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national day of prayer for protecting sacred places from further threats
"The current administration is at the extremist end of the policy-planning spectrum, and its adventurism and penchant for violence are unusually dangerous.."
The following is a message from Starhawk to all who will come join us in Sacramento. Pagan clusters will be going to Sacramento to help defend the diverstiy and peace of the world. Please join us!
US Government Kicks Off Dirty Campaign Against FMLN
Salvadoran Right Goes After Frente as "Terrorist" Threat Thursday, June 5, 2003
Tens of thousands of protesters preparing to rally at a EU summit in northern Greece later this month will get assistance from the Greek government.
Upcoming events for Cascadia summer and Sacramento mobilization.
They have listed a the "6/20-7/5 Los Angeles Peace And Social Justice Convergence:
 http://www.pjfest.net"
as -- *Planned anti-US activity in Los Angeles* -- Lot's of other crazy stuff on this page as well !!!!
 The theologian and martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer is the highest name in Germany. As a leader of the underground Confessing Church, Bonhoeffer emphasized the nonreligious interpredtation of the Bible, religionless Christianity and the arcanum discipline.One act of obedience may be more important than a thousand sermons, he said. Bonhoeffer understood political resistance as an obligation of faith..The church could be commanded to "fall into the spokes of the wheel", not only "to bind up the victims under the wheel".
British Labor on the March to the Left
Landless Peasants Movement (MST) invade a farm owned by Monsanto.
We must do more than protest against G-8, WTO and IMF/World Bank, etc. meetings. Fighting corporate globalization, like everything else, begins at home and continues 24/7 year after year.
What the heck do warships have to do with the Rose Festival?
online article about Reclaim the Streets
"The great danger of the lynch-mob terror-bubble we find ourselves trapped in, as the Germans under the Nazi regime were, is losing touch with the rest of the world. At the same time, we are unable to assess that this is no longer our government, but has been stolen from us by country-sized corporations and their henchmen..The Bush regime has made nuclear weapons a very real first-strike option, tossing aside all traties signed over our lifetimes. But you won't hear about that on the 6 o'clock noews.."
"The anti-war struggle has radicalized portions of an entire generation.. For millions of people in the US, the United SWtates government is no longer "their" government - it is a hostile, repressive force that endangers them. For most people around the world, it has become clear that the greatest threat to peace and freedom is the US government operating asan unchallenged,unaccountable nuclear-armed mono-power
"Imagine a world where disagreement was okay... Before I try to persuade somebody to adopt an anti-capitalist view of the world, I want them to have the critical thinking skills to actually consider what I'm saying..This is about listening and sharing ideas with people as people, not as stereotypes,"
This article is from: Slingshot #78, Summer 2003.
I dont normally re-post stuff but I found this on the international wire and thought it deserved a wider audience.
Join your fellow workers and community members at the Industrial Workers of the World union hall on Sunday, June 22nd at 1:30 pm to learn how to keep your web and e-mail use private and secure. The workshop will cover PGP (pretty good privacy) e-mail encryption and ways to cover your tracks as you surf the net. No special computer knowledge needed.
.........Activists want Ford to increase the average fuel efficiency of its fleet to 50 miles per gallon by 2010, and eliminate all tailpipe emissions by 2020.
They plan to rally the troops today at a Market Street dealership, kicking off similar demonstrations the following week around the nation. Next month, protests are planned at Ford's centennial celebration in Michigan. ...............
An organizational meeting for persons interested in helping with petitioning and campaign-building will be held 7 p.m., Monday, June 2, at the I.W.W Union Hall, 616 E. Burnside, near the east end of the Burnside Bridge. We are certified to begin signature gathering and intend to use the recall to call attention to the issues of police violence and the mayor's defense of it. The Oregonian and the Tribume may attend, so we hope for a good turnout to kick off this effort. Thanks!
...without becoming uber-paranoid....
Photos of Park Occupation in Freiburg Prior to G8 Meeting in Evian.
This is a park outside the University of Freiburg that was occupied at 0600h Monday morning the week prior to the G8 meeting in Evian, in order to use it as a conspicuous info point. Lots of people passed by to get flyers and check out the extensive exhibition on G8, capitalism, war, and immigration controls. http://homepage.mac.com/tungricht/Organize/PhotoAlbum32.html
we're starting events that attempt to set up spaces for community organizing and temporary autonomy through music and arts. thrusdays 8pm-12am at the cafe at 616 e burnside
"We took a right-hand turn, onto a street I personally had never been on. In front of us appeared to a dead end, but as we got closer to this perceived end, we saw that it was a small grass embankment, on top of which, almost totally obscured from view on approach, was the Benson High School was track and sports field. We instantly saw a golden opportunity... " to ditch the police that is.
this is of use for people going down to protest the pre-ministerial
!!!!look here!!!!
Don't believe what the government and mass media say about the ELF, find out for yourself!
Go south of Estacada on Hwy. 224 past the Ripplebrook Guard Station to junction Road 57 (Timothy Lake) and Road 46 (Bagby). Take a left on road 57 towards Timothy Lake and follow for about 5 miles. Take a right on Forest Service road 5730 and follow past where the pavement ends. At junction 5730 & 5731 stay left on 5730. At the junction of 5730 and 5732, continue left on road 5730. 2 miles later you will pass spur road 5730-170 (which veers to the left). Stay on 5730. Unit 14, where the rare lichen is, will be directly to your left. Unit 10, where the treesit is, will be on your right up the road.
What a day!
An organizational meeting for persons interested in helping with signature
gathering, outreach, fundraising, and other volunteer tasks will be held on Monday, June 2, at 7 p.m., at the I.W.W. Union Hall at 616 E. Burnside.
The Recall Vera Katz Committee, which filed a recall petition on Tuesday to
call attention to escalating police violence and the mayor's failure to stop it, has succeeded in its first goal: stopping a competing recall effort by a right-wing group that thinks the police aren't aggressive enough.
I saw a flyer at Portland State University indicating that Bush and Cheney will be in Portland this June 13th. Does anyone have more details?
"Weapons of Mass Hysteria. Bush, the Second Iraq War and the Attention Economy" was published in the German-English cyber journal Telepolis, May 25, 2003
http://www.telepolis.de/engllish/lolumnen/gol/14674/1.html
The Marburg professor of political science gave this address at the union conference "After the Kosovo War" on Sept 4, 1999. The normalization of war and the militarization of foreign policy are dreadful temptations or forks in the road diverting us from a human future. Translated from the German
Endangered Forests, Endangered Freedoms - Come to Montana this summer and learn skills needed to Protect Our National Forests and Wildlands! The training is committed to non violent tactics and strategies. Sessions will teach skills in non violence, media, campaign strategies, various civil disobedience skills, grassroots organizing, and other workshops designed to allow activists to gain skills and build capacity to protect forest and wildlands in communities around
the country.
Let's carry on the Just Struggle against Occupation Recognizing Imperialism, is the Common Enemy which Must Be Militantly Combatted!!!
A daylong event with TRAININGS::COMMUNITY GROUPS::FOOD::FUN!
Please join us in Colorado this summer for the War Resisters League's
National Conference and 80th Anniversary Celebration. (See below for guest speakers.) Anybody want to carpool from Portland for an anarchist vs. socialist softball game?
California shows us how it's done! SHAC USA is pleased to announce yet another victory in the campaign against HLS clients. Toxweb, a biotech software company out of California, has issued a statement that they are no longer affiliated with HLS in any way.
Check out the brief, and enormously effective, campaign against Toxweb:
An American helicopter is shot down and an Iraqui police station is blown up as anti-American sentiments continue to be expressed in Iraq.
We love peacekeepers!
Festival and Action for Social Justice @ PSU This Saturday!! Have fun with the community in the spring sun::learn great skills::meet community action groups!!
It says us guys are welcome at the "Pink is optional" Code Pink protest against FCC move for even MORE media monopoly. Protest takes place at the local offices of Clear Channel this Thursday (05-29-03) at 4:30 pm --- 4949 SW Macadam Avenue.
Organizing information for protests against G8 Summit in Evian, Switzerland
We should have a critical mass out in the west suburbs, like in Beaverton or Hillsboro, or Tigard.
Here are two flyers and a three page pamphlet about the WTO agenda for Sacramento
It is the second day of my amazing journey with Starhawk. I am spending three days learning about magic, ritual and activism. I am learning the skills to bring this knowledge back to my community. This day it is all magic. Deep in the forest I join hundreds of seekers, spiritual warriors, and magic makers. We have come to align ourselves with those who would defend the earth and all it's species.
 The Portland Survival planning committee has scheduled a rally for 11-1 Thursday June 12, south Park blocks, setup starting at 9. We will have speakers, an art project, a march, symbolic "burial" of a real coffin, computers to send email to state legislators, etc. We need volunteers to help with: -- Passing out flyers for the event. -- Building and painting the art exhibit. -- Setting up and tearing down. -- Drivers to run errands. If you can help with any of this, please leave a message at 503-235-8492. Our chairperson, Anne, will call you back. [ Read more ] [ Portland Survival ]
I am attending three days of training and community building, ritual and activism with over 300 people. Starhawk is an amazing person. Participants are energized and ready for the next step of the resistance movement. Will you join us?
As the brutality of the military State of Israel continues to wage its unmerciful oppression against international peace workers AND the people of the Occupied Territories, young Israeli conscientious objectors wage their own courageous battle against the IDF.
Occupation of Irag
Lewis Feldstein, president of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, cited the environmental movement, women's rights, civil rights and the drive to improve libraries and health systems as examples of private giving in the public good.
Portland Indymedia presents: Six Independent Documentaries on the Current Situation in Argentina. They will be showing at the Clinton St Theatre on May 27th at 8pm
As you all know, our lovely waterfront park is being torn apart again. Our "friends" at Pepsi plan on sucking the pockets of our city, its people, and its environment under the cover of The Rose Festival.
The war is not over.
More from St Louis, about the trashing of the space they were staying at, from an article in a local paper.
The Hillsdale peace walk is still going. We've even added community events and a forum on to the end of the walk. Please join us in continuing to walk for peace.
From the Code Pink Website, Thursday May 29th ( a week from now ) Code Pink will be demonstrating against the FCC at 4:30 p.m. in front of the Clear Channel Offices at 4949 SW Macadam Avenue (wish I had a clue where that was or what bus gets you there)
And later in the evening there will be a celebration focused around activist Emma Goldman at In Other Words
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Here are those absent flyers.