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| Thu, May 8, 2008 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM | |
| [view] |  Humor,
Heart & Song: Bringing Peace to the Peace Movement with Anne
Lamott, Maria Muldaur & Medea BenjaminBerkeley Fellowship for Unitarian Universalists 1924 Cedar St. (at Bonita Ave) Berkeley |
| Wed, May 7, 2008 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM | |
| [view] | JFK
and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why it Matters Today St. Joseph the Worker Church 1640 Addison St Berkeley |
| Thu, May 8, 2008 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM | |
| [view] | Humor,
Heart & Song: Bringing Peace to the Peace Movement with Anne
Lamott, Maria Muldaur & Medea Benjamin Berkeley Fellowship for Unitarian Universalists 1924 Cedar St. (at Bonita Ave) Berkeley |
CODEPINK at the M.R.S. Women's week
of May 5th - 9th
As a lead up
to reclaiming the
spirit and meaning of the real Mothers' Day Proclamation, we are
calling for a
week of actions in front of the MRS! AIP (Action in Progress):
*All actions take place at the M.R.S.
(Marine Recruiting Station), 64 Shattuck Square, Berkeley, which is on
Shattuck
Ave just south of University Ave where Shattuck runs one-way north -
about 2
blocks north of the Downtown Berkeley BART Station
Monday May 5th Grandmothers Enlistment Day! Grandmothers say "Take me, not my Grandson or Granddaughter". We sit in and talk with the Marines about sending us in place of our grandchildren. From 7:30a.m. until 4:30p.m., the entire day, Grandmothers have a presence outside and inside the station.
Tuesday May 6th Mothers Say NO MORE Day! We call on Mothers to be fierce in our role as Mama Bears, (not so) recently out of hibernation, and not allow recruiters to take our youth and place them in harm's way. We embrace the Russian Mothers' example of going to the front lines, grabbing their sons by the ear, and leading them back to higher ground. From 7:30a.m. until 4:30p.m., the entire day, Mothers have a presence outside and inside the station
Wednesday May 7th Daughters Call their Fathers - and Mothers - home Day! How many of us are the children of men who were soldiers at some point in their lives? How many daughters have lost their fathers to the horrors of war? We stand together to put out the call to parents to RETURN HOME NOW! From 7:30a.m. until 4:30p.m., the entire day, Daughters have a presence outside and inside the station
Thursday May 8th Aunts, Sisters, Cousins Day! All family members pay the price for war! Aunts, Sisters, Cousins get a chance to say NO MORE WAR! From 7:30a.m. until 4:30p.m., the entire day, Aunts, Sisters, Cousins have a presence outside and inside the station
Friday May 9th Witches,
Crones, Sirens Day! Join local witches, crones, sirens
as we
cast a spell over the MRS, we spin rituals, we wail for the murdered
and those
murdering. From 7:30a.m. until 4:30p.m., the entire day, witches,
crones,
sirens have a presence outside and inside the station
Sunday May 11th Mothers' Day
March across the Golden Gate Bridge
Gather 11:45a.m. in either North or South side parking lots of the
Golden Gate
Bridge and march at noon to the center, where we gather for the reading
of the
Mother's Day Proclamation and the reclaiming of the real spirit and
meaning of
Mother's Day!
Friday, May 9th, 2008, 6:30 PM
Book Release and Reception
UC Berkeley Labor Center
2521 Channing Way (near
Telegraph), Berkeley
for more information
510-642-6371; <mailto:andreabuffa@berkeley.edu
About
Solidarity Divided... 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.
Bill Fletcher and Fernando Gapasin, two longtime union insiders whose
experiences as activists of color grant them a unique vantage on the
problems
now facing U.S. labor, offer a remarkable mix of vivid history and
probing
analysis. They chart changes in U.S. manufacturing, examine the
onslaught of
globalization, consider the influence of the environment on labor, and
provide
the first broad analysis of the fallout from the 2000 and 2004
elections on the
U.S. labor movement. 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.
Bill Fletcher, Jr., co-founder
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 the President of the AFL-CIO. He is the author of The Indispensable
Ally: Black Workers and the Formation of the Congress of
Industrial Relations, 1934-1941. Solidarity Divided, hot off the
presses, will be available
for sale at both events Co-sponsored by Speak Out! http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu
Thursday,
May 15, 7 pm
Cody's
Books, 2201 Shattuck Avenue at Allston Way
Berkeley 94704 510-559-9500
www.codysbooks.com
SHEILA WELLER talks about GIRLS LIKE US: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon—And the Journey of a Generation, a groundbreaking and irresistible biography of three of America's most important musical artists, who remain among the most enduring and important women in popular music. Their epic stories trace the arc of the now mythic sixties generation. GIRLS LIKE US is an epic look at three women who dared to break tradition and become what none had been before them—confessors in song, rock superstars, and determined adventurers. The Boston Globe notes "Sheila Weller's new book…is a page-turner of the first order. Weller stretches ambitiously to create three overlapping biographies of these pop stars. She succeeds by sheer force of will and by inner-circle access that helps her to interview seemingly all the friends, colleagues, and family members who knew them."
Sheila Weller is a New York Times bestselling author and award-winning magazine journalist. She is the author of five previous books. She is the senior contributing editor at Glamour, and a contributor to Vanity Fair.
Friday, May 16, 7 pm
Cody's
Books, 2201 Shattuck Avenue at Allston Way
Berkeley 94704 510-559-9500
www.codysbooks.com
RAJ PATEL discusses STUFFED AND STARVED: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System.
"One of the most dazzling books I have read in a very long time. The product of a brilliant mind and a gift to a world hungering for justice."—Naomi Klein, author of No Logo and The Shock Doctrine
Half the world is malnourished, the other half obese—both symptoms of the corporate food monopoly. To show how a few powerful distributors control the health of the entire world, Raj Patel conducts a global investigation. What he uncovers is shocking—the real reasons for famine in Asia and Africa, an epidemic of farmer suicides, and the false choices and conveniences in supermarkets. Yet he also finds hope—in international resistance movements working to create a more democratic, sustainable, and joyful food system. From seed to store to plate, STUFFED AND STARVED explains the steps to regain control of the global food economy, stop the exploitation of farmers and consumers, and rebalance global sustenance.
Raj Patel, former policy analyst for Food First, a leading food think tank, is a visiting scholar at the UC Berkeley Center for African Studies. He has written for the Los Angeles Times and the Guardian, and though he has worked for the World Bank, WTO, and the UN, he's also been tear-gassed on four continents protesting them.
Weekly
Vigil at Oakland Federal Building
Tuesdays at Noon, 1301 Clay Street
(2 blocks west of 12th St. BART station)
This vigil began in the Spring of 1998, when Madeline Albright tried to
gain support for a war against Iraq. The
focus has changed over time, and is now calling for an end to the Iraq
War and the occupation.
GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE CONVERGENCE FOR PEACE
2nd
Sunday of Every Month
Gather at 11:45am and begin walk at NOON
from north or south side on east walkway.
PINK ACTION
East Bay - Fridays 7:30-8:30a.m.
Passionate Pink Rush Hour Freeway
Please join us this & every Friday as we send a strong message of
protest to East Bay morning commuters. (Rain cancels). We will meet at
the foot of the pedestrian bridge of Addison in Berkeley. Wear your
warmest hot pink! For more info email
Norma at billnorma@igc.org. if enough folks show up,
we spread out to other overpasses!
NATIONAL
End
the War -- Bring All the Troops Home Now...Turn This Country Around
