AMERICAN LEFT HISTORY

This space is dedicated to the proposition that we need to know the history of the struggles on the left and of earlier progressive movements here and world-wide. If we can learn from the mistakes made in the past (as well as what went right) we can move forward in the future to create a more just and equitable society. We will be reviewing books, CDs, and movies we believe everyone needs to read, hear and look at as well as making commentary from time to time. Greg Green, site manager

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Join Anti-Drone Actions starting with HONK! Parade Sunday!

Please come join the Eastern Massachusetts Anti-Drones Network in these upcoming actions: We need marchers at HONK! this Sunday and help distributing leaflets at our other events.

Sunday, October 12

HONK! Parade

11:00 am. Gather in Davis Square, Somerville, at Herbert and Day Streets.

12:00 pm - 2:00 pm. Parade marches from Davis Square to Harvard Square.

After Parade: Participants join Octoberfest in Harvard Square.

The Somerville-based HONK! Parade of Activist Street Bands will take place on Sunday, October 12 at noon, and once again UJP's Eastern Massachusetts Anti-Drones Network (EMAD) will march carrying signs and its eye-catching Drone replica. The group's message is encapsulated in the banner it will carry: "No Killer Drones! No Spy Drones!" The U.S. Government must stop surveilling its citizens and killing people from other countries with drones.

The HONK! Parade is the culmination of the annual weekend-long HONK! Festival. Dozens of bands, community, artist and activist groups, including Veterans For Peace, will march from Davis Square down Elm Street, Beech Street and Massachusetts Avenue to Harvard Square, where they'll join forces with the Octoberfest celebration. Thousands of people view the parade, and last year, EMAD's Drone replica and anti-drones message were well-received. This year, EMAD's participation coincides with the first Global Action Day Against the Use of Drones for Surveillance & Killing, called by the KnowDrones.com network.

Please join us in the staging area at Herbert and Day Streets at 11:00 am and march with us.

Thursday, October 16

Leafleting outside Naomi Klein speaking event to promote her new climate change book, "This Changes Everything"

First Parish Church, Mass Ave and Church Street, Harvard Square

6:15 pm. Leafleting

7:00 pm. Naomi Klein speaking

The Eastern Massachusetts Anti-Drones Network will leaflet the audience for Naomi Klein's speaking event. We're supporting the call to boycott and divest drone maker and war profiteer Honeywell, issued by the KnowDrones.com network. We'll distribute a leaflet with information on the boycott and the web site badhoneywell.org. Note that Naomi Klein's appearance is a Cambridge Forum event. If you want to attend the event itself, you'll need to get free tickets in advance at cambridgeforum.org.

Wednesday, October 22

Emergency Forum: Medea Benjamin on Our New Wars in Syria and Iraq

Harvard University Science Center, room D

7:00 pm

Medea Benjamin will speak on the new U.S. wars in Syria and Iraq, how we should respond to them and how to build on the convergence of climate, peace and social justice groups that converged in New York City on September 21. Sponsored by the Harvard Palestine Support Committee, UJP is an endorser of this event. The Anti-Drones group will have its Honeywell leaflets available on an information table. (Note that this event has moved from a previously announced location.)

Saturday, November 15

Boycott and Divest Honeywell stand out

Arsenal Mall, Watertown

12:00 pm to 2:00 pm

The Eastern Massachusetts Anti-Drones Network will bring its Boycott Honeywell leaflets and signs to a stand out at Arsenal Mall to educate shoppers about the role Honeywell plays in drone warfare and surveillance, as well as fracking, nuclear weapons and environmental contamination.