A-Infos (en) US, NEFAC Nnew-England Bulletin Vol. 1, No. 11

Action Alerts ---- 1) Vigil for Healthcare for Security Guards (Boston, MA)
2) Transgender Day of Remembrance (Hartford, CT) ---- 3) Sign the Petition to 
Support the Hempstead 15 ---- News & Views ---- 4) Tyranny of the State and 
Trans Liberation ---- 5) Boston HRC Protest a Success ---- 6) Tenant Activists 
Ejected from McCain HQ ---- 7) City Life Activists Help Find Temporary Shelter 
for Evicted Mattapan Family ---- 8) For What's Left of the Left: Rory Gallagher 
Plays, Mike Davis Writes ---- 9) Prisoners Hunger Strike in Greece ---- Events 
---- 10) Howard Zinn: The Meaning of Sacco and Vanzetti (Boston, MA) ---- 11) 
Forum: Unnatural Causes (Roxbury, MA)  ---- 12) Conference: Spotlight on 
Anarchism (Hartford, CT)
13) Fundraiser: BAGLY Homecoming Dance (Boston, MA)
14) Atlantica Resist! The Struggle of Diversity vs. Homogenization in the
Americas (Boston, MA)
15) Wobblies and Zapatistas: Conversations on Anarchism, Marxism and
Radical History (Boston, MA)
16) Film: Peace, Propaganda And The Promised Land (Boston, MA)
17) Bill Fletcher: Solidarity Divided (Boston, MA)
18) Rally Outside of Jackson Lewis Union Busting Seminar (Springfield, MA)
19) Conference: 2008 Higher Education Summit (Boston, MA)
20) Fundraiser: Support Self Defense: Free the New Jersey 4 (Portland, ME)
21) Film: Ghosts Of Cite Soleil (Boston, MA)
22) Inspiring Women of All Ages (Lynn, MA)
23) Stone Soup Celebrates 2 Years (Worcester, MA)


Action Alerts

1) Vigil for Healthcare for Security Guards

Wednesday, November 12th
5:30pm
Westin Waterfront Hotel
425 Summer St., South Boston, MA

Please mark in your calendars to join Security Officers and allies to
Vigil for Healthcare. The Building Owners and Managers Association will be
holding it’s the Office Building of the Year Awards Ceremony and Gala at
the Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel in South Boston. We will hold vigil
outside to let them know that security officers are an integral part of
any award winning office building and that Boston’s Real Estate Industry
could not continue to thrive without them.

We will also be announcing key next steps to try and get a fair union
contract for these 1,200 security officers at this event. Please plan on
attending and bringing your friends. This will be a clear opportunity to
let Boston’s Real Estate Industry know that Security Officers don’t stand
alone and that the goals of this campaign; better wages, benefits, and
working conditions are just.

The month of November is crucial for these officers to improve their lives
and the lives of their families. Community support will be key to making
these improvements a reality. Give us a call and let us know if you will
be joining us and stay tuned for more information about this event as the
date approaches.

Info: jshenk@seiu615.org
Link: http://www.standformasecurity.org


2) CT's 7th Transgender Day of Remembrance

Thursday, November 20th

5:15-9pm
5:15 PM Gathering at First Presbyterian Church, 136 Capitol Ave, Hartford

Vigil Walk from First Presbyterian Church to the State Capitol
5:30 PM Rally at the State Capitol
7:00 PM Transgender DOR Program at MCC Hartford, 155 Wyllys Street, Hartford

The Ct TransAdvocacy Coalition, MCC/Hartford and many of our allies and
community will be Remembering those individuals who are brutally murdered
simply because they did not conform to societies standards of what a “real
man or woman” looks or acts like.

Info: (860)983-8139 / diana@transadvocacy.com


3) Sign the Petition to Defend the Hempstead 15

Link: http://www.petitiononline.com/h15prdb8/petition.html


News & Views

4) Tyranny of the State and Trans Liberation
by Jerimae Liesegang (Queers Without Borders)

Link:
http://queerswithoutborders.com/wpmu/blog/2008/10/29/tyranny-of-the-state-and-trans-liberation/


5) Boston HRC Protest a Success...Thanks to You!
by Kasey (QueerToday.com)

Link:
http://queertoday.ning.com/profiles/blog/show?id=2057108%3ABlogPost%3A9761
Photos:
http://queerswithoutborders.com/wpmu/blog/2008/10/29/qwb-out-loud-and-clear-in-boston-no-to-hrc/


6) Tenant Activists Ejected from McCain HQ
by Jason Pramas (Open Media Boston)

Link: http://openmediaboston.org/node/377


7) City Life Activists Help Find Temporary Shelter for Evicted Mattapan
Family
by Dave Goodman / Boston Community Reporters Project (Staff)

Link: http://openmediaboston.org/node/399


8) For What's Left of the Left: Rory Gallagher Plays, Mike Davis Writes

Link:
http://rustbeltradical.wordpress.com/2008/11/05/roy-gallagher-sings-for-nader-and-mckinney-supporters/


9) Prisoners Hunger Strike in Greece

Link: http://www.anarkismo.net/article/10585


Events

10) Howard Zinn: The Meaning of Sacco and Vanzetti

Friday, November 7th
7pm
Dante Alighieri Society Italian Cultural Center
41 Hampshire St., Cambridge, MA

The noted historian and activist Howard Zinn will give a lecture on “The
Meaning of Sacco and Vanzetti."

David Rothauser will introduce the lecture with readings from the letters
of Sacco and Vanzetti.

The Sacco and Vanzetti Commemoration Society, the sponsor of this event,
seeks to preserve the memory of Sacco and Vanzetti and to honor their
efforts in trying to radically change the society they lived in. We wish
to bring out their place in the history of radical Massachusetts, to help
draw useful connections between the struggle of Sacco and Vanzetti and
similar struggles today, and to inform our community about their living
legacy, We stand against the death penalty, the persecution of political
dissidents, as well as the persecution and scapegoating of immigrants. We
hope that by raising a monument to Sacco and Vanzetti in Boston’s North
End, a bronze bas-relief by the American sculptor, Gutzon Borglum, the
same Borglum noted for his iconic sculptures of four American presidents
in the hills of South Dakota, we can keep these issues fresh in the minds
of our city, our state, and our nation.

Free admission. Discussion and coffee to follow the lecture. Donations for
a Sacco Vanzetti Memorial Monument to be placed in Boston’s North End will
be gratefully accepted.

Info: 617-290-5614 / info@saccoandvanzetti.org
Link: http://www.saccoandvanzetti.org


11) Unnatural Causes
Documentary Screening with Youth Panel

Saturday, November 8th
9-11:30am
Yawkey Club of Roxbury
115 Warren St., Roxbury, MA

Come to a special Roxbury neighborhood breakfast and viewing and
discussion of the episode "Place Matters." Breakfast and film screening
with Roxbury-based youth and community leaders about neighborhood and
health and ways to take action. ACE member Sadika/Lisa Edwards will be
representing ACE at a table covering "neighborhood" topics.

This is a free event and seating is limited. This event is sponsored in
part by ACE.

Info: (617)534-3649


12) Spotlight on Anarchism
A free all-day gathering for activists and the curious.

Saturday, November 8th
12-11pm
Charter Oak Cultural Center
21 Charter Oak Ave., Hartford, CT

Spotlight on Anarchism is a series of talks, workshops, and discussions
surrounding contemporary activism and how anarchism relates to social
movements against racism, sexism, class exploitation, homophobia, and the
state. We all know what anarchists are against--domination in all of its
forms. This series seeks to answer questions about what anarchists are
for, what we do, why we do it. We still see mostly misinformation and
distortion as norms when people talk about anarchism or anarchist-inspired
projects. This event seeks to dispel some of these myths, as well as build
bridges between activists throughout the region by engaging in dialogue
about this diverse movement-and, perhaps more importantly, what anarchism
can offer other activist perspectives towards the creation of a free and
egalitarian world.

This event is not just about anarchism, but centered on strategies to
create justice and resist structured inequality. Thus, the panel
discussions will be led by anarchists and non-anarchists alike to foster
discussion between different ideological perspectives and flesh out how we
can support each other in struggles for equality and freedom.

Activist groups throughout New England will be tabling and holding panel
discussions throughout the day. This will be followed by a free community
dinner provided by Hartford Food Not Bombs. Finally, we will finish the
event off with music by local groups dedicated to social justice.

Tentative Workshop Schedule

12-1p: Tabling
A chance to visit activist tables and networking

1-2p: Anarcha-Feminism
A discussion on the liberation of women from patriarchy

2-3p: Racism
A panel on struggles against white supremacy, both within and on the
outside of our movements

3-4p: Queers Without Borders
A conversation outlining radical queer politics and the necessity of queer
organizing

4-5p: Anarchism & Marxism
A panel on the relationship between Marxist and anarchist politics and
contemporary activist theory and its relationship to on-the-ground
practice

5-6p: Student Organizing
A discussion on student organizing and the role of students in struggles
against exploitation and oppression

6-7p: Security Culture
In this discussion panelists will talk about their experiences with the
recent RNC protests and state infiltration into our movements

7-8p: Dinner!
Yummy food provided by Hartford Food Not Bombs

8-11p: Music!!
A variety of genres (hip-hop, punk, indie, etc.) of independent music
organized by the Rock Yer Socks collective

-If you or your group are interested in tabling, contact us at least a
week before the event.
-Responsible childcare will be provided- please contact us in advance to
let us know any specifics
-In addition to dinner, snacks will be provided throughout the day.

Info: (860)978-3562 / hartfordfnb@gmail.com

Link: http://www.myspace.com/spotlightonanarchism

Co-Sponsored by the Area Radical Reading Group of Hartford, Hartford Food
Not Bombs, and the CLASH collective.


13) Boston Alliance of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Youth
Homecoming Dance

Sunday, November 9th
8pm-2am
DJ’s at the Garden
222 Friend St., Boston, MA
$25 at door/$20 online
Open only to adults 21+ with valid ID.

Alums, friends, and all community members—Join us!—for a fun night of
dancing. All proceeds will support the BAGLY Youth Prom and other
programming.

Link: http://www.bagly.org


14) Atlantica Resist! The Struggle of Diversity vs. Homogenization in the
Americas

Sunday, November 9th
6pm
Lucy Parsons Center
549 Columbus Ave., South End, Boston, MA

Over the past four years the Beehive Collective has been creating
"Mesoamerica Resiste!” the final graphic in our globalization trilogy.
This graphic takes a critical look at Project Mesoamerica (formerly "Plan
Puebla Panama")- a development plan designed to facilitate the
exploitation of resources by corporate interests in Central America, and
transform much of its land to create more "efficient" trade routes for
global markets. Here on the North Atlantic seaboard, an equivalent plan
for resource extraction and disempowerment of local governments known
simply as Atlantica is underway.

The Mesoamerica Resiste! graphic, while telling the story of resource
extraction, militarization, and (under)development in Latin America, is
strikingly relevant to the fight for local land control here in
Northeastern United States and Atlantic Canada. Using these graphics as a
springboard for discussion and information sharing, the beehive collective
works to analyze and dismantle the forces at work in our capitalist
society through a metaphorical lens of stories from the natural world.
We’ll draw clear connections between the colonial history of the Western
Hemisphere and contemporary patterns of corporate globalization, violence,
and racism.


15) Wobblies and Zapatistas: Conversations on Anarchism, Marxism and
Radical History

Tuesday, November 11th
7pm
Lucy Parsons Center
549 Columbus Ave., South End, Boston, MA

Come to a discussion with one of the authors Andrej Grubacic:

Wobblies and Zapatistas offers the reader an encounter between two
generations and two traditions. Andrej Grubacic is an anarchist from the
Balkans. Staughton Lynd is a lifelong pacifist, influenced by Marxism.
They meet in dialogue in an effort to bring together the anarchist and
Marxist traditions, to discuss the writing of history by those who make
it, and to remind us of the idea that "my country is the world."
Encompassing a Left Libertarian perpective and an emphatically activist
standpoint, these conversations are meant to be read in the clubs and
affinity groups of the new Movement.

The authors accompany us on a journey through modern revolutions, direct
actions, anti-globalist counter summits, Freedom Schools, Zapatista
cooperatives, Haymarket and Petrograd, Hanoi and Belgrade, 'intentional'
communities, wildcat strikes, early Protestant communities, Native
American democratic practices, the Workers' Solidarity Club of Youngstown,
occupied factories, self-organized councils and soviets, the lives of
forgotten revolutionaries, Quaker meetings, antiwar movements, and prison
rebellions. Neglected and forgotten moments of interracial self-activity
are brought to light. The book invites the attention of readers who
believe that a better world, on the other side of capitalism and state
bureaucracy, may indeed be possible.


16) Peace, Propaganda And The Promised Land

Wednesday, November 12th
7pm
Lucy Parsons Center
549 Columbus Ave., South End, Boston, MA

Israel has created institutions to influence positive press reports by the
American media and insure U.S. support of Israel. Anti-Israeli voices have
difficulty passing through the business and government filters and the
Israeli lobby. The U.S. highlights Palestinian violence and hence
justifies Israeli self-defense, but omits the context and explanations of
why the Palestinians are revolting against the illegal occupation by
Israel. Americans rarely learn that Israel's control of the West Bank and
Gaza involves Jewish settlement control of water and that the new roads
carve up the integrity of the Palestinian ancient communities. The 10,000
Jewish settlers are violent and patronizing to the Palestinians and take
measures to drive them out. Laws are unequally applied. The U.S. media
makes "occupation" invisible and justifies Israeli aggression when it
bulldozes Palestinian houses. Americans are made to sympathize with
Israelis because since 9/11 Israel calls Palestinian violence "terrorism",
and when Israelis are killed, the American news humanizes the victims.
Although the U.S. claims neutrality, its actions are pro-Israel as
evidenced by 6 billion dollars in foreign aid and the support of Israel's
military machine. The U.S. vetoes U.N. motions to end the violence. The
2000 Camp David Peace Process was presented by the media as Arafat
refusing a generous offer, but left out was mention of the unacceptable
conditions offered to the Palestinians. Americans rarely hear about the
opposition in Israel, the protest marches of Israeli and Palestinian
women, and the Israeli Refusniks who resist serving in occupied
territories and now endure jail terms. The video contrasts the U.S. media
with the British Broadcasting Corporation which presents a broader context
to the conflict and more understanding of the Palestinian violence.
Journalists, activists, and commentators give perspective including N.
Chomsky and R. Fiske. There is a lot of grim footage of the conflict. The
information is extensive and the production is ambitious and excellent.

Link: http://www.mediaed.org/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?preadd=action&key=117


17) Solidarity Divided
The Crisis in Organized Labor And a New Path Toward Social Justice With
author Bill Fletcher, Jr.

Thursday, November 13th
2-4pm
UMass Boston Campus Center, 2nd Floor

The U.S. trade union movement finds itself today on a global battlefield
filled with landmines and littered with the bodies of various social
movements and struggles. Candid, incisive, and accessible, Solidarity
Divided is a critical examination of labor's current crisis and a plan for
a bold new way forward into the twenty-first century. …. Ultimately
calling for a wide-ranging reexamination of the ideological and structural
underpinnings of today's labor movement, this is essential reading for
understanding how the battle for social justice can be fought and won.
Presentation followed by discussion. Books will be available for sale and
signing by author Bill Fletcher, Jr., cofounder of the Center for Labor
Renewal, is a columnist and long-time activist. He served as President of
TransAfrica Forum and was formerly the Education Director and later
Assistant to AFL-CIO President Sweeney. He is now Director of Field
Services and Education for the American Federation of Government
Employees.

Light refreshments will be served.

Info: (617)287-7352 / tess.ewing@umb.edu


18) Rally Outside of Jackson Lewis Union Busting Seminar

Thursday, November 13th
8-9:30pm
The Springfield Marriott
2 Boland Way, Springfield, MA

The union busting law firm Jackson Lewis is teaching a seminar
titled,"Staying Union Free" to eager Western Mass. employers. Join the
Pioneer Valley AFL-CIO in letting Jackson Lewis know that union-busters
aren't welcome in Massachusetts.

Info: (413) 732-7970


19) 2008 Higher Education Summit
Friday, November 14th
6:30-9:30pm
Saturday, November 15th
9am-4pm

A dinner and social, with inspiration and motivation

Are you:

-a student who worries about affording college?
-an alum who cares about what's happening to our public colleges?
-a parent or teacher who wants the best education for your kids?
-a worker on a public campus who is worried about jobs?
-anyone who believes Massachusetts deserves an affordable and accessible
public higher education system?

Then this summit is for you!

Info: (413)577-4121 / massphenom@gmail.com
Link: http://www.phenomonline.org


20) Support Self Defense: Free the New Jersey 4

Sunday, November 16th
7pm
The Dooryard
108 High St., Portland, ME
$1-10

Naughty North and The Dooryard have teamed up to throw the queerest
cabaret benefit bash to support the NJ4! There will be slamming poetry,
scuzzy electro gender-deviant hip hop, drag muppets teaching self-defense
and much more! So come on down and check out the NJ4 t-shirts, patches,
info, and support self-defense! @ the dooryard, 108 high street, portland
me, sunday 16 november, 7pm, $1-$10!

Link: http://maineindymedia.org/newswire/display/6743/index.php


21) Ghosts Of Cite Soleil

Wednesday, November 19th
7pm
Lucy Parsons Center
549 Columbus Ave., South End, Boston, MA

An epic portrait of a family and a culture torn apart by poverty and
violence, GHOSTS OF CIT?SOLEIL is a powerful and unsettling documentary
that takes us inside the lives of the notorious gang leaders who dominate
the Haitian slum of Cite Soleil, one of the most desperate communities in
the Western hemisphere. Set to a score by Wyclef Jean, who also executive
produced the film and serves as an inspiration to the young men of Haiti,
the film follows two of the gang leaders, who happen to be brothers, and
are also aspiring rappers. The foot soldiers of these gang leaders are
known as chimeres (or “ghosts”) and it was those ghosts whom former
President Jean-Bertrand Aristide is said to have employed to silence his
opponents. Filmed in the months leading up to Aristide’s overthrow in
2004, the film captures the smoldering tensions between the two rival gang
leaders, and their love for the same woman, set in a city the United
Nations has declared the most dangerous place on Earth.

Link: http://www.ghostsofcitesoleil.com


22) Inspiring Women of All Ages
North Shore Labor Council Women’s Committee 4th Annual Women’s Solidarity
Breakfast

Saturday, November 22nd
10am-12pm
Lynn Housing Authority Community Center
10 Church St., Lynn, MA

Join us in celebration of inspiring women of all ages. We will hear
stories from women fighting for dignity and justice in their workplace and
in their lives. We welcome all women workers!

Speakers will address fighting:

-Privatization & Union Busting
-Immigration Abuses
-Sexism in non-traditional jobs

Spanish translation will be available.

Please RSVP by November 18th: (781) 595-2538

Free Breakfast and Childcare


23) Stone Soup Celebrates 2 Years at 4 King St, Worcester

Saturday, December 6th
6pm
Centro Las Americas
11 Sycamore St., Worcester, MA

Featuring:

Uruguayan Murga group
La Clandestina

Uruguayan Candombe drum troupe

Trueno Celeste

Also at 4pm - Candombe drumming workshop.

Stone Soup is a membership-based organization that strives for self-
sustaining, economically accessible spaces and educational activities that
are open to neighbors, activists, community groups, and artists. Inspired
by principles of inclusion, collective participation, and universal
affordability, we will be an example of how creative community development
of and for the people can stimulate local economies while being an active
force against displacement and gentrification.

Info: harrisop@gmail.com
Link: http://www.stonesoupworcester.org

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