Other Peace and Justice Events:
Thursday,
February 2, 7:00 pm, Touhey Forum, 1009 Madison Avenue, College of
Saint Rose, Albany, NY. The Occupy Movement: Past, Present
and Potential for Social Change, A talk by Scholar/activist Heather
Gautney, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Sociology,
Fordham University Author of Protest and Organization in the
Alternative Globalization Era Commentator on the Occupy Movement for
CNN, NBC ABC the Washington Post, etc. Sponosred by the Sociology
Major, the Social Justice Minor and the School of Math and Sciences.
Wednesday,
February 29, 6:30 - 8:30 pm, Spectrum 8 Movie Theatres, 290 Delaware
Avenue, Albany, NY. Film showing: "March Against Corporate
Greed". This new documentary by Manolo Munoz – a
videographer and member of CWA – tells the story of a dramatic
eight-day march for economic justice by union activists. In November
2011, a group of capital district CWA members, engaged in a struggle
for a fair contract with the corporate giant Verizon, began a lengthy
hike from Albany to New York City to call attention to the disparities
in wealth and income between the 1 percent and the 99 percent. Joined
by a few Working Families Party members and other CWA members along the
way, they met up with 35,000 supporters of the Occupy movement at the
Occupy Wall Street encampment in Zuccotti Park and, then, together with
contingents from other unions, proceeded to a massive Occupy the
Brooklyn Bridge demonstration. This premiere of “The March Against
Corporate Greed,” held in support of the Occupy movement, provides a
great opportunity to see this important new film, produced and starred
in by capital district union activists. Co-sponsors: The
Solidarity Committee of the Capital District, Local 1118 of the
Communications Workers of America (CWA), and the Capital District Area
Labor Federation, AFL-CIO. Admission is free of charge.
**************************************Contingency Plan in Case of Overt Attack by US or Israel on Iran
At the request of NEPAJAC, Women Against War's Iran Project has
developed a contingency plan for a community-wide protest demonstration
in the case of an overt attack by the US or Israel against Iran. Please
share this plan immediately with your organization' s members and save
it to send out again with a specific date if an attack occurs.
* When there is a news report (any time before 6 PM of that
day) of an overt military attack by the US or Israel against Iran, the
protest demonstration will occur on the following day. E.g., a news
report before 6 PM on a Tues will trigger a demonstration on a Wed; a
news report after 6 PM on a Tues or before 6 PM on a Wed will trigger a
demonstration on Thurs.
* Demonstration at Wolf Road & Central Ave. from 5-6:30 PM.
* Dress all in black if you can.
* Bring a large print sign.
* Bring pots and spoons to bang and other noise makers.
We have focused this demonstration on overt attack because the
US and Israel are already engaged in covert actions against Iran.
A permit will not be required for this sidewalk demonstration, and we
will ensure there is a plan to notify the media. WAW will bring its
Iran banners, and photos of Iranians.
Let's
all keep working hard to prevent this demonstration from ever needing
to happen! If anyone has questions, please contact Maud Easter
easter@nycap.rr.com, Mickie Lynn mesola@earthlink.net or Trudy
Quaif tquaif@yahoo.com.
For analysis of the recent
IAEA report and why it would be folly to attack Iran, see attached
article by Laicie Olson and also Seymour Hirsh’s good piece on The New
Yorker website:
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/comment/2011/11/iran-and-the-iaea.html
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