter & former Congressman Andy Jacobs, INDIANAPOLIS" "As Indiana National Guard members face call up for offshore deployments to Iraq, Veterans for Peace Indiana Chapter #49 invites you to discuss:   U.S. Policy in the Middle East: Target Iran / The Role of Congress  Hear Scott Ritter US Marine, Gulf War Veteran and former UNSCOM Weapons Inspector and Honorable Andy Jacobs    Korean War Veteran and former Indiana Congressperson These veterans discuss the buidl-up toward war with Iran, and what Congress is and isn't doing about it. Ritter warns that aircraft carrier battlegroups will have maximum potential for an attack on Iran's nuclear reactor from March through June. One hundred and three US nuclear reactors could become targets if the US (or Israel, using US weapons) attacks Iran's reactor. In Ritters book, ""Target Iran"" he examines the Bush administration's regime-change policy and the potential of Iran to threaten U.S. national security interests. Honorable Andy Jacobs, Jr. refused pay increases while serving in the House of Representatives. Ralph Nader says, ""Andy Jacobs is the conscience of the House."" Will Congress protect the interests of ordinary people, or promote the interests of profiteers? Jacobs' book, ""1600 Killers"", gives an insiders view of Congress. These speakers could help citizens save lives, of soldiers and civilains, here and abroad. Moderator: Pierre Atlas Political Science Professor and Director of Franciscan Center for Global Studies at Marian College  Wednesday April 18, 2007    7-8:30 pm At the General Pershing Room of the Indiana War Memorial on the corner of Michigan and Meridian St., in downtown Indianapolis. Please enter from Michigan Street/North Entrance. A dinner with guest speakers is available nearby by reservation for $35 at 5:30. Make advance reservations soon at http://www.grassrootspeace.org. Details will be emailed to you. Reservations for a dinner in Indianapolis on Thursday evening, on the topic, ""The Art of War for Waging Peace"" Sponsored by: Indianapolis Peace House & Plowshares, Indianapolis Peace and Justice Center, Traprock Peace Center.     For more information contact Charlie Wiles in Indianapolis, (317) 466-0114 or Sunny Miller in Deerfield, MA (413) 773-7427. http://www.amazon.com/Target-Iran-Houses-Regime-Change/dp/1560259361 http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/1889388041/ref=sib_dp_bod_ex/103-0617784-1345458?ie=UTF8&p=S004#reader-link"

20070417 "Oil War? WE'RE NOT BUYING IT, THIS WEEK -- EVERYWHERE" "We are not buying it! boycotting consumerism from tax day to earth day. This week from April 15 through April 22 Pamela and I are participating in a national event to stop the war effort in Iraq. In order to bring economic pressure on this administration, and to show solidarity of the will of the majority of Americans, we will not be making any purchases, or in my case, only purchases for business necessities. No money will be spent on personal items of any kind including food, gas, or anything else. We are hoping that we can send a strong signal to our leaders that as a nation we are tired of this ""Oil War"" and that we are prepared to sacrifice on a personal level if necessary. We would like to extend this message to as many people as possible. Please help end this immoral war by letting our politicians know that ""We Are not Buying It"" anymore. This effort was organized by wearenotbuyingit.org"

20070417 "IMPEACHMENT RESOLUTION HEARING, Greenfield" "IMPEACHMENT RESOLUTION HEARING At Franklin County Chamber of Commerce 395 Main Street, Greenfield Meeting Room Tuesday, April 21, 2007 7 P.M. This is Greenfiel- residents’-only opportunity to make official public comment on a resolution asking Congress to impeach President George W. Bush and Vice-President Dick Cheney. Eddie Evans has collected over 130 recognizable town signatures by petition and submitted them."

20070416 "CALL CONGRESS, WEEKDAYS UNTIL 6PM, 202-224-3121" "Congress comes back to DC this week, to vote for more money for killing. Is your community still paying for war while librarians lose jobs, soldiers lose legs, and children lose lives, homes & families? Is there a worse form of racism than war? There's something to call about every week. Please tell your friends how easy it was. 202 224 - 3121 Thirty operators stand by to connect you. Offices of Senators and Reps are open until 6 pm. Find 2 people who will find 2 people ... 2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2= 1,000,000 people, Each of us has 2 Senators and 1 Rep. so please make 3 calls right at least. Help pass it on 20 times and you might disturb the spending spree passing borrowed blood money to Blackwater, Bechtel, ExxonMobile, Halliburton, Brown & Root, etc. Come to DC - HONK FOR PEACE! Watch for news of Ann Wright coming to western Mass this week."

20070415 "Noon Peace Vigils - Amherst, Cambridge, Newburyport!" "There has been a vigil on the Amherst Common on Sundays for 27 years. Hardy neighbors stand for peace. Choose your sign or banner, honk & wave, or see one of the 200 flyers passed out each week. Visit over tea or lunch afterwards across the street? You can help make peace real in our lives and in the world. Here's a simple place to start. More Peace Vigils: In Cambridge, MA - Noon (approx) to 1:30 at Cambridge Common, Mass Ave & Garden Street. Also on Sundays in Newburyport, 12-1 pm, Market Square in Newburyport If you have a sign and a car, you can use it as a sun-shade this summer, and have it handy for spontaneous vigils and demonstrations. Everywhere you park, your message will be seen. Seeing citizens take action spontaneously suggests that, ""The Times they are a changin'!'"""

20070415 "Holocaust Memorial Service, Greenfield" "The Interfaith Council of Franklin County presents the annual Holocaust Memorial Service on Sunday, April 15th 7pm, at Temple Israel, 27 Pierce Street, Greenfield, Massachusetts. This year our community addresses the recent spray painting of swastikas at a public landmark in western Massachussetts, and embrace committment to community as the answer to oppression."

20070414 W. MASS SOCIAL FORUM - INVITATION TO PLAN & PARTICIPATE "Western Massachusetts Social Forum Invitation to participate! April 14-15, 2007 University of Massachusetts, Amherst Do you believe that there’s something seriously wrong with current policies and institutions that cater to the interests of big business and bankers - policies that favor the rich and hurt or, at best, ignore ordinary folks and their communities? Do you believe that “Another World Is Possible”? If so, then we invite your participation in the Western Massachusetts Social Forum, April 14 -15, 2007 at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA. Some people have asked, “Why UMass? Why not make it more accessible for folks from disadvantaged communities in Springfield and Holyoke?”’ The issue of location was long debated. We finally agreed to hold the Forum at UMass for the following reasons: 1) UMass is the flagship public university in the state and should be regarded as a public resource and space. 2) It’s centrally located in relation to Springfield/ Holyoke and Greenfield 3) Availability of good facilities at minimal cost. The WM Social Forum is a local ‘edition’ of the World Social Forum (WSF) and we adhere to its Charter of Principles. Social Forums are both ongoing processes and open spaces to discuss, reflect, debate, share, exchange, inspire, celebrate, strategize and mobilize in the belief that ‘Another World Is Possible,’ one that puts people and planet before corporate profits. We come together in the belief that the current conservative model (neoliberalism) that dominates the world is not working. Neoliberal globalization is a model that caters to the interests of big business and bankers. Its hallmarks are growing inequality, deepening poverty, tax handouts and de-regulation for powerful corporations, cutbacks in social programs, privatization of water, schools, etc. and environmental destruction. Divisions of race, ethnicity, gender, nationality, sexual orientation, religion and so forth are exploited in order to undercut a unified movement against neoliberal globalization. You or your organization can participate in the following ways: 1. Attend the WM Social Forum Please fill out and send in the registration form below. 2. Organize a workshop/performance/discussion/ activity Consider collaborating with other groups. Please fill out the Workshop/Activity registration below. We will use the information to track the range of topics, groups, and strategies for change. 3. Get involved in organizing the WM Social Forum The WM Social Forum process is in motion – many groups have been working together for months to widen the circle and we invite you to join in this important work. Please visit the website to see how you can get involved www.westernmassafsc.org/wsf/wsf.html. If you want to talk to someone please email or call Maya Winfrey (413-772-8898, maya@cooppower.coop) or Doug Renick (afsc@crocker.com, 413-584-8975). W. Mass. Social Forum - Registration Form You must register for the WM Social Forum in order to do a workshop/activity. Send to AFSC, 140 Pine St., Florence, MA 01062 or e-mail afsc@crocker.com COPY THIS TEXT AND SEND IT IN. Name: Name of Organization that you work with or area of work/activism: Brief description of organization (if applicable): Brief description of members or constituency (if applicable), e.g. people of color, poor people, LGBT, women, immigrants, cooperatives, etc. Attendance: 0 Sat & Sun, April 14 &15 0 Sat, April 14 0 Sun., April 15 Street Address: City, State, Zip: Phone: E-Mail: Free childcare is available, but you must register in advance. Do you need childcare? 0 Yes 0 No Number of children ___ List ages of children _____________________________ Registration Fee: Individual (sliding scale $5-25) $___________ no one will be turned away for lack of funds Organization (sliding scale $25-sky’s the limit) $___________ Additional contribution in support of WM Social Forum $___________ Total (Please make checks payable to: CPE / WM Social Forum) $___________ WORKSHOP/ACTIVITY SUBMISSION Send to AFSC, 140 Pine St., Florence, MA 01062 or e-mail afsc@crocker.com Considerations for organizing a workshop/activity: In the spirit of encouraging local to global thinking, anti-oppression work, and action, we ask that you consider including the following if you can: • How does global capitalism (neoliberalism) affect your work or present reality? • How does your work take into account race/ethnicity/nationality, class, and gender? • What do you see as the most promising strategies for action and organizing? PART I (required information) Workshop title Facilitators/Presenters/Performers Brief description of content Workshop/activity format – we encourage cross-organization collaboration and creative ways of learning and exchange. 0 Talk/presentation 0 Participatory workshop 0 Caucus 0 Facilitated Discussion 0 Performance 0 Exhibit 0 Other, please specify __________________________________________________ Date and time preference (we’ll do our best to accommodate your prefs): 0 Sat morning 0 Sat afternoon 0 Sun morning Technological needs – We urge you to supply your own tech. if possible. We can’t promise that we’ll be able to meet all the tech. demand, especially the data projector/laptop. 0 TV/DVD/Video player 0 Data projector/laptop 0 Other _________________ Tracks In the interest of making it easier people to find topics that they’re interested in, workshops/activities will be grouped in broad categories called tracks. We can add additional tracks if there’s sufficient demand. Check off as many as are applicable. We will cross list workshops that fall under multiple tracks. 0 War/Militarism/Peace (e.g. Iraq war, War/Peace, Non-violence, Prisons & Martial systems, state-sponsored terrorism, police brutality, race & military, conflict resolution, mediation, non-violent communication and diplomacy.) 0 Economic Justice (E.g. Imperialism, Neoliberalism (for definition see: www.westernmassafsc.org/wsf/wsf.html ), Water privatization, Military and prison economies, National/local budgets & Taxes, Wal-mart, Corporate abuse/accountability, Race & poverty, Predatory lending, Unions, Underground economy – drugs, Economics of migration, Community economic development, Cooperatives, Land trusts, Community supported agriculture.) 0 Human rights (e.g. Civil rights, Economic rights, Indigenous issues/rights, Immigration, Race & Gender, Democratic rights, Prisons, Torture) 0 Culture/Spirit/Wisdom (e.g. Media, Advertising/Consumer culture, Cultural rights & struggles, Cultural activism, Individualism vs Solidarity, Spirituality and Activism, Faith based allies, Spirituality and respect for the earth, Transforming consciousness, vision and values for a new global civilization) 0 Environment/Sustainability (e.g. Natural resources, peak oil, global warming, environmental racism, green living, bio-regions, genetically modified crops, endangered species, health and pollution, sustainable technology, renewable energy) 0 Our Common Wealth/Natural and Social Resources (e.g. Government, Democracy, Participatory democracy, Accountability, Social welfare, Education, Environment/resources, Healthcare, Arts, Media, Sciences, Care Economy (caring for children, elderly, etc.) 0 Other, please specify ________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Please tell friends Traprock helped you find this connection. PART II - Additional questions (optional) Answering the following questions is optional. These questions are meant to give us a better idea of the range organizations, strategies, challenges that will be represented in the workshops/activities please answer the following questions: 1. What is the mission of your organization? 2. What are your current programs/projects? 3. What have your successes been? What strategies have you found to be most effective? 4. What lessons have you learned about programs/projects that weren’t so successful? 5. What do you see as the most critical opportunities and challenges. See you there!!!"

20070414 W. Mass. SOCIAL FORUM SCHEDULE DETAILS - 9am-10pm "W. Mass. Social Forum - 9am-10pm SATURDAY April 14 & 15, 2007 at U-Mass, Amherst near the Fine Arts Center endorsed and co-sponsored by over 30 area groups including Traprock Peace Center. 9:00-9:30 Registration coffee/tea School of Management - (SOM) lobby 9:30-10:40 SOM 137 Welcome ---------- 10:45-12:15 Workshops A ---------- ----------- 1:15-2:45 Workshops B ----------- ---------- 3:15-4:30 Workshops C ---------- 4:45-5:45 - Reconvene in SOM 137 - People Power & Next Steps 5:45-7:00 Dinner served! 7:00-10:00 - Celebration/Performance - Mahar Auditorium 9:30-10:40 SOM 137 WelcomeIcebreaker - Raging Grannies/Youth Uniting at the World Social Forum - A global Movement - Agustin Lao-Montes Preview of the US Social Forum, Atlanta, GA - Alice Lovelace, National Lead Organizer, USSF WMSF - Aims Track Key: EJ = Economic Justice; HR = Human Rights; ES = Environment/Sustainability; WP = War/Militarism/Peace; CW = Common Wealth, CA = Culture/Arts/Spirit Workshop ---------- 10:45-12:15 Workshops A ---------- A-1 SOM Rm 117 Targeting Hunger: What we can do to Achieve community Food Security - Andrew Morehouse, Tasha Moultrie, Food Bank A-2 SOM Rm 118 Another World Is Here: Lessons from the Real World W. Mass. Economic Alternatives Network A-3 SOM Rm 119 Reducing Toxic Chemical in Our Communities Tina Clarke, Clean Water Action & A.J. Juarez, Mass Public Health Assn. A-4 SOM Rm 123 Healthy Food, Community, and Sustainability Ryan Voiland, Red Fire Farm, Helen Scharber, Center for Popular Economics A-5 SOM Rm 124 Econ 101 - The Basics of Neoliberalism - Dale Melcher, Umass Labor Center, Heidi Garrett-Peltier, Center for Popular Economics A-6 SOM Rm 125 Inside 'N Out Out Now A-7 SOM Rm 126 Uncommon Conversations Paula Green & Olivia Dreier, Karuna Center Workshop A-8 SOM Rm 127 Organizing Against Genetic Engineering at Massachusetts Town Meetings - Ben Grosscup, NOFA/Mass Social Action 12:15-1:15 Lunch - brown bag, please bring your own (Radicals might break the mold and share food.) ----------- 1:15-2:45 Workshop B W ----------- B-1 SOM Rm 117 Bringing the Federal Budget Home Anita Dancs, National Priorities Project Workshop B-2 SOM Rm 118 An Introduction to the Israeli/Palestintian Situation - Joel Dansky, DeAnne Riddle, Middle East Peace Coalition B-3 SOM Rm 119 It's Time to Get Yourself a Union - Jon Weissman, WMJwJ; Jerry Friedman, labor historian; David Cohen, UEW; Jessica Levy, Student Labor Action B-4 SOM Rm 123 Teaching students about war John Fitzgerald, Historians Against the War B-5 SOM Rm 124 Building Community Economies in the Pioneer Valley Janelle Cornwell, Karen Werner, Ted White, Community Economies Collective B-6 SOM Rm 125 How to Support Your Young Revolutionary & 101 Things Not to Say to Adults - Youth Leadership in the Arts B-7 SOM Rm 126 Simbolos de un Mundo Nuevo (Symbols of a New World) Manos Unidos B-8 SOM Rm 127 ? 2:45-3:15 Free Form Break !! ---------- 3:15-4:30 Workshops C ---------- C-1 SOM Rm 117 Why we do not need the death penalty in Mass., the USA and the world, Bob Lawson, Mass. Citizens Against the Death Penalty C-2 SOM Rm 118 A Revolution in Money and Banking (from the Bottom Up) Chris Lindstrom, E.F. Schumacher Society C-3 SOM Rm 119 The Real Costs of War W. Mass Chapter of Veterans for Peace C-4 SOM Rm 123 Building Community Owned Assets Lynn Benander, Co-op Power & Larry Union, Northeast Biodiesel C-5 SOM Rm 124 Responding to The War Against Nature: Direct action and community based action in defense of the planet D.O., Jean Grossholtz, Tina Clarke C-6 SOM Rm 125 Mini-Help Increase the Peace Project Three local youth HIPP trainers C-7 SOM Rm 126 80 Years of Organizing: Mistakes made and lessons learned Susan & Rene Theberge, SAGE C-8 SOM Rm 127 4:45-5:45 SOM 137 - Reconvene! Step up Improv for Truth on Tap is Participatory Theater for Social Change - Sunny Miller & Ann Wright Reflections on the day & what's ahead on the program (open space intro & sign-up) On the supper break, spell out with our bodies, all together now, ""IMPEACH!"" Also, photograph your group in special colors - 14 or more people needed to emphasize your theme: Women in black, CodePink, Healthcare-not Warfare White, Blue collar, Orange to End Torture, close Guantanamo! etc. Outdoors on our way to supper, and in the halls of higher education, we are standing for justice, and laying down our lives of comfort and privilege to join in solidarity for peace, justice and a culture of harmonies on Earth. 5:45-7:00 Dinner - will be catered by Earthfoods !! YUM Declare your next steps at dinner? 7:00-10:00 Get Social, Step out - Celebration/Performance - Mahar Auditorium ----------- SUNDAY April 15, 2007 ----------- 9:00-9:30 Registration, coffee/tea 9:30-10:00 Welcome & Intro icebreaker Introducing 'Open Space Technology' - a process where participants self-organize sessions based on the issues that they are passionate about. ---- Come and go as you please during this session, 10:00 - 11:45 ----- Proposed topics: Dissent & Democracy: Col Ann Wright resigned after 29 years of military and foreign service in objection to the illegal war on Iraq. She has written about a long history of dissent from within governments. We can reach out with this info, to neighbors working in government, in the military, in universities and in high schools. Story Telling and Strategies for Social Change Liana Foxvog & Raul Matta, STORY Anarchist Organizing reVoltaire: Anarchist organizing in the Pioneer Valley Radicals at Work Lynn Williams, Joe Phillips, Solidarity & the Rank-and-File Youth Project War Tax Resistance - Building Commitment to non-cooperation with war, torture & genocide - there are a wide variety of ways to resist war taxes. What fits your life? Workshop leaders needed. 12-1:00 Next steps & Closing ceremony: US Social Forum, Wmass Movement Building As you leave you may want to attend all or part of the AMHERST PEACE VIGIL, NOON - 1:00. Pay your respects to neighbors reaching out to the public, rain or shine, since 1979? Stop by, & 'HONK for PEACE!'"

20070414 "Medical Consequences of War in Iraq, Springfield, MA" "The Veterans Education Project, Physicians for Social Responsibility and the Springfield Vet Center are offering a workshop on Saturday, April 14th on the Medical Consequences of the War in Iraq. 9-4:30 at Christ Church Episcopal Cathedral, 35 Chestnut Street, Springfield, MA. Free and open to all (donations are gratefully accepted) learn more about the physical and mental impact of the Iraq War and how medical professionals, counselors, veterans, and military families are treating and coping with the resulting medical problems. A flyer is attached. Please post this or share it where appropriate."

20070414 "PEACE VIGILS, 11-NOON, Greenfield, Northampton, Sunderland." "Saturday PEACE Vigils - 11am, Greenfield, Northampton, Sunderland, MA From 11am-noon on Saturdays, Franklin County neighbors and Traprock friends gather to stand for peace. Some prefer to sit in silence, many like to chat, and some like to engage the public with ardent hope. Whatever your ways to make peace, all are welcome! This is a permitted vigil on the grass. We ask that no one hang signs on fences, sign posts, or in the trees, as per Greenfield directives. Drivers love a ""HONK for PEACE"" sign, (which we would generally not use in a residential neighborhood). Come speak up for peace! Come offer passersby a wave and a peace sign!"

20070414 "Pioneer Valley War Tax Resisters, Greenfield, MA" "Pioneer Valley War Tax Resisters will be on the street from 9-noon on Main Street, at Green Fields Market, our local co-op grocery. Ask your questions about war tax reisistance. Non-cooperation is an option. As Juanita Nelson says, ""If you decide this is important, you'll find a way to do it."" Greenfield, MA"

20070413 "W. Mass. Social Forum April 13-15, UMASS, AMHERST" Save the dates.

20070413 "Film, THE GREAT TURNING: FROM EMPIRE TO EARTH COMMUNITY, Northampton" "April 13: THE GREAT TURNING: FROM EMPIRE TO EARTH COMMUNITY Northampton Committee to end the war in Iraq brings you this positive view of humanity's prospects as it outgrows its ability to ignore its problems. Fridiay Films are at the Media Education Foundation, 60 Masonic Street, Northampton. Also, on APRIL 20 see : THE IRON WALL Isreal's settlements, and now the Separation Wall, work against a vision for peace. and APRIL 27 see: CHERNOBYL HEART, Consequences of the 1986 reactor fire include displacement, disease, and fear."

20070413 "Alternatives to Empire: Latin American Solidarity Conference, 4/14-15; Chicago I" "Alternatives to Empire: Latin American Solidarity Conference, 4/14-15, CHICAGO US grassroots solidarity activists will be joined by activists & organizers from Latin America & the Caribbean to plan, evaluate, & celebrate the growing US Latin America solidarity movement. Participants will exchange information & develop action plans; art & culture will be a strong component of the conference. Sponsored by the Latin America Solidarity Coalition, www.lasolidarity.org"

20070412 Panel of Iraq Vets Against the War - UMASS "What: Panel of Iraq Vets Against the War (IVAW) on the case for ""Troops Out Now!"" When: Thursday, April 12 at 7PM Where: UMass Campus Center room 911-915 Join anti-war veterans for a panel and open discussion on the case for immediate withdrawl from Iraq and Afghanistan. IVAW represents the front line of troop resistance to U.S. imperialism today, and the voices and experiences of active duty soldiers and veterans are vitally important to the project of rebuilding an anti-war movement here at home that can challenge wars for oil and empire abroad, and give confidence to larger numbers of soldiers who wish to resist the war machine. This meeting is sponsored by the Campus Anti-War Outreach Caucus of the UMass AWC, and the UMass International Socialist Organization."

20070412 "Interfaith Summit for Immigrant Justice, BOSTON" "Please join us from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM at the State House for the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition's 11th Annual Immigrants' Day at the State House, the largest advocacy day in Massachusetts. This year we are bringing together faith communities and advocacy organizations from across the state to bring awareness to the issues facing Immigrants in Massachusetts. Come to hear some of the Commonwealth's highest profile religious leaders speak about immigrant rights from 10 Am to 11AM, then join us for workshops and visits to your legislators from 11 AM to 1 PM. For more information please call (617) 350-5480 ext. 212."

20070412 "Immigrant's Day at the State House, BOSTON" "On April 12, 2007, MIRA will bring together faith leaders and organizations from across the state for the Interfaith Summit for Immigrant Justice. The purpose of this summit is to expand understanding, support and advocacy for immigrant members of congregations and communities. Go to http://www.miracoalition.org for more info!"

20070412 "Iraq Veterans Against the War / film ""Sir, NO Sir!"" Smith Col." "Iraq Veterans Against the War speakout and film screening of ""Sir, No Sir!"" Thursday, April 12 7 pm Smith College Seelye Hall 102 Drew Cameron from Iraq Veterans Against the War will speak and answer questions, followed by a screening of the anti-war film ""Sir, No Sir!"" contact: resisting@riseup.net or (413)585-6718"

20070411 What's Happening in Venezuela? "WHAT'S HAPPENING IN VENEZUELA? Come find out! Speaker reports back from Venezuela. WHEN: Wednesday, April 11, 6:00 PM WHERE: West Lecture Hall, Franklin Patterson Hall, Hampshire College Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez is widely credited as being a leading voice of widespread international opposition to Bush-led imperialism around the world. Chavez is a hero at home, and was just re-elected with over 60% of the vote. Rhode Island resident Shane Jones recently visited Venezuela, and he reports on the ""revolutionary process"" taking place there and its global significance. Shane will touch on topics including: -What economic policy changes has Chavez made, and what may be to come? -What is the role of community councils in Venezuela? -What are the possibilities of growing left-wing regional alliances between Chavez's government and that of other new leftist leaders, such as Bolivia's Evo Morales and Ecuador's Rafael Correa, in resisting U.S.-led imperialism? -What is life like on the streets in Caracas today?"

20070411 "Restoring a Bridge between Israelis and Palestinians, Hampshire College" "The Alexander River Restoration Project as a Bridge between Israelis and Palestinians Talk by project planner Amos Brandeis Wednesday, April 11, 4:30 p.m., Franklin Patterson Hall, Hampshire College ** Palestine and Israel: Roots of Conflict, Prospects for Peace Talk by Norman Finkelstein Wednesday, April 11, 7:30 pm, Student Union Ballroom, University of Massachusetts"

20070411 "“The Witness” a Moving Play about Being Homeless, Greenfield" "Striking The Balance: The Meaning of Homelessness in Our Lives A single performance of the extraordinary one-person play “The Witness” by the Faithful Fools of San Francisco, on the east coast for only a week, will be held at All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church (399 Main St., Greenfield) on April 11, 2007 at 7:30 pm, sponsored by All Souls UU Church and the Interfaith Council of Franklin County. The public is invited. A free will offering will be collected to help cover expenses and to benefit the Faithful Fools’ street ministry in the tenderloin district of San Francisco. The play’s material is likely to be interesting to older teens and adults. “The Witness, written and directed by renowned playwright Martha Boesing, tells of a good-hearted young woman’s journey from kindness to enlightenment and compassion, through the hard streets of poverty and homelessness. The play draws on two primary sources: stories from the on-the-street Catholic and Unitarian Universalist ministry of the Faithful Fools http://www.faithfulfools.org/, and the ten Ox-herding pictures of the Zen Buddhist teachings about the steps to self-awareness. Sarah Weidman, the actress for this performance, has trained with Tina Packer’s Shakespeare and Company in Lenox, Massachusetts, the San Francisco Mime Troupe, and Augusto Boal’s Theater of the Oppressed. She also teaches third grade in East Oakland, California. After the performance, discussion will be led by Rev. Kay Jorgensen, the Unitarian Universalist minister who co-founded the Faithful Fools in 1998 with Carmen Barsody, a Roman Catholic nun. The mission of the Faithful Fools is to be a ministry of presence that acknowledges each human’s incredible worth, that shatters myths about those living in poverty, and that discovers on the streets our common humanity through which celebration, community and healing occur. As part of their ministry the Faithful Fools lead street retreats several times a month. During the retreats, which have been attended by hundreds from all over the United States, people from all walks of life are invited to bear witness to the poverty and deprivation on the streets, and to engage in personal reflection and action. “It is difficult to be reserved and objective about a play as inspiring and overwhelming as “The Witness,” and I hereby give up any pretense of that. Simply put, this play is one of those rare occasions when art serves the higher purpose of making the world a better place for all of us.” --Ellen Danchik, Street Spirit, October 2002."

20070411 "AI Group 12 shows film, ""The Road to Guantanamo"" Amherst" "Please come to the film The Road to Guantanamo in conjunction with Amnesty International's campaign on torture. The film is a ""terrifying first-hand account of three British citizens who were held for two years in the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba without any formal charges ever made against them. You can read more about the film at http://www.roadtoguantanamomovie.com. This house screening is on Wednesday, April 11th at 7 p.m. at Fanny Rothschild's at 26 Morgan Circle, Amherst. Directions here; 413-687-8036/549-0945 Please come to view and discuss this important film; refreshments will be served. Warm regards, Amnesty International, Amherst Group 12"

20070410 "ISREAL/PALESTINE EVENT, Knowledge is the Beginning, HAMPSHIRE COL. Amherst" "ISREAL/PALESTINE EVENTS ** Knowledge is the Beginning Film followed by a talk with Miriam Said. Film about a joint Palestinian Israeli-youth orchestra created by Edward Said and Daniel Barenboim. Tuesday, April 10, 7:00 p.m., West Lecture Hall, Franklin Patterson Hall, Hampshire College ** =================="

20070409 Immigration - Welcoming the Stranger "Prophetic Hospitality: Welcoming the Stranger. Workshop 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. at First Congregational Church, Amherst, 165 Main Street. Learn about immigration issues and how people of faith can respond. View video ""Dying to Live"". Led by Rev. Loren McGrail and Luis Alvarenga. Focus on militarization of the border; upcoming legislation; May 1 Day of Solidarity; The New Bedford Raids - what we learned and how we can help; and The New Sanctuary Movement."

20070409 "Mystical Activism: Active Mysticism: Paki Wieland, Northampton, MA" "Mystical Activism -Active Mysticism: Paki Wieland, Northampton resident, will share stories of her recent experiences in the intentional community, Auroville, India. In the Parlor of 1st Churches, Main Street, Northampton."

20070409 "BLACKWATER: The Rise of the Most Powerful Mercenary Firm in the World, S. Hadle" "JEREMY IS A TERIFIC SPEAKER -- not to miss!! Date/Time: Monday, April 9, 7 pm Odyssey Bookshop 9 College Street South Hadley, MA 01075 (413) 534-7307 odysseyjeg@aol.com www.odysseybks.com Event: Jeremy Scahill will read from and sign his new nonfiction book, Blackwater: The Rise of the Most Powerful Mercenary Firm in the World. Meet Blackwater, USA, the world's most secretive and powerful mercenary firm. Based in the wilderness of North Carolina, it is the fastest-growing private army on the planet. Blackwater protects the top US officials in Iraq, yet the public knows almost nothing about their quasi-military operations, which range from the blood-soaked streets of Fallujah to rooftop firefights in Najaf to the hurricane-ravaged US gulf to Washington DC. Jeremy Scahill, a correspondent for Democracy Now! and a frequent contributor the The Nation magazine, is an unembedded international journalist. Jeremy Scahill's exposé of the Blackwater mercenary firm forcefully demonstrates the grave dangers of outsourcing the government's monopoly on the use of force.-- Joseph Wilson, former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq More info at: http://www.blackwaterbook.com See his video at : http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070402/scahill_vid"

20070408 "Sunday Peace VIGILs -- NOON in Amherst, Cambridge & Newburyport, MA - COME HONK" "There has been a vigil on the Amherst Common on Sundays for 27 years. Hardy neighbors stand for peace. Choose your sign or banner, honk & wave, or see one of the 200 flyers passed out each week. Visit over tea or lunch afterwards across the street? You can help make peace real in our lives and in the world. Here's a simple place to start. More Peace Vigils: In Cambridge, MA - Noon (approx) to 1:30 at Cambridge Common, Mass Ave & Garden Street. Also on Sundays in Newburyport, 12-1 pm, Market Square in Newburyport If you have a sign and a car, you can use it as a sun-shade this summer, and have it handy for spontaneous vigils and demonstrations. Everywhere you park, your message will be seen. Seeing citizens take action spontaneously suggests that, ""The Times they are a changin'!'"""

20070407 "Saturday PEACE Vigils - 11am, Greenfield, Northampton, Sunderland, MA" "Saturday PEACE Vigils - 11am, Greenfield, Northampton, Sunderland, MA From 11am-noon on Saturdays, Franklin County neighbors and Traprock friends gather to stand for peace. Some prefer to sit in silence, many like to chat, and some like to engage the public with ardent hope. Whatever your ways to make peace, all are welcome! This is a permitted vigil on the grass. We ask that no one hang signs on fences, sign posts, or in the trees, as per Greenfield directives. Drivers love a ""HONK for PEACE"" sign, (which we would generally not use in a residential neighborhood). Come speak up for peace! Come offer passersby a wave and a peace sign!"

20070407 "A Day of Theatrical Protest, Mount Holyoke College, S. Hadley" "Marking the Fourth Anniversary of the US War in Iraq: A Day of Theatrical Protest Saturday, April 7, 2007 2-5 pm Blanchard Campus Center, MHC An informal coalition of MHC students, staff, faculty and valley community members are organizing a day of theatrical protest, information-sharing and civic vitality on Saturday, April 7 in Blanchard Campus Center at 1 pm in response to the four years of sustained military force in Iraq. This April 7th event is a prelude for a planned Town Hall to harness and amplify the activist impulse for peace and justice work on campus. Beginning at 1 pm and taking place in three separate spaces in Blanchard, three short dramatic pieces will be performed. The audience will be guided on a tour of each of these three performances. Throughout the space, tables and art will articulate the work of the activist community, offering information and opportunities to take action. Following the performance, the entire audience will be united in the Blanchard Great Room for feedback and discussion. Student, staff, faculty and community representatives will follow to share information and activist opportunities on campus and throughout the valley. Drawing from student groups, such as SCA, faculty and students from Theater Arts, Gender Studies and Critical Social Thought and more, the event invites members of the MHC community not only to attend, but also to participate in the performances as well as to share activist work by securing a table."

20070406 "Film at M.E.F. ""Crude Impact"", Northampton, MA" "Northampton Committee Announces Screening of ""Crude Impact"" Friday, April 6 ""Crude Impact"" explores humanity's dependence on oil, highlighting the consequences for local cultures, other species, and the environment. It also explores the question of what will happen as the oil runs out. The Northampton Committee to Stop the War in Iraq is sponsoring a free screening of ""Crude Impact"" on Friday, April 6 at 7:00 p.m. at the Media Education Foundation, 60 Masonic Street in Northampton. The event is free. The venue is accessible. Discussion will follow. For more information, call the contact listed above or visit our web site at http://northamptoncommittee.org."

20070406 You know you are living the way of peace when ... "A GIFT OF SPRING You know you are living the way of peace when three things are present: 1. Your actions harm no one and benefit everyone. You experience joy in knowing that your daily actions support life as a whole. You have fulfilled your duty to become part of the evolution of the planet. 2. You remember your true purpose for being here. You have the satisfaction of expanded possibilities in finding your authentic self and truth. Your unique path is opened to you and you alone. 3. You belong to the community of peace and wisdom. You have the satisfaction of having no enemies. You are at home in the world. The rest of the human family is part of you. Deepak Chopra from his book ""Peace is the Way"" May the Spirit of light and love richly bless you and those you love at this time of new birth, John & Elizabeth Staley, Williamstown, MA"

20070405 """Nonviolent Conflict Resolution: from Schoolyards to War Zones"", Ashfield" "Dear friends, I thought you might be interested in a talk to be given this coming Thursday evening in Ashfield. It should be fascinating. Pat Patfoort is a good friend and former colleague of Mary Link, who will be hosting Pat while she's in this part of the U.S. You can check out her web site (see below) for more information. Hope you can join us! Randy ""Nonviolent Conflict Resolution: from Schoolyards to War Zones"" A talk by Belgian-Flemish anthropologist, educator, and peacemaker Pat Patfoort Thursday evening, April 5th, 7:00 p.m., Wellspring House, #284 Main St., Ashfield. Pat Patfoort is the co-founder and director of the Fireflower Center for Conflict Management in Brugge, Belgium. The author of numerous books and articles, Ms. Patfoort has lectured at universities throughout Europe and the U.S. Applying her own unique theory of conflict transformation, she has been a teacher/trainer with children and parents, families, students and teachers, and in workplaces and prisons. She has also facilitated dialog and reconciliation projects in the Caucasus, Kosovo, Rwanda, the Congo, and Senegal. Her talk is open to the public. All are welcome and admission is free. Donations to help defray Ms. Patfoort's travel expenses will be gratefully accepted. More information about Ms. Patfoort's work can be found at <www.patpatfoort.be>. For further information, please call Mary Link (628-4695) or Randy Kehler (624-8858)."

20070405 """Nonviolent Conflict Resolution: from Schoolyards to War Zones"", Ashfield" "Dear friends, I thought you might be interested in a talk to be given this coming Thursday evening in Ashfield. It should be fascinating. Pat Patfoort is a good friend and former colleague of Mary Link, who will be hosting Pat while she's in this part of the U.S. You can check out her web site (see below) for more information. Hope you can join us! Randy ""Nonviolent Conflict Resolution: from Schoolyards to War Zones"" A talk by Belgian-Flemish anthropologist, educator, and peacemaker Pat Patfoort Thursday evening, April 5th, 7:00 p.m., Wellspring House, #284 Main St., Ashfield. Pat Patfoort is the co-founder and director of the Fireflower Center for Conflict Management in Brugge, Belgium. The author of numerous books and articles, Ms. Patfoort has lectured at universities throughout Europe and the U.S. Applying her own unique theory of conflict transformation, she has been a teacher/trainer with children and parents, families, students and teachers, and in workplaces and prisons. She has also facilitated dialog and reconciliation projects in the Caucasus, Kosovo, Rwanda, the Congo, and Senegal. Her talk is open to the public. All are welcome and admission is free. Donations to help defray Ms. Patfoort's travel expenses will be gratefully accepted. More information about Ms. Patfoort's work can be found at <www.patpatfoort.be>. For further information, please call Mary Link (628-4695) or Randy Kehler (624-8858)."

20070405 "MASS CITIZENS AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY, Springfield" "First Thursdays MASS CITIZENS AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY 7-8:30pm, Unitarian-Universalist Society, 245 Porter Lake Drive, Springfield. Planning 2007 Sacco/Vanzetti Night, August 23. Info: 567-3451, mailto:mcadp1@aol.com or mailto:CAJOWL66@aol.com or Beth Moriarty, mailto:carys96@earthlink.net."

20070404 "Wide-Angle Films - A FORCE MORE POWERFUL (Nonviolence) Amherst, 7PM" "Wide-AngleFilms presents this Wednesday APRIL 4 7 pm - a film of inspiration and example. The Nacul Center (corner of No. Whitney and Main Streets; fully accessible; 1/2 mile east from downtown Amherst - easy parking on the premises) No admission charge. A FORCE MORE POWERFUL A CENTURY OF NON-VIOLENT CONFLICT - how non-violent power overcame oppression and authoritarian rule. This Wednesday - Part One of a two-part documentary on one of the 20th century’s most important and least known stories. In South Africa, 1907, Mohandas Gandhi led Indian immigrants in a nonviolent fight for rights denied them by white rulers. The power Gandhi pioneers has been used by underdogs everywhere throughout the 20th century for rights and freedom. In the 60’s, Gandhi’s nonviolent weapons were used by black college students in Nashville, TN. Disciplined and strictly nonviolent, they successfully desegregated Nashville’s lunch counters in five months, becoming a model for the entire civil rights movement. In India in the 1930’s, after Gandhi returned from South Africa, he and his adopted a strategy of non-cooperation with British rule. Through civil disobedience and boycotts, they loosed their oppressors’ grip on power setting India on the path to freedom. In 1985, a young South African, Mkhuseli Jack, led a movement against apartheid. This campaign of nonviolent action – notably a devastating consumer boycott in the Eastern Cape province – awakened whites to black grievances and fatally weakened business support for apartheid. (87 min.) More information about the film and the series is at http://justiceandpeace.net/WideAngleFilms.htm Discussions follow films. Amherst areas residents who provide this forum WELCOME new members. Thanks to sponsors: SAGE, American Friends Service Committee, and Traprock Peace Center."

20070404 "Reel World Film: Trinkets and Beads (Ecuador), Shelburne Falls, MA" "Wednesday 4/4, 7pm, Shelburne Falls film: Trinkets and Beads - A moving story of how the Huaorani tribe living in the rainforest of Ecuador confronted international oil conglomerates who were desecrating their land with oil drilling. More info. Part of the Reel World film series."

20070404 "Activist on Trial - April 3, 4 - Holyoke" "Valley Anti-War Activist on Trial Needs Solidarity! Charles's supporters will be attending his trial on When:Tuesday, April 3 and Wednesday April 4th Where: Holyoke District Court 20 Court Plaza Holyoke, MA 01040 PLEASE JOIN US! What: Anti-War Activist Charles T. Peterson, member of the Umass Anti-War Coalition, is on trial this week for trumped up charges stemming from an anti-war demonstration last September. This is the final stop in a legal Odyssey beginning over a year ago. In the midst of protesting the presence of military recruiters on the Holyoke Community College campus, Charles was attacked by campus police and maced (for more details see: http://www.socialistworker.org/2005-2/560/560_01_Crackdown.shtml). In the aftermath of the police attack, HCC pressed charges against Charles! Charles was charged with assault and battery on a police officer, disorderly conduct and aiding and abetting the escape of a person in custody (incidentally, no one else was ever charged with anything). At his arraignment, the last charge was dismissed as wholly without foundation; now, he finally gets his day in court. Thanks again to all the people who have come out for the myriad hearings. Hopefully now, that the case has finally come to trial, you can join us as we support Charles in this difficult time. Your presence will be invaluable in showing that the anti-war movement will not back down when its members are targeted, and in preventing the prosecution from winning a conviction on these ridiculous charges."

20070403 "Activst on Trial - April 3, 4 - Holyoke" "Please Forward Widely!! Valley Anti-War Activist on Trial Needs Solidarity! Charles's supporters will be attending his trial on When:Tuesday, April 3 and Wednesday April 4th Where: Holyoke District Court 20 Court Plaza Holyoke, MA 01040 PLEASE JOIN US! What: Anti-War Activist Charles T. Peterson, member of the Umass Anti-War Coalition, is on trial this week for trumped up charges stemming from an anti-war demonstration last September. This is the final stop in a legal Odyssey beginning over a year ago. In the midst of protesting the presence of military recruiters on the Holyoke Community College campus, Charles was attacked by campus police and maced (for more details see: http://www.socialistworker.org/2005-2/560/560_01_Crackdown.shtml). In the aftermath of the police attack, HCC pressed charges against Charles! Charles was charged with assault and battery on a police officer, disorderly conduct and aiding and abetting the escape of a person in custody (incidentally, no one else was ever charged with anything). At his arraignment, the last charge was dismissed as wholly without foundation; now, he finally gets his day in court. Thanks again to all the people who have come out for the myriad hearings. Hopefully now, that the case has finally come to trial, you can join us as we support Charles in this difficult time. Your presence will be invaluable in showing that the anti-war movement will not back down when its members are targeted, and in preventing the prosecution from winning a conviction on these ridiculous charges."

20070403 "Our Lady of Peace, Turners Falls, MA" "Our Lady of Peace, Turners Falls, MA Father Stan announced that Our Lady of Peace parish in Turners Falls will be holding Scriptures sessions during Lent on Tuesdays from 6:30 to 8:30 pm begining Feb 27th. The focus of these Scriptures will be Justice and Peace."

20070403 "Film on Native poet & activist John Trudell, Greenfield" "LIFE, WORK AND VISION OF NATIVE AMERICAN ACTIVIST SUBJECT OF DOCUMENTARY FILM On Tuesday evening, April 3rd, as part of its film series on _Culture, Ecology, and Sustainability, the Human Ecology Department at Greenfield Community College will sponsor a public presentation of the documentary Trudell, a film about legendary Native poet and activist John Trudell. The film will be shown at 7:00 p.m. in the Social Sciences Studio, Room 115, in G.C.C._s East Building. Following the film, there will be a discussion about the relevance of the film in our own lives and community. Free refreshments will be provided. In Trudell, filmmaker Heather Rae presents the engaging life story of Native American poet-prophet-activist John Trudell and his heartfelt message of personal responsibility to the earth, all of its inhabitants and our descendants. At its most basic level, Trudell is an eye-opening documentary that challenges belief systems. At its loftiest, Trudell will inspire you to reawaken your spirit. In 1979, while protesting the US government's policy on American Indian affairs, John Trudell burned an American Flag on the steps of FBI headquarters in Washington DC. Within a matter of hours his pregnant wife, three children and mother-in-law were killed in a suspicious fire ona Nevada reservation. This ended his role in the movement, but his voice would not be silenced. From the late 1960_s occupation of Alcatraz Island to the current international stage of politics and performance, Heather Rae_s provocative and poignant film reveals the essence of a true American original. TRUDELL is intended to be a film that steps outside of traditional forms, even for Native films, and explores a figure of our contemporary history in a way that fairly represents the evocative nature of his work and significance. I_m not looking to overthrow the American government, the corporate state already has. --JT He_s extremely eloquent_therefore extremely dangerous. --FBI memo Angel Russek Associate Professor Human Ecology Greenfield Community College Greenfield, MA 01301 413-775-1152 russek@gcc.mass.edu"

20070401 "OPEN HOUSE AT TRAPROCK, 5PM" "Your Neighbors Network to End War invites you to come by beginning at 5 PM on Apri 1. Enjoy a pot-luck of snacks. We'll be moving this summer -- don't know where or how yet. Share your thoughts and memories, share the love. 413 773-7427. We are delighted to meet with Kevin McVeigh, 2:30-4:30, regarding how to organize ourselves for a fund-raising campaign to establish a new Traprock. Kevin is an inspiration!"

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20070331 "Code Pink calls for demo outside Rep. Olver's house, Amherst" "Today at 1PM, a demonstration is called for by local Code Pink supporters in South Amherst on Route 116, across the road from US Congressman John Olver's home. Rep, Olver voted for Supplemental funding for the war in Iraq, saying legislation with a September 2008 date for withdrawal is that best Congress can do."

20070331 Iran: What's at Stake in the Middle East? "Public Meeting & Discussion. How have threats of deepening sanctions and a new U.S.-led war on Iran affected the broader Middle East? How would an expanded war affect Iranians and their neighbors? How does the conflict with Iran relate to the U.S. occupation of Iraq, the 2006 Israeli invasion of Lebanon, and intensifying Israeli attacks against and occupation of Palestine? Why is the United States escalating a conflict with Iran by focusing on its alleged nuclear ambitions? How can the anti-war movement in the United States grow and resist an attack against Iran? What would solidarity with the Iranian people look like? Please join Adalah-NY for an urgent teach-in and discussion on these issues. Saturday, March 31st - 3 PM, Elebash Recital Hall, CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue (at 34th St.), New York, NY. For more info and an up-to-date list of participants, please visit us at: www.mideastjustice.org or e-mail justiceME@gmail.com"

20070331 "Code Pink calls for demo outside Rep. Olver's house, Amherst" "Code Pink supporters are calling for a 1 PM demo today on Route 116 in South Amherst accross from US Congressman John Olver's home. Rep. Olver voted for Supplemental spending of over $100 billion for continuing the war in Iraq, saying this legislation with a Sept. 2008 timeline for withdrawal (of many but not all ) of the troops is ""the best we can do."""

20070330 "Free films on Fridays, 7PM. Northampton" "NORTHAMPTON COMMITTEE FRIDAY NIGHT FILM SERIES Films are 7:00 p.m. at the Media Education Foundation, 60 Masonic Street in downtown Northampton. The events are free. The venue is accessible. Discussion follows. March 30: IRON-JAWED ANGELS Young activists Alice Paul and Lucy Burns risk their lives leading the U.S. women's suffrage movement to victory. (Drama) Free films on Fridays, 7PM. Northampton"

20070329 "Author ""Fourth Uncle in the Mountain,"" Amherst" "Buddhist Women Author Talks One Woman Saves Stories from a Vietnamese Buddhist Doctor; Another Shares the Kindness of ""Fierce Compassion"" On Thursday, March 29 at 7 p.m. at Food for Thought Books in Amherst, Marjorie Pivar will give a talk and documentary slideshow based on the book she co- authored with Quang Van Nguyen. Fourth Uncle in the Mountain: The Remarkable Legacy of a Buddhist Itinerant Doctor in Vietnam, described by famous documentary filmmaker Ken Burns as ""a magical, mesmerizing story,"" shares the life of a boy who is adopted by a 64-year old monk and raised to practice ancient medicinal healing throughout Vietnam, a land ravaged by the atrocities of war. The book is now available in paperback. The event is free and open to the public."

20070327 "Our Lady of Peace, Turners Falls, MA"