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3/1 : Benefit Film: The Agronomist, life & work of Haitian HR activist Jean Dominique. $25. 2pm, Coolidge Theatre, 290 Harvard St, Brookline. Tickets: Coolidge Presentation: Understanding Iran. 7-8:45pm, Memorial Library, Middlesex Avenue (Rte. 62), Wilmington. Details & directions: Wilmington Library INTERNATIONAL Anti-Israel APARTHEID week IAW film screening: Bil'in Habibti. 7-9pm, BU, George Sherman Union Conf Auditorium, rm 228, 3/2 : Lecture: Noam Chomsky on Israeli apartheid. 7-9pm, BU, Jacob Sleeper Auditorium, College of General Studies, rm 129, 871 Comm Ave, Boston. See Boston Israeli Apartheid Week Forum: Cultural Psychology of Arab-Muslim Societies. 4-6 pm. Harvard KSG, Taubman 401, Cambridge. See Harvard map. Forum: Death of the News? 5:30 - 7p, Wong Auditorium (E51), MIT, Cambridge. See details. Forum: Financial Entrepreneurs? Private Equity in Emerging Markets. 12:15-1:45 pm. Harvard KSG, Belfer Ctr Library, Littauer-369, 79 JFK St, Cambridge. Details at Belfer Ctr. Peace Vigil. Every Tuesday, 5:30-6:30 pm, Copley Sq, Boston. 3 years so far, thru, rain, sun, snow. Join us! For more, contact Mike. 3/3 : Picket: Boston School Committee for full funding of Boston public schools. 5:30 pm, School Committee, 26 Court St, Boston. See Defend Education. Forum: What to Do About Housing Foreclosures? 7pm,
Forum: Islamist Politics & the Imperative of Inclusion w/Mark Perry. 4-6pm, Rm 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge. See HKS calendar Forum: Building the Big Tent - Islamist Politics and the Imperative of Inclusion . 4-6pm, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge. See Harvard, CMES Lecture: Mazin Qumsiyeh on Israeli apartheid. 12pm, NE Univ, Dockser 30, Boston. See Boston Israeli Apartheid Week
Film: Shelter - A Squatumentary. 7pm, 549 Columbus Ave, Boston's So End. See Lucy Parsons Ctr Film: Food Inc. 7pm, 55 Coolidge Ave, Lexington. See Pilgrim Congregational Forum: Empire of Illusion w/Chris Hedges. 6:30pm, First Parish, 3 Church St, Cambridge. See Cambridge Forum 3/4 : Presentation: Child Soldier to Child Activist w/Michel, from Democratic Republic of Congo. 7-9pm, RCC, Auditorium, BSC, Bridgewater. Details at: ACT-MA. Lecture: Mazin Qumsiyeh on Israeli Apartheid & Palestinian Popular Resistance. 2pm, MacMillan 117, Brown Univ, Providence, RI. See Providence Israeli Apartheid Week Film: You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train. 6:45-9pm, Library, 45 Pearl St, Central Sq. Contact: Joan. Film: Happy Endings. 7pm, 549 Columbus Ave, Boston's So End. See Lucy Parsons National Day of ACTION! to defend education. Rally beginning 12noon, UMass-Boston, outside the Campus Center. See Defend Education Lecture: Mazin Qumsiyeh on Israeli apartheid. 9:30pm, UMass Boston, Live, public address: Richard Holbrook, Special Rep for Afghanistan & Pakistan, Dept of State. If you have the stomach for it: 6pm broadcast: JFK Jr Forum. Forum: Why has Obama been unable to move Netanyahu on the Palestinian question? 4-6pm, Weatherhead Ctr, 2nd flr, National Day of ACTION! to defend education. Teach-in 4-7pm, UMass-Boston, McCormack Bldg, 3rd flr, rm 201. See Defend Education 3/5 : Fundraiser: for Witness for Peace-NE. 8pm, Forum/ breakfast: Women's Role in the Green Economy. 7:30-9:30am, Simmons College, 300 The Fenway, Linda Paresky Conf Ctr. Details at Simmons. Symposium: Drone Warfare - New Robotics & The Legality of Targeted Killings. [protest insanity] 12:30-5pm, Hauser 104, Harvard Law, Cambridge. Details at Harvard NSJ. 3/6 : Organizing mtg: for March 20 march on DC. 1pm, 33 Harrison Ave, Chinatown, Boston. Details at ACT-MA. Forum: Alternatives to Capitalism in Crisis - Counter-hegemonic economies in contemporary Catalonia. 7pm, 549 Columbus Ave, Boston's So End. See Lucy Parsons Radio: Sounds of Dissent, w/ John Grebe. 11 am - 1pm. 90.3 FM, greater Boston. Streams at WZBC Remembrance: for Howard Zinn. Details tba Talk: Obama & US Foreign Policy w/Chomsky & Amy Goodman. $4-6. 12 noon, Harvard Memorial Church. Directions, tickets, details: Harvard EIR Club. Fundraiser: Iraq Family Relief Fund. $10 sugested. 7pm, Calvary United Methodist Church, 300 Mass Ave, Arlington. See Arlington UJP 3/7 : Peace vigil, every Sunday, noon - 1pm. Town Common, Amherst. For more, contact Mark. Discussion Group: animal ethics and advocacy. Boston area, location tbd. Contact: Jason Presentation: Current situation in Honduras. 4pm, Centro Latino de Chelsea, Forum: Poetics & Politics of Practice Engagement in African Ethnology; w/Michelle Kisliuk. 10:30am, Spiegel Auditorium, 56 Brattle St, Cambridge. See Ethical Soc of Boston. Mtg: Rising Tide. 1st Sunday of every month. 5pm, 549 Columbus Ave, Boston's So End. See Lucy Parsons Ctr Celebrate International Women's Day. Women Say NO to War: We demand Bread & Peace! Radio: Truth & Justice Radio. 90.3 FM, greater Boston. 6-9:30 am - news & public affairs; 8 am - This Wk in Palestine. Streams at WZBC Forum: The Challenges of Women Today - A Voice from the South w/Lebogang Ramafoko, 11am, 565 Boylston St, Boston. See Comm Church 3/8 : Lecture: The Theatrical. The Performative. The Transformative. 7pm, MIT Bartos Theater, Wiesner Bldg (E15) Support: Vijay Shah, victim of racial profiling. 10am, Moakley Courthouse, So Boston. Background info: Boston Phoenix. 3/9 : National book launch tour: Breaking the Sound Barrier w/ Amy Goodman. 7pm, 51 Winthrop St, Medford. Free, reservation required Peace Vigil. Every Tuesday, 5:30-6:30 pm, Copley Sq, Boston. 3 years so far, thru, rain, sun, snow. Join us! For more, contact Mike. 3/10 : Film: Captain Abu Ra'ed (Jordan, 2008). 6-8pm, Wiener Auditorium, Taubman Bldg, Ground Flr, Forum: The War in Afghanistan - How to End It w/David Miliband MP. 3:30a-4:30pm, W16, Kresge Auditorium, MIT. See MIT map. 3/11 : China study group: talk by Wadi'h Halabi. 6:30pm, 550 Mass Ave, Central Sq, Cambridge, 2nd flr. Contact: ACT-MA Film: Slingshot Hip-Hop. Free, Lecture: Noam Chomsky, on the UN. 6-7pm, Green building, MIT, 54-100. See MIT map. 3/12 : Bk discussion: Dirt - The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth,. 7pm, First Church UU, 6 Eliot St, JP. See JP Forum. Film & discussion: Eye on the Prize, Volume 5, Mississippi - Is this America? 1962-1964. 7:30 pm ($5 suggested). Celebration: The Radical Ideas of Howard Zinn. 7pm, 565 Boylston St, Boston. Download flyer Film: H2Oil. 7:30pm, Old Firehouse, 72 Water St, Woods Hole. See Cinema Politica Woodshole. 3/13 : IAW Protest: Take to the Streets for Shuhada Street - a street in Hebron, made a ghost town by zionists. Details tba. See Boston Israeli Apartheid Week Fashion & craft show: self-styled anarchist. 8pm, 33 Harrison St, 5th flr, Chinatown, Boston. See Encuentro 5 Potluck dinner: for International Women's Day; all unpaid labor performed by men. $10. 6-9pm, 45 Mount Auburn St, Cambridge. See Democracy Ctr Organizing mtg: for March 20 march on DC. 1pm, Grove Hall Library, 41 Geneva Ave, Dorchester. Details at ACT-MA. Block Rebellion! Against foreclosures & evictions. 5-9pm, 21 Bullard St, Dorchester. Details at ACT-MA. Radio: Sounds of Dissent, w/ John Grebe. 11 am - 1pm. 90.3 FM, greater Boston. Streams at WZBC Conference: Joint reflection on politics, the state & alternatives. Round 3. 1pm, NE Univ, Snell Library, rm 090, 376 Huntington Ave, Boston. See NE map Conference: Cuba & the US - Time for a change. 9a-5pm, Central CT State Univ, New Britain, CT. 3/14 : Peace vigil, every Sunday, noon - 1pm. Town Common, Amherst. For more, contact Mark. Forum: Humanist meditation & Neuroscience practice; w/Rick Heller. 10:30am, Spiegel Auditorium, 56 Brattle St, Cambridge. See Ethical Soc of Boston. Forum: Centuries of Irish Revolutionary Women w/Jan Cannavan, 11am, 565 Boylston St, Boston. See Comm Church IAW Film screening: Just Married. $5 suggested. 7pm, First Parish UU Church, 3 Church St. Cambridge. See Boston Israeli Apartheid Week Rally: Coffee Party. Noon - 2pm, Boston Common, Radio: Truth & Justice Radio. 90.3 FM, greater Boston. 6-9:30 am - news & public affairs; 9-9:30 am - This Wk in Palestine. Streams at WZBC 3/15 : Celebrate Nowruz! Iranian New Year. 5:15 - 6:45pm, Protest: STOP SweatSHOPs in the Fields! 3:30pm, Stop & Shop Headquarters, 1385 Hancock St, Quincy. Carpooling available; details at ACT-MA 3/16 : Rally: for healthcare reform. Noon, State House, Beacon St, Boston. Details Move On. Rally: in memory of Rachel Corey. 5:15-6:15 pm, Harvard Sq, Cambridge. Background: Rachel Corrie foundation Peace Vigil. Every Tuesday, 5:30-6:30 pm, Copley Sq, Boston. 3 years so far, thru, rain, sun, snow. Join us! For more, contact Mike. 3/17 : Court hearing: Support Chuck Turner!! 2:30m, Moakley Federal Court House. Background at: Support Chuck Turner Forum: Criticizing Creativity w/Daniel Mendelsohn & former NY Times Book Review editor, Charles McGrath. 6:30pm, First Parish, 3 Church St, Cambridge. See Cambridge Forum Concert/Discussion: Echoes of Silence. $5. noon – 1:30 pm, Vigil: Healthcare Not Warfare [Gate Keepers]. Noon; Boston, Lowell, Worcester, Hyannis. See PDA 3/18 : Film: Cocalero (Evo Morales's rise in Bolivia. Free, 7pm, 243 Broadway, Cambridge. Details at Rule19 2010 First Amendment Award, honoring Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE). 6:30-8pm, C. Walsh Theatre, Suffolk Univ, 55 Temple St, Rally: for Striking Shaw's Workers! 3:30 pm, Shaw’s Supermarket, 45 Morrissey Blvd, Dorchester. Details at: ACT MA Benefit performance & discussion: Puerto Rico political prisoners. $5-10 suggested. 7pm, Atwood Hall, Clark Univ, Worcester. See Boricua HR 3/19 : Film: Becoming Americans. $5. noon – 1:30 pm, Massive action & outreach in DC! End US wars on Iraq, Afghanistan... March on Saturday. See ANSWER Film: Forum: Corporate Power after 'Citizens United'. 7-9 pm, Trinitarian-Congregational Church, 54 Walden St, Concord. See LWVCC Film: Unnatural Causes - Is Inequality Making Us Sick? 1:30pm, Forum: Meet Your Chocolate Farmer - The Story Behind Your Treats. 7pm, First Church UU, 6 Eliot St, JP. See JP Forum. 3/20 : Anti-war PROTEST! Noon, Park St T-station, Boston. Details at: ACT MA Birthday fundraiser: Boston Interpreters Collective. $2-20. 8pm -midnight, 31 Beaufort Rd, JP. Interpreters Collective Radio: Sounds of Dissent, w/ John Grebe. 11 am - 1pm. 90.3 FM, greater Boston. Streams at WZBC Massive march on DC! End US wars on Iraq, Afghanistan... See ANSWER 3/21 : Peace vigil, every Sunday, noon - 1pm. Town Common, Amherst. For more, contact Mark. 2nd Annual Student Teach-In; environmental, labor, free trade & anti-war movements. 10a-4:30pm, NE Univ, Curry Student Ctr, Boston. Register: Student teach-in. Forum: Think outside the bottle; w/Forrest Whitcher & Fauna Shaw. 10:30am, Spiegel Auditorium, 56 Brattle St, Cambridge. See Ethical Soc of Boston. Forum: Reproductive Justice & the Debate Over Women's Bodies w/Lani Blechman, 11am, 565 Boylston St, Boston. See Comm Church Film: Life and Debt. 6-7:45 pm, MIT 6-120. See MIT map. Discussion Group: animal ethics and advocacy. Boston area, location tbd. Contact: Jason Radio: Truth & Justice Radio. 90.3 FM, greater Boston. 6-9:30 am - news & public affairs; 9-9:30 am - This Wk in Palestine. Streams at WZBC 3/22 : Talk: The Pen Is Mightier Than The Sword w/ Laura Jorgensen. 7pm, 549 Columbus Ave, Boston's So End. See Lucy Parsons Welcoming reception: for José Edgardo Alemán Molina, new Consul General Music performance: w/ Penny Hill, Peninsula, & Laura Jorgensen. 7pm, 549 Columbus Ave, Boston's So End. See Lucy Parsons Ctr 3/23 : Film: Romero. 7pm, 549 Columbus Ave, Boston's So End. See Lucy Parsons Peace Vigil. Every Tuesday, 5:30-6:30 pm, Copley Sq, Boston. 3 years so far, thru, rain, sun, snow. Join us! For more, contact Mike. 3/24 : Rally: for Education. 5:30pm, Boston School Committee, 26 Court St, Boston. Details at ACT-MA Tribute: to the Theater of Howard Zinn w/Chris Cooper et al. Suffolk’s C. Walsh Theatre, 55 Temple St, Boston. See BG article Rally: for Jobs . Noon, Bank of America, 120 Federal St, Boston. Details at ACT-MA Film: Made In LA / Hecho En Los Angeles. 7pm, 549 Columbus Ave, Boston's So End. See Lucy Parsons Ctr 3/25 : Talk: This Time We Went Too Far by Norman Finkelstein. 7:15 - 9pm, Langdell South, Harvard Law School. See Harvard map Picket Harvard: against latest union-worker layoffs at Harvard. 5 pm, 1350 Mass Ave, Cambridge. Details on Facebook. Forum: Prospects for Peace - The Israeli Perspective. 3-5pm, Weatherhead Ctr, 2nd flr, Presentation: Comedians and Combatants for Peace. 6-7:30pm, JJFK Jr Forum, Littauer Bldg, Harvard KSG. See Harvard KSG ME events 3/26 : Forum: defend public education and workers’ rights. 7:30 pm ($5 suggested). Workshop: anti-war . 7pm, encuentro5 Film: 3/27 : Report back: political & socio- economic situation in Gaza Strip w dinner & photo display. $5-$15. 7-10pm, 33 Harrison Ave, 5th Flr, Chinatown, Boston. See Encuentro Political social: w/ Sacco & Vanzetti Commemoration Society. 7 pm, 565 Boylston St, Boston. See Sacco & Vanzetti. Interfaith films, dessert, dialogue. 7pm, Friends Mtg House, 5 Longfellow Pk, Film: Collision (Is Christianity Good for the World?). 6-9pm, Harvard Law School, Cambridge. More, contact info here: HLS calendar Radio: Sounds of Dissent, w/ John Grebe. 11 am - 1pm. 90.3 FM, greater Boston. Streams at WZBC 3/28 : Peace vigil, every Sunday, noon - 1pm. Town Common, Amherst. For more, contact Mark. Forum: Massachusetts & the Movies; w/Nicholas Paleologos. 10:30am, Spiegel Auditorium, 56 Brattle St, Cambridge. See Ethical Soc of Boston. Rally & sleep-out: for clean energy. Cambridge Common; march to the Statehouse on Monday. Details at ACT-MA Rally & sleep-out: for clean energy. Cambridge Common; march to the Statehouse on Monday. Details at ACT-MA Radio: Truth & Justice Radio. 90.3 FM, greater Boston. 6-9:30 am - news & public affairs; 9-9:30 am - This Wk in Palestine. Streams at WZBC 3/29 : March: for clean energy. Details at ACT-MA Slide show: Tracing the Jordan River w/photographer Skip Schiel. 1:30 pm, Cambridge Ctr for Adult Ed, 3/30 : Forum: Modus Operandi, State Projects & Regime Formations - Grid for Understanding Israeli State. 4-6pm, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge. See Harvard, CMES Lecture: Venezuela's XXI Century Socialism. 3-5pm, UMASS Boston, Venture Development Ctr, Wheatley Hall, 3rd Flr, Rm 180. Details at ACT-MA Lecture: Venezuela's XXI Century Socialism. Noon, NE Univ, School of Law, Dockser Hall, Rmm 250, 65 Forsyth St, Boston. Details at ACT-MA Peace Vigil. Every Tuesday, 5:30-6:30 pm, Copley Sq, Boston. 3 years so far, thru, rain, sun, snow. Join us! For more, contact Mike. Forum: Symbolism of Race in Cuba Today. 4-6 pm, 3/31 : Lecture: Venezuela's XXI Century Socialism. 6pm, Suffolk Law School, Function Rm 1st Flr, 120 Tremont St, Boston. Details at ACT-MA Lecture: Venezuela's XXI Century Socialism. 12:45 pm, Suffolk Univ, 41 Temple St, Donahue bldg, 218-B. Details at ACT-MA Community discussion: The Cost of War on our Communities. 7pm, Jackson-Mann Community Ctr, Talk: Is Another Gandhi Possible Today? 12:30 - 2pm, Film: View from a Grain of Sand. 7pm, 549 Columbus Ave, Boston's So End. See Lucy Parsons Ctr Film, potluck dinner: Sachamama. 7 pm, 195 Harvey St, No Cambridge. RSVP required. See ACT-MA Forum: Context and Text in the Partition of Palestine w/Sayres Rudy. 2:40-4pm, L-130, 1st Flr, Littauer Bldg, Harvard KSG. See Harvard map Forum: Growing the Peace Movement (be wary). 7pm, encuentro5 Mtg: Boston Public Library closings. 6pm, 565 Boylston St, Boston. See Comm Church Film: Blind Spot - Peak Oil & The Coming Global Crisis. 7pm, Cambridge Community Ctr, 5 Callender St, Cambridge. See Film Real. Book reading: The Maids of Havana w/author Pedro Pérez-Sarduy. 4-6 pm, |