BOSTON SOCIALISM

Thurs, 6/7, Dorchester, "What Would a Revolution Look Like?"

2012-05-31T10:06:00.000-04:00

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Sat, 6/2, "Funk the 1%! '90s Summer Jamz! | Fundraiser for Socialism 2012"

2012-05-26T13:20:00.002-04:00

We're back!! From the folks who've brought you the epic 145 Millet St house jamz, we present another night of bumpin' music, outrageous drag shows, too much dancing, and lots of fantastic people--90'z style!

The night's killer drag show will be bring back the queen you all can't get enough of--KeeKee Dynamite! Dieymentia Blackwood, Brihanna Severity Stone, Roxy Pops, and T-Bone will all be werqin' it on the stage as well. Be prepared for a night of fierceness!

There's gonna be some hot music being spun by Boston's best and gayest-- Marco Gomez. We're keeping the neighborhood up alllll night :)

$3-$5 donation to get in. More donations welcome
10pm- whenever

145 millet st
Dorchester MA 02124
8 min walk from the Shawmut stop on the Ashmont Red Line or across the street from a 22 Bust stop.

This party is fundraiser for social justice, LGBT rights, anti-racist, immigrant rights, occupy, and union activists to help make their way out to the Socialism 2012 Conference in Chicago IL June 29t-July 1st.

No drugs. No fighting. No bullshit. Fun only.

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Sun, 6/3, Boston | Richard Seymour U.S. Book Tour - "American Insurgents: A brief history of American anti-imperialism"

2012-05-21T22:57:00.004-04:00

We apologize for the potential confusion, but owing to conflicts in Richard Seymour's U.S. tour schedule, this event has been rescheduled (for the last time) to Sunday, June 3rd, at 3pm. It will still be held at Encuentro Cinco in downtown Boston. See below for details.

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American Insurgents:

A Brief History of American Anti-Imperialism

Sponsored by Haymarket Books and the Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture Series

Sunday, June 3, 2012 - 3:00PM

Encuentro Cinco

33 Harrison Ave - 5th Floor
Boston, MA
(See Directions)

ALL EMPIRES SPIN self-serving myths, and in the United States the most potent of these is that America is a force for democracy around the world. Yet there is a tradition of American anti-imperialism that gives the lie to this mythology. Richard Seymour examines this complex relationship from the American Revolution to the present-day.

“In these times of international rebellion, [Richard Seymour] has given us a tool with which to build a movement for a more just world, both within and beyond our borders.” —Camilo Mejía, author, Road to ar-Ramadi

“In the tradition of Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States Richard Seymour shows that US imperialism has generated significant domestic opposition rooted in grassroots movements for racial, economic, and social justice.” —Michael Letwin, founding member, New York City Labor Against the War and Labor for Palestine

RICHARD SEYMOUR is a socialist writer and columnist and runs the blog Lenin's Tomb. He is the author of The Liberal Defense of Murder and The Meaning of David Cameron. He has appeared on Democracy Now!, The Guardian, The New Statesman, Radical Philosophy and Historical Materialism. Originally from Northern Ireland, he now resides in London, where he is studying for a PhD at the London School of Economics.

FOR MORE INFORMATION
Visit: http://www.haymarketbooks.org/pb/American-Insurgents
To view an excerpt of American Insurgents, visit: http://www.scribd.com/doc/93260547/American-Insurgents

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Tues, 5/22, Jamaica Plain | Veteran union militant Gregg Shotwell on "Rebuilding a fighting labor movement"

2012-05-14T12:15:00.004-04:00

Drawing the Line: Rebuilding a fighting labor movement

Sponsored by the ISO and Haymarket Books

Tuesday, May 22, 2012 - 7:30PM

Spontaneous Celebrations

45 Danforth Street, Jamaica Plain, Boston

See map: Google Maps

Featuring Gregg Shotwell author of Autoworkers Under the Gun, and John Moore, treasurer of the Museum Independent Security Union (MISU)--the union for security guards at the Museum of Fine Arts. The MISU is fighting the MFA's effort to outsource the guards' job and break the union. Also featuring Akunna Eneh of the Boston Public Library Professional Staff Association (BPLPSA).

Musical performance by Evan Greer (www.evangreer.org, www.riotfolk.org/Evan).

Sponsored by the International Socialist Organization and Haymarket Books. For more information, email contact@bostonsocialism.org.

Workers' rights are not defined by law or contract. Workers' rights are defined by struggle.

Gregg Shotwell’s Live Bait & Ammo newsletter chronicled the outrages and absurdities of corporate managers, exposed union leaders who acted in “partnership” with employers, and sounded the alarm about the devastating effects of auto industry job losses and union concessions. LB&A fliers grew legs of their own, distributed by rank-and-file workers in auto plants across the United States and cited by industry analysts. This collection spans a decade of autoworker resistance—and it’s a call to action for a new generation of workers coming of age in recession-wracked America

About the author

Gregg Shotwell, a machine operator turned rebel writer, worked thirty years at General Motors. His shopfloor fliers grew legs of their own, distributed by Rank-and-Filer and cited by auto industry analysts.

“No one has cut through the hypocrisy of what capitalism has done to American workers with more passion, wit, and insight than Gregg Shotwell.”
—Sam Gindin, former research director, Canadian Auto Workers

“We factory folks are so very lucky to have our own poet laureate and writer preeminent—Gregg Shotwell.”
—Elly Leary, labor educator and former autoworker, chief negotiator, and union officer

“Like a barking junkyard dog, Shotwell is there to defend the workers that the corporations and the unions have forgotten.”
—Justin Z. West, past president and bargaining chairman, UAW Local 2488, autoworker at Volvo Cars, Gothenburg, Sweden

“He speaks for a large unappreciated reservoir of intelligence, insight, and guts in the working ranks. Almost invisible, watching the situation closely, preparing for our day.”
—Larry Christensen, chassis assembler, UAW, retired

“I read your e-mails pretty regular. I know you very well. . . .You’re done, brother. Shut off the mic.”
—Stephen P. Yokich, UAW president, 1994–2002

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Wed, 5/16, Dorchester, "From DJ Henry to Trayvon Martin: Fighting Racism & Police Brutality"

2012-05-14T11:05:00.001-04:00

6:30pm, Codman Health Center, 637 Washington St., Dorchester (map)

Join us for a discussion on police brutality and violence, including guest speakers and an open-mic section for people to share their thoughts and personal experiences.

Featuring:

Family members of DJ Henry, teenager from Easton, MA, murdered by police near Pace University

Brandi Chambray Artez - Boston Justice for Humanity

Corey Yarbrough - Hispanic Black Gay Coalition

Khury Petersen-Smith - International Socialist Organization

For more information and to RSVP, visit http://www.facebook.com/events/214680978642352/

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On October 17, 2010, 20 year old Danroy "DJ" Henry of Easton, MA was fatally shot by Pleasantville, NY police officer Aaron Hess. As paramedics attended to the police officer who shot him, DJ Henry, still handcuffed, was left to die on the ground. The murder of DJ Henry, like that of Trayvon Martin, was not an isolated event. This happens all the time. This is the daily reality for what it means to be black in America. From the hundreds of thousands of Black and Brown incarcerated to the many more who are brutalized and harassed by the police everyday on the streets. The murder of DJ Henry proves that racism in the US is alive and well.

The brutal murder of Trayvon Martin became a rallying point for those fed up with a racist society. Hundreds of thousands of people across the country poured out into the streets to demand justice for Trayvon and his family--turning anger and outrage into protest and social action. We must do the same for DJ Henry.

Aaron Hess is still free. We need to fight for justice for DJ Henry and his family. We need to fight for justice for all the DJ Henry's and Trayvon Martin's and all the black people who are constantly criminalized and denied equal rights in this country. We must challenge the racism that relegates blacks as second class citizens and specifically we must challenge police brutality.

Come join the family of DJ Henry for a panel discussion on police brutality, racism in America and how we can fight for justice!

Contact: email djhenrytotrayvon@gmail.com phone (617) 651-0254

Sat, 4/28, Boston, "Stop Union-Busting at the Museum of Fine Arts!"

2012-04-23T15:08:00.000-04:00

ALL-OUT RALLY TO DEFEND THE Museum of Fine Arts GUARDS!

SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 11:30AM-2PM
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

"Art in Bloom" is the MFA's biggest annual event, drawing thousands of people to the museum from April 28-30. But while MFA management tries to project a humane image, it's aiming to outsource the "permanent collection"--the workers who make the museum what it is! Come out to rally and let the public know what the MFA bosses are trying to do!

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston wants to outsource our guard union. We would lose our status as museum employees and would be forced to apply for our jobs to whatever outside contractor the museum chooses! The museum would have non-union workers doing our union jobs! Let's give the top 1% our 100% effort in stopping these attacks!

Join us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/misufight

SIGN THE PETITION:
https://www.change.org/petitions/mfa-trustees-do-not-let-boston-s-museum-of-fine-arts-ruin-their-workers-lives

April 11-19: "The Revolutionary Ideas of Karl Marx"

2012-04-06T16:56:00.002-04:00

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Sat, 4/7, Boston MFA, "Rally against union-busting and layoffs!"

2012-04-04T16:49:00.000-04:00

Message to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts from its security guards!
DON'T SUBCONTRACT OUR UNION JOBS!
DON'T SUBCONTRACT OUR LIVES!

SATURDAY, April 7, 3PM (Note time change this week!)
In front of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
465 Huntington Ave, Boston MA
(Green Line E to Museum of Fine Arts; or Orange Line to Ruggles)

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston says it's considering ending our employment with the museum. They are thinking of bringing in an outside subcontracting company to manage the guard force. This means we would have to apply for our jobs with this outside company to continue working there.

NOTE: This week's rally has been postponed to 3PM so people can attend the March for Trayvon Martin. Union guards will be there to demand justice for Trayvon!

For more info, contact John at rennipsmj@yahoo.com. Join us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/misufight.

Sat, 4/7, Boston, "Justice for Trayvon Martin! March against racism!"

2012-03-30T17:57:00.001-04:00

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On February 26, 2012, Trayvon Martin was shot dead by George Zimmerman, the self-appointed head of a neighborhood watch program in a gated community in Sanford, Florida. The 911 calls reveal that Zimmerman was racially profiling Trayvon--he told the dispatcher that, “This guy looks like he’s up to no good, or he’s on drugs or something.” Before he shot him, Zimmerman made sure to say that Trayvon "looks black". Trayvon is dead today because he was a young black man walking where someone thought he shouldn't be. His death proves that racism in America is alive and well.

Trayvon Martin’s death is not an isolated event. This is the daily reality for what it means to be black in America. From the hundreds of thousands of Black and Brown incarcerated, to the millions who are denied the right to the equal education, affordable housing, quality healthcare and other social services, and to those who suffer the daily insults of racist bigotry---people have had enough!

His brutal murder, like that of Emmett Till a generation before, has become a rallying point for millions fed up with a racist society. It has motivated people to turn anger and outrage into protest and come out in the streets and demand justice not only for his murder but against all the aspects of racism in this society that caused his tragic death.

On April 7, people will be marching in Sanford and Washington, DC. And in Boston, we will be marching too.

We will be marching from RUGGLES to DUDLEY, ending in front of the Police Station, with a speak out near the old B2 barracks grounds.

JUSTICE FOR TRAYVON MARTIN!

Wed, 3/28, Dorchester, "Justice for Trayvon Martin - Organizing Meeting"

2012-03-27T09:11:00.001-04:00

7pm, Wednesday, March 28th

Codman Square Health Center (Basement)
637 Washington Street
Dorchester, MA 02124

Facebook Event Page with Map & Directions

Thousands of people have been protesting around the country for Trayvon Martin, the young 17 year old brutally murdered in Sanford, FL. In Sanford itself, a town with a population of over 5,000 residents, 30,000 people protested this weekend. There have been protests in Philadelphia, Seattle, Miami and locally in Cambridge.

People are saddened for Trayvon and his family, but millions recognize the racism that led to his death. We need to build protests in Black neighborhoods and in communities of color where people face racism and racist attacks every day. What can we do to keep the memory of Trayvon alive? Can we organize a rally and march in Dorchester or Roxbury?

Join this organizing meeting and bring your thoughts and ideas!

Everyone is welcome!

Sat, 4/28, Boston, "Unite Against the War on Women! Protest for Gender Equality!"

2012-03-23T23:18:00.000-04:00

Texas turned down $35 million in federal funds for Medicaid Women's Health Program. This means that at least 300,000 low-income and uninsured women in Texas will have no or greatly-reduced access to basic reproductive health care.

A proposed bill in Arizona requires women to prove to their employers that they need birth control in order to treat a medical condition if they want their prescription to be covered by their insurer.

Today, women pay 50% more than men for the very same health coverage. Being a woman is not a pre-existing condition.

Boston City Hall // 10am - 3pm

Help defend women's rights and pursuit of equality. Join the movement all across the United States on April 28th, 2012, as we come together as one to tell politicians in Washington, DC, and legislatures in all 50 states, "Enough is enough."

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Thurs, 3/29, Public Forum, "The Lynching of Trayvon Martin: The Truth About Racism in America Today"

2012-03-23T22:05:00.002-04:00

TRAYVON MARTIN is dead because he was a young Black man walking where someone thought he shouldn't be. His devastating story is as old as the United States--and it proves that racism is alive and well in 2012, while the first African American president sits in the White House.
The widespread shock and anger over what happened to Trayvon -- and the massive protest that has already emerged around this travesty -- tell us something else, too: That large numbers of people are outraged by racist injustice in this and other forms and are increasingly willing to fight back.

Please join an important meeting being hosted by the International Socialist Organization at various locations around Boston to discuss where we go from here:

7pm, Thursday, March 29th
CODMAN HEALTH CENTER (BASEMENT)
637 WASHINGTON STREET, DORCHESTER
(Take red line to shawmut station, or 23 Bus to Washington & Southern Ave.)

AND

7pm, Thursday, March 29th
HAYMARKET PEOPLE'S FUND
42 SEAVERNS AVE, JAMAICA PLAIN
(Take orange line to green street station, or 39 Bus to centre st & seaverns.)

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Wed, 3/28, Dorchester, "Panel: Fighting the MBTA Fare Hikes, Service Cuts & Layoffs"

2012-03-23T11:17:00.000-04:00

7pm, Dorchester House, 1353 Dorchester Ave, Dorchester, MA (map)

Months ago, the MBTA unleashed two disastrous proposals for public transit service cuts and fare hikes. One proposal included increasing fares overall by 40% while doubling prices for students, elderly and disabled people. The other one would have cut half the bus routes in Boston, while ending commuter rail, Mattapan line and E line service on weekends. Either of the two proposals would have been disastrous for millions of people in Boston--particularly for people of color, poor folks, the elderly, disabled people and students.

But in Boston, thousands of people mobilized to the hearings around the city to tell the MBTA and city officials that we cannot and will not take these cuts and fare hikes. Because of these protests, the MBTA withdrew its initial two proposals.

Now the question is--how are we going to secure a complete victory? How can we win NO CUTS, NO FARE HIKES, NO LAYOFFS, and BETTER SERVICE? Why is the MBTA cutting service and raising fares? What is going to be the best strategy to challenge the plan of fare hikes and service cuts? How can we fund the T? What should our demands be? And how are we going to win our demands?

Please join us for a panel to address these questions.

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Sponsored by: T Rider's Union, the International Socialist Organization-Dorchester, Occupy Dorchester

Contact: pidginwidgen@gmail.com

Thurs, 3/22, Harvard Sq, "Protest for Trayvon Martin! Justice for Victims of Racism!"

2012-03-21T11:49:00.002-04:00

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Thurs, 3/29, UMass Boston, "How Do We Stop the War on Black America?"

2012-03-16T18:06:00.001-04:00

A Public Forum hosted by the Umass International Socialist Organization and
co-sponsored by the Umass Black Student Center

Featuring guest speaker KHURY PETERSEN-SMITH

There is a war being waged against Black America. In Boston, public schools in black neighborhoods are being shuttered while families face foreclosure and long-term unemployment, Stop-and-Frisk policies and the ongoing War on Drugs have locked up millions of black and brown people in a system that many are called the “New Jim Crow”. Join in a discussion as to what we can do about these and other assaults on the black community.

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Wed, 4/4, "No Cuts, No Fare Hikes, No Layoffs at the MBTA! National Day of Action for Public Transportation"

2012-03-15T14:50:00.003-04:00

3pm, April 4th @ the Mass. State House, 24 Beacon St, Boston

General assemblies and people’s movements across the country and around the globe to mobilize on April 4th, 2012 to demand public transportation for the 99%. In Boston and in cities around the country, our hard-won and necessary transportation systems are under attack. Their viability is being threatened by savage cuts and fare hikes in a calculated push towards privatization by corrupt and unresponsive politicians and their corporate benefactors.

Public transportation is a right and must be accessible to all. Service cuts and fare hikes will have a devastating and disproportionate impact on low-income communities, communities of color, students, workers, seniors and the environment. We say NO TO PRIVATIZATION of our common resources and NO MORE EXCUSES! We will not accept any funding strategies that attempt to divide the 99% against each other or shift the burden onto the backs of the 99%: the poor and working classes. End the wars and tax the rich!

On April 4th, we will stand together to demand public transportation for the 99%. If our call is not answered and the necessary funds redirected, it will only add to the growing body of evidence that our government no longer represents us.

UPDATE: The Amalgamated Transit Union, the largest labor organization representing transit workers in the US and Canada, has pledged its support for the April 4 National Day of Action for Public Transportation, declaring, “Public transportation is a human right and critical to our nation’s economic recovery.” Read ATU press release.

The Boston Carmen's Union (MBTA) is also supporting and mobilizing for this day of action at the Massachusetts State House. See http://carmensunion589.org/2012/03/alert-rally-on-april-4th/

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Sat, 3/31, Ocupemos Forum, "Say 'No' to Anti-Immigrant Laws in MA!"

2012-03-14T14:33:00.000-04:00

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Thurs, 3/22: "Global Revolution: What it is & Why It's Necessary"

2012-03-14T11:22:00.003-04:00

7pm, Haymarket People's Fund, 42 Seaverns Ave, Jamaica Plain (map)

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A new generation is calling out a system of power and privilege for the few, uncertainty and hardship for the many. Revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt, general strikes in Greece, and occupations on Wall Street and across the United States are just a few examples from the past year illustrating that the global capitalist crisis is not going to be solved by gutting working people's living standards—not without provoking a diverse, widespread, and determined struggle against it.

The Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky called a revolution "the forcible entrance of the masses into the realm of rulership over their own destiny." This is what socialists mean when we talk about revolution. Today a small number of rulers make the important decisions, and the rest of us have to abide by them or organize ourselves in opposition. But why should decisions be left in the hands of the 1%? Isn't it fundamental to the idea of a free society that big decisions shouldn't be in the hands of the few, but should be the purview of the entire society? Shouldn't Chinese workers have a say in whether they live in cramped dormitories, working 16-hour shifts assembling iPads? Shouldn't Greek workers have a say in whether they have access to a job or their living standards

are cut by 25%?

What if we had a society "in which the free development of each is the condition for the free development of all"? How could we achieve that? This talk will lay out what we mean by revolution and argue that such a thing is possible, but only if we set our sights high.

Take the Orange Line to Green St.

Email contact@bostonsocialism.org for more information or for childcare assistance.

Sponsored by the International Socialist Organization •

bostonsocialism.org • socialistworker.org

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Save the Date! SOCIALISM 2012 Conference | June 28 - July 1, Chicago, IL

2012-03-12T19:26:00.005-04:00

We will be organizing transportation and housing for people traveling from the Boston area. Details forthcoming. For more information, email contact@bostonsocialism.org and check for updates at www.bostonsocialism.org.

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SOCIALISM 2012
Educate | Agitate | Occupy

June 28th - July 1st, 2012

Crowne Plaza Hotel & Conference Center - Chicago O’Hare

http://www.socialismconference.org/

“A GLOBAL rebellion of the oppressed against the oppressor, the exploited against the exploiter.” That’s how the African American revolutionary Malcolm X characterized the international scene shortly before he was assassinated in 1965—but the description is even more apt for today.

After years of devastation in the clutches of the Great Recession, masses of people are discovering their own power to change the world. The Arab Spring has given birth to a global movement of Occupiers and revived the politics of class struggle and revolution for the 21st century. Instead of the cutbacks, unemployment and repression that our rulers offer us, solidarity in struggle shows that “another world is possible.”

Each year, the Socialism conference brings together over 1,500 scholars and activists from around the country to learn OUR history of class struggle and debate strategies for building a better world. Don’t miss this chance to meet hundreds of others like you; committed fighters against a system of greed, racism, war, and oppression.

For more information about the Socialism 2012 conference, email info@socialismconference.org, and someone will get back to you.

Speakers include: Ali Abunimah • Ian Angus • Martha Biondi • Nicole Colson • Paul D’Amato • Neil Davidson • Sam Farber • Dan Georgakas • Glenn Greenwald • Arun Gupta • Brian Jones • Alan Maass • Marlene Martin • Scott McLemee • David McNally • China Miéville • Charlie Post • Michael Ratner • Boots Riley • Jen Roesch • Eric Ruder • Beryl Satter • Michael Schwartz • Elizabeth Schulte • Liliana Segura • Lance Selfa • Ahmed Shawki • Sharon Smith • Marvin Surkin • Lee Sustar • Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor • Sherry Wolf • Richard Wolff • Dave Zirin • and many more!

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Charter Bus tickets -- $175
Bus leaves June 27, 8pm from Boston, MA

For Boston bus tickets, financial aid, or collective housing, call 617-902-0476 or email contact@bostonsocialism.org

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Thurs, 3/15, "The Racism Behind the MBTA Cuts"

2012-03-07T08:14:00.000-05:00

7pm, Haymarket People's Fund, 42 Seaverns Ave, Jamaica Plain (map)

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Sun, 3/18, "St. Patrick's Day 'Peace & Equality' Parade"

2012-03-06T19:12:00.000-05:00

When: Sunday, March 18, 2012, 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm

Where: Assemble on D Street between 1st and 3rd Street • Broadway MBTA stop • South Boston

Please join Veterans For Peace and other Peace and social / economic Justice organizations for this historic 2^nd Annual “People’s Peace Parade" in South Boston.

Themes for the Day:

How is the War Economy Working for You

Bring the Troops Home and Take Care of Them When They Get Here

Cut Military Spending, Save Jobs, Teachers, Fireman & Police

Peace Is Patriotic! Not a Dirty Word

No War on Iran

Last year, Veterans For Peace were denied permission to walk in South Boston's traditional St. Patrick’s Day Parade. The stated reason given by the Allied War Veterans Council was that the organizers “did not want the word peace associated with the word veteran”.

Seventeen years ago the gay and bisexual community applied to be in the parade and they too were denied. They sued and it resulted in a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that any group that organizes a parade can exclude whomever they like.

Last year with only three weeks to go, Veterans For Peace applied for their own permit and invited the gay and bisexual community to join the peace movement in a parade. The parade had over 500 participants, a Duck Boat, Grand Marshals, The Leftist Marching Band, five divisions, Veterans, peace groups, Join the Impact (GLBT), religious groups and labor. It was a grand success and warmly welcomed by the residents of South Boston. It was also front page news in practically all the Boston Newspapers and was reported on TV and radio.

This year, once again, Veterans For Peace were denied. This year they were not given a reason why, just denied. So if you are a veteran of the U.S. Military and carry a gun or drive a tank you are invited to participate, but if as a veteran you stand for peace you are summarily denied permission to participate.

We invite all progressive groups (Peace, Environmental, Occupy Everywhere, Civil Rights, Women’s Rights, GLBT Rights, Labor, and Faith Groups) to please join us in the St. Patrick’s Peace Parade: the Alternative People’s Parade. Please join us in this show of solidarity against bigotry and exclusion in the City of Boston.

This is the largest Saint Patrick’s Day Parade in the country, attracting in excess of 700,000 people, and is an excellent opportunity to get our messages of Peace, Equality, Inclusion, Jobs, Social and Economic Justice out. Please Join Us! Send endorsements to info@masspeaceaction.org.

Read background about the St. Patrick's Peace Parade. Read about last year's parade here,here, here, and here.

Download and print the flyer.

Contact:

VFP - Pat Scanlon, info@massvfp.org, 978-475-1776
Massachusetts Peace Action - Cole Harrison, info@masspeaceaction.org, 617-354-2169

Assemble at 1pm on D Street between 1st and 3rd St. Parade starts approximately 2pm. Parking is available in the lot near D and Louis Streets. Enter D St. from Summer St. and turn left into the lot just before you reach Louis St. Map of assembly point and parking location: http://g.co/maps/jxswg

Grand Marshals needed! If you can't walk 4 miles but still want to join the parade, let us know and we'll arrange for you to ride in a vehicle.

Endorse the Parade! Organizations and prominent individuals (present or former elected officials, candidates, ministers, academics, etc.) are requested to endorse to show the breadth of support. Click here to endorse. See the current list of endorsers.

Wed, 3/7, Harvard, "Lessons of the 1917 Russian Revolution"

2012-03-06T19:02:00.000-05:00

Thurs, 3/8, Forum, "Black Liberation & Socialism"

2012-03-06T12:52:00.000-05:00

7pm, Freedom House, 14 Crawford Street, Dorchester, MA (map)

Where does racism come from? What will it take to overcome it? How can we fight it today? Come discuss the roots of racism, how people have fought back against it in the past, and how we can fight it today.

"All my life I believed that the fundamental struggle was Black versus White. Now I realize that it is the haves against the have-nots." - Malcolm X

Sponsored by the International Socialist Organization

Thurs, 3/8, "Education Meeting: 'Marxism & the Party'"

2012-03-05T21:34:00.001-05:00

7pm, Haymarket People's Fund, 42 Seaverns Ave, Jamaica Plain (map)

Author John Molyneux examines the contributions of several Marxist revolutionaries to the development of socialist organization. How should the Party relate to the broader movement or working class? What kind of democracy or centralism do we want within the Party? These questions, and more, will be taken up – all with an emphasis on practical, real world application for today.

Link to the Book: http://books.google.com/books?id=SUJW_TikxJAC&pg=PA11&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=4#v=onepage&q&f=false

Discussion Questions to Consider:
1) What are some of the distinctions between the views on organization put forward by Marx, Lenin, and Luxemburg?
2) What is the role of revolutionaries in the years prior to a revolutionary situation?
3) What is the importance of organizing in a separate revolutionary organization?

Stand Against Anti-Teacher Ballot Initiative in Mass.

2012-03-01T09:57:00.001-05:00

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For more information, check out the Teacher Activist Group of Boston
Also, check out this article, "Standing on Children in Massachusetts"