Peace Calendar October 2016
[MAPA nuclear disarmament] Peace Calendar October 2016
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Command and Control
September 30 @ 11:30 am - October 6 @ 11:30 pm
From the director of Food Inc., COMMAND AND CONTROL tells the story of a deadly accident in 1980 at a nuclear missile complex in rural Arkansas in the form of a documentary which is based on a the best-selling book by Eric Schlosser. Fashioned as a thriller, the film exposes the terrifying truth about the management of America’s nuclear arsenal, and the danger that it poses - not only to potential enemies but also to our local communities. Showtimes: Dates: Friday 9/30 - Thursday…
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Muslim Voices in an Election Year: Compassionate Listening
October 1 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Annual Francis Day Celebration! Francis Day celebrates the life of Francis of Assisi who met with Sultan Malik al-Kamil of Egypt in 1219: a model for nonviolent witness. Program begins promptly at 10:00am: Nadia Alawa, founder and president, Nu Day Syria, 2016, (after 2015 Ted Talk), project for re-making the lives of Syrian mothers and children; recipient of inaugural Humanitarian Award, James Foley Legacy Foundation. Dr. Hisham Moharram, second generation Muslim, founder of Good Tree Farm, PhD in agriculture and plant…
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Homeland (Iraq Year Zero) by Abbas Fahdel
October 1 @ 7:00 pm - October 2 @ 9:00 pm
The Harvard Film Archive is pleased to present HOMELAND (IRAQ YEAR ZERO) BY ABBAS FAHDEL from October 1 – October 2, 2016 with filmmaker Abbas Fahdel in person. $12 Special Event Tickets. Abbas Fahdel in personSaturday October 1 at 7pm, Homeland (Iraq Year Zero) – Part 1. Before the FallSunday October 2 at 7pm, Homeland (Iraq Year Zero) – Part 2. After the Battle Homeland (Iraq Year Zero) is a riveting home-movie chronicle of life in Iraq before and after…
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Greening the Global (and Massachusetts) Economy
October 5 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
We can stop climate catastrophe If we are up to the challenge! Here’s How: An Open Forum with Dr. Robert Pollin: Co-director, Political Economy Research Institute and Professor of Economics @ UMASS-Amherst; Author: Greening the Global Economy (M.I.T. Press); Come hear Robert Pollin lay out his economic plan for how we can meet the carbon reduction targets that will actually avert climate catastrophe, generate vast numbers of new jobs and protect those employed by fossil fuel energy companies. Great…
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America’s War for the Greater Middle East
October 6 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
On October 6 at 7:00 p.m. Andrew Bacevich, a noted scholar, author, and critic of U.S. imperialism, will be speaking on U.S. policy, or lack thereof, in the Middle East. The venue will be Westminster Unitarian Church at 24 Kenyon Street in East Greenwich, RI. This public presentation will be based largely on his most recent book: America’s War for the Greater Middle East: A Military History. Among his eight other books is the important Washington Rules: America’s Path to…
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Rock Against the TPP
October 7 @ 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Rock Against the TPP is a nationwide uprising to stop the biggest corporate power grab in history: the Trans-Pacific Partnership. The tour comes to Boston on Friday, October 7th with an all-star lineup of musicians helping sound the alarm about this toxic deal. Featuring: Mirah, Debo Band, Taina Asili y La Banda Rebelde, Foundation Movement, bell's roar, + more TBA! FREE! All ages. RSVP for your free tickets here: https://www.rockagainstthetpp.
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Ending the Many Wars in Syria
October 11 @ 7:00 pm - October 13 @ 7:00 pm
Talks by Phyllis Bennis: Is the war in Syria a civil war? Is it a proxy war between the US and Russia ? Is it also a proxy war between Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Turkey? Can ISIS be reined in? Should Assad go? Or stay? Should the US "do more"? Or is it already doing too much by arming and training rebel groups? What will be the likely outcome of the current cease fire negotiations? How can such a complex set…
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Gathering of War Tax Resisters and Dialog among Resistance Movements
October 14 @ 5:00 pm - October 16 @ 3:00 pm
You are invited to the 31st Annual New England Regional Gathering of War Tax Resisters and Their Supporters Friday–Sunday October 14–16, 2016 Agape Community 2062 Greenwich Road · Ware, MA 01082 SATURDAY PROGRAM: Dialog Among Resistance Movements with Mandy Carter First Congregational Church (UCC) 165 Main Street · Amherst, MA New England War Tax Resisters and supporters traditionally gather each fall for a weekend of sharing stories and strategies, and supporting one another in our nonviolent resistance to militarism. At…
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Climate Change and the Growing Risk of Nuclear War: A Health Care Perspective
October 15
Tufts University School of Medicine, Sackler Auditorium, 145 Harrison Ave
Boston, MA 02111 United States + Google Map 
Climate Change and the Growing Risk of Nuclear War: A Health Care Perspective-- Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility invites all to attend a one-day Symposium to examine the catastrophic public health consequences of climate change and the ways that climate change will increase the risk of conflict, including nuclear war. Program: 9:00 Welcome; 9:15 Panel I—Climate Change and the impact on public health: A) Expected climate change globally and in S stephenAsia and Middle East—Speaker to be announced B) …
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$10 - $35
Music for Peace: An Evening of French Music
October 15 @ 7:30 pm
An Evening of French Music: October 15, 2016. Ayano Ninomiya, violin; Carol Ou, cello; Mana Tokuno, piano; Poulenc, sonata for violin and piano; Pierné, sonata for cello and piano; Chausson, piano trio. Benefits Massachusetts Peace Action Education Fund; part of the Music for Peace Series. Single concert: seats $25 in advance for Mass. Peace Action members, $35 for non-members, $10 for students, $35 at the door. Series of 3 concerts: member $65, non-member $80, student $25. To reserve, write a…
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The genocidal mentality of nuclear weapons – a Christian and feminist response
October 16 @ 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational, UCC, 11 Garden St
Cambridge, MA 02138 United States + Google Map 
A talk by Rev. Dr. Renate Rose Most statesmen of the past who were involved in US foreign policy (as George Schultz, Henry Kissinger, William Perry) consider the threat of a nuclear war today to be greater than ever before. Why is this topic not on the front page of every newspaper and TV channel every day? Following the book by Robert Jay Lifton and Eric Markusen, The Genocidal Mentality, Nazi Holocaust and Nuclear Threat (Basic Books, NY, 1990), Renate will…
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Noam Chomsky: Extinction or Internationalism
October 19 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
A Chomsky Legacy Event presented by the Wallace Action Fund "the world's top public intellectual" - the guardian Institute Professor & Professor of Linguistics (Emeritus), at MIT, Noam Chomsky is a revolutionary thinker whose principal linguistic works include Syntactic Structures (1957), Current Issues in Linguistic Theory (1964), Language and Mind (1972), and Knowledge of Language (1986). Noam was an early and outspoken critic of the Vietnam War and he has written extensively on political issues. Among these writings are American…
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Kingdom of the Unjust: Behind the U.S.-Saudi Connection
October 19 @ 7:00 pm - October 22 @ 9:00 pm
Medea Benjamin’s national book tour comes to Boston Oct. 19-21 Author and activist Medea Benjamin will give four talks in the Boston area on her new book, Kingdom of the Unjust: Beyond the U.S.-Saudi Connection. Benjamin is cofounder of CODEPINK and the international human rights organization Global Exchange. Wednesday, October 19: First Parish in Framingham, 24 Vernon St., 7pm. Admission Free. Sponsored by Metrowest Peace Action and Progressive Democrats of America. 508-376-8495 Thursday, October 20: Boston College, Gasson Hall, Room 305. Free;…
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$15 - $40
Pax Christi 2016 State Assembly
October 22 @ 8:30 am - 3:00 pm
Ending the Nuclear Nightmare: Faithful Witnesses and Non Violent Strategies. A presentation by Marie Dennis and Jonathan Alan King, Saturday, October 22nd, at St. Susanna Parish, 262 Needham Street, Dedham MA. For directions: www.saintsusanna.org Registration begins at 8:30 am – Program 9:00 am to 3:00 pm; Parish Mass at 4:00 pm for those who wish to remain. Marie Dennis is a leader in the movement, “Catholics for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons.” She is the co-president of Pax Christi International since…
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October 29 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
A Forum - Save the Date! What is Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS)? Why is it important? What is happening nationally and in Massachusetts to suppress BDS? Why is it important to oppose these efforts? What have we done to date? What more can we do? Sponsored by the Alliance for Water Justice in Palestine, Jewish Voice for Peace - Boston, and Massachusetts Peace Action. More details forthcoming.
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December 3 @ 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Simmons College, Paresky Conference Center, 300 the Fenway
Boston, MA 02115 United States + Google Map 
Featured Speakers Bob Wing Social and racial justice organizer; Founder of Color Lines and War Times; Co-author of "Organizing on Shifting Terrain" Mariama White-Hammond Pastor, Bethel A.M.E. Bethel Church, Jamaica Plain; convener, Massachusetts Moral Revival Paul Robeson Ford Pastor, Union Baptist Church, Cambridge Mike Connolly Attorney; State Representative-Elect; endorsed by Our Revolution Joseph Gerson Peace and Disarmament Coordinator, American Friends Service Committee Bernie Sanders’ campaign ignited a widespread hope that our corrupted democracy, where money and power rule, could be taken back and transformed into…
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Cole Harrison
Executive Director
Massachusetts Peace Action - the Commonwealth's largest grassroots peace organization
11 Garden St., Cambridge, MA 02138
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