A-Infos (en) US, Anarchist NEFAC New England Bulletin - Vol. 1, No. 12

Action Alerts ---- 1) Stand with Chuck - Press Conference & Rally (Metro-Boston)
2) CIW Subway Tour (New England-Wide) ---- 3) Fundraiser for New Jersey 4 and 
other Political Prisoners ---- 4) Support Parole for Political Prisoner Robert 
Seth Hayes ---- News & Views ---- 5) Chuck Turner: Report Back from Press 
Conference & Rally ---- 6) Workers Struggle with Intimidation after ICE Raids in 
New Bedford ---- 7) VT Milk Commission Falters ---- 8) Vermont's 2008 General 
Election and the Future of the Green Mountain ---- Electoral Left ---- 9) Green 
Mountain Earth First! Takes Action Against VT Yankee and PSB ---- 10) Green 
Island Celebrates Organizing and Effort to Save Crompton Park Pool
11) Pleasant Street Neighborhood Network Center Celebrates Year's Organizing
12) Anarchist Communist Statement on the Global Economic Crisis and the
G20 Meeting
13) Québec: Founding of the Union Communiste Libertaire
14) Lessons of Obama's Election

Events

15) T Riders Union Meeting (Metro-Boston)
16) National Day of Mourning (Southeastern Mass)
17) 7th Assembly of the North East Anarchist Network (Rhode Island)
18) Environmental Justice: A Boston Case (Metro-Boston)
19) Be the Media! Mini-Conference (Metro-Boston)
20) Film: Terrorizing Dissent (Metro-Boston)
21) Benefit Concert For Republican National Convention Arrestees
(Metro-Boston)
22) The Boston Green Justice Coalition Kick Off Event (Metro-Boston)
23) Stone Soup Celebrates 2 Years! (Central Mass)
24 Las Posadas (Metro-Boston)
25) City Life / Vida Urbana's Annual Meeting (Metro-Boston)
26) Anti-War Rally (Connecticut)
27) Rhetoric for Radicals (Metro-Boston)
28) Ella Baker Human Rights Conference (Vermont)


Action Alerts

1) Stand With Chuck - Press Conference & Rally in Roxbury

Wednesday, November 26th
10am
Chuck Turner District Office
51 Roxbury St., Roxbury, MA

Come stand with Councilor Turner for a statement by Chuck and to
demonstrate the support of the community. Link:
http://supportchuckturner.com/2008/stand-with-chuck-112608/


2) Coalition of Immokalee Workers Subway Tour
New England Dates

The Workers are Coming!!

Rally and Action
Saturday, December 6th
4-5pm
Subway
745 Boylston Street, Boston, MA

Following the action, there will be a presentation.
Saturday, December 6th
5:30pm
Lucy Parsons Center
549 Columbus Ave., South End, Boston, MA

Rally
Sunday, December 7th
2pm
Subway (near New Haven Green)
926 Chapel St., New Haven, CT‎

Presentation
Monday, December 8th
7pm
Yale Law School, Room TBD.
127 Wall St., New Haven, CT
Open Community Meeting with CIW. Open to individuals and organizations.


3) Fundraiser for the New Jersey 4 and other Political Prisoners



In the spirit of solidarity, we are excited to offer you a great
opportunity for solidarity! We are selling the Certain Days: Freedom for
Political Prisoners 2009 Calendar to support various struggles against
political repression and the Prison Industrial Complex.

The money we spend on purchasing the calendars goes to the causes selected
by the Certain Days crew.

These include:

New York State Task Force on Political Prisoners:
http://www.certaindays.org/?q=proceeds#taskforce

Addameer: http://www.addameer.org


San Francisco 8: http://www.freethesf8.org

In addition, we will donate all proceeds from selling the calendars
locally to benefit the New Jersey 4.

On August 18, 2006, seven young African American lesbian women from
Newark, New Jersey came to Manhattan’s West Village for a night out.
Although they were all familiar with harassment about their sexual
orientation, none of them anticipated their night out would end as a
nightmare. A male bystander harassed and assaulted the young women, making
sexist and homophobic comments to them as well as lewd advances and
telling one of the women that he would “F—k her straight.” When the women
defended themselves, a physical altercation ensued. It ended with all the
young women being arrested. After a hellish year-long trip through the
legal system, three women (Chenese Loyal, Khymesha Coates, Lania Daniels)
took plea bargains and the other four were convicted of crimes and given
shocking prison sentences in April 2007. Terrain Dandridge (20) was
setenced to three and a half years behind bars; Venice Brown (19) five
years; Renata Hill (25) eight years; and Patreese Johnson, who is only 19,
was sentenced to an unbelievable 11 years. Renata Hill and Terrain
Dandridge have since been released.

More info on the NJ4: http://freenj4.wordpress.com

Please purchase a calendar and help us show solidarity with these
important struggles. The calendars are beautiful, including original
artwork, writing and lots of information on political prisoners and many
grassroots struggles. This year's theme is Grassroots Organizing. They
make a great holiday gift, office decoration or just buy one for yourself!

We are selling the calendars for $12 each.

To purchase one, please send a check or money order made out to
"Northeastern Anarchist". Please include "Calendar" in the memo.

Orders can be mailed to:
NEFAC-Boston
P.O. Box 230685
Boston, MA 02123

If you live near Boston, Providence or the Pioneer Valley, please email
nefacboston (at) nefac.net to pick up calendars directly.

Order early! Thank you in advance for your participation and solidarity!

Link: http://www.nefac.net.calendar


4) Support Parole for Political Prisoner Robert Seth Hayes

A letter from the Robert Seth Hayes Support Committee:

Robert "Seth" Hayes is a U.S. political prisoner and former member of the
Black Panther Party who has been imprisoned in New York state for more
than three decades. When Seth was convicted in 1974, his sentence was 25
years to life. The implicit understanding at the time of his sentencing
was that Seth would serve 25 years as a minimum, after which time he would
be eligible for release based on his record and conduct in prison.

In December of 2008, Seth will be going before the parole board for the
sixth time. At each of Seth's previous parole hearings, he was denied
release due to the serious nature of the crime he was convicted of and
given another two year hit. The refusal of parole for the serious nature
of the crime is contrary to the spirit of the law, for it is something
that a prisoner can never change, and the giving of parole is based upon
the prisoner's behavior while behind bars.

Seth is not the only one being subjected to these unfair rules. This has
become common practice for the New York state parole board, which, by
denying parole based on the seriousness of the conviction, is de facto
re-sentencing many prisoners to life in prison without the possibility of
parole.

Seth's prison record is exemplary, and if a decision about Seth's parole
were to be based on his conduct and personal growth, he would have
rejoined his family and his community years ago.

Please write a letter to the parole board to let them know that you think
Seth deserves to be released. Write your own letter, or use the sample
letter that has
been included in this document.

If you have a personal relationship with Seth, please consider writing
about this relationship in your letter. If you work with a community
organization or union,
have a professional job, or are a rock star, please consider mentioning
this in your letter (or writing on letterhead, etc.).

If you decide to personalize your letter, you may choose to include
information drawn from the short biography also included in this package,
where some of Seth's accomplishments are highlighted.

More information about Seth can be found on a web page that has been put
together by his supporters at http://www.sethhayes.org

All letters should be mailed or faxed to Seth's lawyer, Susan Tipograph,
by no later than November 30, 2008 as Seth's parole hearing is taking
place in December of 2008.

Please send all of your letters to:
Susan Tipograph
Attorney at Law
350 Broadway
New York, NY 10013

Fax (212) 625-3939

Sample Letter
Re: Robert Seth Hayes #74A2280
Dear Senior Parole Officer of Wende Correctional Institute,

I am writing on behalf of Robert Hayes, who is scheduled to appear before
the parole board for the sixth time in December of 2008.

Robert Hayes' application for parole was denied when he last appeared
before the board two years ago. At the time of that appearance, his record
was excellent.
However, since that time his record is outstanding. Mr. Hayes has
continued to work to help others and improve himself. While at Clinton
Correctional Facility, he facilitated in the HIV Educators program to
assist others as well as becoming a member of the Lifer's and Long Termers
Organization whose primary goal is to educate and instruct newly arriving
inmates in adjustment to and preparation for final release from
incarceration. Since his transfer to Wende Correctional Facility, he has
coached basketball and participated in a local restorative justice
project. These are but a few of his many accomplishments over his years of
incarceration. I am confident that were he to be released, he would be a
great asset to the community and to society at large.

There is no question that the crime for which Mr. Hayes was convicted was
a serious crime. However, he has shown remorse and takes full
responsibility for his acts. I am sure that you will agree that after
serving 34 years, Mr. Hayes' release at this time would not so deprecate
the seriousness of the crime so as to undermine respect for the law.
Moreover, if you examine all of the factors that are used to predict
whether a person is likely to recidivate, those factors indicate that Mr.
Hayes will not engage in any criminal activity. His disciplinary history
during his incarceration indicates that he obeys the rules in prison; he
has a supportive network of family and friends on the outside available to
assist him in his reintegration back into society and he had an extensive
work history prior to being incarcerated in addition to obtaining
marketable skills in prison that will help him to obtain employment.
Nothing is gained by his continued incarceration, and much is lost, as he
has much to offer the community upon his release.

By the time that Mr. Hayes appears before the parole board, he will be 60
years old, more than 34 years older and considerably wiser than the man
who was charged with committing the crime. He is a compassionate, caring
individual and deserves a second chance. Please grant Mr. Hayes parole and
give him that second chance.

Sincerely,
_____________________

Biography

Robert Seth Hayes was born in Harlem, New York in October 1948. His
father, John Franklin Hayes, was the child of sharecroppers and came to
New York City from South Carolina; his mother, Francine Washington Hayes,
moved to New York from Pittsburgh. Both of Mr. Hayes' parents worked for
the U.S. Postal Service, trying to provide a better life for Seth and his
four brothers and sisters. They also instilled in their children the
desire to work for the betterment of their community. Seth writes, "My
mother taught me to visualize family universally, not individually."
Seth's father was a World War II veteran and a member of the United Negro
Improvement Association, the Black Nationalist organization founded by
Marcus Garvey.

Growing up in New York City, first in Harlem, later in the Bronx and
Queens, Mr. Hayes saw one Black neighborhood after another suffering from
neglect, despair, anger and defeat. During 1950s and 1960s with the
growing rise of the civil rights and Black power movements Seth recalls
witnessing over the years a birth of hope and determination to overcome
these conditions.

After his schooling in New York City, Mr. Hayes worked as a psychiatric
aide at Creedmoor Hospital. He was drafted into the U.S. Army and sent to
Vietnam. He saw combat, was wounded and awarded the Purple Heart, National
Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal and the Vietnam Campaign
Medal.

In the armed forces, Seth underwent a change of consciousness. After the
death of Martin Luther King Junior in 1968, Seth's troop was ordered to
patrol the city streets with fixed bayonets to put down the rebellions
resulting from Dr. King's assassination. "It was the saddest day of my
life," Seth remembers, "and I could never identify again with the aims of
the armed forces or the government."

Upon returning to the United States from Vietnam, Seth was swept up in the
Black Liberation movement and joined the Black Panther Party. He worked in
the free breakfast for children program and began dedicating his life to
the betterment of Black people. His knowledge of the effects of racism on
the Black community convinced him that the Black Panthers' program of
community service ad community self-defense was what was needed. His work,
like that of so many others, was disrupted by COINTELPRO. Fearing further
attacks, he went underground, believing it to be the only way to protect
the work of the Black Panther Party and the Black movement in general.

Robert Seth Hayes had two children prior to his arrest and imprisonment,
and he has remained closely involved their lives and upbringing, despite
the difficulties
presented by his long incarceration. His son, Chunga, lives and works in
Atlanta. His daughter, Crystal, herself mother of Myaisha, is a student at
the Smith College graduate school of social work in Western Massachusetts.
Seth calls his family "the loves of my life." He describes his
relationship with Crystal this way, "She has had the most intense impact
on my life, always questioning, full of joy and insight, grasping lessons
and maintaining her own dreams. She has kept me striving always to expand
my knowledge and illuminate my principles, as I struggle to stay abreast
of her questioning mind."

Seth has been diagnosed with Type II diabetes and Hepatitis C. He has been
extremely ill and had great difficulty procuring the necessary healthcare
and has needed the help of his lawyers and some state political leaders in
order to get adequate treatment.

While in prison, Seth continues to work for the betterment of the
community in which he lives. He has participated in programs with the
NAACP, the Jaycees and other organizations and has worked as a librarian,
pre-release advisor and AIDS counselor. Whenever possible, he has taken
college courses. He is also a longtime advisor and collaborator in the
annual "Certain Days" Political Prisoner calendar project. He is dedicated
to continuing to work for social justice when he gets out of prison. At
Wende correctional facility, where he is currently incarcerated, Seth is
working to put together a "lifers program" to help rehabilitate prisoners
and prepare them to reenter the community. Seth also coaches basketball
and works on assisting a local restorative justice project taking place in
Buffalo.

Info: info (at) sethhayes.org
Link: http://sethhayes.org


News & Views

5) Chuck Turner: Report Back from Press Conference & Rally
by supportchuckturner.com

Link:
http://supportchuckturner.com/2008/report-back-from-press-conference-and-rally-112408/


6) Workers Struggle with Intimidation after ICE Raids in New Bedford
by Sofia JarrinT (Boston Indymedia)

Link: http://boston.indymedia.org/feature/display/206258/index.php


7) VT Milk Commission Falters
by Catamount Tavern News (Vermont Indymedia)

Link: http://vtindymedia.org/newswire/display/495/index.php


8) Vermont's 2008 General Election and the Future of the Green Mountain
Electoral Left
by David van Deusen (Catamount Tavern News)

Link: http://vtindymedia.org/newswire/display/476/index.php


9) Green Mountain Earth First! Takes Action Against VT Yankee and PSB
by Catamount Tavern News (Vermont Indymedia)

Link: http://vtindymedia.org/newswire/display/479/index.php


10) Green Island Celebrates Organizing and Effort to Save Crompton Park Pool
by pdmt99 (Worcester Indymedia)

Link: http://worcester.indymedia.org/node/42513


11) Pleasant Street Neighborhood Network Center Celebrates Year's Organizing
by pdmt99 (Worcester Indymedia)

Link: http://worcester.indymedia.org/node/42557


12) Anarchist Communist Statement on the Global Economic Crisis and the
G20 Meeting
by Alternative Libertaire, et al (Anarkismo.net)

Link: http://anarkismo.net/article/10680


13) Québec: Founding of the Union Communiste Libertaire
by UCL (Anarkismo.net)

Link: http://anarkismo.net/article/10755


14) Lessons of Obama's Election
by Michael Novick (Turning the Tide)

Link: http://la.indymedia.org/news/2008/11/222050.php


Events

15) Chelsea T Riders Union Meeting

Wednesday, November 26th
6-8pm
Chelsea Collaborative
300 Broadway, Chelsea, MA

Come out to discuss transit justice and the possibilities for a just,
equitable public transportation system in Boston.
RSVP: (617)442-3343 x233 / lee (at) ace-ej.org


16) 39th National Day of Mourning

Thursday, November 27th
12pm
Cole's Hill
Plymouth, MA

Since 1970, Native Americans have gathered at noon on Cole's Hill in
Plymouth to commemorate a National Day of Mourning on the US thanksgiving
holiday. Many Native Americans do not celebrate the arrival of the
Pilgrims and other European settlers. Thanksgiving day is a reminder of
the genocide of millions of Native people, the theft of Native lands, and
the relentless assault on Native culture. Participants in National Day of
Mourning honor Native ancestors and the struggles of Native peoples to
survive today. It is a day of remembrance and spiritual connection as well
as a protest of the racism and oppression which Native Americans continue
to experience.

Join us as we dedicate the 39th National Day of Mourning to our brother,
Native political prisoner Leonard Peltier. Add your voice to the millions
world-wide who demand his freedom. Help us in our struggle to create a
true awareness of Native peoples and demonstrate the unity of Indigenous
peoples internationally. Help shatter the untrue glass image of the
Pilgrims and the unjust system based on racism, sexism, homophobia and
war.

Info: (617) 522-6626
Absolutely No Drugs or Alcohol Allowed
Pot-luck Social to Follow


17) 7th Assembly of the North East Anarchist Network

Saturday, November 29th
10am-6pm
Smith-Buonanno Hall, Brown University
95 Cushing St., Providence, RI

Sunday November 30th
10am-5pm
AS220
115 Empire St., Providence, RI

Barack Obama is the president, liberals everywhere breath sighs of relief,
but we continue to watch immigration raids, war rages on around the world,
the prison industrial complex hasn't even hiccuped, and worst of all
capitalism is still churning forward!

How can we build a strong organized presence of anarchist activity
throughout the northeast? How can we work with our communities as people
facing exploitation to build resistance, and fight to win? Lets work
together to win gains in the here in now,and talk about how we can prepare
for (help bring about) a revolutionary situation.

Come together let us plot and plan to turn our passions and desires for a
free and equal society and world into an organized force for a
revolutionary change.

Link: http://neanarchist.net/?q=assembly/providence


18) Environmental Justice: A Boston Case

Wednesday, December 3rd
6-8pm
Dockser Hall, Room 42, Northeastern University
65 Forsyth St., Roxbury, MA

LEAF will host an evening conversation with Eugene Benson, Legal Counsel
at Alternatives for Community and Environment. The theme of the
conversation is Environmental Justice: A Boston Case.
Dinner will be provided.


19) Be the Media! Mini-Conference

Wednesday, December 3rd
9am-5: 30pm
Third Sector New England's NonProfit Center
89 South St., Boston, MA
$15-$35 sliding scale, includes lunch

The theme of the third annual Be the Media! Mini-Conference is: Challenges
and Opportunities in the Age of New Media for Grassroots Organizations.

Communications and media work are powerful tools for organizers and
non-profits working on community and social issues, but they can also
present challenges, particularly for under-resourced groups. In recent
years, the development of new media tools such as social networking sites,
blogs with multi-media content, YouTube, and cell phones as mass
communication devices have both given groups more options and raised
questions about where to focus already limited staff and volunteer time.
At this year’s conference, we will explore not only how to implement these
tools, but identify what are their best and most impactful uses for
grassroots organizations.

The conference is designed to serve change makers at levels of
communication experience including those who are doing communications work
as part of their current positions, such as organizers, executive
directors, or policy advocates.

Sponsored by: Progressive Communicators Network, Third Sector New England
and Project Think Different
Co-sponsored by: Boston Women's Fund, Resist, Press Pass TV

Link: http://www.bethemediaevent.org


20) Terrorizing Dissent
Film & Discussion

Wednesday, December 3rd
7pm
Lucy Parsons Center
549 Columbus Ave., South End, Boston, MA

'Terrorizing Dissent' shows the results of the $50 million dollars the
Department of Homeland Security gave to local authorities for security — a
large chunk of which went to weaponize the police — and the $10 million
insurance policy contract between the RNC Host Committee and the City of
St. Paul, which shattered Minnesota's civil compact between protesters and
police.

Effectively, the Republican National Committee provided financial cover
for the widespread, organized suppression of dissent. The FBI and Secret
Service coordinated with local police to raid homes and work spaces before
the RNC even began. On the streets, the government's intimidation strategy
shut down peaceful protests through the heavy use of tear gas, pepper
spray, stun grenades, rubber bullets, and other projectiles. This
excessive use of force followed months of harassment and surveillance of
community activists. At every stage, local officials have refused to
release the documentation behind what they did, from the origins of
dubious search warrants to joint powers agreements.

Discussion to follow with Boston member of the RNC Welcoming Committee.


21) Benefit Concert For Republican National Convention Arrestees

Friday, December 5th
6pm
Community Church of Boston
565 Boylston St., Copley Square, Boston, MA
$10-$30 sliding scale.

It is really important to have a large turnout because local people are
going back and forth to Saint Paul for court appearances, and that is
expensive, and the RNC 8 support team says they have an
estimated $250,000 in legal fees. Whatever we make from this show has to
be divided between the two groups of people- so please forward widely.

Performers:
Tem Blessed
Sergio Reyes
Sway
The Excited People
Toxic Soil Busters
Jake & the Infernal Machine
Bhrigu Sahni & Michael Krause
Evan Greer

Tabling groups:
Boston Anarchist Black Cross
BAAM
The Lucy Parsons Center
TJ's Vegan House of Pizza
Jericho Boston (tentative)
Activist Music for the People
Rising Tide Boston

Molly Adelstein and other local RNC arrestees will be speaking. We will be
selling food, patches, jewelry and more.
No alcohol.


22) The Boston Green Justice Coalition Kick Off Event

Imagine your community as a green community...

Saturday, December 6th
10am
Twelfth Baptist Church
150-160 Warren St., Roxbury, MA

Going green means more than windfarms on the Cape and solar panels in the
suburbs...
The Boston Green Justice Coalition is a partnership of community groups,
labor unions, environmental organizations and other allied organizations
who are building a broad-based effort in support of a sustainable,
equitable and clean energy economy in the Boston region. We are dedicated
to ensuring that our region's growing green economy will create quality
jobs, healthier communities and energy savings for low income residents.

Info: (617)723-2639 / kalila (at) massclu.org
Link: http://www.massclu.org/boston_green_justice


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 (at) gmail.com
Link: http://www.stonesoupworcester.org



24) Las Posadas
The Immigrant Journey of Mary and Joseph

Sunday, December 7th
3pm
Boston Common
Corner of Tremont St. and Park St., Boston, MA

Followed by Traditional Fiesta
4:30-6pm
SEIU Local 615
26 West Street, 3rd Floor, Boston, MA
Rain/Snow Date: December 14th

What Is Las Posadas?
Las Posadas is a yearly tradition for many Catholic Christian Latin
Americans, symbolizing the trials which they believe Mary and Joseph
endured before finding a place to stay and where Jesus could be born. The
ritual procession involves groups of adults and children going from house
to house singing a traditional song requesting lodging (posada).

Traditional celebrations hold that the pilgrims will symbolically ask for
lodging at three or more different houses, but only the final one will
allow them in. This is followed by the singing of traditional Christmas
songs and a party for the children, including a piñata.

Join us for a huge parade of faithful souls, and an afternoon of
fellowship, music, food and a unique first-hand experience of this
powerful immigrant tradition that is as relevant today as it was 2,000
years ago.

How Can a Celebration of Las Posadas Help Build Support for Immigrants?

The story of Mary and Joseph's search for shelter, and the harsh response
of many "natives," is the story of immigrants finding their way in a hard
land where the door is constantly shut on their hopes and efforts. It can
be a call to conscience for believers who revere this story to more
directly address issues which help the lives of immigrants. This
celebration can deepen the commitment of all people of faith and good will
to assist these modern-day "pilgrims" in their struggles.

Info: info (at) massinterfaith.org


25) City Life / Vida Urbana's Annual Meeting

Sunday, December 7th
3-7pm
Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Hall
45 Brookside Ave., Jamaica Plain, MA

City Life / Vida Urbana is proof that local residents, when active and
organized, can significantly improve their own lives. Created in the
Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston in 1973 by political activists
influenced by the civil rights, feminist, and anti-Vietnam War movements,
City Life/Vida Urbana's successful strikes and eviction blockings quickly
made the organization visible with tenants, landlords, urban planners, and
public officials.


26) Need Money?
End the War Now!

Sunday, December 7th
2pm
Hartford State Capitol Building

Bring All the Troops Home Now!
No War on Iran! No War on Pakistan!
End US Support to All Wars and Occupations!
Money for Housing! For Jobs!
For Education! For Pensions!
Not for War!

Join activists from across Connecticut as part of a week of nationally
coordinated actions to demand that our sons, daughters, mothers, fathers,
brothers and sisters be brought home now!

Info: (860)218-0566 / marissablaszko (at) gmail.com

Sponsored by Connecticut Students Against the War


27) Rhetoric for Radicals
A Handbook for Twenty-First Century Activists

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

Radicals have important messages to deliver but are often so caught up in
the passion of their causes that they lose sight of effective
communication -- which is their biggest tool. Crucial to the cause is the
ability to speak with clarity and intelligence, without underestimating
the challenge of breaking new ground and winning new converts.

Activists often suffer from a credibility gap because of their lack of
coherent message and strategic delivery. Rhetoric for Radicals addresses
and helps solve these problems. It provides the tools to develop the
all-important communication skills necessary to be effectively heard. If
you accept that communication creates the social world, then you will
agree that changing the way we communicate can change the world.

Rhetoric for Radicals provides practical guidelines for public speaking,
writing, conversation, persuasion, political correctness, propaganda
analysis, street theatrics and new languages. Chapters include:

* Streets, Rhetoric, and Revolution
* A Call for Rhetorical Action
* Skills for the Multitude
* The Power of Language
* Body Rhetoric
* Twenty-First Century Radical Rhetoric

Geared to college-aged radical activists and organizers, this book will
also appeal to activists of any age who want to sharpen their messages.

About the Author:
Jason Del Gandio is a lecturer at Temple University in Philadelphia. He is
a post-Seattle activist who has worked on globalization and free/fair
trade issues, anti-war campaigns and Latin American solidarity.

Link: http://jasondelgandio.com/


28) Ella Baker Human Rights Conference

Saturday, December 13th
9am-3pm
Davis Center, University of Vermont
590 Main St., Burlington, VT

The Ella Baker Human Rights Conference will be held from 9am - 3pm at the
Davis Center at the University of Vermont. This December 10 will mark the
60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was
adopted by the United Nations in 1948, and December 13 will be the 105th
anniversary of the birth of civil rights leader Ella Baker.

The conference will feature workshops on a wide range of topics in the
human rights framework, including healthcare, workers' rights, livable
wages, tenants'/housing rights, the war, anti-racism and civil rights,
women's rights, gender oppression and LGBTQ rights.

Our goals are to popularize and deepen understanding of and commitment to
the human rights framework and movement-building strategies among our base
and allies and to bring together organizations from different movements to
discuss the intersections of our work.

We are hoping to involve a large segment of the Vermont community in this
conference and week of activities, which is going to be a free statewide
event. If you want to get involved and are interested in being a sponsor —
which would include your name being on the advertising poster, event
program, and media ads and your organization having table space at the
conference — please let us know. We are confident that together we can use
this as an important opportunity to advance the movement for human rights.

Link: http://www.workerscenter.org/hrconference


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