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2008 Events

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Contents 1 July 2008 2 June 2008 3 May 2008 4 April 2008 5 March 2008 6 February 2008 7 January 2008

[edit] July 2008

• 31 July: Verizon Solidarity Rally. On 2 August the Verizon Contract expires for all of the Northeast. Come out and show your support for our telephone workers as they fight for their health care and the right to organize at Verizon Business and Wireless. 6 pm at 185 Franklin St., Boston. More information, news coverage.

• 31 July: Rally against cost cutting that could harm quality care due to Bain Capital's corporate buyout at Bright Horizons Family Solutions, the third largest child care company in the US. 11:30 am at the Christain Science Plaza (Corner of Huntington and Belvedere).More information.

• 31 July: "Human Rights: Ideas and Action" conference to (1) explore how local organizing has used the idea; (2) appreciate global advances in human rights, especially from the Global South; and (3) deepen existing or foster new relationships between the scholars and activists. 9 am to 5:30 pm at the Boston Public Library and Old South Church (both in Copley Square). Free and open to organizers, including a lunch served at the Old South Church. More information, news coverage.

• 30 July: Rally for Justice and Dignity by janitors at Tufts University who, a day before their contract expires, are asking for just wages and full-time work so that they may be able to take care of their families in a struggling economy. 11:30 am at the Tufts-New England Medical Center (145 Harrison Ave., Boston).

• 30 July: Meet Guatemalan and Tanzanian engineers, featuring hear presentations on the Maya Pedal organization in Guatemala and the Vijana Vocational Training Center in Arusha, Tanzania. 7-9:30 pm at Bikes Not Bombs (284 Amory St., by the Stony Brook T stop on the Orange Line), food provided -- email carl (at) bikesnotbombs (dot) org so they know how much food to plan.

• 29 July: An evening of folk, rock, pop, and jazz music to benefit Veterans for Peace and Iraq Veterans Against the War. 8:30 pm at Johnny D's (17 Holland St., Davis Square, Somerville). Performers include Celia Slattery, Deb Pasternak, Porch Party Mamas, Media Made, and Katrina Degel Jazz Quartet. Admission $15. More information.

• 29 July: "The Struggle for Abortion Rights in Ireland", a presentation about twenty years of pro-choice activism, given by Aileen O'Carroll, an Irish anarchist and member of the Workers Solidarity Movement. 7 pm at the Lucy Parsons Center (549 Columbus Ave., near the Massachusetts Ave. T stop on the Orange Line, the Symphony T stop on the Green Line (E), and the #1 bus).

• 29 July: Meeting of the Sacco and Vanzetti Commemoration Society, to plan 23 August actions. 6 pm at the Democracy Center (45 Mt. Auburn St., Harvard Square).

• 29 July: A vigil to press passage of three bills that would stop post-foreclosure evictions. 8-9:30 am at the State House. The bills are:
  • A 6 Month Moratorium on Foreclosures (S2663/H4733)
  • Extending Just Cause Protections for Tenants in Foreclosed Properties (S2664/H4734)
  • Judicial Foreclosures: Right To A Day in Court (S2662/H4735)

• 27 July: July 2008 Local Meeting, noon at the Lucy Parsons Center (549 Columbus Ave., near the Massachusetts Ave. T stop on the Orange Line, the Symphony T stop on the Green Line (E), and the #1 bus) -- minutes.

• 26 July: "Continuity and Change in Cuba", featuring a report-back from a recent trip to Cuba by Tufts professor Claudia Kaiser-Lenoir, updates on the Cuban 5, discussion, a silent auction, photo displays, light refreshments and Cuban music. 7:30 pm at the Community Church (565 Boylston St., Copley Square).

• 26 July: Do-It-Ourselves Skillshare on Water Conservation. Discussion of political aspects of water rights, and strategies for households to conserve and reuse water, including a demonstration of making and installing a rain barrel from a garbage can and information on reusing gray water. 2 pm at the Lucy Parsons Center (549 Columbus Ave., near the Massachusetts Ave. T stop on the Orange Line, the Symphony T stop on the Green Line (E), and the #1 bus).

• 25 July: Benefit Show for TJ's Vegan Pizza Collective at Papercut Zine Library (45 Mt. Auburn St., Harvard Square). 6 pm, $7.

• 24 July: "Which Way Forward for the Antiwar Movement?" a public meeting and discussion on the focus, strategy, and tactics it will take to building the antiwar movement and stop the wars and occupations. 7 pm in room 272 of Jamaica Plain's English High School (144 McBride St., two blocks south of the Green Street Stop on the Orange Line).

• 24 July: Planning meeting for antiwar actions on Saturday, 2 August. 6:30 pm in the Action Center (in the Brewery, 284 Amory St., Jamaica Plain). More information.

• 23 July: Protest against pro-war lobbying group AIPAC at their "Young Leaders' Fourth Annual Summer Event", 7 pm at the nightclub Felt (533 Washington St., Chinatown and Downtown Crossing T stations).

• 23 July: Nobel Peace Prize winner and founder of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, Dr. Bernard Lown discusses his new memoir Prescription for Survival -- End Nuclear Madness. 7 pm in the Druker Auditorium at the Newton Free Library (330 Homer St., Newton Centre). Followed by a book-signing.

• 23 July: "Two Walls, One Struggle -- A Report from Palestine" by Gabriel Camacho with guest speaker Merrie Najimy. 6:30 pm at Encuentro5 (33 Harrison Ave., fifth floor, by the Chinatown T stop on the Orange Line). More information.

• 23 July: In solidarity with the Permanent Peoples' Tribunal being held in Colombia, Boston City Councilor Chuck Turner will introduce a resolution to declare Boston a "Coke Free" City. Join with Boston area unionists and community activists to support this important act of solidarity with Colombian trade unionists. 3:30 pm in the Piemonte Room on the third floor of Boston City Hall.

• 23 July: CORI Reform Day of Action to lobby for the passage of CORI reform before the legislature adjourns at the end of the month. Gather at noon on the State House steps for a speakout, followed by visits to legislative offices to lobby for CORI reform. News coverage.

• 22 July: Planning meeting for antiwar actions on Saturday, 2 August. 6:30 pm in the third floor lounge of the UMass Boston campus center.

• 22 July: Screening and discussion of Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North, a 45-minute film on the North Atlantic slave trade. 12-1:30 p.m. at the Community Change Library on Racism (14 Beacon St., Room 605). More information.

• 21 July: Conference call interview with Steve Early, labor journalist and former organizing director of CWA (Communication Workers of America) District 1, on current events in SEIU (Service Employees International Union), and rank-and-file criticism of increasing centralism and deal-making with employers. 9:30 pm, dial-In number 712-580-8020, code 35851. More information.

• 21 July: Initial planning meeting for organizing antiwar actions in Boston on Saturday, 11 October. 6:30 pm at Encuentro5 (33 Harrison Ave., fifth floor, by the Chinatown T stop on the Orange Line). More information.

• 21 July: Protest John McCain as he visits Kennebunkport. Meet CodePink and the Kennebunks Peace Department at 10 am at the Consolidated School Parking lot on School St. in Kennebunkport. Be prepared for a long walk.

• 20 July: Author Seth Tobocman presents his new book, Disaster and Resistance -- Comics and Landscapes for the 21st Century with music by Eric Blitz (drummer) and Steve Wishnia (guitarist). 7:30-8:30 pm at the Lucy Parsons Center (549 Columbus Ave., near the Massachusetts Ave. T stop on the Orange Line, the Symphony T stop on the Green Line (E), and the #1 bus).

• 19 July: New England United antiwar coalition general meeting, 1-5 pm at Encuentro5 (33 Harrison Ave., fifth floor, by the Chinatown T stop on the Orange Line).

• 19 July: Protest the threat of an attack on Iran. Vigil begins at 10 am in Arlington Center, followed at 11 by a march to Porter Square and gathering there at noon. More information.

• 18 July: Screening of the film Labor's Turning Point -- The Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934, followed by discussion. 7:30 pm at the Militant Labor Forum Hall (13 Bennington Street, second floor, East Boston). $5 suggested donation.

• 18 July: Send-off party for Northeast Climate Confluence. 6-10 pm at The Democracy Center (45 Mt. Auburn St., Harvard Square), featuring music, speakers, food and dance. The Northeast Climate Confluence is a social/environmental justice gathering in High Falls, NY, 30 July through 3 August. $5-$50 sliding-scale suggested donation (no one turned away). More information.

• 17 July: Join the Women's Fightback Network and International Action Center to plan the August 2 demonstration to Stop the War on Iran, as well as actions to fight back against utility shutoffs and foreclosures. 6:30 pm at the Brewery (284 Amory St. Jamaica Plain, near the T stop on the Orange Line).

• 17 July: Help collect signatures for Todd Vachon at Willimantic's "Third Thursday" street festival (6-9 pm). More information.

• 17 July: Join telephone workers, elected officials, labor leaders and community supporters in a picket and rally for good jobs, 6:30 am in front of Verizon's facility in downtown Brockton (1690 Main St.). More information.

• 16 July: Frank Ackerman reads from his new book, Poisoned for Pennies, on the economics of toxics and precaution. 7-9 pm at the Stockholm Environment Institute (11 Curtis Ave., Somerville, near Tufts University). Light refreshments will be served More information.

• 16 July: "Winter Soldier: Eyewitness Accounts of the Occupations", featuring selections from Winter Soldier testimony by Iraq Veterans Against the War, and discussion of how to help build support for soldiers speaking out against and resisting the war. 7 pm at the Cambridge Friends Meeting House (9 Longfellow Park, off of Brattle Street by Harvard Square). More information.

• 15 July: Organizing meeting for 2 August "Day Without Recruitment". 6:30 pm in the third floor lounge of the UMASS Boston campus center.

• 15 July: "Eyewitness Cuba: Advancing in Times of Crisis", a presentation by photographer Bill Hackwell, who has been traveling to Cuba for over 15 years, most recently this past May. 6:30 pm at the Community Church (565 Boylston St., Copley Square).

• 15 July: Rally to support janitors at Suffolk University as they prepare to strike. Contracted Janitors at Suffolk University are holding a rally to say that they are ready to strike. The company has refused to give a just wage increase or make a commitment to full time work. On Saturday July 12th the workers voted to authorize a strike if necessary. The contract is set to expire at midnight on Tuesday, 15 July. Join the rally in their support, 3:30 pm at Suffolk Law School (120 Tremont St.). More information, news coverage.

• 13 July: Backyard benefit concert to raise funds for people to attend the Northeast Climate Confluence, a week-long grassroots activist conference in New York. 1-7 pm at 2 Appian Way, Allston.

• 11-13 July: Socialist Party National Organizing Conference, at the ICC Education Center (1522 Hill St. Ann Arbor, MI). More information.

• 11-13 July: Help collect signatures for Todd Vachon at New London's "SailFest". More information.

• 12 July: Socialist Kaffeeklatsch -- join Boston-area socialists and supporters for an informal Saturday-evening get-together. 7 pm outside Au Bon Pain (251 Massachusetts Ave., in between Symphony Hall and the Hynes Convention Center, both of which have stops on the Green Line). [[ [http://www.votevachon.com More information.

• 12 July: Help send bikes to Ghana, 10:30 am until it's done (around 4 pm?) at 179 Boylston St., Jamaica Plain, 2 blocks from the StonyBrook T stop on the Orange Line. Pizza lunch provided around 1 pm, along with a short talk about the project, run by Bikes Not Bombs and the Village Bicycle Project, which has sent thousands of used bikes to Ghana, and more to other nations in Africa and Central America. In addition to the bikes, the VBP brings subsidized bike tools to Ghana, building an entire bicycle infrastructure for the country. More information.

• 11 July: Join the Greater Boston Civil Rights Coalition for a discussion of The Commonwealth Compact, which promotes diversity in life and work. 9:30-11 am at the offices of the Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action (JALSA, 18 Tremont St., third floor, by the Goverment Center T stop on the Blue and Green lines, Park Street T stop on the Red and Green Lines, and State Street T stop on the Orange and Blue Lines).

• 9 July: Hear a report about Community Labor United's "Secure Jobs, Secure Communities" campaign. 6 pm at the First Church in Roxbury (10 Putnam St., near Dudley Square and the Roxbury Crossing T stop on the Orange Line). More information.

• 9 July: Join Veterans For Peace in supporting war resistors in Canada. 2 pm at the back side of the Copley Square. Show up at 11:30 am to help collect signatures to the letter linked here: More information.

• 8 July: Free screening of Las Cruces, a film about a brutal military attack on a Guatemalan village in the 1980s. 7-9 pm at the Central Square Library (45 Pearl St., Cambridge), refreshments provided.

• 8 July: "Welcoming Massachusetts" Campaign Kick-Off Event. Wear red or a white shirt and come hear about what we can do to help make a difference in our own communities as we make Massachusetts a welcoming state. 11 am to noon on the Grand Staircase in the State House. There will be a small potluck lunch at the end of the event. More information, news coverage, news coverage.

• 7 July: Rally for Green Jobs in lower-income communities and communities of color. 11:30 am, followed by a noon hearing on two pieces of Green Jobs legislation.

• 5 July: Join the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) to protest labor abuse in a global day of action against Starbucks. 3 pm outside the Central Square, Cambridge Starbucks (on the Red Line).

• 5 July: Commemorate the 197th anniversary of Venezuelan independence with the Venezuelan Consul General, Carlos Osorio. Noon at City Hall (Government Center), 1 pm at Brookline Public Library (31 Pleasant St., Coolidge Corner), featuring music, food, and a screening of the film Francisco de Miranda: Life, Labor and Legacy.

• 4 July: Anti-Imperialist Fourth of July celebration, 12-4 pm in the Charles River Reservation off Soldiers Field Rd. past Elliot Bridge. News coverage.

• 4 July: Unwelcome Cheney to Boston. 10:30 am at Pier 1 in the Charleston Naval Yards, where the Constitution docks. News coverage.

• 3 July: Free screening of Leila Khaled, Hijacker, a film about the first woman ever to hijack an airplane, in 1969. 7 pm at 243 Broadway, Cambridge (corner of Broadway and Windsor, entrance on Windsor). Refreshments provided, donations accepted.

• 3 July: Join the Women's Fightback Network at a rally and speak out to demand affordable food, fuel, and housing, and an end to utility shutoffs. 4:30-6 pm at NStar Electric & Gas (1165 Mass Ave., Dorchester, across from South Bay Mall and Super Stop-n-Shop). More information.

• 2 July: "The Declaration of (Whose?) Independent -- A Round-Robin Reading of Frederick Douglass's The Meaning of July 4th for the Negro". 12-1:30 p.m. at the Community Change Library on Racism (14 Beacon St., Room 605). More information.

• 2 July: Global warming day of action. Rally at noon on Beacon St. in front of the State House, followed by lobbying for a Global Warming Solutions Act. More information, news coverage.

[edit] June 2008

• 30 June: Author Robert Foster reads from and signs copies of his new book, Coca-Globalization -- Following Soft Drinks from New York to New Guinea. 6 pm at Symposium Books (526 Commonwealth Ave., Kenmore). More information.

• 30 June: Rally to protest violation of state and federal labor laws by Seafood Palace Restaurant in Dorchester, which recently closed and laid off all its workers. Demand back pay and stolen overtime pay from the Seafood Palace owners. At the Broadway T Stop (on the Red Line) in South Boston. More information, news coverage.

• 29 June: June 2008 Local Meeting, noon at the Lucy Parsons Center (549 Columbus Ave., near the Massachusetts Ave. T stop on the Orange Line, the Symphony T stop on the Green Line (E), and the #1 bus).

• 28 June: Freedom Singer Hollis Watkins performs at Boston's Old South Meeting House (310 Washington St., near Downtown Crossing). 3:30-5 pm, $5. More information

• 28 June: Allston Really Really Free Market, 10 am to 4 pm in Ringer Park. Experience gift economics -- bring things to give away, get free stuff (no furniture, please), meet the neighbors. Also featuring chalk, games, and sports for all ages.

• 28-29 June: Open National Conference to Stop the War in Iraq and Bring the Troops Home Now, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel (Cleveland, OH). More information.

• 27 June: Benefit show for a new Asheville (VA) Workers' Collective at TJ Scallywaggle's Vegan House of Pizza and Subs (487 Cambridge St., at Brighton Ave., Allston). Proceeds will go towards helping workers pay off the enormous debts that their former boss left behind. Come out for a night of great fun, great food, great music, and great education. Jam out to Jake and the Infernal Machine, learn about workplace democracy, and eat some vegan pizza! Show starts at 7, any donation welcome.

• 27 June: "14 Hands, 7 Toolbelts, and 1 New Orleans Family", a report-back from post-Katrina Louisiana by electricians Peg Preble and Rick Yoder, plumbers Maura Russell and Barbara Taggart, general contractor Jeff Murray, carpentry and electrical helpers Louise Johnson of SEIU and her brother Eric Johnson of Red Sun Press. 7 pm at the First Church in Jamaica Plain, Unitarian Universalist (6 Eliot St.). More information.

• 27 June: "The Clintons’ Antilabor Legacy -- From the Roots of the World Financial Crisis to the 2008 Elections", a talk by Second Suffolk State Senate candidate William Leonard. Dinner at 6:30 pm, talk at 7:30 pm, at the Militant Labor Forum Hall (13 Bennington Street, second floor, East Boston). Suggested donation: $5 dinner, $5 program.

• 26 June: Rally for Colonnade Maintenance Workers. Join members of the Area Trades Council, Jobs with Justice and other activist at a rally at the Colonnade Hotel (location), 3-5 pm. More information, news coverage.

• 26 June: Live Webcast on the case of Del Monte Fresh Produce Southeast farmworkers who were cheated out of their hard-earned pay, featuring Richard Cohen (President of the Southern Poverty Law Center) and Mary Bauer (SPLC Immigrant Justice Project director). 2-2:30 pm. Register here to learn how to receive the Webcast and submit questions.

• 26 June: Protest Against Health Insurance Companies. 12-1 pm outside the MA Association of Health Care Plans offices (40 Court St., by the Government Center T Station on the Green Line). More information.

• 26 June: IBEW mobilization rally for Verizon telecommunications workers whose New England contract is set to expire on Saturday, 2 August. In four weeks of contract negotiations with IBEW and CWA, the company has refused to talk about any local issues. Please join the IBEW and Verizon workers in rallying for a fair contract. 6:30-7:30 am at 76 Ash St., Danvers. More information.

• 25 June: "Report Back from Venezuela -- Barrio Adentro Healthcare Initiative Update", a talk by two Bostonians returning from Venezuela who were able to see first hand the progress of the Barria Adentro health program. 7 pm at Encuentro 5 (33 Harrison Ave., fifth floor).

• 25 June: Author Charles Lane discusses his new book, The Day Freedom Died: The Colfax Massacre, the Supreme Court, and the Betrayal of Reconstruction, which chronicles how a small army of ex-Confederate soldiers massacred dozens of African Americans in 1873 and got away scot-free. 6:30 pm in the New England School of Law's Cherry Room on the second floor of 154 Stuart St.

• 25 June: Meet the Community Change, Inc. Rapid Response Team and learn how to put your anti-racist values into action. The CCI Rapid Response Team is a network of volunteers who are willing to participate in antiracist actions. Meet them and find out how to become involved, 6:30-8 pm at the Community Change Library (14 Beacon St., room 605). Refreshments will be served. More information.

• 24 June: "Guantanamo: Into the Seventh Year", a presentation by Doris Tenant and Ellen Lubell, Newton lawyers working pro-bono in defense of a young man imprisoned at Guantanamo. 7:30 pm at the Newton Main Library (330 Homer St., Newton Centre). More information

• 24 June: "What a Great Society Looks Like", a talk by radical historian and author Howard Zinn to benefit Spare Change News, Boston's street paper about and sold by homeless, formerly homeless, and low-income individuals. 7-9 pm at the Old South Church (645 Bolyston St., Copley Square), $25 -- reduced-price tickets available. More information.

• 24 June: "The Cultural Significance of Free Software", a talk by Christopher M. Kelty, on his new book, Two Bits. 5:30 pm, room 32-144 (Stata Center) at MIT. More information.

• 24 June: Show support for the Cuban Five, anti-terror activists unjustly imprisoned in the United States. 4:30-6 pm in front of the Government Center T stop on the Green and Blue Lines. More information.

• 24 June: Rally and hearing on the working conditions of Boston area taxi drivers. Stand in solidarity with the Boston Taxi Drivers Association in demanding a reasonable fair wages and respect for these drivers 9:30 am rally and 10 am hearing in the Media Arts Auditorium at Roxbury Community College (1234 Columbus Ave., Roxbury). More information.

• 23 June: Free screening of Kilowatt Ours, a one-hour documentary on the environmental and social consequences of America’s voracious appetite for coal-generated electricity, possible solutions that are surprisingly accessible and affordable. Followed by a brief presentation on energy efficiency. Complimentary light appetizers will be available. Suffolk University will be distributing free compact fluorescent light bulbs. 6-8 pm at Suffolk University (73 Tremont St.). More information.

• 23 June: Rally in support of striking workers at the Hynes Convention Center and the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, who have been working without a contract since October 2007. 5 pm at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center (425 Summer St.). More information, news coverage.

• 23 June: Civil Rights March and Speak-out to Protect Asian American Voting Rights. March begins at 10 am at the China Trade Center (Boylston St. at Washington St., at the Chinatown T stop on the Orange Line), with the speak-out at 11 am in the Great Hall of the State House. More information.

• 22 June: "My Trip to Gaza", a presentation by Skip Schiel. 12:15 pm at the Friends Meetinghouse in Cambridge (5 Longfellow Park, Cambridge, off Brattle St.)

• 21 June: Benefit concert for Iraqi families featuring five-member acoustic folk band Woodwork. 7 pm at the Cambridge Friends Meeting House (5 Longfellow Pl., Cambridge, off Brattle St. near Harvard Square). $10 donations requested, to go directly to families in Baghdad. More information.

• 21 June: March and rally for new members of SEIU Local 615 as they go into negotiations. 12:45 pm starting at the Cathedral Church of St Paul's (138 Tremont St., across from the Park Street T Station on the Common). More information.

• 20 June: Forum on the Case of the Cuban Five. 7:30 pm at the Militant Labor Forum Hall (13 Bennington Street, second floor, East Boston). $5 suggested donation.

• 20 June: CODEPINK Banner Drop, 7 pm at the pedestrian overpass on Storrow Drive, between the Science Park T Station on the Green Line and the Charles/MGH T Station on the Red Line. Safe for both drivers and participants. More information.

• 18 June: "The Recession, Working People and Our Future -- Time to Organize and Fight Back!", a community forum hosted by Socialist Alternative. 6 pm at the Jackson Mann Community Center (Corner of Cambridge St. and Brighton Ave., Allston). Free and open to the public. More information.

• 18 June: Join PCAs, consumers and allies to tell the governor that PCAs deserve adequate pay and benefits before the home care system can fully improve in Massachusetts. Meet at noon on the Grand Staircase inside the State House. Lunch will be served. More information.

• 18 June: Anti-Foreclosure Rally and Lobby Day, 10:30 am at the State House. Three important bills requiring just cause for evictions, imposing a six-month moratorium on foreclosures, and allowing judicial review of foreclosures are in the works. Join the Mass Alliance Against Predatory Lending (MAAPL) to promote them and help tens of thousands of Massachusetts residents in danger of losing their homes. More information.

• 17 June: Author Erick Lyle of "SCAM" magazine reads from his new book, On The Lower Frequencies: A Secret History of The City, joined by Cindy Crabb, author and publisher of the autobiographical political zine "Doris" since 1994. 7:30 pm at the Lucy Parsons Center (549 Columbus Ave., near the Massachusetts Ave. T stop on the Orange Line, the Symphony T stop on the Green Line (E), and the #1 bus).

• 17 June: 19th Annual Pastors for Peace Caravan to Cuba Sendoff Event. Live music featuring Bojah and the Insurrection, speakers, food, dance, and literature. 5-8 pm at Spontaneous Celebrations (45 Danforth Street, Jamaica Plain, by the Stony Brook T stop on the Orange line). Free admission, donations to the caravan accepted. More information.

• 17 June: Support New Bedford Eagle Garment Workers trying to form a union at a rally at the plant gate. 4-5 pm at 89 Rodney French Blvd., New Bedford. More information.

• 16 June: Rally with the Norfolk County Central Labor Council to demand the contractors at the Quincy High School Project use union jobs, as required by the the Project Labor Agreement and Responsible Employer Ordinances in effect. 7 pm at Quincy City Hall (1350 Hancock St., Quincy). More information.

• 16 June: Global Hunger Strike Relay for justice in Bhopal, 10:30 am to 12:30 pm in Copley Square. News coverage.

• 15 June: "CPR for the Antiwar Movement -- Mass Action and Lessons from the Vietnam Antiwar Movement". 5 pm at Encuentro 5 (33 Harrison Ave., fifth floor). Pizza and other refreshments will be served.

• 15 June: "One in a Hundred: What Drives Mass Incarceration?", a talk by Lois Ahrens, founder of the Real Cost of Prisons Project. 11 am at the Community Church (565 Boylston St., Copley Square).

• 14 June: Socialist Kaffeeklatsch -- join Boston-area socialists and supporters for an informal Saturday-evening get-together. 7 pm in Au Bon Pain (251 Massachusetts Ave., in between Symphony Hall and the Hynes Convention Center, both of which have stops on the Green Line). More information.

• 14 June: Boston Pride Parade, 11:30 am near the corner of Tremont and Dartmouth in the South End. More information.

• 12 June: "The High Cost of Healthy Food -- What can we do about it?" A forum featuring Will Bullock (Urban Agriculture Community Coordinator, Trustees of the Reservation), Meg Coward, M.Div. (Executive Director, Waltham Fields Community Farm), and Mary Joan McClarney, MS, RD (Director of Food Service, Somerville Public Schools). 6-8 pm at the Waltham Public Library (735 Main St., Waltham). More information.

• 12 June: Support Tufts and Suffolk University Janitors during their contract negotiations. Join the janitors at noon as they march from 150 Tremont Street at the Suffolk University Law School to the Tufts Medical Center in Downtown Boston. More information.

• 11 June: Solidarity with Indian Guest Workers on Hunger Strike in Washington, D.C. -- come to the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee office (689 Mass. Ave., above Citizen's Bank, Central Square, Cambridge) from 7-8:30 pm to hear from workers being exploited and enslaved on the Gulf coast. More information.

• 11 June: Join the Boston Firefly Project to discuss human rights activism and education in Boston over food and drink (light dinner provided). 6:30-8:30 pm at the Tavern in the Square, Central Square, Cambridge. A regular monthly planning meeting will follow dinner. More information.

• 11 June: Forum on the Foreclosure Crisis. Hear from the people who are experiencing it to learn what you can do to help homeowners and tenants facing eviction and help save our neighborhoods. 6:30-8:30 pm at the Vietnamese American Community Center (42 Charles St., Fields Corner, Dorchester).

• 11 June: "How to Run a Union Meeting -- And more", a Parliamentary Procedure Workshop with Patti Legault from 9 am to 1 pm at The Labor Guild (85 Commercial St., Weymouth Landing). Class costs $50 includes lunch. More information.

• 11 June: Join members of SEIU Local 509 who work at Fidelity House and begin a 24-hour strike at 9 am. Pickets will be at the entrance of Fidelity House at One Parker St in Lawrence, as well as some of the residences. More information.

• 10 June: A People's Symposium on Election Reform, a roundtable discussion about the election reform platform that strives to make government more transparent, accountable, and fair. 6 pm at Symposium Books (526 Commonwealth Ave., Kenmore). More information.

• 8 June: Bikes Not Bombs's first Green Roots Festival, a fair to share, explore and celebrate knowledge for sustainable urban living. 12-5:30 pm (following the annual Bike-A-Thon) in the Southwest Corridor Park, in front of the Stonybrook T station on the Orange Line, at Boylston and Lamartine streets, Jamaica Plain. More information.

• 8 June: "Addressing Violence in Prisons", a talk by Jason Lydon, Congregational Director of the Community Church of Boston. 11 am at the Community Church (565 Boylston St., Copley Square).

• 7 June: ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) Neighborhood Fest, a mini fundraiser where members are cooking food, music, games, raffles and more. 12-5 pm at the ACORN office (196 Adams St., Dorchester). Food $7-$10 per plate. More information.

• 6 June: "Israel and the Palestinians -- 60 Years of Occupation and Resistance", a talk by Kevin Dwire. 7:30 pm at the Militant Labor Forum Hall (13 Bennington Street, second floor, East Boston). $5 suggested donation.

• 6 June: Ralph Nader speaks at The First Parish in Cambridge Meeting House (3 Church St., Harvard Square). 7:30 pm, $10 ($5 students). More information.

• 6 June: Free screening of USA vs Al-Arian, a film about government persecution of university professor and civil rights activist Sami Al-Arian. Followed by informal discussion and refreshments. 6:45 pm, Central Square Library (45 Pearl St., Cambridge), Central Square T stop on the Red line. Presented jointly by the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, and the Cambridge Peace Commission.

• 5 June: "Resisting The Budget Cuts", a community panel on the effects of state cutbacks and a strategy for fighting back. 6:30 pm at the Haymarket People's Fund Building (42 Seaverns Ave., Jamaica Plain).

• 3 June: "The Progressive Majority in 2008", a Boston Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism (CCDS) Forum with Carl Bloice, CCDS National Coordinating Committee member and Black Commentator columnist. 7 pm at the Bowditch Community Room (82 Green St., Jamaica Plain). More information.

• 3 June: "What You Need To Know About Police Searches", a panel discussion and community speak-out on warrantless police searches, searches on the street, and what we can do to make our homes and communities truly safe. 6-8 pm at the Freedom House (14 Crawford St., Dorchester). More information.

• 3 June: Help stop the Boston Police Department's invasive "Safe Homes" program at a City Council Hearing sponsored by Councilor Chuck Turner. 3:30 pm at Boston City Hall. More information.

• 2 June: Free screening of The Future of Food, a film about the unlabeled, patented, genetically engineered foods that have quietly filled grocery store shelves for the past decade. 5:30 pm at Honan-Allston Library Branch auditorium (300 North Harvard St., Allston), followed by discussion. More information.

• 1 June: Protest "New England Celebrates Israel" on behalf of the Palestinian people. Noon on the sidewalk outside Gann Academy (333 Forest St., Waltham).

• 1 June: "Can Prisons Be Abolished? How and Why it Can Happen," a talk by author and activist Reverend Canon Ed Rodman. 11 am at the Community Church (565 Boylston St., Copley Square).

[edit] May 2008

• 31 May: Fund raising party for Critical Resistance, a nationally networked grassroots organization working toward prison abolition. $10-$40 sliding scale. 7 pm to midnight at the Community Church (565 Boylston St., Copley Square) -- speakers from 7-9:30 pm, music from 10 pm on.

• 31 May: Socialist Party co-chair Jerry Levy performs Howard Zinn's one-person play Marx in Soho. 8 pm at Encuentro 5 (33 Harrison Ave., fifth floor, by the Chinatown T station on the Orange Line, the Boylston T station on the Green Line, and the Downtown Crossing T station on the Red and Blue Lines). Sponsored by the Socialist Party and the Stop the Wars Coalition. More information (pdf).

• 31 May: Protest at homes of top financial supporters of Huntingdon Life Sciences, which kills over 500 animals every day in the course of its research, and relies on a handful of companies for financial support. Meet at 2 pm at Wheeler's Frozen Desserts (334B Massachusetts Ave, near the Symphony T Stop on the Green Line). More information.

• 30 May: "Myanmar and China -- growing social disasters for workers and farmers", a talk by UNITE/HERE garment worker Sarah Ulman. Dinner at 6:30 pm, talk at 7:30 pm, at the Militant Labor Forum Hall (13 Bennington Street, second floor, East Boston). Suggested donation: $5 dinner, $5 program.

• 29 May: "Banned in Boston -- The Silent Speech of Margaret Sanger", a presentation by Cecile Richards, President of Planned Parenthood Federation of America. 6:30 pm at the Old South Meeting House (310 Washington St., by Downtown Crossing and the Common). More information.

• 29 May: Public meeting for those interested in the National Assembly to Stop the War in Iraq and Bring the Troops Home Now. The Assembly will take place in Cleveland on 28-29 June. This public meeting will be at 6:30 pm at Encuentro 5 (33 Harrison Ave., fifth floor, by the Chinatown T station on the Orange Line, the Boylston T station on the Green Line, and the Downtown Crossing T station on the Red and Blue Lines).

• 29 May: Screening of Looking for Peace, One Block at a Time, a documentary film addressing youth violence from a teen's perspective and as a public health concern. 6-8 pm at Northeastern University's John D. O'Bryant African American Institute (40 Leon St., adjacent to West Village F, Suite 212). More information.

• 26 May: Memorial Day for Peace ceremony. 2 pm at Christopher Columbus Park near Long Wharf, by the Aquarium T stop on the Blue Line.

• 25 May: May 2008 Local Meeting, noon at the Lucy Parsons Center (549 Columbus Ave., near the Massachusetts Ave. T stop on the Orange Line, the Symphony T stop on the Green Line (E), and the #1 bus) -- minutes.

• 25 May: "An Iraqi Woman's Courage in Journalism", a talk by Alaa Majeed, formerly a reporter in Iraq for McClatchy News, and 2007 recipient of the "Courage in Journalism" Award from the International Women's Media Foundation. 11 am at the Community Church (565 Boylston St., Copley Square).

• 23 May: "Malcolm X -- Legacy of a Revolutionary", a video and presentation. 7:30 pm at the Militant Labor Forum Hall (13 Bennington Street, second floor, East Boston). $5 suggested donation.

• 23 May: "Elections and the Italian Left", a talk by Pasqualino Colombaro, long time labor organizer and thinker, on the recent electoral defeats suffered by the left in Italy. 7-9 pm at Encuentro 5 (33 Harrison Ave., fifth floor, by the Chinatown T station on the Orange Line. More information.

• 23 May: "No More Victims", a conversation with Noam Chomsky on the impact of the war and occupation on Iraqi civilian and the failure of the media to cover this. No More Victims, which works to obtain medical care for war-injured Iraqi children, will show a video. 3-5 pm in room 26-100 at MIT. $10 suggested donation. More information.

• 23 May: Protest Attorney General Michael "Water Boarding" Mukasey as he speaks at Boston College Law School graduation. 11:30-2:30, 885 Centre St, Newton.

• 22 May: Youth speak on out global warming and climate change. 7 pm in the Cary Memorial Library's Meeting Room, Lexington Center. More information.

• 22 May: Community potluck at the Haley (570 American Legion Hwy., Roslindale, about a 20-minutes walk from the Forrest Hills station). 5:30-7:40.

• 22 May: CORI reform day of action. Gather at 10 am at Bunker Hill Community College to greet marchers walking from Worcester to promote CORI reform. A march from BHCC to the State House begins at 11 am, followed by a rally and press conference on the State House steps at 2 pm. More information.

• 22 May: Health Care Action Day -- Rally for Health Care for All. Noon at 185 Franklin St. in Boston, various other locations throughout New England. More information.

• 21 May: Collect signatures in support of Indian migrant workers seeking justice and on hunger strike (and while you're at it, sign yourself). 7 pm in front of the Harvest Co-op and Shalimar Grocery store on Mass. Ave., Central Square, Cambridge.

• 21 May: Rally for educational equality in Massachusetts, 3 pm at the Grand Staircase in the State House. Sponsored by Teen Empowerment, the Massachusetts Teachers Association, the Boston Teachers Union, Citizens for Public Schools, FairTest (National Center for Fair and Open Testing), the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, and the Boston Student Advisory Council. More information.

• 20 May: "School Discipline, Juvenile Justice and the Realities of Race" a panel discussion concerning racial disparities in public school discipline and the relationships between schools and the juvenile and criminal justice systems. 6 pm in the Boston Public Library (700 Boylston St., Copley Square). More information.

• 20 May: Author Louise Dunlap presents her book, Undoing the Silence -- Writing for Social Change Action, which aims to help citizen activists, scholars and professionals use their writing for social change. 12-1:30 pm at the Community Change Library on Racism (14 Beacon St., Room 605). Bring a lunch, beverages provided, $5 contribution requested. More information.

• 20 May: Picket with Lifelink workers, who have unanimously voted for a one-day strike on Tuesday, 20 May. Starting at 9 am at the entrance of Fidelity House (1 Parker St., Lawrence). More information.

• 19 May: "Dying to Come to America -- the Humanitarian Crisis on the Arizona/Mexico Border", a presentation and discussion with Prof. Lois Martin of No More Deaths and Humane Borders, both based in Tucson, AZ. 7 pm at the Beacon Hill Friends House (6 Chestnut St., Beacon Hill, near Park St. T station on the Red and Green lines). More information.

• 19 May: Benefit show for SAFETY NET, a community group opposing the construction of a level-4 biolab in the heart of Boston. 6 pm at the Lucy Parsons Center (549 Columbus Ave.), featuring Sway and more bands to be announced.

• 18 May: "Labor-African American-Immigrant Solidarity and the working class fightback", a forum featuring Teresa Gutierrez, Chuck Turner, and Miya Campbell. 4 pm at the Action Center (284 Amory St., Jamaica Plain).

• 18 May: Free screening of Estamos Aquí! ("We are Here!"), a film on the challenges facing millions of Latin Americans who have come to the United States in search of the "American dream". 1 pm at Arlington Street Church (351 Boylston St.). More information.

• 18 May: "From Tenant Organizing to Eviction Blockades: Building a Grassroots Movement for Community Control of Community Resources", a talk by City Life/Vida Urbana, a tenant and community organization based in Jamaica Plain. 11 am at the Community Church (565 Boylston St., Copley Square).

• 17 May: Author Chris Carlsson launches his new book Nowtopia -- How Pirate Programmers, Outlaw Bicyclists, and Vacant-Lot Gardeners are Inventing the Future Today! Chris Carlsson, executive director of the multimedia history project "Shaping San Francisco," is a writer, publisher, editor, and community organizer. His book uncovers the resistance of a slowly recomposing working class in America. 7 pm at the Lucy Parsons Center (549 Columbus Ave.). More information.

• 17 May: Protest Department of Justice (DoJ) Harassment of the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES). 1 pm in front of the JFK Federal Building (at the intersection of New Sudbury St. and Cambridge St., near the Government Center T stop on the Green and Blue Lines). For more information on the rally and the DoJ National Security Letter that prompted it, click here.

• 16-17 May: Stand out for teachers in Westborough, who have been working without a contract for well over 300 days, and are still fighting for a fair contract. Meet in downtown Westborough, 2:30-4:30 pm on Friday, 16 May, and 11 am to 1 pm on Saturday, 17 May.

• 17 May: Statewide Coalition meeting for Mass-Care, the Massachusetts Campaign for Single Payer Health Care. 10 am to noon in the Friends Meeting House (901 Pleasant St., Worcester). More information.

• 17 May: "Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Summit on Building an Equitable Community", featuring Rubén Lizardo, Associate Director of PolicyLink, a research and action institute based in Oakland California. Lizardo, and other speakers and panelists, will address issues facing the community and what actions can be taken to ensure that Jamaica Plain can remain inclusive, safe and vibrant. 9 am to 3:30 pm at the English High School (144 McBride Street, Jamaica Plain). More information.

• 17 May: Petitioning Day for Todd Vachon, socialist candidate for congress in Connecticut. Meet at the Quincy Center T station on the Red Line at 8:30 am for carpools (call ahead so we don't leave without you) or head straight to Vernon, CT at 10:30 am.

• 16 May: Independent journalists Amy Goodman and David Goodman discuss their new book, Standing up to the Madness: Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times. Tickets $5, 7 pm (doors at 6 pm) at the First Church in Jamaica Plain, Unitarian Universalist (6 Eliot St.). Seating on a first-come basis. More information.

• 16 May: "Dying to Come to America -- the Humanitarian Crisis on the Arizona/Mexico Border", a presentation and discussion with Prof. Lois Martin of No More Deaths and Humane Borders, both based in Tucson, AZ. 7 pm at the Cambridge Friends Meeting House (5 Longfellow Pl., Cambridge, off Brattle St. near Harvard Square). More information.

• 16 May: Screening of Shelter: A Squatumentary, a 45-minute 2008 film about squatting in the San Francisco Bay Area. 7 pm at the Lucy Parsons Center (549 Columbus Ave.), followed by a discussion on squatting as a tactic for community building. $5 suggested donation. More information.

• 16 May: "9/11 -- Blueprint for Truth / The Architecture of Destruction", a forum at 7 pm, room 54-100 at MIT.

• 16 May: "Bolivia -- Capitalists Push Autonomy Votes As Part of Destabilization Campaign". Dinner at 6:30 pm, talk at 7:30 pm, at the Militant Labor Forum Hall (13 Bennington Street, second floor, East Boston). Suggested donation: $5 dinner, $5 program.

• 16 May: Writer, publisher, editor, and community organizer Chris Carlsson reads from his newest book, Nowtopia: How Pirate Programmers, Outlaw Bicyclists, and Vacant-Lot Gardeners are Inventing the Future Today. 6 pm at Symposium Books (526 Commonwealth Ave., Kenmore Square). Snack provided, followed by a signing. More information.

• 16 May: Stand Out Against the Wars, 5 pm until the end, Copley Square. More information.

• 16 May: "Restoring America After Bush", a panel discussion addressing the expansion of presidential power and what Congress and the courts can do. 1-5 pm in Ames Courtroom, Austin Hall, at Harvard Law School (1563 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge). More information.

• 15 May: Antiwar standout at the JFK Federal Building to call for Senators Kennedy and Kerry to support a filibuster against additional war funding in the Senate. 4:30 pm, outside the JFK Federal Building in Government Center, near the Government Center T stop on the Blue and Green lines.

• 14 May: "The Planetwalker's Newest Call", a talk by John Francis, "the Planetwalker", who simultaneously took a 17 year vow of silence, began an environmental pilgrimage for peace, and gave up motorized transportation for 22 years, after witnessing an oil spill in S.F. Bay in 1971. 7:30 pm at First Parish (Unitarian Universalist) in Harvard Square, Cambridge. More information.

• 14 May: "Eyewitness India" -- hear Manik Mukherjee (General Secretary of the International Anti-imperialist and People's Solidarity Coordinating Committee and Vice-President of the All India Anti-imperialist Forum) addressing All India Anti-Imperialist Forum in November 2007, on state repression and resistance to a Dow Chemical-sponsored "Special Economic Zone" in Nandigram, India. 6:30 pm at the Action Center (284 Amory St., Jamaica Plain, near the Stonybrook T stop on the Orange Line). More information.

• 14 May: Join Veterans For Peace at the office of Congressman Stephen Lynch (88 Black Falcon Ave., Suite 340, accessible on the Silver Line from South Station). A vote for more funds for the war is imminent, and we need to remind Rep. Lynch that continuing the occupation is unacceptable.

• 13 May: Release party for issue 13 of the Northeastern Anarchist Magazine, hosted by the Boston Local Union of the North Eastern Federation of Anarchist Communists. 7 pm at the Lucy Parsons Center (549 Columbus Ave.), featuring music and refreshments.

• 13 May: Book party for policy Mark Engler, author of How to Rule the World -- The Coming Battle Over the Global Economy. Engler will sign copies of the book and speak on "Latin America and the End of Neoliberalism". 7 pm at Encuentro 5 (33 Harrison Ave., fifth floor).

• 13 May: Emergency Legislative Hearing on legislation to stop predatory lending. 1 pm in Room A1 of the State House. Come support the Massachusetts Alliance Against Predatory Lending as it works to stem the tide and impact of the sub-prime lending crisis. More information.

• 11 May: "Understanding Trans-Racial Adoption Through Art and Experience", a Mother's Day talk by JooYoung Choi, Director of the Community Church Justice School. 11 am at the Community Church (565 Boylston St., Copley Square).

• 10 May: Celebrate World Fair Trade Day with a Trunk Show by Autonomie Project and Greenward, along with complimentary organic wine and Equal Exchange chocolate. More information.

• 10 May: Youth Peace Conference sponsored by the Center for Teen Empowerment, featuring rap, songs, dance, speeches, skits, and spoken word poetry by youth. 1-5 pm at the Strand Theater (543 Columbia Road, Dorchester), open to youth from urban communities across Massachusetts. More information.

• 10 May: New England United General Meeting, 1-5 pm at Encuentro5 (33 Harrison Ave., fifth floor, by the Chinatown T stop on the Orange Line).

• 10 May: "Power to the Pedals", a charity bike ride to raise money for the Northeast Climate Confluence, a youth-organized summer conference educating on global warming, sustainability and political action. 10 am in Arlington Heights, $10 registration. More information.

• 9 May: Screening of White King, Red Rubber, Black Death, a film on how King Leopold II of Belgium ruled the Congo as his private colony between 1885 and 1908. 7:30 pm at the Militant Labor Forum Hall (13 Bennington Street, second floor, East Boston). $5 suggested donation.

• 9 May: Michael T. Klare discusses Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet -- The New Geopolitics of Energy. 7 pm at the Harvard Book Store (1256 Massachusetts Ave., Harvard Square). More information.

• 9 May: Author Ronald Peden of Cambridge signs his new book Notes on the State of America -- Black to the Future, or White from the Past?. The book promotes reparations for slavery as a potential solution to racial inequality and black disenfranchisement. 7 pm at the Lucy Parsons Center (549 Columbus Ave.).

• 9 May: Dinner and a movie at Haley House Bakery Cafe -- screening of The Price of Sugar, which follows attempts to organize Haitian sugar cane workers on a Dominican Republic sugar plantation to fight for their basic human rights. Followed by a discussion with the producer, Eric Grunembaum. $25 tickets include Caribbean meal, dessert and complimentary iced tea -- sugarless. 5:30 pm at Haley House Bakery Cafe (12 Dade Street, Roxbury). More information.

• 8 May: Rally for free and fair hospital elections for workers considering joining together as a union with 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, featuring a performance by the Drop Kick Murphys. 4 pm at the intersection of Ave. Louis Pasteur and Longwood Ave., by the Longwood Medical T stop on the Green Line (E). More information.

• 8 May: Community Change discusses the full text of Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright’s speech to the National Press Club on 28 April 2008, and the mainstream press coverage it received. 12-1:30 pm at the Community Change Library on Racism (14 Beacon St., Room 605). Bring a lunch, beverages provided, $5 contribution requested. More information.

• 7 May: Emmanuel Yeboah from Ghana makes a surprise visit to Bikes Not Bombs to discuss his work advocating for the rights of physically disabled people, as well as his partnership with Bikes Not Bombs on a new international project in Ghana. 7:30 pm at the BNB Hub (284 Amory St., in the Brewery Complex).

• 6 May: Celebrate Nurses' Day with a rally for patient safety, 1-2 pm at the State House. More information.

• 5 May: "Restorative Justice In Practice", a talk about forgiveness and reconciliation by Linda Biehl, whose daughter Amy Biehl was murdered in South Africa in 1993 while working against apartheid as a Fulbright scholar. 7 pm in the Ryan Lounge on the third floor of UMass Boston's McCormick Building. More information.

• 5 May: "Lessons from Chiapas: A Night of Zapatista Storytelling", 6 pm at Symposium Books (526 Commonwealth Ave., across Kenmore Square from the Barnes and Noble).

• 4 May: Protest AIPAC's 9th Annual New England Leadership Dinner, and commemorate 60 years of occupation and suffering. Meet at 5 pm in front of the Westin Copley (10 Huntington Ave,, near Copley Square). Sponsored by Jewish Voices for Peace Boston, Jewish Women for Justice in Israel/Palestine, Boston Coalition for Palestinian Rights, and United for Justice with Peace's Israel/Palestine Task Force.

• 4 May: "The Rise in Working Class Resistance to Austerity and War", a talk by Olympia Newton, editor of The Militant. Lunch at 1 pm, talk at 2 pm, at the Militant Labor Forum Hall (13 Bennington Street, second floor, East Boston). Suggested donation: $5 lunch, $7 program.

• 4 May: Protest the war and Raytheon's role in it at the annual Walk for Hunger (Raytheon is one of the major corporate sponsors of the event). The 20 mile route of the Walk for Hunger threads through Boston, Brookline, Newton, Watertown, and Cambridge. More information.

• 4 May: "Support Safe Staffing at Our Acute-Care Hospitals", an International Workers' Day talk by Sandy Eaton, RN, a vice-chair of Mass Care and member of the statewide board of the Massachusetts Nurses Association. 11 am at the Community Church (565 Boylston St., Copley Square).

• 4 May: "Confronting War and Exploitation in 2008", Massachusetts Socialist Conference, in the Snowden Auditorium of the UMass Boston Wheatley Building. Beginning at 10 am and concluding with a rally to mark the 40th anniversary of the May 1968 revolt from 5:30 to 6:15 pm. Free and open to the public.

• 3 May: Jane Collins reads from her new book, For Love of a Soldier: Interviews with Military Families Taking Action Against the Iraq War at its launch party. 8 pm at 1 Fayette Park, Cambridge.

• 3 May: The 30th annual Wake Up the Earth festival, 12-5 pm in the Southwest Corridor Park, along Lamartine between Boylston and New Minton Streets, near the Stony Brook T stop on the Orange Line.

• 3 May: "Torture and the American Psyche", a forum featuring Eric Fair, Leonard Rubenstein, David Sloan-Rossiter, and Stephen Soldz. 9:30 am to 12:30 pm at the First Parish in Brookline (382 Walnut St.). More information.

• 2 May: "Hip Hop for Justice", presented by Centro Presente and Pintamos Nuestro Mundo in support of the "Welcoming MA" Campaign. 7-10 pm at the Somerville High School Auditorium (81 Highland Ave., Somerville).

• 2 May: Prominent Brazilian socialist activist and theorist Michael Lowy speaks on Global Justice and Ecosocialism. 7 pm at Encuentro5 (33 Harrison Ave., fifth floor, by the Chinatown T stop on the Orange Line).

• 1 May: May Day concert by Bolivian musician Manuel "Papirri" Monroy, following his appearance at the rally on the Common during his first-ever trip to the US. 8 pm at Encuentro5 (33 Harrison Ave., fifth floor, by the Chinatown T stop on the Orange Line). More information.

• 1 May: Free screening of USA vs Al-Arian, a film about government persecution of university professor and civil rights activist Sami Al-Arian. 7 pm at 243 Broadway, Cambridge (corner of Broadway and Windsor, entrance on Windsor). Refreshments provided, donations accepted.

• 1 May: Free screening of Winter Soldier -- Iraq & Afghanistan, eyewitness accounts of the occupations. Followed by informal discussion and refreshments. 6:45 pm, Central Square Library (45 Pearl St., Cambridge), Central Square T stop on the Red line. Presented jointly by the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, and the Cambridge Peace Commission.

• 1 May: International Workers' Day march and rally on the Common, 4 pm. More information. Feeder marches will leave from Kenmore Square and Harvard Science Center near Harvard Yard at 3 pm, and a Critical Mass feeder bike ride will meet in Copley Square at the same time to head down to the Common for the rally. Report.

• 1 May: International Workers’ Days march in East Boston, Everett and Chelsea. Leave from East Boston's Central Square at 2:30 pm, followed by a cultural celebration and rally at the Chelsea City Hall, 3:30-5:30 pm.

• 1 May: Rally to demand a decent contract and union rights for Verizon Business workers, noon in front of 185 Franklin St. More information.

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• 30 April: "Global Alternatives -- South African Experience", a discussion with Patrick Bond, a political economist based at the University of KwaZulu-Natal School of Development Studies in Durban, South Africa. 7 pm at Encuentro5 (33 Harrison Ave., fifth floor, by the Chinatown T stop on the Orange Line).

• 30 April: Benefit Concert for the Children of Gaza, featuring Sergio Reyes, Aboud Agha, Layaali Arabic Music Ensemble, and many others. $20 suggested donation. 6:30 pm at St. Paul’s Cathedral (138 Tremont St., across from Park St. T Station on the Common).

• 30 April: "The Right to Vote", a talk by Alexander Keyssar (Professor of History and Social Policy, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University) and Laleh Ispahani (Senior Policy Counsel, Racial Justice Program, ACLU), accompanied by a screening of Freedom Files II -- Freedom to Vote: Protecting the Ballot. 6:30 pm at the Old South Meeting House, sponsored by the ACLU of Massachusetts. More information.

• 30 April: "What the #!$* Is Happening to the Economy?" a talk by Labor Notes economist Mark Brenner. $7, 6-9 pm in the Alumni Hall (1 University Ave.) at UMass Lowell's north campus. More information.

• 30 April: Free screening of Soy Cuba: el mamut siberiano ("I Am Cuba -- The Siberian Mammoth"), a documentary on the making of Soy Cuba, a 1964 Cuban-Soviet film hailed for its aesthetic quality by Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola. Followed by conversation with Russian poet, playwright and translator Pavel Grushko, who worked as on translator in Cuba during the production of Soy Cuba. 6 pm in room B39 of the BU Psychology Building (64 Cummington St., by the BU Central stop on the Green Line (B)).

• 29 April: "More Than Fashion: The Political Context Of Revolutionary Struggle", a talk by Christina Gerhardt about armed struggle groups in 1970s West Germany, including the Red Army Faction, the June 2 Movement, the Revolutionary Cells and the Red Zora. Gerhardt contextualizes their critiques and actions in the international and domestic events of the time. 7 pm at the Lucy Parsons Center (549 Columbus Ave.).

• 29 April: Introductory meeting of Nonviolent Peaceforce of Greater Boston, 6-8 pm at the Cambridge Women's Center in Central Square. Nonviolent Peaceforce sends international teams of trained unarmed civilians to areas of conflict where we are invited, to support and protect local peaceworkers and create space for safe dialogue and creation of local solutions to problems.

• 29 April: Free screening of FLOW -- For Love Of Water, a film about water politics, pollution, human rights, and the global water crisis. 6 pm in room 4-153 at MIT. Light snacks provided. More information.

• 29 April: Workers Memorial Day Event, sponsored by the Massachusetts AFL-CIO, MassCOSH and the Greater Boston Labor Council, honoring the memory of those who lost their lives on the job in 2007. 12-3 pm at the State House steps.

• 28 April: Justice for Janitors rally on the Common, following a three-day campout by janitor supporters.

• 28 April: Screening of At the Death House Door, a film on the death penalty. Part of the Boston Independent Film Festival, 5:30 pm at Coolidge Corner Theater.

• 28 April: Free screening of The Future of Food, a film about the unlabeled, patented, genetically engineered foods that have quietly filled grocery store shelves for the past decade. 5-7:30 pm at Honan-Allston Library Branch auditorium (300 North Harvard St., Allston), followed by discussion. More information.

• 28 April: Free screening of Michael Moore's Sicko, featuring an appearance by Donna Smith, who appears in the film, followed by a rally for universal health care with musician Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, The Nightwatchman). Screening 1:30-4 pm in the Gardner Auditorium at the State House, with the rally at 4:30 pm on the State House steps.

• 27 April: "From Abu Ghraib to New Bedford Raid -- An Afternoon of Performance and Dialogue on Torture at Home and Abroad". 4-7 pm at Encuentro5 (33 Harrison Ave., fifth floor, by the Chinatown T stop on the Orange Line).

• 27 April: Screening of At the Death House Door, a film on the death penalty. Part of the Boston Independent Film Festival, 2:45 pm at Somerville Theater.

• 27 April: Stand Up the Common for Darfur, a rally on the Common that will target local corporations for their indifference towards the situation in Darfur. 1-3 pm. More information.

• 27 April: April 2008 Local Meeting, noon at the Lucy Parsons Center (549 Columbus Ave., near the Massachusetts Ave. T stop on the Orange Line, the Symphony T stop on the Green Line (E), and the #1 bus).

• 27 April: "The Struggle Against the Bio-Lab Continues", a talk by Klare Allen, lead organizer, rabble-rouser, mother, and activist. 11 am at the Community Church (565 Boylston St., Copley Square).

• 26 April: A discussion on the food crisis and profit system. Dinner at 6:30 pm, talk at 7:30 pm, at the Militant Labor Forum Hall (13 Bennington Street, second floor, East Boston). Suggested donation: $5 dinner, $5 program.

• 26 April: Fundraiser for United American Indians of New England (UAINE), featuring music, an art display, wine and great food, and conversation with a UAINE leader. 6-8 pm at 14 William St., off College Ave., near Davis Square, Somerville.

• 26 April: Fundraiser for Deon Furtick and family, victims of union-busting at the Harvest Co-op. Sponsored by the Industrial Workers of the World ([http;//www.iww.org IWW]). 6-11 pm at Encuentro5 (33 Harrison Ave., fifth floor). More information.

• 26 April: Reading and discussion of Live Through This- On Creativity and Self-Destruction, a collection of original stories, essays, artwork, and photography edited by Sabrin Chapadjiev. 2 pm at the Lucy Parsons Center (549 Columbus Ave.). More information.

• 26 April: Northeastern University Justice for Janitors rally, march and campout. Meet at noon in NU's Krentzman Quad to rally for better wages and benefits for janitors, followed by a march at 1 pm to NU President Aoun's house in Beacon Hill. Janitor supporters will then camp out in the Common, near the Brewer Fountain on the State House side until Monday, 28 April.

• 25-26 April: "End the Wars Abroad and at Home -- Charting a Path for 2008", an antiwar conference at Tufts University organized by New England United, a coalition of peace, antiwar, and social justice activists from all six New England states. More information.

• 25 April: Evolutionary biologist and punk rocker Greg Graffin discusses his new book, Is Belief in God Good, Bad or Irrelevant? A Professor and a Punk Rocker Discuss Science, Religion, Naturalism, and Christianity, and receives the 2008 Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award in Cultural Humanism. The lead singer and songwriter for Bad Religion, arguably America’s most influential punk rock band of the past generation and professor of life sciences at UCLA, Graffin explores the philosophies underlying human creativity–in the sciences and in the arts. 8 pm at the Memorial Church in Harvard Yard. Visit cambridgeforum.org for ticket information.

• 25 April: FLIGHT -- The Mythic Journey Of A Persons Displaced, an overhead-projector-based shadow theater piece depicting the picaresque journey of a displaced person attempting to escape/transcend persecution. The show by Erik Ruin features scrolling landscapes, intricately cut scenes of shipwrecks, refugee camps and burning houses, with a beautiful improvised score by violinist Katt Hernandez. 7 pm at the Lucy Parsons Center (549 Columbus Ave.). More information.

• 25 April: Presentation by Food Not Bombs co-founder Keith McHenry, about the organization, its goals and methods. 3-4:30 pm in room 102 of Boston University's Sargent College (635 Commonwealth Ave., near the Blandford St. T stop on the Green Line (B)). More information.

• 24 April: Screening of King Corn, a documentary that raises troubling questions about our food system, how we eat, and how we farm. 7:30-10 pm at Morse Auditorium (602 Commonwealth Ave., by the Blandford St. T Stop on the Green Line (B)). More information.

• 24 April: "Remembrance, Images, and Musical Resonance In Commemoration of the Palestinian Nakba and the Armenian Genocide", featuring speakers Hilary Rantisi and Sevag Arzoumanian, as well as music, photography, and a novel reading. Free and open to the public, 6:30-8:15 pm (reception 5:30-6:15 pm) in Rabb Lecture Hall at the Boston Public Library (Copley Square).

• 24 April: Free screening of Nuestra Historia Esta en la Tierra ("Our History is in Our Land") by Eliézer Arias, a documentary about three indigenous groups in the Venezuelan Orinoquia and their demands for land rights and self-determination. 6 pm in room 307 (Quincy St. side) of Harvard University's Sever Hall. More information.

• 24 April:"Modern Day American Imperialism in the Middle East and Beyond", a talk by linguist and philosopher Noam Chomsky. Free and open to the public, 6-8 pm in the BU Law Auditorium (765 Commonwealth Ave., by the BU Central T stop on the Green Line (B)). The auditorium seats 500, first-come first-served. Sponsored by the BU Antiwar Coalition.

• 23 April: Free screening of Soy Cuba ("I Am Cuba"), a 1964 Cuban-Soviet film featuring tales of life under the Batista regime. When rediscovered in the '90s, it was hailed for its aesthetic quality by Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola. 5:30 pm in room B39 of the BU Psychology Building (64 Cummington St., by the BU Central stop on the Green Line (B)).

• 23 April: Statewide CORI reform planning meeting, 5-7 pm at the Freedom House (14 Crawford St., at the intersection of Warren and Crawford, in Grove Hall). More information.

• 22 April: "Nakba Means "Catastrophe" in Arabic", a talk about the Palestinian story of 1948, of ethnic cleansing, displacement, dispossession, and exile. 6:30-8:30 pm in room 201 of Lesley University's Wolford hall.

• 22 April: "From the Andes: New Visions, New Voices", a talk by Bolivian President Evo Morales. 4 pm in Sayles Hall at Brown University. More information.

• 21 April: "Preparing Now For the Fuel/Food Crisis Ahead", a talk by Richard Heinberg, author of Peak Everything: Waking Up to the Century of Declines. 7-9 pm at the First Parish-Unitarian Church (50 Church St., Waltham).

• 21 April: Screening of Unacceptable Harm, a film on cluster bombs shown in honor of the Global Day of Action to Ban Cluster Bombs on 19 April. 6:30-7:30 pm in room 101 of Harvard's Emerson Hall (Harvard Yard).

• 20 April: Talk by the parents of Rachel Corrie, who was killed in the Gaza Strip five years ago. 4 pm at Christ Church Cambridge (0 Garden St., Harvard Square).

• 20 April: Free screening of The Global Banquet, a film about the profoundly negative impact of globalization on our food system. 2 pm at Arlington Street Church (351 Boylston St.). More information.

• 20 April: "Liberation Seder" by Lee Fich, interpreting the story of Passover in our own way. 11 am at the Community Church (565 Boylston St., Copley Square). Please bring potluck food to share.

• 19 April: Panel discussion on raids, deportations, immigrant workers and May Day, featuring Juan Pleitez, Laura Garza, and Sergio Reyes. 7:30 pm at the Militant Labor Forum Hall (13 Bennington Street, second floor, East Boston), $5 suggested donation.

• 19 April: Screening of Bosta, a 2006 portrayal of Lebanese culture and a hope for a new tomorrow. 7 pm at Razzo Hall, Traina Center for Arts, Clark University (92 Downing St., Worcester), part of the Second Annual Middle East Film Festival. $5 suggested donation, followed by refreshments and discussion. More information.

• 19 April: Voter registration drive with music, theater, speakers, and other entertainment. 11 am to 5 pm on the Common. More information.

• 18 April: "George and Ruth; Songs and Letters from the Spanish Civil War", a tribute to a volunteer in the Lincoln Brigade and his wife in New York, who organized delivery of material aid to Spain. Featuring period multilingual songs performed by Tony Saletan and Silvia Miskoe. $15, 8 pm at the Tremedal Coffee House (First Parish Church, on Church St., just outside of Watertown Square).

• 18 April: Improv Asylum Human Rights Fundraiser to benefit Amnesty International USA. 18+, $20, doors open 7:30 pm at 216 Hanover St. in the North End.

• 18 April: Screening of Offside, a 2006 film that follows a group of Iranian girls attempting to watch their team's World Cup qualifying match against Bahrain. 7 pm at the Ghosh Center, Worcester State College, part of the Second Annual Middle East Film Festival. $5 suggested donation, followed by refreshments and discussion. More information.

• 18 April: Free screening of A Dream in Doubt, followed by a community discussion with Mr. Navjeet Singha, regional director of SALDEF, the Sikh-American Legal Defense and Education Fund. 7 pm at the First Church in Jamaica Plain Unitarian Universalist (6 Eliot St., across from the Monument, Jamaica Plain, on the 39 bus line and near the Green Street or Forest Hills T stops on the Orange Line). More information.

• 18 April: Socialist Party Iraq Moratorium Antiwar Action. Join us in Copley Square, starting at 7 pm! We will stand out with signs and banners for traffic, and engage passersby to keep the war in Iraq an issue, and agitation against it alive. More information.

• 18 April: Free book signing and discussion with Danny Schecter, author of When News Lies -- Media Complicity and the Iraq War. 7 pm at the Harvard Coop (1400 Massachusetts Ave., Harvard Square).

• 18 April: Author César Cardenas, founder and president of El Movimiento Mi Cometa (a human rights organization in Guayaquil, Ecuador's largest city), will speak on his new bilingual book Aguita Amarilla/Murky Waters, about Mi Cometa's struggle. 7 pm at the Lucy Parsons Center (549 Columbus Ave.).

• 17 April: Screening of Occupation 101, a 2006 documentary film on the current and historical root causes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. 7 pm at Eager Auditorium, Sullivan Building, Worcester State College, part of the Second Annual Middle East Film Festival. $5 suggested donation, followed by refreshments and discussion. More information.

• 17 April: "The US Role in International Justice", a panel discussion featuring Paula Green (Founder and Director of the Karuna Center for Peacebuilding), Thomas Cushman (Wellesley College Sociology Professor), and Ada Sheng (former International Criminal Court Law Clerk). 7 pm at the Democracy Center (45 Mt. Auburn St., Harvard Square). More information

• 17 April: "Remaking Ecuador from Below", a presentation by César Cardenas, founder and president of El Movimiento Mi Cometa a human rights organization in Guayaquil, Ecuador's largest city. 7 pm at Encuentro5 (33 Harrison Ave., fifth floor, by the Chinatown T stop on the Orange Line). In Spanish with simultaneous translation for English speakers.

• 17 April: Free screenings of "Race to Execution" and "Juror Number Six", two films on the death penalty, featuring guest speaker Charles L. Ogletree, Jr. (Harvard Law School and Institute for Race and Justice), and followed by a book signing. 6:30-9:30 pm in the Wilder Pavilion of Bentley College's Adamian Academic Center (175 Forest St., Waltham).

• 17 April: Protest General Ricardo Sanchez at he Harvard Kennedy School of Government's Institute of Politics (79 JFK St., Cambridge), 6 pm.

• 17 April: Free screening of the third and fourth parts of The Land of the Settlers, a famous documentary by Israeli journalist Chaim Yavin. 5:30 pm in room 103 of Sever hall at Harvard.

• 17 April: Jamie Bissonette, co-director of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) Criminal Justice Program, will discuss her new book, When the Prisoners Ran Walpole, together with some of the major actors in this historical milestone in the movement to attain prisoner self-determination and prison abolition. 5:30-8:30 pm at the Episcopal Divinity School (99 Brattle St., Cambridge). More information.

• 16 April: Screening of Le Grand Voyage, a 2004 film about the road trip of a French-Moroccan and his devout Muslim father to Mecca. 7 pm at Eager Auditorium, Sullivan Building, Worcester State College, part of the Second Annual Middle East Film Festival. $5 suggested donation, followed by refreshments and discussion. More information.

• 16 April: "Chiapas and Oaxaca Rising", a discussion of popular resistance in Mexico featuring Corry Banton of the Mexico Solidarity Network, Brian O'Connell of Equal Exchange, and Pam Cataldo. 7 pm at Encuentro5 (33 Harrison Ave., fifth floor, by the Chinatown T stop on the Orange Line).

• 16 April: "Latin Reggae Party", a fundraiser for Accion International, which works to combat poverty around the world. 6-9 pm, 21+, $10 at Felt Club Boston (533 Washington St.), free appetizers 6-7 pm. More information.

• 16 April: "Israel/Palestine -- Roots of Conflict, Paths to Peace", a talk by author Norman Finkelstein. 4:30 pm in room 305 of Gasson Hall at Boston College (at the end of the Green Line (B)). More information.

• 16 April: Join the PlayOgg.org campaign to hand-deliver a letter to WBUR, "Boston's NPR Station," requesting that they provide an Ogg Vorbis stream on wbur.org. To make sure they understand that this request stems from a serious ethical concern, and not just a preference in technology, we will deliver the letter in person and hand out informative fliers to employees and guests that morning. 8-10 am at WBUR (890 Commonwealth Ave.). More information.

• 15 April: Best-selling author and political analyst Kevin Phillips discusses his new book, Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics, and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism. 7:30 pm at the First Parish Church (3 Church St., Harvard Square). More information.

• 15 April: "A Night Of Radical Cartography", a discussion on An Atlas of Radical Cartography, a collection of ten maps and ten essays about social issues and the politics of maps, featuring one of the coauthors. 6:30 pm at the Lucy Parsons Center (549 Columbus Ave.). More information.

• 11-14 April: Climate change summit, Massachusetts Power Shift (MAPS), held at Boston University, the Common, and the State House. Register and get more information here. Includes free training on using internet networking to win campaigns, 10:15-11:45 am and 1-2:30 pm on 12 April.

• 14 April: Antiwar standout, 10:45 am to 2 pm at BU's Marsh Chapel (735 Commonwealth Ave., by the BU Central T stop on the Green Line (B)).

• 11-13 April: SDS Northeast Convention Spring 2008, including proposed CORI action with the Boston Workers Alliance. Spaces being booked at Harvard. More information.

• 12-13 April: "Struggle for the Land -- Zionism and the Repression of Anti-Colonial Movements", a conference sponsored by the New England Committee to Defend Palestine on the 60th Anniversary of the Nakba. Confirmed speakers include Amer Jubran, Saja Raoof, and Ward Churchill, in addition to photography and artwork. Suggested donation $15. Starts at noon on Saturday, 12 April, and 1 pm on Sunday, 13 April, at the Community Church (565 Boylston St., Copley Square).

• 13 April: "David vs. Goliath -- Opposing US Military Bases Abroad", a talk on US bases in the Czech Republic and Pacific islands, featuring Jan Tamas (spokesperson of the Czech Opposition to a US Radar Military Base) and Olivier Bancoult (Chagos Refugees Group for the people of Diego Garcia). Free, 7 pm at the Friends Meeting House (5 Longfellow Park, off Brattle St., Cambridge).

• 13 April: "Migration: Roots and Realities", a talk by Padre Uvi, a parish priest in Oaxaca, Mexico. 2-5 pm at the Community Church (565 Boylston St., Copley Square).

• 13 April: "Torture, Rendition and Guantanamo", a talk by attorneys Manique Bloom and Jeremy Robbins. 11 am at the Community Church (565 Boylston St., Copley Square).

• 12 April: "Phil Ochs Song Night", featuring Greg Greenway, John Flynn, Magpie, Emma's Revolution, Chris and Meredith Thompson, David Roth, and Dean Stevens. $25, doors at 7:30 in the Joyful Noise Coffee House (1580 Massachusetts Ave., Lexington).

• 12 April: Socialist Kaffeeklatsch, 3 pm at Java Jo's cafe (3710 Washington St. in Jamaica Plain, near the Forest Hills station). More information

• 12 April: "Solar Soiree", discussions of the New England Wind Fund and the Somerville Solar Challenge with Somerville Climate Action. 1-4 pm at Diesel Cafe Bloc 11 Cafe (11 Bow St, Union Square, Somerville). More information.

• 11 April: A discussion on "China and Tibet -- What’s behind the protests and the campaign targeting China?". 7:30 pm at the Militant Labor Forum Hall (13 Bennington Street, second floor, East Boston), $5 suggested donation.

• 11 April: Q&A with Phil Donahue, Ellen Spiro, and Cathy Smith, following the 7:15 pm screening of their new documentary, Body of War at the Kendall Square Cinema in Cambridge. More information.

• 11 April: "Solar Soiree", discussions of the New England Wind Fund and the Somerville Solar Challenge with Somerville Climate Action. 6-9 pm at Diesel Cafe (257 Elm St., Davis Square). More information.

• 11 April: "Students and Youth for CORI Reform Now", a rally to demand just CORI policies. 4-7 pm at Park St. T station, by the Brewer Fountain, on the Common.

• 10 April: Fundraiser for the Boston Palestine Film Festival, 8 pm to midnight at Andala Coffee House (286 Franklin St., Central Square, Cambridge). $25 admission includes live music, drinks, and appetizers from several Cambridge restaurants. More information.

• 10 April: "American Blandness: Risky Writing and the Forces That Silence It", a panel discussion by authors on the barriers to getting “dangerous” and important work published. 7:30 pm at the First Parish Church (3 Church St., Harvard Square). More information.

• 10 April: Free screening of "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised", a documentary on the attempted overthrown of the Venezuelan government in 2002. 7 pm in room 66-110 at MIT, sponsored by the Bolivarian Circle of Boston.

• 10 April: Free screening of Emmanuel's Gift, about a disabled Ghanaian who campaigns for disabled rights in Ghana. Sponsored by Bikes Not Bombs, which has partnered with Emmanuel's EEFSA foundation to set up a wheelchair-accessible bicycle workshop employing a full staff of disabled mechanics in Ghana. Introduced and followed by discussion with David Branigan and Carl Kurz of Bikes Not Bombs. 7 pm at the Bikes Not Bombs Hub (284 Amory St., Jamaica Plain). More information.

• 10 April: "1968 -- Year of Revolt", a public meeting on the roots of the radical movements of the 60s, what happened to them, and what it means for fighting today. 6:30 pm in Curtis Hall (20 South St., Jamaica Plain, near the Green St., T stop on the Orange Line).

• 10 April: Free screening of the first two parts of The Land of the Settlers, a famous documentary by Israeli journalist Chaim Yavin. 5:30 pm in room 103 of Sever hall at Harvard.

• 10 April: Author Ghada Karmi discusses her most recent book, Married to Another Man: Examining Options for Israeli-Palestinian Peace. Karmi is a research fellow and lecturer at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter. 4-6 pm in the Neustadt classroom on the ground floor of the Rubenstien building at Harvard's Kennedy School. Refreshments will be served. More information.

• 9 April: Free screening of La Sierra, a film on the Colombian armed conflict, followed by a reception and discussion with the director/producer Margarita Martinez. 6-8:15 pm in the Belfer Case Study room (S-020) of the South Building of Harvard's Center for Government and International Studies (CGIS, 1730 Cambridge St.). More information.

• 9 April: "Youth and Securing a Nuclear Free Future - Thinking Outside the Bomb", a talk by Noam Chomsky. 6-8 pm at Tufts University's Cabot Intercultural Auditorium (170 Packard Ave., Medford), followed by book signing. Seating is limited, so head here for more information or to reserve space.

• 8 April: "The Zapatistas, the Other Campaign, and Us", a talk on the Zapatista movement and their Other Campaign by El Kilombo Intergaláctico, part of the Beyond Resistance: Everything book tour. 8 pm at Harvard (specific location TBA),

• 8 April: "Immigrants and Healthcare reform -- what do we know so far?" 6:30-8:30 pm at ABCD Boston's Melnea Classroom (178 Tremont St., third floor). More information.

• 8 April: "Why I Had Myself Water-boarded", a talk by journalist Kaj Larsen. 6:30 pm in Cabot Auditorium at Tufts University (170 Packard Ave., Medford). More information.

• 7 April: Forum on the BU biolab, 7 pm in room B15 of BU's College of Arts and Sciences (725 Commonwealth Ave., near the BU East T stop on the Green Line (B)).

• 7 April: Rally for Colonnade workers, who voted for a union last May, as the General Manager of the Colonnade, David Colella, is named "Restaurateur of the Year". 5-7 pm at the Colonnade at the Boston Renaissance Hotel on the South Boston Waterfront (606 Congress St.). More information.

• 7 April: Public Hearing on ICE Misconduct and Violations of Fourth Amendment Rights, examining the impact of recent ICE raids in New England on workers, families, communities, and economies. 10:30 am to 1 pm in Gardner Auditorium at the State House (enter on Beacon St.). More information.

• 6 April: "Strategies to Shut Down the School of Assassins", a talk by Palmer Legare, a national organizer for the School of Americas Watch. 11 am at the Community Church (565 Boylston St., Copley Square).

• 5-6 April: The Boston Skillshare, featuring innumerable workshops about pretty much anything. 11 am to 6 pm each day at MIT's Stata Center (32 Vassar St., Cambridge). $3-10 sliding-scale donation, or volunteer to help. More information.

• 5 April: "Revolution in Bolivia -- Eyewitness to the Struggle", a talk by Adam Ziemkowski. 6 pm in Encuentro5 (33 Harrison Ave., fifth floor, by the Chinatown T stop on the Orange Line).

• 5 April: "Forum On Elections and the Fight for Black Rights", featuring William Leonard and Róger Calero. Dinner at 6:30 pm, talk at 7:30 pm, at the Militant Labor Forum Hall (13 Bennington Street, second floor, East Boston). Suggested donation: $5 dinner, $5 program.

• 4 April: Panel discussion on reflections on Martin Luther King, Jr. forty years after his assassination. 7 pm at the Cultural Cafe (76 Atherton St.), including music and poetry.

• 4 April: Boston city-wide meeting on CORI reform, planning for upcoming events and actions. 7 pm at the Community Church (565 Boylston St., Copley Square).

• 4 April: "Harvard in Allston -- Raising Voices for Sustainability, Students, and the Community", a panel discussion featuring Tamara Daly, Barbara Jaehn and Harry Mattison. 7 pm in room 305 of Harvard's Emerson Hall. More information.

• 4 April: "The Left in Power in Latin America: Does it Make a Difference?", a panel discussion focusing on Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile and Venezuela. 4-6 pm in the South Belfer Case Study Room S-020 of Harvard's CGIS Building (1730 Cambridge St.). More information.

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