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P R O G R E S S I V E C A L E N D A R 03.17.06 1. Voting system 3.18 10am 2. Colombia 3.18 10am 3. Palestine 3.18 10am 4. Peace march 3.18 11am Bemidji MN 5. Haiti justice 3.18 11am 6. Stop the war/$$ 3.18 1pm 7. YAWR meet 3.18 3:30pm 8. Walk/peace/Sami 3.18 5:45pm 9. Global citizens 3.18 7pm 10. StPat dance 3.18 7:30pm 11. Cavlan supports censure resolution 12. Noam Chomsky - Latin America & Asia breaking free of Washington's grip --------1 of 12-------- From: Miriam Simmons <mgsimmons52 [at] hotmail.com> Subject: Voting system 3.18 10am The following event is free and open to the public. All are invited. Can We Count on Minnesota's Voting System? A Forum on the State of Elections in Minnesota What's working well? Should anything be changed? Saturday, March 18 10am-12noon Registration and coffee at 9:30am First Universalist Church, 3400 Dupont Avenue South, Minneapolis Panel Members: Minnesota Secretary of State Mary Kiffmeyer Representative Bill Hilty, MN District 8A Alyssa Macy, Center for Civic Participation Matthea Little Smith, Sabathani Community Center David Cobb, 2004 Presidential candidate for the Green Party This forum is designed to educate the public and elected officials about our voting system. Procedural and equipment requirements of the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) have introduced changes of which we all should be aware. Panelists will discuss voter registration issues, voter disenfranchisement and suppression, ensuring the accuracy of the vote count, national lessons learned and the impact of the Help America Vote Act. Event is free and open to the public. JOIN US! Sponsored by: LWVMNEF, Citizens for Election Integrity MN and Association of Universalist Women For further information call 651 439 0190. --------2 of 12-------- From: Mary Turck <mturck [at] americas.org> Subject: Colombia 3.18 10am Saturday, March 18 Colombia Looks Toward Elections [Part of weekly coffee hour series, with a talk by a featured speaker and discussion. Saturdays, 10-11:30 a.m. $4 includes first cup of coffee. Resource Center of the Americas, 3019 Minnehaha Ave., Minneapolis 55406 FFI: 612-276-0788] Cecilia Zárate, program director and Jack Lawn, president of the Colombia Solidarity Network, recently returned from extended visits to three regions of Colombia. They will give us a picture of the current political situation in Colombia, as the country moves toward May presidential elections. --------3 of 12-------- From: Charles Underwood <charleyunderwood [at] hotmail.com> Subject: Palestine 3.18 10am Saturday, 3/18, 10 to noon, report "When Land is not Just Dirt: Peoples and Identities in the Holy Land" on last November's conference in Bethlehem, occupied Palestine, Washburn Library, 5244 Lyndale Ave S, Mpls. 651-696-1642. --------4 of 12-------- From: audreythayer <athayer [at] paulbunyan.net> Subject: Peace march 3.18 11am Bemidji MN "MARCH" for PEACE Saturday, March 18 11am-1pm "Direct Action" Bemidji Peace and Justice Street Protest - Bring signs and flags. Two locations: 3rd and Beltrami, Hwy 197W-MallWart 3:30-4:30pm "Speakers for Peace", Hobson Union, BSU, Enter lower level, lakeside. Audrey Thayer, Greater Minnesota Racial Justice Project (ACLU-MN) Pastor Lynn Orville, St. Bartholomew's Church Robert Shimek, Peace Coalition DaDa Maglajiic, PH.D. Social Work, BSU 4:30pm "March for Peace", from BSU to Paul & Babe 6pm "Candlelight Vigil", at the lake pavilion for our lost soldiers of the Iraq War. events sponsored by Bemidji Peace and Justice Coalition, 444-2285 (GMRJP) EVERYONE WELCOME --------5 of 12-------- From: Rebecca Cramer <biego001 [at] umn.edu> Subject: Haiti justice 3.18 11am The Haiti Justice Committee of Minnesota meets Sat., March 18, at a later time than usual, that is at 11am instead of 9am. The location is as usual-- the Resource Ctr of the Americas, 27th Ave. and Lake St. S. Mpls. Join us in the Jara room. We will be planning a fund-raiser for Haitian relief agencies that feed children and provide legal support to the poor of Haiti; the fund-raiser is on April 15 at Patrick's Cabaret. Join us to plan this event and to go with us after the meeting to the anti-war march which starts at 1pm, at Lagoon and Hennepin Aves. in Uptown. --------6 of 12-------- From: wamm <wamm [at] mtn.org> Subject: Stop the war/$$$ 3.18 1pm STOP THE WAR RALLY SAT. + CUT THE FUNDS!! STOP THE U.S. WAR ON IRAQ! BRING THE TROOPS HOME NOW! Here's what you can do to make it happen: #1 Join in solidarity with others around the world! RALLY 1:00 P.M. SATURDAY, MARCH 18 Library Plaza and Mall Area, Hennepin and Lagoon Avenues, Minneapolis Not one more death! Not one more dollar! Act now for peace! On the 3rd anniversary of the U.S. Invasion of Iraq, join people the world over in a weekend of global anti-war protests. Thousands of protests, vigils, educational forums and other events will be held in cities across the U.S. and around the world that weekend to call for an end to the war. United for Peace and Justice, A.N.S.W.E.R. (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) Coalition and the Troops Out Now Coalition have initiated calls for action that weekend. Bring your friends, family, and acquaintances to have the largest possible expression of opposition to continuing U.S. involvement. Bring people who want to become educated about the issues. In Minneapolis, gather at Library Plaza and be part of a massive anti-war presence! WAMM MEMBERS WHO MAY WANT TO MARCH TOGETHER: Meet at the sound system before the rally to march together. Don't forget to wear your "TROOPS OUT NOW" visors and bring your Women Against Military Madness signs, if you have either or both. (And, if you don't, we will have them there.) 1:30pm. March down Hennepin Avenue to the Basilica of St. Mary (1.7 miles). 2:15pm. Closing event. Educational forum with speakers, including Sami Rasouli, an Iraqi American, who has spent the last ten out of twelve months working in Iraq with Muslim and Christian Peacemaker Teams. Learn about the realities he experienced, being immersed in them. Initiated locally by March 18 Coalition; WAMM is a member. FFI: Call WAMM at 612-827-5364. #2 Call Congress. Demand they cut off funding for war! We hope that you can come to the rally and educational forum above. But don't just go to the rally and go home. The spigot that fuels the war has to be cut off. In order to accomplish this, pressure must be asserted on congress, if we want to stop the war. The War on Vietnam ended when funding was cut. A bill to fund the war on Iraq, Afghanistan and "terror" is destined to reach the United States Senate in April. This bill has not been introduced yet so it has no number yet, but it will be the Senate companion bill to the United States House of Representative bill that just passed. The United States House of Representatives passed the Emergency Appropriations Act for Defense: the Global War on Terror and Hurricane Recovery (HR4939) on Thursday, March 16, 2006. This piece of legislation married Hurricane Katrina relief with funding for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan plus funding for the all-encompassing "War on Terror."At the House hearing Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, in conjunction with Generals Pace and Abzaid, asserted before Congress that no options are off the table for Iran and Senator Byrd stated that he assumed from their answers that these appropriations will be used to attack Iran by the United States or another country, acting in proxy of the United States. The Senate will be in recess until the week of March 26. Soon after, it will consider appropriations for war and then the House and Senate bills will be reconciled and passed, unless we demand NO MORE FUNDS FOR DEATH AND DESTRUCTION. Call your senators and demand that money be allocated for reparations to the Iraqi and Afghani people, not for occupation and war-nor should any money be appropriated for an on attack Iran. Senator Mark Dayton 612-727-5220 and 202-224-3244 Senator Norm Coleman 651-645-0323 and 202-224-5641 Why We Say "End the Occupation and Bring the Troops Home NOW!" The war was illegal to begin with. The occupation is also illegal and has involved violations of international law, including the Geneva Convention. Illegal, indiscriminate weapons have been used, including white phosphorous (a chemical similiar to naplam) has killed civilians. Emergency spending for defense and intelligence agencies totals $400 Billion since September 2001. While this is spent largely for death and destruction abroad, domestic human needs are under or unfunded and the national debt soars. In concert with the money spent, the number of dead and wounded continue to rise. More than 100,000 Iraqis-an estimate, based on the Lancet Report, which most likely have been killed (President Bush admits to 30,000 which is a number from Iraq Body Count and does not take many very real factors into account. For more on the Lancet Report, see <http//:www.worldwidewamm.org>www.worldwidewamm.org). 2,300* United States military have been killed and the toll continues to rise. 17,004 * have been wounded. In addition, many experience psychological damage. By far, most Iraqis see the United States as an occupier that is inflaming Iraq. The United States military is not providing security for ordinary Iraqis. "Training" Iraqis is not working. The people of Iraq are terrorized by air strikes, war and occupation and are suffering from its horribly disruptive and destructive consequences-chaotic conditions due to lack of security,electricity, agriculture, sanitary water, adequate medical care. They experience soaring unemployment, environmental destruction, increased crime, kidnapping, danger at checkpoints, traumatized children and adults, depleted uranium (U.S. soldiers are also affected by DU) missing, dead, wounded and sick loved ones. And that's if they escape air bombs, bullets and explosives in the street. Human rights organizations estimate that of the vast majority of the 33,000 people held in prisons--approximately half by the United States and half by Iraqis--are innocent. More than 400 of those held are women. The region is being destabilized. Even a senior Israeli official who originally felt the Iraq conflict "would be good for Israel" concluded that it has fueled militant Islamists in the region (the Wall Street Journal, March 17, 2006). The war and occupation have turned more and more people against the United States and are making the United States more likely to receive blowback. Only officially expressed remorse and reparations, diplomatic efforts and normal fair trade with other countries can create true security. * Figures from: Department of Defense, U.S. Central Command, Multinational Force-Iraq, Iraq Coalition Casualties. --- From: Brad Sigal <bradsigal [at] afscme3800.org> On the 3rd anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq: Join the Labor Contingent at the Anti-War March Saturday, March 18 Minneapolis The rally starts at the Library Plaza & Mall Area, near Hennepin & Lagoon Avenues The Labor Contingent will meet up at the bus transit station across the street from the Hennepin Public Library 12:45 pm Look for our "MN Labor Against the War" banner. ---------- Join us in the Labor Contingent to show your opposition to the war! Wear union jackets, shirts, hats, etc., and bring your union's banner if you can. Let's be visible! The march will begin at Hennepin and Lagoon, at the plaza where the library is located, and will march to a location yet to be specified. On March 18 there will be rallies and protests around the world to mark the 3rd anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. As the war drags on, we must make it clear to the Bush administration that large numbers of workers are opposed to the war and want U.S. troops to be brought home now. The AFL-CIO passed a resolution against the war at the National Convention this past summer. Many union locals and councils have also spoken out against the war. Now more than ever we must step up our efforts to make labor opposition to the war visible. The call for this labor contingent came from a meeting of labor activists at the Anti-War Conference at the U of M on March 4th. For more info contact laborcontingent [at] uworkers.org The March 18 protest is organized by the March 18 Coalition. Info: 612-379-3899 --- From: Jeanne Massey <jkmassey [at] earthlink.net> Help collect petition signatures for the Better Ballot Campaign for Instant Runoff Voting at the March 18th anti-war march. The Better Ballot Campaign is organizing a major petition drive at the March 18th anti-war demonstration as part of its effort to collect 10,000 petition signatures by May 8th and put Instant Runoff Voting (IRV) on the November 2006 ballot in Minneapolis. You can help by downloading the petition at http://www.betterballotcampaign.org/BBC/petition and collecting signatures from your fellow marchers on Saturday. Be sure to collect signatures from Minneapolis voters only and have the petitions notarized (your local bank has notary publics) before sending them in. Thank you! Contact <mailto:info [at] betterballotcampaign.org> info [at] betterballotcampaign.org or 612-850-6897 for more information. --------7 of 12-------- From: PRO826 [at] aol.com Subject: YAWR meet 3.18 3:30pm YAWR news and views from SOCIALIST ALTERNATIVE www.socialistalternative.org/mn ...after the end rally, don't miss the... 3:30pm YOUTH MEETING to plan the student WALKOUT on April 28th. Loring Park Community Arts Center - 1382 Willow St. on east side of park between 14th St. & Grant http://www.minneapolisparks.org/default.asp?PageID=88&parkid=198 <http://www.minneapolisparks.org/default.asp?PageID=88&parkid=198> --------8 of 12-------- From: wamm <wamm [at] mtn.org> Subject: Walk/peace/Sami 3.18 5:45pm A Walk For Peace: Sami Rasouli, Iraqi-American Peacemaker to Speak Saturday, March 18, 5:45 p.m. Corner of Snelling and Summit Avenues, St. Paul. Walk for Peace in remembrance of the beginning of the war in Iraq. The walk will head west to the Mississippi River where there will be a sunset candlelight vigil. SAMI RASOULI, an Iraqi American, who has spent the last ten out of twelve months working in Iraq with Muslim and Christian Peacemaker Teams, will share his thoughts and experiences on Iraq at 6:40 p.m. FFI: Visit <www.mnneighbors4peace.org>. --- From: "Krista Menzel (Merriam Park Neighbors for Peace)" <web [at] mppeace.org> Minnesota Neighbors for Peace to Commemorate Third Anniversary of Iraq War with A WALK FOR PEACE Saturday, March 18, 2006 5:45 p.m.: Gather at Snelling and Summit Aves., St. Paul Walk west on Summit to Mississippi River Blvd. 6:40 p.m.: Candlelight Vigil at Summit Ave. and Mississippi River Blvd. Three years after the onset of the Iraq War, the violence continues and peace is nowhere in sight. On Saturday, March 18, local Neighbors for Peace organizations will gather to make their collective opposition to the war known. The peace groups invite the public to join them on the war's anniversary, coming together to honor the troops, to remember the victims of war, and to hope for peace. At 5:45 p.m., the walkers will assemble at the intersection of Summit and Snelling Avenues in St. Paul. They will quietly proceed westward on Summit Avenue toward the Mississippi River, where they will hold a candlelight vigil at sunset. Speaking at the vigil will be Sami Rasouli, an Iraqi-American who has returned to his native Iraq to work with Christian and Muslim Peacemaker Teams. Rasouli has spent ten of the last twelve months in Iraq, and will share his first-hand observations of how the ongoing war and occupation are affecting the Iraqi people. "The 8,000 people who marched in St. Paul against the Iraq War on this same weekend three years ago predicted the disaster that this illegal, immoral conflict has clearly become," says Krista Menzel, a member of Merriam Park Neighbors for Peace. "This year, on the third anniversary, neighbors will come together again to remember the thousands of American troops and the tens of thousands of innocent Iraqi civilians who have died, and to express our belief that the U.S. should withdraw from Iraq immediately to finally let both of our damaged countries heal." Adds Linda Winsor, founder of Crocus Hill/West 7th Neighbors for Peace, "Our country is engaged in a war with no exit plan. Our politicians will not end this war. It is the people who will end this war. Only when enough people rise up and say no to war and destruction and yes to peace and diplomacy will our leaders have the political will to do what is right." Non-perishable food items for Neighborhood House will be collected at the event. Food donations can be made either at the beginning of the walk at Snelling and Summit, or at the vigil at the end of the route. A WALK FOR PEACE is sponsored by: Crocus Hill/West 7th, Merriam Park, Hamline-Midway, White Bear Lake, St. Anthony Park, and Como Neighbors for Peace. For more information, please visit the Minnesota Neighbors for Peace web site: www.mnneighbors4peace.org, or contact: Linda Winsor Crocus Hill/West 7th Neighbors for Peace E-mail: <mailto:ljwinsor [at] yahoo.com>ljwinsor [at] yahoo.<mailto:ljwinsor [at] yahoo.com>com Phone: (651) 224-6004 Krista Menzel Merriam Park Neighbors for Peace E-mail: <mailto:web [at] mppeace.org>web [at] mppeace.<mailto:web [at] mppeace.org>org Phone: (651) 641-7592 --------9 of 12-------- From: Jeff Martinka <jeffreymartinka [at] yahoo.com> From: Linda Stuart <linda [at] globalcitizens.org> Subject: Global citizens 3.18 7pm Global Citizens Network - Spring Global Gathering! March 18, 7-9pm Drew Lounge, 1523 Hewitt Ave. Hamline University, St. Paul, MN Free and open to the public! Join us for an evening of music with the "Swahili Choir", a part of TACI (Tanzanian-Amercian Choir Initiative), an outreach project of COSAD, Inc. (Compassionate Solutions for Africa's Development). We will also pass around a donation basket for WOMANKIND - a local organization providing drought relief to Kenyans. Hear Mohamed Gobana talk about his recent trip to Kenya....as well as GCN return volunteers who traveled to Tanzania. For more information, please call 651.644.0960 or email info [at] globalcitizens.org --------10 of 12-------- From: Kathleen Schuler <kschuler [at] ix.netcom.com> Subject: StPat dance 3.18 7:30pm St. Patrick's - Equinox Dance, with rockin' D.J. music You don't have to be Irish to enjoy a good time - let's celebrate - it's almost Spring! Saturday March 18, 7:30pm-midnight Walker Church, 3104 16th Ave. S., Mpls. Benefit for Walker Church and UHCAN-MN (Universal Health Care Action Network- Minnesota) $5-10 suggested donation, BYOB- pop will be sold- snacks/water provided Contact: Joel 612-384-0973 --------11 of 12-------- From: Gerry D'Amour <g [at] hjd.com> Subject: Cavlan Supports Censure Resolution March 16, 2006 MICHAEL CAVLAN FOR US SENATE, Green Party, MN Today, Michael Cavlan, candidate for US Senate from Minnesota, declared his support for Senator Russ Feingold's, Senate Resolution to censure the President. Cavlan said, "I totally support the Resolution, and if I were in Sen. Dayton's seat, would stand shoulder to shoulder with Senator Feingold. I cannot believe the utter cowardice of the leaders of the Democratic Party, especially those in the Senate, who refuse to join Senator Feingold in his perfectly justified motion for censure of the President by the Senate." Mr. Cavlan expressed his belief that passing this resolution would have been a good beginning to bring an end to the madness of the current administration and institute policies for the good of the people of Minnesota, the United States and World. "For other Senate Candidates to do otherwise, proves that they will not stand up for Citizen rights, regardless of the situation. Not the Executive Branch of the government, Lobbyists, or Party Leaders should deter a Senator from defense the Constitution." The Committee to Elect Michael Cavlan P.O.Box 14208, St. Paul. MN 55114-0208 www.cavlan.org PRESS CONTACT GERRY DAMOUR 612-817-4205 --------12 of 12-------- Latin America And Asia Are At Last Breaking Free Of Washington's Grip By Noam Chomsky March 16, 2006 ZNet Commentary http://www.zmag.org/sustainers/content/2006-03/16chomsky.cfm The prospect that Europe and Asia might move towards greater independence has troubled US planners since the second world war. The concerns have only risen as the "tripolar order" - Europe, North America and Asia - has continued to evolve. Every day Latin America, too, is becoming more independent. Now Asia and the Americas are strengthening their ties while the reigning superpower, the odd man out, consumes itself in misadventures in the Middle East. Regional integration in Asia and Latin America is a crucial and increasingly important issue that, from Washington's perspective, betokens a defiant world gone out of control. Energy, of course, remains a defining factor - the object of contention - everywhere. China, unlike Europe, refuses to be intimidated by Washington, a primary reason for the fear of China by US planners, which presents a dilemma: steps toward confrontation are inhibited by US corporate reliance on China as an export platform and growing market, as well as by China's financial reserves - reported to be approaching Japan's in scale. In January, Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah visited Beijing, which is expected to lead to a Sino-Saudi memorandum of understanding calling for "increased cooperation and investment between the two countries in oil, natural gas and investment", the Wall Street Journal reports. Already much of Iran's oil goes to China, and China is providing Iran with weapons that both states presumably regard as deterrent to US designs. India also has options. India may choose to be a US client, or it may prefer to join the more independent Asian bloc that is taking shape, with ever more ties to Middle East oil producers. Siddharth Varadarjan, the deputy editor of the Hindu, observes that "if the 21st century is to be an 'Asian century,' Asia's passivity in the energy sector has to end". The key is India-China cooperation. In January, an agreement signed in Beijing "cleared the way for India and China to collaborate not only in technology but also in hydrocarbon exploration and production, a partnership that could eventually alter fundamental equations in the world's oil and natural gas sector", Varadarjan points out. An additional step, already being contemplated, is an Asian oil market trading in euros. The impact on the international financial system and the balance of global power could be significant. It should be no surprise that President Bush paid a recent visit to try to keep India in the fold, offering nuclear cooperation and other inducements as a lure. Meanwhile, in Latin America left-centre governments prevail from Venezuela to Argentina. The indigenous populations have become much more active and influential, particularly in Bolivia and Ecuador, where they either want oil and gas to be domestically controlled or, in some cases, oppose production altogether. Many indigenous people apparently do not see any reason why their lives, societies and cultures should be disrupted or destroyed so that New Yorkers can sit in their SUVs in traffic gridlock. Venezuela, the leading oil exporter in the hemisphere, has forged probably the closest relations with China of any Latin American country, and is planning to sell increasing amounts of oil to China as part of its effort to reduce dependence on the openly hostile US government. Venezuela has joined Mercosur, the South American customs union - a move described by Nestor Kirchner, the Argentinian president, as "a milestone" in the development of this trading bloc, and welcomed as a "new chapter in our integration" by Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the Brazilian president. Venezuela, apart from supplying Argentina with fuel oil, bought almost a third of Argentinian debt issued in 2005, one element of a region-wide effort to free the countries from the controls of the IMF after two decades of disastrous conformity to the rules imposed by the US-dominated international financial institutions. Steps toward Southern Cone [the southern states of South America] integration advanced further in December with the election in Bolivia of Evo Morales, the country's first indigenous president. Morales moved quickly to reach a series of energy accords with Venezuela. The Financial Times reported that these "are expected to underpin forthcoming radical reforms to Bolivia's economy and energy sector" with its huge gas reserves, second only to Venezuela's in South America. Cuba-Venezuela relations are becoming ever closer, each relying on its comparative advantage. Venezuela is providing low-cost oil, while in return Cuba organises literacy and health programmes, sending thousands of highly skilled professionals, teachers and doctors, who work in the poorest and most neglected areas, as they do elsewhere in the third world. Cuban medical assistance is also being welcomed elsewhere. One of the most horrendous tragedies of recent years was the earthquake in Pakistan last October. Besides the huge death toll, unknown numbers of survivors have to face brutal winter weather with little shelter, food or medical assistance. "Cuba has provided the largest contingent of doctors and paramedics to Pakistan," paying all the costs (perhaps with Venezuelan funding), writes John Cherian in India's Frontline magazine, citing Dawn, a leading Pakistan daily. President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan expressed his "deep gratitude" to Fidel Castro for the "spirit and compassion" of the Cuban medical teams - reported to comprise more than 1,000 trained personnel, 44% of them women, who remained to work in remote mountain villages, "living in tents in freezing weather and in an alien culture", after western aid teams had been withdrawn. Growing popular movements, primarily in the south but with increasing participation in the rich industrial countries, are serving as the bases for many of these developments towards more independence and concern for the needs of the great majority of the population. Noam Chomsky, the author, most recently, of Imperial Ambitions: Conversations on the Post-9/11 World, is a professor of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 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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