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Viva Palestina! Reportback & New England United Meeting
Saturday, August 1, 2009, 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. Jeff Klein of Dorchester People for Peace will report back on the Viva Palestina humanitarian aid convoy which reached Gaza on July 15. (Read Jeff's reports from Gaza) The New England United business meeting will follow at 1:45 p.m Please join us: Iraq's Prime Minister admitted that US troops may be asked to stay beyond 2011. The expansion of the war into Pakistan has displaced millions of civilians and deepened the possibility of civil war. The troop surge in Afghanistan is creating only more opposition to the US presence. We will come together to discuss fall antiwar action proposals and need your input!
SIM: Dream Act Community Meeting
Tuesday, June 2, 2009, 7:00 p.m. Student leaders from across the country are organizing to create momentum around the Dream Act, on June 3rd-5th SIM leaders from Massachusetts will be traveling to Washington DC to meet with another 500 leaders of immigrant communities from all around the country. They will be also lobbying their congressman/woman on the Dream Act and Comprehensive Immigration Reform.
Before their departure to DC, Student Immigrant Movement leaders will host a "Dream Act Community Meeting" to have a discussion about the strategy and current situation of the bill nationally. It will be a space for students, educators, community leaders and parents to connect.
Iran: the Key to Understanding U.S. Policy in the Middle East
New England United Meeting
Saturday, May 16, 2009, 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. Join with presenter, Phil Wilayto, editor of The Virginia Defender and author of In Defense of Iran: Notes from a U.S. Peace Delegation's Journey Through the Islamic Republic" to hear his eyewitness account of his travel to Iran and an analysis of the critical role Iran plays in US foreign policy. His presentation will be followed by a meeting of New England United.
Anti-Immigrant Raids: Organizing Radical Solutions
Sunday, April 26, 2009, 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. This is a follow up meeting. The first was convened by Mata Hari and drew together a broad range of pro-immigrant organizations to discuss responses to the continuing raids on immigrant communities.
Outrage about the Raids: Radical Solutions Needed
Sunday, April 5, 2009, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. Mata Hari and a broad range of pro-immigrant organizations are meeting to discuss responses to the continuing raids on immigrant communities.
Stopping War at the Point of Production
Hidden away in Northwest Missouri, the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant is one of the most integral mechanisms of the U.S. war machine. Producing over 90% of all small arms ammunition for the U.S. Military, Lake City is a linchpin in the U.S. war effort in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other countries.
Ayisha Zaki: the Middle East in Crisis & the Socialist Alternative
Thursday, September 25, 2008, 7:00 p.m. The US occupation of Iraq is only the most recent chapter in the century-long struggle for the control of Middle East oil. The Bush administration claims the "surge" is working, but Iraq is in shambles. The entire region is threatened by further violence and destabilization. What will it take to stop US imperialism? Is there an alternative to the corporate domination of our world?
