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Columbia (action)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (F. AuYeung)
Sat Jan 22 05:41:09 2000
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Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 05:41:01 -0500
From: "F. AuYeung" <auyeung@MIT.EDU>
Dear Friends,
First, let me thank the new and old members for attending the Sexism at MIT
session on Thursday. While the session itself was a success, it also
revealed the amount and scope of work to be done, which will be something
the Social Justice Cooperative will take on. Anyway, justice has this
uncanny characteristic of requiring constant attention to achieve and
maintain. My analogy is that the second law works all the time to increase
entropy/chaos, so if we want things in a certain way, we have to apply the
first law and exert energy to make things right, again and again. It can
be done, but requires vigilance.
As such, the topic of peace and justice spans many issues. This is meant
to be a pseudo-introduction to the peace2 discussion list. Members use
their own discretion about posting events/opinions/discussions/announcements
to anything deemed related to peace. In the near future, we will start
another list for events and announcements only, while peace2 will stay as
the discussion list. We'll keep you posted. If you want to (un)subscribe,
please contact me directly <auyeung@mit.edu>. Thanks!
People who had an opportunity to attend other events on Thursday, please
feel free to bring back information and reaction to the list. Also, there
is a developing issue involving the Columbian military (funded by the US,
with more coming from Clinton), Occidental Oil (how will multi-nationals
change their image if these things keep happening), and Al gore (supposed
environmentalist and more: we'll see how he handles this one...); this is
the subject of the forward below. There will be a teach-in this weekend
sponsored by Rainforest Action Network.
Finally, the info on the two books on the board are:
* Virginia Valian, "Why so Slow? the Advancement of Women," 1998.
* Frances Conley, "Walking out on the Boys," 1996?
Felix AuYeung
Energy Lab MIT
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Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 17:06:31 -0500
From: Kim Foster <fosterk@gis.net>
SOLIDARITY ACTIONS DURING THE NEXT 2 WEEKS FOR THE U'WA
Thankyou everyone for your immediate response.
Join Rainforest Action Network, Amnesty International, Just Earth
Network, Boston Global Action Network, and friends for a vigil in
solidarity with the U'WA people.
When: January 23, 2000 3:00 - 5:30 pm
Where: Harvard Square, between Au Bon Pain and Cambridge Savings bank
Hot drinks and soup catered by The Bread of Life
bring signs and warm clothes.
Contact: Kim Foster, Northeast coordinator, Rainforest Action Network
781-321-8674 email fosterk@gis.net
At 5:30 we will head over to Davis Square for the teach-in
TEACH-IN FOR THE U'WA 6:00 - 7:30 pm. 259 Davis Square, on the red line.
If your facing Mike's restaurant its a couple of doors on your right.
Speakers include: Matthew Knoester, Colombia Support Network, Steve
Kretsman, Amazon Watch who is targeting Al Gore in NewHampshire and Kim
Foster, Rainforest Action Network. We will also discuss the possibility
of holding vigils during the week at Fidelity Headquarters in downtown
Boston and have a brief planning meeting for Feb. 3rd.
DEMONSTRATION AT GORE HEADQUARTERS IN NH Wednesday January 26, 12
noon there will be a demonstration at Gore Headquarters, Manchester, NH
on the corner of Elm and Myrtle St. their phone number is 603-622-8303.
We will meet in the parking lot across the street. Bring signs.
SOLIDARITY ACTION FOR THE U'WA AT FIDELITY, Febuary 3, 3:30 155
Congress St. Fidelity is located on the corner of Congress and
Franklin, and across from the park in Post Office Square.
For more information or to get involved contact: Kim Foster,
Rainforest Action Network, 781-321-8674 email: fosterk@gis.net
cell: 781-308-4530
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