NY ANTIWAR ACTIVIST CALENDAR (Subjectively gathered by Mitchel Cohen)

Call (212) 726-3272 for regular updates.

Democracy Now can be heard LIVE on WFMU, 91.1 FM

"They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin, 1759

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From www.japantoday.com WASHINGTON - The Defense Department has recommended to President George W Bush the use of tactical nuclear weapons as a military option to retaliate for last week's terrorist attacks in the United States, diplomatic sources said Tuesday.

It is unknown whether Bush has made any decision.

Meanwhile, good article in Boston Globe, page A3 on Tuesday, Sept. 18th on anti-war movement in NYC and across country.

Berkeley calls for National Day of Action Thursday, September 20 Green Arm Band Pledge

NATIONAL STUDENT DAY OF ACTION FOR PEACEFUL JUSTICE Students at Over 130 Colleges Campuses to Hold Teach-Ins, Vigils, and Rallies for Peace

Students and community members at 150 schools in 36 states are gathering at noon on Thursday in commemorations and rallies for peace and justice. (USA TODAY with good story on anti-war activity, and typically stooooopid quote from Tod Gitlin (NYU teacher and once-upon-a-time activist.) *********************

In New York ...

Thursday, Sept 20

* Teach-in at Columbia W 116th Street and Broadway from 11:00 am to 1:00

on Thursday.

* Afternoon gathering at Hunter College, 68th St. & Lexington Ave. W/ Dietrech Mohammed and others.

* 1 pm SUNY STONY BROOK Bringing Context To The Crisis: Talks and a Panel Discussion on Terrorism and its Aftermath (Javits Lecture Center, Room 105, 1-3pm) Speakers: Prof. Krin Gabbard: History of Media Coverage in Wartime, Prof. Eduardo Mendieta: The Language of Mourning in Crisis, Prof. Mike Davis: The Future is Here: Civil Liberties and the Crusade against Terrorism, Prof. Said Arjomand: Islam and US involvement in the Middle East, Ambassador Harsh Bahsin: Diplomacy, War, Truth, and Reconciliation, Moderator: Chad Kautzer

* 7 pm "The World Trade Center and After: Critical Perspectives," a teach-in at St. John The Divine Chapel-Synod Hall, 110th St. and Amsterdam Avenue. This event is being organized by a coalition of concerned graduate students from various departments at Columbia U. Confirmed speakers so far include: Timothy Mitchell, Hamid Dabashi, Mahmood Mamdani, Drucilla Cornell, Brinkley Messick and Partha Chatterjee.

* 5:30 pm NYU: The U.S. & the Muslim World --Thursday, Sept. 20, 2001, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Hemmerdinger Hall1/2Main Building 100 Washington Square East. NYU faculty specializing on the Middle East, Islam, and U.S. foreign policy

* BIG TEACH-IN Teach-in at NYU Join activists at NYU for a teach-in for peace Thursday, September 20 at 7 PM NYU Main Building, room 809

Main Building is located at 100 Washington Square East at the corner of Waverly.

The event will focus on giving a context to the tragic events of September 11 and organizing around two themes: To stop the racist scapegoating and

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US drive to war.

Speakers include

* Amy Goodman, co-host of Democracy Now! WBIX (WBAI in exile)

* Purvi Shah, SAKHI for South Asian Women (an anti-violence collective)

* Sherry Wolf, International Socialist Organization and veteran activist

of

the National Network of Campuses Against the War 1990-91

(invited speakers also include) Arab Students United, Arab American Family Center, Prof. Bertell Ollman, War Resisters League, Jews Against the Occupation

This event is sponsored by Prof. Bertell Ollman and the NYU Peace Coalition and endorsed by Earth Matters at NYU, Jews Against The Occupation, the International Socialist Organization, SAKHI for South Asian Women

*7:30 pm Manhattan Greens meeting, Baruch College, 151 E. 25th St., Rm 765

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FRIDAY, Sept 21

* TEACH-IN at New School for Social Research 10:30 am - 6 pm

* TEACH-IN at CUNY GRAD CTR Threats of War Prospects for Justice AFTER THE WORLD TRADE CENTER 4:00 to 6:00 pm CUNY Graduate Center 365 Fifth Avenue (Btwn. 34th & 35th St.) Proshansky Auditorium - Concourse Level

With: Talal Asad Ella Shohat* David Harvey Zahera Saed Stanley Aronowitz Fahima Danishgar* Neil Smith Sunita Reddy Ali Mir Khaled Fahmy*

* All Day teach-in OUTDOORS at Rockefeller Center, 11:00 am to 5:00 pm.

****6 PM UNION SQUARE TO TIMES SQUARE

**PEACE VIGIL/WALK - Mourn the Victims - Stand for Peace THIS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21ST A GATHERING FOR GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE Take a stand... Join A PEACE VIGIL/WALK

ISLAM IS NOT THE ENEMY

WAR IS NOT THE ANSWER

GATHERING FOR GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE

Friday, September 21st 6:00 PM SE Corner UNION SQUARE 7:00 PM Procession to Times Square leaving from NE Corner UNION SQUARE 8:00 PM Arrive US Army Recruiting Office TIMES SQUARE

Bring signs ....

* 8 pm - 1 am Event at 56 Walker St., 2 blocks S. of Canal, between Broadway & Church. TEACH-In: War & Peace, and benefit for MAYDAY BOOKS & InfoShop $5 - $15 sliding scale.

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SATURDAY Sept 22

* 10 am NY State Greens/Green Party of NY Assembly, Buchanan NY, w/ demonstration at Indian Point nuclear power plant.

* 1 pm Youth Peace Summit, Sunset Park, Brooklyn - 44th St. and 6th Ave. A call to commemorate those who have passed, and for all acommunities to come together and express solidarity. For more info, call Ricardo at UPROSE (718) 492-9307.

* 11 am - 7 pm: Charas (9th St. bet B & C) Direct Action Network is sponsoring a Day of Resistance and Learning to end racism and war. Workshops

* 4 pm Vigil against racism and war UNION SQUARE

****************************** SUN Sept 23

* 9 am - 5 pm New Jersey Green Party Convention, Rutgers Labor Center, New Brunswick, NJ.

* NOON Indoor Rally: Learn the Truth about Palestine, Stand United with Arab and Muslim Sisters and Brothers, Sun., Noon to 3PM, Pier 63 Maritime 12th Ave. at West 23rd Street (One pier north of Chelsea pier sports, behind basketball city)

* 12:30 pm Radical and Progressive Jews gather at 83rd St. & Hudson River and will march at 3 pm to larger Citywide memorial

* WBAI-IN-EXILE COMMUNITY FORUM Bernard White, Amy Goodman, Robert Knight & Mimi Rosenberg Sunday, September 23, 2001 7:00-10:00 pm PS 321, 180 7th Ave. (between 1st and 2nd St.) Park Slope, Brooklyn

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MONDAY Sept 24

* 7 pm - 11 pm WAR, PEACE & the USA Where do we go from here? Benefit for WBAI Radio in Exile, with Grandpa Al Lewis, Elombe Brath, Bob Fass, Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Dan Coughlin, Errol Maitland, Esther Kaplan, and others ... Suggested donation - $15. No one turned away.

* 7 pm Meeting at Charas

TUES Sept. 25 PRIMARY DAY - Don't forget to vote (Greens: write-in Mitchel Cohen for Mayor!)

* 6:30 pm Coalition meeting (place tba)

WEDS. Sept. 26 * NOON The Center for European Studies at New York University

will host an open forum to discuss

Europe and the Current Crisis chaired by Martin Schain Professor of Politics and Director, NYU Center for European Studies

Speakers will include:

Fulvia Attin� NY Consortium for European Studies Visiting Professor, Fall 2001 and Professor of Political Science at the University of Catania, Italy

Helmut Dubiel NYU Max Weber Chair for German and European Studies, 2000-2002 and Professor of Sociology at the Justus-Liebig Universitaet in Giessen, Germany

Behrooz Moazami Post-doctoral fellow, European union Center of New York

Damir Skenderovic Visiting Scholar, NYU Center of European Studies, 2001-2002 and Research Collaborator, Swiss National Science Foundation

Wednesday, September 26, 2001 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM 58 West 10th Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues) For more information call the NYU Center for European Studies at (212) 998-3838

SAT 9/29 * Gathering in Washington DC, National rally, 12 noon at the White House / Lafayette Park. Call International Action Center, (212) 633-6646. email: iacenter@iacenter.org

OCT 6 & 7 Rallies in NYC

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