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announcements - "what can we do?"
To be aware of all the problems facing the world can be empowering and liberating. Yet at times, this awareness seems a burden because with so many issues it can be difficult to know where to put one's energy. This page is meant to be a resource for all of us who want to know "what we can do", or "where can we help", or "how can I become more involved". Whether you want to attend a benefit or other event to become more educated or entertained, learn more about upcoming marches, demonstrations, or other actions, find reasons and ways to contact a government or corporate representative, join a collective which shares your interests, go to a local meeting for an organization, help out other members of the community, or to simply look for inspiration for your own ideas we hope that we will all be able to find that information here.
Featured bands include: LIST, COLD DEAD HANDZ, TANSY & TARWEED, RIOT COP. And....FREE tattoos, FREE store corner (bring cool stuff-get cool stuff), photo-op art (the kind with the face cut out), Anarchist Trivia, karaoke, food, beer, and more. Proceeds go to purchase/repair Indymedia video equipment destroyed by cops. Portland Indymedia provides cameras to independent street reporters and distributes their content online all for FREE. Friday, October 30 at 8:00pm, Circadia Art Center at 4705 ne Columbia Portland, Oregon (number 75 bus line) All ages event, $donatations accepted, no one turned away due to lack of funds, Safer Space Policy. More on Mischief Night IMC Benefit
Live call-in Friday, 10/30/09, 7:00 - 8:00 pm. http://www.PhilosopherSeed.org
From the open publishing newswire:
Saturday, October 24th
Join your friends and neighbors at the Blue Heron Infoshop's inaugural social justice workshops! Featuring music, discussion, games, and activities to deepen our understanding of liberation.
The Green Point was in Kuwait September 8th through the 12th, and is now heading into the coastal waters off of occupied Turtle Island. It is expected at the Port of Tacoma this weekend. East Blair One terminal on Alexander is the expected point of landing. The ship is estimated to be arriving late Friday night or early Saturday AM, and is expected to generate traffic on I-5 late nights from Monday through Wednesday, 9PM - 3AM each night.
From the open publishing newswire:
Join the Honduras Solidarity Committee this Sunday October 18, 4pm at Liberty Hall as we unveil our campaign to educate and mobilize our community to take action is support of the restoration of democracy in Honduras. Given the recent failed negotiations between representatives of Zelaya and the Michiletti government, and with "elections" slated for the end of November, it's important too take action now!
Support Political Prisoner Jeff Luers during his tansition out of prison after 9.5 years Vegan Benefit Dinner at the Morning Glory Cafe (450 Willamette St., Eugene) Saturday November 7th, 2009 6:30-10:00pm (Seatings at 6:30pm and 8pm only) Reservations Required! Four-course gourmet vegan dinner plus beverage and live flamenco guitar music!
From the open publishing newswire:
In response to the call made by the National Front against the Coup d' Etat in Honduras we are promoting a world campaign to boycott Chiquita which supports the Coup d'Etat in Honduras. Visit the web page of Chiquita's Headquarter in Cincinnati, OH (USA) and send them the following message: I DON'T BUY CHIQUITA BECAUSE IT SUPPORTS THE COUP D' ETAT IN HONDURAS
FACTS: On June 28, 2009, military commandos involved in the coup d'etat arrested the legitimate president of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya. They attacked his residence with machineguns, kidnapped him and took him to the US military base at Palmerola. The plane carrying the "president-prisoner" flew to Costa Rica, where he was abandoned in pajamas on one of the runways. It is a military-business coup d'etat, planned by the United States IV Fleet, which buries Honduras once again in its dark past of military dictatorships. All of the international organizations of the American continent, the United Nations, the European Union, etc. condemned the Coup d'Etat and demanded Zelaya's return to the Presidency of the Republic, out of respect for the will of the Honduran voters. We have therefore launched the World Campaign to Boycott Chiquita, one of the corporations that most stridently oppose Zelaya's government and support the coup. It is urgent to strike back at the transnationals that, behind the scenes, finance and support the coup-installed government! For further information: http://www.rebelion.org (spanish) | http://www.counterpunch.org/kozloff07172009.html (english) | informationclearinghouse.info
THEREFORE: I estimate that we're going to see a military load-in (incoming Strykers) at East Blair One on or about the October 18th - October 22nd time period and should make observations on the ground before that time to prepare for that eventuality.
Tansy & Tarweed (jazz / punk inspired anarcho-folk) Slow Teeth (raucous vaudevillian folk) Disemballerina (cello, guitar and viola doom, epic and beautiful) The Dapper Cadavers (PDX favorite, punk-tinged old time) In addition we will have TWO TYPES of kombucha on tap for sale, courtesy of local business Herbucha, as well as beer on tap. There will also be rad t-shirts, buttons and posters for sale, and literature / info tables by some local activist groups. The event will be held at LIBERTY HALL on [Thursday} October 15th. It will all start around 7pm. Liberty Hall's address is: 311 N. Ivy Street. http://redandblackcafe.com
From the open publishing newswire:
Econvergence Conference: NW Regional Gathering on the Economic and Ecological Crises
October 2 - 4, 2009 in Portland, OR This three-day conference will include over 80 workshops and sessions (all sessions other than Noam Chomsky and Derrick Jensen will be presented FREE to the public). Workshops will cover diverse political perspectives and a broad array of topics including: the economic crisis, the environmental crisis, direct action, organizing, economic justice, environmental activism, war & imperialism, political repression, the Green Scare, veganism, anarchism, socialism, cooperatives, radical art and poetry, and more! Check out the selected list of workshops below that indicates some of the radical workshops represented at the conference, listed by topic. There's really something for everyone. We hope to see you there!! Friday and Saturday events will take place at First Unitarian Church of Portland (SW 12th Ave & SW Salmon St). Sunday events will take place at Portland State University, Smith Memorial Union. For more information and a complete list of workshops, visit www.econvergence.org.
From the open publishing newswire:
We are proud to announce the release of the third issue of 'Pink and Black Attack', a queer anarchist publication from Olympia, WA. This issue provides legal updates and calls for legal support for comrades facing legal trouble as well as news and reportbacks from anti-corporate Pride actions. We also feature an interview with Terence Kissack and an excerpt from his book, Free Comrades: Anarchism and Homosexuality in the United States 1895-1917. Additionally, we feature more anti-assimilationist, anarchist queer analysis and thought.
You can download/read Pink and Black Attack #3 here: http://zinelibrary.info/pink-and-black-attack-3
In solidarity- Pink and Black Attack Collective
Monday-Friday at Col. Summers Park(SE 17th and Taylor) Saturdays at N. Park Blocs/Riot Elephant(W. Burnside and Park) Sundays at Peninsula Park(N. Rosa Parks and Albina0 All meals are at 530. Come an get it!
Adelit@s, nun chucksky, disemballerina, dopesmoker, AAPOAA, and The Reckless (Seattle). 5 dollar donation at door. All proceeds go to to Portland books to prisoners. Which is an all volunteer run group that relies on community support to continue to send books to incarcerated individuals free of charge. And the ever rising cost of postage is making that much harder to do. This is an all ages event. Hatred or intolerance of any kind will not be tolerated at this event. No one turned away for lack of funds! http://www.pdxbookstoprisoners.org |
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