Activism & Organizing
A course on Middle East Conflicts will be held through St. Paul (MN) Community Education
Thu, 03/11/2010 - 12:54 — Dave CulverA course on Middle East Conflicts will be held through St. Paul Community Education, every Tuesday from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. for five weeks, beginning Tuesday, April 20 at Como Park Senior High School, 740 West Rose Avenue, St. Paul.
Women Against Military Madness
“Critical Conversations: Middle East Conflicts, Root Causes” will address conflicts in the Middle East that range from Israel-Palestine to Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, and Iran and beyond. The world’s attention is often focused on dramatic incidents in one or more of these areas at a time while the entire actual Middle East is experiencing painful political, social, and economic upheaval. The role of the United States regarding each of these countries is not always clear. In order to bring authentic justice, peace, and security to the Middle East, we need to identify the real issues and views of the people directly affected, to overcome misconceptions, and to reach an understanding of the root causes of these inter-related conflicts.
In each class the instructor will offer background information along with a handout that includes reading suggestions, show a film or film excerpt, and conduct a discussion following the film.
Marv Davidov: Still an activist after all these years
Tue, 03/09/2010 - 15:58 — Dave Culver“I’ve always had a feeling ever since I was a conscious human being that some things are right and some are wrong, you have to stand up and do something,” said Davidov.
Cass Sanford and James Sanna, TC Daily Planet
At 77 years old, Marv Davidov, who calls himself a “non-violent revolutionary”, is a celebrated local hero. With 55 years of grassroots activism under his belt, Davidov is familiar with picketing, sit-ins and handcuffs. As the RNC nears and protestors count down the days, we spoke with Davidov, a professor of nonviolence at St. Thomas University, about his lifelong dedication to nonviolent protest.
“I write good letters from prison,” says Davidov, who has been arrested over 50 times for acts of civil disobedience.
Davidov began a lifelong fight for social justice during the Civil Rights Movement when he joined the Freedom Riders and continued his activism during the Vietnam era through protest and draft resistance.
Davidov is best known for his work as the founder of the Honeywell Project, a nonviolent, Minnesota-based protest group that fought with the Honeywell Corporation in Minneapolis for two decades to end the company’s production of military products during the Vietnam war.
With such an impressive activist’s resume, Davidov has become a go-to man on how to successfully plan and carry out a non-violent protest.
Mark Your Calendars for Saturday, March 20th
Tue, 03/09/2010 - 12:45 — Dave Culver- Out of Afghanistan and Iraq
- Bring the Troops Home Now
Leaflet issued by Iraq Peace Action Coalition
Submitted by Evergreene Digest Contributing Editor Coleen Rowley
Related:
Help us publicize the upcoming March and Rally on March 20th, Coleen Rowley, Evergreene Digest
- It is the 7th year anniversary of the launching of the Iraq War
- Educate your neighbors on the cost of war by writing letters to the editor in your local newspapers!
“Neytiri” and “Jack Sully” and Peaceful N’avi Young People to lead the Anti-War Rally on March 20th! Coleen Rowley, Evergreene Digest
We need people with disabilities and their PCAs/DSPs at the Capitol this session!
Tue, 03/09/2010 - 11:37 — Dave Culver- As a community that is being marginalized, exploited and facing system-wide discrimination, we need to be seen, heard and taken seriously. Please come to the Capitol and share your comments with DHS. Help us advocate for you!
- March 11th- Hearing on the Personal Care Attendant/Direct Support Persons bills
- March 17th- Disability Day at the Capitol
- More cuts already projected!
Brigette Menger-Anderson and Ann Roscoe, Metropolitan Center for Independent Living (MCIL)
Many consumers are already receiving notice that their services are being reduced drastically, and have indicated that loosing access to services could greatly increase risks to their health, safety and independence. This is your time to let Department of Health and Human Services (DHS) and your legislators know how your life is being impacted.
Are you a DSP whose faced severe income reduction due to the 16 hour a day and/or 275 hours per month billing cap that has been put into effect? Please tell DHS and your legislators how this affects you.
It is our duty together, to make sure that DHS can put names, faces and stories to the data and statistics that DHS, Legislators and Governor Pawlenty have all contributed to writing off for the sake of streamlining and savings.
The Democratic Party's Plan To Throw The Next Couple Elections, And What We Must Do About It
Mon, 03/08/2010 - 16:54 — Dave Culver- Facing reality is a tough job but somebody's got to do it. And we foretell for you the events of the future not because we want them to happen, but to get you to act to keep them from happening.
- But to do that you need an action page, so here it is: Put The Public Option Up For A Vote
And now we will explain why this action page is so critical. To understand the current political dynamic, first you must understand that the Democrats are planning on losing the next couple election cycles. Until you understand that, the events to unfold in the next couple years (unless you act to derail them) will make no sense to you.
You don't have to believe us. Just listen to the way the Democrats themselves are talking. Nancy Pelosi concedes that they will likely suffer substantial losses in the House come November, though she still will not admit that they will lose their majority in the next round. Barack Obama says doesn't "know" how his ever more determined push of the universally despised Senate health care scam will play politically. He doesn't know??? Was the loss of the eternally Democratic senate seat in Massachusetts not enough of a wake up call?