46] MoveOn Council meeting – Nov. 21
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49] Book talk: BLOOD ON THE TRACKS – Nov. 21
50] Occupy Philly – Nov. 22
51] Film on Real Democracy – Nov. 22
52] War Is Not the Answer – Nov. 22
53] Joseph Rauh Lecture – Nov. 22
54] Book talk: THE UNCONQUERED – Nov. 22
55] Pray for Peace – Nov. 22
56] Feed Occupy Movement -- Nov. 23
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58] David Swanson book talk – Nov. 23
59] See film AVALON – Nov. 23
60] Green Currency Meeting -- Nov. 23
61] Chestnut Hill Peace Vigil – Nov. 23
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46] – On Mon., Nov. 21 at 7 PM, there will be a meeting of the
47] – Jeremy Ben-Ami is coming to Baltimore on Mon., Nov. 21 at 7:30 PM at Beth El Congregation, 8101 Park Heights Ave., Baltimore, MD 21208. J Street founder and president, Ben-Ami is taking the pro-Israel, pro-peace show on the road to
48] – On Tues., Nov. 22 from 9 AM to 2 PM, the Brookings Institution is hosting a talk "Iran and International Pressure: An Assessment of Multilateral Efforts to Impede Iran's Nuclear Program" with Tom Donilon, National Security Advisor, and six other speakers. It will take place at the Brookings Institution, Falk Auditorium,
49] – On Tues., Nov. 22 from 3 to 4:30 PM, Frank von Hippel, Princeton Univ., and Johan Swann, director of the Swedish NGO Office for Nuclear Waste Review, "International Panel on Fissile Materials: Managing Spent Fuel from Nuclear Power Reactors: Experience and Lessons from Around the World" will address the issue at George Washington Univ., 1957 E St., NW, Room 505, WDC. RSVP at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGR6OUhlMXVTRWVxNjVsanV6UG5yLXc6MQ.
50] – OCCUPY PHILLY, www.occupyphilly.org, continues at Phila. City Hall, 15th & Market Sts. We Are The 99% Demanding Economic Justice, Democracy, and Peace on Tuesdays at 4:30 until 6 PM, Phila. City Hall. Join the
51] – SCOPE will be hosting a documentary film screening at the Univ. of MD's School of Social Work on Redwood St. on Tues., Nov. 22 at 5 PM called "Beyond Elections: Redefining Democracy in the Americas." The film explores participatory budgeting in
52] – There is a vigil to say "War Is Not the Answer" each Tuesday since September 11, 2001 at
53] – The 19th Annual Joseph L. Rauh, Jr. Lecture will be given by Harold Hongju Koh on Tues., Nov. 22 starting at 6 PM. He is a legal advisor to the
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and Joe Rauh Professor of Public Interest Law. There will be a reception at 7:30 Pm, and the event will occur at the
Harold Hongju Koh is the Martin R. Flug '55 Professor of International Law. Professor Koh is a leading expert on public and private international law, national security law, and human rights. He has argued before the
54] – On Tues., Nov. 22 from 6:30 to 8 PM at Busboys & Poets, 2021 14th St. NW, WDC, hear a talk about the book THE UNCONQUERED: In Search of the Amazon's Last Uncontested Tribes. Hear Scott Wallace talk about his amazing journey into the depths of the Brazilian Amazon! Several groups are sponsoring the talk about this extraordinary tale of a journey into the deepest recesses of the Amazon to track one of the planet's last uncontacted indigenous tribes. In this gripping first-person account of adventure and survival, the author follows a 34-man team into the Amazon's uncharted depths, discovering the rainforest's secrets while moving ever closer to a possible encounter with the mysterious flecheiros - or "People of the Arrow" - a seldom-glimpsed tribe of deft archers known to defend their lands with showers of deadly arrows before melting back into the forest shadows.
Admission is free, but space is limited. You are encouraged to have dinner and change the world. Contact Caitlin Doughty at Caitlin@amazonwatch.org.
55] -- Pray for Peace at 7:30 PM on Tues., Nov. 22 at 56] – AN INTERFAITH COALITION SUPPORTING THE OCCUPY MOVEMENT IN 57] – Each Wednesday from 4 58] – David Swanson will be talking about his new book "When the World Outlawed War" on Wed., Nov. 23 from 6:30 to 8 PM at Busboys and Poets, 14th and V In January 1929 the U.S. Senate ratified by a vote of 85 to 1 a treaty that is still on the books, still upheld by most of the world, still listed on the U.S. State Department's website -- a treaty that under Article VI of the U.S. Constitution is the "supreme law of the land." This treaty, the Kellogg-Briand Pact, bans all war. The wisdom of the War Outlawry movement of the 1920s is revived the book. The full plan to outlaw war has never tried. |
59] – Starting Wed., Nov. 23 at 7 PM, the Maryland Film Festival will be screening all of Barry Levinson's "Baltimore Movies," including AVALON, LIBERTY HEIGHTS, TIN MEN, the documentaries DINER GUYS and THE BAND THAT WOULDN'T DIE, and several showings of DINER itself at The Charles Theatre! Tickets will include access to all Barry Levinson's "
60] – The Baltimore Green Currency Association meets every Wednesday at 7 PM at Breathe Books, 810 W 36th St. # A, Baltimore, MD 21211-2554. Call 410-235-7323.
61] – Each Wednesday, the Northwest Greens hold a peace vigil from 7 to 8 PM outside the Borders Book Store, Germantown Ave. at Bethlehem Pike in Chestnut Hill, PA. The next vigil is Nov. 23. Call 215-843-4256 or email nwgreens@yahoo.com.
62] – CCAN is Hiring. Do you want to fight global warming while gaining valuable grassroots organizing knowledge and experience? If so, the
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65] – The new Indypendent Reader is seeking articles for its web site at http://www.indyreader.org. Submit an article.
66] – If you would like to get rid of books, videos, DVDs or records, contact Max at 410-366-1637 or mobuszewski at verizon.net.
67] – Can you use a television set and/or a computer, monitor etc.? Contact Max at 410-366-1637 or mobuszewski at verizon.net.
68] – Join an extraordinary global campaign for the elimination of nuclear weapons
69] – WAR IS NOT THE ANSWER signs from Friends Committee on National Legislation are again for sale at $5. To purchase a sign, call Max at 410-366-1637.
70] – Publish Your Peace Article. Daniel Frasier is soliciting peace articles for the biweekly series of commentaries Paths to Peace in the Frederick News Post Religion and Ethics section. For details, email path2peace07@yahoo.com.
71] – The Hunger Site was initiated by Mercy Corps and Second Harvest, and is funded entirely by advertisers. You can go there every day and click the big yellow "Give Food for Free" button near the top of the page; you do not have to look at the ads. Each click generates funding for about 1.1 cups of food. So consider clicking.
72] – Go online for FIRE AND FAITH: The Catonsville Nine File. On May 17, 1968, nine people entered the Selective Service Offices in
73] – Peace Park Antinuclear Vigil takes place every day in Lafayette Park, 1601 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 24 hours a day, since June 3, 1981. Go to http://prop1.org; call 202-682-4282.
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