Events - Midwest USA

[farleft]

Post your events from the Midwest of USA.

[Red Militant]

Is anyone else out there from the midwest usa besides me?
I'm trying to organize a local Anarcho-Syndicalist Group and a local alliance group between all factions of Left-Communism and Social-Anarchism.

And is anyone Familiar with the North West Anarchist-Communist Organizing Network, I'm trying to get in touch with them.

[bcbm]

I'm in Wisconsin.

[NorthStarRepublicML]

Minneapolis, Minnesota here

[NorthStarRepublicML]

Originally posted by [email protected] 25, 2007 06:39 pm
Being from Minneapolis and having lived here most of my life i can tell you that Freedom Road is active in the area, last couple of events i know of have been at Mayday Books and features film showings and discussions afterward concering FARC. They are definatly a direct contact group there is no joining them via the internet as i am aware, a very tight group.

i would suggest that if you want to get in contact with someone directly Mayday Books website would be the place to look, they have a mailing list and calendar of events.

i'm not familair with the Freedom Road of the east, but i know that the Freedom Road in the Midwest (Chicago and Minneapolis mostly) clash with the Sparticists of Chicago in most respects, i've heard from both sides it has turned physical.

they both spend time on the University of Minnesota campus fliering and whatnot, but they don't have a foothold on campus like the group Socialist Alternative, which has turned into more of a liberal anti-war group as opposed to one advocating socialist transformations.

SDS has also recently been reconstituted on campus and thus far it remains unresolved if it will last, or if the other anti-war groups like Socialist Alternative or AWOL (Anti-War Organizing League) will consolidate into SDS, not that the campus needs another anti-war group.

i'd say these are the major left groups on campus these days (AWOL and Socialist Alternative) while other groups play a minor role (Freedom Road and the Sparticist League) and other, even smaller groups (with anywhere from 3 to 15 members), such as ours, are limited to the periphery.

and there are literally dozens of them, maybe a hundred, smaller groups (mostly marxists) whose small size hasn't managed to make forming coalitions any easier. the campus being Marxist dominated is not particularly suprising as the geography department has been described as "a threat to democracy" by Reagan, and among the faculty are two particularly prominant Marxist professors August Nimtz and Erwin Marquit.

in the rest of the city the Anarcists, odd as it may seem, are far more organized and disciplined then the marxist groups on campus with several powerful collectives and affiliated groups (such as Critical Mass and Black Label Bike Club, as well as hubs like the Bedlam Theater and Hard Times Cafe).

while i don't mind working with Anarcists i would prefer that Communist organizations were better organized and better represented. The Anarcists are organizing a great mass of people and organizations to protest the RNC (republican national convention) in september 2008, i believe a communist front should contribute to this organization.

consequently, if you are a resident of the midwest, live in the twin cities, or are a communist planning on being in the twin cities for the RNC shoot me a message.

I think i will start a new thread in the Events forum to gauge the level of interest in the possibility of setting up a mid-west communist congress sometime before the RNC.

-R
[QUOTE]

so i just posted the above message in response to a question concerning Freedom Road and i think it also says alot about the state of communist groups in general, not just those in Minnesota.

I know that the Anarcists are organizing for the RNC as i write this and it leaves me with a sense of disapointment that i haven't heard from alot of the local communists concerning this ......

i would like to change my feeling of disapointment into that of determination, what are the opinions of those communist members of the list (and anarcists) in setting up a congress or conference prior to the RNC dedicated to representing marxists and communists?

if such a conference were to take place what items would have to be on the agenda?

what sort of factional disputes would arise?

is there a reason to organize apart from anarcist groups in terms of the RNC?

would such a conference or congress be solely existent as a response to the RNC or is there a want and need for it beyond that?

i appreciate hearing your thoughts on the matter.

-R

[bcbm]

i would like to change my feeling of disapointment into that of determination, what are the opinions of those communist members of the list (and anarcists) in setting up a congress or conference prior to the RNC dedicated to representing marxists and communists?


I know there are several being organized by anarchists, occurring in both Minneapolis and elsewhere in the Midwest. If you guys want to have your own conference, you should go for it. No reason to not have as many people out there and organized.


if such a conference were to take place what items would have to be on the agenda?

Tactics would be a good start.


what sort of factional disputes would arise?

In my experience, the various communist/socialist sects in the Midwest can't come within a block of each other without some sort of completely nonsensical argument developing, so you'd probably be in for an intense meeting.

[NorthStarRepublicML]

Originally posted by black coffee black [email protected] 27, 2007 11:05 pm

In my experience, the various communist/socialist sects in the Midwest can't come within a block of each other without some sort of completely nonsensical argument developing, so you'd probably be in for an intense meeting.

In my experience, the various communist/socialist sects in the Midwest can't come within a block of each other without some sort of completely nonsensical argument developing, so you'd probably be in for an intense meeting.

HA, tell me about it .... going to meetings get me so down sometimes because an arguement inevitably errupts, whats worse is its usually about obscure events in soviet history or other topics that were far more revelent before any of us were born that have nothing to do with our contemporary situation ....

anyway just wanted to gauge the response from people on here and see what they thought, the agenda for such a conference would have to be strict to avoid any of the endless bickering .... so if there are any other suggestions out there feel free to post them ....

-R

[Organic Revolution]

Im in Chicago and Im always up to organize.

[NorthStarRepublicML]

good to hear it, shoot me an e-mail and we discuss some

-R

[ecoanarchist]

Iowa........

[NorthStarRepublicML]

Iowa........


cool, involved in any local groups or activities?

[ecoanarchist]

Nope, surrounded by a bunch of republican farmers.

Nothing happens here, nothing I could organize either...

Ive been planning a simple tabling event though at a farmers market.

[which doctor]

Whereabouts in iowa?

[NorthStarRepublicML]

about two years ago I used to distribute the publication of the RCP, "Revolution", and would like to once again.

so if you live in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area and are up for it shoot me an email at:

[email protected] and we can exchange contact info

[rocker935]

Originally posted by Organic [email protected] 29, 2007 08:53 pm
Im in Chicago and Im always up to organize.
Hey, I live in a Chicago suburb. Its impossible to fine ppl with leftist views, especially in the suburbs. And no, i dunt live there by choice. Im only 16 so yeh, im pretty much stuck here. But I have only one friend that has leftist views.

[Bad Grrrl Agro]

Originally posted by rocker935+August 01, 2007 06:35 am--> (rocker935 @ August 01, 2007 06:35 am)
Organic [email protected] 29, 2007 08:53 pm
Im in Chicago and Im always up to organize.
Hey, I live in a Chicago suburb. Its impossible to fine ppl with leftist views, especially in the suburbs. And no, i dunt live there by choice. Im only 16 so yeh, im pretty much stuck here. But I have only one friend that has leftist views. [/b]
I'm in milwaukee area not far from chicago.

let me know about stuff

[Joby]

Dallas.

I know about 5 Democrats, and that's just about it...

[NorthStarRepublicML]

Dallas.

what state? Texas?

[Yardstick]

kansas city missouri.

We've got a bit of an anarchist group around here.

[Tovarish]

Originally posted by [email protected] 12, 2007 08:05 pm
Dallas.

I know about 5 Democrats, and that's just about it...
PM me and I can get you in touch with some real commies in the area.

[Axel1917]

I am in St. Paul, Minnesota.

[b man]

Columbus

[guerrillagrenade]

Indiana...

[Eleftherios]

I'm from Chicago, and I can't easily find other Leftists here.

[Organic Revolution]

Originally posted by [email protected] 28, 2007 10:10 pm
I'm from Chicago, and I can't easily find other Leftists here.
Ah damn, I just moved from Chicago. Shit, keep looking around, I know hundreds of dedicated comrades in Chicago.

[Comrade Rage]

I'm in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

[Comrade Nadezhda]

I live in MKE, WI.

[Everyday Anarchy]

Damn it seems everyone in Illinois lives in Chicago. I'm stuck here in Eastern Central Illinois (think UofI in Champaign-Urbana). Kind of blows, the most "radical" scene here is a monthly anti-war peace protest that I don't take part in... I'm not really one for holding a sign and remaining just as passive as before.

[¡Viva la Libertad!]

I live in Springfield, IL.

[Nique la police]

i live in colorado and the DNC is in denver next year. if anyone wants to get involved with recreate 68 at the DNC go to recreate68.org. Bring the DNC to its knees.

[Axel1917]

Twin Cities premiere of No Volverán, a video on the Venezuelan revolution. See http://www.ushov.org/content/view/88/1/ for details.

[Axel1917]

Socialist MN event by Socialist Alternative. Sunday, Nov. 18th from 11am to 6 pm. It is somewhere at the University of Minnesota. I am not sure where it is at the U of M yet. Does anyone know where specifically at the U of M it is going to take place?

[Axel1917]

I have gotten additional information - the event I mentioned previously will be at the University of Minnesota (East Bank) in Rapson Hall, Room 31.

See a map at http://www1.umn.edu/twincities/maps/RapsonH/

[YSR]

Spanish Revolution Film Festival: This Saturday at Macalester College, St. Paul, MN in the basement of the Campus Center at 6 pm.

Screening: Land and Freedom. Libertarias.

Death to the Stalinists, long live the revolution!

P.S. Axel, I might go to the Socialist Minnesota thing. I am interested in that last seminar, the one about "The way forward, socialist or anarchism". I've got some friends in SA and they invited me.

[Axel1917]

Originally posted by [email protected] 13, 2007 06:53 am
Spanish Revolution Film Festival: This Saturday at Macalester College, St. Paul, MN in the basement of the Campus Center at 6 pm.

Screening: Land and Freedom. Libertarias.

Death to the Stalinists, long live the revolution!

P.S. Axel, I might go to the Socialist Minnesota thing. I am interested in that last seminar, the one about "The way forward, socialist or anarchism". I've got some friends in SA and they invited me.
I am not sure which seminars I will attend, but I think I will make an attempt to attend the event from the beginning until the end.

[Axel1917]

Originally posted by Axel1917+November 16, 2007 06:41 am--> (Axel1917 @ November 16, 2007 06:41 am)
[email protected] 13, 2007 06:53 am
Spanish Revolution Film Festival: This Saturday at Macalester College, St. Paul, MN in the basement of the Campus Center at 6 pm.

Screening: Land and Freedom. Libertarias.

Death to the Stalinists, long live the revolution!

P.S. Axel, I might go to the Socialist Minnesota thing. I am interested in that last seminar, the one about "The way forward, socialist or anarchism". I've got some friends in SA and they invited me.
I am not sure which seminars I will attend, but I think I will make an attempt to attend the event from the beginning until the end. [/b]
I attended the Venezuela breakout session, and I was present the entire time. The overall event was not too bad, but at the same time, it was conducted on a rather basic level, with some flaws here and there in pretty much every session held.

The last session on anarchism had a good deal of problems in that it largely degenerated into focusing only on Black Blocs and the upcoming RNC protest, in addition to some CWI members not seeming to know the materialist basis of Marxist philosophy, dealing with philosophy in an highly abstract manner. Now that I think of it, the Socialist MN meeting was largely carried out abstractly without much focus on concrete issues.

October Revolution event at Mayday Bookstore:

"Ten Days that Still Shake the World"

Mayday Bookstore in Minneapolis presents a panel discussion on the continuing significance of the October 1917 Russian Revolution in the 21st century.

3:00 PM Sunday, November 25
Mayday Bookstore
301 Cedar Ave, Minneapolis

Speakers include:

* Gerald Erickson, Professor Emeritus, Classical Studies, University of Minnesota

* Don Olson, peace activist and host, Northern Sun News, KFAI Radio

* John Peterson, editor, Socialist Appeal

* Peter Rachleff, Professor of history, Macalester College

* Mary Scully, socialist-feminist writer

For more information: (612) 333 4719

[rocker935]

Anti-Torture and anti-police brutality protest coming up. Its in Downtown Chicago. Hope you can all go.

http://vcnv.org/end-torture-from-guantanamo-to-chicago-january-11-2008-action-in-chicago

For those interested in events near Chicago I suggest joining up with this group.

http://impeachbush.meetup.com/417/

[diegreen]

I live in Hutchinson, ks theres nobody serious out here about wanting to do anything, I wanted to get at some of the fast-food places, theres so many here i meen really alot. And there puttin up a new taco tico too its so frustrating.

[Delirium]

The RNC is september 1

[ckaihatsu]

Press Release - April 26 demo - Free Mumia!

Partisan Defense Committee

P.O. Box 99, Canal Street Station, New York, NY 10013

e-mail: [email protected] www.partisandefense.org <http://www.partisandefense.org>


PRESS RELEASE – 14 April 2008
Contact: Kevin Gilroy (212) 406-4252
United-Front Protests Demand Mumia Abu-Jamal’s Immediate Freedom

All out for united-front mobilizations called by the Partisan Defense Committee under the slogans: “Mumia Abu-Jamal Is Innocent! Free Mumia Now! Abolish the Racist Death Penalty!” Oakland, Toronto and London on April 19; Sydney on April 23; Mexico City on April 24; Chicago and Los Angeles on April 26. For more information: www.partisandefense.org <http://www.partisandefense.org>

Chicago - Saturday, April 26:
Federal Plaza (Adams and Dearborn) at 12 Noon. For more information call the PDC: (312) 563-0442 or e-mail: [email protected]

Against the March 27 decision by the Third Circuit of Appeals, which upheld Mumia Abu-Jamal’s frame-up conviction and ordered a new sentencing hearing that would either entomb him for life in prison or reimpose the death sentence, the Partisan Defense Committee has launched an international campaign to demand Mumia’s freedom. Protests in the U.S. have been initiated by the PDC and the Labor Black Leagues, while the PDC’s fraternal defense organizations have called the international demonstrations. Mumia’s daughter, Goldii, will be speaking at the L.A. protest.

In its 11 April call for the international united-front protests, the PDC stated: “Mumia was framed up because of his lifelong struggle against racist oppression and police terror—first as a Black Panther Party spokesman, then as a MOVE supporter and an outspoken journalist renowned as the ‘voice of the voiceless.’ The cops, prosecutors and courts—with the support of capitalist politicians, Democrats and Republicans—see in Mumia the spectre of black revolt, a voice of defiant opposition to the oppression of black people that is a cornerstone of American capitalism…. It is all the more urgent today to revitalize mass protest to free Mumia on the basis that he is innocent, the victim of a racist and political frame-up, and to link his fight to the struggle to abolish the racist death penalty.”

Responding to those who viewed the decision as a victory, Mumia underlined in an April 7 radio interview on Berkeley’s KPFA that the courts have created “a new rule” to keep him behind bars. He said, “When a court has to make up new rules and make up new law to uphold something that was unjust before, that’s not a victory. It’s not a victory. But we struggle on.” Speaking of the racist rulers’ drive to silence him, Mumia stated, “For many people, especially for those in the establishment, I represent, in many ways, their greatest nightmare,” adding, “what they fear is the black revolution reigniting.” Mumia underlined: “Remember what the elder, Frederick Douglass, taught us: that power concedes nothing without a demand.” The interview can be heard at: http://www.partisandefense.org/media/Mumia-Flashpoints.mp3.

Over the last two weeks, more than 300 organizations and individuals have endorsed the united-front demonstrations. These include trade unions representing hundreds of thousands of workers, such as the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) Local 1422, Charleston, SC; Amalgamated Transit Union Locals 241 and 308 in Chicago; the Victorian Branch of the Maritime Union of Australia; the Aberdeen Trades Union Council in Scotland; SUD Rail Workers Union of Paris Left Bank; the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) Western Cape, which issued a statement declaring, “We will stand with the millions of people across the world that are calling for justice to be done and will join the protest against this travesty of justice.” Other endorsers include the Day-Mer Turkish and Kurdish Community Centre in London, writer Gilles Perrault in France, Cornel West, Cynthia McKinney and Professor Dr. Heinrich Fink, Chairman of the Association of the Victims of the Nazi Regime—Coalition of Anti-fascists, in Berlin. In Mexico, Senator Rosario Ibarra, the head of the ¡Eureka! defense committee and an endorser of the protests, declared: “Tyranny imposes a duty upon us—to fight it. Mumia fulfills that duty.” For endorsers of the various united-front protests, go to: www.partisandefense.org/events/index.html#endorsers <http://www.partisandefense.org/events/index.html#endorsers> .

The PDC and LBL in the U.S. and the Committee for Social Defense in France are also building Class-Struggle contingents that will march in the April 19 demonstration in Philadelphia initiated by the International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal and the protest in Paris on the same day. The contingents will march under the slogans: “Mumia Abu-Jamal Is Innocent! Free Mumia Now! Abolish the Racist Death Penalty! There Is No Justice in the Capitalist Courts! Mobilize Labor’s Power—For Mass Protest!” On April 12, a Class-Struggle contingent of some 80 people built by the Committee for Social Defense in Germany marched in a demonstration for Mumia in Berlin of about 300 people.

PDC counsel Rachel Wolkenstein, who served on Mumia’s legal defense from 1995 to 1999, stated: “The fight for Mumia’s freedom is at a critical juncture. The recent court decision illuminates for any who continued to have illusions in the ‘fairness’ of capitalist justice that there is no justice in the capitalist courts. Every possible legal avenue must be vigorously pursued to challenge the Court of Appeals’ decision. But we cannot afford to have any illusions. The pressure that can make the courts yield is that of mass international protest, crucially based on the power of labor. Working people around the world and all opponents of racist oppression must be mobilized in the fight to free Mumia now!”

United-front protests will take place on the following dates:

Saturday, April 19:

Oakland: 14th and Broadway at 2:30 p.m. For more information, call the PDC: (510) 839-0852 or e-mail: [email protected]

Toronto: Across the street from the U.S. Consulate, 360 University Avenue, between Dundas (St. Patrick Station) and Queen (Osgoode Station), at 1 p.m. For more information: (416) 593-4138 or e-mail: [email protected]

London: U.S. Embassy, Grosvenor Square, London W1A, at 1 p.m. For more information: 020 7281 5504 or e-mail: [email protected]

Wednesday, April 23:

Sydney, Australia: Outside U.S. Consulate, corner Martin Place and Castlereagh St., at 5:30 p.m. For more information: Sydney (02) 9281 2181 € Melbourne (03) 9654 4315 or e-mail: [email protected]

Thursday, April 24:

Mexico City: Fac. de Filosofía y Letras (main entrance), C.U., UNAM (National Autonomous University of Mexico), at 5 p.m. For more information: [email protected]

Saturday, April 26:

Chicago: Federal Plaza (Adams and Dearborn) at 12 Noon. For more information call the PDC: (312) 563-0442 or e-mail: [email protected]

Los Angeles: Westwood Federal Building, 11000 Wilshire Blvd., at 1 p.m. For more information call the PDC: (213) 380-8897 or e-mail: [email protected]

For more information and round-trip transportation from New York City to the April 19 demonstration in Philadelphia, call the PDC: (212) 406-4252 or e-mail: [email protected]
# # # # #

The PDC is a class-struggle, non-sectarian legal and social defense organization which champions cases and causes in the interest of the whole of the working people. This purpose is in accordance with the political views of the Spartacist League.

[ckaihatsu]

Please forward this email to all progressive student and community groups.

Hello everyone,

This Thursday, May 1st, people will turn out across the country to
demonstrate and march in celebration of International Workers' Day, to march
for immigrant and labor rights, continuing the struggle of progressive
movements through out the history of liberal-capitalism to effect economic
and social change. Thursday's marches are the occasion to recognize and
enumerate the intolerable social and political situations enabled by that
system today and to demand:

universal amnesty, equal rights in the workplace, the right to unionize, the
Employee Free Choice Act, fair wages and full employment, the end of the
occupation in Iraq, equal access to education, universal healthcare

*CALLING ALL STUDENTS: *

* Leave campus to join fellow progressive labor and community organizations
to*

*WITHHOLD LABOR and MARCH AND RALLY DOWNTOWN*

* Take part in a movement to change our society!*

*Join major events in Los Angeles, New York City, Chicago, San Antonio,
Dallas Texas, Atlanta Ga, Phoenix, other cities in the United States and
Latin America.*

*Meet at 11:00 am at Ashland and Ogden, and march together to Union Park for
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* *

Here are five reasons why students of conscience should take part in
Thursday's mobilizations:

1. Student movements have played a major role in social struggles for
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the task and privilege to envision and shape the future of our society.

2. Students come from communities that are effected by today's
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and the rest of society. We need to show that the American public is
demanding comprehensive immigration policy reform that protects the civil
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The Chicago Students for a Democratic Society stand with other progressive
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Take a stand! Join more than 100 students across Chicago that are already
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Please look at the following links for more information:

www.movimiento10demarzo.org- Visit the site of one of the major coalition
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Read an article on the state of progressive politics of immigration and
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www.archive.org/details/SdsplatypusImmigrationRightsAndTheLaborMovement -
Listen to an audio file of a panel discussion with organizers of the May 1st
marches for student organizers.

In solidarity,

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Chicago Students for a Democratic Society

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[Nietzsche's Ghost]

anyone know of any groups in kansas? specifically north central region?

[midnight marauder]

anyone know of any groups in kansas? specifically north central region?


There are a number of groups in the Lawrence area, including Kansas Mutual Aid, which you might want to get in contact with.

You should come to the Great Plains/Midwestern anarchist conference in a week or so at the Solidarity center in Lawrence. It should be pretty good. The plan is to form some sort of regional anarchist federation for people in our area, like a better organized Great Plains Anarchist Network, I think.

You can check out the proposal here:

http://www.revleft.com/vb/midwest-anarchist-federation-t70226/index.html

The date has been pushed back to May 16-18, so it's coming up soon. I'm excited for it.

I'm in Kansas City, by the way.

[Nietzsche's Ghost]

Holy shit awesome! i wish i could go but im 16 and have to pay off fines and do community service wich sucks ass but its awesome to know that kansas isnt full of conservatives

[Mala Tha Testa]

Kettering, Ohio. i'm trying to organize, i have like 2 or 3 comrades who are helping.
but one agrees with like everything we think and stuff but he refuses to help us organize because he refuses to admit he's radical...yeah i don't know.

[arielle]

East coaster here about to move to TN/KY, right on the border about 40 minutes away from Nashville.

=( moving to ft campbell unfortunatly.

Any Anacrho-commie groups in that area? I'm gonna be mighty lonely.

[DesertShark]

I'm in Detroit, MI right now taking care of some sick family members. Anyone know of any leftist/anarchist happenings around MetroDetroit? Or where these people hang out?

[AAFCE]

Isnt anything out here in Arkansas either..

[Zeronos]

East coaster here about to move to TN/KY, right on the border about 40 minutes away from Nashville.

=( moving to ft campbell unfortunatly.

Any Anacrho-commie groups in that area? I'm gonna be mighty lonely.

Haha, good to see the area's got more leftism in it now. I'm in Clarksville.

Anyone know of anything major going down in the area?

[ashaman1324]

I KNOW YOU TIPNUP!!! :D
we definitely need organization.
i doubt well get alot of publicity though... and we'd need to form a general leftist league, you being anarchist and me being communist. it would probably be more successful than a separate anarchist and communist league...

[Sprocket Hole]

Any comrades here residing in St. Louis, MO? I'm not living in the metropolitan area so there isn't any activism or radical thought that I've seen in my community. I've been to a few demonstrations in the city, and there is a cool info shop on a small community with red/black bisected flags everywhere. But alas, its a good ways from where I'm living.

[which doctor]

CHICAGO EVENT

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At 7 pm the newly released independent documentary "Desde el Filo de la Navaja" (From the Edge of the Blade), from TrickleUp Films, will be screened for the first time in Chicago. After the film there'll be a party with a DJ, and around 11 pm the Maria Blues Carballo Trio will play.

The requested donation for entry is $7, with food and drinks available for sale during the event.

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[Martin Blank]

I'm in Detroit, MI right now taking care of some sick family members. Anyone know of any leftist/anarchist happenings around MetroDetroit? Or where these people hang out?

Apart from the monthly IWW GMB meetings, there is this event coming up:

STATEWIDE ORGANIZERS CONFERENCE
MORATORIUM NOW!

Saturday, December 6, 2008
12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Central United Methodist Church, 2nd floor
23 E. Adams (at Woodward), Detroit

Website: www.moratorium-mi.org (http://www.moratorium-mi.org/)

I may or may not be at this thing. Still trying to make arrangements.

[67da60vh67]

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[ckaihatsu]

http://fightbacknews.org/2008/12/chicago-protest-condemns-israeli-massacres-in-gaza.htm

Chicago: Protest condemns Israeli massacres in Gaza

By Stephanie Weiner

Chicago, IL - 500 people gathered here Dec. 28 for an emergency rally and press conference to condemn the Israeli attacks in the Gaza. The crowd formed a circle around the speakers in front of the Water Tower at noon. The real anger was felt when most of the group moved to the corner to chant at the lone Zionist with an Israeli flag across the street. The militant chanting ranged from, "Free, free Palestine!" to "End the occupation now!"

The young crowd, almost all wearing Palestinian scarves or carrying flags, called for an end to U.S. money to Israel. They said it most simply in their chant, "Down, down with Israel." The protesters left with plans to pass on the word about an even larger rally called for this coming Friday afternoon, Jan. 2, at the Tribune Plaza, which is one block from the Israeli Consulate.

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[ckaihatsu]

EMERGENCY PROTEST
in Response to Israel's Ground Invasion of Gaza!

Just a few hours ago, the Israeli military began rolling its tanks into Gaza. The anticipation is that there will be heavy losses of Palestinian civilians. This is the 8th day of Israel's attack on the Palestinian people in Gaza, which has claimed almost 460 lives and wounded close to 2,500.

Please come to this emergency mobilization to stop Israel's terror!


Sunday, January 4, 2009
at 12 Noon

Old Water Tower Building
806 N. Michigan
Chicago, IL 60611


Stop the Killing of the Palestinian People!

Stop the War and Siege on Gaza!

End All U.S. Aid to Israel!

End the Israeli Occupation of Palestine!


Sponsored by Coalition for Justice in Palestine (this Coalition consists of the Palestinian, Arab, Muslim, and Arab Church groups that organized the mass protest on Friday, Jan. 2, 2009); International Solidarity Movement (ISM), ANSWER, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), Chicago Coalition Against War and Racism (CCAWR).


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2 articles: Israeli Troops Invade Gaza!


Emergency demonstration in support of Gaza set
for TOMORROW, Sunday, Jan 4th at noon at the
Old Water Tower!

Stay alert for more news and actions!

kenken
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7809959.stm

ISRAELI TROOPS ENTER GAZA STRIP
by BBC

Israeli ground troops have entered the Gaza Strip, Israeli military officials have confirmed, a week after the offensive against Hamas began.

An Israeli military spokeswoman said the intention was to take control of areas from which Palestinian militants have been firing rockets into Israel.

Witnesses say armoured vehicles crossed into northern Gaza at four separate points, supported by helicopters.

Earlier, Israel intensified air and artillery attacks on the territory.

France has strongly criticised the Israeli land campaign. The British Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, said the escalation of the conflict would cause alarm and dismay.

In New York the UN Security Council is to hold a special meeting on the situation in Gaza shortly.

Israel has carried out more than 800 strikes on the Gaza Strip since the offensive started eight days ago, including 40 on Saturday.

The UN has warned of a worsening humanitarian crisis, and believes 25% of more than 400 Palestinians killed by Israel so far were civilians. Israel says about 80% of those killed were Hamas militants. Four Israelis have been killed by rocket fire from Gaza.

'Not war-hungry'

An Israeli military spokeswoman confirmed ground operations had begun and said the objective was "to destroy the Hamas terror infrastructure in the area of operations".

"We are going to take some of the launch areas used by Hamas," Maj Avital Leibovitch told reporters.

Israeli officials have described the offensive as a "limited" operation.

Defence Minister Ehud Barak said the ground campaign against Hamas "will not be easy or short, but we are determined".

"Our aim is to force Hamas to stop its hostile activities against Israel and Israelis from Gaza, and to bring about a significant change in the situation in the southern part of Israel," he told a news conference.

"We have carefully weighed all our operations. We are not war-hungry, but we shall not allow a situation in which our towns, villages and civilians are constantly targeted by Hamas."

Mr Barak also said Israel would "keep a sensitive eye" on its northern border with Lebanon, where it fought a short but bloody war with the Shia Hezbollah movement in 2006.

"We hope the situation will remain calm. Nevertheless, we are ready and alert to face any unwanted development in that area," he added.

The BBC's Paul Wood in Jerusalem says this is probably just the first wave of the assault, since there are said to be some 10,000 Israeli troops and hundreds of tanks massed on the border with Gaza.

The office of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has also announced that the government has ordered the urgent call-up of "tens of thousands" of extra military reservists.

Just before the ground offensive began, Hamas issued a statement promising that Palestinian children would be picking over the ruins of Israeli tanks and the body parts of Israeli soldiers.

The militant group's exiled political leader, Khaled Meshaal, earlier warned Israel against a ground offensive, saying that a "black destiny" awaited Israeli forces if the entered Gaza.

"We will not break, we will not surrender or give in to your conditions," he said in a speech from the Syrian capital, Damascus.

Our correspondent says this promises to be a very bloody encounter.

Mosque attack

Earlier on Saturday, at least 13 people were killed in one Israeli raid when a missile struck a crowded mosque in Beit Lahiya, Palestinian medics said.

Witnesses said more than 200 people had been inside the Ibrahim al-Maqadna mosque for evening prayers when it was struck.

Correspondents say Israel has accused Hamas of using mosques to hide weapons and ammunition, but this is the first time a mosque has been hit at prayer time.

Militants in Gaza fired more rockets into southern Israel on Saturday, one of which hit the port of Ashdod, injuring two people.

Ceasefire calls

Tens of thousands of demonstrators meanwhile have been protesting worldwide against Israel's military operation, calling for an immediate ceasefire.

The biggest rally was in Paris where more than 20,000 people gathered. About 10,000 people protested in London.

Demonstrations also took place in Brussels, The Hague, Amsterdam, Ankara and Cyprus.

In Israel itself, tens of thousands of Israeli Arabs gathered in the town of Sakhnin to protest against their government's actions.
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/middle_east/7809959.stm

Published: 2009/01/03 22:52:36 GMT

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http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/01/200913165056951537.html

ISRAEL BEGINS GAZA GROUND OFFENSIVE

The Israeli army has confirmed its troops have entered the Gaza Strip as it escalates its offensive on the eighth day of operations.

Speaking to Al Jazeera, a spokesman for the Israeli foreign ministry said: "They [Israeli ground forces] will be completing the mission of the air force, going for Hamas headquarters and weapons caches and giving a blow to their capability to launch attacks into Israel."

Alan Fisher, Al Jazeera's correspondent on the Israeli-Gaza border, said that the Israeli army had confirmed it had entered Gaza and that he had witnessed the movement of tanks and armoured vehicles in the area.

Hamas had earlier vowed to defeat the Israeli army if it invaded the territory.

Reservists mobilised

The Israeli cabinet said it had called up about 9,000 reservists as part of its preparations.

The gound assault came as the death toll of Palestinians climbed past 450 on Saturday as a strike on a northern Gaza town killed at least 11 people, including one child, who were praying in a mosque.

A column of tanks entered the besieged Gaza Strip though the Beit Hanoun crossing shortly after nightfall on Saturday.

Israeli artillery had started firing shells into the Gaza Strip for the first time on Saturday, ahead of the ground offensive.

Ofir Gendelman, an Israeli foreign ministry spokesman, said: "All we asking for is to create a normal life for people of Israel. We'll keep on targeting Hamas objectives until the situation on the ground there is transformed.

"They [Israeli ground forces] will be completing the mission of the air force, going for Hamas headquarters and weapons caches and giving a blow to their capability to launch attacks into Israel.

"It will take quite a number of days to get the job done."

Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera's senior political analyst, said: "Israel can claim in various stages that it has won this or that war against Arabs but it is obvious since the invasion of Lebanon in 1982 that there is no military solution to Israel's secueity.

"It cannot bomb its way into peaceful co-existence. Israel is trying to do all it can to destroy Hamas but with more than 400 dead, there will be more than 400 more new recruits in Gaza.

"It has taken this path and will probably pay the price in the long term, short term it's the Palestinians who pay the price."

Hamas resistance

Israeli soldiers, tanks and armoured personnel carriers had been massing along Gaza's edge for days.

"If you commit the stupidity of launching a ground offensive, then a black destiny awaits you," Khaled Meshaal, the political leader of Hamas, said on Friday.

"You will soon find out that Gaza is the wrath of God."

Earlier on Saturday, the funeral of Abu Zakaria al-Jamal, a field commander of the armed wing of Hamas, took place.

Al-Jamal, who was a senior figure in the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, died of his wounds on Saturday after Israeli jets bombed his home overnight.

Medical officials say at least 450 people have died in Gaza and 2,250 have been injured since Israel's aerial bombardment began last week.

Four Israelis have been killed in the same period by Palestinian rockets, including longer-range weapons that have hit the port of Ashdod and the desert town of Beer-sheva.

On Saturday, Israel's military said more than a dozen rockets have been fired over the border.

Palestinians also reported more Israeli air strikes across the Gaza Strip. A school was among the buildings bombed.

Israeli jets have fired more than 700 missiles into Gaza since the assault began last week.

'Psychological warfare'

Ayman Mohyeldin, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Gaza, said: "The Israeli military continues to pound targets everywhere in the territory. On the eighth days of attacks people here are very much terrorised by what is going on.
"The Israeli military is engaging in very aggresive psychological warfare. They have been dropping leaflets warning Palestinians that they have to flee their homes and warning that anyone who lives in area that could be a possible target that their home will be targeted as well.

"So that is causing a ripple effect of fear, but the question is where do 1.5 million Palestinians trapped in Gaza go".

Trucks carrying more than 200 tonnes of Syrian Red Crescent aid left Kura Al Assad for Gaza on Saturday as concerns for a looming humanitarian disaster grew.

Israel says that there is a humanitarian crisis in Gaza and that it has increased its shipments of goods into the territory.

Speaking to Al Jazeera, Azmi Bishara, an Israeli-Palestinian and former Knesset member, said: "Mostly, the war against such a place – slums and refugee camps - can only be a war crime.

"Whatever the military result, the political situation would be the same. What is called in American language the axis of moderation, or the moderates in the Arab world, have already had a blow, they are weaker than before.

"I think this is the only practical 'achievement' of the war that the people who are for the settlements in the region are less legitimate now and weaker than they were before the war.

Blame game

Meshaal, speaking from the Syrian capital of Damascus on Friday, said Palestinians in Gaza were ready for any land offensive made by the Israelis.

"This battle was imposed on us and we are confident we will achieve victory because we have made our preparations.

"Our position is clear. We will not give in. Our resolve cannot be broken," he said.

"Our demand is also clear. The war must end, the siege lifted, and crossing points open without restriction."


But George Bush, the US president, in his first public comments on the hostilities, said Hamas had "instigated" Israel's war on Gaza, referring to the rocket attacks on Israel's southern towns.

"There must be monitoring mechanisms in place to help ensure that smuggling of weapons to terrorist groups in Gaza comes to an end," he said in remarks prepared for his weekly Saturday radio address.

Osama Hamdan, a senior Hamas official in Beirut, told Al Jazeera that the party to be blamed for the present situation is Israel, not Hamas.

"It's clear now that Israelis are blocking all the political solutions. The main question is supposed to be what will be the right end for this? And the clear answer is ending the occupation."

Speaking to Al Jazeera, Nir Rosen, a Beirut-based journalist, said: "There isn't very much [Hamas] can do except resist and withstand the Israeli assaults.

"These attacks are described as an Israeli retaliation which is ridiculous. Every Palestinian act of resistance is a retaliation for 60 years of occupation and dispossession.

"This use of violence is essential to Zionism, in an attempt to crush the Palestinian spirit to crush the Palestinian resolve."
Source: Al Jazeera and agencies

[Kassad]

For anyone in the Ohio area:

There will be a rally for LGBT equality at the Ohio Statehouse. It will take place on January 31st, 2009. The Statehouse is at the intersection of High St. and Broad St. It starts at 1:30 PM and continues on until people decide to leave. We're hoping to get some significant numbers, so I hope you can attend.

Ohio Statehouse
Columbus, Ohio. 43214.
1:30 PM

[ckaihatsu]

[anticapdiscuss] Re: 5 PM, Thurs, Feb. 19 Palestine Solidarity Demo

Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 9:55 PM

American Muslims for Palestine, Students for Justice in Palestine-UIC,
Palestine Solidarity Group - Chicago, Chicagoans Against Apartheid in Palestine,
Jewish Voice for Peace- Chicago, and the Chicago chapter of the International
Solidarity Movement urge you to join us on Thursday, February 19 as we greet
Israeli Consul General Orli Gil. This will be a nonviolent demonstration to
call attention to Israeli war crimes in Gaza and to stand in solidarity with
Palestine.

5 PM - 6:15 PM
Thursday, February 19
American Jewish Committee (55 E. Monroe, Suite #2930, Chicago)

Don't shut up. Stand Up for Palestine!

ISM-Chicago has learned that the American Jewish Committee’s Young
Professionals Division, ACCESS, will conduct “an evening of stimulating conversation
concerning the most critical issues affecting Israel. Israeli Consul General
Orli Gil will address issues like: What was the impact of the war in Gaza?
What are the implications of the recent Israeli elections? What are Israel’s
initial perceptions of the U.S. – Israeli relations under the Obama
administration?”

[Communist Theory]

Any thing going on in wisconsin

[ckaihatsu]

[anticapdiscuss] fwd: antiwar demo, Sat. March 14, noon

Time and Place Date:
Saturday, March 14, 2009

Time:
12:00pm - 4:00pm

Location:
Pilsen/Little Village

Street:
Marshall & Cermack (Marshall is near California, ca. 2830 W.)

City/Town:
Chicago, IL


Description
On the 6th Anniversary of the US Invasion of Iraq
End the Occupations Now!
Iraq - Afghanistan - Palestine

While we face the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, our government is handing cash to bankers at home and pouring our tax dollars -- a trillion-plus and counting -- into foreign wars that murder, maim and violate people's right to decide their own future.

The reality is that there is no "good" war – in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan or Iran. Our arms to Israel make their war OUR war, as well.

Decades of U.S. policies have imposed unequal trade agreements on immigrants' home countries that destroy local economies -- forcing people to move here to seek the living wages they can no longer earn at home. The new administration has continued Bush regime policy toward immigrant workers, and is using the economic meltdown as a tool to recruit more immigrant, minority, and poor youth to fight rich men's wars for oil and power.

Please join us for a united Chicagoland march to oppose continuing U.S. wars abroad and war on immigrants at home:

Saturday, March 14, 2009 12 noon SHARP
Aassemble for a short rally, followed by a march.
Marshall Boulevard & Cermak Road
(2 blocks from the "California" stop on the Pink Line "el")

For more info, visit our website at:
[ http://www.chicagomassaction.org/index.html ]

Download posters, flyers and quarter page pluggers in Spanish, English, Arabic and Polish here:
[ http://www.chicagomassaction.org/06-flyers.html ]

Check out the latest M14 video announcements on You Tube: Post your own!
[http://chicago.indymedia.org/newswire/display/85849/index.php ]

And join us again the following weekend, March 21, in Washington, DC for a national march on the Pentagon! For more info, including bus transportation to DC:
[ http://www.pephost.org/site/PageServer?pagename=M21_homepage ]
[ http://www.chicagoanswer.net/ ]
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" Commerce is at a standstill, the markets are glutted, products accumulate, as multitudinous as they are unsaleable, hard cash disappears, credit vanishes, factories are closed, the mass of the workers are in want of the means of subsistence, because they have produced too much of the means of subsistence; bankruptcy follows upon bankruptcy, execution upon execution. The stagnation lasts for years; productive forces and products are wasted and destroyed wholesale, until the accumulated mass of commodities finally filter off, more or less depreciated in value, until production and exchange gradually begin to move again.

Little by little the pace quickens. It becomes a trot. The industrial trot breaks into a canter, the canter in turn grows into the headlong gallop of a perfect steeplechase of industry, commercial credit and speculation, which finally, after breakneck leaps, ends where it began--in the ditch of a crisis... The fact that the socialised organisation of production within the factory has developed so far that it has become incompatible with the anarchy of production in society... The whole mechanism of the capitalist mode of production breaks down under the pressure of the productive forces, its own creations.

It is no longer able to turn all this mass of means of production into capital. They lie fallow, and for that very reason the industrial reserve army must also lie fallow. Means of production, means of subsistence, available labourers, all the elements of production and of general wealth, are present in abundance... For in capitalistic society the means of production can only function when they have undergone a preliminary transformation into capital, into the means of exploiting human labour power." (Arguing for working class socialism)

Frederick Engels's--- Socialism: Utopian and Scientific/ part of Anti Dühring/ New York: International Publishers, 1935, pages 64-65

[Bad Grrrl Agro]

Any thing going on in wisconsin

What part?

[Communist Theory]

Well I'm thinking like Green Bay area.

[Bad Grrrl Agro]

I do my activism in south-eastern Wisconsin.

[ckaihatsu]

Commemoration of the U.S and Colombian government's illegal and murderous attack inside Ecuador one year ago on March 1 [Chicago, IL]


Fw: flyer

>Dear Chicago Peace and Justice crew,

>We are putting together an event in Chicago to commemorate the U.S and Colombian government's illegal and murderous attack inside Ecuador one year ago on March 1. We want to stand in solidarity with the people of Colombia and extend the hand of peace instead of sending US soldiers and private mercenaries, missiles and bombs, chemical warfare planes and Blackhawk helicopters.

>We are planning an event on Sunday, March 8th 11:00 at the Centro Autonomo at 3460 W. Lawrence . We will give an update on the case and families of those that died that day , as well as have a discussion about what else Chicago can do to be a part of this international solidarity campaign and what is happening in Colombia today. We plan to show the movie Guerillera about a Colombian student activist as well as have some books, music and art for sale about justice issues. The movie is a great choice for International Women's Day!

>Please write back to say that you plan to come to the event or to help pass the word around with the attached beautiful flyer!

>Stephanie Weiner

>[email protected]


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[ckaihatsu]

fwd: GLN News: Anti-Gay, Anti-Choice Haters to Rally in the Loop on Friday

Wed, May 20, 2009 at 2:41 PM

I'll be out of town but thought you might want to know. [...]

Anti-Gay, Anti-Choice Haters

to Rally in the Loop on Friday



Please help us counter their anti-equal rights message!



A far-right collection of anti-gay and anti-abortion forces have said they will rally in the Loop mid-day on Friday, starting with an 11:30 am rally at the Thompson Center (Randolph and Clark Streets) with a noon march to the Federal Plaza (Adams and Dearborn Streets).



According to their publicity, the two principal aims of the event are support of the anti-gay Defense of Marriage Act and against the proposed Freedom of Choice Act.



Long-time anti-gay leader Peter LaBarbera announced on his web page that he would be a speaker at this rally. LaBarbera was the principal force behind two failed attempts to get an anti-gay advisory referendum on Illinois's ballot – not exactly Illinois's version of Proposition 8, because it was an advisory measure, but dangerous nonetheless. He was the founder and leader of the Illinois Family Institute (IFI) until he was pushed out following a string of defeats, and now heads an even more virulent gay-hating group called Americans for Truth About Homosexuality.



Another scheduled speaker, David Smith, was LaBarbera's #2 person at the IFI until his promotion to the #1 position following LaBarbera's ouster. The IFI was recently labeled a "hate group" by the Southern Poverty Law Center.



GLN activists will gather at 11:15 AM across the street from the State of Illinois Building on Randolph Street (just look for the rainbow flags) to help counter the hate mongers who strive to impose their views on all Americans. LGBTQ people have a vested interest in claiming and maintaining control over our lives just as women do over their lives, including their reproductive functions.



Unlike President Obama's comments during his recent Notre Dame speech, one ought not place an equal sign between those who support democratic rights, and those opposed to equal marriage rights for gays and women's right to control their own bodies.



Please help swell the numbers of Chicagoans who support democratic rights, including equal marriage rights for Lesbians and Gays, and the right to abortion without hindrance from bigoted preachers, government officials or health bureaucracies.



Friday, May 22

11:15 AM

Across the street from the State of Illinois Building

100 W. Randolph Street (corner of Clark & Randolph)



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Chicago Protest

Backs Iraqi Gays


Some 20 protesters gathered at Chicago's LGBT Center on Halsted to show solidarity with Iraqi gays and others targeted around the world for their LGBTQ identity. IDAHO, International Day Against Homophobia, began in Europe several years ago as an effort to internationalize attention to and action against anti-gay violence.



Originally planned for near Barack Obama's Hyde Park home, the protest was moved to the Center on Halsted following the city's revocation of a permit it claimed was issued "in error" due to a state law prohibiting protest at a private residence of a public official. This in spite of the fact that other protests have occurred near the Obama residence and that a security barrier prevents demonstrations in front of the house in any case.



Speakers denounced United States government silence in the wake of a virtual pogrom leveled against Iraqi men perceived to be gay. Although U.S. officials including President Obama, Secretary of State Clinton and House Speaker Pelosi have all made recent trips to U.S.-occupied Iraq, none has called out the Iraqi puppet regime for its complicity in the anti-gay violence.



Also announced at the protest was the news that GLN co-founder, Andy Thayer, was uninjured and had been released from police custody in Moscow, and soon to return to Chicago. Andy had gone to the Russian capital to show solidarity with LGBTs in the region who attempted to stage a Slavic Pride demonstration. Although the attempt again ended in a cop attack and some 40 arrests, the resulting massive press coverage of police repression will further isolate the Russian regime from the rest of Europe.



The protest was organized by the Gay Liberation Network, and the event was covered by Chicago's LGBT press and several mainstream press outlets including WGN radio and TV.



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GLN Calendar



PROPOSITION 8 DAY OF DECISION ACTION on the evening that the California Supreme Court decides whether or not to uphold the anti-gay Prop 8.



The Court could make its decision any weekday between now and June 3rd. We will find out the business day before that the court is issuing its decision.



60+ cities around the country are planning Day of Decision actions, with many more on the way – see www.DayofDecision.org to learn about actions around the country.



In Chicago, our action will be at 7 PM, outside of the Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted Street, followed by a march. For posters and other materials about Chicago's action, go to www.GayLiberation.net



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Wednesday, June 3 – Regular monthly organizing meeting of the Gay Liberation Network. If you'd like to get involved in organizing against Prop 8 and more, please drop on by! 7 – 9 PM at Chicago's LGBT resource center, Gerber Hart Library, 1127 W. Granville Street, Chicago (just ½ block west of the "Granville" Red Line el stop). For more information call 773.209.1187



Friday, June 12 – Gay Liberation Network live call-in show on CAN TV, 6:30-6:55 PM on Cable Channel 21 in Chicago. You can watch past shows on GLN's new YouTube Channel. Just go to: www.youtube.com/gayliberation



Saturday, June 27 – March with the Gay Liberation Network this year's Dyke March, again being held in Pilsen. More info coming shortly. For more information email [email protected] or call 773.209.1187



Sunday, June 28 – March with the Gay Liberation Network in this year's Gay Pride Parade! This year we'll be meeting at 11 AM at the corner of Barry and Halsted. For more information email [email protected] or call 773.209.1187



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"Formed in response to three September '98 anti-gay bashings in the "Boy's Town" neighborhood…[we] respond to all serious hate crimes, no matter which scapegoated group is targeted. We will actively seek out and work with individuals and organizations in other communities to assist them in responding to hate crimes that target them. Only by the active involvement of grass roots people from all communities can we isolate the bigots and thus lessen hate crimes."
-- from the GLN/CABN founding statement
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Gay Liberation Network
a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Direct Action Group
(formerly known as the Chicago Anti-Bashing Network)



For videos, pics and more of GLN activities, check out our website:

www.GayLiberation.net

Check out GLN's YouTube channel:

www.youtube.com/gayliberation



And check out our Facebook Account: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=52734056600



AND



Our new Flicker Photostream:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gayliberation/


" Commerce is at a standstill, the markets are glutted, products accumulate, as multitudinous as they are unsaleable, hard cash disappears, credit vanishes, factories are closed, the mass of the workers are in want of the means of subsistence, because they have produced too much of the means of subsistence; bankruptcy follows upon bankruptcy, execution upon execution. The stagnation lasts for years; productive forces and products are wasted and destroyed wholesale, until the accumulated mass of commodities finally filter off, more or less depreciated in value, until production and exchange gradually begin to move again.

Little by little the pace quickens. It becomes a trot. The industrial trot breaks into a canter, the canter in turn grows into the headlong gallop of a perfect steeplechase of industry, commercial credit and speculation, which finally, after breakneck leaps, ends where it began--in the ditch of a crisis... The fact that the socialised organisation of production within the factory has developed so far that it has become incompatible with the anarchy of production in society... The whole mechanism of the capitalist mode of production breaks down under the pressure of the productive forces, its own creations.

It is no longer able to turn all this mass of means of production into capital. They lie fallow, and for that very reason the industrial reserve army must also lie fallow. Means of production, means of subsistence, available labourers, all the elements of production and of general wealth, are present in abundance... For in capitalistic society the means of production can only function when they have undergone a preliminary transformation into capital, into the means of exploiting human labour power." (Arguing for working class socialism)

Frederick Engels's--- Socialism: Utopian and Scientific/ part of Anti Dühring/ New York: International Publishers, 1935, pages 64-65

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[rocker935]

I prolly would go, but I got school...

[ckaihatsu]

[PSG_Chicago] Monday, June 15th: Protest Chicago's sister city partnership with the Israeli city of Petach Tikva

The mother of Israel's settlements is no sister to Chicago!

Monday, June 15th
Daley Plaza
12pm

Join Palestine Solidarity Group in protesting Chicago's sister city pairing with the Israeli city of Petach Tikva. Stand with the people of Palestine against Israeli occupation and apartheid.

The opening ceremony of the sister city program is this Monday, June 15th in Daley Plaza. Petach Tikva will have a booth at the event.

Palestinian solidarity activists are urged to gather at 12pm in Daley Plaza to leaflet and urge Chicago to drop Israel from the sister city program until the rights of the Palestinian people are assured.

Petach Tikva, known in Israel as the “Mother of all settlements”, is the very first Jewish-exclusive settlement established in Palestine before the founding the Israel state on the land previously owned by the Palestinians of Mlabbes. The inhabitants of Mlabbes were subsequently forced to leave their land to join the millions of Palestinians of the Diaspora. To this day, Petach Tikva remains a symbol of the confiscation and occupation of Palestinian land. As such, the Sister City partnership between Chicago and Petach Tikva is a slap in the face to the large community of Palestinian descent living in the City of Chicago.

In the Palestinian territories, Petach Tikva is best known for the the infamous Israel Security Agency interrogation and detention centre of Petach Tikva. Petach Tikva is one of the main locations used by the ISA to detain and interrogate Palestinians. It is well documented that Palestinians are routinely tortured and detained without charges in this facility. As such, Petach Tikva actively contributes to the occupation of Palestine. The Sister City partnership between Chicago and Petach Tikva provides legitimacy to these practices and works against the goals of the Sister Cities Program in promoting peace.

[ckaihatsu]

Reply-To: [email protected]


Dear HCAI Members and Friends,

When President Obama launched the current health reform debate, he said single-payer was "off the table."
Last month, doctors, nurses and paitents put single-payer on the table in the Senate and House when they were dragged from the Senate Finance Committee for demanding single-payer for their patients.

The lesson is clear: The way to keep single-payer on the table is to keep up popular pressure.
Help us put the pressure on Obama by joining us for a demonstration at his Chicago appearance before the American Medical Association


Demonstration for Single-Payer National Health Insurance

Monday, June 15, 2009 | 11:00 a.m.

Chicago, Illinois
Tribune Tower Plaza | 435 North Michigan Avenue (near the American Gothic sculpture)

Contact: Dr. Anne Scheetz -- 773-447-6763
The rest of the country is counting on our Illinois Activists! Lets show them what we can do!


Health Care for All Illinois
29 E Madison Suite 602, Chicago, IL 60602
Phone (312) 782-6006 | Fax: (312) 782-6007
www.healthcareil.org | [email protected]
© HCAI 2009

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[ckaihatsu]

[anticapdiscuss] fwd: Support Rev. Don Wagner!

Reply-To: [email protected]
To: [email protected], [email protected]


Info fyi; help needed today. Earl
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Dear friends and supporters,

We just received word that North Park University is trying to shut down its Center for Middle East Studies (CMES) and deny tenure to the Rev. Don Wagner, who has been a long time friend of the Arab and Palestinian communities of greater Chicago.

For those who may not know, Don has been leading the CMES at north park for many years, has an extremely close academic, political, and personal relationship with the AAAN and dozens of other Arab and Palestinian institutions in Chicago, and has essentially become an institution himself. The CMES has historically brought important speakers from the Middle East to Chicago and North Park, and has allowed for vigorous discussion and debate on academic, political, economic, and social issues as they relate to the Middle East and to Middle Eastern communities locally.

Don and the CMES have endowed a scholarship fu nd for Palestinian students to attend North Park, have been active in supporting all of our organizations and events, and have established t hemselves as one of the most culturally sensitive and community based Middle East centers in the entire country.

We send our students to North Park because we know and trust Don Wagner. and now North Park is trying to push him out. As we saw last year when Depaul University pushed Norman Finkelstein out, and as we see academics who try to bring discussion and debate about Palestine and Palestinian issues to their campuses get attacked across the country, North Park's actions in relation to Don Wagner and CMES are cause for major concern. We in the Arab community of Chicago, and all friends of justice and academic freedom, must support Don right now.

Please see this letter from the CMES board below, and write letters and make phone calls immediately to North Park's president. As you will notice, North Park is giving don a deadline of TOMORROW to agree to its terms, so we must make our calls and send our emails TODAY. Make sure to send a BLIND CARBON COPY of your letters to me at [email protected]

Thank you,

Hatem Abudayyeh
Arab American Action Network (AAAN)
__________________________________________________ __________

Dear Friends of Don Wagner and the Center for Middle East Studies,

Many of you are aware of the latest news with Don Wagner and North Park University. D on has been notified that the university is closing the Center for Middle East Studies this summer, terminating its board immediately, and offe ring Don only a one year contract for 2009-2010. The CMES, along with three other cultural centers, will be replaced by=2 0what the university called its “Collabortary for Urban and Intercultural Learning.”

Now it’s becoming clear that the university is moving in that direction without the leadership of Don Wagner. We have been outraged by the decision but are still negotiating with the university. Yesterday, Don was put under major pressure to sign an agreement with the university by an imposed deadline of tomorrow, June 30th.

We need friends of Don and the Center to call and put out letters to the President of the university today and tomorrow. We apologize for the short notice, but things escalated very quickly. Don is currently working with a lawyer, but we need all your support to keep a Middle East presence at the university and the neighboring community.

Please see these talking points for your calls and letters:

1) Don and the CMES have historically played a major role in the Arab-American community, through educationa l events, interfaith dialogues, sponsorship of north park's Middle East Student Association (MESA), and scholarships for students from Palestine.

2) The Arab community in greater Chicago is a huge one, and Don's connection with this community is what promotes its interest in attend ing activities and events at North Park, as well as sending its Arab students from Chicago and beyond to the university. If North Park i s attempting to push Don out, then the Arab community of Chicago must be concerned about North Park's interest in continuing its relationship with our community.

3) The Palestinian Scholarship Program: Without Don and his connections, we do not believe that the university can find the funds to provide Palestinian students with scholarships to attend North Park. Without the Palestinian students, we believe MESA will suffer and by extension, the Middle Eastern section of the "collaboratory" will suffer as well.

4) The CMES board must be retained as an advisory council to Don, to assist him in fundraising and programming efforts. The current board of the CMES and Don's personal connections have allowed North Park to bring in highly recognized speakers and lecturers t o its campus. Without Don and his board of advisors, the university's lectures and programming would most definitely suffer. And the CMES is independently funded, so university claims that this closing is the result of a budget crisis is disingenuous.

5) Don Wagner deserves a long-term faculty contract at North Park University. His scholarship is unchallenged and the vast majority of his students give him great reviews and evaluations. Don has fought for a Middle East minor, Arabic language courses, and general students' rights at North Park for many years, which makes him mo re than just a scholar and academic as well.

6) Don Wagner would be perfect for the position of "Faculty Fellow" at the new ”C ollaboratory,” because of his vast experience in collaborating with other cultural institutions, and his attendance and participation in dozens of seminars and conferences on issues of justice and peace.

7) We are afraid that, if Don is pushed out of North Park, Middle East and peace and justice issues will not be supported in the new “Collabortary."

North Park's president's info is:

David Parkyn
President
North Park University
Phone: (773) 244-5710
Fax: (773) 244-4953
[email protected]

Sincerely,

CMES Board

[ckaihatsu]

I went to this event yesterday -- meant to post about it first -- it was very good, about 70-80 people there.


Chris


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Wed 7/1: Protest Right-wing Coup in Honduras

ANSWER Chicago <[email protected]> Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 10:39 AM
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To: ANSWER Chicago List <[email protected]>


Honduras coup
Demonstrators protest at the gate of the presidential palace in Tegucigalpa, Sunday, June 28, 2009


Protest Right-wing Coup in Honduras
Wednesday, July 1, 5 pm


Honduras Consulate in Chicago
4439 W. Fullerton
for directions click here
for more info call 773-463-0311
Protest initiated by La Voz de los de Abajo

The people united can overturn the coup! Reinstate Manuel Zelaya!

On June 28, a military coup was staged in Honduras. The coup leaders kidnapped the democratically elected president Manuel Zelaya in the middle of the night, forged a resignation letter and declared Roberto Micheletti, a legislator, as the country's new president. In addition to forcing Zelaya into exile in Costa Rica, the ambassadors of Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua were reportedly kidnapped and beaten, before being released. Meanwhile, the country's private television stations are spreading misinformation, clearly cooperating with the coup-makers.

It hardly requires a crystal ball to see that this brazen, undemocratic move is an attempt to reverse the country's growing association with the continental left-wing shift. Zelaya has led Honduras into the ALBA bloc, increased social spending, and advocated for a new constitution that provoked outright hostility from the country's pro-U.S. elite.

The coup has been led by military figures trained in the School of the Americas: a Pentagon-operated training facility in Georgia for assassins, torturers and paramilitaries, which has produced the continent's most murderous dictators. If the coup succeeds, it will undoubtedly be because it has received under-the-table acceptance from Washington.

Whether it will succeed is another question. Tens of thousands of Hondurans have poured into the streets calling for Zelaya's reinstatement. Join us at the consulate tomorrow to build solidarity with the people of Honduras.

ANSWER Chicago (Act Now to Stop War & End Racism)
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7/28 Action to Support People of Honduras: Down w/ the Coup!

ANSWER Chicago <[email protected]> Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 11:57 PM


[PHOTO] Hondurans at airport supporting Zelaya's return, 07-05-09

Support the People of Honduras! The Coup Can Be Defeated!
Vigil & Rally on One Month Anniversary of Right-Wing Coup


Tuesday, July 28, 4:30 pm
Federal Plaza
Corner of Adams & Dearborn
for directions click here
for more info call 773-463-0311

Action initiated by La Voz de los de Abajo

Join us in support of the people of Honduras as the movement against the coup continues and the coup government escalates its repression against the people. Thousands of people are heading for the border of Honduras and Nicaragua to greet President Zelaya and help bring him back into the country.

With the coup forces in international isolation and facing great opposition and a general strike within the country, the Obama administration has voiced its opposition to President Zelaya. The media has spread lies about Zelaya, whose government was moving in a direction independent of U.S. domination and closer to the progressive governments of Venezuela, Bolivia, Nicaragua and Cuba. Washington D.C.'s shielding of the coup makers is the main political factor preventing the coup from being overturned today. The Pentagon continues to coordinate with Honduran military elites responsible for the illegal coup actions.

Demand the return of President Manuel Zelaya! The people can overturn the coup! U.S. out of Honduras Now!

Bring your signs and voices of support. Join ANSWER Chicago at this important action!

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Northern Indiana. I hate to sound defeatist here, but I feel like I don't have a comrade for 800 miles.. Its hard to do much of anything when everyone around thinks YOUR crazy. I haven't given up, but I was wondering if there is ANYONE in the area out there?

[ckaihatsu]

Northern Indiana. I hate to sound defeatist here, but I feel like I don't have a comrade for 800 miles.. Its hard to do much of anything when everyone around thinks YOUR crazy. I haven't given up, but I was wondering if there is ANYONE in the area out there?


If you don't mind a bit of comradely advice -- *don't* try to politically commodify yourself as a *political* person -- as a socialist / communist / anarchist / whatever.

The reason is because, by being upfront with a political identity, people around you will both *stereotype* you, as you've seen, *and* they will expect your actions to be in the service of *building your political identity*, which they may very well find (or assume) to be distancing.

If you want to be political around there, try being more of a *journalist* -- find out what people's concerns are, and relate to them where *they're* at. Keep it organic, avoid theoretical / argumentative discussions unless you're sure the person would be comfortable enough with you to hear you out, *and* that you can carry the argument.

Feel free to relate what kinds of problems / topics have been coming up in your interactions, and I'll be glad to conference with you about them, either here or through messaging.


Chris




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Northern Indiana. I hate to sound defeatist here, but I feel like I don't have a comrade for 800 miles.. Its hard to do much of anything when everyone around thinks YOUR crazy. I haven't given up, but I was wondering if there is ANYONE in the area out there?
I grew up near South Bend, but no longer live there. I don't remember it being the most exciting of places, but good luck anyways.

[ckaihatsu]

Informational Picket for the Cuban 5, Friday 9-11, 12 noon, Federal Plaza


Free the Cuban 5 and Extradite Posada Carriles

Friday, September 11,

12 noon

Federal Plaza (Adams & Dearborn)





On September 11, remembered as a day of terrorism against the US, the US government itself keeps 5 anti-terrorists jailed, and protects US terrorists in Miami.

Join us for informational picketing for the Cuban 5. The Cuban Five--Gerardo Hernández, Antonio Guerrero, Ramón Labañino, Fernando González and René González--are Cuban nationals serving four life sentences and 77 years collectively in U.S. prisons for doing nothing more than stopping terrorist attacks against Cuban by Miami-based right-wing groups. The Five are political prisoners and must be released. Septermber 12 marks the 11th anniversary of their arrest and imprisnonment.

Luis Posada Carriles, wanted for blowing up a civilian Cubana airplane, killing 76 people, wanted for murder and torture in Venezuela, remains protected by the US government in Miami.



President Obama: Yes You Can Free the Cuban 5 today! Yes You Can Extradite Luis Posada Carriles!



Sponsored by Chicago Committee to Free the Cuban 5 ([email protected], 773-376-7521); [email protected]; ANSWERChicago (Chicagoanswer.net)



Noam Chomsky on the Cuban 5:



Q: Are you familiar with the case of the five Cuban political prisoners in the US who were incarcerated for fighting against terrorism?

A: That’s an amazing case! Cuba approached the United States with an offer to cooperate in combating terrorism and, in fact, the FBI sent people to Cuba to get information from the Cubans about it. The next thing was that Cubans who had infiltrated the terrorist groups in the United States were arrested. That is utterly shocking! Do you think it’s reported? Nobody knows about it. I mean, here are Cubans who are infiltrating illegal, terrorist organizations in the United States, which are violating US law and the infiltrators are arrested, not the terrorists. It’s astonishing. The US has refused intelligence cooperation with Cuba on terrorism because it would lead directly back to terrorist groups based in the United States .



For more information: antiterroristas.cu, freethefive.org, thecuban5.org

[ckaihatsu]

Oct 7 - Endorse, Leaflets: End the War on Afghanistan Now!

ANSWER Chicago <[email protected]> Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 2:59 PM

Upcoming Events
ANSWER Meeting to build Oct 7 Protest
Tonight, Th. Sept. 17, 7pm
ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE!
Sunday, Oct. 4
ANSWER Chicago Fundraiser at Simone's featuring Bagwis & Slow Gun Shogun
Protest G20 Summit in Pittsburgh
Friday, Sept. 25
Money for Jobs Not War
ANSWER Chicago will be joining the mass protest on Friday, Sept. 25. Call 773-463-0311 for more info

Protest on 8th Anniv. of War on Afghanistan in Chicago!
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Endorse! Download Leaflet 1/Leaflet 2 Volunteer: 773-463-0311

GET BACK INTO THE STREETS!
U.S./NATO Out! Bring the Troops Home Now!
End Colonial Occupation in Afghanistan, Iraq, Palestine, Haiti . . .
Money for Healthcare, Jobs, Housing, Education, Not for War!

Wed., Oct. 7, 5 pm
Chicago Water Tower
Michigan Ave. at Pearson St. (One block North of Chicago Ave.)
For directions click here
Call 773-463-0311 for more info or to endorse.

Download Leaflets
Leaflet 1/Leaflet 2

Click Here to Endorse October 7 Now: Individuals and organizations against the war are encouraged to endorse. Help make the protest as large as possible.

ANSWER march against war on Afghanistan October 7, 2009 marks the 8th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan. On that day, there will be anti-war actions in cities and towns throughout the country, including Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Seattle ...

In early October, there are a variety of protests being planned in Chicago to protest the war on Afghanistan. Along with October 7, there are actions scheduled for October 3 and 6.

The war and occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq are both colonial-type wars. Bush used the “War on Terror” as a pretext for the escalation of imperialist intervention. Bush is gone but the brutal occupations continue.

Now, eight long years after the invasion of Afghanistan, the U.S. and its NATO allies are vastly expanding the war, doubling the numbers of troops. Casualties on both sides are soaring. Resistance to foreign occupation is growing rapidly inside Afghanistan and across the border in Pakistan. The war is a disaster for the peoples of those countries, just as are the occupations of Iraq and Palestine. It is also a growing disaster for the people here— not only the soldiers and their families, but the tens of millions of people suffering from the economic crisis.

The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq cost more than $14 billion per month, $160 billion every year, nearly $1,000,000,000,000 ($1 trillion!) since the start. At the same time, we are told by the politicians—who never say no to the military-industrial complex and have given away more than $10 trillion to the big banks— that there’s no money for real health care reform, single payer health care. They have proven that the money is there. The problem is that the politicians are dedicated to protecting the interests of the military and health insurance corporations, not of the people.

We are calling on everyone who is opposed to endless war to join us by endorsing, organizing for and supporting the October 7 protests that will be taking place in many cities across the country. On October 7, 2009, we will be rallying and marching just as we did on October 7, 2001, the night the war began.

Endorsers of October 7 include: ANSWER Coalition - Chicago, La Voz de los de Abajo, Committee on Pilipino Issues, Cook County Greens, International Solidarity Movement-Chicago, International Socialist Organization, Party for Socialism and Liberation, Cindy Sheehan, Free Palestine Alliance, National Council of Arab Americans, Al-Awda Palestine Right of Return Coalition, Dr. Hatem Bazian—UC Berkeley Faculty and President of American Muslims for Palestine, Middle East Children’s Alliance, Asian Americans for Peace and Justice (AAPJ), LEF Foundation, National Coalition to Free the Angola 3, Socialist Viewpoint, Alliance for Global Justice, Campaign for Labor Rights, Venezuela Solidarity Campaign, Nicaragua Network, Respect for Democracy Campaign, National Committee to Free the Cuban Five.

Back to the Streets: End the War on Afghanistan!
ANSWER Meeting

Thursday, September 17, 7 pm
3334 W. Lawrence #202
(Brown Line - Kimball Stop)
773-463-0311 for more info
Click here for directions

Join us for discussion and organizing. We will have updates on the escalating war in Afghanistan and the struggle to end the occupation and bring the troops home now, as well as info about protests being planned to oppose the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh.

We will have thousands of leaflets and a breakout session to strategize for outreach efforts for the October 7 protest against the war.

Protest the G-20 in Pittsburgh
People Over Profits!
Jobs Not War!

For transportation from
Chicago call 773-463-0311

On Sept. 24 and 25, the Group of 20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (G-20) will hold a summit in Pittsburgh.

The G-20 consists of the finance ministers and central bank leaders of 19 countries and financial representatives from the European Union, as well as representatives from the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. The group is strongly dominated by representatives of the world's major imperialist powers, gathering one to two times per year to discuss the world economy and make joint decisions affecting finance.

G20 protests, London, Spring 2009Assembled behind closed doors, these meetings espouse the same pro-corporate banking policies that have led to millions being laid off, foreclosed, evicted and plunged into hunger both in the United States and around the world. Their decision to meet in Pittsburgh—a city deeply affected by economic crises of years past—shows the callousness of these world leaders in the face of massive human suffering.

Activists are hard at work in the Pittsburgh area, building grassroots support for actions opposing the G-20 in their communities, workplaces, schools and everywhere they can. Large numbers of people will be coming from all over the region, the East Coast and the Midwest to protest the G-20—starting on Sept. 19 and culminating with the Peoples’ March to the G-20 on Sept. 25—to demand money for jobs, health care and education, not for endless war and trillions in bank bailouts.

The Peoples' March to the G-20 will gather on Friday, Sept. 25, at 12 noon for an opening rally at the corner of Fifth and Craft Avenues in Oakland. It will then march to the City-County Building downtown for a rally, then march to the Federal Building for a second rally, and finally march to a block from the G-20 summit.

The Peoples’ March has attracted the support of over 60 organizations, including the ANSWER Coalition, National Assembly to End the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars and Occupations, the Thomas Merton Center Pittsburgh, Connecticut Students Against the War, Ohio Valley Peace, Pitt Students for Justice in Palestine, Philly Against War, and many others.

Earlier in the week, there will be a series of events, including a Peoples’ Summit on Sept. 19, 21 and 22; a March for Jobs on Sept. 20; and several tent cities, panels and other actions.

The ANSWER Coalition encourages progressive activists from the region to take part in these events. If you are interested in working with the ANSWER Coalition while in Pittsburgh, or if you need more information, email [email protected]

ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE!
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Sunday, October 4, 3 - 10 pm
Simone's Bar
960 W. 18th St, Chicago
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Bands, Food, Raffle, More!


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[ckaihatsu]

[anticapdiscuss] Fwd: [NO GAMES CHICAGO] Tuesday September 29 Demonstration

*Please post widely*


PROTEST CHICAGO'S OLYMPIC BID


TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29
5:30PM at CITY HALL (121 N. LA SALLE ST.)

LET THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE KNOW THAT
CHICAGOANS DO NOT WANT THE OLYMPIC GAMES.

The City of Chicago currently has a $500 million budget gap. Chicago Public Schools are being closed and the CTA is crumbling. The city is staggering from one budget crisis to the next - and the Mayor's Office is already predicting that the 2010 budget will be worse than 2009.

Meanwhile, Chicago's City Council has put the taxpayers on the hook for any cost overruns that would occur if the city gets the Olympics. And Olympics and cost overruns go hand in hand. Currently, the City of Vancouver, host of the 2012 Winter Olympics is on the hook for $6 billiion in Olympics cost overruns - which may bankrupt the city. The 2012 Summer Games in London are 4-times over budget, with a total bill of at least $20 billion.

On October 2nd the International Olympic Committee will decide on the host city for the 2016 Olympic Games. Let you voice be heard... Protest the Chicago 2016 Olympic Bid.

CHICAGO NEEDS BETTER HOSPITALS, HOUSING, SCHOOLS AND TRAINS... NOT OLYMPIC GAMES.


For more information or to endorse this action contact:

[email protected], call (312) 235-2873
or visit nogameschicago.com.


--
Kenzo Shibata

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. "
-Nelson Mandela

[ckaihatsu]

[anticapdiscuss] Fwd: Mass Action: This Thursday 4-6PM, Water Tower, Chicago:

Looks like the biggest since Mayday...anybody going?


Mass Action Sept 24 with Unite Here


Come witness the action and rally in support
Host:
UNITE HERE
Type:
Causes - Protest
Network:
Global
Date:

Thursday, September 24, 2009
Time:
4:00pm - 6:00pm
Location:
Water Tower Park near Chicago and Michigan
Street:
800 N Michigan
City/Town:
Chicago, IL

Description
Fighting layoffs and cuts, hospitality workers take a stand, saying big corporations like Chicago-based Hyatt have gone too far.

WHAT: Civil disobedience action with hundreds of hospitality workers and community supporters, in what will be one of the largest actions of its kind in Chicago history.
WHO: Nearly 200 arrestees and over 500 witnesses from Unite Here Local 1, Chicago’s hospitality workers union, and the Chicago community.
WHERE: Meet at Water Tower Park near Chicago and Michigan
WHEN: Thursday, September 24, 2009, 4:00 p.m.

WHY: In the last decade, big corporations like Hilton and Chicago-based Hyatt have taken home record profits, while many people who work for them are living in poverty. Now hospitality companies are using the economy as an excuse to further squeeze workers and communities—eliminating jobs, trying to roll back benefits, and getting a smaller pool of workers to risk injury by working harder and faster.

As companies like Hyatt lay off workers in Chicago, workers across the country are also being squeezed. One clear example: In Boston on August 31, Hyatt Hotels fired 100 long term housekeepers and replaced them with low wage workers from a subcontractor.

In Chicago, workers are fighting back. Workers from the area’s airports, hotels, and casinos are banding together to say big corpo rations have gone too far. Together, hospitality workers are fighting to rebuild our economy from the ground up, to transform poverty-wage jobs in the service sector—which can’t be shipped overseas—into solid, middle-class jobs with decent wages and affordable healthcare.

The action comes amid union contract negotiations, affecting more than 10,000 hotel, food service, and casino workers in the region and the national campaign to bring back the fired Hyatt 100 in Boston.

Unite Here Local 1, Chicago’s hospitality workers union, represents over 15,000 hotel and food service workers in Chicago and casino workers in Northwest Indiana.


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If I am for myself alone, what am I?
If I'm not for myself, who will be?
If not now, when?
Hillel

[ckaihatsu]

TSJ Joins Solidarity Delegation to Honduras


Eric (Rico) Gutstein <[email protected]>
Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 11:11 AM

NOTE: This email is about the Solidarity Sendoff Dinner for the Honduran Delegation AND a change in time and place of the next TSJ meeting


Three months ago, U.S.-trained generals infamous for participation in the famous 1980s military death squads interrupted constitutional order in Honduras through a military coup d'état against democratically elected president Manuel Zelaya. In the wake of widespread reports of human rights violations and amidst a climate of intense repression and strong social resistance, La Voz de los de Abajo and Casa Morazan are organizing a solidarity delegation to Honduras next month. Teachers for Social Justice, and others. have been invited to send representatives, and we are sending two: Berenice Salas, CPS teacher, and Dave Marques, cultural organizer. Both are members of the TSJ Coordinating Committee.

You are invited to come learn about the resistance, express your solidarity with the people of Honduras, and celebrate the departure of this powerful Chicago-based delegation.

Solidarity Sendoff Dinner

Saturday, October 3rd
5:30 to 7:30 pm
2237 S. Marshall Blvd
(just west of California & just south of Cermak)

This celebration is also a fundraiser to cover costs of the delegation. As such, we are asking for a donation of $5 to $20. Dinner and dessert will be served.

All guests MUST RSVP to Jeannette, [email protected] Due to space constraints, the first 50 guests will be guaranteed admission.

Thank you for your support and we hope to see you there!


Next TSJ Meeting

Time and Place change!!!

Saturday, October 3
3-5 PM
2237 S. Marshall Blvd
(just west of California & just south of Cermak)

Watch your email for agenda and a reminder!!

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******* ******* 9TH ANNUAL TEACHING FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE CURRICULUM FAIR
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NOTE: TSJ will occasionally forward info from others to our email list. That does NOT necessarily imply endorsement of the ideas or opinions, but rather that we feel the material is along our general principles and that you all can decide for yourselves.

[hoosiersharp]

It would help if someone had a car but I need a ride, i have another anti-racist skinhead willing to come with. The National Socialist Movement is protesting a black on white crime and I want to organize with people who want to protest against them.

You contact me on MySpace at www.myspace.com/missourisharp

or you can email me at [email protected]

[ckaihatsu]

Honduras/Brazilian Consulate Vigil - Thursday October 1


Eric (Rico) Gutstein <[email protected]>
Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 10:26 PM

Forwarded email--Sorry for the short notice, we are trying NOT to overload you w/ TSJ-sent emails. We received this Tues night.




Press Release: September 29, 2009

La Voz de los de Abajao and Casa Morazan************ Contact: Alexy J. Lanza (312) 656-8655
For Immediate Release

Honduran Crises Deepens *-** We Are All Honduras

The Honduran crisis continues. The de facto government of Roberto Micheletti, installed by a military coup on June 28th, is threatening to invade the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa to seize the elected president of Honduras, Manual Zelaya Rosales who has been given sanctuary by the Brazilian government.
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On September 27th, Micheletti announced that the Brazilian government has 10 days to surrender Zelaya or he will send in troops. Meanwhile the Honduran military and police are using chemical weapons, high decibel audio weapons and tear and pepper gas against the embassy, endangering the health and lives of its occupants and of the people who live in the surrounding buildings.
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On September 27th the Micheletti government also signed a decree revoking the constitutional right to freedom of expression and expression in the country. On September 28 at 5am the coup government sent troops to shut down radio and television channels critical of the military coup (Radio Globo and Channel 36).** Despite the arbitrary arrests, violence and repression, the protests continue to grow and the crises deepens daily.
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Join La Voz de los de Abajo, Casa Morazan, and other concerned organizations in Chicago in an act of solidarity with the Honduran people and in defense of Brazilian solidarity with democracy in Honduras.
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Brazilian Consulate in Chicago*
401 North Michigan Avenue
Thursday, October 1st: *4:00pm a 5:00pm
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We demand
·***** The immediate return of constitutionality and the restitution of President Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales.
·***** An end to the militarization and the use of chemical, electromagnetic, and high decibel weaponry against the Brazilian embassy and the people's peaceful protests.
·***** An immediate end to the repression and violations of human rights and repression against the independent media.
We Support
·***** The peaceful resistance of the Honduran people through the National Front Against the Coup
·***** The rejection and condemnation by the Honduran resistance of the electoral process controlled by the de facto government and
·***** The sovereign right of the people to decide its destiny through a national constituent assembly.


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