Action:
Non-Violent Resistance in Palestine/INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY CELEBRATION
CONTENTS:
Philly
Area Action:
Commentary:
Philly
Area Action:
Reminder
for tonight: Non-Violent Resistance in Palestine
Non-Violent Resistance in Palestine
Come join Palestinian Activist Mansour Mansour and Israeli filmmaker Shai
Carmeli Pollak in a discussion about nonviolence against the Israeli
occupation, joint struggles between Israelis and Palestinians, responding to
military violence using nonviolence, and ordinary people that resisted Israeli
occupation and won.
March 5th, 7:00 p.m.
Student Activities Center (13th and Montgomery) Room 217 D
Sponsored By: Students for Justice in Palestine
Spread the word. Invite a friend or 10!
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PHILADELPHIA'S INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY CELEBRATION
Join us in demanding justice, equality, dignity and
empowerment for women and girls in Philadelphia and worldwide!
Thursday, March 6, 10 AM: City Council, City Hall,
Room 400, Resolution in Honor of International Women's Day will be presented,
and three women from the Committee will speak!
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Bubbes & Zaydes
(Grandparents) for Peace in the Middle East
Box 56293 Philadelphia Pa 19130
phillyjewishpeace.org
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Please join us on Friday 7 March
from noon to one on S.15th Street in our weekly vigil for justice and security
for Palestinians & Israelis! The devastation in Gaza has been
painful to observe! Our presence on the street is more important than
ever. Lois, Cy, & Susie
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Since last Wednesday, Israel has killed at least 117
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, an estimated half of whom were civilians and 22
of whom were children.
These Palestinians were likely killed with U.S. weapons-such as Boeing F-15's
and Lockheed Martin F-16's fighter jets; Boeing Apache and Cobra Bell attack
helicopters; and Hughes, Raytheon, General Dynamics, and Lockheed Martin
air-to-surface missiles-paid for by U.S. taxpayers. In addition, Israel
demolished Palestinian homes with Caterpillar bulldozers and coordinated its
attacks with communications gear provided by Motorola-again paid for by U.S.
taxpayers.
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Bubbes & Zaydes are co-sponsors of the Philadelphia
Sabeel Conference – Hope to see you there!
IN SEARCH OF A HOMELAND: The Quest for Place and
Peace in Israel and Palestine
April 25 & 26, 2008 Villanova University, Connelly Center
KEYNOTE
ADDRESS: The Rev. Dr. Naim Ateek, founder
and director of the Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center, Jerusalem
Click here for program & registration
Friends of Sabeel - North America - PO Box 9186
Portland, Oregon 97207 - (503) 653-6625 www.fosna.org
Saturday, March 8: INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY
CELEBRATION:
100 Years of Women & Girls Worldwide Demanding Justice, Equality &
Dignity
10:30 AM: Rally on West
Side of City Hall, at 15th & Market 11:30 AM: March to UNITE/HERE, 22 S.
22nd Street (near Market), stopping at markers highlighting important moments
in women's herstory over the last 100 years, featuring cultural performances
12:30 PM: At
UNITE/HERE: Lunch, Spoken Word, Cultural Performances
Structured Speakouts and Breakout Sessions
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Saturday, March 15, at 7:00 PM.
At LAVA Space, 4135 Lancaster Ave, Phila
Benefit Event for Movement for Justice in El Barrio Help
take the Movement to London to fight their multinational slumlord in East
Harlem.
Featuring: The Baptist Preachers (punk, surf, and
gospel).
Ollin Yoliztli Calmecac (Mexicayotl culture) DJ
Bunnystyle of Make Your Break
Sponsor: Philly Mexico
Solidarity Group
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Teach-Out
on The Iraq Recession: the High Cost of War, at Community
College.
Tuesday, March 18th, 2008, from 7 to 9 pm, the Granny Peace Brigade
Philadelphia will be joined by Community College of Philadelphia and United for
Peace and Justice-Delaware Valley Network
Drawing on
the book, “The Three Trillion Dollar War—The True Cost of the Iraq
Conflict”, by Joseph Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes, the teach-out will
include speakers and interactive small group discussions to prepare
participants/activists to hold similar discussions in schools, churches, and
other gathering places in their own communities. The Teach-Out is free
and open to the public.
For additional information, contact Elisabeth Leonard, 215-382-1531
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Wednesday, March 19
At 20th and Market
Protest the 5th Anniversary Of the Iraqi War 8:30 AM
– 9:30 Am
Vigil Senator Casey's Office, 20th &
market St.
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GRANNY
PEACE BRIGADE TO MARK FIVE YEARS OF HIGH
COST OF WAR---IN DEATHS, DOLLARS, AND DESTRUCTION
Wednesday,
March 19th, 2008
“THE CLOTHESPIN”,
at 15th and Market Streets, from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm
members
of the Granny Peace Brigade Philadelphia, and other
Peace activists, will gather to circulate petitions calling for an end to the
war, and remind people of the high price America has paid for the war.
Brandywine's plans for 4000:
When (is it too much to hope by saying, IF?) the U.S. war dead
count reaches 4,000 (www.icasualties.org
) we plan the next work day to vigil at 5:30PM at the west side of Phila. City
Hall, 15th & Market Street. Again, we will light a candle for peace
and toll a bell for all the war dead, to mourn, saying with one voice:
Not Another Death…. Not Another Dollar.
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FOR INFO LEADING UP TO & ON MARCH 19TH, The 5th Year of The
War
VISIT THE WEB SITES:
Delaware Valley Network, UFPJ: www.ufpj-dvn.org
National UFPJ: http://5yearstoomany.org/
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COMMENTARY:
John E. Rosenthal | Had Enough Gun Violence?
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022008N.shtml
John E. Rosenthal writes for The Christian Science
Monitor: "Current federal law allows an unlimited number of easily
concealable handguns and military-style weapons to be sold privately in 32
states without a criminal background check or an ID. Why do we take such a
hands-off approach to these dangerous weapons? The National Rifle Association
(NRA) and the gun industry lobby are a big part of the answer."
Higher Education Gap May Slow Economic Mobility http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022008O.shtml
Erik Eckholm reports for The New York Times:
"Economic mobility, the chance that children of the poor or middle class
will climb up the income ladder, has not changed significantly over the last
three decades, a study being released on Wednesday says. The authors of the study,
by scholars at the Brookings Institution in Washington and sponsored by the Pew
Charitable Trusts, warned that widening gaps in higher education between rich
and poor, whites and minorities, could soon lead to a downturn in opportunities
for the poorest families."