05 / 18
End: 3:45 pm
Start: May 17 2008 - 5:00pm
End: May 18 2008 - 3:45pm
“The bride is beautiful but she’s taken.”
In 1897, who said that about what?
Israel celebrates its 6oth anniversary: what is missing
from the picture?
What happened to the 800,000 Palestinians who lived there before 1947-48?
Joel Kovel (Overcoming Zionism: Creating a Single Democratic State in Israel/Palestine)
Samy Qarmout (Bates College Palestinian refugee)
Eric Hooglund (Bates College)
William Slavick (USM retired)
Saturday, May 17, 6:30 p.m. (films, 5 p.m.),
Sunday, May 18, 12:30 p.m.-3:45 p.m. (films, 11 a.m.)
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05 / 19
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05 / 20
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05 / 21
Start: 6:00 pm
From: jcsanford [at] verizon [dot] net
The film “Life & Debt” tells the little-known story of the devastating impact of globalized “free markets” upon the formerly agrarian & self-reliant island of Jamaica. With a vibrant Reggae soundtrack and voice-over of Jamaica Kincaid, this film is powerful and beautifully made.
It is sponsored by the Peace and Justice Group of Waldo County and will be shown at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 in the Abbot Room of the Belfast Free Library, High and Miller Streets in Belfast, Maine. For information call 338-4920.
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05 / 22
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 8:30 pm
Retinal, Fingerprint & Document Scans Ahead!
It is Time to Draw the Line______!
Learn about Maine’s new Real ID Law
Free Workshop with Explanatory Materials, featuring:
·Petition Initiator Kathleen McGee
·Petition Circulator Trainer Chris Miller
·Volunteer Coordinator Lu Bauer
Thursday, May 22nd
7:00-8:30 PM
People Plus Office
Corner of Maine and Noble Streets
Brunswick (Go up the ramp from the parking lot)
Come pick up your petitions & start gathering signatures right away!
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05 / 23
Start: 7:00 pm
This filmed lecture by architect Richard Gage surveys the full range of evidence suggesting that World Trade Centers 1, 2 and 7 were each destroyed from within by explosives. As many of you know, Richard Gage is the force behind the organization Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth (www.ae911truth.org), which has been gathering momentum among building professionals calling for a new 9/11 investigation.
I hope you can join us for this important film. As usual we will leave time for a discussion afterwards.
Date, time and place:
Friday, May 23rd, 7:00 pm
Meg Perry Center
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05 / 24
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05 / 25
Start: 2:00 pm
Sunday, May 25, 2008
2:00 p.m. North Star Cafe
Meet to walk the Portland Freedom Trail
5:00 p.m. Meg Perry Center,
644 Congress Street, Portland
Discussion and Dinner
For more information, call 210-1053
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05 / 26
Start: 7:00 am
End: 12:00 pm
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05 / 27
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05 / 28
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05 / 29
Start: 12:00 pm
Start: May 29 2008 - 12:00pm
End: May 31 2008 - 11:59pm
Portland, ME—The art exhibit “Maybe He’s a Metaphor” will open at the Meg Perry Center (644 Congress St, Portland) at 5pm on May 2, 2008. “Maybe He’s a Metaphor” celebrates the life and art of Adam Sanders (4/24/88-12/30/07), a young activist who worked closely with Peace Action Maine, Physicians for Social Responsibility, The League of Young Voters and Equality Maine. The exhibit features Sanders’ poetry, oil paintings, photography and pastel as well as artwork created in his memory by family and friends. It will be on display throughout the month of May.
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05 / 30
(all day)
Start: May 29 2008 - 12:00pm
End: May 31 2008 - 11:59pm
Portland, ME—The art exhibit “Maybe He’s a Metaphor” will open at the Meg Perry Center (644 Congress St, Portland) at 5pm on May 2, 2008. “Maybe He’s a Metaphor” celebrates the life and art of Adam Sanders (4/24/88-12/30/07), a young activist who worked closely with Peace Action Maine, Physicians for Social Responsibility, The League of Young Voters and Equality Maine. The exhibit features Sanders’ poetry, oil paintings, photography and pastel as well as artwork created in his memory by family and friends. It will be on display throughout the month of May.
Start: 7:00 pm
Join us for a viewing of “Stealing a Nation”, a documentary by renowned journalist & filmmaker John Pilger. Dud Hendrick from Veterans for Peace will introduce the film and be available for discussion after the film.
WHEN: Friday, May 30 at 7:00 p.m.
WHERE: Curtis Memorial Library
SPONSOR: Greater Brunswick PeaceWorks
For more information: 443-9502
Start: 7:30 pm
Harlan Baker will appear as Jimmy Higgins in a one man show he has written,”Jimmy Higgins: A Life in the Labor Movement”, May 30th at the Meg Perry Center in Portland, Maine. Baker is a teacher, an actor, a former member of the Maine legislature, a union activist, and democratic socialist leader. “Jimmy Higgins” has long stood for the name of the rank-and-file union and socialist activist.
Start: 7:30 pm
 Benefit for Burma
5.30.2008 | Fri |
Doors open at 7:30pm, event begins at 8:00, $5-20 Suggested Donation
Buy tickets at http://www.brownpapertickets.com
SPACE Gallery, 538 Congress St, Portland, ME
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05 / 31
End: 11:59 pm
Start: May 29 2008 - 12:00pm
End: May 31 2008 - 11:59pm
Portland, ME—The art exhibit “Maybe He’s a Metaphor” will open at the Meg Perry Center (644 Congress St, Portland) at 5pm on May 2, 2008. “Maybe He’s a Metaphor” celebrates the life and art of Adam Sanders (4/24/88-12/30/07), a young activist who worked closely with Peace Action Maine, Physicians for Social Responsibility, The League of Young Voters and Equality Maine. The exhibit features Sanders’ poetry, oil paintings, photography and pastel as well as artwork created in his memory by family and friends. It will be on display throughout the month of May.
Start: 4:00 pm
Amnesty International Presents:
“FAITHFUL VOICES: EXPLORING BELIEFS IN ACTION”
Readings of work by Ed Schwartz, based on writings of Emma Goldman, Dorothy Day, Myles Horton, Martin Luther King and others. Performed by the Senior Players troupe of the USM Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. Saturday, May 31 at 4:00 p.m. at the Meg Perry Center. A second performance will be held at the Meg Perry Center at 4pm on Saturday, June 7th.
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06 / 1
Start: 2:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm
Amnesty International Presents:
“TALKING ABOUT ‘TORTURE PRESERVED’”
A conversation with sculptor Lin Lisberger whose sculpture series “Torture Preserved” is on display at the Meg Perry Center Thursday, May 31st - Thursday, June 5th.
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06 / 2
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06 / 3
Start: 6:30 pm
*Peace and Justice Group of Waldo County meeting is on Tuesday, June 3 at 6:30 PM at the Unitarian-Universalist Church, 37 Miller St. (behind the Library) in Belfast. Please join us!…All are welcome at our meetings. If you can’t make it to a meeting you can still participate. We encourage you to initiate projects and bring them to our attention for discussion. We may be able to help you to work on these and/or co-sponsor them.
Some agenda items for the meeting (add to this list before or at the meeting):
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06 / 4
Start: 12:00 pm
Start: Jun 4 2008 - 12:00pm
End: Jun 8 2008 - 5:00pm
“TORTURE PRESERVED” exhibit of sculptures of torture victims, by Lin Lisberger of Gorham, Maine. Thursday, May 31 through Thursday, June 5. At the Meg Perry Center, 644 Congress Street, Portland.
Artist Statement
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06 / 5
(all day)
Start: Jun 4 2008 - 12:00pm
End: Jun 8 2008 - 5:00pm
“TORTURE PRESERVED” exhibit of sculptures of torture victims, by Lin Lisberger of Gorham, Maine. Thursday, May 31 through Thursday, June 5. At the Meg Perry Center, 644 Congress Street, Portland.
Artist Statement
Start: 9:00 am
Start: Jun 5 2008 - 9:00am
End: Jun 7 2008 - 8:00pm
Amnesty International USA is touring an exact replica of a Guantanamo Bay prison cell, in support of AIUSA’s “Denounce Torture” Campaign. The 1,650-pound cell is stopping in Portland and will be on display at Monument Square June 5-7.
Start: 11:00 am
End: 12:30 pm
DATE: Thursday, June 5, 2008
TIME: 11:30AM-12:30PM (gathering at 11AM)
LOCATION: Monument Square, Congress Street, Portland, ME
On Thursday, June 5, 2008 Amnesty International will host a media launch & rally featuring a life-size replica of a Guantánamo cell that will be set
up in Monument Square. As the Cell makes its way across the country, we will give Americans a glimpse of the harsh conditions people experience in detention.
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06 / 6
(all day)
Start: Jun 4 2008 - 12:00pm
End: Jun 8 2008 - 5:00pm
“TORTURE PRESERVED” exhibit of sculptures of torture victims, by Lin Lisberger of Gorham, Maine. Thursday, May 31 through Thursday, June 5. At the Meg Perry Center, 644 Congress Street, Portland.
Artist Statement
(all day)
Start: Jun 5 2008 - 9:00am
End: Jun 7 2008 - 8:00pm
Amnesty International USA is touring an exact replica of a Guantanamo Bay prison cell, in support of AIUSA’s “Denounce Torture” Campaign. The 1,650-pound cell is stopping in Portland and will be on display at Monument Square June 5-7.
Start: 11:30 am
End: 3:00 pm
ACTION NAME: Demonstration in support of a port free Sears Island
DATE: 6 Jun 08
DESCRIPTION: Fair Play For Sears Island will sponsor a peaceful demonstration at the next meeting of the State sponsored committee tasked with dividing up Sears Island.
The next meeting of the committee tasked with dividing Sears Island into a port zone and a recreation zone will
be held on 6 Jun from 1200-1500 hrs. Some of us who oppose the DUAL USE [port & park] philosophy will stage a peaceful demonstration at that meeting, in front of the First Congregational church in Searsport [the big
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06 / 7
(all day)
Start: Jun 4 2008 - 12:00pm
End: Jun 8 2008 - 5:00pm
“TORTURE PRESERVED” exhibit of sculptures of torture victims, by Lin Lisberger of Gorham, Maine. Thursday, May 31 through Thursday, June 5. At the Meg Perry Center, 644 Congress Street, Portland.
Artist Statement
End: 8:00 pm
Start: Jun 5 2008 - 9:00am
End: Jun 7 2008 - 8:00pm
Amnesty International USA is touring an exact replica of a Guantanamo Bay prison cell, in support of AIUSA’s “Denounce Torture” Campaign. The 1,650-pound cell is stopping in Portland and will be on display at Monument Square June 5-7.
Start: 9:00 am
End: 4:30 pm
Saturday, June 7, 9:00 am to 4:30 pm, The Hannaford Lecture Hall at the University of Southern Maine’s
Abromson Center, Portland Campus.
About the Speakers, their Topics and their Professional Backgrounds
Penny Coleman—“Soldiers’ Heart: Old News and Disingenuous Surprise”
Start: 11:00 am
Its National Trails Day. What better way then join Native Forest Network (NFN) on an organized bushwack to one of Maine’s last remaining old growth stands.
Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not. (Dr. Seuss The Lorax)
The trees are 200+ years old. Soaring white pines, cedars, birch, maple, hemlock and spruce bank Little Wilson Stream in Elliotsville. The sight isn’t too far from the Appalachian Trail and is a must see for any nature enthusiast. YOU WON”T BE DISAPPOINTED
Start: 4:00 pm
“FAITHFUL VOICES: EXPLORING BELIEFS IN ACTION” repeat performance of readings of work by Ed Schwartz, performed by the Senior Players troupe of the OLLI of USM.Saturday, June 7 at 4:00 p.m., Meg Perry Center of Peace Action Maine, 644 Congress Street, Portland.
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06 / 8
End: 5:00 pm
Start: Jun 4 2008 - 12:00pm
End: Jun 8 2008 - 5:00pm
“TORTURE PRESERVED” exhibit of sculptures of torture victims, by Lin Lisberger of Gorham, Maine. Thursday, May 31 through Thursday, June 5. At the Meg Perry Center, 644 Congress Street, Portland.
Artist Statement
Start: 3:00 pm
For the Maine bus joining the Pastors for Peace Friendshipment Caravan in McAllen, Texas. From there trucks & buses filled with humanitarian supplies head for Cuba by way of Tampico, Mexico. They go in spite of U.S. rules on the Cuban embargo.
FEATURING PRIMO CUBANO: Maine’s own Cuban son and salsa band will be on hand for dancing. Enjoy Cuban food and refreshments. It’s all happening at the beautiful historical “Paris Hill Academy,?” Paris Hill, Maine.
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06 / 9
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06 / 10
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06 / 11
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06 / 12
Start: 7:00 pm
Kim Keyser is an activist from the nascent anarchist movement in Norway - the so-called “social democratic paradise” in Northern Europe. This summer he’ll be touring the US with an illustrated presentation called “The Prefigurative Organization”. The presentation will try to answer the question “How can we reflect the future we
want, in our present work?”. It will touch upon subjects such as direct democracy, direct action, workers councils, anarchist
organizing and involvement in social movements.
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06 / 13
Start: 4:00 pm
Stories told from within communities in Darfur, to bring more local attention and knowledge to the genocide situation currently ongoing, and what you can do to help!
For more information, call 207 772 0680
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06 / 14
Start: 4:30 pm
End: 6:30 pm
Saturday, June 14
4:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Woodfords Congregational Church
202 Woodford Street, Portland
Adults $10 and Children $5
Featuring Middle Eastern Cuisine & Music
Bring your family, friends and neighbors to support this
humanitarian mission bringing five-year-old Nora Afif Abdulhameed to Portland for reconstructive surgery at Maine Medical Center.
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Starting Housing, Food, Worker and Community Cooperatives in Portland
Adams School 44 Moody Street, Munjoy Hill
Saturday June 14th 6-9pm
Flower Garden Planting 4-6pm
Local Sprouts Cooperative and the Community Building Collaborative are hosting a Community Potluck Dinner and a discussion on Starting Cooperatives on June 14th at the Adams School in Portland.
The evening will start at 4pm with a flower garden planting around the Adams School facilitated by the Winter Cache Project.
Start: 8:00 pm
June 14, 2008 – Saturday at 8:00 PM
St. Lawrence Arts & Community Center
76 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
Tickets available at St. Lawrence Arts & Community Center
http://www.stlawrencearts.org/tickets.html
Tickets available at all Bull Moose Stores
Bull Moose Web site on my Upcoming Shows web page.
Tickets: Advance Sales: $18, At the Door: $20.
The humble Farmer television show, which is the radio show on television,
is now being sent to 30 towns. If you don’t see it on cable in your town,
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06 / 15
Start: 5:00 pm
Mainers for Cynthia McKinney Formed
A new grassroots group has been created called Mainers for Cynthia McKinney to support the former Georgia Congresswoman?s run for the Green Party presidential nomination. Cynthia McKinney is widely acknowledged, both inside and outside the campaign, as the leading contender to be the Green Party’s top pick.
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06 / 16
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06 / 17
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