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FA'AIGA – Iuni 1-7 ole Vaiaso Fa'ava-o-malo e Lagolagoina Fa'amatalaga. O mea e tutupu ma gaioiga ua fuafuaina i le lalolagi atoa.
Fa'afeso'ota'i: Stand Up For Truth, c/o Institute for Public Accuracy, 980 National Press Building, Washington, DC 20045; 202-347-0020’ [imeli puipuia]; http://standupfortruth.org.
RURAL ARTS/CULTURE – The 2015 Rural Arts and Culture Summit will be June 2-4, in Morris, MN. This year’s theme, “From the Ground Up: Cultivating Creative People and Places” will highlight the important role of art and culture in shaping the rural narrative.
Contact: Springboard for the Arts, 218-770-3485; michele@spring boardforthearts.com; http://www. ruralartsandculturesummit.com.
JUSTICE - The Justice Conference 2015 will be held in Chicago, June 5-6. The Justice Conference is an annual national primary conference that seeks to educate, inspire and connect a generation of men and women around a shared concern for biblical and social justice, the vulnerable and oppressed.
Fa'afeso'ota'i: http://thejusticeconference.com/.
PILI - Bikes Not Bombs o loʻo umia lana 28th Bike-A-Thon i Boston, MA i le aso 7 o Iuni.
Fa'afeso'ota'i: Pasika E Le'o Pomu, 284 Amory St., Jamaica Plain, MA 02130; 617-522-0222; [imeli puipuia]; www.bikesnot bombs.org.
MEDIA - O le 17th Annied Media Conference faaletausaga o le a faia ia Iuni 18-21, i Detroit.
Faʻafesoʻotaʻi: Allied Media Projects, 4126 Third St., Detroit, MI 48201; 313-718-2267; http://alliedmedia.org/.
FILM/LGBTQX / PALESTINE – The Outside the Frame: Queers for Palestine Film Festival will be held June 19-21, in San Francisco.
Contact: [imeli puipuia]; http://outsidetheframefest.org.
US SOCIAL FORUM – The United States Social Forum will meet June 24-28 in Jackson, MI; June 24-27 in San Jose, CA; and June 25-28 in Philadelphia, PA.
Fa'afeso'ota'i: USSF 2010, Detroit, MI 48226; [imeli puipuia]; http://www .ussocialforum.net.
YOUTH/INCARCERATION – The Second Chance Conference: A Time To Act, will be held June 26, in Toronto.
Contact: lreece@secondchance conference.com; http://www.secondchanceconference.com/.
VEGAN FEST – The 5th annual Mad City Vegan Fest will be held in Madison, WI, June 27. The annual event features food, speakers, and exhibitors.
Contact: 122 State Street, Suite 405 B, Madison, WI 53701; madcityveganfest@ gmail.com; http://veganfest.org/.
SOSIALISME - O le Socialism 2015 Conference o loʻo faʻatulagaina mo Iulai 2-5 i Chicago, e faʻaalia ai lauga ma talanoaga a le vaega.
Contact: [imeli puipuia]; http://www.socialismconference.org.
NATIVE MEDIA – The Native American Journalists Association will co-host the National Native Media Conference is July 9-12, in Washington, DC. Other co-hosts include Native Public Media and Vision Maker Media.
Contact: NAJA, OU-Gaylord College, 395 W. Lindsey St., Norman, OK 73019-4201; 405-325-1649; http://www.naja.com.
Falefaigaluega - O le Konafesi i Sasaʻe mo le Temokalasi i Nofoaga Faigaluega o le a faia i le Iunivesite o Clark i Worcester, MA, Iulai 10-12.
Contact: [imeli puipuia]; http://east.usworker.coop/.
TOA FILEMU – Ia Iulai 11, o le 13th Annual Peacestock: A Gathering for Peace, o le a faia i tafatafa o Cannon Falls, MN. O le mea na tupu o se faʻafefiloi o musika, failauga ma nuʻu mo le filemu. Sponsored by Veterans for Peace ma isi.
Fa'afeso'ota'i: Bill Habedank, 1913 Grandview Ave., Red Wing, MN 55066; 651-388-7733; [imeli puipuia]; http://www.peacestockvfp.org.
O LE TUMUGA - O le Fono a le National Council of La Raza (NCLR) Conference e faʻatulagaina mo Iulai 11-14 i Kansas City, faʻatasi ai ma mafutaga faaleaoaoga, faʻaaliga ma talanoaga a le vaega.
Faʻafesoʻotaʻi: NCLR Headquarters Office, Raul Yzaguirre Building, 1126 16th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036; 202-785-1670; www.nclr.org.
SAUGA LEOLEO - O le Miliona Tagata Savaliga e faasaga i Leoleo Saua o le a faia ia Iulai 12 i Newark, NJ.
Contact: People’s Organization For Progress, PO Box 22505, Newark, NJ 07101- 2505; 973-801-0001; [imeli puipuia]; http://njpop.org/wordpress/.
NETROOTS – The 10th annual Netroots Nation conference will take place July 16-19, in Phoenix, AZ, with writers, social justice advocates, labor and organizational leaders, grassroots organizers and online activists.
Fa'afeso'ota'i: Netroots Nation, 1559B Sloat Blvd #316, San Francisco, CA 94132; http://www.netrootsnation.org.
FAIAOGA – O le a fono le Asosi Faiaoga a Badass (BAT) i Uosigitone, DC mo le Fono Faiaoga a le BAT, Iulai 23-26.
Fa'afeso'ota'i: http://www.badasteacher.org/.
TAMAITAI – O le 2015 Urban Bush Women Summer Leadership Institute o le a faia ia Iulai 24-Aokuso 2, i New Orleans, i lalo o le autu: We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest: Organizing for Racial Equity.
Fa'afeso'ota'i: 718-398-4783; sli@urbanbush women.org; https://www.urbanbush women.org.
AUAU/ VAEGA – The Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space will hold its annual conference July 29-August 2, in Kyoto, Japan. The conference is currently accepting submissions for its video contest.
Contact: PO Box 652, Brunswick, ME 04011; 207-443-9502; globalnet @mindspring.com; http://www.space4 peace.org/actions/video_contest_rules.htm.
TOMUMU FA'AGAOGA – Youth Empowered Action (YEA) Camp o le a faia sauniga ia Iulai ma Aukuso i CA, OR, ma NY. O le YEA Camp ua mamanuina mo tagata faʻamalosi 12-17 tausaga o loʻo manaʻo e faia se eseesega i le lalolagi.
Contact: [imeli puipuia]; http://yeacamp.org/.
FOLK FESTIVAL – The Falcon Ridge Folk Festival will be held July 31-August 2, in the Berkshires, NY.
Contact: [imeli puipuia]; http://www.falconridgefolk.com/.
AOGA - O le Satyagraha Institute 2015: Aʻoaʻoga Taʻitaʻi i Tu ma Agaifanua o le Nonviolence, o le a faia ia Aokuso 4-22, i le Black Hills o South Dakota.
Contact: Satyagraha Institute, c/o Carl Kline, 825 Fourth Street, Brookings, SD 57006; 605-692-8465; info@ satyagrahainstitute.org; http://www.satyagrahainstitute.org.
VETERAN/ FILEMU – Veterans for Peace is holding their 30th annual convention August 5-9 in San Diego, CA. This year’s theme is, Peace & Reconciliation in the Pacific.
Contact: http://www.vfpnation alconvention.org/.
MEDIA - Alliance for Community Media (ACM) ma le National Alliance for Media Arts & Culture (NAMAC) o le a talimalo i se fonotaga faʻatasi i Pasadena, CA, Aokuso 12-14.
Fa'afeso'ota'i: http://www.allcommunitymedia.org/annual-conference.
LE LE FAASAUA - O le uluai faʻapotopotoga a le atunuʻu o le Campaign Nonviolence o le a avea Aukuso 6-9, i Sante Fe, NM, faʻaalia ai faʻamatalaga, aʻoga, ma mataala i Los Alamos.
Fa'afeso'ota'i: http://paceebene.org/.
DISSIDENT ARTS – The Dissident Arts Festival will take place August 15-16, in New York City. The Dissident Arts Festival is the annual showcase of radical arts and activism, where revolutionary New Music meets Topical Song and Free Jazz cavorts with Dissident Poetry, Theatre and Film.
Fa'afeso'ota'i: John Pietaro, 646-599-0060; [imeli puipuia]; http:// www.dissidentarts.com/.
KONAFESI NUU – O le 31stth Twin Oaks Women's Gathering o le a faia ia Aokuso 21-23.
Fa'afeso'ota'i: 138 Twin Oaks Road # W, Louisa, VA 23093; 540-894-5126; [imeli puipuia]; http://womensgathering.org/.
LEOLEO – “This Stops Today” is a march against police crimes, planned for August 29th, in Chicago.
Faʻafesoʻotaʻi: Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, 1325 S. Wabash Ave., Suite 105, Chicago, IL 60605; 312-939-2750; http://stoppolice crimes.com/.
ASO GALUEGA - O le 31st Bread and Roses Heritage Festival, o se faʻamanatuga o le eseesega o ituaiga ma le talafaasolopito o tagata faigaluega a Lawrence, MA, o le a faia ia Setema 7, e faʻaaloalogia ai le 1912 Bread and Roses Strike. O le a iai musika, siva, solo, tala faatino, mea'ai fa'ale-aganu'u, fa'aaliga fa'asolopito, savaliga & ta'avale ta'avale.
Contact: Bread & Roses Heritage, PO Box 1137, Lawrence, MA 01842; 978-794- 1655; [imeli puipuia]; http://www.breadand rosesheritage.org/.
LGBT – Ole National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA) o le a faia lana tauaofiaga ia Setema 3-6, i San Francisco.
Contact: [imeli puipuia]; http://nlgja.org/2015.
KONAFESI NUU – O le a faia le Koneferenisi fa'aletausaga a Twin Oaks ia Setema 4-7. O le konafesi e tuuto atu i le tutusa, malo auai, siʻosiʻomaga, ma le le faʻaleagaina.
Fa'afeso'ota'i: 138 Twin Oaks Road # W, Louisa, VA 23093; 540-894-5126; [imeli puipuia]; http://communitie sconference.org/.
VEGETARIAN – The 31st Annual Vegetarian Food Festival will take place September 11-13, in Toronto.
Faʻafesoʻotaʻi: 17 Baldwin Street, 2nd fogafale, Toronto, Ontario, Kanata M5T 1L1; http://festival.veg.ca/.
NOFOA AUALA O PA - O Setema 17 o le tolu tausaga talu ai o le Occupy Wall Street movement. O mea na tutupu e fuafuaina i le Aai o Niu Ioka ma le lalolagi atoa.
Fa'afeso'ota'i: http://occuevolve.com; http://www.nycga.net/.
LE LE FAASAUA - O le Campaign Nonviolence Week o le a avea ma Setema 20-27, faʻatasi ai ma gaioiga i le atunuʻu atoa e faʻatautaia le le faʻaleagaina ma fausia se aganuu o le filemu.
Fa'afeso'ota'i: http://paceebene.org/.
TUSI FAAMAFINE - O le a faia le Konafesi lona tolu a Feminist Art Conference ia Setema 24-27, i Toronto.
Contact: [imeli puipuia]; http://factoronto.org/.
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TAGATA TAUSI – The Daniel Singer Foundation is seeking an original essay of no more than 5,000 words to address Singer’s goal of a dynamic, democratic socialism that will place human needs before corporate profits, in the spirit that Singer exemplified. Submissions must be received no later than Saturday, August 30.
Contact: The Daniel Singer Millennium Prize Foundation, PO Box 2371, El Cerrito, CA 94530; DanielSingerFdn@ gmail.com; http://danielsinger.org/.
TUSI FAAMAFINE – The third annual Feminist Art Conference will be held in Toronto, September 24-27. Submissions of visual art, film, theater art, music, dance, design, spoken word and literature are currently being accepted.
Contact: [imeli puipuia]; http://factoronto.org/.
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WORKER HEALTH/SAFETY - Workers Guide to Health and Safety by Todd Jailer, Miriam Lara-Meloy, and Maggie Robbins covers chemical, machine, fire, and other physical hazards as well as social hazards like sexism, low pay, violence, etc., and how to organize for change.
Contact: Hesperian, 1919 Addison St. #304, Berkeley CA 94704; 510-845-4507; [imeli puipuia]; www.hesperian.org.
TULAGA - Leo mo le Filemu is an edited collection of peace and activism essays, articles, and interviews by and with Noam Chomsky, Cynthia McKinney, John Pilger, Kathy Kelly, Ilan Pappe, and others.
Contact: http://www.pipr.co.uk/ebooks/.
TOTOGI – Systemic Fragility in the Global Economy by Dr. Jack Rasmus offers a new approach to explaining why mainstream economic analyses have repeatedly failed and why fiscal and monetary policies have been incapable of producing a sustained recovery.
Fa'afeso'ota'i: Clarity Press, Inc., Ste. 469, 3277 Roswell Rd. NE, Atlanta, GE 30305; 404-647-6501; [imeli puipuia]; http://www.claritypress.com/.
TELE PA'U'U – The articles and essays by Dr. Richard Wolff gathered in, Capitalism’s Crisis Deepens: Essays on the Global Economic Meltdown 2010-2014, explore current aspects of the deepening crisis as they became clear, caught the public’s attention, or defined a particular historic moment.
Contact: Democracy At Work; https://gumroad.com/democracyatwork.
SYRIA - Syrian Notebooks: Inside the Homs Uprising by Jonathan Littell is a close-up report from a key moment in a war that still grips the Middle East.
Fa'afeso'ota'i: Verso Books, 20 Jay Street, Suite 1010, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 718-246-8160; [imeli puipuia]; http://www.versobooks.com/.
SU'ESU'EGA – The essays in Strange Affinities examine the production of racialized, gendered, and sexualized difference, and the possibilities for progressive coalitions, or the “strange affinities,” afforded by nuanced comparative analyses of racial formations.
Contact: Duke University Press, 905 W. Main St. Ste 18-B, Durham, NC 27701; 888-651-0122; [imeli puipuia]; https://www.dukeupress.edu.
ROMA – Jud Nirenberg’s Gypsy Movements is an account of Roma across Europe who continue to face violence and oppression.
Contact: https://judnirenberg. wordpress.com/; http://www.smithpublicity.com/.
IRAQ - Genocide In Iraq, Volume 2: The Obliteration of a Modern State by Abdul Haq al-Ani and Tarik al-Ani details the scale of post-2003 destruction and redesign, showing how every step was intended to change Iraq irreversibly to a slave state of extreme neoliberal capitalism.
Fa'afeso'ota'i: Clarity Press, Inc., Ste. 469, 3277 Roswell Rd. NE, Atlanta, GE 30305; 404-647-6501; [imeli puipuia]; http://www.claritypress.com/.
PUNISHMENT - Punishment and Inclusion: Race, Membership, and the Limits of American Liberalism, by Andrew Ditts, gives a theoretical and historical account of the practice of felon disenfranchisement, drawing widely on early modern political philosophy, continental and postcolonial political thought, critical race theory, feminist philosophy, disability theory, critical legal studies, and archival research into state constitutional conventions.
Contact: Fordham University Press, 2546 Belmont Avenue, University Box L, Bronx, NY 10458; 718-817-4795; http://ford hampress.com.
HOUSING/HOUSELESS - House Keys Not Handcuffs is a reflection on over 30 years of homeless organizing in San Francisco. It is an attempt to sort out what went well and what did not as a community begins to organize in order to hold public and private institutions accountable.
Faʻafesoʻotaʻi: AK Press, 3500 Parkdale Avenue, Fale 1, Suite 3, Baltimore, MD 21211; 510-208-1700; http://www.akpress.org/.
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PALESTINA - Roshima is a new documentary by Salim Abu Jabal, based on an old refugee couple’s story in the last natural valley in Haifa, defending their home from demolition.
Contact: http://vimeo.com/user7493717.
AFGHANISTAN - Taʻalo i le Afi introduces six courageous Afghan women who share their passions for acting, dreams, and difficult realities. Filmmaker Anneta Papathanssiou exposes pervasive erosions of Afghan women’s rights and captures art’s transformative power and the dangers these courageous women face to do the work they love.
Contact: Women Make Movies, 115 W 29th St, Suite 1200; New York, NY 10001; 212-925-0606; [imeli puipuia]; http://www.wmm.com.
LAND DEVELOPERS - Ose Taaloga Matautia is Anthony Baxter’s sequel to You’ve Been Trumped about how big land developers use gold as an excuse to build massive luxurious resorts on the expense of the locals and their ecosystem, and abuse natural resources.
Contact: http://www.adangerousgame.org