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MEDIA - Demokraatliku kommunikatsiooni liit ja Project Censored sponsoreerivad ühiskonverentsi meediademokraatia, meediaaktivismi ja sotsiaalse õigluse teemal, mis toimub 1.–3. novembril San Francisco ülikoolis.
Kontakt: http://www.democratic communications.net/conference/udc-2013.
GLOBAL JUSTICE – The Alliance For Global Justice will host the Tear Down The Walls National Gathering, in Tuscon, AZ, November 1-3.
Contact: 225 E. 26th St., Suite 1, Tuscon, AZ 85713; 202-540-8336; [meiliga kaitstud]; http://afgj.org/.
TEMP WORK – The National Forum on Temp Worker Health & Safety will be held November 2 in Boston, MA. The event is hosted by the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health (COSH), MassCOSH, National Staffing Workers Alliance, and APHA OHS Section.
Contact: National COSH, 112 Blount St. Ste 103A, Raleigh, NC 27601; http://www. coshnet workorg/TempForum.
MUST JUHTIMINE – Mississippi Black Leadership Summit toimub 6.–8. novembril Jacksonis.
Contact: One Voice, Attn: Mississippi Black Leadership Summit, 1072 W. Lynch Street, Suite 7, Jackson, MS 39203; 601-960- 9594; http://uniteone voiceorg/MBLS/.
HARIDUS – Rahvuslik mitmekultuurilise hariduse assotsiatsioon (NAME) korraldab 6.–10. novembril oma iga-aastast konverentsi Oaklandis, CA.
Kontakt: http://nameorg.org.
NAISTUURINGUD – National Women's Studies Association (NWSA) korraldab 7.–10. novembril Cincinattis, OH-s oma aastakonverentsi teemal Negotiating Points of Encounter. Peaesineja on kirjanik ja õpetaja Elizabeth Alexander.
Kontakt: NWSA, 11 E Mount Royal Ave., Suite 100, Baltimore, MD 21202; 410-528-0355; [meiliga kaitstud]; http://www.nwsa.org/.
MEDIA – The 13th annual Media Democracy Days Vancouver (MDD) will be host free public events including a panel and keynote, November 9.
Kontakt: http://mediademocracyday.org.
RACE – 2014. aasta Facing Race'i riiklik konverents toimub 13.–15. novembril Dallases, TX. Konverents on rahvuslik, mitme rassi esindajate juhtide, haridustöötajate, ajakirjanike, kunstnike ja aktivistide kogunemine.
Võtke ühendust: arc.org/facingrace/.
NAISED/ÕIGUS – Public Leadership Education Network (PLEN) korraldab 14.–16. novembril Washingtonis oma seminari „Naised, õigus ja õiguskaitse”.
Contact: 1001 Connecticut Avenue NW, #930 Washington, DC 20036; 202-872-1585; [meiliga kaitstud]; www.plen.org.
TÖÖLISED – Vermont Workers Center tähistab oma 15. aastapäeva, 9. novembril Barre'is, VT.
Contact: 294 N Winooski Avenue, Burlington, VT 05401; 802-861- 4VWC; http://www.workerscenter.org/.
MARIHUAANA – Americans For Safe Access will host a fundraiser, Safe Access Night, November 16, in San Francisco.
Contact: 1806 Vernon Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20009; 202- 857-4272; [meiliga kaitstud]; http://safeacces snow.org/.
KIVID – CODEPINK, poliitikauuringute instituut, Ajakiri Rahvusja National Lawyers Guild (Georgetowni peatükk) korraldavad 16.–17. novembril Washingtonis droonide tippkohtumise pealkirjaga Drones Around the Globe: Proliferation and Resistance.
Kontakt: [meiliga kaitstud]; http://www.codepinkalert.org/.
SCHOOL AMEERIKA – Iga-aastane novembrikuine valvur, et protesteerida School of the Americas vastu, toimub 22.–24. novembril Fort Benningis, GA.
Kontakt: SOA Watch, PO Box 4566, Washington, DC 20017; 202-234-3440; [meiliga kaitstud]; http://soaw.org.
KUUBA/NAISTED – 2013. aasta naisteuuringute delegatsioon Kuubasse ja rahvusvaheline naiste konverents Havannas toimub 22. novembrist 1. detsembrini.
Kontakt: http://www.womenandcuba.org/.
HONDURAS – The International Action Center, along with Honduras U.S.Resistencia and other national solidarity organizations, including the Honduras Solidarity Network are organizing a delegation to Honduras in solidarity with the resistance movement. The groups will be eye-witnesses for the historic presidential election that is scheduled to take place on Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013.
Kontakt: Rahvusvaheline Tegevuskeskus, Solidaarsuskeskus, 147 W. 24th St., FL 2, New York, NY 10011; 212-633-6646; [meiliga kaitstud]; www.iacenter.org.
INIMÕIGUSED – USA inimõiguste võrgustik tähistab oma 10. aastapäeva konverentsiga Advancing Human Rights 2013, mis toimub 6.–8. detsembril Atlantas, GA.
Kontakt: 250 Georgia Avenue SE, Suite 330, Atlanta, GA 30312; [meiliga kaitstud]; http://www.ushrnetwork.org/.
AAFRIKA/SOTSIALIST – USA Aafrika Rahvapartei Sotsialistliku Partei kuues kongress toimub 7.–11. detsembril Peterburis, Florida osariigis.
Kontakt: 1245 18th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33705; 727-821-6620; [meiliga kaitstud]; http:// asiuhuru.org/.
RAAMATULAAT – The Humboldt Anarchist Book Fair will be held December 14, in Eureka, CA.
Contact: humboldtgrassroots @riseup.net; http://humboldt anarchist bookfair.wordpress.com/.
KLIIMA – The World Symposium on Sustainable Development at Universities has extended an invitation to submit expressions of interest to take part in a followup event to the 2012 Rio de Janeiro symposium. The gathering will be held in Qatar on 28-30 January, 2014.
Kontakt: http://environment.tufts.edu/.
LEONARD PELTIER – Amnesty International propageerib praegu tegevust, millega kutsutakse president Obamat üles vabastama poliitvang Leonard Peltier vanglast. 4. veebruar on rahvusvaheline solidaarsuspäev Leonard Peltier'ga.
Contact: http://blog.amnestyusa. org/americas/5-reasons-president-obama- should-release-leonard-peltier/; http://www.whoisleonardpeltier.info/.
EVOLUTION/RELIGION – February 7-9 will be the 9th annual celebration of Evolution Weekend, intended to demonstrate that religious people from many faiths and locations understand that evolution is sound science and poses no problems for their faith. The Clergy Letter Project’s theme for 2014 is: Different Ways of Knowing / Asking Different Questions.
Kontakt: http://www.theclergyletterproject.org/.
MUST SOLIDAARSUS – Yale’i ülikooli 19. iga-aastane mustade solidaarsuse konverents toimub 13.–16. veebruaril. Teema on "Kantslitelt küsitlusteni: uue aktivismi ajastu sissejuhatus".
MUUSIKA – Rahvusvahelise folgiliidu 26. aastakonverents toimub 19.–23. veebruaril Kansas Citys, MO, peaesineja Graham Nash.
Kontakt: 509 Delaware St. #101, Kansas City, MO 64105; 816-221-3655; [meiliga kaitstud]; http://www.folkalliance.org/.
JUSTICE – The Justice Conference 2014 will be held in Los Angeles, February 21-22, with a film festival February 23. The Justice Conference is an annual national primary conference that educates, inspires and connects a generation of men and women around a shared concern for biblical and social justice, the vulnerable and oppressed.
Kontakt: http://thejusticeconference.com/.
PROGRESSIIVID – The 5th annual Pennsylvania Progressive Summit will be held February 28 -March 1, in Harrisburg. Hundreds of social justice advocates, labor organizers, legislators, bloggers and grassroots activists will come together to advance progressive policy and build the progressive movement.
Contact: http://m64644.wix.com/paprogressivesummit_1.
TÖÖ – 2014. aasta töömärkmete konverents toimub 4.–6. aprillil Chicagos.
Kontakt: Labor Notes, 7435 Michigan Ave., Detroit, MI, 48210; 313-842-6262; [meiliga kaitstud]; www.labornotes.org.
KANNABIS – The 2nd annual National Medical Cannabis Unity Conference will be held April 5, in Washington, DC, hosted by Americans For Safe Access and others.
Kontakt: 202-857-4272; [meiliga kaitstud]; http://www.safeaccessnow.org/.
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TÜDRUKUD/FILM – The Ian Somer halder (IS) Foundation & Girls Impact the World (GITW) have partnered to present the inaugural GITW/Green IS Award. Currently accepting 3-5 minute films from girl filmmakers on environmental issues.
Contact: http://www.connecther. org/gitw;[meiliga kaitstud].
TEATER – Theater Three Collaborative is currently fundraising to bring Karen Malpede’s play Extreme Whether to production in February 2014. The play, a selection of Climate Week NYC, pits brother against sister in a bitter debate about the future of the planet.
Contact: 289 Washington Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11205; info@ the aterthreecollaborative.org; http:/// theaterthreecollaborative.org/.
ZINE – Handout, a lefty political, cultural and comedy zine, has just released its 6th issue. To obtain a copy, or past issues, please visit the website.
Contact: http://www.handoutzine. com/.
Raamatud
IMMIGRATION - The Right To Stay Home: How US Policy Drives Mexican Migration, by David Bacon, uses analysis and the voices of migrants to explain the way globalization and U.S. policy fuel the forces that drive Mexican migrants across the border.
Kontakt: Beacon Press, 25 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02108; 617-723-3097; http://www.beacon.org/.
TÖÖ - Shackled and Chained: Mass Incarceration in Capitalist America, by Eugene Puryear, is an examination of mass incarceration, its causes and consequences.
Kontakt: [meiliga kaitstud]; http://www.pslweb.org/.
TÖÖ - New Forms of Worker Representation: The Syndicalist and Autonomist Restoration of Class Struggle Unionism compiles workers struggles on a global basis, examining the formation and expansion of radical unions in the Global South and Global North.
Contact: PM Press, PO Box 23912, Oakland, CA 94623; 800-888-4741; orders@ipgbook. com; http://www.pmpress.org/.
IRAAK - Sisse Südamed ja meeled: rahvaste mässuvastase võitluse ajalugu, scholars and journalists unravel the myth and challenge the efficacy of counterinsurgency.
Kontakt: The New Press, 38 Greene Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10013; 212-629-8802; http://thenewpress.com/.
INTELLIGENCE – Under Shadows: The Corrupt Use of Intelligence by Michael Quilligan tries to bring an awareness to what intelligence agencies are doing often in secret.
Kontakt: Clarity Press, Inc., Ste. 469, 3277 Roswell Rd. NE, Atlanta, GE 30305; 404-647-6501; [meiliga kaitstud]; http:// www.claritypress.com/.
ROMAN - Võilillu ülestõus, by Rivera Sun, is about the refusal of two characters and their hearts to submit to destructive authority.
Contact: http://www.risingsun dancetheater.com/.
ISRAEL/PALESTINE - Shattered Hopes: Obama’s Failure To Broker Israeli-Palestinian Peace, by Josh Ruebner, is a critique of the Obama administration’s failure in the Middle East.
Contact: Verso Books, 20 Jay Street, Suite 1010, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 718-246-8160; jessica @versobooks.com; http://www. versobooks.com/.
Film
KOREA/US WAR - Jeju kummitused is a documentary about the struggle of the people of Jeju Island, South Korea. Set in the context of the American presence in Korea after WWII, the film reveals the atrocities at the hands of the U.S. Military.
Contact: Pax Tibi Productions, 209 River Road, Woolwich, ME 04579; 207-400-4362; [meiliga kaitstud]; http://www.theghostsofjeju.net/.
Muusika/meedia
KOMEDIA – Jamie Kilstein, comedian and co-host of podcast Citizen Radio, has released his stand-up comedy double-CD, What Alive People Do, with artwork by artist Molly Crabapple.
Contact: http://jamiekilstein.com/; http://wearecitizenradio.com/; http://mollycrabapple.com/.
FOLK/IRAQ – Musician and veteran Emily Yates, who was recently violently arrested at a protest in Washington DC, is continuing her tour through December. Yates is also organizing a group of Iraq veterans who are musicians to go back to Iraq and collaborate with Iraqi musicians on a music project.
Kontakt: [meiliga kaitstud]; http://emilyy atesdoeseverything.com/.
RAP - Los Angeles-based rapper and writer Chee Malabar’s new album, The Beautiful, Rowdy Prisoners, is a series of songs and vignettes inspired by the artist’s years of working with incarcerated youth and their families.
Contact: http://www.cheemalabar.com/.