Book Event: Slavery by Another Name with Douglas Blackmon
Come join us at Busboys & Poets for a night with Wall Street Journal writer Douglas Blackmon.

Douglas Blackmon, the author of Slavery by Another Name, will share his book and speak with us about neo-slavery, race, poverty, and politics. It will be great night with good food and great company!

Slavery by Another Name uses a vast record of original documents and personal narratives to unearth the lost stories of slaves and their descendants, who journeyed into freedom after the Emancipation Proclamation and then back into the shadow of involuntary servitude.

It also reveals the stories of those who fought unsuccessfully against the re-emergence of human labor trafficking, the modern companies that profited most from neo-slavery, and the system’s final demise in the 1940s, partly due to fears of enemy propaganda about American racial abuse at the beginning of World War II.

Krzysztof Wodiczko's Veterans Project at Institute for Contemporary Art
Nov 4 2009 - 8:00am to 8:00 pm

Krzysztof Wodiczko
The Institute of Contemporary Art / Boston
November 4, 2009 – March 7, 2010

The Institute of Contemporary Art / Boston (ICA) has invited Krzysztof Wodiczko to create a new project focusing on veterans returning from combat in Iraq and Afghanistan. This new project will go on view at the ICA November 4, 2009, just prior to the observation of Veterans Day, and continues through March 7, 2010.

Lynne Stewart: An American Story
The rough cut of a new film by Francis van den Heuvel.

The cliché after the September 11th attacks was that "the world had changed forever." And in some ways this is true. But more than the Twin Towers may have been destroyed - since that day centuries of judicial protections and procedures have been under attack. In the name of a "War on Terror" there has been a war on justice - and there may be no better example than the prosecution and conviction of one of New York's best known defence attorneys, Lynne Stewart. Her case forms the backbone of this film.

I have just received confirmation that Congressman John Conyers (MI) has accepted the invitation from the PNHP Philadelphia Metropolitan Chapter (Physicians for a National Health Plan) and HCAP to speak on HR 676 and what all of us need to do to muster massive support.

Please make plans to attend this program. They have not yet discussed the Agenda as they received the confirmation from Conyers' office yesterday.

We will need much publicity for the program as we need to fill the 200 + seats. We (HCAP & PNHP members) are looking for all to help (each of you) with publicity.

Although the program is free and open, we will encounter travel charges for Conyers and perhaps an assistant Wash DC to Philly to Detroit. Therefore we will be passing the hat there to pay for the trip.

Thanks again and please mark your calendars and get the word out.

THE CHANGE WE NEED:

BRING THE TROOPS HOME NOW!

While the nation's attention is focused on the economic crisis unfolding on Wall St. and Main St., the war in Iraq continues. Military Families Speak Out will hold a teach-in Friday featuring testimonies from those whose lives have been directly impacted by the war. Speakers will be available for interview following the formal presentation. Confirmed speakers include:

• Elaine Johnson, mother of Spc. Darius Jennings who was killed in action in Iraq on November 20, 2003. Johnson is a member of Gold Star Families Speak Out, a chapter of MFSO.
• Tim Kahlor whose son suffers from Traumatic Brain Injury and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder as a result of his service in Iraq with the U.S. Army. Kahlor is a member of MFSO.
  

The Obama Administration and Congress will deliver some of changes that we and the world need, but powerful grassroots pressure on the new Administration and Congress will be required if our hopes for change are to be realized.

To provide clear and profound visions, campaigns, and movements for change, the American Friends Service Committee, Tufts University's Peace and Justice Studies Program, and a growing number of co-sponsoring organizations have organized "New Strategies for the Obama Era: Are You Ready?"

This New England-wide, multi-generational movement conference will be held the weekend of March 27-29. "New Strategies" will provide strategies, information, analysis, campaigns, resources and networking essential to build the movements needed to impact and lead Washington. As the slogan has it, When the people lead, the leaders will follow.

Congressman Ed Royce has new office in Orange, and he's inviting his constituents to an Open House on Saturday Feb 28th from 11:30am - 2:30pm.

His new office is located at 1110 E Chapman Ave, Suite 207, just a short distance from the Traffic Circle.

The new office phone number is: 714-744-4130.

Ann Coulter at the Nixon Library - this Thursday Feb. 5th at 7:00 pm for a lecture and booksigning of her new book GUILTY: Liberal "Victims" and Their Assault on America.

Perhaps we should show her that there are liberal folks here in OC but that we certainly are NOT "victims"!

Member Price: $10.00
Non-Member Price: $12.00
(Click appropriate link above to purchase tickets)

EAST ROOM SEATING IS SOLD OUT, BUT THEATER SIMULCAST SEATING IS AVAILABLE

Single Payer Health Care Conference

Health Care Reform in 2009
The Massachusetts Model vs. Single Payer
Understanding the Issues and Learning to Educate Others

WHEN : Saturday, February 7, 2009, 10am to 2pm*
WHERE : Harvard Medical School
Tosteson Medical Education Center, Rm 227*
260 Longwood Ave., Boston MA
Directions: maps.google.com/maps
Written Directions

FEATURED SPEAKERS :