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Manhattan REVELOCITY: The Bicycle Ball, May 20th, 9pm
FreeWheels~www.bicycledefensefund.org | This Saturday, May 20th, we celebrate the strange and stalwart, the An Evening of Readings and Conversation with EDUARDO GALEANO and ARUNDHATI ROY (MAY 21)
C.W. Alfonsin | An Evening of Readings and Conversation with EDUARDO GALEANO and ARUNDHATI ROYPresented by the Center for Economic Research and Social Change. Sunday, May 21, 2006 7:00 pm at The Town Hall 123 West 43rd Street, New York Between 6th Avenue & Broadway. Scholarship Fundraiser Tomorrow in Honor of Nouran Khalil
Friends and Family of Nouran | We invite you to join us on Saturday, April 29, as we celebrate Nouran's life and the launching of the Nouran Khalil Scholarship Fund with her family and friends and the Pace University Community. The evening will include Arabic music, dinner, and a *special* guest performance by Comedian Ronnie Khalil. Hundreds Rally For Union at NYU; Fifty Arrested NYU Nerds For GSOC | At 12 noon today, hundreds of GSOC members, faculty and undergraduate supporters, members of other graduate employee unions, and visiting dignitaries from across the labor movement met in Judson Memorial Church to hold a rally in celebration of the fact that GSOC/UAW 2110 has officially recertified its majority support among NYU graduate employees. [Read More From Nerds for GSOC || Read Another Report at To the Barricades] more... 7 Comments DINNER & DEMOS N.Y.C. 4/18/06 CLOSE HLS
Win Animal Rights | Dinner: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 at NYU Hayden Hall BikeBlog on Critical Mass: The Most Defiant Ride Yet Bike Blog | Wow. Critical Mass kicked ass in NYC last night. What a weird, sometimes scary, fun, sometimes you-lost-everyone...ride. Riding around NYC for the last couple of weeks I can't help but think about when and if some cop is going to feel like giving me a ticket. [Read More at BikeBlog] more... 0 Comments Testify! (On Making NYC a Leader on Immigration) DMI Blog | While people all over the country are taking to the streets over anti-immigrant legislation some people in NYC need to spend some time in their seats. Their seats in the NY City Council's hearing on immigration that is. [Read More at DMI Blog] more... 0 CommentsAfter Massive Protests Nationwide, Smaller March in Washington Heights For Immigrant Rights IMCista | Cispes writes: "Following the wave of protests nationwide against pending immigration legislation, immigrants, families, youth, religious, labor & community leaders gathered and marched through Washington Heights from 165th & Audobon to 186th & St. Nicholas." [See Pictures || See Nationwide Coverage from US IMC more... 1 Comments Triangle Shirtwaist, In Memoriam NYU Nerds For GSOC | Today, Nerds attended a city-wide labor rally held in honor of the 147 people (mostly Italian and Jewish immigrant girls and young women) who died in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire 95 years ago. These deaths would have largely been prevented if basic safety precautions had been taken, such as keeping all exit doors unlocked, having sturdy fire escapes, and having sprinkler systems. [Read More] more... 0 Comments [WAR] In solidarity with SPEAK: Stop the Oxford Animal Lab
Win Animal Rights | Dates: Friday, March 31 & Saturday, April 1, 2006 Artists Protest the Saint Patrick's Day parade. Jim Glaser | Claiming that they had been barred from last years parade, the Kostume Kult arts group proclaimed costumers to be "a repressed minority" and vowed to join their gay brethren in protest of the exclusivist Saint Patrick’s Day Parade. With ornate costumes, farcical signs and over-the-top attitude, these activists made their point with style. more... 0 Comments The Music for Peace Project NYC at Judson Memorial Church April 1-2 Julie Harting | In conjunction with a series of worldwide concerts during the weekend of March 31 – April 2, the Musicians’ Alliance for Peace NYC will host a FREE two-day festival of music and ideas in collaboration with peace and social justice organizations at the historic Judson Memorial Church in Washington Square Park on April 1st and 2nd. The events will include two concerts of music by local composers and performers, a roundtable discussion, as well as two featured concerts: Keith Pray's Soul Jazz Revival with special guest Ray Vega and the 12 Piece Columbian Jazz Dance Band Folklore Urbano. more... 0 Comments Anti-War Panel and SpeakOut Tonight
David | MediaChannel.org is hosting a panel discussion and Anti-War SpeakOut tonight at 7pm. Admission is FREE! New NMASS Video Project: Ground Zero Health NMASS Video Project | NMASS members fought hard to make this program a reality, and this video tells of one member's experiences. [Read More and See NMASS Video] more... 1 Comments Judge Slaps City on Critical Mass Bike Blog | On February 14, 2006, Judge Michael D. Stallman of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York issued a decision and order denying New York City’s motion for a preliminary injunction to stop the Critical Mass bicycle ride unless a permit is issued. [Read More] more... 3 Comments Nerds on Strike! | On Wednesday, February 1, garbage collectors refused to cross GSOC picket lines to collect trash at Washington Square Village. NYU security and residential life staff paid the trash a visit and expressed amazement at the fact that it was there. [Full Post || Pictures] more... 2 Comments mike piedell | bicycle lane liberation riders attempt to free the bike lanes from illegally parked cars more... 3 Comments Sanctions Against Striking NYU Workers Begin
NYU Nerds For GSOC | The following is a letter received today by a striking TA in the sociology department. The Wyoming Institute (d/b/a The Manhattan Institute)
DMI Blog | We must, together as New Yorkers, find a way to drown out the Manhattan Institute's efforts with a loud chorus of dissenting boos each and every time it seeks to promote unpopular, unprogressive and, frankly, un-New York views from within our borders. Let them move out of New York and become the Wyoming Institute; then they could promote their views while awash in local support. But as long as they have hijacked and continue to defame the name of a New York City borough and persist in advocating extreme political philosophies we do not share, they should hear our disapproval as often as possible. [Read More at DMI Blog NYC Imam's House Raided- Press Conf. Tomorrow
Press Release | At the conclusion of the Muslim holy-days of Eidul-Adha, local civic |
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