The Future Female Professionals of Palestine
Feda Abdelhady-Nasser, Ambassador Abdelhady-Nasser, Marah Abdin, Iman AbuAitah, Sadil Eidda, Haya Mohanna, Dr. Lina Abirafeh,
Tuesday Oct. 1, 6:00 to 8:00 PM in
Lebanese American Univ. NY Headquarters and Academic Ctr.
211 E. 46th St. btw. 2nd & 3rd Aves.,
nr. #7, 4, 5, 6, S stops & 42nd St. bus;
map https://g.page/LAUNYHQ?share
Free. Event graphic, descriptions & contacts https://is.gd/O4kWae ; (https://eventbrite.com/e/the-future-female-professionals-of-palestine-tickets-71820937357) ;
https://nyac.lau.edu.lb/events https://facebook.com/pg/LAUNewYork/events m.me/LAUNewYork (212) 203-4333 https://nyac.lau.edu.lb/contact-us.php
 
Join us for a panel and discussion of the impact of higher education on Palestinian young women, followed by a reception.

Join the Arab Institute for Women at LAU and the Leonard Education Organization to discuss the future of Palestine through an educational lens. Through a student panel discussion, learn about the firsthand experiences of Palestinian young women who have come to the US for a university experience. Featuring a keynote presentation from Ambassador Feda Abdelhady-Nasser, Deputy Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the United Nations, we will explore how access to higher education has empowered these young women to become leaders in their communities. The evening will feature independent speakers, as well as a panel of students, moderated by Dr. Lina Abirafeh. Following the panel, there will be a reception featuring Palestinian musicians.

Speakers

Ms. Feda Abdelhady-Nasser has been the Deputy Permanent Observer from January 2013 to the present. She received the rank of Ambassador shortly thereafter in May 2013. Prior to that, she served as First Counselor at the Mission as of April 2006. She has served the State of Palestine in a variety of diplomatic roles, with a career spanning several decades.

Ambassador Abdelhady-Nasser represents the State of Palestine at the Security Council and at the General Assembly and its Main Committees, particularly the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (4th Committee), with specific focus on the issue of UNRWA and the Palestine refugees, a portfolio she has followed for many years. She is a speech-writer for the Mission and is responsible for the drafting and negotiation of Palestine’s annual package of General Assembly resolutions. She often represents Palestine at meetings of the Arab Group, Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Group of 77 and China, and the Asia-Pacific Group.

Among other responsibilities and initiatives during her tenure at the Mission, she was a member of Palestine’s legal team to the International Court of Justice on the case of the wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (December 2003 – July 2004).

Ambassador Abdelhady-Nasser holds a Masters Degree in Educational Administration (2000) from Rutgers University and Bachelors Degree in Political Science/International Relations from New York University (1992). She is fluent in English and Arabic and conversational in Spanish. She is married and the mother of two sons.

Deya' Leonard Dresner is the founder and CEO of the Leonard Education Organization. In the Leonard family, Deya’ whose mother is from Nazareth and father from Tennessee is the second generation to focus on the education of Palestinian’s younger generation. Her father, Dr. Graham Leonard, (PhD Harvard University) was an educator in the diplomatic field. This provided Deya’ with a cross cultural understanding of the challenges LE•O scholars face. And, she knows the obstacles students must navigate to be well positioned and receive the full benefits of their educational opportunities. Deya’ spent her childhood in Lebanon, her primary education was in England. She came to the United States as a freshman at Hampshire College, Massachusetts, where she studied linguistics and education.

Student Panelists

Marah Abdin, University of Rochester

Iman AbuAitah, Eastern Michigan University

Sadil Eidda, Drexel University

Haya Mohanna, Gettysburg College

Moderator

Dr. Lina Abirafeh, Executive Director of the Arab Institute for Women at the Lebanese American University. Her background is in gender-based violence prevention and response in development and humanitarian contexts. In 2018 and 2019, Lina was listed as one of the Gender Equality Top 100: The Most Influential People in Global Policy.

Higher Ed & Young Palestinian Women
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Lebanese American University New York Headquarters and Academic Center - 211 East 46th Street - New York, NY 10017
Lebanese American University New York Headquarters and Academic Center - 211 East 46th Street - New York, NY 10017
Lebanese American University New York Headquarters and Academic Center - 211 East 46th Street - New York, NY 10017
Lebanese American University New York Headquarters and Academic Center - 211 East 46th Street - New York, NY 10017
Lebanese American University New York Headquarters and Academic Center - 211 East 46th Street - New York, NY 10017

from North Brooklyn Neighbors' upcoming event listings...

 . Environmental Justice & Health Working Group
Wednesday, Sept. 18, 6:30 to 8:30 pm in Dupont Senior Center,
80 Dupont St., Brooklyn, btw. Franklin St. & Manhattan Av.
https://osm.org/go/Zct81BlE?way=280145999
https://goo.gl/maps/zRgFvtwmEMBPiWB87
https://facebook.com/events/372304210113578/
he Environmental Justice & Health Working Group brings neighbors together to develop community-based strategies to combat issues of air pollution, legacy toxins, toxic sites, and trash & waste. To find out more and become part of the working group, please join us. RSVP here or call 718-384-2248.

 . Idle Ca$h: Combatting Truck Idling
Tuesday, Oct 1, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm at
Divine Mercy (in the Rectory)
219 Conselyea St., Brooklyn, btw. Humboldt St. & Woodpoint Rd./Bushwick Ave. (L to Graham)
https://goo.gl/maps/KdEMGvgSAzw8V41W6
https://facebook.com/events/427516871202825/
Did you know it is illegal in NYC for truck engines to run while parked for more than 3 minutes or more than 1 minute in a school zone? Learn how to document violations and make money from reporting them. If fines are imposed, violation reporters receive 25% of the funds. Learn tips and tricks from a leading expert who has earned $13,000 so far this year. RSVP here or call 718-384-2248 ext. 111.

. North Brooklyn Neighbors - 25th Anniversary Gala & Party
Thursday, Oct. 17, 7:00 to 11:00pm BIBA Williamsburg
110 Kent Ave., Brooklyn NY 11249, opposite North 8th St. (L to Bedford)
maps https://osm.org/go/Zct8a2cV?node=2839715654
https://goo.gl/maps/JWVBqxUUPAiJJAhP9
TIX  https://secure.qgiv.com/for/norbronei/event/805593/    (https://mailchi.mp/dbb91208b7d9/nuhart-clean-up-explained-school-siting-meeting-tonight-upcoming-soils-workshop-1519989)
   On Thursday, October 17, 2019 in Williamsburg, North Brooklyn Neighbors will celebrate 25 years of neighborhood advocacy!
    Proceeds from the evening will benefit NBN’s mission to advance community-based solutions on issues of public space and the environment – through activism, education, and collaboration – to create a more just, healthy, and safe place to live and work.
   Open bar, food, award presentations and much more.
Registration ends on October 17, 2019

North Brooklyn Neighbors (formerly Neighbors Allied for Good Growth), All rights reserved.

Race After Technology
Ruha Benjamin & Cathy O'Neill
Tuesday, Oct. 1, 7:00 to 8:30pm
Housing Works Bookstore Cafe
126 Crosby St. btw Houston St. & Prince St.;
R Train or weekdays-only (W) to Prince; #6 to Bleecker St. or Spring St.;
D, F or weekdays-only (B), (M) to Broadway-Lafayette; J to Bowery;
C, E to Spring St.; N, Q to Canal;
maps https://osm.org/go/Zct8Rxp1Q-?node=2501562611
or https://goo.gl/HYvPBc
FREE.  https://housingworks.org/events/race-after-technology
https://facebook.com/events/711590032627235/
https://www.ruhabenjamin.com/events
Venue Listings https://housingworks.org/events
https://twitter.com/HousingWorksBks
https://facebook.com/pg/HousingWorksBookstore/events
https://eventbrite.com/o/housing-works-bookstore-cafe-6548340747
(212) 334-3324 bookstore@housingworks.org m.me/HousingWorksBookstore
related https://ruhabenjamin.com/race-after-technology
https://google.com/search?&q=Race+After+Technology
https://www.ruhabenjamin.com https://twitter.com/ruha9
https://twitter.com/mathbabedotorg https://mathbabe.org               

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What: #HALT Rally to End Solitary Confinement in NYS!

Where: Governor Cuomo’s [NYC] Office {snip}
[ 633 3rd Ave. 38th Fl., btw. E.40th St. & E.41st St.
#7, 4, 5, 6, S Train to 42 St. Grand Central; 42nd St. bus;
maps https://osm.org/go/Zct9MNUeF-?way=159899677
https://goo.gl/maps/gMZJ4fhgngD2 

When: Wed, 10/2 @ 11:00 AM (Meet @ 10:30AM)

Contact: Devante—929-363-4713

Register Here to Join Us  [Might be somehow helpful, but please ask whether required for this otherwise seemingly public rally...  
(https://vocal.ourpowerbase.net/civicrm/event/register?cid=0&id=2428)
(https://mailchi.mp/jerichony.org/nyc-rally-102-to-pass-halt-and-end-solitary-confinement)  https://twitter.com/VOCALNewYork   -t.]

Thousands of people remain in solitary confinement in New York’s prisons and jails each day, and tens of thousands each year experience this torture: 22 to 24 hours a day in a cell without any meaningful human contact or programs. They are disproportionately Black and Latinx people, young people, gender non-conforming people, and people with mental illness.

We have the votes to pass HALT to end this torture, but earlier this year Governor Cuomo and the Legislature made a deal to kill the bill!

People continue to spend months, years, and decades in solitary (including 30+ years) in NY. The sensory deprivation, lack of normal interaction, and extreme idleness of solitary can lead to intense suffering and severe psychological, physical, and even neurological damage. More than 30% of all prison suicides in New York take place in solitary.

The entire United Nations, including the US, passed rules prohibiting solitary beyond 15 days for any person, because it otherwise would amount to torture. Colorado has implemented a 15-day limit in its prisons and reduced the number of people in solitary from 1,500 to 18. The HALT Solitary Confinement Act (S1623-Sepulveda / A2500-Aubry) similarly includes a 15-day limit on solitary, and would create more humane and effective alternatives. A summary of the bill can be found here. The bill passed the State Assembly in 2018 by a vote of 99 to 45.

34 New York State Senators from Long Island to Upstate New York are officially co-sponsoring the HALT Solitary Confinement Act – a clear majority – and additional Senators have committed to vote for the bill, as well. 79 New York State Assembly Members also officially co-sponsor HALT – another clear majority – and the bill passed in that house in 2018.

The New York City Council passed a resolution in support of HALT, the second such statement by a local government (in May 2019, the Tompkins County Legislature also passed a resolution supporting HALT). The Progressive Caucus and the Women's Caucus of the NYC Council have called for a complete end to solitary confinement.

States that have reduced the use of solitary have seen a positive impact on safety for both incarcerated people and staff. Community members are calling for New York State Legislators and Governor Cuomo to pass HALT on the very next day the legislature is in session.

For questions contact:

Devante: 929-363-4713

 
Help us continue to build power among people affected by HIV/AIDS, mass incarceration and the drug war in order to create healthy and just communities by DONATING to VOCAL-NY on our website.

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[possibly relevant sources follow from announcements of a recent, similar rally -t.]

 
http://nycaic.org/events-2/
http://twitter.com/hashtag/HALTsolitary
https://twitter.com/NYCAIC
http://nycaic.org/media/

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Yonkers Rally to End Solitary
#HALT Rally to End Solitary Confinement in NYS
Wednesday, Oct. 2, Noon to 1:00 pm
What: #HALT Rally to End Solitary Confinement in NYS!
Where: Outside Yonkers Riverfront Public Library (1 Larkin Center)
When: Wed, 10/2 @ 12 PM (Meet @ 11:30AM)
917-702-8781
https://wespac.org/event/halt-rally-to-end-solitary-confinement-in-nys/ https://vocal.ourpowerbase.net/civicrm/event/register?id=2437

``Our People Are Suffering & We Can’t Wait``

The (R)evolution of Arab Queer Cinema: Queer Representation in Film Pre- and Post-Arab Uprisings
Wednesday, Oct. 2, 6:00 to 8:00 PM Columbia University,
Katharina Screening Room, Lenfest Center for the Arts
615 W. 129th St. btw. 12th Av. & Broadway
https://globalcenters.columbia.edu/events/10th-anniversary-amman
https://globalcenters.columbia.edu/content/10th-anniversary-cgc
https://facebook.com/pg/ColumbiaGlobalCenters/events/
m.me/ColumbiaGlobalCenters (212) 851-4001 cgc@columbia.edu http://globalcenters.columbia.edu
venue & accessibility https://lenfest.arts.columbia.edu/visit
nn2415@columbia.edu

The (R)evolution of Arab Queer Cinema: Queer Representation in Film Pre- and Post-Arab
Columbia University, Katharina Screening Room, Lenfest Center for the Arts

Challenging the rules that have governed the Arab region for decades, Arab queer filmmakers are adopting creative, non-conventional approaches to share their stories, building pathways between otherwise isolated minorities. In the wake of the Arab Spring, they have stepped forward to take part in a transnational dialogue on democracy, liberty and reform, hoping to shape the way towards equality and recognition of LGBTQ rights in the region.

This panel will engage five emerging LGBTQ filmmakers from the Arabic speaking region in a meaningful discussion on the role of Arab queer cinema in shaping and giving voice to the Arab LGBT community. The panel will explore how emerging Arab queer cinema is engaging with the region’s turbulent socio-political arena, while drawing on the filmmakers’ personal journeys, creative expressions and motivations. Recognizing the agency of Arab queer filmmakers through cinema, the panel will explore how LGBTQ issues are being represented in popular Arabic culture, and how their work is being received by local and regional audiences.

This event is part of a year-long 10 event series celebrating the Columbia Global Centers' 10th anniversary. Click here to learn about the other events in this series

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Clergy & Faith Leader Strategic Planning Summit
Thursday Oct 03, 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM at North Star Fund
520 8th Av. Ste. 1800, btw. W, 36th & W.37th,
nr. A, C, E, #1, 2, 3, S, N, Q, R, B, D, F, M & cross town buses via 34th or 42nd
https://goo.gl/maps/UJqP9GRJWNLeQ2gc7
(http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/2115/c/10406/p/salsa/event/common/public/?event_KEY=101556)

"Loyalty & Betrayal: Their Role in Political Life"
39th Social Research Conference,  October 3 and 4
(https://eventbrite.com/e/pre-register-loyalty-betrayal-the-39th-social-research-conference-registration-61707998284)
https://centerforpublicscholarship.org/single-post/Loyalty-Betrayal  (https://thefestivalofnew2019.sched.com/event/S8Zm/loyalty-betrayal-their-role-in-political-life-session-i-philosophical-understandings-of-loyalty-betrayal)
https://facebook.com/events/420959905294978/
m.me/CenterforPublicScholarship  cps@newschool.edu http://centerforpublicscholarship.org   
 
 . Thursday, October 3, 2019
Session I. 3:30 - 5:45 PM
Keynote. 6:00 - 7:30 PM

 . Friday, October 4, 2019
Session II. 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Session III. 1:30 - 4:00 PM

Center for Public Scholarship

This conference is part of the "Festival of New" centennial celebration of The New School which was founded by a group of professors who left Columbia University in protest over the imposition of loyalty oaths during World War I. Register here.

**Please pre-register for this conference, which is part of The New School's weeklong "Festival of New" centennial celebration. All conference pre-registrations will be added to the Festival's RSVP system when it launches by mid-September.**

The Center for Public Scholarship presents the 39th Social Research Conference, Loyalty & Betrayal: Their Role in Political Life.

Loyalty to and betrayal of political leaders, political parties, and the state are worldwide phenomena. Their role in our twentieth-century history and in the present is all too evident and can be seen most vividly in the repeated imposition of loyalty oaths, first during World War I, and later during the McCarthy period. It can be seen today in the frequent demands made by President Trump on those around him to remain loyal to him even at the expense of protecting our laws and democratic values. It is also vividly clear in Russia today by the price put on disloyalty to Putin.

Join us as experts from a range of disciplines reflect upon the complicated nature of loyalty, especially by those moments in history when loyalty to an idea or group has resulted in atrocities.

This conference is partially supported by The New School Provost.

This conference is part of the centennial celebration of The New School which was founded by a group of professors who left Columbia University in protest over the imposition of loyalty oaths during World War I.

For a full conference description, please visit the Center for Public Scholarship's Conference website.

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Day 1: Thursday, October 3, 2019

Session I. Philosophical Understandings of Loyalty & Betrayal
3:30-5:45 PM

    Avishai Margalit, The Cricket Test of Loyalty: Sport and Immigration, Loyalty and Betrayal, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
    George Kateb, The Oddity of Patriotism, William Nelson Cromwell Professor Emeritus of Politics, Princeton University
    Marci Shore, There Is No Such Thing as Innocence, Associate Professor of History, Yale University
    Moderator: Oz Frankel, Associate Professor of History, The New School for Social Research

Keynote Event
On Loyalty Now
6:00-7:30 PM

    Andrew McCabe, former Deputy Director of the FBI
    Interlocutor: TBA

Day 2: Friday, October 4, 2019

Session II. Case Studies: United States
10:30 AM-1:00 PM

    Eric L. Muller, The War Relocation Authority and the Wounding of Japanese American Loyalty, Dan K. Moore Distinguished Professor of Law in Jurisprudence and Ethics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Ellen Schrecker, "Are You Now or Have You Ever Been...?": Loyalty and Security in the Age of McCarthyism and Beyond, Professor of History (retired), Yeshiva University
    Robert Kuttner, On Loyalty in the Era of Trump, Co-founder and co-editor of The American Prospect; Meyer and Ida Kirstein Visiting Professor in Social Planning and Administration, Brandeis University
    Moderator: James E. Miller, Professor of Liberal Studies and Politics; Faculty Director of Creative Publishing and Critical Journalism, The New School for Social Research

Session III. Case Studies: International
1:30-4:00 PM

    Masha Gessen, Against Loyalty, Staff Writer, The New Yorker
    Jan-Werner Müller, UnEuropean Activities?, Professor of Politics, Princeton University
    Andrew Nathan, On Loyalty in China, Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science, Columbia University
    Moderator: Jessica Pisano, Associate Professor and Chair of Politics, The New School for Social Research

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Espanol sigue

Sin Fronteras: Celebrating the Victories of Women Laundry Workers!
Laundry Workers Center Gala 2019
Friday, Oct. 4, fr/ 6:00 to 9:00 PM
Iglesia de Sion / St. Peter's Church
619 Lexington Ave. btw. E.53rd & E.54th (beneath former Citicorp Bldg.)
maps https://osm.org/go/Zct9N8RsA-?way=458180195
https://goo.gl/maps/5hBeSzJQjTJoEScX9
Tickets, event graphics, descriptions & contacts
http://bit.ly/lwcgala2019 (https://eventbee.com/v/sin-fronteras-celebrating-the-victories-of-women-laundry-workers-celebrando-las-victorias-de-las-lavanderas/event?eid=113986622)   (https://mailchi.mp/ec261693215c/youre-invited-sin-fronteras-celebrating-victories-of-women-laundry-workers)  (https://mailchi.mp/aba82d06ee36/save-the-date-oct-4th-is-the-laundry-workers-center-2019-community-gala)   (https://facebook.com/LWC.ORG/photos/gm.2817198274977072/2320830537971078/?type=3&theater)
https://facebook.com/events/2803952899634943/
m.me/LWC.ORG  (646) 801-8592  http://www.lwcu.org
info@laundry-workers-center-united.org
https://facebook.com/pg/LWC.ORG/events
https://twitter.com/lwc_workers
If you are a member or ally and unable to afford a ticket, please contact info@laundryworkerscenter.org

                       [most recent publicity first]

Laundry Workers Center and Iglesia Sion present "Sin Fronteras: Celebrating the Victories of Women Laundry Workers!" We are honoring the immigrant women workers and leaders whose labor is the backbone of Laundry Workers Center and also to bring their invisible labor into the light.

We will be honoring Maria and Ricarda, leaders of the Sunshine Laundromat Campaign!

The history of lavanderas (laundry workers) is a chronicle of immigrant, women-of-color organizing and triumph; and we at Laundry Workers Center understand that our work builds on the legacy of women worker organizing, and most especially the labor of Black women workers.

Can't make it but want to donate? You can make a donation at the "Despertar Victoria" donation link of any amount you choose. For donations of $250+ we will make an honorable mention in the gala.

When: Friday, October 4, 2019
Time: 6:00 to 9:00pm
Where: St. Peter’s Church, 619 Lexignton Ave (btw E. 53rd & E. 54th St). Trains:  E/M to Lexington-53rd; 6 to 51st St.; N/R/W to Lexington-59th St).

*If you are a member or ally and unable to afford a ticket, please contact info@laundryworkerscenter.org*

*We gladly accept checks! Please make checks out to our fiscal sponsor, Brandworkers International, and note it is for the Laundry Workers Center. Mail checks to: Laundry Workers Center c/o Rosanna Rodríguez, 80 Broad St #613A, New York, NY 10004 and send us a note at info@laundryworkerscenter.org with your name and the amount so we can keep an eye out for it.

Music by Ernesto of Villalobos Brothers Band

This event is presented by Laundry Workers Center and Iglesia Sion.
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El Centro de Trabajadores de Lavanderías y la Iglesia Sion presenta: "Sin Fronteras: Celebrando las Victorias de las Lavanderas!" Estamos reconociendo a las trabajadoras inmigrantes y líderes cuyo trabajo es la columna vertebral del Centro de Trabajadores de Lavandería y también para sacar a la luz su trabajo invisible.

Vamos a reconocer las líderes Maria y Ricarda, de la campaña de la Lavandería Sunshine!

La historia de las lavanderas (trabajadores de lavandería) es una crónica de triunfo y organización de inmigrantes, mujeres de color; y nosotros en el Centro de Trabajadores de Lavandería entendemos que nuestro trabajo se basa en el legado de la organización de las trabajadoras, y especialmente en el trabajo de las trabajadoras negras.

¿No puedes hacerlo pero quieres donar? Puede hacer una donación en el link "Despertar Victoria" de cualquier numero que queria. Para donaciones de más de $ 250, nos podemos hacer una mención de honor en la gala.

Cuándo: Viernes, 4 de Octubre, 2019
Hora: 6pm-9pm
Dónde: Iglesia San Pedro, 619 Avenida Lexington (entre la calla 53 y 54) Trenes: N/R/W hasta Lexington- calle 59; E/M hasta Lexington-calle 53; 6 hasta la calle 51).

*Si es miembro o aliado y no puede pagar un boleto, comuníquese con info@laundryworkerscenter.org*

*Con mucho gusto aceptamos cheques! Haga los cheques a nuestro patrocinador fiscal, Brandworkers International, y tenga en cuenta que es para el Centro de trabajadores de lavandería. Envíe los cheques a: Laundry Workers Center c / o Rosanna Rodríguez, 80 Broad St # 613A, Nueva York, NY 10004 y por favor manda un email para info@laundryworkerscenter.org con su nombre.

Musica por Ernesto de los Hermanos Villalobos

Con muchas gracias! Nos hasta en 4 de Octubre!

                 [some previous publicity follows]

Bad bosses are a stain on the retail laundromat industry. From Bay Ridge to Harlem, Laundry Workers Center is organizing to clean our city of exploitation. Laundry workers are fighting back, and together with all of you we are building a movement.

Save the Date: October 4
Join us to celebrate a year of movement building. Let's honor each other for the work we have done and plant the seeds of support for another year in the struggle.

Laundry Workers Center Gala 2019
October 4 , 2019
6:00 to 9:00 PM
Iglesia de Sion (St. Peter's Church)
619 Lexington Ave, NY NY

We are immigrants, we are women, we are leaders, and we are just getting started.
Los malos jefes son una mancha en la industria de la lavandería. Desde Bay Ridge hasta Harlem, el Centro de Trabajadores de Lavanderías organiza para limpiar nuestra ciudad de explotación. Los trabajadores de lavandería están luchando, y junto con todos ustedes estamos construyendo un movimiento.

Ahorre la fecha: 4 de octubre!
Únase a nosotros para celebrar un año de construcción de movimientos. Honremos el uno al otro por el trabajo que hemos hecho y plantemos las semillas de apoyo para otro año en la lucha.

Laundry Workers Center Gala 2019
4 octubre, 2019
6-9 PM
Iglesia de Sion (St. Peter's Church)
619 Lexington Ave, NY NY

Somos inmigrantes, somos mujeres, somos líderes y recién estamos comenzando.
In Solidarity,
Rosanna Rodriguez & Mahoma Garfias
Executive Co-Directors
Help Our Members Continue To Fight-- Donate Today to LWC

Laundry Workers Center's political philosophy is rooted in organizing workers and building their leadership skills and political power through a variety of worker-lead tools and tactics,  including taking direct action at the workplace, serving as their own voice to media outlets, speaking out as member of this community, and acting as their own advocates at the negotiation table.
Laundry Workers Center
80 Broad St, Suite 613A
Manhattan, NY, 10004
www.lwcu.org
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Copyright © 2019 Laundry Workers Center, All rights reserved.
Laundry Workers Center community allies!

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Raided: A documentary about the ‘Bronx 120’ raid
Friday, Oct. 4, fr/ 7:00 to 8:30 PM in Mayday Space
176 St. Nicholas Av., Brooklyn, btw. Stanhope St. & Himrod St.;
L Train to Dekalb Av.; M to Myrtle-Wyckoff
maps https://goo.gl/maps/kfFmfuH4Vrn https://goo.gl/CZ85GX
https://osm.org/go/Zct8r97Ql-?node=5550519331
$5 / $15 (NOTA)  (https://withfriends.co/Event/2110154/Raided_A_documentary_about_the_Bronx_120_raid)
https://facebook.com/events/321018252110300/
https://facebook.com/MaydaySpace https://twitter.com/maydayspace
https://facebook.com/pg/MaydaySpace/events/

It’s been almost three years since the North Bronx was rocked by the largest gang raid in New York City history. One hundred and twenty people, now known as the “Bronx 120,” were indicted in April 2016, and most of them were rounded up in a one-night sweep, part of a new era of “precision policing” in the city. More on the raid here:
(https://citylimits.org/2017/01/16/massive-bronx-gang-prosecution-raises-fairness-questions/)

Join us on Friday October 4 at 7:00 pm to watch a film that further exposes the harmful policing practices that intentionally target working class people of color. Join Mayday Space, Producer Simon Davis-Cohen, and featured members of the film for a discussion following the screening.

  ==  >  Please RSVP here: (https://withfriends.co/Event/2110154/Raided_A_documentary_about_the_Bronx_120_raid)

General admission is $5 [or] $15 for gen. [admission] + food/drink ticket. No one turned away for lack of funds!

Upcoming NYC Area Street Actions & Talks
http://bit.ly/nycprotest

Film Screening of Raided
with Red Hook Community Justice Center, Center for Urban Pedagogy
Friday, Oct. 4, 7:00 PM in Mayday Space,
176 St. Nicholas Av., Brooklyn, 11237 btw. Stanhope St. & Himrod St.;
L Train to Dekalb Av.; M to Myrtle-Wyckoff
maps https://goo.gl/maps/kfFmfuH4Vrn https://goo.gl/CZ85GX
https://osm.org/go/Zct8r97Ql-?node=5550519331
$5 - $15  (https://withfriends.co/event/2110154/film_screening_of_raided_with_red_hook_community_justice_center_center_for_urban_pedagogy)
https://twitter.com/maydayspace
https://facebook.com/pg/MaydaySpace/events/
info@maydayspace.org http://www.maydayspace.org
m.me/MaydaySpace (732) 771-9564

Using the largest gang raid in New York City’s history as a starting point, “Raided,” a documentary film, examines the consequences of a new era of “precision policing” in the city. In contrast to Stop and Frisk, which targeted large swaths of New Yorkers, precision policing prides itself on singling out the supposed worst of the worst: gang members. The film explores precision policing’s use of coercive conspiracy prosecutions, the repurposing of old and low-level offenses, military-style raids, and racially disproportionate surveillance.

This summer, CUP collaborated with Teaching Artist Ro Garrido and students from the Red Hook Community Justice Center to investigate how Conspiracy Laws are used to police youth and charge them with “gang involvement” based on who they know. Students surveyed members of their community, interviewed stakeholders working on the issue, and made a teaching tool with designer Marcela Szwarc to show what they learned. At this special event, students will present their findings, followed by a free screening of the documentary film Raided.

The screening will be followed by:
• A presentation by students from the Red Hook Community Justice Center
on their investigation into conspiracy laws and NYPD’s gang database.
This project is a collaboration with Teaching Artist Ro Garrido, designer
Marcela Swarc, and the Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP).
• A conversation and Q&A with:
o Filmmaker Simon Davis-Cohen and featured members of the film,
and others directly impacted by gang raids.

FREE SCREENING! No one turned away for a lack a funds. Please consider
making a donation between $5-$15 to help us cover booking the space.

About The Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP): The Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP) is a nonprofit organization that uses the power of design and art to increase meaningful civic engagement particularly among underrepresented communities. CUP projects demystify the urban policy and planning issues that impact our communities, so that more individuals can better participate in shaping them.

About The Red Hook Community Justice Center: The Red Hook Community Justice Center is a community court that was created to address the unique social and judicial needs of its surrounding neighborhood — the 72nd, 76th, and 78th Precincts. The Justice Center is a collaborative effort of the Brooklyn DA’s Office, the Center for Court Innovation, the Office of Court Administration and the defense bar.

About Mayday Space: Mayday Space is a multi-story organizing center and social hub in Bushwick. It is a neighborhood resource and a citywide destination for engaging programming, a home for radical thought and debate, and a welcoming gathering place for people and movements to work, learn, celebrate and build together.

ACCESSIBILITY NOTE:: This event is taking place in a large hall on a 3rd floor of an older building (no elevator), if you need assistance, let us know. There are gender-neutral bathrooms with small stalls.

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Miles for Midwives Brooklyn
Saturday, October 5, 2019 at 10 AM – 1 PM
from somewhere in Prospect Park
https://events.elitefeats.com/october-2019-miles-for-midwives-5k-brooklyn
Public · Hosted by elitefeats
[if you find a specific explanation, please let me know. -t.]

Upcoming Fall 2019 Seminars!
Center for Critical Thought (CCT) and
INSTITUTE FOR THE RADICAL IMAGINATION (IRI)
See more legible original publicity:
https://radicalimagination.institute/2019/09/14/fall-2019-seminars/

 . German Idealism and its Aftermath: Philosophical and Poetic Reactions with Michael Pelias
a ten week course starting Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019 (6:30 – 8:30pm)
James Baldwin High School
351 W. 18th St., Rm. 317
$15 per session or $150 for all ten sessions.  (https://radicalimagination.institute/german-idealism-and-its-aftermath-philosophical-and-poetic-reactions-with-michael-pelias/)      Given the multiple Left, Liberal and Neo-conservative interpretations of German idealism in terms of the end(s) of history and or its new beginning, we will interpret the world historical spirit (1) in the light of the enlightenment (2) through a close reading of Hegel’s Phenomenology engage the contemporary world and its multiple variations. By thinking through the aftermath of the closure of Western philosophical thought and its meaning for the neo-liberal epoch, we will encounter some of the poetic responses to this closure and the attempts made philosophically to reorient thought. Authors read will include Kant, Hegel, Mallarme, and Rimbaud among others.
Readings:
Kant, Immanuel. “What is Enlightenment?” (pg. 54–60)
*Pease read Kant’s short piece on defining the Enlightenment for the first class
Hegel, G.W. F. Phenomenology of Spirit trans, by A.V. Miller. Oxford University Press
Schelling, F.W.J. Philosophical Investigations into the Essence of Human Freedom
**There will some handouts given in class as well including Marx’s critique of Hegel’s dialectic.
REGISTER TO ATTEND HERE   * It is also possible to pay per session in person. Please RSVP to info@radicalimagination.institute if you would like to attend on a per session basis.

 

 . The Presocratics and their Contemporary Relevance
with Bruno Gulli
seven week course beginning Monday Oct. 7, 2019 (7:00–9:00pm)
James Baldwin High School
351 W. 18th St. Rm. 317
$15 per session or $90 for all seven sessions.  (https://radicalimagination.institute/the-presocratics-and-their-contemporary-relevance-with-bruno-gulli/)  
In this course, we examine the metaphysics/ontology of individuation, rupture, singularity, and time. Indeed, the question that starts philosophical thinking (What is it?) is not only the question about the essence of reality, the whatness of things, but it is also the question of the process of individuation, change, and ultimately of singularity. The second, but more foundational, question, asked by Parmenides (Is it or is it not?), will, perhaps paradoxically, provide us with the critical tools for an understanding of the dialectics of existence, the vortex of becoming described by Heraclitus. The relationship between being and becoming, permanence and change (Parmenides and Heraclitus) will be central throughout the course. This is the question of time, which we will problematize starting from the original thought of Anaximander. Yet, the point is to also appreciate the importance of this early thinking for (and in) our own times. We will also make reference to other philosophical traditions, such as Taoism in China.
Readings:
Patricia Curd’s Reader of Presocratic Philosophy
John Burnet’s Early Greek Philosophy
Martin Heidegger’s Early Greek Thinking
REGISTER TO ATTEND HERE
* It is also possible to pay per session in person. Please RSVP to info@radicalimagination.institute if you would like to attend on a per session basis.

 
 . Marxism after Marx with Stanley Aronowitz
eight week course beginning today Saturday Oct. 5, 2019 [oops -t.]
Noon to 2:00pm
244 Madison Ave. #10‑A, between E. 37th & E. 38th
$15 per session or $100 for all eight sessions.
https://radicalimagination.institute/marxism-after-marx-with-stanley-aronowitz/   
  In recent times, left scholars, militants, and theorists have returned to Marx in the hope of finding the revolutionary truth. Although the study of Marx and his immense production of critical analysis is necessary and demanding, it alone cannot replace the more current theoretical interventions of the middle twentieth century through the first two decades of the 21st century. This course will focus on three of the most original contemporary versions of Marxism which have taken into account current conditions. We will encounter and focus on the exemplary and original work of the Frankfurt School, Henri Lefebvre, and Antonio Negri. The hope is to think in our times with new concepts and categories needed for understanding and making radical change.
Readings:
Lefebvre, Henri. Everyday Life in the Modern World, Chapter 2, “The Bureaucratic Society of Controlled Consumption,” and Chapter 4, “Terrorism and Everyday Life.”
Lefebvre, Henri. The Critique of Everyday Life, Volume I
Marcuse, Hebert. One-Dimensional Man
Negri, Antonio. Insurgencies, Chapter 1, “Constituent Power: the Concept of a Crisis,” and Chapter 5. “the Revolution and the Constitution of Labor.
REGISTER TO ATTEND HERE
 It is also possible to pay per session in person. Please RSVP to info@radicalimagination.institute if you would like to attend on a per session basis.

 . Left-Legalism and the Antinomies of Resistance: From the Jewish Question to the Mueller Report with Peter Bratsis
{snip}  Venue:  TBD [? -t.] a six week course beginning
October 5, 2019 (2:00–4:00pm) [OOPS!] —
$15 per session or $80 for all six sessions.
Readings:
Left Legalism / Left Critique By Wendy Brown, Janet Halley
Insurgencies: Constituent Power and the Modern State by Antonio Negri
The Poulantzas Reader by Poulantazas Nicos
Pashukanis: Selected Writings on Marxism & Law (Law, State, and Society Series) by Evgenii Bronislavovich Pashukanis
Karl Marx: Selected Writings (Second Edition) by Karl Marx, David McLellan ed.
REGISTER TO ATTEND HERE   * It is also possible to pay per session in person. Please RSVP to info@radicalimagination.institute if you would like to attend on a per session basis.
 

 
 . Methods of Inquiry: From Aristotle to Evald Ilyenkov
with Arto Artinian
an eight week course beginning
Wednesday, Oct. 16 , 2019 from 7:00–9:00pm
James Baldwin High School
351 W. 18th St. Rm. 317
$15 per session or $100 for all eight sessions.
(https://radicalimagination.institute/on-methods-of-inquiry-from-aristotle-to-evald-ilyenkov-with-arto-artinian/)
  Much has been said about “dialectics” in the context of leftist thinking about politics, yet often the conversation is often vague on the specifics of what is it that dialectics in thinking actually means? What is gained by deploying “dialectical thought”? To counter this tendency, we will trace specific articulations of dialectical movement in thought, with the aim of gaining a clearer understanding of the fundamental concepts, ideas and methods that relate to this mode of thinking.
  Our focus is on building a grounding in thinking about everyday life that seeks (rather than avoids) contradictions, and is capable of surviving (as Hegel said) the tensions that arise within it.
  Readings will begin with a discussion of sections from Aristotle’s “Prior Analytics” and “Categories”. We will then follow with a few excerpts from Hegel’s studies of logic, while making explicit Hegel’s conversation with Aristotle. We will conclude with a close reading of Soviet philosopher Evald Ilyenkov’s presentation of dialectical thinking, in the context of the thread running from Aristotle, through Hegel and Marx.
Readings:  {snip}
Please RSVP to info@radicalimagination.institute if you would like to attend on a per session basis.
 

RECLAIM THE COURT! PROTEST
Sunday, Oct. 6, 12:30 to 5:00 PM
Columbus Cir NE, Washington, DC 20002, outside Union Station
(Red Metro to Union Station)
maps https://goo.gl/maps/cafrXSVHnCJ9V7Ja7
https://goo.gl/maps/cafrXSVHnCJ9V7Ja7
https://reclaimthecourt.com
https://facebook.com/events/2597995980233857/      
This court is #SUPREMELYCORRUPT.  On October 6, we take it back. 
 
Let’s do this.

Kavanaugh may have gotten confirmed to the Supreme Court last year, but the fight isn’t over. We’re asking House Democrats to investigate his fitness for office since the Senate failed to do so. Because no matter how entitled Kavanaugh thinks he is, that seat belongs to us - the people. Join Women’s March, Demand Justice and Center for Popular Democracy on the anniversary of his confirmation, October 6th, to take back the Supreme Court.

Pete Seeger Centennial Celebration - His Life, Music and Legacy
Rockland Pete Centennial
Sunday, Oct. 6, 4:00 to 7:00 PM
Nyack, NY
(https://eventbrite.com/e/pete-seeger-centennial-celebration-his-life-music-and-legacy-tickets-62821984246)

 . Mass Vigil with Outreach by Jewish Veg on
Monday, Oct. 7 in the evening ASK TIME AND LOCATION.
https://facebook.com/pg/JewishVeg/events/
412-965-9210 info@jewishveg.org  http://JewishVeg.org 

 . Kaporos Week of Action Orientation and Updates Meeting
Sunday, Sept. 15 at ?
https://facebook.com/events/2290058054426380/
m.me/AlliancetoEndChickensasKaporos
http://endchickensaskaporos.com
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUq4gmrNAIwH7NX-QI1eqUw
http://twitter.com/kindkaporos
with Alliance to End Chickens as Kaporos; Jewish Veg;
The Save Movement; Shamayim: Jewish Animal Advocacy  
https://facebook.com/pg/shamayimjewishanimaladvocacy/events/
(602) 445-3112  m.me/shamayimjewishanimaladvocacy
info@shamayimvaretz.org  http://www.shamayimvaretz.org
 416-825-6080 m.me/savemovement
https://facebook.com/pg/savemovement/events
savemovementinfo@gmail.com http://www.thesavemovement.org
https://facebook.com/messages/t/jeffrey.cohan/

NYC Kaporos Week of Action
Wednesday, Oct. 2 through Monday Oct. 7
https://facebook.com/events/464499384400197/

Actions will begin Wednesday Oct. 2 or Thursday Oct. 3 (adverts for Kaporos locations and sites do not get distributed until much closer to the time).

Are you Jewish and interested in performing outreach to the Ultra Orthodox community during our Kaporos actions? If so, please register with Jewish Veg here so that you can be looped in promptly:

https://jewishveg.org/kaporos-action-committee

Thank you to our collaboration partners, Jewish Veg and The Save Movement; and thank you to our new supportive organizations, Shamayim: Jewish Animal Advocacy, In Defense of Animals, and Interfaith Vegan Coalition! Together, we hope to make this the largest and most impactful presence of compassion that we have ever seen in NYC streets at Kaporos

Featuring
Jewish Veg encourages and helps Jews to adopt plant-based diets as an expression of Judaism's highest values.

The Save Movement
The Save Movement is a worldwide network of Save groups bearing witness to farmed animals and promoting veganism and love-based, grassroots activism.

Shamayim: Jewish Animal Advocacy
Jewish ethics. Heavenly ideals. Earthly compassion.

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Rebellion Week Activity Schedule

Monday graphic at https://is.gd/YKyNfa or https://xrebellion.nyc
All week:  https://twitter.com/xr_nyc 
https://facebook.com/pg/xrnyc/events/ 

Monday - October 7
9.30 am - Meet at Battery Park - Funeral March and more. Wear mourning attire if you can - bring your own placards, flowers, signs, and umbrellas in case of rain…

2 pm - Rebel Fest starts at Washington Square

2.30: Welcome Address (TBC)

2.00-4.00: Claim the space - let’s decorate the Park together!

3.00-6.00: Bread & Puppets Cantastoria Workshop: Come and build at XR Cantastoria

4.00-6.00: Citizen’s Assembly Workshop

7.30-9.00: Want to help us get food for the Rebellion? Meet for Freegan Food gathering in the Public Atrium at 1991 Broadway (between 67th and 68th Street). Thank you to Freegan.Info for offering their time and experience!

Cargill: don't let the Amazon burn
Monday, Oct. 7, from 7:45 to 8:45 AM [outside]
InterContinental New York Barclay
111 East 48th St, btw. Park & Madison Aves.
nr. #6, 4, 5, 7, S, B, D, F, M, 1 stops & buses via 50th or 42nd;
map https://goo.gl/maps/z2VQQmP9BBH9UmBC8
https://eventbrite.com/e/cargill-dont-let-the-amazon-burn-tickets-72727432709
https://facebook.com/events/527736821332091/
 (510) 281-9020 info@mightyearth.org http://mightyearth.org
amazon@amazonwatch.org http://amazonwatch.org
https://facebook.com/messages/t/paulpaz/
(202) 683-2500 m.me/FoodandWaterWatch info@fwwatch.org
http://foodandwaterwatch.org https://twitter.com/foodandwater
m.me/350NYC  350nyc@gmail.com http://350nyc.org
https://twitter.com/350NYC  kim@saneenergyproject.org
http://saneenergyproject.org  m.me/foe.us  (877) 843-8687      

The Amazon is on fire, and we know who’s to blame. It’s Cargill.

A new report by Mighty Earth found that Cargill’s activities are centrally linked to the incineration of the Amazon.

On October 7, the Wall Street Journal is
  == >  interviewing Cargill’s Senior Vice President
Ruth Kimmelshue at the Intercontinental New York Barclay. We’re showing up
because we need to tell the Wall Street Journal the full story.

Agribusiness giant Cargill is sourcing its animal feed from South America. Not only have they failed to take action to combat deforestation, this year they actually sent a letter to their suppliers specifically to **encourage** them to continue clearing forests.

Five years ago, Cargill pledged to cut ties to deforestation by 2020. This year the company openly admitted they will not be following through on that commitment.

We do not have another 5 years. We don’t have another one year. Cargill must act now.

GROUPS NOMINALLY ORGANIZING THIS EVENT ACCORDING TO FB...

Mighty Earth is a global campaign organization that works to protect tropical forests, oceans, and the climate. We aspire to be the most effective environmental organization in the world. #StandMighty

CREDO Mobile
Friends of the Earth fights to defend the environment and create a more healthy and just world. We are part of a federation of grassroots groups in 76 countries.

Amazon Watch

Democracy for America

Care2 is a network of nearly 50 million people around the globe dedicated to building a better world. Our members are standing together, starting petitions and sharing stories that inspire action. Join Us!

Food & Water Watch

CODEPINK: Women For Peace

350 NYC
350nyc.org & https://facebook.com/fossilfreenyc
Women's Earth and Climate Action Network

SumOfUs

Sane Energy Project

Animal Save Movement

Food & Water Watch - New York

New York Climate Save Movement

XL Dissent

Defend Democracy in Brazil

#DefendDemocracyinBrazil
Rise and Resist

350 Brooklyn

Climate Save Movement

Sunrise Movement

Upcoming NYC Area Street Actions & Talks
http://bit.ly/nycprotest

Me Too: One Year After Christine Blasey Ford
with Davia Temin, Gabrielle Bellot, Olatunde Johnson,
Shelly Oria, Elissa Schappell
Wednesday, Oct. 9, 5:30 to 8:00 PM in
Columbia Univ. Maison Française/Buell Hall, 2nd Fl.
515 W. 116th St./College Walk btw. Broadway & Amsterdam Av.,
nr. Low Library, Alma Mater Steps & St. Paul Chapel;
maps https://osm.org/go/Zc4oa26jh-?way=274995720
https://goo.gl/maps/QP9X3JYjkeJg4dBv7
event (https://socialdifference.columbia.edu/events-1/2019/10/9/metoo-one-year-after-christine-blasey-ford)
https://facebook.com/events/1795542183923063/  Public · Hosted by
Center for the Study of Social Difference (CSSD) and Institute for Research on Women, Gender, and Sexuality
https://facebook.com/pg/socialdifference/events/
https://facebook.com/pg/irwgs/events/  (212) 854-7090
m.me/socialdifference socialdifference@columbia.edu
http://socialdifference.columbia.edu http://twitter.com/socialdiff
m.me/irwgs (212) 854-3277 irwgs@columbia.edu http://irwgs.columbia.edu        
venue https://facebook.com/pg/columbia.maisonfrancaise/events
(212) 854-4482 http://maisonfrancaise.org m.me/columbia.maisonfrancaise
sometimes relevant to venue (646) 745-8545 alliance@columbia.edu
http://alliance.columbia.edu

Join us for a discussion on the #MeToo movement, one year after the testimony of Christine Blasey Ford.

Presented by Women Creating Change and the Center for the Study of Social Difference.

Moderated by Women Creating Change Leadership Council member Davia Temin, and featuring contributors to Indelible in the Hippocampus: Writings from the Me Too Movement, and Columbia Law Professor Olatunde Johnson.

SPEAKERS:
Davia Temin (Temin & Co.) - moderator
Gabrielle Bellot (writer, contributor to Indelible in the Hippocampus)
Olatunde Johnson (Columbia University Law)
Shelly Oria (ed., Indelible in the Hippocampus)
Elissa Schappell (writer, contributor to Indelible in the Hippocampus)

Cosponsored by:
Center for Gender & Sexuality Law
Institute for Women, Gender, and Sexuality
Barnard Center for Research on Women
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Schedule · Wednesday, October 9, 2019
5:30 PM - 6:15 PM
Reception
6:15 PM - 8:00 PM
Panel discussion
Featuring
Center for the Study of Social Difference (CSSD)
Arts & Humanities Website · New York, New York
The Center for the Study of Social Difference at Columbia University is an advanced study center that promotes innovative interdisciplinary scholarship on the global dynamics of gender, sexuality, ethnicity and race.
Institute for Research on Women, Gender, and Sexuality
School · New York, New York
The Institute for Research on Women, Gender, and Sexuality is the locus of interdisciplinary feminist and queer scholarship and teaching at Columbia University.
About the Venue
Columbia Maison Française
Cultural Center · 2,768 likes

More Events at Columbia Maison Française
SEP11 FILM SCREENING : Happiness (Le Bonheur)

SEP17 Expanding the World of Literature : Tash Aw

SEP20 Religion & Rituality

Dael Orlandersmith: Racial Profiling in Theatre
Wednesday, Oct. 9, 6:00 PM at
Lenfest Center for the Arts in The Lantern
615 W. 129 St., 8th Fl., btw. 12th Av. & Brway
nr. #1, A, (B), C, D stops & M60 cross town bus via RFK Triboro & 125th St.
https://goo.gl/maps/TnfdBcKHiHt
https://osm.org/go/Zc4o0QLRF--?way=614602188
Pulitzer finalist (Yellowman) and Obie winner Dael Orlandersmith looks at how the boxes around gender, orientation, race, and ethnicity that were intended to foster inclusion work to complicate theatre-making.  Co-presented by the Arts Administration Program, Teachers College, and the Theatre Program
venue https://lenfest.arts.columbia.edu/events-upcoming
accessibility nn2415@columbia.edu

Occupied Cinema: 5 Broken Cameras And 3 Stolen Cameras
Wednesday, Oct. 9, 6:00 to 9:00 PM
The People`s Forum
320 W. 37th St. btw. 8th & 9th Aves.
 == > ``RSVP here`` [Ask whether required. -t.] (https://peoplesforum.org/event/occupied-cinema-5-broken-cameras-and-3-stolen-cameras/)
https://facebook.com/events/406674076715850/   (https://peoplesforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/occupiedcinemaoctober.jpg)  Public · Hosted by
SAUSA and The People's Forum m.me/sahrawiusa (914) 359-6596
press@sahrawiusa.org https://facebook.com/pg/sahrawiusa/events/
https://sahrawiusa.com  m.me/peoplesforumNYC
(347) 695-1095 info@peoplesforum.org  http://www.peoplesforum.org         
https://facebook.com/pg/peoplesforumNYC/events

5 Broken Cameras (Palestine) is a deeply personal, first-hand account of non-violent resistance in Bil’in, a West Bank village threatened by encroaching Israeli settlements.
Shot almost entirely by Palestinian farmer Emad Burnat, who bought his first camera in 2005 to record the birth of his youngest son, the footage was later turned into a galvanizing cinematic experience by co-directors Guy Davidi and Burnat.

Structured around the violent destruction of a succession of Burnat’s video cameras, the filmmakers’ collaboration follows one family’s evolution over five years of village turmoil. Burnat watches from behind the lens as olive trees are bulldozed, protests intensify, and lives are lost. “I feel like the camera protects me,” he says, “but it’s an illusion.”

3 Stolen Cameras (Western Sahara), follows the members of video activist group, Equipe Media, as they fight to keep their cameras. They use them to document the Moroccan kingdoms’ violations of human rights in Africa’s last colony – Western Sahara.

No journalists are allowed entry and the only images that find their way out of the territory are the ones Equipe Media manages to film in secret, hiding on roof tops and risking severe consequences. They film police and military attacks on peaceful demonstrations as well as testimonies of violence that Sahrawis are exposed to in their everyday life.

This is a story about breaking an absolute censorship with unique footage from an area where the Moroccan authorities have managed to implement a near total media blockade.  This film has faced repeated censorship since its premiere in 2017; most recently, it has been blocked for the second time from showing at the Lebanese Independent Film Festival.

SAHRAWI ASSOCIATION IN THE USA
SAUSA·Thursday, June 7, 2018·
The Sahrawi Association in the USA (SAUSA) is an independent and a humanitarian non-profit organization that exists to serve the People of Western Sahara through financing projects, promoting Sahrawi art and culture and advocating for a peaceful solution to the conflict through a referendum for self-determination under the auspices of the United Nations and the African Union.

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Book Launch: Capital is Dead by McKenzie Wark
Wednesday, Oct. 9, from 7:00 to 9:30 PM
Verso Books
20 Jay St., Ste. 1010, Brooklyn, btw. Plymouth St. & John St.;
F Train to York St.; A, C to High St.; #2, 3 to Clark St.-Brooklyn Hts.;
map & transit: https://goo.gl/vAJWX6  Public · Hosted
by Verso Books and Brooklyn Institute for Social Research
https://facebook.com/pg/VersoBks/events/ m.me/VersoBks
info@thebrooklyninstitute.com http://thebrooklyninstitute.com 
book (https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/610411/capital-is-dead-by-mckenzie-wark/9781788735308/)

Join McKenzie Wark in conversation with Natasha Lennard around the launch of Capital Is Dead: Is This Something Worse?

Following the conversation there will be a reception with books available for sale and beer and wine available for donation.

In her new book McKenzie Wark argues that the all-pervasive presence of data in our networked society has given rise to a new mode of production, one not ruled over by capitalists and their factories but by those who own and control the flows of information.

Wark takes us on a tour of our information age. Drawing on the writings of the Situationists and a range of contemporary theorists, the book explores a vast panorama of the contemporary condition and the classes that control it. Capital is Dead offers the theoretical tools to analyze this new world of information, as well as ideas to change it.

McKenzie Wark is the author of Molecular Red: Theory for the Anthropocene, General Intellects: Twenty-One Thinkers for the Twenty First Century, A Hacker Manifesto, Gamer Theory, 50 Years of Recuperation of the Situationist International and The Beach Beneath the Street, among other books. She teaches at the New School for Social Research and Eugene Lang College in New York City.

Natasha Lennard is a Contributing Writer for the Intercept, and her work has appeared regularly in the New York Times, Nation, Esquire, Vice, Salon, and the New Inquiry, among others. She teaches Critical Journalism at the New School for Social Research and is the author of Being Numerous: Essays on Non-Fascist Life and coauthor of Violence: Humans in Dark Times with Brad Evans.

Vigil - bear witness
Thursday, Oct. 10, 6:30 AM
American Halal Meat
270 Raymond Blvd,
Newark, New Jersey 07105
https://goo.gl/maps/WufoYeYnec3XrQ3e6
https://facebook.com/events/992723704407286/
m.me/2227128627507574
https://facebook.com/pg/Newark-Animal-Save-2227128627507574/events/  https://facebook.com/groups/1893290530909205/events/
m.me/veganrecruit https://facebook.com/BabakAttack

Please come out to give them your love and compassion. They need us. Theres no time like the present to start becoming active, if you haven’t already.
Questions??? DM us. Hope to see you there.  @thesavemovement #thesavemovement #animalactivism #animalrights #activism #nj #newark #newarkanimalsave #slaughterhouse #vigil #bearwitness #vegan #govegan #compassion #love #peace #veganforthem

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IRWG:  NSC Accompaniment Training[s]
The New Sanctuary Coalition's accompaniment program is a critical support for the hundreds of immigrants and asylum seekers subjected to the de-humanizing and alienating process of ICE check-ins and court appearances. Join, sign up, show up, fight back!
Upcoming trainings:

 . Thursday, Sept. 12, Noon in New York Society for Ethical Culture
[2 W. 64th St. nr. #1, A, (B), C, D, N, Q, R, (W), F stops & M66 via E.67th & W.66th]

 . Monday, Sept. 23 at 4:00pm CUNY Law School [ in "2 Court Square" Bldg.,
physically Hunter St. btw. 44th Dr. & Crescent St.; #7, E, G, M to Court Sq.-23 St.; N, (W) to Queensboro Plaza; R to Queens Plaza;
map https://goo.gl/maps/YAxEKhv1u5528ksu5 ]

 . [Thursday] Oct. 10, 3:30 pm @ Bluestockings [Books, 172 Allen St. btw Stanton St. & Rivington St., nr. F, J, (M), (B), D & #6 stops]

 . Kolot Immigration and Refugee Working Group Meeting
[Wednesday] Sept. 25 @ BCL 540 President St.
RSVP to Franny Silverman   franny@kolotchayeinu.org
All are welcome.

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Book Event for Lisa Fithian`s ``SHUT IT DOWN: Stories from a Fierce, Loving Resistance``
with Frances Fox Piven and Stephen Lerner,
Tuesday, Oct 10, 6:00pm at CUNY Grad School
365 5th Ave. btw. E. 34th & E. 35th
https://twitter.com/FithianLisa/status/1171503614612754433
#ShutItDown Sponsored by CUNY Political Science @GC_PoliSci & CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies @CunySLU #goodreads
m.me/cunySLU  (212) 827-0200
information@slu.cuny.edu https://slu.cuny.edu

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Upcoming events at City University of New York
CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies
25 W. 43rd St. 18th or 19th Fl., btw. 5th & 6th Aves.
nr. #7, (B), D, F, (M), 4, 5, 6, 1, 2, 3, N, Q, R, (W), A, C, E stops & 42nd St. bus;
https://facebook.com/pg/MurphyInstituteCUNY/events
https://slu.cuny.edu/public-engagement/murphy-public-engagement
212-827-0200 212-642-2074 information@slu.cuny.edu
events@slu.cuny.edu  m.me/MurphyInstituteCUNY
 

 . Medicare For All & Its Competitors: Comparing Democratic Plans //or//
Medicare For All & Its Competitors: What Plan Should Organized Labor and Progressives Support?
Friday, Oct. 11, 9:00 to 11:00 AM, 25 W. 43rd St.
event graphic & desciptions (https://facebook.com/MurphyInstituteCUNY/photos/gm.2488111318112156/2787400301272899/?type=3)  (https://slu.cuny.edu/public-engagement/public-programming/upcoming-event/)
https://facebook.com/events/2327279164195373/
As the health care sector continues to grow at an unprecedented rate – in part to meet the needs of an aging Baby Boomer population – organized labor and other working-class movements are mobilizing to protect and expand various health care programs. As support for “Medicare-for-All” has increased among voters, Democratic lawmakers have introduced a wide variety of health care reform proposals, ranging from single-payer plans, to other compromise plans that would preserve employer-sponsored coverage and employee premiums, but not necessarily guarantee universal coverage to all Americans. Many unions have refused to endorse a single-payer plan due to concerns that it might diminish organized labor’s appeal to workers as vehicle to gain health coverage. Read More

 . Beaten Down, Worked Up: An Evening With Author Steven Greenhouse
Monday, Oct. 28, 6:00 to 7:30 PM
Community Service Society of New York
633 3rd Ave, 10th Fl., btw. E. 40th St. & E. 41st St.
https://goo.gl/maps/Y288t9n2aW319tzF9
event https://donate.cssny.org/event/beaten-down-worked-up/e248781 (https://facebook.com/events/414166472554346/)
venue m.me/CSSNYorg (212) 614-5382 info@cssny.org
book (https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/246798/beaten-down-worked-up-by-steven-greenhouse/)  

 . Going Big: Reversing Trump's Agenda & Modernizing Labor Rights
Fist breaking chain
Friday, Nov. 15, 8:30am, 25 W. 43rd St., 19th Fl.
(https://eventbrite.com/e/going-big-reversing-trumps-agenda-modernizing-labor-rights-tickets-71439165467) (https://facebook.com/events/the-murphy-institute-cuny-school-of-labor-urban-studies/going-big-reversing-trumps-agenda-modernizing-labor-rights/508097783095528/)
Although union density is near an all-time low, labor activism has surged in many sectors. From adjunct faculty to video game developers, digital media workers, platform app drivers, and public school teachers, labor movement activism is growing in a number of key sectors. This is happening as many full-time jobs with benefits are disappearing, consumer/student debt is skyrocketing, the “gig economy” is expanding, and economic insecurity is increasing for American workers and families. Housing and child care costs – which heavily impact workers’ income, wealth, and health – have also become more burdensome for many families. Under President Trump, a number of worker rights and protections have been weakened or denied, including: Read More

 . Democrats & Immigration: Humanitarian Crisis & Worker Protections
Maribel Hernandez-Rivera; Deepak Bhargava; Muzaffar Chisht; Ruth Milkman
Tuesday, Dec 3, 6:00pm, 25 W. 43rd St., 18th Fl.
(https://eventbrite.com/e/democrats-immigration-humanitarian-crisis-and-worker-protections-tickets-70797586487) (https://facebook.com/events/the-murphy-institute-cuny-school-of-labor-urban-studies/democrats-immigration-humanitarian-crisis-worker-protection/464944060903199/)
What should be the top immigration policy priorities of a new Democratic administration, assuming an election win in 2020? What are the labor market, social, and political impacts of merit-based vs. more humanitarian immigration streams? What are the various impacts of these two streams on the labor movement and working-class communities? What are the various political and economic interests influencing the growth of the deportation and detention industry? In what different ways are U.S. communities and jobs dependent on this industry? What are the key political distinctions among pro-immigration forces? Should the mass decriminalization of migrants and refugees be at the top of an immigration reform agenda? As war and climate change promise to accelerate this world-wide migratory trend, what policy framework should organized labor and social justice movements support?

OCT 11    Medicare-For-All & Its Competitors: A Debate

OCT 28    Beaten Down, Worked Up: An Evening With Author Steven Greenhouse

NOV 15    Going Big: Reversing Trump's Agenda & Modernizing Labor Rights

DEC 3    Democrats & Immigration: Humanitarian Crisis & Worker Protection

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Expressing Climate Grief
Friday, Oct. 11 from 11:00 AM to Noon
Washington Square Park
https://facebook.com/events/702702616900843/
Hosted by Flatbush Extinction Rebellion
https://facebook.com/FlatbushXR/
m.me/FlatbushXR flatbushxr@protonmail.com
https://facebook.com/pg/FlatbushXR/events/
https://facebook.com/pg/FlatbushXR/groups/               

Unhealed grief, fear, and frustration about the climate emergency affects our initiative and hope for the future. The opportunity to openly express emotions about the damage to the earth and its inhabitants can release enormous thinking and action. XR Flatbush is happy to present a training workshop by Sustaining All Life.
Sustaining All Life uses the tools of Re-evaluation Counseling, which currently exists in 95 countries.

In this workshop we will:
Listen to each other in groups and pairs with awareness and caring.
Learn the approaches used by Sustaining All Life and United to End Racism to heal from the emotions we experience in reaction to the climate crisis, increase our effectiveness in the climate justice movement, and prevent burnout.
Learn tools to take back to our home communities and organizations to help others notice, feel, and release their climate grief and other emotions.
 
Featuring
Flatbush Extinction Rebellion
Extinction Rebellion Flatbush, Brooklyn chapter. Respect Existence or Expect Resistance!.

Extinction Rebellion NYC
The criminal inaction of the US Government around climate chaos & biodiversity loss cannot be tolerated. We commit ourselves to Nonviolent Direct Action in NYC in service of our four demands.

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Youth & Indigenous Unity Strike
Friday, Oct. 11, Noon to 2:30 PM
https://facebook.com/events/312715073013938/   

Indigenous Solidarity Rebellion
Streetlibrarybench Bushwick
The Save Movement
Fridays For Future USA
Sunrise NYU
Extinction Rebellion Amazônia
Borinquén XR
Rebeldía Radio, La Voz Migrante de Nueva York
New York Climate Save Movement
Defend Democracy in Brazil
Climate Save Movement

Earth Strike NYC

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Upcoming NYC Area Street Actions & Talks
http://bit.ly/nycprotest

Tell Corey Johnson: No Pride in Jails
Friday, Oct. 11, 4:30 to 7:30 PM
224 W. 30th St. btw. 7th & 8th Aves., nr. #1, 2, 3, A, C, E, (B), D, F, (M), N, Q, R, (W), PATH stops & 34th St. bus;
https://goo.gl/maps/7VW8bkuE5uwqMazYA
event descriptions & contacts
https://facebook.com/events/2418272141752752/       
m.me/nonewjailsnyc  nonewjails.ny@gmail.com  https://nonewjails.nyc
https://facebook.com/pg/nonewjailsnyc/events  m.me/queerdep
(917) 806 6494; qdep emerg.: (917) 806 6494;
recording: (347) 645-9339; info@qdep.org
http://qdep.org m.me/DecrimNY https://venmo.com/decrimny
https://facebook.com/pg/DecrimNY/events
https://facebook.com/pg/queerdep/events/
[Am 99% certain this is a street protest.  The only organizer
replying to texts is ``pretty sure``.  Note FB publicity includes
the protest target's suite number but that usually indicates
nothing.  Good luck! -t.]

White gay men are not the representatives of New York’s Black and brown trans, queer, and sex working communities. Speaker Corey Johnson says that he’s with us, but he’s advocating for new jails to replace Rikers and he supports the criminalization of sex workers under the Nordic model. As trans, queer, and sex working New Yorkers, we are calling on the Speaker to divest in prisons and police and redirect public money toward RESOURCES for our communities, not criminalization or cages.

Together, we call on Speaker Corey Johnson to stop with the bullshit and bullying: you have no legitimacy in speaking on our communities’ issues and stories while you push for jail-building and support transphobic and anti-sex worker interests. Join us at Johnson’s doorstep at 4:30pm to lift up the voices of Black trans sex workers and trans, queer, and sex working New Yorkers in the fight against criminalization!
 
Featuring
No New Jails NYC
#NoNewJails NYC is a multiracial, intergenerational network fighting against Mayor Bill de Blasio’s inner-borough jails expansion plan.

Decrim NY
A coalition of organizations and individuals with experience in the sex trades/commercial sex industry, policy building, community organizing and advocacy work.

Queer Detainee Empowerment Project
An Alternative to Detention Program for LGBTQI/ HIV+ immigrants previously detained and undocumented folks.

HOTLINE: 347.645.9339

qdep.org

A benefit for aging (and recently released) NY State prisoners.
Friday Oct. 11, 7:00 PM in Starr Bar
214 Starr St, Brooklyn, btw. Wyckoff St. & Irving St.;
L train to Jefferson (SE exit to Starr St.); M to Knickerbocker;
maps https://osm.org/go/Zct8uJXUw--?node=5550525387
https://goo.gl/N1P1aY
event graphic, descriptions & contacts (https://gallery.mailchimp.com/0aca83ec057f583557dec5ce0/images/4f0b7dac-4517-49df-8592-e894cce61d55.png) (https://mailchi.mp/jerichony.org/save-the-date-1011-a-benefit-for-aging-and-recently-released-ny-state-prisoners)
https://facebook.com/groups/nationaljericho/events/
nycjericho@gmail.com
https://facebook.com/messages/t/paulette.dauteuil/ 
www.jerichony.org
venue http://starrbar.com https://facebook.com/pg/StarrBarBK/events/
m.me/StarrBarBK (718) 821-1100 bookings@starrbar.com

All Of Us or None ensemble featuring:

    Daniel Carter (legendary free-jazz horn player)
    Marc Ribot (guitar wizard and composer, Anti records artists)
    Jessica Pavone (composer/violist/Tzadik recording artist)
    Devin Hoff (bass player to the minor stars)
    Ches Smith (ECM records artist/former Theory of Ruin drummer)
    Nico Roxe (ambient modular)
    DJ Friendzone (all the hits)

https://www.devinhoffmusic.com

https://devinhoff.bandcamp.com/

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Upcoming NYC Area Street Actions & Talks
http://bit.ly/nycprotest

People's Book Fair
Saturday, Oct. 12, 10:30 am - 5:00 pm  
The People's Forum
320 W. 37th St. btw. 8th & 9th Aves.
https://peoplesforum.org/event/peoples-book-fair/               
(347) 349-1372 (347) 695-1095  info@peoplesforum.org
m.me/peoplesforumNYC http://www.peoplesforum.org
https://facebook.com/pg/peoplesforumNYC/events
 
Join us on Saturday, October 12 to shop the collections from a variety of radical and leftist presses, and take your favorites back to your homes, organizations, and communities.

The People’s Forum is excited to announce our first People’s Book Fair!

We believe that self education is a necessary component of all popular and political education. And books are a great way to self educate! Join us on Saturday, October 12 to shop the collections from a variety of radical and leftist presses, and take your favorites back to your homes, organizations, and communities.

Featured presses include:

International Publishers
Monthly Review
OR Books
Haymarket Books
Pluto Press
The New Village Press
City Lights
The New Press
Pathfinder Press
Verso Books

                                         …..and more–stay tuned!

Anti-Imperialism Revolutionary Summit
Saturday, Oct. 12, 11:30 AM to 8:00 PM
St. Stephen & the Incarnation Episcopal Church
Washington, DC
1525 Newton St NW, Washington, District of Columbia 20010
Free - $10          
(https://eventbrite.com/e/anti-imperialist-revolutionary-summit-tickets-71671965779)    Public · Hosted by March on the Pentagon

Anti-Imperialist Revolutionary Summit
by March on the Pentagon
$0 – $10
March on the Pentagon is hosting an Anti-Imperialist Revolutionary Summit to bring activists together as part of our weekend of outrage!

As part of March on the Pentagon’s weekend of outrage in Washington, DC, we have organized a summit to bring activists and interested people together to learn why we should be anti-imperialist and what can we do to continue the struggle against militarism and US wars of aggression after we return to our homes across the country.

The summit will consist of several panels of experts talking about various aspects of US imperialism and militarism, live music, organizational tabling and information, networking, and childcare in our Peace Place for Children.

St. Stephen and the Incarnation Episcopal Church 11:30 am - 9 pm

1525 Newton St NW, Washington, DC 20010

Cindy Sheehan is our keynote speaker.

Panels include:

    12:15 - Local Organizing with Women Against Military Madness and FURIE
    2:00 - The North American Struggle Against US Imperialism
    5:45 - Killer Sanctions
    7:30 - Enough is Enough: End the Endless Wars

Panelists include: Women from WAMM and FURIE, Eugene Puryear, Lisa Davis, Teri Mattson, Dakotah Lilly, Lee Camp, Medea Benjamin, Don DeBar, Janice Kortcamp, and more.

We will have music from Sharon Abreu, Luci Murphy, and others.

Additional details regarding the exact schedule and speakers will be announced as those details become available.

Summit tickets are $10 each.

If you are in need of a scholarship, please register for a free ticket. We will not turn away anyone who cannot pay.

If you are unable to attend, or are attending and want to defer the cost for others, please pay it forward by donating at least $10.

Ticket sales help cover the cost of renting the space.
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Columbus Day Parade
Satuday Oct 12, Noon to 1:00 pm
34 AVENUE between 36 STREET and 35 STREET Queens,

RAGE AGAINST THE WAR MACHINE
in Washington D.C.  (Ask correct event times.)

 . Rage Against the War Machine with us
Friday, October 11

 . Anti-Imperialist Revolution Summit
Saturday, October 12

campaign graphic, release, descriptions & contacts
(https://marchonpentagon.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/RAWM-fist-1024x1024.jpg)
https://marchonpentagon.com/2019-march/
https://facebook.com/events/853831104980754/
(https://marchonpentagon.com/demand-an-end-to-war-rage-against-the-war-machine/)  https://marchonpentagon.com/contact/
https://marchonpentagon.com/volunteer/
CindySheehan@MarchonPentagon.com
https://facebook.com/messages/t/chelsey.sprengeler
https://facebook.com/messages/t/cindyleesheehan/
https://facebook.com/messages/t/chelsey.sprengeler

Last year around 2,000 of our friends and comrades joined us as we marched on the Pentagon in Arlington, VA, where we called for a revival of a mass antiwar/anti-imperialism movement, attention on the toll war takes on women across the globe, the environmental impacts of war, and much much more.

In 2019, we’re fighting for the very same things and we’re taking our march to the White House—where we won’t be ignored!

We invite you to Rage Against the War Machine with us on Friday, October 11th.

If you’re not outraged, you’re not paying attention and we’re committed to educating everyone about the atrocities of the War Machine.
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Demand an End to War: Rage Against the War Machine
May 28, 2019 Emma Fiala 0 Comments

May 28, 2019
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Press Contact: Cindy Sheehan
Email: CindySheehan@MarchonPentagon.com

PRESS RELEASE: MARCH ON THE PENTAGON’S RAGE AGAINST THE WAR MACHINE
March on the Pentagon is calling for a revival of the anti-war movement with plans to confront the bipartisan war machine at the White House on October 11, 2019

May 28, 2019—In response to the continuing march of military aggression by the United States and to put an anti-war agenda back on the table of activists, around 2,000 women and their comrades marched on the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia in October 2018. Last year, March on the Pentagon called for a revival of the antiwar/anti-imperialism movement and we are continuing that call in 2019.

This year we are taking our march to the White House. We invite all those outraged by the U.S. war machine, U.S. imperialism, endless wars, the mind boggling death toll, the invisible effects like PTSD and substance abuse, the abuse of the planet and contribution to climate change, and the toll war takes on women across the globe—from rape and loss of children to raising one’s family as a refugee in a foreign land. If you’re not outraged, you’re not paying attention.

The truth is, war and imperialism are the umbrella over virtually every other issue plaguing the world today including climate change, underfunded education, increasingly militarized police, a lack of adequate healthcare, refugee crises across the globe, and much much more.

We invite you to Rage Against the War Machine with us in Washington D.C. on Friday, October 11th and attend the Anti-Imperialist Revolution Summit on Saturday, October 12th.

​Our demands are simple: The complete end to the wars abroad; closure of foreign bases; a dramatic slashing of the Pentagon budget. The only good empire is a gone empire.

In 1967, anti-war events drew crowds as big as 50,000 people. In today’s world where information is shared instantly at the click of a button, activists and concerned citizens in the United States should be capable of similar, if not larger, crowds. The “nuclear clock” is at two minutes to midnight—it’s time for the anti-war movement to wake up, fill the streets, and get noisy.

For more information visit March on the Pentagon. Click here to endorse Rage Against the War Machine.

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Rally Against Turkish War on Rojava!
Satuday Oct 12, 2:00 PM in Union Square
L, N, Q, R, #4, 5, 6, PATH, F, & 14th St. cross town buses
https://facebook.com/events/464064444198579
with American Kurdish Association; Metropolitan Anarchist
Coordinating Council - MACC; The Emergency Committee
for Rojava; Outlive Them NYC i
Come together on the  = = > south side of Union Square on
Saturday, October 12 at 2 PM, to raise high our voices publicly against Trump's support for fascists in Turkey and Syria, the Turkish invasion and occupation of Kurdish and Syrian lands, and their de facto support for ISIS, one of the most barbaric terrorist organisations in the region or around the world!

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To the press and public opinion,
On October 6, the White House announced that, following a phone call with Erdoğan, Turkey would be given the green light for an invasion of Syrian territory and given responsibility for ISIS terrorists captured.

In actuality, the purpose of this operation is to crush the new democratic administration in the north-east of Syria headed by the PYD, which came out of the freedom movement of the Kurdish people in Rojava, and defended by the multi-ethnic Syrian Democratic Forces.

Turkey, which has made use of ISIS to attack the Kurdish people and any democratic elements which defend their rights in Turkey or Syria, seeks to revive ISIS, which the Syrian Democratic Forces had defeated, and whose prisoners are now being promised to Turkey.

Turkey's own track record of genocidal violence against minorities in its own borders and support for sectarian and genocidal massacres in Syria speaks for itself. The light in the darkness represented by the Rojava Revolution likewise has shown brightly and is known around the world for its commitment to women's liberation, minority representation, ecological revolution, and human egalitarianism.

Do not stand silent as Turkey seeks to impose its fascist anti-Kurdish policy beyond its own borders, taking with it the rights of Assyrians, Christian Arabs, and countless other minorities other than the Kurds! Do not be fooled that Turkey has any different position than ISIS with regard to a democratic life for Arabs and Kurds in Syria! Everywhere the Turkish state and its army goes, it promotes Turkish chauvinism and Islamism!

Fascism must never be allowed to pass!

We call on all socialist, feminist, ecologist, democratic, anarchist, anti-fascist and pro-peace forces to join with us in this protest, and to stand up and organise for our common cause of humanity!

Bijî şoreşa Rojavayê! Kurdistan goristan ji bo faşîstan!

Emergency Committee For Rojava — Press Release for tomorrow's rally:

Emergency Committee For Rojava — Bannermaking for tomorrow's rally in process:

37 minutes ago
Emergency Committee For Rojava — If you want to print out some literature for the rally, here is a flyer with some background info

about an hour ago
Featuring

American Kurdish Association

Metropolitan Anarchist Coordinating Council - MACC
MACC is an anarchist organization under which we are building an anarchist movement forum in NYC. Join us at the next general assembly!

The Emergency Committee for Rojava was founded in 2018 in response to Turkey’s invasion of Afrin. Our mission is to defend Rojava, popularize its political ideas, campaign against US complicity in Turkey’s war on the Kurds.

Outlive Them NYC is an all-city coalition of Jews & other oppressed people organizing to defend all our communities from those who would exterminate us.

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Riverdale: Heading for Extinction (and what to do about it)
Sunday, Oct. 13 11:00 AM to Noon at
Riverdale-Yonkers Society for Ethical Cultur
4450 Fieldston Rd. Bronx, nr. #1 stop;
https://goo.gl/maps/VwBTb7ZcYgXXw1ee7
(https://xrebellion.nyc/events/heading-for-extinction-and-what-to-do-about-it-8619-3fdg6-659ha-eb8xh-pnzmf-spmwx-cfx39-tnmjm) (https://eventbrite.com/e/heading-for-extinction-and-what-to-do-about-it-tickets-74488357683)
m.me/2236372249934364 https://twitter.com/XR_NYC
https://www.xrebellion.nyc/ nyc@extinctionrebellion.us (https://facebook.com/pg/Heading-for-Extinction-and-what-to-do-about-it-2236372249934364/posts/)
related events
https://eventbrite.com/o/extinction-rebellion-nyc-18457661492

Call to Action! Day of Resistance in Harlem
Sunday, Oct. 13, 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM in or from
Thomas Jefferson Park btwn. E. 111th St., E. 114th St., 1st Av.
& FDR Drive sidewalk; [allow yourself time to track folks down, but nearly entire park is developed for sports fields, buildings or playground. - t.]
maps https://osm.org/go/Zc4osDQMU--?way=420905928
https://goo.gl/maps/gHyY33FqsyhAA3A49
event graphic, descriptions & contacts https://is.gd/42r1gY (https://facebook.com/nonewjailsnyc/photos/gm.2376258352690934/38
6544868708962/?type=3)
https://facebook.com/events/2376258332690936/  Public · Hosted
  = = >  by No New Jails NYC and Take Back The Bronx
347-974-0029  m.me/takebackthebx  bxsocialcenter@gmail.com
http://bronxsocialcenter.org
https://facebook.com/pg/nonewjailsnyc/events/
http://twitter.com/hashtag/takebackthebronx
https://twitter.com/nonewjails_nyc  m.me/nonewjailsnyc
nonewjails.ny@gmail.com  https://nonewjails.nyc
https://nonewjails.nyc/contact-us

Anti Fur Protest NYC on Columbus/Indigenous People's Day
Monday, Oct. 14, from 1:090 to 2:30 PM outside
Macy's Herald Square (151 W. 34th St.)
Actions typically on W. 34th, somewhere btw. 6th & 7th Aves. &
nr. #1, 2, 3, (B), D, F, (M), N, Q, R, (W), A, C, E, LIRR & NJT Trains & 34th St. cross town bus
https://facebook.com/events/2338260222890572/

https://nycclc.org/events https://facebook.com/pg/NYCCLC/events

. Shine a Light on Envy – Rally for Worker Health
Monday, Oct. 14, 6:00PM
https://facebook.com/events/508810653272064/
New York Nail Salon Workers Association (877) 483-5420
m.me/NYNSWA nsop@workersunitednynj.org http://workersunitednynj.org
https://facebook.com/pg/NYNSWA/events

. Fifth Annual Debra E. Bernhardt Labor Journalism Awards Ceremony and Forum
Wednesday Oct. 16, 6:00 - 8:00PM

. Economic Policy Institute’s Women in Economics Forum
Tuesday, Oct. 22, 6:00 - 8:00PM

. Calling All Sisters!
Tuesday, Oct. 22, 6:30-8:00PM Red Carpet for Justice!

. Member Services and Beyond: Census, Child Care and Rank-and-File Services
Wednesday, Oct. 23, 9:00AM-Noon

. Labor Counts! Census 2020

. Unmasking Fake News and the Efforts to Suppress Journalists
Thursday, Oct. 24, 5:30-8:00PM

. Film Screening: The Revolutionist Eugene V. Debs
Tuesday, Oct. 29, 6:00-9:00PM

. Local 100 Contract Rally
Wednesday, Oct. 30, 5:00PM

from a NYC Central Labor Council mailing...

UPCOMING EVENTS

. Shine a Light on Envy – Rally for Worker Health
Monday, Oct. 14, 6:00PM The New York Nail Salon Worker Association's Campaign for Health, Dignity and Justice is gaining momentum. Envy Nails has started to feel the pressure, going so far as to attempt to install an inadequate breakroom and an improper ventilation system at a location in the Bronx, but the Campaign isn’t letting up!
On Monday they organized three worker safety delegations of over 20 worker members and supporters to 25 Envy Nails locations in Queens, the Bronx and Harlem, delivering the correct gloves, masks and know your rights information directly to the workers there. Their efforts were accompanied by camera crews from Univision NY, Univision National, Bronx News 12 and covered by El Diario. Overall, they delivered over 140 packets of personal protective equipment to nail salon workers in three different boroughs! The Campaign also celebrated another graduation of nail salon technicians from their worker licensing program - these powerful, educated women will go on to take the NY state licensing exam in the coming weeks.
Now they're gearing up for another big worker and community action on October 14th @ 6pm in Harlem, where they will be rallying for the health of nail salon workers and shining a light on health issues at Envy Nails and the industry at large. Click here for more information on the action, and follow the campaign on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook! Sign up for updates here!

. Fifth Annual Debra E. Bernhardt Labor Journalism Awards Ceremony and Forum
Wednesday Oct. 16, 6:00 - 8:00PM Join us for The Next Generation: In conversation with Kim Kelly (labor reporter for Teen Vogue ) and Alex Press (editor and reporter at Jacobin). At the Debra E. Bernhardt Labor Journalism Awards Ceremony, NYU Bobst Library ,7th Floor, Room 745, 70 Washington Square South. RSVP recommended, e-mail tamiment.events@nyu.edu with guest names and title of event. Refreshments served.
This New York Labor History Association award is co-sponsored by LaborArts, Metro New York Labor Communications Council, NYC Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO, and the
Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives at NYU’s Tamiment Library. More information at LaborArts.org/Bernhardt.

. Economic Policy Institute’s Women in Economics Forum
Tuesday, Oct. 22, 6:00 - 8:00PM EPI’s expert team of women economists will discuss pertinent issues facing workers and their families, including the minimum wage, paid sick leave, child care, and mandatory arbitration which disproportionately impact women and communities of color.
We hope you will join us for this premier event to learn more about EPI’s work and to meet some of our dynamic staff who are helping to fuel the progressive economics movement! The event is free but registration is required-- click here to see the full panel list and to register! At the Ford Foundation for Social Justice, 320 East 43rd Street.

. Calling All Sisters!
Tuesday, Oct. 22, 6:30-8:00PM It's time to start planning the 2020 Red Carpet for Justice! You are invited to join a coalition of sisters from the New York area labor and community groups as we start planning the March 2020 International Women's Day celebration. 1199 SEIU, 310 West 43rd Street Gallery (Lobby Level). All are welcome!

. Member Services and Beyond: Census, Child Care and Rank-and-File Services
Wednesday, Oct. 23, 9:00AM-Noon The New York City Central Labor Council, the New York Union Child Care Coalition, the Consortium for Worker Education and the United Federation of Teachers invite you to a panel discussion. Topics to include:

. Labor Counts! Census 2020: In less than six months, New Yorkers will engage in the largest peacetime government project in the country. Together with partners throughout the city, Labor Counts! Census 2020 is helping build awareness and working to ensure all New Yorkers are counted.
The Child Care Crisis and Why Unions Should Care: For many union members child care is an important issue. However, the do not think of child care as a union issue. Let's build awareness of how unions are taking on this issue in bargaining and advocacy.
This panel will review national immigration issues, Right to Counsel in New York City, and member services.
If you engage with members regularly, this event is for you. Whether its Census 2020, child care or learning about programs that could positively help your members with concerns around immigration or accessing legal services, this will be a great resource. UFT headquarters, 52 Broadway, Manhattan, 19th floor, rooms B and C. Registration is required. Click here to register! For more information, please call Lucia Gomez, Political Director, NYCCLC at 201-988-8824 or lgomez@nycclc.org.

. Unmasking Fake News and the Efforts to Suppress Journalists
Thursday, Oct. 24, 5:30-8:00PM Real News and Accuracy Are Under Attack. Join Metro for a provocative discussion with leading thinkers and working journalists about:
* How to communicate with members who believe fake news?
* What is the best approach to combatting the overabundance of misinformation out there?
* When politicians denigrate and threaten journalists because they don’t want a light shone on their criminality, what are journalists to do?
*How might the risks to journalists (from physical danger to damaged reputations) hinder the truth from being told?
* How can we counter this destructive effort that threatens our unions and our democracy?Panel discussion on Thursday, Oct. 24, from 5:30-8pm. National Writer’s Union, 256 W. 38th Street, 12th Fl.

. Film Screening: The Revolutionist Eugene V. Debs
Tuesday, Oct. 29, 6:00-9:00PM Amalgamated Bank, Amalgamated Life Insurance Company, Workers United, the NYC Central Labor Council, and the NY Labor History Association invite you to a film screening: "The Revolutionist: Eugene V. Debs." At Cinepolis Chelsea, 260 West 23rd Street. Doors open at 5:30pm, Film Screening begins at 6pm, followed by a Q&A at 7pm. RSVP is required for entry. Seats are limted, so please contact katiefranger@amalgamatedbank.com by Oct. 23 to secure your seat!

. Local 100 Contract Rally
Wednesday, Oct. 30, 5:00PM We’ve heard a lot in the media lately from the bosses at the MTA that transit workers are overtime cheats and no-shows on the job. And that we don’t deserve a contract unless we pay for our own raises. Now, the MTA is going to hear our voices, LOUD AND CLEAR!
Local 100 members and supporters are urged to turn out for a mass contract rally outside 2 Broadway on Oct. 30th. There will be speakers, union-branded handouts, and lots of voices telling the MTA that “Transit Workers Deserve a Fair Contract.”
== > Assemble at 5:00pm. Wear your union colors. And be prepared to make noise.

To Receive Text Alerts from the NYC CLC, text NYCLabor to 877877

Socialism under Economic Warfare: Cuban Strategies for a Socialist Future
Thursday, Oct. 14, 6:30 to 9:00 PM
The People's Forum
320 W. 37th St. btw. 8th & 9th Aves.
RSVP here [ask whether required. -t.]
https://facebook.com/events/558686931336612/
https://peoplesforum.org/calendar/category/education/
https://facebook.com/pg/peoplesforumNYC/events/
m.me/peoplesforumNYC (347) 695-1095
info@peoplesforum.org http://www.peoplesforum.org

I want to send you a special invitation to hear from Dr. Jourdy James Heredia, one of the leading economists in Cuba. Jourdy will speak about the current economic situation in Cuba; the historical and contemporary impacts of the economic, commercial and economic warfare imposed by the government of the United States.

Dr. James will also discuss advances Cuba has made in food security, understood in a comparative and contextualized lens, and ongoing challenges in the construction of Cuban socialism given perennially hostile external circumstances.
 
I look forward to seeing you there and engaging in this important discussion.
 
In solidarity,
 
Renata Pumarol
Coordinator of International Projects
The People's Forum
peoplesforum.org
320 West 37th Street
New York, NY 10018
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Dr. Jourdy James Heredia has Degrees in Foreign Trade Economics, a Masters in International Economics, and a Doctorate in Economic Sciences at the University of Havana. She is also an Assistant Researcher at the World Economy Research Center (CIEM), Havana. Dr. Jourdy James Heredia has won the Annual Prize of the Academy of Sciences of Cuba (1998 and 2000) for her contribution in Research on Human Development in Cuba (1996) as well as for Research on Human Development and Equity in Cuba (1999). This was research conducted with the co-sponsorship of the United Nations Program for Development in Havana. She has written and published several books and various articles in specialized magazines. Among her most recent publications are: The relations between Latin America and the European Union: Cuba, a unique relationship, Editorial de Ciencias Sociales, La Habana, 1998; The challenge of the single European currency, Editorial of Social Sciences, Havana, 2002; The impact of the FTAA on economic relations between Europe and Latin America, Political Editor, Havana, 2005; Economy and integration in Europe, Social Sciences Publishing House, Havana, 2006.
 
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New book includes essay by Dr. Jourdy James Heredia
Dólar y hegemonía. ¿Un orden monetario en el siglo XXI?
Dollar and hegemony. A monetary order in the 21st century?

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Bill McKibben at William Sloane Coffin Jr Peacemaker Award
Monday, Oct. 14, 7:00 to 9:00 pm in MIST Harlem
46 W. 116th St., btw. 5th Av. & Malcolm X Blvd./Lenox Av.
nr. #2, 3, (B), C & #6 stops & 116th St. cross town bus;
https://goo.gl/maps/6yUjmRpKx3HB6XFY6
Tickets $50, Students $10
https://panys.org/wsc-peacemaker-awards/wsc-tickets/
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From:  Sally Jones <sallyfeatherstone@gmail.com>
Date: 10/11/2019, 10:23 AM  Please share...
Peace Action New York State    

Hi Friend,

After an extraordinary week of non-violent direct action, festivities, and training to wake up the world to the climate emergency, we invite you to come
Monday, October 14, Indigenous Peoples Day, to hear from a founding voice of the climate justice movement, Bill McKibben. That evening, he will be presented the
William Sloane Coffin Jr Peacemaker Award by 2017 recipient, founder of Sacred Stones, a resistance camp of the Dakota Access Pipeline protests, LaDonna Brave Bull Allard.  Leslie Cagan, coordinator of the People’s Climate Movement NY and the former national coordinator of United for Peace and Justice, will emcee the evening. Ramapough Chief Dwaine Perry will officiate the opening of the program.

Monday, October 14, 2019, 7:00 to 9:00 pm
MIST Harlem, 46 West 116th Street, New York, NY 10026
Tickets $50, Students $10

The evening will also honor the important activism of youth on college campuses with Peace Action Canisius College receiving the Don Shaffer Student Peacemaker Award.

Click here to buy tickets.  For more information contact: info@panys.org.

Come celebrate uniting the struggles of the peace and climate movements!

Sally Jones

Peace Action Fund of New York State

P.S. If you have already RSVP'd, thank you!
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Peacemaker Awards Gala
Monday Oct. 14, at 7:00PM at
Mist Harlem
46 W. 116th St. btw. Malcolm X Blvd./Lenox Av. & 5th Av.
nr. #2, 3, (B), C, 6;
map https://goo.gl/maps/P56qUnuVdNi3FZPy7
try ticket link or contacts below:
http://www.panys.org/wsc-peacemaker-awards/wsc-tickets/
(646) 723-1749 m.me/PeaceActionNY
info@panys.org http://www.panys.org
This International Day of Peace, we're celebrating the amazing work of our student activists. Starting with just one chapter in 2012, we have now expanded to 26 campuses across the state. It is their passion, energy, and dedication that is needed to sustain the peace movement and carry the torch onward. We are so excited to announce that this year's Don Schaffer Student Peacemaker Award Recipient is our Peace Action Canisius College! Over the past year, Canisius has- among many things- strengthened their engagement with the larger Buffalo community, held creative events on campus to engage more students, and started a weekly peace blog.

I hope you will join us in celebrating our student activists at this year's William Sloane Coffin Jr. Peacemaker Awards Gala, which will take place on
Monday October 14th, at 7PM at the Mist Harlem at 46 W 116th St.

Tickets are on sale now!

This year, Bill McKibben, author, activist, and co-founder of 350.org, will be presented with our 2019 William Sloane Coffin Jr. Peacemaker Award by Ladonna Brave Bull Allard, the Lakota historian and activist who in 2016 was a leader in the Dakota Access Pipeline protests near Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North Dakota. Leslie Cagan, coordinator of the People’s Climate Movement NY and the former national coordinator of United for Peace and Justice, will emcee the evening. Peace Action Canisius College will be presented this year's Don Shaffer Student Peacemaker award.

Click here to buy tickets.  For more information contact: info@panys.org.

Thank you for all you do for peace.

In Solidarity,

Emily Rubino, Peace Action New York State
 
Peace Action New York State
PO Box 3357
Church St. Station
New York, NY 10008-3357
 
info@panys.org

Book Launch | Why Trust Science?
Tuesday Oct. 15, 6:00 PM, with or in
Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute
in NYU Institute for Public Knowledge at
NYU`s ``20 Cooper Square`` Building, 7th Fl.,
physically Bowery opposite E.5th St.
https://osm.org/go/Zct8UsoB?node=2546985506
https://goo.gl/maps/7UPVGbGhPqBBCDP66
https://ipk.nyu.edu/events/book-launch-why-trust-science/
venue (212)9988466

NYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge invites you to the launch event for
Why Trust Science? featuring the author Naomi Oreskes in conversation with Andrew Needham.

Do doctors really know what they are talking about when they tell us vaccines are safe? Should we take climate experts at their word when they warn us about the perils of global warming? Why should we trust science when our own politicians don’t? In this landmark book, Naomi Oreskes offers a bold and compelling defense of science, revealing why the social character of scientific knowledge is its greatest strength—and the greatest reason we can trust it.

Tracing the history and philosophy of science from the late nineteenth century to today, Oreskes explains that, contrary to popular belief, there is
  == > no single scientific method. Rather, the trustworthiness of scientific claims derives from the social process by which they are rigorously vetted. This process is not perfect—nothing ever is when humans are involved—but she draws vital lessons from cases where scientists got it wrong. Oreskes shows how consensus is a crucial indicator of when a scientific matter has been settled, and when the knowledge produced is likely to be trustworthy.

Based on the Tanner Lectures on Human Values at Princeton University, this timely and provocative book features critical responses by climate experts Ottmar Edenhofer and Martin Kowarsch, political scientist Jon Krosnick, philosopher of science Marc Lange, and science historian Susan Lindee, as well as a foreword by political theorist Stephen Macedo.

Naomi Oreskes is Professor of the History of Science and affiliated Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Harvard University. Her books include The Collapse of Western Civilization: A View from the Future (Columbia, 2014) and Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming (Bloomsbury, 2010).

Andrew Needham is Associate Professor of History and Director of Graduate Studies at New York University. He is the author of Power Lines: Phoenix and the Making of the Modern Southwest (Princeton University Press, 2014).

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An Evening with Yousef El Jamal at WESPAC
Tuesday, Oct. 15
Doors open at 6:30pm; discussion starts promptly at 7pm
at WESPAC
77 Tarrytown Road, Suite 2W in White Plains, NY 10607https://goo.gl/maps/d7Q1iT87D4We2Coq6
From GCT, catch 5:35 PM ``557North White Plains``
via MTA Metro North Harlem Line
transit https://is.gd/Y7lTyy https://is.gd/6P95X0
http://as0.mta.info/mnr/schedules/sched_form.cfm

Yousef El Jamal who is currently completing his PhD studies in Turkey is coming to WESPAC to speak to us about conditions in Gaza as well as the issue of the Israeli military detention of Palestinian children.  He translated into English the recent book Dreaming of Freedom: Palestinian Child Prisoners Speak  which will be available for purchase that evening at WESPAC. 

A representative of Defense for Children International has also been invited to join us for this discussion.

Our facilitator for the evening will be Abigail Abysalh Metzger who is a member of the NGO Working Group on Israel/Palestine at the United Nations and is also a representative of Pax Christi International, as well as a board member of Just World Educational and an active member of the WESPAC Middle East Committee.

This presentation is co-sponsored by the Westchester Coalition Against Islamophobia and the Sisters of St. Dominic of Blauvelt, NY.  The event is free and open to the public.  Contributions will be requested to help provide Yousef with an appropriate honorarium.  For more information, please contact wespacfoundation@gmail.com or call 914.449.6514.

Missing Daddy, Missing Mommy: Talking to Children About Incarceration
Mariame Kaba
Tuesday, Oct. 15, 7:00 to 8:30 PM in
Housing Works Bookstore Cafe & Bar
126 Crosby St. btw Houston St. & Prince St.;
R Train or weekdays-only (W) to Prince; #6 to Bleecker St. or Spring St.;
D, F or weekdays-only (B), (M) to Broadway-Lafayette; J to Bowery;
C, E to Spring St.; N, Q to Canal
maps https://osm.org/go/Zct8Rxp1Q-?node=2501562611
or https://goo.gl/HYvPBc
Free:  https://missing-daddy-kaba.eventbrite.com
https://www.housingworks.org/events/missing-daddy-missing-mommy
venue listings https://housingworks.org/events
https://eventbrite.com/o/housing-works-bookstore-cafe-6548340747
https://twitter.com/HousingWorksBks
https://facebook.com/pg/HousingWorksBookstore/events
(212) 334-3324 bookstore@housingworks.org m.me/HousingWorksBookstore
Related https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-64259-036-4
https://www.democracynow.org/2019/1/11/prison_abolitionist_mariame_kaba_on_cyntoia

Educator and organizer Mariame Kaba explores how to navigate the struggles of children missing a parent due to incarceration.

In Missing Daddy (Haymarket Books), a little girl who misses her father because he's away in prison shares how his absence affects different parts of her life. Her greatest excitement is the days when she gets to visit her beloved father.
With gorgeous illustrations throughout, this book illuminates the heartaches of dealing with missing a parent and shows that a little girl's love can overcome her father's incarceration. Written by Mariame Kaba (@PrisonCulture) and illustrated by bria royal, a Chicago-based multidisciplinary artist.

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Mariame Kaba is an educator and organizer based in New York City. She has been active in the anti-criminalization and anti-violence movements for the past 30 years. Mariame is the founder and director of Project NIA, a grassroots organization with a long-term vision to end youth incarceration.

 Tue, October 15, 2019

7:00 PM – 8:30 PM EDT

 Housing Works Bookstore Cafe & Bar

126 Crosby Street

Green Scare(y) Halloween Card-Writing
Tuesday Oct. 15, 7:00 PM at The Base
1302 Myrtle Ave, Brooklyn, at Stockholm St. (off Dekalb Av.); M train to Central Av. (at Cedar St., then walk away from Manhattan); J to Myrtle Av. (NW exit, nearest Manhattan, then walk NE on Dekalb); L to DeKalb Av. (between the exits find Stockholm St. & walk SW, against traffic); buses via DeKalb or Myrtle; B60 via Wilson Av.;
maps https://goo.gl/maps/Zt46tKnkvHD2
https://osm.org/go/Zct8qVvc?node=5418692470
event https://nycabc.wordpress.com/2019/10/10/greenscare2019/
https://facebook.com/events/550107845531544/ 
https://facebook.com/louise.berger.35/posts/2595131293843101
m.me/nycabc  nycabc@riseup.net http://nycabc.wordpress.com 
https://facebook.com/pg/nycabc/events/
venue https://facebook.com/pg/TheBkBase/events/ thebasebk@gmail.com
http://thebasebk.org/event/ https://twitter.com/thebasebk

WHAT: Political Prisoner Letter-Writing Dinner
WHEN: 7:00pm sharp, Tuesday, Oct. 15 , 2019
WHERE: The Base – 1302 Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn, New York 11221 (directions below)
NOTE: The Base is on the ground floor, is wheelchair accessible, and has a gender neutral toilet.
COST: Free

Free Them All!It is 2019 and the US government’s war on environmental activists and animal liberationists is still being waged. A couple of years ago NYC ABC and Sacramento Prisoner Support responded with project FANG, a travel fund for earth and animal liberation prisoners and we have since provided funds to families and supporters to help ease the burden of visiting imprisoned loved ones.

With “Operation Backfire” defendant Joseph Dibee apprehended in Cuba and the continued imprisonment of Standing Rock water defenders, we are reminded of the backwards and arbitrary logic the State uses to deem who are “terrorists.” Corporate influence continues to drive policy, as recently seen in North Dakota where pipeline companies have pushed legislators to codify harsh punishment for actions such as “valve turning.” The truth is, those in power will always villainize those who seek to liberate and will always valorize those who seek to carry out real destruction.

In light of the coming holiday, we are sending Halloween cards to targets of the Green Scare as part of our every-other-week political prisoner letter-writing dinners.

Since the early 1980s, public relations hacks have been working to reify the term “eco-terrorism.” By 2004, they became successful and a phrase that a decade earlier had no real meaning was now defined by the United States government and used to introduce legislation. In the face of global ecologic destruction and animal torture, those who try to end the suffering are the ones labeled terrorists. Join us in letting the ones who have ultimately been captured know that they have not been forgotten.

The deal, as always, is that you come bringing only yourself (and your friends and comrades), and we provide you with a delicious vegan [possibly freegan?] meal, information about the prisoners as well as all of the letter-writing materials and prisoner-letter-writing info you could ever want to use in one evening. In return, you write a thoughtful letter to a political prisoner or prisoner of war of your choosing or, better yet, keep up a long-term correspondence. We’ll also provide some brief updates and pass around birthday cards for the PP/POWs whose birthdays fall in the next two weeks thanks to the PP/POW Birthday Calendar.

Directions:
Getting to The Base is simple:
From the M Train:
Central Avenue Stop: Walk east on Myrtle Avenue (away from Hart Street, toward Cedar Street). We’re about two blocks down on the south side of the street.

Knickerbocker Avenue Stop: Walk west on Myrtle Avenue (away from Harman Street, toward Himrod Street). We’re about three blocks down on the south side of the street.

From the L Train:
DeKalb Avenue Stop: Walk south on Stockholm Street (away from Wyckoff Avenue, toward Irving Avenue). We’re about four blocks down, at the intersection of Stockholm Street and Myrtle Avenue.

From the J Train:
Myrtle Avenue Stop: Transfer to the M train and follow the above directions.
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. WE ACT for Environmental Justice 2019 Gala
Wednesday, October 16, 6:00 - 9:00 PM
International House
500 Riverside Drive btw. W. 122nd St. & Tiemann Pl.,
(north of Sakura Park & nr. Grant's Tomb)
map https://goo.gl/maps/63yPtPTqHrtBz7ZXA
https://weact2019gala.eventbrite.com
https://eventbrite.com/e/we-act-2019-gala-tickets-62577152949
212-961-1000 ext. 304 development@weact.org
There are still a few tickets (buy here) available for our 2019 Annual Gala, but we wanted to take this opportunity to thank our Frontline Warrior Sponsors: Earthjustice, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Sierra Club, Dr. Frederica Perera, and Frederick A.O. Schwarz. We look forward to seeing everyone on Wednesday!

. October Membership Meeting
Saturday, October 12
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Church of the Crucifixion
(Convent Avenue & West 149th Street)
Come to our Membership Meeting on Saturday, Oct. 12 to learn what you need to know about the new New York rent laws and what to do if you have mold or lead in your apartment. We’ll also give you an update on NYCHA. Our community deserves affordable and healthy housing, and that why it's the focus of our meeting tomorrow. RSVP Here

Pack The Hearing - #DecrimNow
Thursday, Oct. 17, 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
John A. Wilson Building
Washington, District of Columbia 20004
(https://facebook.com/nojusticenopride/photos/gm.384009318958646/2489847664567398/?type=3&theater) (https://twitter.com/NJNP_DC/status/1175158900422774785)
https://facebook.com/events/384009242291987
m.me/decrimnowdc dc.chapter@byp100.org http://decrimnow.org
https://facebook.com/decrimnowdc/events
https://facebook.com/events/2458328971110686/
m.me/NJNPDC https://facebook.com/pg/NJNPDC/events/
m.me/CollectiveActionforSafeSpaces  (202) 556-4232
info@collectiveactiondc.org http://twitter.com/SafeSpacesDC  
m.me/nojusticenopride contact@nojusticenopride.org
http://www.nojusticenopride.org
https://facebook.com/pg/nojusticenopride/events/

JOIN & SUPPORT US FOR THIS LONG AWAITED HEARING!
Stay tuned for more info on testimony workshops, skillshares and outreach events as we get closer!

When: Oct. 17, 2019 at 10:00AM
Where: John A. Wilson Building - Room 412
Click ‘Going’ on the event and follow the hashtags #DecrimNowDC, and #DecrimNow to stay updated!
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Research shows that over 80 percent of street-based sex workers experience violence in the course of their work. Criminal penalties have also made sex workers more vulnerable to violence and police abuse. By removing criminal penalties, this legislation will reduce the vulnerability of sex workers to exploitation and violence, promote public health by improving access to services, and help address human trafficking.

Join us and testify in support of the ‘Community Safety and Health Amendment Act of 2019.’

Featuring
No Justice No Pride
NJNP is a coalition of activists that seeks to end the LGBT movement's complicity in systems of oppression that harm LGBTQ2SIA+ communities.

HIPS
We're on Amazon Smile - http://smile.amazon.com/ch/52-1847137
New twitter account for HIPS!! click to follow: http://twitter.com/HIPSDC

Collective Action for Safe Spaces
Empowering the DC Metro area to build a community free from public sexual harassment and assault; www.collectiveactiondc.org

The NJNP Collective

DecrimNow DC
We are a coalition of sex workers, advocates, and allies seeking to build a safety for people in the sex trade in DC. We believe sex work is work and that people in the sex trade are worthy of full economic, political and social empowerment, and humanity.

BYP 100
BYP100 Education Fund is the 501(c)(3) arm of BYP100, a national, member-based organization of Black 18-35 year olds dedicated to creating freedom & justice for all Black people through a Black Queer Feminist Lens.

Ambedkar Lecture -- Race, Caste, and Pragmatism
Melvin Rogers; Chris Lebron; Meena Krishnamurthy
Thursday, Oct. 17, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Barnard College Diana Center Event Oval
3009 Broadway nr. W. 119th St. & #1 Train; M60 bus or A, (B), C, D stop;
https://goo.gl/maps/ckCizin4dxmKeoM17
event description & contacts
https://butlerbanner.com/events/ambedkar-lecture-race-caste-and-pragmatism
(http://icls.columbia.edu/events/race-caste-and-american-pragmatism-or-ambedkar-dewey-and-the-annihilation-of-caste) (http://icls.columbia.edu/initiatives/ambedkar-initiative/)  info@butlerbanner.com https://www.butlerbanner.com/events
(http://nychumanitiescalendar.org/events/event/Second-Annual-Ambedkar-Lectures/)

Fred Harris, Dean of Social Science and Professor of Political Science will give the opening remarks.

The evening will feature papers given by:

     Melvin Rogers, Brown University
    Chris Lebron,  Johns Hopkins University, Department of Philosophy
    Meena Krishnamurthy, Queen’s University

Comments by: Ira Katznelson and Michele Moody-Adams, Columbia University, Department of Philosophy

This event is free and open to the public.

The Ambedkar Lectures will be complemented by a public exhibit, which will feature documents from the The Rare Book & Manuscript Library collections, and the Dalit Panther Archive. Details TBA.

[ apparently relevant: Dalit Panther Archive
https://www.picimon.com/dalitpanthers_archive/ -t.]

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 . North Brooklyn Neighbors - 25th Anniversary Gala & Party
Thursday, Oct. 17, 7:00 to 11:00pm BIBA Williamsburg
110 Kent Ave., Brooklyn NY 11249, opposite North 8th St. (L to Bedford)
maps https://osm.org/go/Zct8a2cV?node=2839715654
https://goo.gl/maps/JWVBqxUUPAiJJAhP9
TIX  https://secure.qgiv.com/for/norbronei/event/805593/    (https://mailchi.mp/dbb91208b7d9/nuhart-clean-up-explained-school-siting-meeting-tonight-upcoming-soils-workshop-1519989)
   On Thursday, October 17, 2019 in Williamsburg, North Brooklyn Neighbors will celebrate 25 years of neighborhood advocacy!
    Proceeds from the evening will benefit NBN’s mission to advance community-based solutions on issues of public space and the environment – through activism, education, and collaboration – to create a more just, healthy, and safe place to live and work.
   Open bar, food, award presentations and much more.
Registration ends on October 17, 2019

Source for event announcement blurbs on this page is North Brooklyn Neighbors' upcoming event listings at  (https://mailchi.mp/dbb91208b7d9/nuhart-clean-up-explained-school-siting-meeting-tonight-upcoming-soils-workshop-1519989) -t.

 . Environmental Justice & Health Working Group
Wednesday, Sept. 18, 6:30 to 8:30 pm in Dupont Senior Center,
80 Dupont St., Brooklyn, btw. Franklin St. & Manhattan Av.
https://osm.org/go/Zct81BlE?way=280145999
https://goo.gl/maps/zRgFvtwmEMBPiWB87
https://facebook.com/events/372304210113578/
he Environmental Justice & Health Working Group brings neighbors together to develop community-based strategies to combat issues of air pollution, legacy toxins, toxic sites, and trash & waste. To find out more and become part of the working group, please join us. RSVP here or call 718-384-2248.

 . Idle Ca$h: Combatting Truck Idling
Tuesday, Oct 1, 2019, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm at
Divine Mercy (in the Rectory)
219 Conselyea St., Brooklyn, btw. Humboldt St. & Woodpoint Rd./Bushwick Ave. (L to Graham)
https://goo.gl/maps/KdEMGvgSAzw8V41W6
https://facebook.com/events/427516871202825/
Did you know it is illegal in NYC for truck engines to run while parked for more than 3 minutes or more than 1 minute in a school zone? Learn how to document violations and make money from reporting them. If fines are imposed, violation reporters receive 25% of the funds. Learn tips and tricks from a leading expert who has earned $13,000 so far this year. RSVP here or call 718-384-2248 ext. 111.

North Brooklyn Neighbors (formerly Neighbors Allied for Good Growth), All rights reserved.

No Cages on Stolen Land: Dismantling the Global Carceral System
Lana Ramadan, Areerat (Aree) Worawongwasu
Thursday, Oct. 17, 8:30 to 10:30 PM
NYU Kimmel Center Room 907
60 Washington Sq. South at LaGuardia Pl., nr. A, (B), C, D, E, F, (M), #1, PATH, R, (W), #6 stops & cross town bus via Houston St. or E.9th St. or W.9th St.
https://osm.org/go/Zct8UbKGh-?way=155075464
https://goo.gl/maps/TAF75wve9Cu8x5CN9
https://facebook.com/events/931836247202099/   Public · Hosted by
NYU Students for Justice in Palestine and NYU Jewish Voice for Peace
https://twitter.com/NYUSJP/status/1182321149033750529
https://facebook.com/NYU.SJP/events/ m.me/NYU.SJP
nyusjp@gmail.com http://nyusjp.org m.me/nyujvp
https://facebook.com/pg/NYU.SJP/posts   
https://facebook.com/nyujvp/events/
https://facebook.com/pg/nyujvp/posts/
Ask organizers for I.D. requirements & contacts.  But most publicized Kimmel events require any standard, public I.D. such as (non-) driver's license, passport or NYCID.

NYU Students for Justice in Palestine, the Incarceration to Education Coalition, the Asian Pacific American Coalition, and NYU Jewish Voice for Peace are excited to co-host a panel discussion on the global prison industrial complex and how the settler-colony structure fuels the carceral system with Lana Ramadan, International Advocacy Officer of Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association and Aree Worawongwasu, organizer with Decolonize This Place and No New Jails!

ADDAMEER (Arabic for conscience) Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association is a Palestinian non-governmental, civil institution that works to support Palestinian political prisoners held in Israeli and Palestinian prisons. Established in 1992 by a group of activists interested in human rights, the center offers free legal aid to political prisoners, advocates their rights at the national and international level, and works to end torture and other violations of prisoners' rights through monitoring, legal procedures and solidarity campaigns. Addameer is arranging a speaking tour to the USA which includes conversations, meetings and events in order to raise awareness about the issue and build and plan for joint future campaigning, activities and events around prisoners movements.

Lana Ramadan was born in Dheisheh refugee camp, near Bethlehem in the West Bank. After being actively involved in community activities, Lana studied Human Rights and International Law in the joint Al Quds University and Bard College program. After graduating, Lana went directly into a master’s program at the London School of Economics. She graduated with a Master in Human Rights in 2016. Lana worked with Badil Refugee Resource Centre. She worked as a researcher, specifically focusing on forced displacement and the creation of coercive environments by Israeli policies. In December 2017, she began at Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association as the International Advocacy Officer.

Areerat (Aree) Worawongwasu is a Mon Teochew Thai prison abolitionist organizer and transformative justice practitioner. Her work in grounded in the grassroots, using research to serve movement work, and leveraging resources of the academia to redistribute to local working-class communities of color. Aree organizes with Decolonize This Place, stewarding youth organizing, and No New Jails, as a research team member. She is the President Emeritus and co-founder of the NYU Asian American Political Activism Coalition (APAC), which is an organization that politically educates and mobilizes an Asian American student movement. Aree recently graduated with a BA from New York University in May 2019, with an academic concentration in decolonization with a minor in Asian / Pacific / American Studies. Her thesis  “The Fabric Of Thai America”, is a community-based research project with the survivors of El Monte Sweatshop enslavement that argues for argues for understanding the history of El Monte Sweatshop slavery as emerging out of a transnational system of labor exploitation and as an ongoing struggle faced by survivors, rather than an anomaly or an isolated moment entrenched in the past that ended with the closure of legal cases. It identifies and challenges hegemonic narratives from the U.S. and Thai governments, the non-profit industrial complex, and media sensationalism, examining uphold larger systems of oppression and subjugates the agency of survivors.

Featuring
NYU Students for Justice in Palestine
Twitter & Instagram @NYUSJP | http://nyusjp.org/
NYU Jewish Voice for Peace

March to Fight For NYCHA
Friday, Oct. 18, 4:00 to 6:00 PM
from John Haynes Holmes Towers
405 E. 92nd St. btw. 1st Av. & FDR Drive
Q to 96 St. (at 2nd Av.); #6 to 103 St.; M96 cross town bus to 1st Av.;
https://osm.org/go/Zct93dJgx--?node=2724047076
https://goo.gl/maps/JTUxVdpSDwN4arnf9
(then marching to rally nr. Gracie Mansion)
event graphic, descriptions & contacts https://is.gd/1OvxEZ
(https://facebook.com/101040431309428/photos/a.101042577975880/101042534642551/?type=3&theater)   (https://facebook.com/JusticeCenterEnElBarrio/posts/1111894332352014)
https://twitter.com/JusticeCenterNY @FightForNYCHA
https://twitter.com/FightForNYCHA m.me/FightForNYCHA
m.me/101040431309428 (646) 847-9550 team@mg.fightfornycha.org https://fightfornycha.org

A rally and march by Holmes-Isaacs Coälition and Justice Center en El Barrio planned for

[Friday]  Oct. 18 to #FullyFundNYCHA ! @NYCMayor @BilldeBlasio @NYCSpeakerCoJo @CoreyinNYC @Dromm25 @ebottcher @DickGottfried @bradhoylman @RepJerryNadler @RepMaloney @scottmstringer @galeabrewer  [? -t.]

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March for Migrants
Saturday, Oct. 19, 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM
U.S. Navy Memorial Plaza
701 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, District of Columbia 20004                       

Join us to stand up for the basic human rights of immigrants! March to ensure an end to family separation, improper medical care and neglect, and dangerous camp conditions.
Close the camps!

Recent Post
Civic Direct — We are sharing on FB, Twitter, and our activism social network: https://www.civicaction.center/event/march-migrants

PAN Brooklyn Vegan Pledge in Brooklyn Friends Meetinghouse
110 Schermerhorn St. Brooklyn, at Boerum Pl.
SAT, OCT 19 11:00 AM
SAT, OCT 26 11:00 AM
SAT, NOV 2 11:00 AM
+2 [please research add'l dates]

Register online. The PAN Vegan Pledge program guides people through
= = > 30 days of being vegan with the program’s hands-on support. This support includes
= = > five weekly meetings consisting of cooking demonstrations, speakers addressing environmental, ethical, health, and practical issues, a personal mentor (experienced vegan), optional social events for even more support, and an incredible care package to make 30 days of being vegan that much easier. The program is FREE!

Register online here:
https://peaceadvocacynetwork.org/veganpledge/brooklyn/
https://twitter.com/WoodstockFarm/status/1184132957189165056
https://facebook.com/events/360051801553089/
https://facebook.com/peaceadvocacynetwork/events
m.me/peaceadvocacynetwork board@peaceadvocacynetwork.org http://www.peaceadvocacynetwork.org
https://twitter.com/PeaceAdvocacy
https://facebook.com/pg/peaceadvocacynetwork/events/

PROTEST TRUMP/PENCE: 5 SATURDAYS IN OR FROM UNION SQ.
NYC: Launch of Mass Sustained Protest: Trump/Pence Must Go -NOW!

 . MARCHING SATURDAY, OCT. 19,  2:00 PM (NEW TIME) FROM UNION SQ.
(https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf8HFq7mKdSDvpL3eu4a8h4XioTmiO_ybMcsd4mEDPuMjBp_Q/viewform)
https://madmimi.com/p/a21f7f
https://facebook.com/events/727946144334158/    

 . FOUR ADDITIONAL ACTIONS IN UNION SQ....
Saturday, Oct. 26, 2:00 to 10:00 PM
Saturday, Nov. 2 from  2:00 to 10:00 PM
Saturday, Nov. 9 from 2:00 to 10:00 PM
Saturday, Nov. 16 from 2:00 to 10:00 PM
(https://refusefascism.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/meme-for-october2.jpg) 917.407.1286 https://facebook.com/pg/RefuseFascismNYC/events
#TrumpPenceOutNow @RefuseFascism  m.me/RefuseFascismNYC
https://facebook.com/messages/t/lillian.forman/
https://facebook.com/pg/RefuseFascism/events

NEW TIME 2:00 PM https://madmimi.com/p/a21f7f   https://refusefascism.org/                (646) 709-1961 m.me/stopmassincarcerationnetwork stopmassincarceration@gmail.com http://www.stoppoliceterror.org https://twitter.com/@stopmassincnet

JOIN US and DEMAND: The Trump/Pence Regime Must Go – NOW!

The time has come to launch mass, sustained, non-violent protests that come back week after week, refusing to stop until the Trump/Pence Regime has been removed from power.

**IT BEGINS: Saturday, October 19 New York, 5pm at Union Square

NATIONWIDE PROTESTS Saturday, October 26 and the following
Saturday (11/2)... and the next (11/9)... and the next (11/16)...

Puerto Rico and Hong Kong show us how:
TrumpPenceOutNOW!

Concentration Camps on the border... the earth melts and burns... the danger of war, even nuclear... white supremacy rules... fascist mobs and mass murderers... truth and science erased... the right to abortion near gone... democratic and civil rights are stripped away... THIS IS FASCISM UNFOLDING.

The Trump/Pence regime must go now because of the danger it poses to humanity. It must go now because fascism eliminates the right to dissent, undermining every aspiration and struggle for justice... it has direction and momentum that must be stopped before it becomes too late.

Impeachment hearings have begun – opening a new stage of struggle. The Trump/Pence regime and their hardcore base are gearing up and will not give up. The Democratic Party leadership refuses to utter the word Fascism and have conciliated and facilitated the assault on fundamental rights. Any illusions that “we can leave things to the Democrats” or wait til 2020 would be extremely dangerous. The only way to stop is by manifesting the power of millions in the streets. We must seize on the crisis now erupting to take history into our own hands – turning dread for the future into a force for hope.

The world as we have known it is being torn asunder. We must cast off fear and passivity because the future depends on it. Let's refuse to allow our differences to stand in the way of rising together in an unprecedented, unrelenting mass struggle to confront the danger of a Trump/Pence fascist America.
In the Name of Humanity, We REFUSE to Accept a Fascist America!

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OCT19
Cube of Truth: Tri-State Unity: October 19th
Public · Hosted by Anonymous for the Voiceless

Today at 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Two Boots Jersey City
133 Newark Ave, Jersey City, New Jersey 07302
https://www.facebook.com/events/614613175738643/

Celebrate 250 Issues of a Free Paper For Free People
Saturday, Oct. 19, 7:00 PM to 1:00 AM
Sixth Street Community Center 
638 E 6th St. btw. Aves. B & C     

For going on two decades, The Indypendent has been the voice of movements for social justice, underground culture and the place New Yorkers turn for hard-hitting reporting that pulls no punches. This fall we published our 250th issue.
We're teaming up with Reverend Billy and his rowdy 40-voice choir to celebrate corporate-free media that amplifies the voices of the dispossessed and holds those in power to account.

Join us at Sixth Street Community Center Saturday, Oct. 19.

Performers include:
Reverend Billy & the Stop Shopping Choir (revbilly.com)
Outernational (outernational.bandcamp.com)
Sleepy Kitty (sleepykitty.bandcamp.com)
Grace Bergere (gracebergere.bandcamp.com)
Peter Busy

They'll be a live auction, plus drink specials (including an exclusive Indypendent-inspired cocktail).

$10–$20 at the door. All proceeds go toward producing the next 250 Indy issues. Doors open at 7:00 p.m.

A look at the history of The Indy: (https://indypendent.org/2019/09/another-journalism-is-possible-the-indy-at-issue-250/)

What our readers have to say: (https://indypendent.org/2019/09/what-the-indy-means-to-me/)
Featuring
The Indypendent is a New York-based free newspaper published 17 times a year on Fridays to our print and online readership of more than 100,000. Find new articles daily at https://indypendent.org.

Sleepy Kitty Music
Sleepy Kitty is a two piece indie rock band from St. Louis via Chicago.

Celebrate The Indypendent 250th Issue

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