Friday, December 07, 2018

From The Archives-Evaluating the Relationship Between MIT and the Saudi Monarchy Thursday, December 6 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm ~ MIT Room 1-190, 33 Mass. Ave., Cambridge

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MONDAY: Stephen Kinzer: Questioning the US-Saudi Alliance: Yemen and the Politics of Famine

Cole Harrison<cole@masspeaceaction.org>
To  MAPA Middle East working group,    MAPA - Mideast   and 6 others
Stephen Kinzer: Questioning the US-Saudi Alliance: Yemen and the Politics
of Famine
Monday, December 10 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm ~ BU College of Communication, 640
Commonwealth Ave, Room 209
[image: MBS and Trump]
Observing Human Rights Day – December 10

Topics of discussion include:

- A Genocide turned into the world’s worst humanitarian catastrophe


- US military intervention and weapons sales to Saudi Arabia


- Recent developments in Congress on the War Powers Resolution


- The role of the younger generations in the Anti-War movement


*Presenter: Stephen Kinzer, joined by a panel of young activists*

[image: Stephen Kinzer]
<http://masspeaceaction.org/home/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/StephenKinzer.jpg>*Stephen
Kinzer* is an award-winning *New York Times* foreign correspondent who has
covered more than 50 countries on five continents. Author of *All the
Shah’s Men* as well as other books on U.S. foreign policy, he writes a
world affairs column for the *Boston Globe* and teaches international
relations at Brown University

Check https://www.facebook.com/events/2173202619381203/ for updates


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*"Not one step back"*

Cole Harrison
Executive Director
Massachusetts Peace Action - the Commonwealth's largest grassroots peace
organization
11 Garden St., Cambridge, MA 02138
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12/11 #MeToo and Worker Power

Charlie Welch<cwelch@tecschange.org>
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*#MeToo and Worker Power*
*
*
*Speakers: *
**
Kristen Sheets
<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001WGYsT4Id-bBzI4s9jiKCeaHxqeWvXkiz6L7ZlcJKPzlIRLdvUvxEj2C2GFkUxqHML7SUrbX-m8Q1ei7uzS80V3mBhudgKL16Ql44lWneAjkWuE2vfuJHewg9cXKwzQIQbZDYpQ00gC4GczaBTLX0VIT6NBBL8_Wz9AgSvkL21PA7Q5Rbu6Xb3g==&c=9u8y5vvguB2gesMOwr_2eL2_4ZDB9qQRwSavKGpu0SSU2eV4ZRkNIg==&ch=wSPzR3IprANPgvUTHMg-Mzr4ak4DaIQ6_CMKDKkmwnV2gJZHWgQmmA==>,
Tech Workers Coalition Coordinator

Vicki Tardif
<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001WGYsT4Id-bBzI4s9jiKCeaHxqeWvXkiz6L7ZlcJKPzlIRLdvUvxEj2Ua93HS78NSsWaX0LYnwoeDAao8yfoUB0aIlTqSUE7tSnpmHd50A8Y1_FlmI67esEw85XQJS-oZFVl12cNaejS5ewSvGYd3g7LXzZdsKoK0fAsD2JxjPj7kGeSxtUIyHmEXlO-1oWMSA0cTbC7TsjmZhkh7oDSgsL4GYTGKyJu20wShUpkJZrKis9SYomw8d37BGneMW8Twz8monVK4PUw=&c=9u8y5vvguB2gesMOwr_2eL2_4ZDB9qQRwSavKGpu0SSU2eV4ZRkNIg==&ch=wSPzR3IprANPgvUTHMg-Mzr4ak4DaIQ6_CMKDKkmwnV2gJZHWgQmmA==>,
Google employee; organizer of recent walkout in Kendall Square

On November 1st, Google workers demonstrated
<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001WGYsT4Id-bBzI4s9jiKCeaHxqeWvXkiz6L7ZlcJKPzlIRLdvUvxEj2Ua93HS78NSsWaX0LYnwoeDAao8yfoUB0aIlTqSUE7tSnpmHd50A8Y1_FlmI67esEw85XQJS-oZFVl12cNaejS5ewSvGYd3g7LXzZdsKoK0fAsD2JxjPj7kGeSxtUIyHmEXlO-1oWMSA0cTbC7TsjmZhkh7oDSgsL4GYTGKyJu20wShUpkJZrKis9SYomw8d37BGneMW8Twz8monVK4PUw=&c=9u8y5vvguB2gesMOwr_2eL2_4ZDB9qQRwSavKGpu0SSU2eV4ZRkNIg==&ch=wSPzR3IprANPgvUTHMg-Mzr4ak4DaIQ6_CMKDKkmwnV2gJZHWgQmmA==>
that collective action works. Join the Boston Tech Workers Coalition
<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001WGYsT4Id-bBzI4s9jiKCeaHxqeWvXkiz6L7ZlcJKPzlIRLdvUvxEj2C2GFkUxqHML7SUrbX-m8Q1ei7uzS80V3mBhudgKL16Ql44lWneAjkWuE2vfuJHewg9cXKwzQIQbZDYpQ00gC4GczaBTLX0VIT6NBBL8_Wz9AgSvkL21PA7Q5Rbu6Xb3g==&c=9u8y5vvguB2gesMOwr_2eL2_4ZDB9qQRwSavKGpu0SSU2eV4ZRkNIg==&ch=wSPzR3IprANPgvUTHMg-Mzr4ak4DaIQ6_CMKDKkmwnV2gJZHWgQmmA==>
for an open forum for tech workers and community members to discuss and
learn from Google workers efforts for an equitable and ethical workplace.

Come to hear perspectives from Tech Workers Coalition and come to share
your thoughts and stories!

Read
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our guest blog post on this event.

Tuesday, December 11
7:00 PM
MIT Building 6 Room 120
<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001WGYsT4Id-bBzI4s9jiKCeaHxqeWvXkiz6L7ZlcJKPzlIRLdvUvxEj9rapTDR3XnB0QoXZ9yb0YOS235U9f3OvSc4Nra5t-YB3Scv0gwL9rBE6GJyYqHeli9KiCVuq1AK9wxG8wnpIMZctILqE2OQAaprPy6mlar40dLQ5UEdsmNyvH5198cQBg==&c=9u8y5vvguB2gesMOwr_2eL2_4ZDB9qQRwSavKGpu0SSU2eV4ZRkNIg==&ch=wSPzR3IprANPgvUTHMg-Mzr4ak4DaIQ6_CMKDKkmwnV2gJZHWgQmmA==>

Sponsored by Radius (Technology and Culture Forum @ MIT) <radius@mit.edu>


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Thursday, Dec 13: Andover Rally Against the Raytheon-Saudi Alliance

Cole Harrison<cole@masspeaceaction.org>
To  MAPA Middle East working group,    MAPA - Mideast   and 6 others
Andover Rally Against the Raytheon-Saudi Alliance
Thursday, December 13 @ 7:00 am - 8:00 am ~ Raytheon Andover, 350 Lowell St
[image: Antiwar Rally at Raytheon BBN Technologies, Oct 16, 2018]

Peace Protest at Raytheon BBN, Cambridge, October 2018

Raytheon is the largest supplier of weapons to Saudi Arabia for the Yemen
War. Raytheon bombs have been used in many of the Saudi attacks on
civilians during the war. Yemen is facing the world’s worst humanitarian
catastrophe with bomb deaths, one million cases of cholera, and widespread
famine.
[image: Peace Protest at Andover Raytheon, 2011]
<http://masspeaceaction.org/home/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/gnconf11f.jpg>

Peace Protest at Andover Raytheon, 2011

Join Merrimack Valley People for Peace, Massachusetts Peace Action,
Cambridge Friends Meeting, Raytheon Antiwar Campaign, Christ Church United-
Lowell, and the Lawrence Friends Meeting for a rally at the Andover
Raytheon facility, where the Patriot missile is produced.

*Stop selling arms to the Saudi tyranny now!*

*“[T]he Pentagon is captured by the so-called “Big Five” defense
contractors—and taxpayers are picking up the bill.”*

*— Sen. Elizabeth Warren, November 29, 2018*

Take I-93 to Exit 43 West, onto Mass route 133. Raytheon is on 133
immediately west of I-93. There is a traffic light at the Raytheon
entrance; 200 feet beyond the traffic right take a left on Bellevue Road,
leading into a residential neighborhood with plenty of parking.

Call 617-354-2169 or write info@masspeaceaction.org to arrange carpool.

--
*"Not one step back"*

Cole Harrison
Executive Director
Massachusetts Peace Action - the Commonwealth's largest grassroots peace
organization
11 Garden St., Cambridge, MA 02138
617-354-2169 w
617-466-9274 m
www.masspeaceaction.org
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Poor People's Campaign Stands with Migrant Families

Michael Heichman<bmdc@lists.riseup.net>
To  BMDC Working Group,    Greater Boston Chapter discussions  


FYI from Mike Heichman

Dear Mike,
For the past several weeks and months, families have been fleeing Honduras and Central America, desperately trying to make a better life. From a mother carrying her baby in her arms to children choking on tear gas sprayed by border patrol agents, the consequences of a broken immigration system, militarism, and endemic poverty are clearer than ever.
While politicians use the suffering of these refugee families to stoke a fear of who is coming towards our border, we are brought closer together in common suffering and hope.
On December 9 and 10, The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival will visit the San Diego border and hold an interfaith service, calling on faith leaders, poor people and all people of conscience to take action together. With December 10 being International Human Rights Day and the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, we will demand the demilitarization of border communities and the absolute protection of migrants seeking refuge.

The conditions that have forced these families to risk their lives and travel thousands of miles to the U.S.-Mexico border are deeply bound to the decades of U.S. military intervention and federal policies that have prioritized corporate profits over millions of people on both sides of the border wall.
This is a fight for the very heart and soul of our democracy.
Forward together, not one step back,
The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival
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From The Poor Peoples Campaign- Demilitarize the border and protect migrant families—Sign our petition

Reverend William J. Barber II and Reverend Liz Theoharis<info@poorpeoplescampaign.org>
To    
,
You may have just received an email with a typo in the subject line. We apologize for this error. The Poor People’s Campaign demands the protection of migrant families and the demilitarization of the border.
Forward together,
The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival
***
For the past several weeks and months, families have been fleeing Honduras and Central America, desperately trying to make a better life. From a mother carrying her baby in her arms to children choking on tear gas sprayed by border patrol agents, the consequences of a broken immigration system, militarism, and endemic poverty are clearer than ever.
While politicians use the suffering of these refugee families to stoke a fear of who is coming towards our border, we are brought closer together in common suffering and hope.
On December 9 and 10, The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, Kairos Center and Repairers of the Breach will join the American Friends Service Committee in San Diego and hold an interfaith service, calling on faith leaders, poor people and all people of conscience to take action together. With December 10 being International Human Rights Day and the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, we will demand the demilitarization of border communities and the absolute protection of migrants seeking refuge.
The conditions that have forced these families to risk their lives and travel thousands of miles to the U.S.-Mexico border are deeply bound to the decades of U.S. military intervention and federal policies that have prioritized corporate profits over millions of people on both sides of the border wall.
This is a fight for the very heart and soul of our democracy.
Forward together, not one step back,
The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival
P.S. Find out if a moral call for migrant justice event is happening near you and spread the word on social media. If you are able to join us and AFSC, please fill out this form. Faith leaders are particularly encouraged to join.

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