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Joy of Resistance presents "Feminist Agenda for a New Political Era" Thursday

Joy of Resistance | Joy of Resistance Multicultural Feminist Radio returns to WBAI in its new regular time slot, the first December of each month.
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In this week's Socialist WebZine....

SP-USA | Plus...Vote in this week's poll...
Which Progressive Figure in U.S. History Deserves a
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Tree of Life - Coconut Oil

Karen Smith | Coconut Oil SLAMMED – Soybean Growers make a KILLING
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Women and Minority Filmmakers will have a Brooklyn community outlet this winter

Karla D. Moore | "Au Pair Chocolat" is the first in a series of films by women and people of color to receive a screening and discussion event at a local Brooklyn venue. more...  0 Comments

Tuesday, Nov. 18th Garment Women Rally vs. Liberty Apparel & Sweatshop System

Betty Yu | Garment Women Rally vs. Liberty Apparel & Sweatshop Subcontracting System
November 18th at 12pm noon
In front of the Liberty Apparel showroom, 1407 Broadway btw 38th & 39th St. (1,2,3,N,Q,R,S,W to Times Square)

On behalf of the Ain't I A Woman?! Campaign, we would like to ask for your support of the garment workers suing their manufacturer Liberty Apparel for egregious labor violations. After 9 long years, finally the Liberty Apparel workers have a day in court.

orkers are holding a rally in the middle of New York City's Garment District where many manufacturers' showrooms are located.

Workers and supporters will speak of the problems with current Federal and State law, to expose the sweatshop subcontracting system and to call for change. A victory for Liberty Apparel workers will bring us closer towards ending the rampant lawlessness in the garment industry.

We urge you to lend your support by spreading the word about the impact of this important campaign and by promoting stronger legislation for manufacturer accountability. We invite you to help us plan the upcoming November 18th rally.
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Fri. 11/14: MNN Screening of "Seen, But Not Heard" and Panel with AIDS Activists

Betty Yu | MNN Hosts a Screening of "Seen, But Not Heard: AIDS and The Untold War against Black Women" a Documentary by Cyrille Phipps -- Followed by a Discussion with the Filmmaker and Community Activists
On the heels of World AIDS Day which is Dec. 1st, MNN will be hosting a film screening of "Seen, But Not Heard: AIDS and The Untold War Against Black Women" and panel discussion with the filmmaker/activist, community organizers, including a representative from Women's HIV Collaborative and National Women and AIDS Collective. Panelists will address the growing AIDS epidemic in the African American community, especially among women. The filmmaker hopes the film will help spark dialogue in examining the issues and creating a framework for the solutions we need to address these problems.

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Feminism and Motherhood

Paradigm Shift NYC | Paradigm Shift, New York City’s Feminist Community, (rated “Critics Pick” & “Best By Day” by TimeOut NY) proudly present “Feminism & Motherhood”, an intimate discussion with Amy Richards, Activist, Third Wave Feminist Icon, and author of “Opting In: Having a Child Without Losing Yourself”. We welcome you to invite your mothers and children for this insightful and empowering evening.

Wednesday, November 19th, 7:00 PM at People Lounge- 2nd Floor, 163 Allen St., New York, NY. Purchasing tickets in advance is highly recommended, this event will sell out: $7 in advance, $10 at door, online ticket sales:  http://www.ParadigmShiftNYC.com.

A portion of the proceeds donated to New Space for Women’s Health, improving the quality of health care for all women in New York City by establishing an independent, freestanding center for birth, breastfeeding, and women’s health care, opening in midtown Manhattan in early 2010. more...  1 Comments

PHILIPPINES: Labor export policy is anti-women, anti-development

Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC) | – The country should not take pride in being the model in terms of labor migration, according to women’s groups who are engaging the Second Global Forum on Migration on Development (GFMD).

Mercy Fabros of FDC Women’s Committee today said that what is happening is “an indictment of the failure of the national economy to provide employment and to care for its people.”

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DOMESTIC WORKERS MARCH TO THE UN TO CHALLENGE DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY

DAMAYAN | New York City—Amidst global economic turmoil and the leadup to the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) held this week in the Philippines, about 60 domestic workers and their allies marched to the United Nations last Friday, October 24, to bring international attention to human rights abuse in the homes of UN diplomats. more...  0 Comments

Filipino Youth to Commemorate Filipino American Heritage Month and Reclaim History of Resistance

Chevy Evangelista of Ugnayan NY/NJ | WHY RECLAIM?

For the Filipino youth, RECLAIM means to take back what was once ours!

RECLAIM means to embrace our people's history in the Philippines. Learn our history of migration to the US. Assert our right to quality education that reflects our history and culture. Relearn the native tongue that has been denied to us. Struggle for decent jobs & just wages. Embrace the cause of Filipino World War II veterans & domestic workers. To be free from fear of deportation & detention. Fight for equality & respect for our Pinay sisters & queer brothers & sisters. RECLAIM is promoting justice and liberation for our people! more...  0 Comments

Anarchist Reading Group: "48 Laws of Power"; "Woman on the Edge of Time"

wakeupanddream | Wednesday, Oct. 29, 7:30pm:
The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene

Wednesday, November 26, 7:30pm:
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Maoist Nepal selects 'living goddess'

Gopal Sharma | BHAKTAPUR, Nepal - Nepal's new Maoist-led government has appointed a 6-year-old girl as a "living goddess" in the ancient city of Bhaktapur, for the first time snapping the link between the ancient ritual and the ousted monarchy.

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Hasta Siempre Sally Grace: Another US Activist Murdered in Oaxaca

Kristin Bricker | Sally's murder may have passed as yet another case of sexual violence, completely unrelated to her political work with some of the most persecuted organizations in Oaxaca. But Sally's friends in Oaxaca City know that she was being followed as a result of her human rights work and her associations with CIPO and other Oaxacan organizations for whom political violence is a daily fact of life. more...  1 Comments

Election 08: Race, Gender & the Media

Isabel Macdonald | Join FAIR, the Manhattan Neighborhood Network and the Brecht Forum for a panel discussion, Q&A and debate-watching party on the night of the debate between vice presidential nominees Joe Biden and Sarah Palin. Thursday, October 2nd, 7:30 - 9 pm: Panel Discussion. 9 – 10:30 pm: Debate-watching party
At the Brecht Forum, 451 West Street (West Side Highway / between Bank & Bethune Streets).

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Free Movie Showing of Work Slowly-Radio Alice in Williamsburg

Guerre Sociale | Free Movie Showing of Work Slowly-Radio Alice in Williamsburg more...  1 Comments

Building Bridges Radio: Sisters in the Brotherhood; Stupid Financial Markets

Mimi Rosenberg and Ken Nash | please note our new web page is
www.buildingbridgesradio.org

Building Bridges: Your Community and Labor Report
National Edition
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SARAH PALIN UNDER THE DEBORAH ANOINTMENT!!!

RALPH | AS WE APPROACH THESE LAST DAYS, AMERICA HAS BEEN GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO ELECT A DYNAMIC WOMAN OF FAITH WHO HAS RECEIVED THE DEBORAH ANOINTING!!!!!: more...  1 Comments

SARAH PALIN UNDER THE DEBORAH ANOINTMENT!!!

RALPH | AS WE APPROACH THESE LAST DAYS, AMERICA HAS BEEN GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO ELECT A DYNAMIC WOMAN OF FAITH WHO HAS RECEIVED THE DEBORAH ANOINTING!!!!!: more...  0 Comments

"Envisioning Media Justice" Co-Presented/Sponsored by the NYCGMC anhtd MAG-Net

Betty Yu | Workshop Description:
In the face of increased media consolidation, we are witnessing an erosion of independent voices in the media landscape, the shrinking of public media resources and a lack of accountability by corporate media conglomerates to serve the people's interest. Organizing for media justice means confronting and transforming the structural racism, economic injustice and corporate control in our media and communications systems.

At the 2008 NYC Grassroots Media Conference "Speaking Truth to Power: Media Justice in our Communities" we explored how to empower disenfranchised communities - those most affected by media injustice - to fight for transformation of the media system. But this conversation isn't over.

Building on the ideas we shared back in March we are inviting conference attendees, social justice organizers, media makers, activists and concerned individuals to join us in a lively interactive workshop and discussion about the impact of corporate media on our communities, and how we can together advance a media justice agenda. more...  0 Comments

Philippine women’s groups urge lawmakers to pass Reproductive Health Bill

Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC) | – A day before several lawmakers deliver their respective sponsorship speeches on the controversial bill promoting the use of both artificial and natural means of family planning, among others, a network of more than 50 non-government and people's organizations advocating women's and people's rights today urged other members of the House of Representatives to affirm women’s right to reproductive self-determination, and to support the immediate passage of the Reproductive Health Bill.

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SIGNS OF CHANGE: SOCIAL MOVEMENT CULTURES 1960s TO NOW at EXIT ART

Signs of Change | In Signs of Change: Social Movement Cultures 1960s to Now, hundreds of posters, photographs, moving images, audio clips, and ephemera bring to life over forty years of activism, political protest, and campaigns for social justice. Curated by Dara Greenwald and Josh MacPhee as part of Exit Art's Curatorial Incubator, this important and timely exhibition surveys the creative work of dozens of international social movements. more...  0 Comments

Hunger Action, Mon Sept 22, Harlem - rally - poverty, welfare, health care, Rev.

Mark Dunlea | The Hunger Action Network of New York State will hold its annual membership meeting in NYC this year on Monday, September 22nd from 9:30 to 3 PM at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, 201 Lenox Ave. in Harlem.

The group plans a march in support of raising the welfare grant, universal health care and ending poverty after the meeting to the Adam Clayton Powell State Office Building 163 West 125th St. The rally will start at 3:45 PM.

The rally is also being held in conjunction with the national day of action around victims of the health insurance industry. The number of deaths due to insufficient healthcare in the wealthiest of all nations is a grim reminder of the scope of the healthcare crisis. more...  0 Comments

Diana Washington Valdez Awarded Chavkin Prize for Journalism in Latin America

NACLA | On September 22, 2008, in New York City, NACLA will present Diana Washington Valdez with the 2008 recipient of the Samuel Chavkin Prize for Integrity in Latin American Journalism. The Chavkin Prize is awarded every 18 months to an outstanding investigative reporter working in Latin America or the Caribbean exposing injustice and oppression or documenting the struggles for social justice and democracy in the region. more...  0 Comments

Coddling Of Palin Is False Feminism, Disguised Sexism, Right-Wing Thatcherism

Ruth Rubinstein | The call of so-called feminists to coddle Palin is really disguised sexism and based on a medieval, male-chauvinist mentality that women are weak and fragile and should be protected. We don’t need an American Margaret Thatcher, an icon and poster child for right-wing policies that harm poor and middle-class working women, the majority of women. It's time to expose Palin for what she really is. more...  1 Comments

pro-Palin feminists

LA Times (repost) | Where are the pro-Palin feminists?
Amanda Marcotte says it's impossible to be both socially conservative and feminist. Katherine Mangu-Ward offers herself as an example of a feminist who supports McCain's running mate. more...  1 Comments

BEHOLD THE PALIN HORSE! BEWARE OF THE CLIMATE APOCALYPSE!

Ceres Smith | Americans who love the environment must beat back the Palin horse and the climate apocalypse it is bringing. more...  0 Comments

Behold the Palin Horse!

Ceres Smith | A rider and horse has appeared on the political survivor to save the Bush Party and the forces of climate change. She is none other than Sarah Palin, the Alaska governor, who has been pushing to drill even in nature preserves more...  0 Comments

McKinney-Clemente On Ballot in NY-Celebrate and Organize THIS WEDNESDAY

forwarded by Skinny John | Congratulations to everyone who worked so hard all summer long to get us on
the ballot. Now we have to hit the ground running to make the most of the 8
weeks left until Election Day. more...  15 Comments

The Criminal Cruelty to Animals of Gov Sarah Palin

ARC | the small town mayor who received 616 votes was fasttracked to the governor's
chair by big oil, vote fraud, trophy hunters, and war profiteers more...  5 Comments

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