RACE RELAY - race relations dialogue (tags)
Race Relay - monthly race relations dialogue @ the Common Peace office in The Peace Center in Culver City. 3 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. We believe that Story is Medicine and we come together using the Way of Council/Wisdom Circle format to create a safe space in which to listen, share and educate each other on issues of race - and to inspire each other in taking nonviolent action in the name of change. Anyone 15 years of age or more are welcome. This month's meeting will be followed by a potluck and a film screening at 7 p.m. of an inspirational documentary: Disturbing the Peace!
Nov. 20-22 Mass Mobilization to Close the SOA (tags)
Join DC activists for the November vigil in Georgia.
KALAYAAN (FREEDOM) PHILIPPINES SERIES (tags)
3 Events This Week: Thursday-Saturday, June 11-13 Public Forum, Film Screening & Benefit Concert Presented by AJLPP, GABNet-LA, JFAV and ANSWER Coalition Filipino revolutionaries declared their independence from colonial Spain on June 12, 1898, 119 years ago. Two months later, the United States occupied Manila and declared war on the Philippines, crushing the young republic. Today, Filipinos are still in struggle for true independence and sovereignty. With continued U.S. occupation and intervention, and a culture of impunity of human rights violations forced on the people of the Philippines, the Alliance for Just and Lasting Peace in the Philippines (AJLPP), the GABRIELA Network (GABNet), Justice for Filipino American Veterans (JFAV) and the ANSWER Coalition commemorate Philippine Independence with fierce struggle in the United States. Join us at the following exciting events this week:
9/11 REVISITED: The truth about 9/11/01 Film Screening (tags)
Americans and people across the world are questioning and debunking the official story of 9/11/01. Join us for a screening ofM 911 REVISITED and examine the evidence for yourself. Bring your friends.
Anti-Authoritarian People of Color caucus at the School of the Americas (SOA) protest (tags)
CALLING ALL ANTI-AUTHORITARIAN / ANARCHIST PEOPLE OF COLOR (APOC) for an Anti-Authoritarian People of Color caucus at the convergence to Shut Down the School of the Americas (SOA/WHINSEC).
ANSWER Film Series: 'Sir, No Sir!' (tags)
Join ANSWER for a film screening, update on Iraq and discussion.
Upcoming Events and Worldwide Direct Action in Support of Oaxaca on November 20th (tags)
"On November 20, blockades will be set up to show the Mexican government we mean business. We are calling upon YOU to join in these blockades. That could mean blockading the consulates’ websites, jamming their phone lines with calls about the conflict in Oaxaca, occupying the offices of the consuls, or shutting down the roads around the consulates in whatever way you see fit." - EZLN
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Donate in Solidarity with Oaxaca
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Oaxaca is calling for US to get Organized
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Global Solidarity with Oaxaca
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New England Anarchist Bookfair || April 21-22 (tags)
NEW ENGLAND ANARCHIST BOOKFAIR
Friday and Saturday || April 21-22, 2006
J6-8: Anti-War & Anti-Capitalist Convergence and March (July 8) Against the G8 (tags)
Take the Streets and Resist the Capitalist War Machine on July 8! Come to the West Coast anti-war and anti-capitalist mass convergence, July 6-8 of 2005 in San Francisco, in solidarity with the mobilization against the Group of Eight (G8) summit in Scotland.
July 6-8: West Coast Anti-Capitalist Convergence and March (July 8) against the G8 (tags)
Take the Streets and Resist the Capitalist War Machine on July 8! Call for the West Coast anti-war and anti-capitalist mass convergence, July 6-8 of 2005 in San Francisco, in solidarity with the mobilization against the Group of Eight (G8) summit in Scotland.
UCLA Film Screening
Testimony: The Maria Guardado Story - Film Screening (tags)
She survived the torture and death squads in El Salvador; now she tells her story in an award-winning documentary. Runs 1:30 with discussion afterwards.
March 17- Commemorating Rachel Corrie (tags)
Women in Black - Los Angeles presents... A Special Event Commemorating Rachel Corrie Rachel Corrie, a young human rights activist from Olympia, Washington, was killed on March 16th, 2003. She was trying to prevent a family home in Gaza from being demolished, when an Israeli bulldozer ran her over. Film Screening: "Dispatches: The Killing Zone" Talks: Dr. Laila Al-Marayati - Media's whitewashing of this crime Rev. Darrel Meyers - Presbyterian Church's divestment decision Mary Hughes - Witnessing the situation in Palestine Date and Time: Thursday, March 17th, 7:00 - 9:00 pm Venue: Liberty Hill Foundation, 2121 Cloverfield Boulevard, Suite 113 Santa Monica, CA 90404 (NE corner Cloverfield & Pico - Free parking on site) Film description and speaker bios below; no admission charge; free literature available For more information, see www.wib-la.org
Cuba Comes to Los Angeles (tags)
What can we learn from a communist state considered by many to be a "third-world" society? Plenty! Because of their response to the dire situation imposed upon them by the Embargo, the Cubans have been praised for being the number one country in the world for their sustainable practices by the United Nations.
Amy Goodman book tour reaches LA (tags)
lifted from San Diego Amy Goodman's first book (written with her brother David), "The Exception to the Rulers: Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers and the Media That Love Them" Amy Goodman, survivor of the Santa Cruz massacre in E. Timor will tour California, promoting her book.