CONTENTS;

PHILLY area action:

NATIONAL and international action:

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Bread and Roses: On the Rise for Real Change- Celebrating local movements for social justice

 

Wednesday, July 8th, 5:30-7:30pm

Carriage House, 3907 Spruce St, University of Pennsylvania

Cost: FREE

Spanish interpretation provided

Childcare provided, ASL interpretation provided, Wheelchair Accessible

 

For more information, please contact Elysia Lichtine at elysia@breadrosesfund.org or call the Bread & Roses office at (215) 731-1107 x202.

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Rally for Public Insurance Option at Sen. Arlen Specter's District Office

 

Meet at: 600 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106

Thursday, 9 Jul 2009, 12:00 PM

      To sign up for this event, click here:

      http://pol.moveon.org/event/healthcareaction/94331

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Ask Rep. Fattah the tough questions and then call your Senators

 

Healthcare reform legislation is being shaped in Congress right now and it's time to get your representative on the record. We need to make sure that Rep. Fattah will stand up for a strong public healthcare option that is available nationwide, on day one, and is accountable to Congress and the voters.

 

Representative Chaka Fattah

Walnut St, Philadelphia office: 215.387.6404

Germantown Ave, Philadelphia office: 215.848.9386

Washington, D.C. office: 202.225.4001/ or FREE-1-800-828-0498

 

Report your call here: www.democracyforamerica.com/housewhipcount  

Meaghan Lyons, Democracy for America

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Upcoming Philly Code PINK actions. Get in on the act!

 

1.    Saturday  July 11 at  2PM – meet at the Pizzeria UNO across from the RED gate at Franklin Mills.  We have plans for an educational opportunity regarding the Army Experience Center  (AEC).  We have information about parts of the Army Experience that the AEC may not be sharing with the youngsters they are propagandizing, up to and including the terrifying and devastating suicide rate among veterans.  All actions planned are completely legal.  If you need a ride or directions, call us at 215-563-3848 X 17.

 

2.    Saturday July 18th – at the Whole Foods markets on 9th and South.  Philly Code PINK will have an informational table from 11 AM to 3 PM. We have information to distribute about the “so-called” withdrawal of troops from Iraq, about our recent military actions in Afghanistan and about the AEC, petitions to sign.

 

3.    August 2nd 3PM  - Philly Code PINK  next monthly gathering –at 30th Street Station, along the South Side. 

 

4.    August 2nd 3PM  - Philly Code PINK  next monthly gathering –at 30th Street Station, along the South Side. 

 

5.    August 7th  First Friday rocks!  Philly Code PINK  will have our usual table on 2nd Street north of Market.

Anyone is welcomed and encouraged to show up for any of these actions.  Your presence and energy will make what we do more effective.  And of course, new ideas keep us going.  We look forward to seeing you.

Peace, Z For Philly Code PINK 

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NATIONAL and International Action:

 

Fundraising effort for Ezili's HLLN - Letter From Cynthia McKinney asking that you support Ezili/HLLN's work

 

Before she left for Gaza, Former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, one of HLLN

most treasured supporters and members, wrote a letter to assist us in our

fundraising efforts to keep HLLN and the newspostings going. At the time

Cynthia McKinney wrote us the fundraising letter, we were dealing with the

sudden death of Father Jean Juste and then the subsequent crisis surrounding

the UN shooting at Jean Juste's funeral in Haiti, so it never did go out as intended.

 

But it is essential, if we are to continue to provide this Haitian-led,

Haiti-capacity-building coverage that you won't find anywhere else on this

planet about Haiti by Haitians that we also address this critical issue of

financial support. But we need your financial support to keep this

work going, the website updated, the listserve well-researched, the

FreeHaitiMovement campaigns growing, the Ezili Danto Witness Project operating,

as well as our grassroots reform project in Haiti on track.

 

We, at HLLN, are asking for your financial support in order to continue Ezili

Danto's Work. We must raise at least $60,000 dollars to keep this work and our

programs going until the end of this year. So, please consider making an

immediate donation towards this goal, as well as becoming a paid subscriber.

Paid subscribers pay $12.50 per month/paid quarterly at $37.50 in an automatic

credit card withdrawal every three month through our pay pal account on-line.

 

You may also send your checks by mail. Donation specifics are readily available

on our website at: http://www.margueritelaurent.com/donate/donate.html And, we

have a non-for-profit sponsor.

      If you have any questions, please feel free to call 203 829 7210 or drop us an

email at erzilidanto@yahoo.com. If a "certificate" icon comes up as you're

trying to make your donation, just accept the "temporary certificate" and

continue. Our donation page is perfectly safe.

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International Trade Union Committee

in support of Palestinian working men and women*

Address: j-p.barrois@wanadoo.fr

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Nazareth District Court of appeal confirms shameful sentence against Sawt El Amel 8!

Appeal to the international labor movement

 

We bring to the attention of the international labour movement the following communiqué received from the organisation Sawt el-Amel. A trade union organisation fighting within the 1948 borders in defense of the rights of Palestinian Arab workers submitted to the Wisconsin plan, a back- to-work scheme breaching all the dispositions of ILO conventions.

      "On 13 May 2008, eight Sawt el-Amel activists who had protested against arbitrary financial sanctions by the Israeli Employment Service against hundreds of unemployed workers from the Arab village of Ein Mahel in Galilee in 1999, were found guilty of illegal assembly, breaching public order, and - in some cases - assaulting a policeman. All eight defendants were sentenced to three years of probation and made to pay a fine of NIS 6,000 (US$1,450/EUR1,130). Sawt el-Amel's director Wehbe Badarne was among the convicted. In addition, four activists from Ein Mahel had to pay up to NIS1,000 in compensation to the police officers they allegedly attacked. One of the defendants was herself hospitalised during the event. The activists appealed against the decision, and on 24 February 2009 the Nazareth District Court gave its final judgment: guilty as charged. Sawt el-Amel is not intimidated by this verdict and will continue its struggle for the rights of workers and the unemployed."

      These activists have done nothing other than to carry our their mandate as workers' representatives, a right that is recognised under ILO Conventions 87 and 98, which the State of Israel has ratified.

This iniquitous judgment aims to:

- limit, or even ban altogether, the activity of the eight activists concerned by having the threat of probation hang over their heads for three years.

-  deprive Sawt el-Amel of its much-needed financial resources by imposing huge fines on it;

It's only objective is to deny the Palestinian Arab workers of Sawt el-Amel the right to carry out their trade union mandate

 

We call on the international labor movement:

- to address the Israeli authorities to the sentences against the members of Sawt el-Amel overturned immediately!

- to show its financial solidarity with Sawt  El  Amel trade union.

 

* International donations should be paid to:  LCL account no.30002-00441-0000008791R-5

IBAN: FR 89 3000 2004 4100 0000 8791 R 05 BIC: CRLYFRPP

 

* Postal  address: "Nazareth Women Solidarity Fund - Fonds de solidarité avec les femmes de Nazareth", C/O JP Barrois 22 Avenue Victor Hugo , France.

A receipt will be sent in return

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The coming vaccine emergency

 

An important message for all thinking people from the National Vaccine Information Center.

http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/658.html

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Summer Celebration, Abraham Path and the Peace Cycle/ Greetings and Salaam from Palestine.

 

Bellow you can find opportunities for coming and visiting Palestine ethically and responsibly.  Please help us spreading the word out.  We hope to see you in Palestine. 

 

The Palestinian Summer Celebration is going really well, participants get to study Arabic and History, live with local families and enjoy Palestinian food and culture,  at this link you can find the weekly report from Megan Shudde about her time and experience in Palestine with Siraj Center http://www.sirajcenter.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=147&Itemid=

      The second half of the Palestinian Summer Celebration is starting in Mid July and we still have some place vacant.  For more information about the Palestinian Summer Celebration 2009 please visit: http://www.sirajcenter.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=16&Itemid=1

 

The Peace Cycle to Palestine:

Join the Peace Cycle this October from Amman to Jerusalem

Starting in Amman, the Peace Cycle will visit Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan before cycling to villages around Haifa and Nazareth and then riding as an international group through Jenin, Al-Fara, Qalqilya, Tulkarem, Nablus, Ramallah, Bil’in, Bethlehem, Hebron, and finally into the extraordinary city of Jerusalem.

            All accommodation, meals and trained guides and cycling support provided.

The Peace Cycle is a British non-profit organisation that has organised successful cycle rides from London to Jerusalem in 2004 and 2006, and from Amman to Jerusalem in 2008 raising funds for humanitarian charities.

      This year, Peace Cyclists will be raising funds for Oyooni Mobile Eye Clinic, an initiative that aims to deliver specialised eye care to diabetes & glaucoma patients in Palestine, the West Bank and Gaza. See www.oyooni.org

 

For more details and an information pack email:thepeacecycle@aol.com and http://www.thepeacecycle.com/

The Peace Cycle works with partner organisations in Palestine, principally the Siraj Center for Holy Land Studies: www.sirajcenter.org

The International Middle East Media Centre (IMEMC) will be issuing daily reports on the Peace Cycle 2009:www.imemc.org

George S. Rishmawi, Coordinator, Siraj, Center For Holy Land Studies

george@sirajcenter.org   Website: http://www.sirajcenter.org

Tel: +972 2 274 8590 Fax: +972 2 274 8774/ Mobile: 0599 180 872/ USA number: 1 989 607 9480

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Physicians for a National Health Program - www.pnhp.org
16,000 physicians in support of single payer national health insurance

We invite you to sign the following "Open Letter to President Obama" urging him to endorse single-payer health reform, and to forward it on to your colleagues in practice and in medical school.  Since we released the Open Letter about a week ago, over 600 physicians have signed it and 75 have joined PNHP.

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http://boycottisrael.info/

 

Palestinians, Jews, citizens of Israel, join the Palestinian United Call for BDS against Israel

Boycott from within for Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) for Palestinian rights.

 

We, Palestinians, Jews, citizens of Israel, join the Palestinian United Call for BDS against Israel1 and call on others to do the same.

As people devoted to the promotion of just peace and true democracy in this region, we are especially opposed to the international community's decision to punish the Palestinians in the occupied territories and withhold funds from them, after they exercised their democratic right to elect the government of their choice. At the same time, the international community continues, through economic investments in Israel, involving governments and international corporations, to actively support Israel's daily violations of international law and accelerated colonization of the occupied territories.

We fear the potentially irreversible damage created by Israeli and international policy, and realize that the occupation will truly end only when its cost becomes higher that its gain for Israeli society, primarily for the Israeli elites. In light of attacks on boycott supporters, we emphasize that a critical stance against the occupation, including explicit BDS actions taken by individuals and organizations, are not Anti-Semitic. On the contrary, only resistance of this kind as part of the struggle for peace based on justice and equality will enable a common future for Arabs and Jews in the region. We stand against all forms of racism and oppression and support and encourage BDS actions as a legitimate political activity and necessary form of non-violent resistance.

We endorse the Palestinian call as it is, We will act inside Israel and outside of it to promote awareness and support for BDS.

 

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http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/21807

 

Pro-Israel Lobby Alarmed by Growth of Boycott, Divestment Movement June 29, 2009

Art Young's ZSpace Page : Join ZSpacehttp://boycottisrael.info/

 

Palestinians, Jews, citizens of Israel, join the Palestinian United Call for BDS against Israel

Boycott from within for Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) for Palestinian rights.

 

We, Palestinians, Jews, citizens of Israel, join the Palestinian United Call for BDS against Israel1 and call on others to do the same.

As people devoted to the promotion of just peace and true democracy in this region, we are especially opposed to the international community's decision to punish the Palestinians in the occupied territories and withhold funds from them, after they exercised their democratic right to elect the government of their choice. At the same time, the international community continues, through economic investments in Israel, involving governments and international corporations, to actively support Israel's daily violations of international law and accelerated colonization of the occupied territories.

We fear the potentially irreversible damage created by Israeli and international policy, and realize that the occupation will truly end only when its cost becomes higher that its gain for Israeli society, primarily for the Israeli elites. In light of attacks on boycott supporters, we emphasize that a critical stance against the occupation, including explicit BDS actions taken by individuals and organizations, are not Anti-Semitic. On the contrary, only resistance of this kind as part of the struggle for peace based on justice and equality will enable a common future for Arabs and Jews in the region. We stand against all forms of racism and oppression and support and encourage BDS actions as a legitimate political activity and necessary form of non-violent resistance.

We endorse the Palestinian call as it is, We will act inside Israel and outside of it to promote awareness and support for BDS.

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http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/21807

 

Pro-Israel Lobby Alarmed by Growth of Boycott, Divestment Movement June 29, 2009

By Art Young