Date: Monday, November 30, 2009
Time: 2:30pm - 6:00pm

Location: American University - meet on the Main Quad
4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC
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You know there is a climate crisis. You know we have to solve it. It’s time to take our action to the next level.

With a new administration and a new Congress, we have a window of opportunity. But we have to open it — together.

On March 2, join thousands of people in a multi-generational act of civil disobedience at the Capitol Power Plant — a plant that powers Congress with dirty energy and symbolizes a past that cannot be our future. Let’s use this as a rallying cry for a clean energy economy that will protect the health of our families, our climate, and our future.

This will be a peaceful demonstration, carried out in a spirit of hope and not rancor. We will be there in our dress clothes, and ask the same of you.

It’s time to take a stand on global warming. We can’t wait any longer for the changes we KNOW we can, and must, make today.

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Six years of war and occupation of Iraq have come and gone. Lives left tattered amongst the ruins. The US armed forces and their co-conspirators in the military-industrial complex, along with their friends on Wall Street and K Street, continue to occupy Iraq and Afghanistan with impunity. Meanwhile, Obama mania has rendered much of the left fixated on electoral politics.

Clearly, we are at a crossroads in the US anti-war movement: we can put our faith in the newly selected President and hope for change, or take direct action to stop the war machine and send the message that we will not tolerate mass murder and occupation.

The Self Described Anarchist Collective (SDAC), a newly formed collective of anarchists and anti-authoritarians from across the eastern seaboard, is calling for two days of action against the war on March 19th and March 21st. On March 19th, the DC SDS will hold a Funk the War protest in the streets of Washington, DC. On March 21st the ANSWER Coalition, the authoritarian front group for the Party for Socialism and Liberation, is holding its semi-annual national march to end the war in Iraq. But ANSWERS’s dog and pony show will do little, save a 30 second sound bite on the evening news, to send a message to the men and women who continue to bring us death and deception in the name of US imperialism.

War and occupation and capitalism and imperialism are inextricably linked in the global race for the accumulation of wealth and power. The International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and their sister institutions have played a vital role in ensuring the preservation of that relationship. Shortly after the war in Iraq began, the IMF inserted itself into the war-torn land by imposing a series of Stand By Agreements to restructure the Iraqi economy. In predictable IMF neoliberal style, these agreements removed public subsidies on fuel and oil, causing the price of food and basic necessities to skyrocket. They also cut pensions for retirees, capped public sector worker wages while simultaneously firing hundreds of thousands of government employees, and privatized most state-owned enterprises. It wasn’t enough for the US to physically destroy and occupy Iraq; they had to bring in the banks and financiers to ensure that even after the physical violence has ended, economic violence and occupation will reign supreme.

Please join us in anti-capitalist blocs on March 19th and March 21st in Washington, DC. Together we will throw a wrench in the cogs of the war machine.

The SDAC hopes to strengthen the link between the anti-war and global justice movements. We strive to be not only a presence but a place for dialog between the two overlapping movements, as well as to foster a more militant force against the institutions of capitalism and for the creation of a more just world.

March 19th - please meet at 3:00 PM at McPherson Square. Look for the black flags.

March 21st - please meet at 10:00 AM at Farragut Square. Look for the black flags.

Spokes councils to be announced.

The SDAC is a regional organization with members from across the eastern sea board. SDAC embraces a diversity of tactics and have signed on to the Peoples Global Action hallmarks.

Endorsed by: Harrisburg Area Anarchists Collective, The Dirty Hands Collective (Durango, CO), Animas SDS (Durango, CO), and Unconventional Action - Frederick

To contact the SDAC or endorse this call please e-mail Selfdescribedanarchist@riseup.net

Date: Friday, August 15
Time: 7:30 PM
Cost: $5 for Movie
$10 for Movie and Ice Cream
Benefits the Brian MacKenzie Infoshop

Join us for vegan ice cream sundaes and a screening of Behind the Mask followed by a discussion and Q&A with Director Shannon Keith.

Behind the Mask:
“The Animal Liberation Front, comprised of clandestine animal rights activists, is now labeled the number one domestic terrorist threat by the FBI. Director Shannon Keith goes Behind the Mask and captures the hearts and souls of men and women who unveil their individual struggles for Animal Liberation.

Who are these “animal liberationists” and why do they believe that breaking the law is the best way to help animals? What inspires them to challenge the status quo, fight against all odds, and endure public reproach?

Behind the Mask exposes never-before-seen footage that reveals the extent to which these individuals will go to save the lives of animals.

People of all ages and backgrounds, from all over the globe, tell their tales of liberation, incarceration, sacrifice and determination, while exclusive underground footage reveals heart-thumping action sure to leave you wondering, who are these people…?

Featuring: Keith Mann, John Feldman, Rod Coronado, Kevin Jonas, Steven Best, Chris DeRose, Melanie Arnold, Ingrid Newkirk, Rich Mclellan, Ronnie Lee, Paul Watson and Jerry Vlasak.”

All events at the BMC Infoshop are wheelchair accessible through the main 1st floor entrance of the building. Please email us if you have any questions or concerns about this, events@dcinfoshop.org.

Date: June 13-15
Location: Washington, DC on the Campus of American University
Cost: $20 with housing, $10 without housing, meals provided

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Solidarity is a Weapon!
A benefit for Marie Mason in Washington, D.C.

DERRICK JENSEN - Live! via webcast speaking on impending Ecological Collapse, the Green Scare and the Radical Environmental Movement.

At St. Stephen’s Church
1525 Newton Street NW (On the corner of 16th and Newton)
Washington DC 20010

$10 - 20 sliding scale donation to benefit Marie Mason
No one turned away for lack of funds.

For further information on this event, go to: DCInfoshop.org

**June 7: A Day of Resistance against the Green Scare!**

On Saturday, June 7th people from all over North America will gather together on a single day to discuss the threat against the radical environmental movement, the Green Scare, and how we can prevent impending ecological collapse.

The live web-cast with Derrick Jensen will be an interactive experience where people from all over will be able to email questions to Derrick and participate in a webcast discussion among events in multiple cities.

This event will also be broadcast in multiple cities, including Portland, OR; Sacramento, CA; Chicago, IL; Minneapolis, MN; Bloomington, IN; Evansville, IN; Cincinnati, OH; Detroit, MI; Ann Arbor, MI; Lexington, KY; Washington, DC and New York, NY

Derrick Jensen is a ground-breaking and critically-acclaimed author speaking on civilization, violence, and resistance to ecological collapse. He is the author of A Language Older Than Words; Listening to the Land; The Culture of Make Believe; Endgame; and many other titles. Check out DerrickJensen.org for more information.

Marie Mason of Cincinatti, Ohio is a long time environmental and social justice activist and loving mother of two. On March 10th, she was arrested by FBI, Homeland Security and local police on charges related to two Earth Liberation Front actions that occured in Michigan, in 1999 and 2000.

Marie’s case is one of the latest developments in what many have dubbed the “Green Scare”, a recent wave of government repression aimed at disrupting and discrediting grassroots environmental activism and criminalizing dissent. For more information, go to Ecoprisoners.org or MidwestGreenScare.com.

If you would like to contribute a question to the Q & A, please send it to: emergencysolidarity /at/ gmail.com

At the CODEPINK DC House
712 5th St NE between G & H Sts.
(5 blocks from Union Station Metro - Red Line)

Help set the date and logistics of this important action. Please attend this meeting and forward this announcement to as many interested people and organizations as possible.

Tent City Protest - Summer 2008

Build the World We Know is Possible - Washington DC

Peace, healthcare, education, food, housing, a safe environment, and democracy.
End the Occupations and Stop World War III

Students and activist are starting to make plans for a summer of Tent City Protest to stop the U.S. attack on Iran, to end the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan while showing that we can create world free from domination, coercion and violence. Thousands of people are making plans to set up a tent city outside the White House and Capital Buildings in Washington D.C, as soon as final exams are over this May.

Tent City Protests have been powerful. The tent city during the Orange Revolution in the Ukraine brought down the government. Camp Casey in Crawford, Texas, and the 600 day farmer’s action at the Bosnia and Herzegovina Square in Sarajevo had huge impact.

Activists are also planning to organize Tent City Protests outside military installations, federal buildings and U.S. embassies. All peace and social action groups are invited to join in the tent city protest.

There is a vigorous debate about what strategy might work to end the crisis caused by the “war on terrorism.” Rallies, marches and petitions haven’t done enough to stop torture, secret prisons, the use of cluster bombs against civilians, wire tapping and data collection, laws such as the Military Commissions Act and the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007.

At the same time actions to protect the environment, healthcare, education and housing haven’t been successful. One strategy that has proven effective at bringing positive social change has been the tent city protest.

We are facing an urgent crisis. Bush is talking of World War III against Iran using nuclear weapons, the global economy is failing for most, climate change continues to become more urgent and the U.S. empire is using every measure possible to protect its power. Join us in participating in the Tent City Protest.

Contact your local progressive groups and organize a meeting in your community!

Endorsed by: Code Pink DC, Food Not Bombs, The Iraqi Moratorium, Voices for
Creative Nonviolence
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People can take anything they’d like and can bring anything they’d like; clothes, bikes, patches, songs, food, seeds, books, records, skills, etc. No money!

Coordinated by the D.C. Really Really Free Market Collective.

Join us for a special screening of Michael Moore’s Academy Award-nominated film that investigates the American health care system, focusing on its for-profit health insurance and pharmaceutical industries, and the patients they fail. The film compares the U.S. system to the universal and non-profit systems of Canada, the UK, France, and Cuba. More than just a film, this documentary has become a stunningly effective organizing tool as health care advocates have used it to enrage, educate and mobilize activists across the country.

John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), author of H.R. 676, “The United States National Health Insurance Act,” or “Expanded & Improved Medicare for All,” has been invited to introduce the film; Donna Smith, who is featured in the film, will be there to comment. Plagued with health problems, she and her husband were forced to sell their home and move into the storage room of their daughter’s house because they couldn’t cope with health costs, despite being insured. Ms. Smith is now a Communication Specialist in the Chicago office of the California Nurses Association/National Nurse Organizing Committee (CNA/NNOC).

Screening co-sponsored by: DC Labor Film Fest, AFL-CIO, California Nurses Association, Coalition of Labor Union Women, AFL-CIO Department for Professional Employees, Office and Professional Employees International Union, and the United Steelworkers.

Admission is free and open to the public. Bring your lunch!

Please spread the word to others who may be interested.

Questions? Call 202/974-8153 or 202/638-0320, ext. 12

MPD says officers will go to Eckington, Columbia Heights, Washington Highlands, and possibly other neighborhoods to ask residents’ permission to search their homes. They will ask residents to sign a consent form, which answers some questions but not others. But even though the form says that someone could be charged with a crime as the result of the search, too many people may not understand what is written or take the time to read the form carefully.

Our job is to ensure that residents really understand the consequences of agreeing to a search and that they have an absolute right to refuse, without retaliation of any kind. At our training session, we’ll give you what you need to talk to residents about their rights. After that we’ll go into the neighborhoods and help people decide for themselves whether to have their homes searched.

For more information contact Johnny Barnes, Executive Director of the ACLU- NCA (National Capital Area) at 457-0800 ext. 120, or Johnny.Barnes@aclu-nca.org.

Before coming to the meeting, please contact your five councilmembers (ward, at-large and chairman). Since they all ask for your vote, give them your views by phone or personal visit. Ask each of them to either join us on April 5 or otherwise speak out against MPD’s home searches.

Following the meeting, we shall divide into three groups and begin the canvassing. Please plan to canvass as long as you can. Just some of the sponsoring organizations: ACLU National Capital Area, Metro Washington AFL-CIO, National Black Police Association, AYUDA, TENAC, Stand Up for Democracy, DC ACORN, Coalition for Housing Justice, and Dorchester House Tenants Association, with other organizations and individuals joining daily.

Remind the police and the people themselves that the US Constitution protects our homes here in DC, too: “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”