[1560] in peace2
Events: Chomsky speaks; Concert Rally for Free Speech
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Aimee L Smith)
Mon Mar 11 12:05:26 2002
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 12:05:06 -0500
From: Aimee L Smith <alsmith@MIT.EDU>
more peace events!
>*NOAM CHOMSKY AT HARVARD SQ, MONDAY MARCH 11, 7PM
>
>Noam Chomsky will speak on "MANUFACTURING CONSENT IN THE TIME OF WAR."
>This talk is the first of the South End Press 25th anniversary lecture
>series. The second will be "WAR, TERRORISM, AND THE MEDIA" is a lecture
>by Howard Zinn, on March 18, at the same location. Manning Marable and
>bell hooks will participate in the series with readings in New York City.
>
>Chomsky's books from South End Press, including PROPAGANDA AND THE
>PUBLIC MIND, as well as many other titles will be on sale at the event.
>
> FREE
> Date: Thursday, March 11 Time: 7 pm
> Place: First Parish Church in Cambridge
> 3 Church St, Harvard Sq
> Cambridge, MA 02138
>
>For More Info: South End Press, 7 Brookline St., Cambridge 02139, (617)
>547-4002
>
>*TAKE BACK THE MUSIC/TAKE BACK OUR FREEDOMS Saturday March 16, 7-10 PM
>Cambridge YWCA, 7 Temple St. Central Square Cambridge
>
>A concert of "banned" songs will bring together HIP-HOP, folk, jazz and
>spoken word artists to celebrate peace and take back liberties lost under
>the U.S. "PATRIOT" Act.
>
>Following the September 11 attacks and U.S. response, Clear Channel
>communications put out a list of 200 "questionable songs" which were then
>pulled by the hundreds off radio stations under their control. Songs
>included "Blowin in the Wind," "Imagine," and everything by Rage Against
>the Machine. While these songs were discouraged and not officially
>banned, the restrictions they represent parallels a serious and real
>banning of peace-making as national policy and the banning of civil
>liberties for foreigners and U.S. citizens under the USA PATRIOT Act.
>
>To "take back our liberties" the Cambridge Peace Commission and Cambridge
>United for Justice with Peace are hosting a concert of this music and
>ideas. A growing list of performers includes: Brenda Walcott, Marcia
>Deihl and Martha Leader, Tontongi, Amatul Hannan and Dagger, Soul Brown
>the freedom prophetess, Brian Rawson, Nina LaNegra, cultural warrior and
>media activist, BOJAH and the Raging Grannies.
>
>To keep up the momentum in claiming our rights and freedoms, members of
>the Cambridge UJP group have drafted a city council resolution - a bill
>of rights for Cambridge residents which would call for Cambridge as a
>sanctuary for freedoms of speech, assembly and the pursuit of happiness-
>-all specifics outlawed by the USA PATRIOT Act.
>
>For more information contact: The Cambridge Peace Commission at (617)
>349-4694.
>
