----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 1:49 PM Subject: NY ANTIWAR CALENDAR > NY ANTIWAR ACTIVIST CALENDAR (Subjectively gathered by Mitchel Cohen) > > Call (212) 726-3272 for regular updates. > > Democracy Now can be heard LIVE on WFMU, 91.1 FM > > > "They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety > deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin, 1759 > > > >From www.japantoday.com > >WASHINGTON - The Defense Department has recommended to President > >George W Bush the use of tactical nuclear weapons as a military > >option to retaliate for last week's terrorist attacks in the United > >States, diplomatic sources said Tuesday. > > It is unknown whether Bush has made any decision. > > Meanwhile, good article in Boston Globe, page A3 on Tuesday, Sept. 18th on > anti-war movement in NYC and across country. > > > Berkeley calls for National Day of Action > Thursday, September 20 > Green Arm Band Pledge > > NATIONAL STUDENT DAY OF ACTION FOR PEACEFUL JUSTICE > Students at Over 130 Colleges Campuses to > Hold Teach-Ins, Vigils, and Rallies for Peace > > Students and community members at 150 schools in 36 states are gathering at > noon on Thursday in commemorations and rallies for peace and justice. (USA > TODAY with good story on anti-war activity, and typically stooooopid quote > from Tod Gitlin (NYU teacher and once-upon-a-time activist.) > ********************* > > In New York ... > > Thursday, Sept 20 > > * Teach-in at Columbia W 116th Street and Broadway from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm > on Thursday. > > * Afternoon gathering at Hunter College, 68th St. & Lexington Ave. > W/ Dietrech Mohammed and others. > > * 1 pm SUNY STONY BROOK > Bringing Context To The Crisis: Talks and a Panel Discussion on Terrorism > and its Aftermath (Javits Lecture Center, Room 105, 1-3pm) > Speakers: Prof. Krin Gabbard: History of Media Coverage in Wartime, Prof. > Eduardo Mendieta: The Language of Mourning in Crisis, Prof. Mike Davis: The > Future is Here: Civil Liberties and the Crusade against Terrorism, Prof. Said > Arjomand: Islam and US involvement in the Middle East, Ambassador Harsh > Bahsin: Diplomacy, War, Truth, and Reconciliation, Moderator: Chad Kautzer > > * 7 pm "The World Trade Center and After: Critical Perspectives," a teach-in > at St. John The Divine Chapel-Synod Hall, 110th St. and Amsterdam Avenue. > This event is being organized by a coalition of concerned graduate students > from various departments at Columbia U. Confirmed speakers so far include: > Timothy Mitchell, > Hamid Dabashi, Mahmood Mamdani, Drucilla Cornell, Brinkley Messick and > Partha Chatterjee. > > * 5:30 pm NYU: The U.S. & the Muslim World --Thursday, Sept. 20, 2001, 5:30 - > 7:30 p.m. Hemmerdinger Hall1/2Main Building 100 Washington Square East. NYU > faculty specializing on the Middle East, Islam, and U.S. foreign policy > > > * BIG TEACH-IN Teach-in at NYU > Join activists at NYU for a teach-in for peace > Thursday, September 20 at 7 PM > NYU Main Building, room 809 > > Main Building is located at 100 Washington Square East at the corner of > Waverly. > > The event will focus on giving a context to the tragic events of September > 11 and organizing around two themes: To stop the racist scapegoating and the > > US drive to war. > > Speakers include > > * Amy Goodman, co-host of Democracy Now! WBIX (WBAI in exile) > > * Purvi Shah, SAKHI for South Asian Women (an anti-violence collective) > > * Sherry Wolf, International Socialist Organization and veteran activist of > the National Network of Campuses Against the War 1990-91 > > (invited speakers also include) Arab Students United, Arab American Family > Center, Prof. Bertell Ollman, War Resisters League, Jews Against the > Occupation > > This event is sponsored by Prof. Bertell Ollman and the NYU Peace Coalition > and endorsed by Earth Matters at NYU, Jews Against The Occupation, the > International Socialist Organization, SAKHI for South Asian Women > > *7:30 pm Manhattan Greens meeting, Baruch College, 151 E. 25th St., Rm 765 > > > ********************************* > > FRIDAY, Sept 21 > > * TEACH-IN at New School for Social Research 10:30 am - 6 pm > > * TEACH-IN at CUNY GRAD CTR > Threats of War > Prospects for Justice > AFTER THE WORLD TRADE CENTER > 4:00 to 6:00 pm > CUNY Graduate Center > 365 Fifth Avenue (Btwn. 34th & 35th St.) > Proshansky Auditorium - Concourse Level > > With: > Talal Asad > Ella Shohat* > David Harvey > Zahera Saed > Stanley Aronowitz > Fahima Danishgar* > Neil Smith > Sunita Reddy > Ali Mir > Khaled Fahmy* > > * All Day teach-in OUTDOORS at Rockefeller Center, 11:00 am to 5:00 pm. > > > ****6 PM UNION SQUARE TO TIMES SQUARE > > **PEACE VIGIL/WALK - > Mourn the Victims - Stand for Peace > THIS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21ST > A GATHERING FOR GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE > Take a stand... Join > A PEACE VIGIL/WALK > > > ISLAM IS NOT THE ENEMY > > WAR IS NOT THE ANSWER > > GATHERING FOR GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE > > Friday, September 21st > 6:00 PM SE Corner UNION SQUARE > 7:00 PM Procession to Times Square > leaving from NE Corner UNION SQUARE > 8:00 PM Arrive US Army Recruiting Office TIMES SQUARE > > Bring signs .... > > > > * 8 pm - 1 am > Event at 56 Walker St., 2 blocks S. of Canal, between Broadway & Church. > TEACH-In: War & Peace, and benefit for MAYDAY BOOKS & InfoShop $5 - $15 > sliding scale. > > ****************************** > > SATURDAY Sept 22 > > * 10 am NY State Greens/Green Party of NY Assembly, Buchanan NY, w/ > demonstration at Indian Point nuclear power plant. > > * 1 pm Youth Peace Summit, Sunset Park, Brooklyn - 44th St. and 6th Ave. A > call to commemorate those who have passed, and for all acommunities to come > together and express solidarity. For more info, call Ricardo at UPROSE (718) > 492-9307. > > * 11 am - 7 pm: Charas (9th St. bet B & C) Direct Action Network is > sponsoring a Day of Resistance and Learning to end racism and war. Workshops > > * 4 pm Vigil against racism and war UNION SQUARE > > ****************************** > SUN Sept 23 > > * 9 am - 5 pm New Jersey Green Party Convention, Rutgers Labor Center, New > Brunswick, NJ. > > * NOON Indoor Rally: Learn the Truth about Palestine, Stand United with Arab > and Muslim Sisters and Brothers, Sun., Noon to 3PM, Pier 63 Maritime 12th > Ave. at West 23rd Street (One pier north of Chelsea pier sports, behind > basketball city) > > * 12:30 pm Radical and Progressive Jews gather at 83rd St. & Hudson River > and will march at 3 pm to larger Citywide memorial > > * WBAI-IN-EXILE COMMUNITY FORUM > Bernard White, Amy Goodman, Robert Knight & Mimi Rosenberg > Sunday, September 23, 2001 > 7:00-10:00 pm > PS 321, 180 7th Ave. (between 1st and 2nd St.) > Park Slope, Brooklyn > > *************************************** > > MONDAY Sept 24 > > * 7 pm - 11 pm > WAR, PEACE & the USA > Where do we go from here? > Benefit for WBAI Radio in Exile, with > Grandpa Al Lewis, Elombe Brath, Bob Fass, Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Dan > Coughlin, Errol Maitland, Esther Kaplan, and others ... Suggested donation - > $15. > No one turned away. > > * 7 pm Meeting at Charas > > > TUES Sept. 25 > PRIMARY DAY - Don't forget to vote (Greens: write-in Mitchel Cohen for > Mayor!) > > * 6:30 pm Coalition meeting (place tba) > > > WEDS. Sept. 26 > * NOON The Center for European Studies > at New York University > > will host an open forum to discuss > > Europe and the Current Crisis > chaired by Martin Schain > Professor of Politics and Director, NYU Center for European Studies > > Speakers will include: > > Fulvia Attiná > NY Consortium for European Studies Visiting Professor, Fall 2001 > and Professor of Political Science at the University of Catania, Italy > > Helmut Dubiel > NYU Max Weber Chair for German and European Studies, 2000-2002 > and Professor of Sociology at the Justus-Liebig Universitaet in Giessen, > Germany > > Behrooz Moazami > Post-doctoral fellow, European union Center of New York > > Damir Skenderovic > Visiting Scholar, NYU Center of European Studies, 2001-2002 > and Research Collaborator, Swiss National Science Foundation > > Wednesday, September 26, 2001 > 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM > 58 West 10th Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues) > For more information call the NYU Center for European Studies at (212) > 998-3838 > > > SAT 9/29 > * Gathering in Washington DC, National rally, 12 noon at the White House / > Lafayette Park. Call International Action Center, (212) 633-6646. email: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > OCT 6 & 7 Rallies in NYC > > > > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web - Check your email from the web at > http://mail2web.com/ .
