Antiwar

Women in Black Union Square Vigil - Occupy Wall Street, not Palestine!

Posted Wed, 03/13/2013 - 10:15pm by mbralow
Date: 
Thursday, March 14, 2013 - 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Location: 
Union Square, NYC

Dear Friends,
Let the light shine in! Now that we have all moved our clocks, we are going back to our regular vigiling time: 5:30-6:30.
This week (on March 14) we will honor Rachel Corrie. March 16 is the 10th anniversary of her death. She was crushed by an Israeli soldier using a giant (U.S.-made) Caterpillar tractor while she tried to protect a Palestinian family in Gaza.

Please join the Women in Black Union Square Vigil Thursday March 14 at 14th Street and Broadway 5:30-6:30. (If it is too cold we will try to have the good sense to end early.
{Note: We will bring a few

Sign making and organizing meeting for 3/19 L-3 Anti-Drone action

Posted Wed, 03/13/2013 - 10:15pm by mbralow
Date: 
Thursday, March 14, 2013 - 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: 
Catholic Worker, 55 E 3rd St., NYC

Help prepare for the March 19 anti-drone action (with a focus on L-3 Communications) on the 10th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Join NYC War Resisters League members for sign-making and action planning. Help create flip-card signs with your favorite “L” words to rename L-3*. We’ll make some flip cards with words like Lousy • Loathesome • Looters and other signs too.

We’ll talk about action plans from 7:00 - 7:30 (ish) and find out what other groups are planning too.

Join us for sign-making and action check-in:

Link: 
http://www.warresisters.org/pages/L-3demo.php

NON-VIOLENCE: NO HIGHER CALLING : Let's stand against all violence

Posted Wed, 03/13/2013 - 4:00pm by Anonymous
Date: 
Saturday, March 30, 2013 - 2:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: 
1 Dag Hammarskjold Plaza
Contact: 

kkarthikk@gmail.com

Given the all the violence we have witnessed in the US recently, I want to share with you a movement that inspires me. I invite you to join me.

About Non-Violence: No Higher Calling
“The Wright brothers appeared crazy before they flew. I have this crazy idea – a world without violence. With all the violence in the world this idea may appear to be hoping for Utopia, but we need to dream, and we will get there.” - H.H. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Link: 
https://www.facebook.com/events/582752185087629/

Protest: Tell Queens Rep. Crowley to Vote NO! on Fast Track for TPP @ B-Day Fundraiser

Posted Wed, 03/13/2013 - 3:30am by Anonymous
Date: 
Thursday, March 21, 2013 - 5:30pm - 8:30pm
Location: 
Dream Downtown Hotel, 355 West 16th St (Between 8th and 9th Avenues), Manhattan, New York City
Contact: 

TradeJustice New York Metro / OWS TradeJustice Phone: (718) 218-4523 Email: info@tradejustice.net Web: http://tradejustice.net

Congressman Joseph Crowley, a consistent supporter of job-killing ,environment destroying free trade agreements, is holding his annual birthday fundraiser to rake in corporate cash from the companies who want to ensure that he will continue pushing free trade agreements that endanger our jobs, our health, and our environment.

Link: 
http://tradejustice.net

Women in Peace, Security and Development: A Conversation with Inspiring Women Leaders at the UN

Posted Thu, 03/07/2013 - 9:16pm by mbralow
Date: 
Wednesday, March 6, 2013 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: 
Columbia University, 116th St. & Broadway, NYC

http://www.columbia.edu/event/women-peace-security-and-development-conve...

Women in Peace, Security and Development: A Conversation with Inspiring Women Leaders at the UN
Wednesday, March 6, 2013 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Columbia University Morningside Campus School of International and Public Affairs, Room 1501

Link: 
http://www.columbia.edu/event/women-peace-security-and-development-conversation-...

Iraq Now: Reparations, the Right to Heal, and the Question of International Solidarity

Posted Thu, 03/07/2013 - 2:15pm by Brecht Forum
Date: 
Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 7:30pm
Location: 
The Brecht Forum, 451 West Street (between Bank & Bethune Sts): A, C, E to 14 St. (south exits to 14th & 8th Av.; L to 8th Av. (at 14th); #1, 2, 3 to 14 St.(south exits to 12th St. & 7th Av.); PATH to Christopher St. (nr. Hudson St.); F, M to 14 St (at 6th Av.); B, D to W. 4 St. (north exits to Waverly & 6th Av.); maps below)
Contact: 

212-242-4201, brechtforum@brechtforum.org ; directions http://bit.ly/bierxE ; map http://bit.ly/bzOKJp

Iraq Now: Reparations, the Right to Heal, and the Question of International Solidarity
March 20th, 2013 7:30 PM
Co-Sponsor: Center for Constitutional Rights, Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) & War Resisters League

Iraq Now: Reparations, the Right to Heal, and the Question of International Solidarity

Link: 
http://brechtforum.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=12452

Peace Action NY Discussion - Alliance for a Green Economy NY (AGREE NY)'s Plan for Clean Energy Economy

Posted Wed, 03/06/2013 - 11:16pm by mbralow
Date: 
Wednesday, March 13, 2013 - 7:30pm - 9:30pm
Location: 
Goddard Riverside Community Center, 593 Columbus Ave., NYC

Peace Action Manhattan's next monthly forum:

Tim Judson of
Alliance for a Green Economy NY

Wednesday, March 13, 2013, 7:00 PM

Goddard Riverside Community Center
593 Columbus Avenue (at 88th Street)

Free & open to the public

Tim will present AGREE NY's plan to mobilize New York's grassroots for clean energy and
to close the nuclear power plants at Indian Point.

Please update contact information even if you are not becoming a member.

We thank you for your interest in our cause.

Peace,

Florindo Troncelliti & Jerry Moss
Acting Co-Chairs, Peace Action Manhattan

Press Conference, Peace Walk to Indian Point

Posted Wed, 03/06/2013 - 11:15pm by mbralow
Date: 
Saturday, March 9, 2013 - 12:00pm - 3:30pm
Location: 
1 Croton Point Avenue, Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y.
Contact: 

For more information, call 413-485-8469 or 413-320-2856 or E-mail walk4newspring@gmail.com

Sat., Mar. 9, 12 noon, PRESS CONFERENCE, PEACE WALK TO INDIAN POINT. Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y., upper parking lot, 1 Croton Point Avenue. For more information, call 413-485-8469 or 413-320-2856 or E-mail walk4newspring@gmail.com. The complete walk schedule may be found at www.newenglandpeacepagoda.org. The walk ends in Washington, D.C., on April 3.

Link: 
http://www.newenglandpeacepagoda.org

Vigil at the Gates of Indian Point

Posted Wed, 03/06/2013 - 11:15pm by mbralow
Date: 
Saturday, March 9, 2013 - 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Location: 
Indian Point gates, Bleakly and Broadway, Buchanan, N.Y.
Contact: 

call 413-485-8469 or 413-320-2856 or E-mail walk4newspring@gmail.com.

Sat., Mar. 9, 3:30 p.m., VIGIL AT THE GATES OF INDIAN POINT.

Walk from the Press Conference or meet the walkers at Indian Point gates, Bleakly and Broadway, Buchanan, N.Y.

For more information, call 413-485-8469 or 413-320-2856 or E-mail walk4newspring@gmail.com. The complete walk schedule may be found at www.newenglandpeacepagoda.org. The walk ends in Washington, D.C., on April 3.

Link: 
http://www.newenglandpeacepagoda.org

Pot-Luck Dinner Welcoming the Peace Walkers.

Posted Wed, 03/06/2013 - 11:15pm by mbralow
Date: 
Sunday, March 10, 2013 - 5:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: 
Stony Point Center, 17 Crickettown Road, Stony Point, N.Y.
Contact: 

call 413-485-8469 or 413-320-2856

Sun., Mar. 10, 5:00 p.m., POT-LUCK DINNER WELCOMING THE PEACE WALKERS.

12th annual Walk for a New Spring, for the People, for the Earth. Bring a dish to share! Stony Point Center, 17 Crickettown Road, Stony Point, N.Y.
For more information on the walk, which ends in Washington, D.C., on April 3, call 413-485-8469 or 413-320-2856 (the complete walk schedule may be found at www.newenglandpeacepagoda.org).
Register for the Stony Point Center programs at http://www.stonypointcenter.org (more information at that site).

Link: 
http://www.newenglandpeacepagoda.org
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