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P R O G R E S S I V E C A L E N D A R 12.10.05 1. Education forum 12.10 10am 2. Women's art fest 12.10 10am 3. CAMS v recruit 12.10 10:30am 4. Northtown vigil 12.10 1pm 5. Rights march 12.10 1pm 6. MAPA dinner 12.10 5:30pm 7. Human rights 12.10 5:30pm 8. Lake Street women 12.10 7:30pm 9. Non-violence 12.11 9:30am 10. Sensible vigil 12.11 12noon 11. RevBilly/shopping 12.11 2pm 12. AI write-a-thon 12.11 2pm 13. KFAI/Indian 12.11 4pm 14. WalMart vigil 12.11 5:30pm 15. CUAPB dinner 12.11 5:30pm 16. Dept of peace 12.11 7pm 17. Mark Weisbrot - United States needs labor law reform 18. Howell/Gagnon - Hilary Clinton: wrapped in a flag of deception --------1 of 18-------- From: Anne Carroll <carrfran [at] qwest.net> Subject: Education forum 12.10 10am Mayor-elect Chris Coleman is hosting an Education Summit at John A. Johnson Elementary School on Saturday Dec 10 from 10am-2pm, to talk about what city government can do to partner with St. Paul Schools and the broader community to provide after-school programs to support St. Paul students' educational achievement. --------2 of 18-------- To: Samantha Smart <speakoutsisters [at] earthlink.net> Subject: Women's art fest 12.10 10am Saturday, December 10 YWCA Midtown Lake & Hiawatha 10am-5pm Women's Art Festival!!! yes - more shopping - particularly at the Speak Out Sisters! table! Fabulous fun earrings, jazzy jewelry, soulful sounds of Lisa Kane and other women artists! Pick up that Speak Out Sisters! t-shirt or shopping bag that you may have missed getting at the Midtown Farmers' market! If you are not yet a member of the YWCA - an organization devoted to eliminating racism and empowering women - you can get information on how to join! --------3 of 18-------- From: Charles Underwood <charleyunderwood [at] hotmail.com> Subject: CAMS v recruit 12.10 10:30am Saturday, 12/10 (and the 2nd Saturday of each month), 10:30 am, CAMS (counter-recruitment group) meets at Twin Cities Friends Meeting, 1725 Grand, St. Paul. Contact Mary at wamm [at] mtn.org --------4 of 18-------- From: Lennie <major18 [at] comcast.net> Subject: Northtown vigil 12.10 1pm The Mounds View peace vigil group has changed its weekly time and place. We will now be peace vigiling EVERY SATURDAY from 1-2pm at the at the southeast corner of the intersection of Co. Hwy 10 and University Ave NE in Blaine, which is the northwest most corner of the Northtown Mall area. This is a MUCH better location. We'll have extra signs. Communities situated near the Northtown Mall include: Blaine, Mounds View, New Brighton, Roseville, Shoreview, Arden Hills, Spring Lake Park, Fridley, and Coon Rapids. For further information, email major18 [at] comcast.net or call Lennie at 763-717-9168 --------5 of 18-------- From: wamm <wamm [at] mtn.org> Subject: Rights march 12.10 1pm Protest and March: Defend Human Rights: Say NO to war in Iraq! Saturday December 10, 1pm Spirit of the Lakes, 2930 13th Avenue South (at Lake Street), Minneapolis. Commemorate International Human Rights Day with a march and protest. The United States government ignores international human rights standards through the military occupation of Iraq (including terrible violations of prisoners rights from Abu Ghraib to Guantanamo), at the same time as funding grave human rights abuses by the Israeli and Colombian governments. Stand up to demand: End the occupation of Iraq, bring the troops home now! Stop funding Israel's occupation of Palestine, and Colombia's war against its own people! Start spending tax dollars on health care, schools, and families, not on war and occupation! An outdoor rally and march will be followed by hot drinks and speakers and artists indoors. Sponsored by the Anti War Committee. Endorsed by: WAMM. --------6 of 18-------- From: wamm <wamm [at] mtn.org> Subject: MAPA dinner 12.10 5:30pm MAPA's 16th Annual Progressive Awards Dinner and Silent Auction Saturday, December 10, 5:30pm. Radisson Riverfront Hotel, Minnesota Ballroom, 11 East Kellogg Boulevard, St. Paul. Minnesota Alliance for Progressive Action's (MAPA) will celebrate the achievements of their community and award winners, while enjoying a multi-media retrospective of MAPA's work and accomplishments over the years. This year's award recipients include: Progressive Elected Official: Senator Ellen Anderson, Progressive Activist: Marie Zellar of Clean Water Action Alliance, and Progressive Campaign: The Voting Rights Coalition. Registration, social time, and the silent auction will be held form 5:30 to 7:00 p.m., dinner and the awards program will be held from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m., and social time will be held from 9:00 to 10:30 p.m. To reserve a spot at the WAMM table, contact Lynne at 651-690-8621 or <lhgildensoph [at] stkate.edu>. Co-sponsored by: the MAPA Education Fund. --------7 of 18-------- From: Lydia Howell <lhowell [at] visi.com> Subject: Human rights 12.10 5:30pm In 1948, the United Nations General Assembly recognized the equal and inalienable rights accorded to every human being by adopting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (http://www.unhchr.ch/udhr/lang/eng.htm). The Declaration calls upon individuals and institutions to promote respect for human rights and to secure their recognition and implementation through education. International Human Rights Day is marked every year on 10 December, to recognize the anniversary of the Declaration's adoption. Various events take place worldwide to mark this anniversary. The Minnesota DFL is co-sponsoring along with Witness For Peace and SEIU an event on December 10, 2005 at St. Joan of Arc Church in South Minneapolis. INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY events Saturday, December 10, 2005 5:30-8:30pm St. Joan of Arc Church 4537 3rd Ave. S. Minneapolis, MN A panel of speakers followed by workshops on how to organize around human rights. Panel Includes: AUDREY THAYER: organizer and member of the White Earth Reservation, works with the Minnesota ACLU as part of the Greater Minnesota Racial Justice Project FATHER CAMPO ELIAS: from Colombia, is the former director of the Social Ministries office of the Diocese in Putumayo, Colombia. He is in the U.S. on asylum due to threats on his life. KEITH ELLISON: DFL State Representative for Senate District 58B and a strong voice in favor of basic human rights, from North Minneapolis to hurricane survivors in New Orleans. GERARDO CAJAMARCA: also in exile in the U.S., a former worker for SINALTRAINAL (Coca-Cola union in Colombia), currently working on the Steelworker's Global Justice Campaign. JACK NELSON-PALLMEYER: Assistant Professor of Justice and Peace Studies at the University of St. Thomas, host for the evening. Jack will connect the dots between local and international human rights as presented by the speakers on the panel. He will also speak on the topic: Torture Memos and Torture manuals: Continuity in U.S. Foreign Policy form the School of the Americas to Iraq. Enjoy a pre-panel performance by Danza Mexica Cuautehmoc and the talent of spoken-word artists! Co-sponsored by Witness for Peace, Upper Midwest, Minnesota DFL, USWA Associate Member Fight Back 05 Campaign. --------8 of 18-------- From: wamm <wamm [at] mtn.org> Subject: Lake Street women 12.10 7:30pm "Women, Politicians, Activists, and Artists on Lake Street": Honor Marie Braun and Brigid McDonald Saturday, December 10, 7:30 to 10:00 p.m. Blue Moon Coffee House, 3822 East Lake Street, Minneapolis. This past semester, students in Adrienne Christiansen's class at Macalester College in St. Paul, have researched how women who work, live, and volunteer in the Lake Street neighborhood have contributed to public life. Students have written papers and worked with the Minnesota Historical Society to create displays about the life stories of these women and will be showing their displays and giving brief presentations. Among the women highlighted are: Karen Clark, Sandy Speiler, Linda Berglin, Teresa Ortiz, Rosita Balch, Theresa Nelson, Marie Braun, Wendy Knox, Brigid McDonald, Annie Young, Joan Vanhala, and Darcy Knight. Complimentary coffee and light refreshments will be served. The students' projects will remain on display at Blue Moon Coffee House throughout the month of December. Endorsed by: WAMM. --------9 of 18-------- From: Charles Underwood <charleyunderwood [at] hotmail.com> Subject: Non-violence 12.11 9:30am Sunday, 12/11, 9:30 to 10:30 am, Rev. Bill Chadwick, former pastor of St. Luke's Presbyterian, speaks on "Underpinnings of non-violence: A survey from the New Testament," All Saints Lutheran Church (educ forum), 15915 Excelsior Blvd (at Woodland Rd), Minnetonka. FFI: Eileen Anderson, 952-934-6260. --------10 of 18-------- From: skarx001 <skarx001 [at] umn.edu> Subject: Sensible vigil 12.11 12noon The sensible people for peace hold weekly peace vigils at the intersection of Snelling and Summit in StPaul, 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. --------11 of 18-------- From: Gena Berglund <genab61 [at] mindspring.com> Subject: RevBilly/shopping 12.11 2pm Rev Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping The Shopocalypse Tour stops in Mpls Sun, December 11 2-3:30pm TWIN CITIES REVIVAL Sabathani Community Center <http://www.sabathani.org>, 310 e 38th st, Minneappolis, MN BIG SHOW! music and preaching donation tickets http://www.revbilly.com/events/index.php --------12 of 18-------- From: Gabe Ormsby <gabeo [at] bitstream.net> Subject: AI write-a-thon 12.11 2pm HUMAN RIGHTS DAY WRITE-A-THON REMINDER: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11 - 2-4pm All Amnesty International members and friends are welcome to stop by our Write-a-Thon on December 11th at the Center for Victims of Torture. We will provide case sheets, paper, envelopes, stamps, and cards. Bring a pen (a clipboard would help, too). Please feel free to bring any AI actions along. We will be doing the holiday card action, as well as any other actions that members bring. Write a letter (card, postcard) - save a life. Contributions for the refreshment table will be gratefully received, but not required. Donations of non-sectarian holiday greeting cards are welcome as are monetary donations for postage and supplies. 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. Please note that Group 37 will *not* meet on our usual 3rd Sunday this month. Our next regular meeting will be January 15th, 2006. --------13 of 18-------- From: Chris Spotted Eagle <chris [at] spottedeagle.org> Subject: KFAI/Indian 12.11 4pm KFAI's Indian Uprising for Dec. 11th, 2005 Part One: THE NEWEST INDIANS by Jack Hitt, The New York Time Magazine, August 21, 2005. More and more people are claiming to have discovered their indigenous ancestries. But what, exactly, makes someone a Native American? On a crisp morning in March at the Jaycee Fairgrounds near Jasper, Ala., the powwow was stirring. Amid pickups with bumper stickers reading ''Native Pride'' and ''The earth does not belong to us. We belong to the earth,'' small groups gathered to check out the booths selling Indian rugs, dancing sticks, homemade knives and genealogy books. On one side, under her camper's tarp, sat Wynona Morgan, a middle-aged woman wearing a modestly embroidered Indian smock and some jewelry. Morgan had only recently discovered her Indian heritage, but, she said, in some ways she had known who she was for years. ''My grandmother always told me that she came from Indians,'' Morgan told me. She is now a member of one of the groups meeting here in Jasper, the Cherokee Tribe of Northeast Alabama, which itself is new, having organized under that name in 1997. The tribe is committed to telling its story, in part through an R.V. campground named Cedar Winds that will eventually expand to include an ''authentic, working Cherokee Indian Village.'' ''The only real proof we had that we were Indian was this stub,'' Morgan went on to say. She had brought along a copy of a century-old receipt entitling an ancestor to receive some money from the United States government for being an Indian. With the help of an amateur genealogist named Bryan Hickman, Morgan was able to connect her line to its Indian roots, and she began to raise her son, Jo-Jo, as a Native American. She was particularly proud of Jo-Jo; only a teenager, Jo-Jo had been chosen to serve as honorary headman and lead the grand entry just after the grass dancers performed later that afternoon. ''Sometimes Jo-Jo gets teased for being an Indian at school, but he doesn't care,'' Morgan said. What she didn't say was that the teasing is connected to the fact that neither she nor Jo-Jo look as much like Indians as they do regular Alabama white folks. In fact, every Indian at the powwow looked white. More than half my time with this tribe was spent dealing with their anxiety that I might make this observation. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/21/magazine/21NATIVE.html. Also, see attached. * * * * 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. --------14 of 18-------- From: stpaulunions.org <llwright [at] stpaulunions.org> Subject: WalMart vigil 12.11 5:30pm Wal-Mart Vigil Sunday, December 11th 5:30 to 6:30 pm In front of the Midway Wal-Mart store Join activists and people of faith in prayer to address Wal-Mart's unethical business practices and give a warm message of compassion to Wal-Mart workers during this cold season. Come ready for the weather - warm jackets, hats, gloves and songs! Bring the family and together we will melt the heart of this cruel company! Questions, please contact Jenny at 651-451-6240. --------15 of 18-------- From: Michelle Gross <mgresist [at] minn.net> Subject: CUAPB annual dinner 12.11 5:30pm Communities United Against Police Brutality PLEASE JOIN US AT THE CUAPB Annual Survivor/Family/Friend Dinner Sunday, December 11 5:30pm Walker Church 3104 16th Ave S, Minneapolis CHILD CARE AND TRANSPORTATION AVAILABLE--Call 612-874-7867 This is the time of year we love to get together with survivors of police brutality, family, volunteers and friends to share fellowship and a delicious home-style meal. The event is informal and children are very welcome. There is no charge, no donations will be solicited, and there will be no speeches. This event is just a great chance for folks to meet and get to know each other in a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere. From years past, people have really enjoyed the sense of warmth and camaraderie they found at this dinner. We look forward to seeing your smiling face at this festive event! To arrange transportation or child care or if you have questions, please call 612-874-7867. --------16 of 18-------- From: Charles Underwood <charleyunderwood [at] hotmail.com> Subject: Dept of peace 12.11 7pm Sunday, 12/11, 7 to 9 pm, Mary Jane LaVigne speaks on the Department of Peace at the Crocus Hill/ W. 7th Neighbors for Peace dessert potluck, St. John the Evangelist Church, 60 N. Kent, St. Paul. ljwinsor [at] yahoo.com --------17 of 18-------- United States Needs Labor Law Reform By Mark Weisbrot Seventy years ago our Congress guaranteed the right of workers to organize unions and bargain collectively with their employers. But that was only on paper. It took the famous "sit-down strikes" of Flint, Michigan in 1936-7, where workers occupied the auto factories and refused to leave, before that right became a reality. Now we are back to square one. The right of workers to join unions and negotiate for a contract has been so eroded over the past three decades that it hardly exists at all in the United States. That was the conclusion of Human Rights Watch five years ago, and it has only gotten worse. Employers routinely fire workers for trying to organize a union. When there is a strike, they can "permanently replace" their entire labor force a weapon that was rarely used until the 1980s. Employers often threaten to leave the country, a threat made increasingly deliverable as more of U.S. manufacturing production has moved overseas. They hire union-busting consultants and subject employees to one-on-one, often intimidating meetings with their supervisors. Then, if the union can still win an election where the majority of workers vote to choose the union as their bargaining representative the company is required by law to "bargain in good faith." But too often they don't and about a third of the time, they never sign a contract even after the union has been certified. What can be done about this? There is currently legislation before Congress that would level the playing field a bit. The bill is called "The Employee Free Choice Act" and it now has 207 co-sponsors in the U.S. House of Representatives (218 are needed to pass it in the House) and 42 in the Senate. This law would change the rules so that once a majority of employees had signed cards indicating their preference for a union, the employer would be required to recognize the union and bargain. Under present law, workers that gather a majority in support of a union still have to go through a number of other hurdles, including an election at the workplace. By making the process simpler this legislation would short-circuit a lot of the harassment and threats, intimidation, firing, and endless legal challenges that currently prevent workers from forming a union. The bill also provides for Federal mediation, and if necessary, arbitration in cases where the union and the company cannot reach agreement on their first contract. And it also stiffens some of the penalties for companies that deliberately violate the law regarding workers' right to organize which currently are so small as to amount to virtual impunity for employers. There are, according to survey data, some 42 million American workers who would join a union if they could. But even beyond these 42 million, the rest of our society has a huge stake in this structural reform. The U.S. ranks near the bottom among developed countries in the percentage of organized workers. Not coincidentally, we are also the only developed country that has one-sixth of our population without health insurance. As a result we spend nearly twice as much per person on health care as other high-income countries do, yet we also rank near the bottom on life expectancy and infant mortality. We also have created an economy in which the majority of Americans no longer share in the gains from economic growth. Over the last 30 years productivity increased by more than 80 percent, but the real (inflation-adjusted) median wage increased by only 9 percent. Unions are a vital countervailing force in a democracy that is increasingly dominated by large corporations. We can no longer afford to deny workers the right to join them. Mark Weisbrot is co-Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, in Washington, DC (http://www.cepr.net/pages/mwbio.htm ). Center for Economic and Policy Research, 1611 Connecticut Ave, NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20009 Phone: (202) 293-5380, Fax: (202) 588-1356, Home: http://weisbrot-columns.c.topica.com/maaeimoabmIZTciXGsWbafpNFx/ --------18 of 18-------- From: Lydia Howell <lhowell [at] visi.com> Subject: Hilary Clinton:Wrapped in a Flag of Deception Note from Lydia Howell: The anti-war movement and progressives were fooled into voting for John Kerry in 2004. Will we be FOOLED AGAIN into voting for HIlary Clinton in 2008? Hear from Senator Clinton's own words what exactly she represetns: she is NOT any kind of alternative to BushCo at all. Until progressives are NOT willing to swallow whatever slop is dished out to us from the Dems as they tell us we've "got no other options", things will not change. It really is up to us to take things to a stronger, bolder level...and given the absolutely pitiful turnout at today's protest against Bush, it's hard to be optimistic. Where were all those 60+ groups of MAP? About 200 people showed up. If the peace movement makes the same mistakes of 2004 (both in terms of not organizing bold opposition to the war and going along with Hilary as was done with Kerry), them we are part of the problem--not making solutions.LH From: Global Network Subject: WRAPPED IN A FLAG OF DECEPTION [hillaryflag.jpg] Hillary Clinton wants to be president so badly that she is now wrapping herself in the flag. It was reported this week that she will now be co-sponsoring a bill in the Senate with Sen. Bob Bennett (R-Utah), who is one of the very worst right-wing reactionary folks in Congress. The bill would make it a crime to desecrate the flag. Hillary is doing this to try to win conservative voters to her side. The move shows just how much contempt she has for people. Does Hillary think that conservatives are so stupid that they will rally to her side just because she makes this blatantly political move? Hillary is also saying it would be "a big mistake" for the U.S. to end the occupation of Iraq. She has told the American people to relax and be patient, we will be in Iraq for a long time. We've been in Korea for 50 years she said last February on Faze the Nation....I heard her with my own ears. So these are the Democrats....the opposition party......Joseph Biden, John Kerry, Joe Lieberman (who is now considering becoming Bush's next Secretary of War after Rumsfeld resigns after the first of the new year), and many "leading" Dems are saying they would do a better job of running the war in Iraq. And they want my vote? Forget it. Hillary and the rest of the reactionary Dems think people like me are so desperate that we will settle for anything but Bush....but I don't see much difference. I've spent my entire adult life working to end war....what makes them think that I will just roll over and vote for another version of the same thing? People in the progressive movement should not fall for this slight of hand by the Dems. We should have more self respect. We need to think long-term right now and demand real change in America. We need to withdraw our support from a political party that ignores the truth and is ultimately a partner in this whole deception. We should put our energies behind local and statewide candidates that will tell the truth....whether they are good Dems, Greens or Independents. Don't worry if they win or lose. We win by going out and organizing people and showing that there are people out there who will speak the truth. That will give people hope. We need to rebuild this thing from the ground up and quit thinking that electing a compromised president will change things. We've got hard work ahead of us. There is no magic bullet or easy way out of this. Bruce K. Gagnon Coordinator Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space PO Box 652 Brunswick, ME 04011 (207) 729-0517 globalnet [at] mindspring.com http://www.space4peace.org http://space4peace.blogspot.com (Our blog) Posted by Bruce Gagnon to Organizing Notes at 12/09/2005 10:20:08 AM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - David Shove shove001 [at] tc.umn.edu rhymes with clove Progressive Calendar over 2225 subscribers as of 12.19.02 please send all messages in plain text no attachments
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