Events
BLACK LIVES MATTER – Events and actions are being planned all over the U.S. for justice for Eric Garner, Michael Brown, and many others, and to demand that Black Lives Matter.
Contact: http://fergusonaction. com/; http://fergusonresponse. tumblr.com/.
HEALTH CARE – On January 8, people will fill the Vermont statehouse, demanding elected and appointed officials follow through with their mandate to build a healthcare system which recognizes healthcare as a public good and a human right.
Contact: 294 N Winooski Avenue, Burlington, VT 05401; 802-861- 4VWC; [email protected]; http://www.workerscenter.org/.
AFRICAN/ANTI-WAR – African People’s Solidarity Committee National Conference will be January 11-12, in St. Petersburg, FL, under the theme Stop Obama’s Imperialist Wars at Home and Abroad!
Contact: APSC ORED, P.O. Box 705, St. Petersburg, FL 33731; [email protected]; http:// apscuhuru.org/.
GUANTANAMO – January 11, 2015 marks 14 years of torture and indefinite detention at Guantanamo. Groups, including Witness For Torture, will be gathering from January 5-13 to fast for justice and for a week of actions.
Contact: WitnessTorture@ gmail.com; http://www. witnesstorture.org/; http://www .worldcantwait.net/; http://www. closeguantanamo.org/; http:// www.codepink4peace.org/.
PEACE WALK/MLK – The monks from the Nipponzan Myohoji Bainbridge Island Dojo will lead their annual Peace Walk from January 12 to January 17, arriving at Ground Zero Center in time to join with us in our day honoring Dr. King. The walk will pass through Olympia, Tacoma, Seattle.
Contact: Nipponzan Myohoji Bainbridge Island Dojo, 6154 Lynwood Center Rd. NE Bainbridge Island, WA 98110; 206-780-6739; senji@nipponzan. net; http://www.gzcenter.org.
TORTURE/JOURNALISM – World Can’t Wait is sponsoring the U.S. tour of Andy Worthington, a leading UK journalist covering Guan- tanamo, to discuss the current situation and how we can act to find justice for its victims. He will speak in Chicago on January 15.
Contact: 305 West Broadway, #185, New York NY, 10013; [email protected]; 866- 973-4463; http://www.world cantwait.net/.
HUMAN TRAFFICKING – The 6th Annual Ohio Human Trafficking Awareness Day will be January 15, at the Ohio Statehouse Atrium.
Contact: http://www.columbu speacenetwork.org.
MLK/LABOR – The AFL- CIO’s Civil, Human and Women’s Rights Department will host the Martin Luther King Jr. Civil and Human Rights Conference, January 15-19, 2015, in Atlanta, Georgia.
Contact: http://www.aflcio.org/Issues/Civil-and-Workplace- Rights/MLK-Civil-and-Human-Rights-Conference.
WORKERS – United Workers’ Fair Development Strategic Dialogue will be held January 17, in Baltimore, MD. Connect with people to explore positive Fair Development alternatives to the crises in healthcare, the workplace, environment, and housing.
Contact: http://united workers.org/.
LEONARD PELTIER – Amnesty International is currently promoting an action to urge President Obama to free political prisoner Leonard Peltier from prison. February 4 is the International Day of Solidarity with Leonard Peltier.
Contact: http://blog.amnestyusa. org/americas/5-reasons-president-obama-should-release-leonard-peltier/;http://www.whoisleonardpeltier.info/.
PROGRESSIVES – The sixth annual Pennsylvania Progressive Summit will be held February 6-7, in Harrisburg. Hundreds of social justice advocates, labor organizers, legislators, and grassroots activists will come together to build the progressive movement.
Contact: http://m64644.wix.com/ paprogressivesummit_1.
PEACE – The Massachusetts Peace Action 2015 Annual Meeting will be February 7, in Boston, MA. Keynote speakers are Dennis Kucinich, and Rev. Osagyefo Sekou.
Contact: United for Justice with Peace, PO Box 390449, Central Square, Cambridge, MA 02139; 617-383-4857; info@j ustice withpeace.org;http://justicewith peace.org.
MUSIC – The 27th Annual International Folk Alliance Conference & Winter Music Camp will be held February 18-22, in Kansas City, MO.
Contact: 509 Delaware St. #101, Kansas City, MO 64105; 816-221-3655; [email protected]; http://www.folkalliance.org/.
conference – The 20th Annual Black Solidarity Conference at Yale University will be held February 19-22. The theme is, The Ties That Bind: Unique In Our Blackness, One In Our Struggle.
Contact: PO Box 206471, New Haven, CT 06520; http:// www.yale.edu/bsc.
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH – The Take Root Conference will be held February 20-21, in Norman, OK. The conference aim is to fight for reproductive health, rights, and dignity in the struggle for social, racial, political, and economic justice.
Contact: 509 Delaware St. #101, Kansas City, MO 64105; 816-221-3655; [email protected]; http://www.folkalliance.org/.
ECONOMICS – The Union For Radical Political Economics at the Eastern Economic Association will hold its annual conference February 26-March 1 in New York City.
Contact: [email protected]; http://urpe.org.
DRONES – March 4-6, a national mobilization is planned at Creech Drone Base in Nevada, to shut down assassin drone operations in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Yemen. Sponsored by CODEPINK, Women for Peace, Nevada Desert Experience, Veterans for Peace and Voices for Creative Nonviolence.
Contact: 216 South Meramec Ave., St. Louis, MO, 63105; 314-725-6005; bfp@veteransfor peace.org; http://www.veteransfor peace.org/.
LABOR – The Southern Labor Studies Association invites academics, activists, students, attorneys, public historians, archivists, and others interested in the experiences of working people in the early American South to propose sessions for our next conference from March 5-8, 2015. at the University of Maryland, College Park and in Washington, DC.
Contact: Southern Labor Studies Association, c/o Scott R. Nelson, President, Lyon G. Department of History, P. O. Box 8795, The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795; http://southernlaborstudies.org/.
TRANSGENDER – Cindy Sheehan and the Soapbox People’s Network will hold its anti-war reenactment, March 13-17, in Washington, DC.
Contact: http://cindysheehans soapbox.blogspot.com/.
TRANSGENDER – The Keystone Conference: A Celebration of Gender Diversity, will be held March 18-22, in Harrisburg, PA.
Contact: info@Keystone- Conference.org; http:// transcentralpa.org /keystone.htm.
SOFTWARE – The Libre Planet conference will be held March 21-22, in Cambridge, MA. The annual conference brings together software developers, policy experts, activists, and computer users to learn skills, share accomplishments, and face challenges to software freedom.
Contact: https://www.libreplanet. org/2015/.
YOUNG FEMINIST – The 11th Annual National Young Feminist Leadership Conference will be held March 21-23, in Washington, DC, sponsored by the Feminist Majority Foundation.
Contact: 1600 Wilson Blvd, Suite 801, Arlington, VA 22209; 866- 444-3652; [email protected]; http://www.feministcampus.org/.
RIGHTS – The RightsCon convention will be held March 24-25, in Manila, Philippines. The event features leaders, highlights emerging voices, host strategy and implementation sessions, and provide opportunities to showcase new initiatives.
Contact: 888-414-0100; [email protected]; https://www.rightscon.org/.
FEMINIST/WOMEN OF COLOR – INCITE! Color of Violence 4 Conference, Beyond the State: Inciting Transformative Possibilities, will be March 26-29, in Chicago, IL.
Contact: [email protected]; http://www.colorofviolence.org/.
HAITI – Other Worlds is fundraising for the Haiti Land Rights Campaign, to help Haitian peasant farmers keep their land and grow their food.
Contact: Other Worlds, 398 60th St., Oakland, CA 94618; 504-684- 4895; info.otherworlds @gmail. com; http://www.other worldsarepossible.org/.
Miscellaneous
ASIAN AMERICAN/IMMIGRANT – RAISE (Revolutionizing Asian American Immigrant Stories on the East Coast) has a scholarship for pan-Asian undocumented people. The deadline is January 15.
Contact: raisescholarship@g mail.com; http://aaldef.org/ raise.html.
Books
PRISON – Locked Down, Locked Out: Why Prison Doesn’t Work and How We Can Do Better, by Maya Schenwar, looks at how prison tears families and communities apart, creating a rippling effect that touches every corner of our society.
Contact: http://www.may aschenwar.com/locked-down-locked-out.
COOPS – Featuring a large roster of internationally renowned critical thinkers, Co-operatives in a Post- Growth Era presents a feasible alternative for a more environmentally sustainable and equitable economic system , specifically, the co-operative business model.
Contact: Zed Books, 7 Cynthia Street, London N1 9JF, 44(0)20-8466-7837-8466; [email protected]; www.zedbooks.co.uk.
COOPS – SEE ME: Picturing NY’s Homeless Youth, is a new photo book from The Reciprocity Foundation, and photographer Alex Fradkin.
Contact: 255 West 36th Street, New York, NY 10018; 646-692-4000; cathy@t argetcue.com; http://tinyurl.com/oqv9sfy; http://www.reciprocityfoundation.org/.
FEMINISM – Verso has reissued Straight Sex by Lynne Segal which covers 25 years of feminist thought on female sexuality, covering sixties sexual liberationists, and writings from the lesbian community.
Contact: Verso Books, 20 Jay Street, Suite 1010, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 718-246-8160; jessica@ versobooks.com; http:// www.versobooks.com/.
Film
LAWRENCE/INDIGINOUS – The St. Lawrence Seaway, produced by Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke Communications and Narrated by Lori Jacobs, is a collection of interviews regarding the Seaway in the community of Kahnawà:ke.
Contact: https://www.youtube. com/watch?v=3qKVxhmKILM.
Documentary – Groundswell Rising: Protecting Our Children’s Air and Water tracks a grassroots movement exposing dangers of fracking to clean air, water, and civil rights.
Contact: Bullfrog Films, PO Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; 800-543- 3764; info@bullfrogfilms. com; http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/.
Music/Media
HIP-HOP – unplugged, by Idasa Tariq, is about “unplugging” from the global and local systems meant to distract us. It is meant for the everyday struggle, for the everyday people.
Contact: http://www.idasatariq.com.