[NY] Activist Calendar #750: Events This Week (Nov. 30-Dec. 6)
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Number 750 NY ACTIVIST CALENDAR November 28, 2009
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are omitted, although new and updated items will appear at the end of
Part Two. Remember, you can always view the complete calendar, updated
weekly, at http://nycalendar.org. The Selected Resources are divided
into the following categories: Tours and Delegations, Classes,
Calendars & Event Listings, Books & Videos, Radio & TV, Other
Resources.
{1} NOVEMBER
**Date TBA, 5 pm Rally: Protest on day when Obama announces
Afghanistan escalation. (The announcement is expected for 12/1 TUE, &
demos are planned for 12/1 TUE & 12/2 WED; see those dates). At Union
Sq, Bway & 14th St (4/5/6, L/N/Q/R/W to 14th St-Union Sq). Sponsor:
World Can't Wait. Info: n...@worldcantwait.org &
http://worldcantwait.net
**Through 12/8 TUE, 8-10 am Action: Sunset Park Pop-Up Free Store.
Take what you want from gifts your neighbors have delivered for your
benefit. At loc in Sunset Park, Bkn. RSVP for appointment:
917-291-4391 (Sp), 718-753-4238 (Chi), 718-869-4216 (Hindi),
718-781-3595 (Tagalog), 718-450-1234 (Italian), 718-561-6055 (Eng).
Info: VvFm...@gmail.com
Through 12/14 MONs, 7:30-9 pm - Discussion: On Black Jacobins, by CLR
James. Biweekly discussion of the Haitian Revolution led by Toussaint
LOuverture. What can we learn today from the first fully successful
slave revolt in human history? James timeless & inspiring classic
explores the relation btw race, class & revolution. At Freedom Hall,
113 W 128th St (btw Malcolm X & Adam Clayton Powell Blvds, 2/3, 4/5/6,
A/B/C/D to 125th St). Free; $5 for snacks at 7 pm. Sponsor: Freedom
Socialist Party. Info/childcare: 212-222-0633, f...@nyct.net &
http://www.socialism.com
Through 12/20 SUN - Workshops: Theater of the Oppressed Laboratory
(TOPLAB). W/Marie-Claire Picher, others TBA. 12/19 SAT, 10 am-6 pm, &
12/20 SUN, 10 am-6 pm: Forum Theater. At Brecht Forum, 451 West St
(btw Bank & Bethune St, A/C/E/L to 14th St & 8th Ave, 1/2/3 to 14th St
& 7th Ave). $95-$150 for most workshops; RSVP for details. Sponsors:
Theater of the Oppressed Laboratory, Brecht Forum. Register
(req)/info: 212-924-1858, top...@toplab.org & http://www.toplab.org
Through 12/20 SUN - Exhbition: Compassion. The Institute of Art,
Religion & Social Justice's 1st exhibition. "In today's shifting
political, economic & ecological landscape, the need for compassion
has never been greater; compassion understood as mutual
interdependence, knowledge of self & others, & concern for human
flourishing.... Artists often awaken compassion most profoundly. They
form our imaginations such that we can envision our interconnectedness
in ways that mere didacticism cannot achieve." Art by Alfredo Jaar,
Marina Abramovic, Yoko Ono & others. At Union Theological Seminary,
Institute of Art, Religion & Social Justice, 3041 Bway (at 121st St,
1 to 116th St). Info: 212-980-1404, kre...@uts.columbia.edu &
http://artreligionandsocialjustice.com
**Through 12/21 MON, MONs 8:30 pm Discussion: Paul DAmatos The
Meaning of Marxism. Haymarket Books discussion group. At Think Coffee,
248 Mercer St (btw 3rd & 4th St, 6 to Bleecker St, R/W to 8th St-NYU,
A/C/E, B/D/F/V to W 4th St). Info: Geoff, 718-344-1202,
rask...@gmail.com Directions: Leia, 917-971-9480, Spring,
646-404-7392.
Through 12/22 TUE Meetings: Entre Mujeres/ Among Women. Explorando
la fe y el feminismo/ Exploring faith & feminism. Este es un espacio
abierto, de estudio, reflexisn, apoyo y compartir para mujeres / This
is an open space, for studying, reflecting, support & sharing among
women. At Iglesia San Romero de Las Amiricas-UCC, 752 W 178th St, rm
1A (btw Pinehurst & Fort Washington Ave, A, 1 to 181st St). Info:
646-942-2444.
**Through 12/28 MON, 6-7 pm - Vigil: No Guantanamos at Home or
Abroad! Support Syed Fahad Hashmi, a US citizen imprisoned in severe
solitary confinement for 2-1/2 years awaiting trial. Featuring a
weekly radio "show"--"Radio Free Hashmi" w/members of Theaters Against
War (THAW) & guests from Bway & off-Bway. Volunteer actors needed.
At 150 Park Row (at Pearl St, outside the Metropolitan Correctional
Ctr, 4/5/6 to Bkn Bridge-City, J/M/Z to Chambers St). Sponsors:
Wallace Shawn, Kathleen Chalfant & THAW. Info: 206-312-2201,
thawa...@yahoo.com & http://www.thawaction.org
--11/30 MON, 6-7 pm: special guest Bessie Award-winning performer
Okwui Okpokwasili.
**Through 1/2 SAT March: World Peace & Nonviolence March. Marchers &
supporters ask for dismantling of nuclear weapons & end to all forms
of war & violence. Launched by Symposium of the World Center for
Humanist Studies; ends in Punta de Vacas, Argentina; NYC stop starting
on 11/30. Info: 212-313-9480, in...@worldmarchusa.net &
http://www.worldmarchusa.net & http://www.theworldmarch.org
--11/30 MON, 1 pm: March arrives in NYC. Meet at Bkn Boro Hall,
downtown Bkn (2/3, 4/5, R to Boro Hall) for 1 pm walk over Bkn Bridge
to 3 pm press conf & proclamation at City Hall. Sponsors: World W/out
Wars, Convergence of Cultures, WBAI.
--7 pm-9:30 pm: Talk/performance: "Beyond Violence." Celebrate the
arrival of World March to NY after 42 countries & 4 continents,
w/multimedia presentations & music from Earthdriver & others. At
Riverside Church, 490 Riverside Drive (btw 120th & 122nd St, 1 to
116th St). Sponsors: World W/out Wars, Convergence of Cultures, WBAI.
--12/1 TUE, noon-1 pm: Rally: Reconciliation Ceremony at Ground Zero.
A special ceremony, coinciding w/visit of the intl team of marchers
from the World March for Peace & Nonviolence, to honor the 9/11
victims, decry the violence of the attacks & address the theme of
reconciliation as it pertains to achieving peace & nonviolence. At WTC
area, Church & Fulton Sts (R/W to Cortlandt St, E to WTC, 2/3 to Park
Place, A/C, 1/2/3 to Chambers St). Sponsors: 9/11 Families for
Peaceful Tomorrows, World W/out Wars & W/out Violence, Community for
Human Development.
--12/2 WED, 6:30 pm Celebration. W/poetry readings by Phoebe Koss,
Howard Pflanzer & Eliot Katz, music by Russell Branca jazz trio,
speaker from World March organization, Bruce Knotts (the UU/United
Nations Office). At Reidy Friendship Hall, Unitarian Church of All
Souls, 1157 Lexington Ave (at 80th St, 6 to 77th St, 4/5 to 86th St).
Sponsors: Peace & Justice Task Force at All Souls Church, UU/UNO
office, GreenSouls, Peace Action of NYS, Resistance Cinema, Granny
Peace Brigade, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Metro NY Religious
Campaign Against Torture, Code Pink, War Resisters League. Info:
mgei...@earthlink.net
Through 1/3 SUN Exhibit: Party Time: Re-imagine America.
British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare on the rise of wealth & quest
for refinement that accompanied industrialization in the US. At Newark
Museum, 49 Washington St, Newark, NJ. Info: 973-596-6550,
http://newarkmuseum.org
Through 1/3 SUN Exhibit: Hanging Fire: Contemporary Art from
Pakistan. Works by Hamra Abbas, Bani Abidi, Zahoor ul Akhlaq, Faiza
Butt, Imran Qureshi, many others. At Asia Society & Museum, 725 Park
Ave (at 70th St, 6 to 68th St-Hunter College, F to 63rd St-Lexington
Ave). Info: 212-288-6400, http://AsiaSociety.org
Through 2/12 FRI Exhibit: Travelling Immigrants Art Exhibit 2009. An
opportunity for immigrant artists to respond artistically to this time
in history in which immigrants are being persecuted & deprived of
their rights. Info: 201-344-9856.
--Through 12/13 SUN: At South Ocean Art Gallery, Unitarian
Universalist Church, 228 South Ocean Ave, Freeport, NY.
--1/31 SUN, 2 pm-2/12 FRI: At Shore Institute of the Contemporary
Arts, 20 3rd Ave, Long Branch, NJ. Info: 732-263-1121.
**11/30 MON Action: Intl Day of Action for Climate Justice. Take
the day off, get together w/your friends, & organize a protest or act
of civil disobedience against your least favorite climate criminal.
Info: http://www.actforclimatejustice.org
--7:30 am: March on DC's Climate Criminals: Corporations out of
Copenhagen. At Lafayette Park, across from US Chamber of Commerce, at
Connecticut Ave & H St, NW, in DC. Info: scott, sgr...@riseup.net
--Noon-2:30 pm: Carnival procession w/marching band. W/climate
scientist Dr James Hansen, local water defender & advocate for
renewable economy Laura Sheinkopf, environmental economist Charles
Komanoff. Meet at Bank of America, 16th & 5th Ave (4/5/6, L/N/Q/R/W to
14th St-Union Sq), march to corporate-friendly enviro organization,
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). Sponsor: MCJ Team in NY.
Info: n...@climatesos.org
11/30 MON, 6-8 pm Event: 28 Aniversario de la Carta de Derechos del
Confinado. La carta era aprobada por el Senado de Puerto Rico en
Noviembre de 1981. At La Iglesia la Resurreccisn, E 158th St & Elton
Ave, Bx (2/5 to 3rd Ave-149th St). Info:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=179588084806
11/30 MON, 69 pm Event: Natalicio del Hiroe Patriota Andris
Figueroa Cordero. Con Rev Luis Barrios, video "Decents Is Not a
Crime" (presented by NBHRN), acto cultural con Grupo Tipico Musical de
Irenio Ortiz. Dedicado a Oscar Collazo e Irvin Flores y los presos
politicos. At Boricua College, 186 N 6th St, Bkn (L to Bedford Ave).
Sponsors: Fundacisn Andris Figueroa Cordero, Partido
Nacionalista-Junta de NY, National Boricua Human Rights Network,
Comiti 27 de Octubre, El Maestro Inc, NY Friends of Puerto Rico at the
UN, Juventud Nacionalista Puertorriquena en NY. Info:
mat...@yahoo.com
**11/30 MON, 6:30 pm - Event: 10 Years After The Battle of Seattle,
Reflections on the Future of the Global Justice Mvt.
W/Kazembe Balagun (Brecht Forum), Heather Gautney (Fordham U), Brooke
Lehman (Bluestockings Bookstore, Yansa Group), Mike Menser (Bkn
College, NYC Solidarity Economy Network), Eddie Yuen (Against the
Grain/KPFA). Reception follows. At CUNY Grad Ctr, Proshansky
Auditorium, 365 5th Ave (NE corner of 5th Ave & 34th St, B/D/F/V,
N/R/Q/W to 34th St-Herald Sq, 6 to 33rd St). Sponsors: Ctr for the
Study of Place, Culture & Politics, Bluestockings Bookstore, Brecht
Forum. Info: http://brechtforum.org/events/ten-years-after-battle-seattle?bc=\
11/30 MON, 7 pm Reading: Taxi Confidential: Life, Death & 3 am
Revelations in NYC Cabs. W/author Amy Braunschweiger. True & truly
gritty stories of drivers, passengers & the in-between. At
Bluestockings, 172 Allen St (at Stanton, 1 bk S of Houston, F/V to 2nd
Ave). Free. Info: 212-777-6028, in...@bluestockings.com &
http://www.bluestockings.com & http://www.myspace.com/bluestockingsnyc
11/30 MON, 7 pm - Reading/discussion: Climate Cover-Up: The Crusade
to Deny Global Warming. W/author James Hoggan (David Suzuki
Foundation) & author/activist Mark Crispin Miller. At McNally Jackson,
52 Prince St (btw Lafayette & Mulberry Sts, 6 to Spring St, R/W to
Prince St, B/D/F/V to B'way/Lafayette). Free. Info: 212-274-1160,
eve...@mcnallyrobinsonnyc.com & http://www.mcnallyjackson.com/
**11/30 MON, 7:30-9:30 pm Film/discussion: "Rethink Afghanistan." At
Iona College, 715 North Ave, EndZone, La Penta Student Union, New
Rochelle, NY). Info: Ted de Soyza, 914-235-1744.
**11/30 MON, 8-11 pm - Benefit/music: "A Very Mary Holiday." W/BD
Wong, Nick Adams (Guys & Dolls, Chorus Line), Tituss Burgess
(Little Mermaid, Guys & Dolls), Kate Pazakis (Jerry Springer the
Opera), Anthony Hollock (Hair, Mr Bway 2009), Frankie James Grande
(Mamma Mia, Mr Bway 2008), Megan Reinking (Hair), The
HoneyBuns--Lauren Elder, Haven Burton, & Meabh O'Neill), Sean Bradford
(Lion King), Jeffery Self & Cole Escola (LOGO TV), Michael Buckley
(WhatTheBuck Show), Martin Gould Cummings. Proceeds go to The Ali
Forney Ctr & Bway Speaks OUT. At Dixon Place, 161 Chrystie St (btw
Rivington & Delancey Sts, F/V to 2nd Ave, J/M/Z to Bowery, B/D to
Grand St). $25 mezzanine, $50 orchestra & VIP afterparty. Sponsors:
Dixon Place & NEXT Magazine. Tickets $25 mezzanine, $50 orchestra &
VIP afterparty; special $18 (at http://www.facebook.com/ l/843a8;
https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/685445/prm/LGBT Info:
http://www.facebook.com/l/843a8;www.aliforneycenter.org &
http://www.facebook.com/l/843a8;www.broadwayspeaksOUT.com
DECEMBER
**12/1 TUE, 9:30 am (RESCH to 1/6 WED) Court support: for Syed Fahad Hashmi.
**12/1 TUE, 5-7:30 pm Meeting: FIERCE membership meeting. At FIERCE
office, 147 W 24th St, 6th fl (btw 6th & 7th Ave, 1 to 23rd St-7th
Ave, F/V to 23rd St-6th Ave). Info/RSVP: Desiree Marshall,
646-336-6789 x208, des...@fiercenyc.org & http://www.fiercenyc.org
**12/1 TUE, 5:30 pm - Action: protest Obamas decision to escalate the
war in Afghanistan. Demo coincides w/presidents formal announcement
of escalation at West Point Military Academy. Bring candles or a
flashlight. Meet at Veterans Park, Main St/Rte 218, Highland Falls,
NY (adjacent to grounds of Military Academy, 16 miles S of Newburgh;
see below to find carpooling from Peekskill Metro North Hudson Line
station); 6:30 pm rally; 7 pm candlelight march to the gates of West
Point & back to park. Sponsors: Military Families Speak Out, Intl
Action Center, Troops Out Now, Rockland Coalition for Peace & Justice,
Iraq Veterans Against the War, Orange County Democratic Alliance,
WESPAC, Peace Action of NYS, World Can't Wait, Peace & Social Progress
Now, Hudson Valley Activist Newsletter, more. Info: Nick Mottern,
914-806-6179, nickm...@earthlink.net or Bennett Weiss,
845-569-8662, benw...@aol.com & http://ny4cg.org/actions/?id=3568 &
http://www.nowarwestchester.org/ &
http://wespac.org/index.php/movement-building/407-protest-obamas-escalation-of-war
Carpools: from Ulster & Dutchess counties, jac...@earthlink.net, from
Westchester county coordinated by WESPAC, 914-449-6514.
**12/1 TUE, 5 pm - Discussion: Perspectives on the Intl Criminal
Court (ICC) & US Membership. W/John Washburn, Prof Jide Nzelibe (NYU,
Northwestern U), Prof Alexander Greenawalt (Pace U Law School). ICC is
a permanent treaty-based criminal court that can try individuals only
for designated atrocity crimes, such as genocide, crimes against
humanity & serious war crimes; it was created by Rome Statute in 2002.
Up until now 110 countries have joined the ICC, but not the US. At
Pace U Law School, Preston Hall, Tudor Rm, 52 N Bway, White Plains,
NY. Sponsors: UN Assn of the USA (UNA-USA) Westchester Chapter, Pace
Law School, Citizens for Global Solutions, Unitarian Universalist UN
Office, Westchester County Bar Assn. Info: 914-472-5490,
philrey...@hotmail.com Directions:
http://www.pace.edu/page.cfm?doc_id=23100
**12/1 TUE, 68 pm Discussion: Immigration Reform 2010: On the
Agenda or Falling Behind? W/Frank Sharry (Americas Voice), Marc
Rosenblum (Migration Policy Institute), Theodore Ruthizer (Kramer
Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP), David R Aysn (Loyola Marymount U),
moderator Julia Preston (NY Times). At Columbia U Intl Affairs
Building, 420 W 118th St, 15th fl, rm 1501 (at Amsterdam Ave, 1 to
116th St). Sponsors: Latin American Student Assn (LASA), Migration
Working Group. Info: la...@columbia.edu &
http://ilas.columbia.edu/newsevents/page/lasa_presents_immigration_reform_2010_on_the_agenda_or_falling_behind
**12/1 TUE, 6-8 pm Forum: Community Conversation w/Gov Paterson.
W/Rep Ed Towns, Sen Velmanette Montgomery, Assembly member Annette
Robinson & Council member Al Vann. At 1st AME Church, 54 Macdonough
St, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Bkn (at Tompkins, C to Kingston-Throop Aves, A
to Nostrand Ave, G to Bedford-Nostrand B43 via Tompkins, 3 to Kingston
Ave B43 via Throop Ave). Info: 718-638-3343 (church info),
JAMIL...@aol.com
12/1 TUE, 6:45 pm Exhibit/benefit: Nesting Project opening.
Artists will create nests the way birds gather objects to build a
home. The nests will be on silent auction throughout December to raise
funds to build actual homes for those displaced in Sri Lanka, victims
of 2004 tsunami & the civil war. Proceeds go via Habitat for Humanity.
At Jivamukti Cafi, 841 Bway, 2nd fl (at Union Sq, 4/5/6, L/N/Q/R/W to
14th St-Union Sq). Info: thenesti...@gmail.com &
http://forums.manhattanbirdclub.com/post?id=3808064
12/1 TUE, 7 pm Film/discussion: Sex. Consent. Power. Pleasure.
W/film The Line & panel Nancy Schwartzman (filmmaker), Erin Burrows
(Students Active For Ending Rape), Joseph Samalin (Men Can Stop Rape),
Ignacio Rivera (sex educator, organizer & performance artist). At
Gallery Bar, 120 Orchard St (btw Delancey St & Rivington St, F, J/M/Z
to Delancey-Essex Sts, B/D to Grand St, F/V to 2nd Ave-Houston). $7
adv (before 12/1 noon)/$10 door/students free. Sponsors: Paradigm
Shift: NYC's Feminist Community, SAFER. RSVP:
RS...@ParadigmShiftNYC.com
**12/1 TUE, 7 pm (FILM CHANGE) Film/discussion: The Murder of Fred
Hampton. On 12/4/69 police burst into Hamptons apartment while its
occupants were sleeping, killing Hampton & fellow Panther Mark Clark.
Filmmakers Mike Gray & Howard Alk arrived a few hours later to shoot
film footage of the crime scene that was later used to contradict the
false news reports & police testimony. Recently restored & reworked by
Gray. At Revolution Books, 146 W 26th St (1, R/W to 28th St, F/V to
23rd St). Info: 212-691-3345, http://revolutionbooksnyc.org
12/1 TUE, 7 pm Discussion: Sports & Sexuality: Fighting for a Level
Playing Field. W/sports fan & writer Dave Zirin on the struggle of
women & LGBTQ people to gain equal access in the wide world of sports.
At Bluestockings, 172 Allen St (at Stanton, 1 bk S of Houston, F/V to
2nd Ave). $5 suggested. Info: 212-777-6028, in...@bluestockings.com &
http://www.bluestockings.com & http://www.myspace.com/bluestockingsnyc
12/1 TUE, 7 pm - Reading/discussion: Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial
Presidency & Forming a More Perfect Union. W/author David Swanson.
The recent expansion of powers granted to the "unitary executive" & a
discussion of reasons & efforts to roll them back. 1st TUE Series
hosted by author/activist Mark Crispin Miller. At McNally Jackson, 52
Prince St (btw Lafayette & Mulberry Sts, 6 to Spring St, R/W to Prince
St, B/D/F/V to B'way/Lafayette). Free. Info: 212-274-1160,
eve...@mcnallyrobinsonnyc.com & http://www.mcnallyjackson.com/
**12/1 TUE, 7 pm Meeting: 2010 NYC Anarchist Bookfair. At ABC No Rio
on MON, TUE, THU, 156 Rivington St (btw Suffolk & Clinton Sts, F,
J/M/Z to Delancey St-Essex St). Info: in...@anarchistbookfair.net
**12/1 TUE, 7:30 pm Discussion: Psychology & Economy. W/Harriet
Fraad (practicing psychotherapist-hypnotherapist) & Richard Wolff
(economist, visiting prof at New School). Why are the people of the US
so remarkably politically passive in the wake of the economic disaster
that has robbed them of their jobs, their homes & their intimate
relationships? At Brecht Forum, 451 West St (btw Bank & Bethune St,
A/C/E/L to 14th St & 8th Ave, 1/2/3 to 14th St & 7th Ave). $6/$10/$15
sliding scale. Info: 212-242-4201, brech...@brechtforum.org &
http://brechtforum.org/node/3226
**12/1 TUE, 8 pm - Film: "How to Fold a Flag." Dirs Petra Epperlein &
Michael Tucker ("Gunner Palace," 2004). We were asked to believe that
the war was over. We laughed-for we were the war. (Ernst J|nger)
Film follows soldiers of "Gunner Palace" back home; film about country
at war, mothers. "Stranger Than Fiction" series. At IFC Ctr (formerly
Waverly Cinema), 6th Ave & 3rd St (A/C/E, B/D/F/V to W 4th St, 1 to
Christopher St-Sheridan Sq). $16/$13 members, +$1 charge for online
purchase; vets & activists, contact mike....@mac.com to have tix
held for you. Tix: http://stfdocs.com/films/closing_night_film_tbd/
Info: http://www.howtofoldaflag.com Directions: 212-924-7771.
**12/1 TUE, 8 pm Music/benefit: for Tortuga legal defense. W/From
the Depths (defiant hardcore), Testament (political hip-hop from
Kanada), Hype Wonder & Crew (Bkn hip-hop), Anchorites (weirdo doom
metal). At Goodbye Blue Monday, 1087 Bway, Bkn (at DeKalb Ave, J to
Kosciuszko). $5-$10. Info: ABCF-NYC, nyc...@riseup.net &
friendsoftortuga.wordpress.com
**12/1 TUE, 8:30 pm - Benefit: "Voices of Promise." World AIDS Day
Event, evening of spoken word & discussion about state of HIV/AIDS in
NYC. At Nuyorican Poets Cafi, 236 E 3rd St (btw Aves B & C). $15/$5
students w/ID; proceeds to Nuyorican Poets Cafe & Planned Parenthood
of NYC's Project Street Beat Program. Limited seating; tix:
http://www.nuyorican.org/calendar.php?r=0&eid=318 Info about Project
Street Beat Program: http://www.plannedparenthood.org/nyc/15223.htm &
http://www.ppaction.org/ppnyc/join.html?r=4pAWdkdqTB_AE
12/2 WED, 9:30 am-4:30 pm Action/rally: Stop Stupak-Pitts Lobby Day
& Rally. Demand that Congress stand up for womens' right to safe,
accessible & legal abortion. At Capitol Hill DC; rally 11:30-1 pm at
Upper Senate Park, Constitution & Delaware Aves, NE (red line to Union
Station, orange/blue lines to Capitol South). Sponsors: Feminist
Majority, Planned Parenthood, NOW, NARAL, Religious Coalition for
Reproductive Choice, ACLU, SEIU, Advocates for Youth, Campus Progress,
Choice USA, many more. Info: 703-522-2214,
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=208370075409
**12/2 WED, 10:30 am Court support: for Lynne Stewart. Show support
for activist atty; 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals told Judge Koeltl to
consider lengthening her 28-month sentence for aiding terrorism. At
US District Court, 500 Pearl St, before Judge Koeltl, rm 12B (4/5/6 to
Bkn Bridge-City Hall, J/M/Z to Chambers St, R to City Hall, N to Canal
St). Info: PatLev...@aol.com
**12/2 WED, 4 pm Picket/protest: Lets Chase Chase. Demand that
Chase/Morgan Bank, which received $25 billion from TARP last year,
turn over all warehoused vacant lots to a Homeless Peoples Community
Land Trust, transfer $100 million into a Homeless Peoples Trust Fund
for housing construction, convert already existing projects into truly
affordable housing for poor & homeless people, stop all home
foreclosures on working people now. At World Headquarters,
Chase/Morgan Bank, 270 Park Ave, 47th St (6 to 50th St-Lexington, E/V
to 53rd St-5th Ave). Sponsor: Picture the Homeless. Info:
646-314-6423, fr...@picturethehomeless.org
**12/2 WED, 4:30-6:30 pm & 6 pm Protests: Escalation of war in
Afghanistan. Obama will reportedly make his speech on the need for
tens of thousands of more troops to be deployed to Afghanistan from
West Point, NY, on 12/1 TUE (see 12/1 TUE, 5:30 pm). At Times Sq, 42nd
& Bway (1/2/3/7, S, N/Q/R/W to Times Sq-42nd St). (According to WRL
a smaller group will also congregate at 6 pm at the downtown end of
Union Sq, on the steps at 14th St near Bway, for a vigil &
leafleting.)
--4:30-6:30 pm: Rally/march. Sponsors: Intl Action Center, Troops Out
Now Coalition, Peoples Organization for Progress, Vets for
Peace-Chapters 21-NJ & 34-NYC, Harlem Tenants Council, Million Worker
March, World Cant Wait, others. Info: 212-633-6646,
troopsoutnow.org/cmnt.shtml & http://www.troopsoutnow.org
--6 pm: Protest/vigil. Sponsors: CodePink NYC, Iraq Veterans Against
the War, Peace Action NYS, War Resisters League, United for Peace &
Justice-NYC (UFPJ). Info: code...@mail.democracyinaction.org
**12/2 WED, 5:30-9:30 pm Benefit: Conscientious Christmas: A
Palestinian Bazaar. Support Palestinian products at a recreation of
an old city bazaar. Enjoy traditional Arab food & music, enjoy a
cultural experience & purchase unique, conscientious, meaningful gifts
this holiday season. Proceeds help Palestinian communities in the
Southern Hebron Hills. At NYU, Kimmel, 60 Washington Sq South, rm 907
(SW corner Laguardia Pl, A/C/E, B/D/F/V to W 4th St, R/W to 8 St-NYU,
1 to Christopher St-Sheridan Sq; photo ID req). Sponsor: Students for
Justice in Palestine. Info:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=182781993252
**12/2 WED, 6 pm Vigil: Protest new escalation of war in
Afghanistan. At Newton Sq (Park Place), Newton, NJ. Info:
bia...@embarqmail.com
12/2 WED, 7 pm Book event: Talking w/Sartre: Conversations &
Debates. W/editor & translator John Gerassi. Authorized by Sartre to
write his biography, Gerassi conducted long series of interviews btw
1970 & 1974, which he has now edited to produce revelatory &
breathtaking portrait. At Revolution Books, 146 W 26th St (1, R/W to
28th St, F/V to 23rd St). Info: 212-691-3345,
http://revolutionbooksnyc.org
12/2 WED, 7 pm Reading: My Red Blood: A Memoir of Growing Up
Communist, Coming Onto the Greenwich Village Folk Scene & Coming Out
in the Feminist Movement. W/author & activist Alix Dobkin. At
Bluestockings, 172 Allen St (at Stanton, 1 bk S of Houston, F/V to 2nd
Ave). Free. Info: 212-777-6028, in...@bluestockings.com &
http://www.bluestockings.com & http://www.myspace.com/bluestockingsnyc
**12/2 WED, 7:30 pm Discussion: Gaza: 1 Year Later. W/Norman
Finkelstein (author, Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism &
the Abuse of History, The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the
Exploitation of Jewish Suffering, & many other books). At Brecht
Forum, 451 West St (btw Bank & Bethune St, A/C/E/L to 14th St & 8th
Ave, 1/2/3 to 14th St & 7th Ave). $6/$10/$15 sliding scale. Info:
212-242-4201, brech...@brechtforum.org &
http://brechtforum.org/node/3135
**12/2 WED, 8 pm - Film: "The Promise of NY." W/filmmaker Raul
Barcelona. Explores meaning of democracy & identity of city
w/irreverence, humor, sensitivity. Q&A w/Barcelona after screening.
Highly recommended by Mike Bonnano ("Yes Men Fix the World"). At Vox
Pop Cafi, 1022 Cortelyou Rd, Ditmas Park, Bkn (Q to Cortelyou, F to
Ditmas Ave). Free. Info: 718-940-2084, http://www.voxpopnet.net &
http://www.thepromiseofnewyork.com
**12/3 THU, 12/4 FRI, 12/5 SAT, 12/10 THU, 12/11 FRI, 7 pm, & 12/12
SAT 8:15 pm - Films/discussion/benefit: The Black Panther Party Film
Festival. (See also 12/12 SAT, 8:30 am & 3 pm). Honoring the NY
Panther 21, the Young Lords & Fred Hampton & Mark Clark, murdered
12/4/69 by Chicago police, 40 years ago. Films incl: Passin It On:
Dhoruba Bin Wahad & the NY State BPP, The Murder of Fred Hampton,
Palante Siempre Palante! The Young Lords. Panelists incl: Felipe
Luciano, Cleo Silvers, Miquel Mickey Melende, Cyril Bullwhip Innis
& Sadiki Bro Shep Ojore Olugbala. At Maysles Cinema, 343 Lenox
Ave/Malcolm X Blvd (btw 127th & 128th Sts, 2/3 to 125th
St-Lenox/Malcolm X, A/C, B/D to 125th St-St Nicholas Ave, 4/5/6
to125th St-Lexington Ave). $10 suggested; donations welcome; benefits
The SafiyaNuh Foundation's Political Prisoner Projects. Sponsors: East
Coast Black Panther Party Commemoration Cmt, Women of Color
Productions Inc, Maysles Cinema, Safiya Bukhari-Albert Nuh Washington
Foundation, Field Up Productions, Harlem/New Black Panther Party,
Universal Zulu Nation, Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, Its About Time
BPP Alumni, Black Student Union at City College, Guillermo
Morales/Assata Shakur Center. Info: 212-582-6050,
Phi...@mayslesinstitute.org & cin...@mayslesfilms.com &
http://www.mayslesfilms.com
12/3 THU-12/30 WED (WED-FRI 8 pm, SAT 2 pm & 8 pm, SUN 7 pm)
Performance: She Like Girls world premiere. By Chisa Hutchinson.
Inspired by the brutal murder of a 15-year-old lesbian in Newark, NJ,
play tells story of 2 inner-city girls who gradually fall in love
w/each other in a dangerously homophobic climate. At Ohio Theater, 66
Wooster St (btw Broome & Spring Sts, 6 to Spring St, R/W to Prince St,
A/C/E to Canal St-6th Ave, 1 to Canal St-Varick St). Tix:
TheaterMania, 212-352-3101. Info: jen...@workingmansclothes.com &
http://www.workingmansclothes.com
**12/3 THU Protest: Demand a real jobs program & money for jobs not
for war during the White House jobs summit. At Pennsylvania Ave btw
15th & 16th Sts, directly in front of the White House, in DC. Sponsor:
Bail Out the People Movement. Info: 212-633-6646,
bailoutpeople.org/cmnt.shtml & http://www.BailOutPeople.org
12/3 THU, 59 pm Event: The Ippie Awards. Honors reporting in Eng &
others languages by the NY ethnic & community press. At Baruch
College, 151 E 25th St (btw Lexington & 3rd Ave, 6 to 23rd St or 28th
St). Register (20% discount if registered by 11/16):
https://nycma.fcny.org/nycma/ippies/register_for_the_dinner/ Info:
Jehangir Khattak, 212-279-1442, nyc...@indypressny.org
12/3 THU, 5:15 pm & 7:30 pm - Film: Rachel Corrie. US college
student & activist who was run over by an Israeli bulldozer in the
Gaza Strip in 2003. At Theater 1, Jacob Burns Film Center, 364
Manville Road, Pleasantville, NY. RSVP/info: or 914-773-7663,
http://www.burnsfilmcenter.org/films/film-series/detail/14347
12/3 THU, 5:30-6:30 pm - Picket: in solidarity w/Haitian workers in
Dominican Republic. Protest attacks on & deportations of Haitian
workers. At Haitian Consulate, 271 Madison Ave (btw 39th & 40th Sts,
4/5/6/7, S to Grand Central-42nd St, 7 to 5th Ave-42nd St). Sponsors:
Batay Ouvriye Solidarity Network. Info: 646-829-9519,
bosoli...@yahoo.com & http://www.fowomouvriye.org
12/3 THU, 6 pm Benefit: to support Freedom March in Gaza (see
12/27-1/2 below). Delicious Arabic food donated by owner of Moustache
Arab Restaurant. At loc in East Village. RSVP: 212-982-2912.
12/3 THU, 6:15 pm Talk: The Unipolar Moment & the Culture of
Imperialism. W/Noam Chomsky (MIT) delivering the 5th Annual Edward
Said Memorial Lecture. At Altschul Auditorium, 417 Intl Affairs
Building, Columbia U, 420 W 118th St (btw Amsterdam Ave & Morningside
Drive, 1 to 116th St). Free; seating
1st come 1st served. Sponsor: Heyman Center for the
Humanities-Columbia U. Info:
http://www.heymancenter.org/event_print.php?id=151 &
http://www.chomsky.info/
12/3 THU, 6:30 pm Book event/discussion: Becoming Americans: 4
Centuries of Immigrant Writing. W/editor Ilan Stavans & journalist.
The long history of US immigration through the voices of those who
made the journey. At Lower East Side Tenement Museum Shop, 108 Orchard
St (at Delancey St, F to Delancey St, B/D to Grand, J/M to
Delancey-Essex). Free. RSVP requested: eve...@tenement.org Info:
212-982-8420, Eve...@tenement.org & http://www.tenement.org
12/3 THU, 6:30 pm - Book event: "Racism, Repression & Resistance:
COINTELPRO Then & Now: 40 years since the FBI & Chicago police
assassinated Fred Hampton. W/Jeffrey Haas (author, The Assassination
of Fred Hampton: How the FBI & the Chicago Police Murdered a Black
Panther), Malik Rahim (Common Ground Relief in NOLA), Francisco Torres
(SF 8) & fmr political prisoner Laura Whitehorn exploring ongoing
repression of political dissent in the US in the name of national
security. At Community Church of NY, 40 E 35th St (btw Park & Madison
Aves, 6 to 33rd St). Free. Sponsors: Center for Constitutional Rights,
ational Lawyers Guild, others. Info: shog...@igc.org
**12/3 THU, 6:309 pm Talk: Resistance in a Housing Crisis:
Findings Solutions When a Government Fails Its People. W/Max Rameau
(Take Back the Land), Rob Robinson (Picture the Homeless) & Peter
Marcuse (Columbia U). At CUNY Graduate Ctr, 365 5th Ave, rms
C204/C205, Lower Level (NE corner of 5th Ave & 34th St, B/D/F/V,
N/R/Q/W to 34th St-Herald Sq, 6 to 33rd St). Sponsors: Ctr for Place,
Culture, Politics. Info: Robert Robinson, 646-314-6423,
r...@picturethehomeless.org
**12/3 THU, 7 pm Discussion: Capitalism vs Socialism Debate. W/
Petrino DiLeo (Intl Socialist Organization), Prof Mark Weinstock
(Hunter Economics Dept), student panel representing both sides. At 1st
floor lobby, Hunter West, Hunter College, SW corner of 68th &
Lexington (6 to 68th St-Hunter College, F to Lexington Ave-63rd St).
Sponsors: Hunter Economics Club, Intl Socialist Organization. Info:
danny...@gmail.com
**12/3 THU, 7-9:30 pm Forum: Massacre in Maguindanao. W/speakers
from Mindanao & Manila. Public discussion on the roots & implications
of the 11/23 massacre of 64 people in the Mindanao province of
Maguindanao, Philippines. Followed by candlelight procession in
remembrance of the 64 victims. At Bayanihan Filipino Community Center,
40-21 69th St, Woodside, Qns (btw Roosevelt Ave & 41st Ave, 7 local to
69th St, E/F/G/R/V to Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Ave). Info:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=184168103364
12/3 THU, 7:30 pm Book event/forum: Left of Marx: The Political
Life of Black Communist Claudia Jones. W/Carole Boyce Davies (Cornell
U, author of Black Women, Writing & Identity: Migrations of the
Subject). The activism, writing & legacy of a pioneering
Afro-Caribbean radical intellectual, dedicated communist &
feministburied to the left of Karl Marx in Londons Highgate
Cemetery. At Brecht Forum, 451 West St (btw Bank & Bethune St, A/C/E/L
to 14th St & 8th Ave, 1/2/3 to 14th St & 7th Ave). $6/$10/$15 sliding
scale. Info: 212-242-4201, brech...@brechtforum.org &
http://www.brechtforum.org
12/4 FRI & 12/5 SAT (RESCH to 12/11 FRI-12/13 SUN) Benefit/exhibit:
art show, auction & raffle for Daniel McGowan.
12/4 FRI-12/6 SUN - Conference: 7th Cuba/Venezuela/Mexico/North
America Labor Conf. W/reps from Cuba, Ecuador, Bolivia, Colombia,
Venezuela, Nicaragua, Philippines, Haiti & Mexico. At Hotel Palacio
Azteca, Blvd Cuauhtimoc Sur #213, Colonia Davila, Tijuana, Mexico.
$85/$75 for residents of Mexico. Sponsors: US/Cuba Labor Exchange,
Sindicato Mexicano de Electricistas (SME), World Organization for the
Right of the People to Healthcare-SEIU 1199, National Network on Cuba
(NNOC), Venezuela Solidarity Network (VSN), many others.
Info/register: 313-575-4933, labore...@aol.com &
http://laborexchange.blogspot.com
**12/4 FRI, 8-10 am - Discussion: "Wall St & the NY Economy, 1 Yr
After." W/NYS comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli, Alan Lubin (NYSUT), Bruce
Ventimiglia (Saratoga Capital), Thomas Lee (NY State Teachers
Retirement System), James Parrott (chief economist, FPI), Barry Weprin
(Milberg, LLP), Gregg Hymowitz (Entrust Capital). BALCONY Breakfast
Forum. At Hard Rock Cafi NY, 1501 Bway (at 43rd St, 1/2/3/7, S,
N/Q/R/W to Times Sq-42nd St). $35 BALCONY members/$50 non-members; pay
by check. Sponsor: BALCONY (Business & Labor Coalition of NY, 1,000 NY
businesses, labor unions & trade assns that seek to spur economic
development through the adoption of business/union friendly, socially
responsible common sense laws). Info: 212-219-7777,
http://www.balconynewyork.com
12/4 FRI, 9 am-noon Workshop/benefit: The Tapping Therapy.
W/activist Julie Weiner, MS, LMHC, a licensed mental health counselor
specializing in biofeedback & Emotional Freedom Technique. Learn how
to tap into your own power quickly & easily. At WESPAC Foundation, 17
Marble Ave, Pleasantville, NY. $60 non-WESPAC members/$40 WESPAC
members; benefits WESPAC. RSVP (req by 12/1): nirai...@yahoo.com or
https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_flow&SESSION=WKk9v6yd_Bz7PrL8IRFSgIE0ORBfeSv-3VBsGO4UVzCdTcfrc1RLQDpA4-q&dispatch=5885d80a13c0db1ffc45dc241d84e953d0e88f8d71535079b246201019c8adab
**12/4 FRI, 11:30 am-1 pm Action: No More War Toys--No More War.
W/Granny Peace Brigade. Sing songs, distribute consumer information &
do whatever else it takes to help inform the holiday throngs about
wise gift choices for all those special boys & girls. Meet at Times Sq
Military Recruitment Ctr, 43rd & Bway (1/2/3/7, S, N/Q/R/W to Times
Sq-42nd St); proceed to Toys R US. Info: 212-533-2125,
grann...@gmail.com
12/4 FRI, 4:30-8:30 pm - Conference: Beyond Tolerance 4. Aims at
creating safer NYC schools for LGBTQ youth. 1st-time focus on
involving high school students/high school age youth as planners,
participants & the primary target audience. 4:30-5:20 pm: Expo-style
tabling & snacks (community/student groups). 5:30-6:20 pm: Session I
workshops. 6:30-7:20 pm: Session II workshops. 7:30 pm: Coffeehouse
performances. At Vanguard High School, 317 E 67th St (btw 1st & 2nd
Ave, 6 to 68th St-Hunter College). Sponsors: NYQueer, NY Coalition of
Radical Educators. Info/register: nyq...@nycore.org &
http://www.nycore.org
**12/4 FRI, 6 pm-midnight - Benefit: 2nd Annual !Jmbaro Sm! Banquet.
W/Honorees Puerto Rican/Latino Journalists Malmn Falz, Gerson Borrero,
Miriam Ayala, Albor Ruiz; music by Orquesta Son Borincano. Celebrating
the 50th anniversary of Claridad. At Local 32b-J Banquet Hall, 101 6th
Ave (btw Grand St & Watts St, A/C/E to Canal St-6th Ave, 1 to Canal
St-Varick St, N/Q/R/W to Canal St-Bway). $35. Sponsor: Friends of
Claridad (Amigos de Claridad). Tix: Fred Alvarez, 917-796-4139,
Justino Rodrmguez, 917-903-8817, Josi Velazquez, 973-748-5007. Info:
amigosdecl...@gmail.com &
http://www.myspace.com/amigosdeclaridad_eeuu
12/4 FRI, 7 pm Meeting: Private Health Insurance Must Go! Coalition
(PHIMG). At Murphy Institute for Worker Education & Labor Studies,
CUNY, 25 W 43rd St, 19th fl (7 to 5th Ave, B/D/F/V to Grand
Central-42nd St). Info: http://www.phimg.org
**12/4 FRI, 7 pm Film/talk: Attica: The Rebellion. W/presentation
from Joseph Little. At 2295 Adam Clayton Powell Blvd (at 135th St; 2/3
or B/C to 135th St). $7 requested. Sponsor: ANSWER Coalition. Info:
212-694-8720 or n...@answercoalition.org
**12/4 FRI, 7:30 pm Discussion: Rightwing Populism & White Rage.
W/Chip Berlet. From the murder of Dr George Tiller this past spring
to the disruptions at town hall meetings on healthcare, to racist
attacks on cable TV news shows, it is clear that rightwing populism is
not only on the rise but having increasing impact on the national
political debate. At Brecht Forum, 451 West St (btw Bank & Bethune
St, A/C/E/L to 14th St & 8th Ave, 1/2/3 to 14th St & 7th Ave).
$6/$10/$15 sliding scale. Info: 212-242-4201,
brech...@brechtforum.org & http://brechtforum.org/node/3136
12/4 FRI, 8 pm - Music: Good Coffeehouse Music Parlor. W/Country blues
guitarist Stefan Grossman. Traveling Troubadour Concert Series. At 53
Prospect Park West, Bkn (btw 1st & 2nd Sts, 2/3 to Grand Army Plaza,
Q/B to 7th Ave, F to 7th Ave). $15/$6 kids. Info: 718 768 2972,
in...@jamesreams.com & http://www.gchmusic.org
12/5 SAT, 9 am-5 pm Benefit/meeting: Margaret Eberle Fair Trade
Crafts Festival & WESPAC Foundation's Social Forum Followup Meeting. 9
am: meditation; 10 am-3 pm: program; Fair Trade vendors until 5 pm.
(The trade fair was formerly sponsored by WESPAC but is now sponsored
by community groups; the trade & the meeting are separate but
connected events.) At Memorial United Methodist Church, Asbury Hall,
250 Bryant Ave, White Plains, NY. $5-10 suggested; benefits church,
Korean Methodist Center, Loft LGBT Center & other groups.
Info/volunteer: 914-449-6514, sc...@loftgaycenter.org &
http://www.wespac.org
12/5 SAT, 9:30 am - Benefit: Veterans for Peace, Chapter 21
Breakfast/Fundraiser. At Iron Horse, 20 Washington St, Westwood, NJ.
Info: paula....@verizon.net & http://www.mfso.org &
http://www.Teaneckpeace.org
12/5 SAT, 10 am-4 pm - Event: 5th Anniversary of Ugnayan. Celebrate
the successes of Filipino youth & students in advancing our
community's rights & building our power. Cultural resistance workshops
on hiphop activism/Theater of the Oppressed/more, children's
storytelling, facepainting, food & vendors. 10 am-12 pm: children's
storytelling & activities. 12-4 pm: cultural workshops. Childcare
available. At Renaissance School, 35-59 81st St, Jackson Hts, Qns (at
37th Ave, 7 to 82nd St). Sponsor: Ugnayan. Info:
ugnaya...@gmail.com & http://www.ugnayan.blogspot.com
12/5 SAT, 1-3 pm Forum: Understanding Healthcare Reform. Not
willing to read a 1,990-page document? Wondering what difference is
btw our current system & the reforms? Come out. Bring your questions &
concerns. At Bkn Public Library, Brower Park Branch, 725 St Mark's
Ave, Bkn (at Nostrand Ave, A/C to Nostrand Ave-Fulton St, 3 to
Nostrand Ave-Eastern Pkwy). Sponsors: Healthcare-NOW, Socialist Party
USA (NYC Local). Info:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=321514100402
**12/5 SAT, 2-4 pm Picket: Against war. At New Paltz Plaza shopping
center, Main St-Rte 299, New Paltz Village, NY. Sponsors: Peace &
Social Progress Now, New Paltz Women in Black, Hudson Valley Activist
Newsletter. Info: Jac...@earthlink.net
12/5 SAT, 7 pm Reading: Girl Zines: Making Media, Doing Feminism.
W/author Alison Piepmeier, Victoria Law, Jenna Freedman, Lauren Jade
Martin. In the past 2 decades, women have produced 1000s of unique
zines. At Bluestockings, 172 Allen St (at Stanton, 1 bk S of Houston,
F to 2nd Ave). Free. Info: 212-777-6028, in...@bluestockings.com &
http://www.bluestockings.com & http://www.myspace.com/bluestockingsnyc
12/5 SAT, 7:30 pm - Discussion: We Need Single Payer Now: Obamas
Failed Approach to Healthcare Reform. W/physician & staff writer for
Freedom Socialist newspaper Steven Strauss MD on the sellout of health
benefits reform to the insurance companies. Discussion focuses on how
we can organize to win comprehensive coverage for all. At Freedom
Hall, 113 W 128th St (btw Malcolm X & Adam Clayton Powell Blvds, 2/3,
4/5/6, A/B/C/D to 125th St). $3; $8.50 for dinner at 6:30 pm. Sponsor:
Freedom Socialist Party. Info: 212-222-0633, f...@nyct.net &
http://www.socialism.com
12/5 SAT, 8-10:30 pm - Music: Peoples' Voice Cafi. W/Charlie King,
Karen Brandow. At Community Church of NY Unitarian Universalist, 40 E
35th St (btw Madison & Park Aves, 6 to 33rd St,
wheelchair-accessible). $15 suggested/$10 members. Info: 212-787-3903,
http://www.peoplesvoicecafe.org
**12/5 SAT, 8 pm Music: NYsoundCircuit at the Brecht Forum.
Presenting new acoustic works by Drew Baker, Gilbert Galindo, John
Glover, Jay Vilnai; Terry Riley's "Sunrise of the Planetary Dream
Collector"; electronic works by Max Abeles John McGill & Darien
Shulman, w/DJ sets by Casa de Galindo. At Brecht Forum, 451 West St
(btw Bank & Bethune St, A/C/E/L to 14th St & 8th Ave, 1/2/3 to 14th St
& 7th Ave). $10. Info: 212-242-4201, brech...@brechtforum.org &
http://brechtforum.org/node/3267
**12/6 SUN, 11 am-12:30 pm Discussion: An Ethic by Workers, for
Workers. W/Ken Estey (Bkn College). What can we learn from plywood
workers in Moncure, NC who just won an 8-month strike having created a
surprising vision for their own work ethic based on their unity
against company efforts to destroy their union? SUN platform series.
1 pm: Post-Platform Discussion: How Are We Faring? The faltering
economy is not something out there but is affecting us all. At Bkn
Society for Ethical Culture, Meeting House main hall, 53 Prospect Pk
West, Park Slope, Bkn (btw 1st & 2nd Sts, 2/3 to Grand Army Plaza, Q
to 7th Ave, F to 7th Ave). Free. Info: 718-768-2972,
bsecdi...@yahoo.com &
http://www.bsec.org/events/platform/index.html
**12/6 SUN, noon-4 pm Exhibit/action: "Eyes Wide Open." Permitted
display of exhibit from American Friends Service Cmt: shoes of
civilians/boots of military killed in Afghanistan. Talk to holiday
shoppers & remind them that people are dying by the hand of the US
empire while they celebrate. At Father Duffy Park, 47th & Bway
(1/2/3/7, S, N/Q/R/W to Times Sq-42nd St or R/W to 49th St, 1 to 50th
St). Sponsors: World Cant Wait, Military Families Speak Out-NY. Info:
n...@worldcantwait.org
**12/6 SUN, 3 pm Reading: Why She Plays: The World of Women's
Basketball. W/author Christine Baker (Mercy College). At
Nyack Library, Nyack, NY. Sponsor: VCS Gay Pride Rockland. Info:
845-634-5729, http://www.gaypriderockland.org
**12/6 SUN, 3 pm Film/discussion: Inside the Revolution: A Journey
into the Heart of Venezuela. W/filmmaker Pablo Navarrete & Greg
Wilpert. Filmed in Caracas in November 2008, documentary takes a
journey into the heart of Venezuela's revolution to listen to the
voices of the people driving the process forward. At Brecht Forum, 451
West St (btw Bank & Bethune St, A/C/E/L to 14th St & 8th Ave, 1/2/3 to
14th St & 7th Ave). $6/$10/$15 sliding scale. Sponsors: Brecht Forum,
Venezuelanalysis.com. Info: 212-242-4201, brech...@brechtforum.org
& http://brechtforum.org/node/3276
--6 pm: Music: Afro Latino Cafi. Live drumming & rumba. Info:
http://brechtforum.org/node/3233
12/6 SUN, 4-9 pm Discussion: Inside the Activists Studio.
W/Daniel "Fritz" Herschel Silber-Baker (slam poet, Bkn-based community
activist), Carinne Luck (JStreet/ Independent Food Activist), Alan
Lungen (atty, Darfuri refugee advocate), Avi Rosenthalis (Jews for
Racial & Economic Justice Organizer/Rude Mechanical Orchestra),
Suzanne Grossman (Love Your Job). Learn from & be energized by local
Jewish change-makers. At Congregation Beth Elohim, 8th Ave & Garfield
Pl, Park Slope, Bkn 92/3 to Grand Army Plaza). $8-$18 sliding scale.
Sponsor: AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corps. Info/tix:
http://whoinspiresyou.eventbrite.com/
12/6 SUN, 4 pm - Event: Holiday card-writing party. To support
political prisoners & prisoners of war in US jails, held for their
belief in justice & militant resistance to the US govt. Supplies
provided. Refreshments. At 263 Eastern Pkwy, Bkn, left elevator to Apt
5D (btw Franklin & Classon, 2/3/4/5 to Franklin Ave, S to Botanic
Gardens stop). Donation requested. Sponsors: Resistance in Bkn, NYC
Anarchist Black Cross. Info: 718-783-8141, leder...@usa.net
**12/6 SUN, 6:30-11 pm - Event: Banana Land Campaign Kickoff. W/Daniel
Koeppel (author), Terry Collingsworth (atty), Jason Glaser
(filmmaker), a spokesman from the NYC Colombian community, & a reading
of the evidence refuting statements by Chiquita & Dole. The world's
largest banana producers are in US courts defending themselves against
allegations of payments made to AUC paramilitaries (United
Self-Defense Forces of Colombia, officially designated terrorists by
US State Dept in 2001) who murdered, displaced & maimed their workers
in the interest of global business. Campaign goal is to build a bridge
btw consumers & affected Colombian communities, linking mothers
w/mothers & workers w/workers to inform & educate banana consumers,
inspiring them to fight for justice in both US & Colombian courts &
obtain meaningful reparations. Q&A follows. 6:30-7:30 pm: Colombian
food & drinks. 8:45-on: party w/music by DJ Sambarella. At Harlem
School of the Arts, 645 St Nicholas Ave (at W 141st St, A/B/C/D to
145th St). Free. Info: laislafo...@gmail.com &
http://www.bananalandcampaign.org &
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=logo#/group.php?gid=14101214726&ref=nf
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