"Gaza Fights For Freedom" documentary

We had over 30 for the "Gaza Fights For Freedom" documentary at the Mtn. View Studio this Saturday night. Steve Romine (Woodstock Truth Squad MONDAYS, 7-10 pm, WIOF 104.1 FM) organized it, and Vets for Peace cosponsored. 

We picked up about 25 signatures for the Delgado petition on the rights of children in Palestine. 

Thanks to Steve for setting this up.



"Gaza Fights For Freedom" documentary Jan 4


- Sat, Jan 4 at 7:20 pm. "Gaza Fights For Freedom" documentary at the Mt. View Studio, 20 Mountainview Ave, Woodstock. 
https://www.answercoalition.org/gaza_fights_national_tour
Posted

New Paltz Women in Black standing in solidarity


New Paltz Women in Black has been standing on a street corner for peace and justice every Saturday for 17 years. We stand peacefully in front of the Elting Memorial Library, 93 Main St in New Paltz, N.Y. from 12:45 to 1:30 pm. We'd love you to join us!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2442195522464316/

Posted

MECR supports Vassar College SJP


Posted

November 12 International Symposium on Migration and Border Solidarity

Activist Radio (5 - 6 pm) has the following guest on this Thursday:

GUEST: Rick Ufford-Chase, peace activist and Moderator of the 216th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, and Susan Smith, a Muslim member of Jewish Voice for Peace, talk about the November 12 International Symposium on Migration and Border Solidarity at the at the Westchester Ethical Culture Society in White Plains, NY.
https://wespac.org/event/international-symposium-on-migration-border-solidarity/

The interview can be heard live on 91.3 FM, or streamed from https://classwars.org. It will also be posted on the ClassWars website for the next ten weeks. Simply click on the date to hear it.

Thanks,

Fred
Activist Radio




Posted

Seventy years of Palestinian occupation and suffering


We passed out over 200 flyers to a receptive crowd at the Hudson Farmers' Market. People stopped to talk about Palestine, and not a negative word was said. We have been doing farmers' markets for at least six years, and they get less and less stressful. Maybe now is the time for educating people about the seventy years of Palestinian occupation and suffering, all supported and paid for by the US.

Posted

Lisa Fithian talks about her book: "Shut It Down"

Lisa Fithian in Rhinebeck Oct. 5

-Saturday, October 5 from 6:00-7:30 pm. Talk and Book Signing by Lisa Fithian, author of “Shut It Down: Stories from a Fierce, Loving Resistance” at Oblong Books & Music, 6422 Montgomery Street, Rhinebeck. Described by Mother Jones as “the nation’s best-known protest consultant,” Lisa Fithian has helped organize countless uprisings including the Battle of Seattle in 1999, defending communities after Hurricane Katrina, Occupy Wall Street, Standing Rock, and Ferguson. Cosponsored by: AJ Williams-Myers African Roots Center, Dutchess County Progressive Action Alliance, End the New Jim Crow ENJAN, Freedom Flotilla Coalition, Hudson Valley BDS, Jewish Voice for Peace-HV, La Voz con Mariel Fiori, Middle East Crisis Response, Rise Up Kingston, Veterans For Peace-Catskill Mountains, We Will Not Be Silent, and Women in Black-New Paltz. Contact: mecr@mideastcrisis.org or 845 876-7906

at   

Monday, September 16, 2019

Lisa Fithian in Kingston Oct. 4

-Friday, October 4 from 6:30-8:00 pm. Talk and Book Signing by Lisa Fithian, author of “Shut It Down: Stories from a Fierce, Loving Resistance” at the A.J. Williams-Myers African Roots Center, 43 Gill St., Kingston. Described by Mother Jones as “the nation’s best-known protest consultant,” Lisa Fithian has helped organize countless uprisings including the Battle of Seattle in 1999, defending communities after Hurricane Katrina, Occupy Wall Street, Standing Rock, and Ferguson. Cosponsored by: Dutchess County Progressive Action Alliance, End the New Jim Crow ENJAN, Freedom Flotilla Coalition, Hudson Valley BDS, Jewish Voice for Peace-HV, La Voz con Mariel Fiori, Middle East Crisis Response, Rise Up Kingston, Veterans For Peace-Catskill Mountains, We Will Not Be Silent, and Women in Black-New Paltz. Contact: mecr@mideastcrisis.org or 845 876-7906

Help us spread the word by printing out and posting an event flyer

The event is free. Seating is limited. Register at http://bit.ly/Fithian.

Lisa gave a great talk, and read a part of her book that covered the Gaza Freedom March, a trip that several of us in the audience had participated in. The action was the shutting down of Tahrir Square, and several hundred of us had done the action with Lisa. 

The event in Rhinebeck was poorly attended. Possibly we should have held one book signing rather than two. Also, Rhinebeck is not known for its activism. 
Posted

Showing of documentary: “The ISIS Trial”

Film Showing August 9

-Friday, August 9 from 7-9 pm at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Catskills, 320 Sawkill Rd, Kingston. Film Showing: “The ISIS Trial” plus special guest, filmmaker Ellie Bernstein. Evidence shows that these young men had no propensity for violence. Why did they want to join ISIS? This documentary takes a look at why young men with no criminal background would be attracted to join a terrorist organization. Was it because the FBI planned and bankrolled the operation? Cosponsored by: Middle East Crisis Response mideastcrisis.org, Hudson Valley BDS hudsonvalleybds.org, Jewish Voice for Peace-HV hudsonvalley@JVP.org, Veterans For Peace-Catskill Mountains, and Women in Black-New Paltz. Contact: mecr@mideastcrisis.org or 845 876-7906

Please print out and post a PDF flyer for this event.



We had a good turnout for this event with Ellie Bernstein. There were over 25 in the audience with many new faces. Question and answer with Ellie went well.

Friday, August 9 from 7-9 pm at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Catskills, 320 Sawkill Rd, Kingston. Film Showing: “The ISIS Trial” plus SPECIAL GUEST, filmmaker Ellie Bernstein. Evidence shows that these young men had no propensity for violence. Why did they want to join ISIS? This documentary takes a look at why young men with no criminal background would be attracted to join a terrorist organization. Was it because the FBI planned and bankrolled the operation? Cosponsored by: Middle East Crisis Response mideastcrisis.org, Hudson Valley BDS hudsonvalleybds.org, Jewish Voice for Peace-HV hudsonvalley@JVP.org, Veterans For Peace-Catskill Mountains, and Women in Black-New Paltz. Contact: mecr@mideastcrisis.org or 845 876-7906

Posted
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)