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From: David Shove (shove001 tc.umn.edu)
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| Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 04:02:01 -0700 (PDT) | |
P R O G R E S S I V E C A L E N D A R 09.17.05
dumpsterize bush
1. Training/IRV charter 9.17 9am
2. Haiti justice 9.17 9am
3. Arise/PunkRockFlea 9.17 9am
4. Tour de Sprawl 9.17 9:30am
5. Cuba literacy 9.17 10am
6. Health insurance 9.17 11am
7. Energy independence 9.17 11am
8. Anti-war signs/bus 9.17 1pm
9. NWA strike support 9.17 3pm
10. Coldwater 9.17 7pm
11. Northland poster 9.17 8pm
12. Jonathan Schell 9.17 8pm
13. Galloway/Hitchens 9.17 8pm
14. Katrina benefit 9.18 11am
15. Walk for justice 9.18 11:30am
16. Superior hiking 9.18 12noon Duluth
17. Sensible vigil 9.18 12noon
18. AI 9.18 3pm
19. LatinAmerican music 9.18 3pm
20. KFAI/Indian 9.18 4pm
21. Bush's brain/film 9.18 6:30pm
22. HotelRwanda speaker 9.18 7pm
23. Fonda/Galloway/Iraq 9.18 7pm Madison WI
24. Betsy Barnum - Mpls/StPaul Green Party - having an impact
25. PC Roberts - America is in the clutches of autocrats
26. NedSublette - Mr Bush: your departure is long overdue
27. ed - As time goes by (poem)
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From: Darrell Gerber <darrellgerber [at] earthlink.net>
Subject: Training/IRV charter 9.17 9am
Training for Minneapolis residents to work for IRV charter amendment
Sep 17 - 9am
A campaign is building to amend the Minneapolis city charter to make
Instant Runoff Voting the method by which city officials are elected. A
training session will be held for Minneapolis residents interested
becoming active in the effort. The training session will be held Saturday
September 17 from 9am to noon at the Bryant Square Neighborhood Center,
3101 Bryant Ave S, Minneapolis (1 block south and west of the Lyndale-Lake
Street intersection). Training topics will include how to:
. brief candidates on the issue,
. participate in candidate forums,
. advocate for a city-sponsored study
To register for this session: http://www.fairvotemn.org/node/115.
Future training sessions will cover:
. present to political party meetings,
. work for a resolution at precinct caucuses and conventions,
. recruit other organizational partners,
. apply for appointment to the charter commission,
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From: biego001 <biego001 [at] umn.edu>
Subject: Haiti Justice 9.17 9am
The Haiti Justice Committee of Minnesota meets the third Sat. of every
month. Join us at 9am this Sat. July 16 in the Ben Linder room at the
Resource Ctr of the Americas, located at 27th Ave.S. and Lake St. HJC works
in solidarity with the people of Haiti who are struggling valiantly for the
return of Constitutional law and democracy to Haiti in the face of the
illegal removal of President Aristide in 2003. Everyone is welcome. For
more information, call Rebecca Cramer, 612-724-8864.
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From: Arise! <arise [at] arisebookstore.org>
Subject: Arise/PunkRockFlea 9.17 9am
* PUNK ROCK FLEA MARKET *
Saturday, Sept. 17
9am-3pm
Behind Extreme Noise Records, at Lake and Grand
Tons of books, records, cloths, crafts, food, and more! Weird, unique
stuff, dirt cheap...
Sponsored by Arise! Bookstore and Extreme Noise Records
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From: Joshua Houdek <joshua.houdek [at] sierraclub.org>
Subject: Tour de Sprawl 9.17 9:30am
Tour de Sprawl 9.17 9:30am
10th ANNUAL TOUR DE SPRAWL
Saturday, September 17, 2005
This fun, leisurely 18 mile bicycle ride - otherwise know as a unique
"conference on wheels." This year's Tour de Sprawl will explore many
parks, trails (and some hills) throughout St. Paul's West Side, Mendota
Heights, South and West St. Paul. Rest stops along the way will highlight
urban development and beautifully preserved open spaces. Learn more about
the Mississippi River corridor, new development, parks and transit issues
from expert guest speakers.
Cost: $15, FREE for students and kids. Registration includes food and
drink at rest stops, lunch, and vehicle support. Great looking
commemorative t-shirts are available for $10. This is a Zero Waste, 100%
Biodegradable/Compostable Event.
For more info or to register:
www.northstar.sierraclub.org
joshua.houdek [at] sierraclub.org
612-659-9124.
Joshua Houdek Land Use and Transportation Organizer Sierra Club - North
Star Chapter 2327 East Franklin Avenue Minneapolis, MN 55406 Phone:
612-659-9124 Fax: 612-659-9129
Ride the 10th Annual Tour de Sprawl on September 17, 2005!
For more info go to http://www.northstar.sierraclub.org
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From: humanrts [at] umn.edu
Subject: Cuba literacy 9.17 10am
September 17, 2005 - Saturday Morning Coffee Hour: Cuba's National
Literacy Campaign. Time: 10 11:30 a.m.. Cost: $4 ($3 for members).
How did Cuba's literacy campaign incorporate global civic education? What
lessons can we learn from this experience? Mark Abendroth will discuss his
research in Cuba, and his interviews with participants in the literacy
campaign.
Location: Resource Center of the Americas, 3019 Minnehaha Ave., Minneapolis
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From: wyn douglas <wyn_douglas [at] yahoo.com>
Subject: Health insurance 9.17 11am
The Dakota County Green Party invited Kip Sullivan of the Minnesota
Universal Health Care Coalition to speak at a forum on single payer
universal health insurance the we are having on Saturday 9/17/05 from
11am to 2pm.
The Galaxie library is: 14955 Galaxie Ave. (county road 42 & Galaxie)
Apple Valley, MN
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From: Lydia Howell <lhowell [at] visi.com>
Subject: Energy independence 9.17 11am
Moving The Midwest Towards Energy Independence: Good Jobs, Clean
Environment, Safer World.
Saturday September 17
84% of Minnesotans believe that investing in renewable energy is just
plain common sense. So why do politicians fail to do what's right for
Minnesota?
Hear U.S Rep. Betty McCollum's vision for moving the Midwest towards
energy independence and learn how you can help the United Steelworkers'
Fight Back '05 campaign bring this issue to suburban voters and pass
legislation.
St Paul Trades and Labor Assembly
411 Main St.
StPaul
11am-12:30pm
Saturday September 17
Can't make it to the event? Sign the petition now for Renewable Energy
Standards in Minnesota!
<http://www.fightback05.org/petitiondetail.asp?Petition_ID=12> For more
information, please contact Tara Widner at 612-623-8003 or at
twidner [at] steelworkers-usw.org <mailto:twidner [at] steelworkers-usw.org>
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From: Charles Underwood <charleyunderwood [at] hotmail.com>
Subject: Anti-war signs/bus 9.17 1pm
Saturday, 9/17, 1 to 4 pm, sign painting and get-together for Antiwar
Committee bus riders (and supporters) to the 9/24 DC march, May Day Books,
301 Cedar Ave. S, Minneapolis. www.antiwarcommittee.org
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From: ty <tytymo [at] gmail.com>
Subject: NWA strike support 9.17 3pm
MASS COMMUNITY RALLY
Support Striking Northwest Workers!
Saturday Sept 17
3pm
AMFA STRIKE HEADQUARTERS (by the Airport)
AmeriSuites Parking Lot, on the South frontage road of I-494, immediately
west of the Intersection of 34th Avenue and I-494. Five minute walk from
Light Rail Bloomington Central station.
U of M CONTINGENT:
Let's travel to the rally together! Gather at 1:30pm (Saturday) on the
West Bank Plaza. We'll walk to the West Bank Light Rail station and take
the train to the rally. Bring your U-Pass or $1.50 to ride.
Join Twin Cities trade unionists, community members and Northwest workers
in support of striking Northwest mechanics, custodians and cleaners.
Rally organized by the NW Workers Twin Cities Solidarity Committee
alongside the local leaders of AMFA (Airline Mechanics Fraternal
Association). info: nwasolidaritymsp [at] hotmail.com
SUPPORT STRIKING NORTHWEST WORKERS
A solidarity statement from Socialist Alternative
On Friday, Aug 19th mechanics, parts cleaners and janitors represented by
the Airline Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA) went on strike against
Northwest Airlines. Northwest had been asking these union members to
accept a contract that can only be described as a vicious attack on their
livelihoods.
The major airline's negotiators were seeking AMFA to accept:
1) Outsourcing of 53% of their jobs to third party vendors with dirt
cheap labor overseas and locally, on top of 38% of the unions work having
already been outsourced
2) A 26% cut in wages
3) A freeze of defined benefit pensions, and conversion to 401(k)s
subject to stock market volatility
4) Changes in work rules that amount to speedups that are not compensated
for
NWA has already been laying off mechanics and cleaners over the past
several years. They have enforced years of contracts that contained
significant cuts. These are unacceptable conditions, especially when
Northwest CEOs and senior executives are cashing in on stock options and
making millions in salary and guaranteed pensions. CEO Steenland takes
home $4 million and has a guaranteed pension of $1 million and stock
options.
Northwest Airlines has been planning for 18 months to weather a strike
using scabs and supervisors. The company has spent $100 million in all
these efforts to bust the mechanics and cleaners union, including hiring
the notorious strike breaking Vance Security. Clearly the company has been
planning to bust the union, a step which will also weaken the other unions
at Northwest. It is a signal, not unlike when Reagan fired all the
striking PATCO air traffic controllers in 1981, that is being watched by
all major corporations seeking to mount an offensive on workers. We can't
sit on the sidelines and give big business a free hand. All workers across
the country should stand with AMFA members at Northwest to clearly say: No
more cuts or givebacks! No more cost cutting on the backs of working
people!
What's happening at Northwest Airlines is not an isolated event either.
All the major airlines with unionized workforces have been, or are facing,
major attacks on their living wage jobs after decades of givebacks. The
major airlines are in a struggle to survive against the smaller low-cost
carriers with nonunion workers, high fuel prices, and the effects of 9/11.
Since the deregulation of the airlines in 1978 by President Jimmy Carter,
anarchy has broken out in the industry as low-wage non-union outfits like
Southwest Airlines and Jet Blue have carved out market share in key
profitable routes. This has forced all the other airlines to look for the
best way to drive the others out of business by driving a race to the
bottom in their workers' share of the pie. This has resulted in US Airways
and United Airlines filing bankruptcy, and Delta threatening to do the
same, using the Courts to unload their crisis on the backs of workers and
taxpayers.
As long as the airline industry is run for profit - where decisions are
being made for the shareholders bottom line and not in the interests of
workers and passengers - airlines will cut back on safety, attack
conditions and compensation of workers, and raise prices whenever they
can. The only way to change that would be to take the airline industry
under public ownership, managed by representatives of workers, passengers
and the government. Other transportation industries like city busses are
run under public ownership, because this is the most efficient way to meet
the transportation needs of the community. The same needs to be done in
the airline industry. The union leadership could take the first step
towards doing this by organizing a summit of workers in the airline and
transport industry, in consultation with other organized workers, consumer
and community organizations, to draw up a national plan to create a
meaningful comprehensive transportation system with living wage jobs.
The blockade of scab hotels on September 1st is exactly the kind of action
that is needed in order to win this strike. The blockade was organized by
AMFA and sent busloads of supporters to blockade the hotels, without
making public (even to the supporters) that this action was going to take
place, so as not to alert Vance Security ahead of time. The blockade was
successful in delaying the scab busses leaving for the airport. Though
winning this strike will be difficult, these are the kind of tactics that
will be necessary to win. We also need to build the broadest possible
solidarity among Northwest Airlines workers and with the community in
general. The attack on AMFA mechanics and cleaners at Northwest is not an
isolated action, but a prelude to attacks on other workers at Northwest.
At present, unfortunately, the leaders of the other three unions at
Northwest, the International Association of Machinists, the Professional
Flight Attendants Association and the Airline Pilots Association, have
failed to campaign for the only kind of solidarity that can defeat
Northwest's offensive against its workers. We need respect for picket
lines to shut down Northwest's operations. Rank and file workers have
already shown their willingness to act. For example, 5 IAM workers are not
crossing the picket line and flight attendants and pilots are reportedly
taking voluminous notes on safety inspections to keep tabs on the work of
the scabs.
Labor activists and other concerned workers and young people need to come
out and show their support if we are to win this fight. Numerous local
unions rallied in support of the strikers in Minneapolis. Solidarity
committees are being formed in a number of cities. The cause of the
striking Northwest workers must become the cause of all of labor!
Leaflet produced by Socialist Alternative
(socialistalternative.org)-Minneapolis Branch
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From: Sue Ann <mart1408 [at] umn.edu>
Subject: Coldwater 9.17 7pm
Coldwater Area Harvest Full Moon Walk & Sing-Along
Join us for a walk near the Mississippi and historic Coldwater area.
September is the Harvest Moon. We'll walk and then sing some harvest
moon/full moon songs (some songs below).
Saturday, September 17, 2005 Gather 7 PM
Meet at the south end of Minnehaha Park in the parking lot off 54th
Street, Minneapolis
Directions: from Hiawatha/Hwy 55, turn east (toward the Mississippi
River) at 54th Street, and circle into the pay (.25 hr) parking lot (or
park across Highway 55 for free parking).
Sunset 7:19 PM--Moonrise 7:23 PM
Free and open to the public. Children welcome.
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From: Ricardo Levins Morales <ricardo [at] northlandposter.com>
Subject: Northland poster party 9.17 8pm
Northland Poster Anniversary!
Northland Poster Collective is pleased to invite you to our 25th
anniversary celebration, the Northland Justice Jamboree! Northland fills
a unique role in the struggles for workers rights and social justice in
the United States. We are celebrating our blend of art organizing and
general troublemaking with an cabaret concert featuring some of the Twin
Cities finest socially committed performers.
It will take place at the Cedar Cultural Center on Saturday, September
17th. The doors open at 7pm and the show in on at 8. Tickets are $12 in
advance and $15 at the door and are available at the Cedar, Northland, the
Homestead Pickin' Parlor, Electric Fetus, the Podium, Global Village (West
Bank), and online at www.ticketweb.com.
Hosted by actor and singer T. Mychael Rambo, the evening will feature the
dance, music theater and poetry of the Quetzal Coatlicue Aztec Dancers,
Bill Hinkley and Judy Larson, Leo and Kathy Lara, Emmanuel Ortiz, and the
In the Heart of the Beast Theater and selections of Northland's visual
artistry.
We hope you can be there with us!
Northland Poster Collective:
Austin Beatty
Janna Schneider
Betsy Raasch-Gilman
Kim Christoffel
Qamar Saadiq Saoud
Eduardo Penasco
Ricardo Levins Morales
Lila Karash
PS You can view the poster for this event at www.northlandposter.com .
Ricardo Levins Morales Northland Poster Collective PO Box 7096
Minneapolis, MN 55407 (800) 627-3082 www.northlandposter.com
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From: wamm <wamm [at] mtn.org>
Subject: Jonathan Schell 9.17 8pm
"Will Peace Win?": Jonathan Schell
Saturday, September 17, 8:00pm The Historic Fitzgerald Theater, 10 East
Exchange Street, St. Paul.
Discover why war can't bring democracy, but democracy can bring peace.
Presentation: Regular Seating: $25, Discounted Rate: $15, Premium Seating:
$50, Backstage Wine Reception with Jonathan Schell: $100. Tickets
available through FNVW at 651-917-0383 (10% Off for MPR Members).
Sponsored by Friends for a Non-Violent World. Co-sponsored by Institute
for Global Studies (UofM) and the Minnesota Alliance of Peacemakers. FFI:
<www.fnvw.org>.
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From: Lydia Howell <lhowell [at] visi.com>
Subject: Galloway/Hitchens 9.17 8pm
Sat Sept 17, 8pm: debate on the Iraq War on CSPAN between GEORGE GALLOWAY,
opponent of the Iraq war/occupation and member of British Parliment and
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS, supporter of the Iraq war/cccupation, former
columnist for The Nation magazine. CSPAN is on basic cable, check local
listings
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From: rebelde [at] riseup.net
Subject: Katrina benefit 9.18 11am
I hope that you all can at least spread the word about this event, if you
can't also come. This fundraiser is different than many of those
happening all over town, as it is supporting communities of Color in their
recovery and recognition of the racist factors and implications involved
with hurricane Katrina relief work.
For those of you interested in donating Gift Certificates, Art Work, or
Services to the silent auction, please email or call Clara for more info.
nautilus [at] justice.com 612-290-6669
Sunday September 18 11am-4pm
Hope Community 611 Franklin Ave East
Fundraiser Brunch and Silent Auction for the survivors of Hurricane Katrina
5 - 10 $ donation includes Brunch
This is a kid friendly event!
Join us for a home cooked brunch made from ingredients donated by area
co-ops, with a backdrop of local music, and a silent auction where you
will have the opportunity to bid on works and services donated by artists
and bodyworkers and gift certificates to your favorite venues and
eateries.
The goal of this event is to raise money for preexisting grassroots
organizations native to New Orleans. Groups that put the money we send
them into the most devastated communities. These funds will support the
reuniting evacuees and the fight against the displacement of generations
of working class New Orleans families(when reconstruction begins) They
will also work for the rights of the people hit hardest to participate in
the decisions about the allocations of federal funds.
The People's Hurricane Relief Fund and Reconstruction Oversight Committee
601 346 5995
Organizations involved in the effort include:
Unite Local 652
Frederick A. Douglass Community Coalition
Louisiana Research Institute For Community Empowerment
The People's Institute for Survival & Beyond
Teens With Attitude
Junebug Productions
SAC Student
United Teachers of New Orleans
Crescent City Peace Alliance
Plessy
ACORN New Orleans
Ashe
Dillard University
Xavier University Department of Social Sciences
Green Party
Louisiana Research Institute for Community Empowerment
Critical Resistance
INCITE! New Orleans Chapter
NAACP New Orleans Chapter
SEIU
Angola 3
Quality Education as a Civil Right
Algebra Project
Young People's Project
Parents For Educational Justice%%
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From: Stephanie Mock <Stephanie [at] walkforjustice.org>
Subject: Walk for justice 9.18 11:30am
Walk for Justice: 10 years of walking for social change.
Largest progressive grass-roots gathering in Minnesota
On Sunday, September 18 at 11:30am (to 3:30 pm) dozens of community
leaders will join over 100 grassroots activist organizations to walk in
the 10th annual Headwatersı Walk for Justice.
This is the largest representation of progressive grassroots organizations
in Minnesota. The group will meet at Boom Island Park in Minneapolis and
walk together to the Stone Arch Bridge, and back along the Mississippi.
You may participate in the walk by going to www.walkforjustice.org
<http://www.walkforjustice.org/> and register as a Walker to support a
particular organization (go to ³View Organization² on the home page to see
the list of participating organizations) or you may simply come to Boom
Island on September 18 to join the Walk and make a contribution to support
the event.
In brief:
Headwaters Foundation for Justice
The Walk for Justice Walk (rain or shine) to raise money for progressive
grassroots organizations.
Sunday September 18
11:30am-3pm
Boom Island, Mississippi River, Minneapolis
More information on the Walk for Justice:
Over the past nine years, nearly 100,000 walkers coming from 300 different
organizations have raised $670,000 in the Walk for Justice.
The organizations participating this year work for a living wage,
affordable housing, racial equality, peace, human rights, womenıs
political rights, and environmental health and other issues important for
a strong, sustainable community. Some include: Women Against Military
Madness, Environmental Justice Advocates of MN, Nonviolent Peace Force,
Welfare Rights Committee, Jordan New Life Community Church, OutFront MN,
Powderhorn Park Neighborhood Association, Centro Campensino, and MN
Advocates for Human Rights. More information on Headwaters Foundation for
Justice:
Headwaters Foundation for Justice is a catalyst for social, racial
economic and environmental justice. Through grant-making and
organizational assistance, Headwaters supports grassroots groups
addressing the root causes of injustice. The foundation was created in
1984 with the belief that the power for fundamental social change is in
the hands of ordinary people. Headwaters funds innovative, community-based
efforts in Minnesota and Wisconsin. For more information, visit
www.headwatersfoundation.org
Stephanie Mock Media Relations Organizer Walk for Justice Headwaters
Foundation for Justice 612.879.0602 ext. 20 stephanie [at] walkforjustice.org
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From: GibbsJudy [at] aol.com
Subject: Superior hiking 9.18 12noon Duluth
The Superior Hiking Trail seeks volunteers to help build 40 miles of trail
throught the city of Duluth. No experience is needed, all ages welcome,
tools provided. Dress for the weather and bring plenty of water.
For more information go to www.shta.org or call Judy at 218-391-0886 or
gibbsjudy [at] aol.com
Sunday, Sept 18, 12-5 pm. Meet at corner of W. 8th St. and 20th Ave. W.
To get there, Use Highway 53 (Piedmont) and turn onto W. 10th St. (if
going north on 53, turn right, if coming south, turn left) Go about three
blocks on 10th onto a graveled road that widens into a parking area.
Tuesday, Sept 20, 9- 3pm. Meet at the end of Greene Street, located off
63rd Ave W., just off Grand Avenue.
Wednesday, Sept 21, 10-3 pm. Meet at the corner of W 12th St and 28th
Ave, W.
Friday, Sept 23, 10-3 pm. Meet at the intersection of Beck's Road and
123rd Ave. W.
Sunday, Sept 24, 12-5 pm. Meet at the intersection of Beck's Road and
123rd Ave. W.
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From: skarx001 <skarx001 [at] umn.edu>
Subject: Sensible vigil 9.18 12noon
The sensible people for peace hold weekly peace vigils at the intersection
of Snelling and Summit in St. Paul, Sunday between noon and 1pm. (This is
across from the Mac campus.) We provide signs protesting current gov.
foreign and domestic policy. We would appreciate others joining our
vigil/protest.
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From: Gabe Ormsby <gabeo [at] bitstream.net>
Subject: AI 9.18 3pm
Join Group 37 for our regular meeting on Sunday, September 18th, from 3:00
to 5:00 p.m.
This promises to be an especially interesting meeting, as we will have two
featured speakers, instead of one, as is usual. This will also mean that
no other business will be discussed at the meeting save the most urgent
items.
Our first speaker, Gaston, comes from the country of Togo, where he was
one of the volunteer leaders of Amnesty International Togo. He will
discuss the human rights situation there. His presentation will begin at
3:00.
At 4:00, we will hear from Jarwlee Tweh Geebe, a human rights worker from
Liberia who arranged for a 19-year-old torture victim to come to the
United States for surgery. Geebe spoke at the St. Paul AI meeting earlier
this summer, and at our request, he is joining Amnesty members again to
share his experiences.
All are welcome at the meeting, and refreshments will be provided.
Location: Center for Victims of Torture, 717 E. River Rd. SE, Minneapolis
(corner of E. River Rd. and Oak St.). Park on street or in the small lot
behind the center (the center is a house set back on a large lawn).
A map and directions are available on-line:
http://www.twincitiesamnesty.org/meetings.html.
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From: MOLLY WILBUR-COHEN <barryandmolly [at] msn.com>
Subject: LatinAmerican music 9.18 3pm
Concert of Classical Latin American Music
Including compositions by Astor Piazzola, Carlos Chavez, Manuel Ponce,
and Rafael Hernandez
Jim Reilly - piano
Isla Hejny - clarinet
Molly Wilbur-Cohen - cello
Genevieve Rangel - soprano
StMary's Catholic Church
216 E 8 Street
StPaul
Sunday September 18
3pm
Dessert reception immediately after the concert.
$10.00 Donation
For more information call Molly at (651) 645-9197
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From: Chris Spotted Eagle <chris [at] spottedeagle.org>
Subject: KFAI/Indian 9.18 4pm
KFAI's Indian Uprising for Sept. 18th
CHRIS MATO NUNPA (Wahpetunwan Dakota), Associate Professor of Indigenous
Nations & Dakota Studies, Social Sciences, Dept. of Indigenous Nations &
Dakota Studies, Southwest Minnesota State University,
matonunpa [at] SouthwestMSU.edu, 320-564-4348.
Mahto Nunpa will talk about treaties and the commemoration of the 200th
Anniversary of the 1805 Treaty, the first treaty between the Dakota Oyate
and the United States. People of Oceti Sakowin, indigenous peoples, and
friends are to attend and support the Dakota Oyate in the commemoration
and various events. Others are welcome.
Thursday, Sept. 22nd, gathering and Inipi ceremonies at sunset, Pike
Island, Ft. Snelling.
Friday, Sept. 23, 11:00 a.m. gathering, ceremonies, program and
commemorative, Pike Island, sponsored by Oceti Sakowin.
Sunday, Sept. 25th, 12:30 p.m., a free educational program with
scheduled speakers (D. Larsen, C. Mato Nunpa, B. Means, J. Anderson and H.
Vogel) at the Fort Snelling History Center auditorium, located at the
junction of Minnesota Highways 5 and 55, one mile east of the St.
Paul/Mpls International airport. See www.mnhs.org/places/sites/hfs/ or
call 612-726-1171. Sponsors are the Pilot Knob Preservation Association
(651-310-0601); Mendota Mdewakanton Dakota Community (651-452-4141);
Friends of the Henry H. Sibley Historic Site and the Minnesota
Archaeological Society.
* * * *
Indian Uprising is a one-half hour Public & Cultural Affairs radio program
for, by, and about Indigenous people & all their relations, broadcast each
Sunday at 4:00 p.m. over KFAI 90.3 FM Minneapolis and 106.7 FM St. Paul.
Current programs are archived online after broadcast at www.kfai.org, for
two weeks. Click Program Archives and scroll to Indian Uprising.
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From: Charles Underwood <charleyunderwood [at] hotmail.com>
Subject: Bush's brain/film 9.18 6:30pm
Sunday, 9/18, 6:30 pm, free film "Bush's Brain" about dirty tricks, life and
times of Karl Rove, Twin Cities Friends Meeting, 1725 Grand Ave, St. Paul.
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From: Lydia Howell <lhowell [at] visi.com>
Subject: Hotel Rwanda speaker 9.18 7pm
REAL LIFE "HOTEL RWANDA" HERO TO SPEAK AT TEMPLE ISRAEL
Paul Rusesabagina to be guest speaker September 18, 2005; 7:00 pm
FOR TICKETS, CALL 612-377-8680.
Paul Rusesabagina, the manager of a luxury Rwanda hotel who saved the
lives of 1200 people during the 1994 Rwanda massacres, will be the
featured speaker for Temple Israel's 5th annual Speakers Forum on Sunday,
September 18, 2005 at Temple Israel, 24th and Hennepin Avenue,
Minneapolis.
Rusesabagina was the real life hero of last year's movie, "Hotel
Rwanda," which told his inspiring story and was subsequently nominated
for three Academy awards. Now living in Brussels, Belgium, Rusesabagina
has been mentioned as a future Nobel Peace Prize recipient.
The program begins at 7:00 P.M. Ticket prices start at $25.00. A part of
the proceeds will go to Rwanda relief. FOR TICKETS, CALL 612-377-8680.
As manager of the Mille Collines Hotel in Kigali, Rwanda, during the 100
days of genocide in 1994, Rusesabagina resorted to desperate tactics while
militants threatened and surrounded the grounds of the hotel. He spent
hundreds of hours on the phone pleading with influential leaders
throughout the world, his international connections being the only defense
against attack.
Rusesabagina bartered luxury items such as money, gold, cigars and
expensive wines, which he had hoarded in his hotel, for the lives of
strangers seeking refuge amidst the chaos. Miraculously, no one housed in
the hotel was killed.
Previous year's speakers for the Temple Israel Speakers Forum have
included columnist George Will, Nobel prize-winner Elie Wiesel, TV news
anchor Sam Donaldson and comedian/commentator Al Franken.
For interviews or further information, contact: Neal Frank, Temple Israel,
612-377-8680; or Roland Minda, 612-377-5055.
Merle Paull Minda Merle Minda PLUS, LLC mminda [at] earthlink.net Phone:
612-377-5055 Fax: 612-374-5477 1812 Lincoln Avenue Minneapolis, MN 55403
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From: Charles Underwood <charleyunderwood [at] hotmail.com>
Subject: Fonda/Galloway/Iraq 9.18 7pm Madison WI
Sunday, 9/18, 7 pm, Jane Fonda and George Galloway speak against ongoing
Iraq war at Wisconsin Union Theater, U. of Wisconsin, Madison, $10. (Hey,
it's only 4 hours away.) www.mrgallowaygoestowashington.com
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From: Betsy Barnum <betsy [at] greatriv.org>
Subject: Mpls/StPaul Green Party - having an impact
The media attention that Farheen and Elizabaeth are getting, even though
they are both no longer contenders in this year's mayoral races, is
testimony to the huge impact the GP is having on Twin Cities politics.
When do media ever pay any attention to candidates once they are out of
the race?
Even though voters missed their chance this year to elect real,
down-to-earth, smart women, with a deep commitment to the common good, to
the mayor's office in both cities, the impact of Farheen's and Elizabeth's
candidacies has only begun to be felt, and I mean that not only because
I'm sure both of them will run again in the future.
The hegemony of DFL and machine politics in the Twin Cities has been
challenged and eroded. Increasing numbers of citizens of both cities are
not willing to live in one-party towns anymore. They're becoming less
afraid to vote for a real alternative. There's absolutely no doubt that
these two women have showed the public what the Green Party is about
during this year's campaign, and the public has paid attention.
Succeeding as a third party in our system is extremely difficult, as we
all know. But the evidence of this year's campaign season is that the hard
work we've all been doing is paying off. The intrepid candidates who have
carried the GP banner over the past 10 years, and all who worked for their
campaigns, deserve credit for doing some very heavy lifting--and
especially those who did get elected to office and have been representing
us and showing the GP in action. All the work of building locals,
fighting for party status, showing up at parades and events, begging for a
few crumbs of media coverage--all this has been part of laying the
groundwork for what we are now seeing.
It's a long haul, folks, and we've been taking it step by step, which is
the only way. To use another metaphor, we pried the door open when Annie,
Dean and Natalie were elected. This year with 5 of our 6 city council
candidates going on to the general election, as well as our park board and
estimate and taxation board candidates, and our two fantastic mayor
candidates continuing to be interviewed by the media even though they did
not make it through the primary, that door is now firmly wedged open and
the folks in the rooms of power are seeing lots of Green when they look at
who's standing there.
I'm proud as can be to be Green right now, and deeply proud of the courage
and effort of Elizabeth and Farheen in offering a real choice to voters in
our two cities. They didn't win--but they didn't lose, and that's evident
from the significant vote totals they got and in the ongoing interest in
them by the media. One more HUGE step in the long haul, and some audible
creaking as that door pushes open wider than ever.
I believe this election will be remembered as a historic one in Twin
Cities politics.
Betsy Barnum [MN GP chair]
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From: Eric Oines <erkoines [at] hotmail.com>
I think it's also a huge testament that 7 out of 11 endorsed 3rd party
candidates between the two cities advanced through the primary.
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Government by Star Chamber
America is in the Clutches of Autocrats
By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS
CounterPunch
September 16, 2005
The most important casualties of September 11 are respect for truth and
American liberty. Propaganda has replaced deliberation based on objective
assessment of fact. The resurrection of the Star Chamber has made moot the
legal protections of liberty.
The US invasion of Iraq was based on the deliberate suppression of fact.
The invasion was not the result of mistaken intelligence. It was based on
deliberately concocted "intelligence" designed to deceive the US Congress,
the American public, and the United Nations.
In an interview with Barbara Walters on ABC News, General Colin Powell,
who was Secretary of State at the time of the invasion, expressed dismay
that he was the one who took the false information to the UN and presented
it to the world. The weapons of mass destruction speech, he said, is a
"blot" on his record. The full extent of the deception was made clear by
the leaked top secret "Downing Street Memos."
Two and one-half years after the March 2003 invasion, the US Congress and
the American people still do not know the reason Iraq was invaded. The US
is bogged down in an expensive and deadly combat, and no one outside the
small circle of neoconservatives who orchestrated the war knows the reason
why. Many guesses are rendered--oil, removal of Israel's enemy--but the
Bush administration has never disclosed its real agenda, which it cloaked
with the WMD deception.
This itself is powerful indication that American democracy is dead. With
the exception of rightwing talk radio, everyone in America now knows that
the invasion of Iraq was based on false information. Yet, 40 percent of
the public and both political parties in Congress still support the
ongoing war.
The CIA has issued a report that the war is working only for Osama bin
Laden. The unprovoked American aggression against Iraq, the horrors
perpetrated against Muslims in Abu Gharib prison, and the slaughter and
mistreatment of Iraqi noncombatants, have radicalized the Muslim world and
elevated bin Laden from a fringe figure to a leader opposed to American
hegemony in the Middle East. The chaos created in Iraq by the US military
has provided al Qaeda with superb training grounds for insurgency and
terrorism. Despite overwhelming evidence that the "war on terror" is in
fact a war for terror, Republicans still cheer when Bush says we have to
"fight them over there" so they don't come "over here."
If fact played any role in the decision to continue with this war, the US
would not be spending hundreds of billions of borrowed dollars to provide
recruits and training for al Qaeda, to radicalize Muslims, and to destroy
trust in the United States both abroad and among its own citizens.
American casualties (dead and wounded) of this gratuitous war are now
approximately 20,000. In July, Defense Secretary Rumsfeld said the war
might continue for 12 years. US casualties from such protracted combat
would eat away US troop strength. Considering the well publicized
recruitment problems, America would require a draft or foreign mercenaries
in order to continue a ground war. LIke the over-extended Roman Empire,
the US would have to deplete its remaining wealth to pay mercenaries.
Dead and wounded Americans are too high a price to pay for a war based on
deception. This alone is reason to end the war, if necessary by impeaching
Bush and Cheney and arresting the neoconservatives for treason. Naked
aggression is a war crime under the Nuremberg standard, and
neoconservatives have brought this shame to America.
There is an even greater cost of the war--the legal system that protects
liberty, a human achievement for which countless numbers of people gave
their lives over the centuries. The Bush administration used September 11
to whip up fear and hysteria and to employ these weapons against American
liberty. The Orwellian named Patriot Act has destroyed habeas corpus. The
executive branch has gained the unaccountable power to detain American
citizens on mere suspicion or accusation, without evidence, and to hold
Americans indefinitely without a trial.
Foolishly, many Americans believe this power can only be used against
terrorists. Americans don't realize that the government can declare anyone
to be a terrorist suspect. As no evidence is required, it is entirely up
to the government to decide who is a terrorist. Thus, the power is
unaccountable. Unaccountable power is the source of tyranny.
The English speaking world has not seen such power since the 16th and 17th
centuries when the Court of Star Chamber became a political weapon used
against the king's opponents and to circumvent Parliament. The Star
Chamber dispensed with juries, permitted hearsay evidence, and became so
reviled that "Star Chamber" became a byword for injustice. The Long
Parliament abolished the Star Chamber in 1641. In obedience to the Bush
regime, the US Congress resurrected it with the Patriot Act. Can anything
be more Orwellian than identifying patriotism with the abolition of habeas
corpus?
Historians are quick to note that the Star Chamber was mild compared to
Gitmo, to the US practice of sending detainees abroad to be tortured, and
to the justice (sic) regime being run by Attorney General "Torture"
Gonzales and his predecessor, "Draped Justice" Ashcroft, who went so far
as to say that opposition to the Patriot Act was itself the mark of a
terrorist.
The time-honored attorney-client privilege is another casualty of the "war
on terror." Taking their cue from the restrictions placed on lawyers
representing Stalin's victims in the 1930s show trials, Justice (sic)
Department officials seek to limit attorneys representing terrorist
suspects to procedural niceties. Lynn Stewart, attorney for Omar Abdel
Rahman, was handed a letter by a Justice (sic) Department prosecutor
instructing her how to represent her client. When she did what every good
lawyer would do and represented her client aggressively, she was arrested,
indicted and convicted.
Many conservative lawyers have turned a blind eye, because Stewart is
regarded as a leftwing lawyer whom they dislike. Only a few civil
libertarians, such as Harvey Silverglate, have pointed out that
prosecutors cannot create felonies by writing letters to attorneys.
Stewart was convicted for violating a prosecutor's letter (technically, a
Special Administrative Measure). This should make it obvious even to the
blind that American democracy has lost all control over law.
Federal officials have sensed the sea change in American law: arbitrary
actions and assertions by federal officials are taking the place of
statutory legislation. We saw an example recently when the Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced that news media covering the
New Orleans hurricane story were prohibited from taking pictures of the
bodies of inhabitants drowned when the levees failed. Nowhere is FEMA
given authority to override the First Amendment. Yet, FEMA officials saw
no reason not to issue its decree. Rome had one caesar. America has them
throughout the executive branch.
We see the same exercise of arbitrary authority in breakins by police into
New Orleans homes in order to confiscate legally owned firearms. No
authority exists for these violations of the Second Amendment. No
authority exists for the forceful removal of residents from non-damaged
homes. Tyrannical precedents are being established by these fantastic
abuses of government authority.
In the US today nothing stands in the way of the arbitrary exercise of
power by government. Federal courts have acquiesced in unconstitutional
detention policies. There is no opposition party, and there is no media,
merely huge conglomerates or collections of federal broadcasting licenses,
the owners of which are afraid to displease the government.
The collapse of the institutions that confine government to law and bind
it with the Constitution was sudden. The president previous to Bush was
impeached by the House for lying about a sexual affair. If we go back to
the 1970s, President Richard Nixon had the decency to resign when it came
to light that he had lied about when he first learned of a minor burglary.
Bush's failures are far more serious and numerous; yet, Bush has escaped
accountability.
Polls show that a majority of Americans have lost confidence in the Iraq
war and believe Bush did a poor job responding to flooded New Orleans.
Many Americans hope that these two massive failures have put Bush back
into the box of responsible behavior from which September 11 allowed him
to escape. However, there is no indication that the Bush administration
sees any constraints placed on its behavior by these failures.
The identical cronyism and corrupt government contract practices, by which
taxpayers' money is used to reward political contributors, so evident in
Iraq is now evident in New Orleans.
Despite having been fought to a stalemate by a few thousand insurgents in
Iraq, the Bush administration continues to issue thunderous threats to
Syria and Iran.
To press its fabricated case against Iran's alleged weapons of mass
destruction program, the Bush administration is showing every foreign
diplomat it can corral an hour-long slide show titled, "A History of
Concealment and Deception." Wary foreigners are reminded of the
presentations about Iraq's WMD and wonder who is guilty of deception, Iran
or the Bush administration.
Now that the war in Iraq has established that US ground forces cannot
easily prevail against insurgency, the Bush administration is bringing new
military threats to the fore. The neocon orchestrated "Doctrine for Joint
Nuclear Operations" abandons the established doctrine that nuclear weapons
are last resort options. The Bush administration is so enamored of
coercion that it is birthing the doctrine of preemptive nuclear attack. US
war doctrine is being altered to eliminate the need for a large invasion
force and to use "preventive nuclear strikes" in its place.
Is this the face that the American people want to present to the world? It
is hard to imagine a greater risk to America than to put the entire world
on notice that every country risks being nuked based on mere suspicion. By
making nuclear war permissible, the Bush administration is crossing the
line that divides civilized people from barbarians. The United States is
starting to acquire the image of Nazi Germany. Knowledgeable people should
have no trouble drawing up their own list of elements common to both the
Bush and Hitler regimes: the use of extraordinary lies to justify military
aggression; reliance on coercion and threats in place of diplomacy; total
belief in the virtue and righteousness of one's cause; the equating of
factual objections or "reality-based" analysis to treason; the redirection
of patriotism from country to leader; the belief that defeat resides in
debate and a weakening of will; refuge in delusion and denial when
promised results don't materialize.
As Professor Claes Ryn made clear in his book, America the Virtuous, the
neoconservatives are neoJacobins. There is nothing conservative about
them. They are committed to the use of coercion to impose their agenda.
Their attitude is merciless toward anyone in their way, whether fellow
citizen or foreigner. "You are with us or against us." For those on the
receiving end, the Nazi and Jacobin mentalities come to the same thing.
The Bush administration has abandoned American principles. It is a Jacobin
regime. Woe to its citizens and the rest of the world.
Paul Craig Roberts has held a number of academic appointments and has
contributed to numerous scholarly publications. He served as Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan administration. His graduate
economics education was at the University of Virginia, the University of
California at Berkeley, and Oxford University. He is coauthor of The
Tyranny of Good Intentions. He can be reached at:
paulcraigroberts [at] yahoo.com
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Your Departure is Long Overdue
Mr. Bush's Tuba
By NED SUBLETTE
CounterPunch
September 16, 2005
September 16, 2005, 3 a.m.
Pretty much everything Mr. Bush has said since this crisis began has been
unspeakably insensitive. But tonight he topped himself. While reading his
ghost-written speech in front of the temporarily illuminated 1855 statue
of slaveowner Andrew Jackson, he used the most tasteless metaphor of all.
Speaking from the deserted city of New Orleans, he appropriated the image
of the jazz funeral.
Mr. Bush -- I can't bring myself to call him the President -- had the gall
to evoke this sacred African American tradition while black people's
corpses were still decomposing within walking distance from where he was
speaking. While, as an e-mail from someone who had just returned from the
Ninth Ward advised me, the stench of death in the street was overpowering.
While the destitute were unable to afford the plainest of jazzless
funerals for their loved ones. While anguished mothers were still
separated from their children two and a half weeks after the hurricane.
I hope Mr. Bush can play the tuba himself, because I doubt there will be
much enthusiasm for his parade from the now dispersed communities that
know how to do jazz funerals right. I wish I could forget that image of
him with the guitar while the Ninth Ward was drowning.
Tonight, while we were still struggling to comprehend the magnitude of
this catastrophe, he promised everything but the moon. He promised "one of
the largest reconstruction efforts the world has ever seen." In other
words, the ultimate big-government project, throwing off lots of money for
his cronies in business and faith-based organizations. He didn't tell us
how we can afford to do this now, when we couldn't even afford levee
maintenance for New Orleans before.
George W. Bush is simply not capable of overseeing the rebuilding of the
Gulf Coast. Much less the rebuilding of the shattered United States of
America. Not intellectually, not administratively, and not morally.
He and his appointees abandoned an entire community of United States
citizens to be trapped like rats and left to starve, dehydrate, and
literally rot in an open sewer. Even if this unforgivable insult to
African Americans were Mr. Bush's sole offense, his resignation would be
an essential element of any meaningful accountability.
But beyond that, he has betrayed us repeatedly. He lied to us in
prosecuting an unwinnable, unnecessary, and calamitous war. He's made the
rest of the world despise us. He's crippled our national security, dealt a
body blow to our domestic social justice, divided the American public into
hostile camps as if preparing for civil war, subordinated science to
ideology, sabotaged the free press, undermined working people, made
slander and smear a public weapon of first resort, awarded large no-bid
contracts to politically connected companies, eroded the magnificent
American distinction between church and state, and badly damaged the
economy.
We have to have a well-informed chief executive who works 52 weeks a year,
not a government that goes on vacation in August. Mr. Bush has repeatedly
proven that he is not up to the task. It's not that he must now do better.
He can't do better. We cannot survive three and a half more years of Mr.
Bush's incompetence and reckless disregard.
We have a lot of soul-searching to do, and a lot of things to change, but
we can't even begin to do it with him as president. His departure is only
a first step toward reclaiming our national dignity, but it is a necessary
step.
Since he seems not to understand the difference between a government and a
private company, we must explain it to him in a businesslike way:
You're fired.
Not in 2008. Now.
Ned Sublette is a musicologist and author who lives in Manhattan. He was a
2004-2005 Rockefeller Humanities Fellow at Tulane University in New
Orleans. He can be reached at: ned [at] qbadisc.com
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As time goes by, I find
I have less and less
time and space to
say what I
need to
say
Then
you come
my way with
your space and time
which I war on and
with flags of words mark mine
So if you were to leave
half my words would go
with you - how then
could I think
speak or
be?
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