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Yassin Aref and Mohammed Hossain Defense Committee
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progressive events in the Hudson/Mohawk region click here
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Northeast Peace and Justice
Action Coalition
For links to organizations that attended
the founding NEPAJAC conference, click here
Bethlehem Neighbors for Peace
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Register Now!
National Anti-war Conference in Albany, NY,
July 23 – 25
All are welcome
The national anti-war movement will be coming to Albany, NY
on July 23 – 25 to forge better unity among the diverse groups, assess the
state of the movement and decide on an action plan to move us forward in
the coming months. The groups
co-sponsoring the conference at this time are: After Downing Street, Arab American Union Members Council,
Bail Out the People Movement, Black
Agenda Report, Campus Antiwar Network, Campaign for Peace and Democracy, Citizen Soldier, Code Pink, Grandmothers Against the War, Granny Peace Brigade, International
Action Center, Iraq Veterans Against
the War, Military Families Speak Out, May 1st Workers and Immigrant
Rights Coalition, National Assembly
to End the Iraq
and Afghanistan
Wars and Occupations, National Lawyers
Guild, Office of the Americas,
Peace Action, Peace of the Action, Progressive Democrats of America, Project Salam, September
Eleventh Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, The Fellowship of
Reconciliation, U.S. Labor Against the War, Veterans for
Peace, Voices
for Creative Nonviolence, Voters for Peace,Women’s International
League for Peace and Freedom, The
World Can’t Wait.
Keynote Speakers:
NOAM CHOMSKY, Internationally renowned political activist, author, and
critic of U.S.
foreign and domestic policies, MIT Professor Emeritus of Linguistics and
Nobel Prize Winner
DONNA DEWITT,
President, South Carolina AFL-CIO; Co-Chair, South Carolina Progressive
Network; Steering Committee, U.S. Labor Against the War; Administrative
Body, National Assembly to End the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars and
Occupations
Additional Speakers: Joel
Kovel, Dahlia Wasfi, Leila Zand, Cheri Honkala, Medea Benjamin, Kathy
Kelly, Michael McPhearson, Nada Khader, Larry Holmes, Glen Ford, Blanca
Missé, Pam Africa, Cindy Sheehan, Fahima
Vorgetts, Isabel Garcia, Ann Wright (partial
list)
PANEL
ON POLITICAL REPRESSION, GUANTANAMO,
MUSLIM POLITICAL PRISONERS
Hear statements from political prisoners Attorney
Lynne Stewart, Mumia Abu-Jamal, Imam Aref and speakers from
Project Salam, the Muslim Solidarity Committee, and the Center for
Constitutional Rights
The conference will
be held at the Crowne
Plaza hotel in Albany. Please
register now at http://www.nationalpeaceconference.org
For more information
call 518-227-6947 or www.nationalpeaceconference.org
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Thousands
Rally on March 20, the 7th Anniversary of the Invasion of Iraq
Thousands marches and
rallied in Washington, DC, San Francisco, Los Angeles and other cities on
the 7th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq to protest the Iraq
and Afghanistan wars and occupations. Three
full buses came from our region to the Washington march. For
a full report see the blog by Jack Smith of New Paltz by clicking here
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Protest the Drones at Hancock
Field
Sunday, November 15, 1:30-2:15 PM
Hancock Field Main Entrance, 6001 E Molloy Rd
250 people attended the very successful protest
See
a video of the protest Here
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Back to the Streets
250
people participated in the October 17th peace rally on the 8th
anniversary of the invasion of Afghanistan. The Albany
rally was one of 50 that took place across the county.
Nationally,
the rallies were called by the National
Assembly to End the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars and Occupations and
supported by close to 200 other organizations.
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Over 100 People took to the Streets in Albany to protest on
the 5th Anniversary of the Arrest of Yassim Aref and Mohammed
Hossain.
On Tuesday,
August 4, 2009 over 100 people marched through the streets of
Albany, NY to protest the FBI crime of
tricking Yassim Aref and Mohammed Hossain into doing something that could
look as if it was illegal and then putting them in jail for 15
years. The protesters marched from
downtown Albany
to a rally at the Masjid As-Salam Mosque, where both men worshiped. The
march and rally was sponsored by the Muslim Solidarity Committee and a
number of other local peace and justice groups. The Troy Record article on the march
and rally can be found on the link below. Click
here for the Troy Record Article on the March and Rally
For some thoughts on the 5th anniversary
of the Arrest by Joe Lombardo, please click here
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Jeanne Finley
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Jeanne Finley
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Jeanne Finley
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Single-Payer
Health Care Now
Friday, June
12, 5:30 pm – 10 pm,
The Linda Norris Auditorium, 339
Central Ave., Albany, New York. Everybody In,
Nobody Out: Jammin’ for a Single-Payer National Health Plan. This event
features music and entertainment by the bands Broadcast Live and Mother
Mcrees, the disk jockey Jardread, and the humorist Gregor Wynnyczuk.
Come and listen and dance to the music, learn about single payer
health care and maybe learn a few chants. Light refreshment will be
provided with a cash bar for beer, wine, and non-alcoholic
beverages. Admission is based on ability to pay with a suggested
contribution of $10-25.The event is co-sponsored by Single Payer New York,
Capital District Alliance for Universal Healthcare, Hunger Action Network
of New York State, Troy Area Labor Council, and The Capital District Area
Labor Federation.For more information contact Connie LaPorta at
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On January 28th, 2009, Bethlehem Neighbors for Peace held a
recognition dinner to honor Scott Ritter for the relentless struggle he has
pursued in the name of truth and justice. BNP also celebrated its 6th birthday.
Letters
honoring Scott were read from Danial Ellsberg, US Army Colonel Ann Wright,
author Michael Parenti and other local and national figures.
BNP was formed
right before the invasion of Iraq
and has continued to resist our government’s war drive in Iraq, Afghanistan and other parts of
the world for 6 years. Scott Ritter,
besides his work nationally has spoken at may BNP sponsored events
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Report on
meeting with Iranian President Ahmadinajad
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4th
Anniversary Commemoration of the Arrests of YASSIN AREF & MOHAMMED
HOSSAIN
100
people marched from the Masjid As-Salam Mosque to down town Albany where a vigil
in support of Yassim Aref and Mohammed Hossain was held on Friday, August 22, 2008.
On Saturday, August 23, 2008,
55 people attended a conference on the case along with other similar
frame-up cases of Muslims. Out of the
Saturday conference, a new organization called the Muslim innocents project
was formed. A link to the new web
site will follow as soon as it is set up.
Below is
a picture of participants at the conference
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Over 400 people attended the National Assembly
to End the War in Iraq and Afghanistan in Cleveland during the weekend of
June 28 – 29. The conference was a
great step forward towards bringing unity to the anti-war movement and
strengthening our movement on a national level. Click here to go to the National Assembly
Web site for a full report on the conference.
Craig Smiths letter on the situation on the Albany Docks
that the Times Union would not print
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NEPAJAC’s
Peace and Sustainability Conference on April 11 and 12, 2008 was a big
success. The Friday evening rally
was attended by 275 people. The
Saturday conference was attended by 200.
Featured presenters included:
Cindy
Sheehan: Peace activist, candidate for Congress, Gold Star Mom
for Peace
Victor
Sidel : Co-founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility
Elliott
Adams : National President of Veterans for Peace
Steve
Breyman: Project Coordinator for climate neutral government and
institutional operations for the NYS Climate Change office.
And several
member of Iraq Veterans Against the War including several active
duty soldiers from Fort
Drum.
Click
here for some photos of the conference
Cindy Sheehan also spoke at Union College
and Vic Sidel spoke at the Albany Medical school while they were in the area.
Cindy with some Iraq
Vets at the conference
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Anniversary
March Against the War: Remembering the Fallen
On March
22, 2008 over 600 people participated in the 5th
Anniversary march and rally against the war in Iraqi (see www.RememberingTheFallen.org). As we rallied, the 4,000th
American Soldier died in this illegal and immoral war. At the rally, which took place in
downtown Albany in the Capital
West Park,
participants set up a display with the names of nearly 4,000 of the fallen US
soldiers and also the identities of 4,000 Iraqi civilians who have
died.
For coverage of the rally by the Times Union, click here
For pictures of last years 4th anniversary
rally in Albany
of over 1,000 people, go to: Album 1
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“Bring
Them Home,” a song by Mo Hannah performed by Mo Hannah and Joe Lombardo with
Dave Pallas on Bass
For more
information: call, 518-439-1968 or e-mail jlombard@nycap.rr.com
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