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.

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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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