Yomango Style
"Presentation and workshop by Yomango. Yomango is a brand name whose goal is not the sale of products but lifestyles, just like with all the other big brands. However, in the case of Yomango, the lifestyle is based on shoplifting as a form of disobedience and direct action against multinational corporations. Just as the market captures desires, expectations and experiences and sells them back as products, the Yomango style promotes the reapropriation of what was once part of the commons. Yomango is an open-ended process generating tools, prototypes, and dynamics that flow and proliferate, waiting to be re-appropriated.
Yomango is an artivist collective that originated in Spain, and now has franchises in Argentina, Chile, Mexico, and Germany. They can be found in galleries, in the streets, and at mobilizations around the globe.
Yomango is not about stealing, nor does it condone any illegal act, it doesn't even have to do with shoplifting anything. Yomango makes visible a very concrete reality: people shoplift. Yomango is an attempt to understand why. Some possible hypothesis have started to turn up: the instability in which most of the people today live could be one possible reason. Another could be the abusive policies of the multinational corporations which govern the market and hence, the planet. For that reason, Yomango says: Yomango is not theft! It is property which is theft.
The Change You Want to See Gallery and Convergence Stage is a project of Not an Alternative, a Brooklyn-based arts collective. In support of creative resistance to the Republican National Convention last summer, Not an Alternative offered resources to artists and groups in the form of a space, arts materials, production crews, and organizing support." [found via NonSenseNYC]
Date: Sunday, March 6th
Time: 2:00pm
Venue: The Change You Want to See Gallery (84 Havemeyer St., Williamsburg)
Cost: Free
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The Future of the Planet is in Your Hands
“It is evident that many wars are fought over resources which are now becoming increasingly scarce. If we conserved our resources better, fighting over them would not then occur…so, protecting the global environment is directly related to securing peace…those of us who understand the complex concept of the environment have the burden to act. We must not tire, we must not give up, we must persist.”
Professor Wangari Maathai, 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and founder of the Green Belt Movement, gives her first public lecture in New York City tonight. Copies will be available for sale and Maathai will be signing. Come early as space is limited
Date: Tuesday, March 8th
Time: 7:15pm
Venue: Cooper Union (7 East 7th Street at Cooper Square)
Cost: Free
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Protest of Greater New York 2005
The Brainstormers are up in arms about the current Greater NY Show opening today at PS1. Apparently, only 1/3 of the participating artists in the show are female while most MFA programs in the tri-state area are woman dominated. Today, they protest the opening of the exhibition so bring a blank t-shirt to be "brainstormified" and make your way out to LIC. Complete press release below the fold, full info on their website.
Date: Sunday, March 13th
Time: 12:00pm
Venue: Meet at Crane Street off of Jackson Ave, across from PS1
Cost: Free
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Brainstormers
info@brainstormersreport.net
BRAINSTORMERS REPORT: SEVERELY CLOUDED CURATING
BROOKLYN, NY: Come to the opening of 'Greater New York' at PS1 and feast your eyes on the shocking gender inequality that is still silencing women in the New York art world! Sunday, March 13th, 12-6pm
Though PS1 positions itself as a venue for cutting edge work, it clearly has not overcome historical prejudices that privilege men over women. The system is still broken, and the efforts made by the PS1 staff to examine work from a wide range of artists were severely flawed.
On Monday, March 7th, the press office at PS1 released the following numbers about the gender balance of the show:
100 men > 50 women
in other words
33% < acceptable
• PS1 Curators achieved a perfect reflection of the New York Gallery World: In a survey of 50 New York Galleries, we found that only 35% of the artists are women.
• But 33% is NOT an adequate reflection of the Artist World: a study of MFA enrollment in the New York area returned consistent statistics proving that women make up the GREAT MAJORITY (over 60%) of today’s MFA artists.
We will NOT allow MoMA, PS1, and the New York gallery system to perpetuate this outrageous and outdated statistic.
We will NOT stand to have our public artistic dialogue dominated by curatorial catastrophes.
WE DEMAND AN EXPLANATION FOR GETTING P.ublicly S.crewed 1 more time!
The Year is 2005. It is time for the art world to put discrimination in the past once and for all.
Please visit our new website for more details and statistics on how YOU can HELP!
www.brainstormersreport.net
JOIN THE BRAINSTORMERS ON SUNDAY TO CONFRONT THE CURATORS!
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Viva La Resistance
Whenever it comes time to stand up against the war in Iraq, I suddenly have a flashback to a song from the South Park movie where Kyle sings "I can be political too." In all seriousness though, this weekend will mark two years since the United States invaded Iraq. Today, in cities around the world there will be marches and peace rallies urging that U.S. Troops to leave the region. In New York City, Troops Out Now has planned a march from Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem, to Central Park, and then to Bloomberg's house. They are expecting thousands to attend, so expect a heavy police presence.
Date: Saturday, March 19th
Time: 10am-3pm
Location: Various locations
Cost: Free
"Hey, you hear that? Sounds like a giraffe's dying over there!"
(sorry I couldn't resist)
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Theatre of War Release Party
Join Up-Set Press Inc. and Tribes Gallery to celebrate this debut collection of A collection of socialist, surrealist poetry and prose,Theater of War parodies the rhetoric of the U.S. National Security Strategy Report, exposing the fascist machinations of the Bush administration. Presented with unforgiving humor, disjunctive syntax, and subversive wordplay, Theater of War removes the earplugs that "defend" us from dissent.
Date: Sunday, March 20th
Time: 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Venue: Tribes Gallery at 285 East Third Street (Between C & D)
Cost: Free with RSVP
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Corporate Media Ownership and Its Threat to Democracy
"The current climate of American journalism is fraught with incestuous relations between government and a handful of Fortune 500 corporations that own and operate news organizations. From News Corporation’s Fox News, General Electric’s NBC, Viacom’s CBS, Disney’s ABC, and Time Warner’s CNN to Clear Channel’s massive radio empire, what the mainstream media present as "news" has become largely a "paid political announcement" born of favor trading, conflict of interest, and self-serving, bottom-line corporate logic. As a result of such accommodationism, American viewers receive a homogenized, censored version of reality and the watchdog of American democracy, the press, has become a docile instrument of governmental authority and big money."
Arthur Kent, Danny Schechter, Pete Tridish, and Mark Cooper, contributors to Prometheus Book's newly-published News Incorporated, are joined by journalists Mark Crispin Miller, Greg Palast, and Kristina Borjesson, in a panel discussion on Corporate Media Ownership and Its Threat to Democracy, led by the editor of News Incorporated, Elliot Cohen.
Date: Thursday, March 24th
Time: 6:00pm
Venue: Small Press Center at The General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen Library (22 West 44th Street)
Cost: Free
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Is There A New Blacklist?
Listen, I went to a small liberal arts writing college, where I studied anthropology and cultural studies, every once and a while I may throw some random, left wing, politcal or cultural event at you. And while it may not be the most exciting of the things we post about on here, you should try and attend a few, 'casue its good for you. That being said, tonight, swing by Cooper Union for a panel discussion about the dissapearance of dissenting oppinions on college campuses and in the media. "Panel includes: Tariq Ali- Radical icon, public intellectual and author of Street-Fighting Years and Speaking of Empire & Resistance; Joseph Massad- Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia University; Sara Roy- Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University; and Monique Dols- Columbia University Campus Anti-War Network. Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now!, is the moderator."
Date: Wednesday, April 13th
Time: 7pm
Location: Cooper Union, The Great Hall, 7 E. 7th st
Cost: Free
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Rock Your Refund
"While the super rich are benefiting from tax cuts, other things are being cut, too: after school programs, HIV/AIDS programs, affordable housing and more. Put your refund where your outrage is: ROCK YOUR REFUND to help close loopholes, invest in America and make sure our country has the tax justice it deserves. Donate part of your refund to Citizens for Tax Justice, the leading organization lobbying for a more equitable tax system - and we mean truly fair, not the fake "flat tax" or other garbage Republicans have proposed that try to swindle Americans into a system that's really only good for the top 1%." Hip hop, breakbeat, and all things funky provided by DJ Shakeyface.
Date: Friday, April 15
Time: 10:00 pm
Venue: The Tank (432 West 42nd Street Between 9th and 10th Avenues)
Cost: Free (suggested donation)
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Secession Town Hall and Cabaret
Just when you thought saving Williamsburg from the greedy developers was a big enough task, Jason Flores-Williams is back to continues his "secession NYC" movement. Jason will speak again tonight followed by a 45 minute Vermont-style town hall meeting. Then, the mayhem continues with Little Miss Big Mouth secession cabaret and DJ Erek Tynker. Check out Flores-Williams "A Call to Secession" if you are unsure what all of this is about.
Date: Saturday, April 16th
Time: 6:00pm
Venue: Union Pool (484 Union Ave in Williamsburg)
Cost: $5
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Ganja Gathering
Not that we here at FreeNYC advocate the recreational use of marijuana (I mean, afterall, my mom reads this website!) but today is the NYC Global Marijuana March/Rally. Expect a parade, a rally with bands, and lots of conversations about pot (smoking it, legalizing it, medicinal use, etc.) The walk begins at Broadway and Houston and finishes at Battery Park. A word of warning my friends, there will most likely be a heavy police presence for such an event, so proceed accordingly.
Date: Saturday, May 7th
Time: 2:30pm - 6:30pm
Locatation: B'way and Houston to Battery Park
Cost: Free
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Who's Down With D4D
Downtown For Democracy helps us do something we rarely get to do...take part in the democratic process. This weekend you will be able to directly speak with all of the Democrats who are running for Mayor of our fine city. I tihnk this may be one of those speak now or forever hold your peace type situations.
Date: Sunday, May 22
Time: 5pm - 7p,
Location: Wonderland, 14 East 27th
Cost: Free
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Brooklyn For Free
Sometimes we need an event like this to remind us that this lil borough of ours, and in particular Williamsburg, stands for more than just being too-cool-for-school, but also cultural, political, and artistic freedoms that have traditionally been associated with the area. So today the fine folks over at Brooklyn Underwater Entertainment have set up a lil block party-get together-jamboree to remind us of those things "with a focus on environmental sustainability, affordable housing, DIY art and music, street culture, and craft workshops."
Over the course of the day expect "local artists, crafters, and vendors will sell their wares, and community activists will distribute information on topics ranging from fuel alternatives to neighborhood preservation." On hand will be groups like Williamsburg Warriors, Bluestockings and B.I.O. Bus
And of course no day in Brooklyn would be complete with out some good music from local DJs? So check out Chrome (Blackkat), Jason BK (Blackkak), Vitamindevo vs Biancadino, The Amazing Jordan, Miko (Wanderlust, The Kin), GERALD (Other Music) and Synapase (Beautiful/decay).
Date: Saturday, July 30th
Time: 11am - 7pm
Location: Bedford and N. 7th, Williamsburg
Cost: Free
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AntiWar Dance Fest
"Because poor communities of color continue to be aggressively recruited by the U.S. Armed forces, because young soldiers continue to die, because destruction and death continue to hit innocent Iraqi civilians each day, we invite you to dance for peace dance for freedom dance against the occupation of Iraq. Dancers, poets, speakers, and other cultural groups will gather on this day to express their resistance against the current war. Event organized by Ollin Imagination, an activist group that uses creative forms of art for political expression. Performers include Cetiliztli Nauhcampa (Aztec Dance Group), Ellen Xiao Feng Guidone (Indonesian Dance), Tatiana Rodrigues (Traditional Indian Dance), Los Bomberos de Brooklyn (Afro-Puerto Rican Dance Group), Jeremiah Hosea (from Earth Driver), Nuyorican poet Rafael Landrón, Erika De LaRosa from the Mahina Movement, and many others."
Date: Sunday, July 31st
Time: 11:00am - 4:00pm
Venue: Union Square Park North (broadway and 17th street)
Cost: Free
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In Our Hearts Opening
"In Our Hearts Infoshop is finally opening today. We've been raising money for years and after looking for a space we finally have at least a temporary one. Right now we have a pretty big lending library of good, non-boring radical books, free Internet and food on Sunday. We hope to organize soccer games, free food, skillshares, and art and lots of hanging out at the space in the next few months. The space is open for anyone interested in using it, please get in touch, and stop."
Date: Sunday, July 31st
Time: 3:00pm
Venue: 131 Grand Street (between Bedford and Berry, Williamsburg)
Cost: Free
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DIY: The Aesthetics of Life
"Invisible NYC in collaboration with Metro Color Collision is pleased to present DIY: The Aesthetics of Life. Unlike other group shows, the artists here have created works directly pertaining to their lives as artists who choose to dissociate from corporate strongholds and make their own clothes, jewelry, stuffed animals or anything that turns unique art objects into a lifestyle and vice versa. Did they figure out the perfect existence to incorporate punk rock productivity and creative innovations? Their creative drive is entirely infused into their daily existence; for them, art is inextricably linked to life as creation is the sole means of survival. This exhibition hopes to convey not only their DIY aesthetics of self-reliance and self-sufficiency but also a philosophy carried on in the true spirit of modern anarchy."
Date: Thursday, August 4th (through September 3rd)
Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Venue: InvisibleNYC (148 Orchard Street, between Stanton and Rivington)
Cost: Free
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Ring Out
Hundreds (maybe thousands?) will gather tonight in Central Park for a participatory memorial observance of the 60th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Ring Out will provide the bells. Check the site for full details.
Date: Friday, August 5th
Time: 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Venue: Arthur Ross Pinetum, Central Park (click for directions)
Cost: Free
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Hala Faisal Protests Nude
Hala Faisal, a Syrian-born artist, protests the war in Iraq and the "occupation of Palestine" by appearing nude in public. All are welcome to join.
Date: August 9th
Time: 12:30 pm
Venue: Washington Square Park
Cost: Free
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Critical Tits
So the best I can figure everyone loves breasts. I mean, I love mine, as do most girls. And I can imagine there are one or two guys out there who may like breasts as well. Anyway, the point to all this is that recently in NYC a woman was jailed for refusing to put a shirt on. "It is a man's as well as a woman's right to bare her chest in NYC" according to penal code 245.1" Sunday there will be a demonstation at Tavern on the Green in honor of this right. "Whether you choose to bike or blade, do it topless -- and demonstrate everyone's right to bare their chest." Also, bring markers as writing on your body is highly encouraged.
Date: Sunday, August 14th
Time: 2pm
Location: Taver on the Green, 67th Street and Central Park West
Cost: Free
[Just a reminder, its not cool just to go and gawk at boobies, so if you go you better be topless and written on. -Ed]
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We are Traffic
Join Time's Up, the organizer's of Critical Mass, tonight for a free screening of We Are Traffic. This Critical Mass documentary, directed by Ted White, "chronicles the first seven years of Critical Mass, one of the most spirited and dynamic social/political developments of the apathetic 90s. In over 400 cities, Critical Mass has become a monthly ritual of reclaiming the streets by cyclists riding en masse." White's other documentary, Scorcher which is "a look at bike culture and bike lifestyles around the world with inspiring scenes of bike use filmed in China, the Netherlands, Denmark, and the U.S." will be aired afterwards
Date: Thursday, August 25th
Time: 8:00 PM
Venue: TIME'S UP! Space, (49 E. Houston St. between Mott and Mulberry)
Cost: Free
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Save CBGB's
So this little rock club place you may have heard of, I think it's called CBGB's or something, is in danger of having to close down. Today in Washinton Square Park, CBGS's sets up camp for a lil benefit show featuring The Chesterfield Kings, Bouncing Souls, Blondie, Institute, and The Charm.
Date: Wednesday, August 31st
Time: 3pm - 7pm
Location: Washington Square
Cost: Suggested donation of $5
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Mayoroke: A Drinking Liberally Special Event
I heart The Tank...
"Promote democracy one poorly sung cover tune at a time. Candidates for Mayor and other offices gather to sing and stump their way to City Hall... Drinking Liberally -- the national network of progressive social clubs that began in New York City -- is hosting a special event on Thursday, September 1 to connect candidates with a dynamic, young, engaged audience... Mayoroke will be a chance for candidates to reach out to progressive New Yorkers in a fun, social environment that will get good press for everyone."
Date: Thursday, September 1
Time: 7:30pm
Location: The Tank, 208 West 37th St.
Cost: Free
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Unconstitutional
Back in middle school I guess it is, you learn about the Bill of Right and Civil Liberities, etc. In case you have forgetten any of this, the Manhattan Libertarian Party has set up a screening of the film, Unconstitutional. The film "reveals how paranoia, fear and racial and ethnic profiling have led to the subjugation of our constitutional rights, without protecting us from future terrorist attack. Through personal stories, the film explores how detentions and police infiltration of ordinary Americans has been based solely on unconstitutional directives from the White House and the Justice Department." A discussion with Udi Ofer of the NYCLU will follow.
Date: Wednesday, September 14th
Time: 7:30pm
Venue: Ukrainian East Village Restaurant , 140 Second Avenue
Cost: Free with RSVP
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Peace One Day Screening
Peace One Day is the story of one man’s attempts to persuade the global community via the United Nations to officially sanction a global ceasefire day; a day of non-violence; a day of Peace. This documentary charts the remarkable 5-year journey of the filmmaker as he meets heads of state, Noble Peace Laureates, aid agencies, freedom fighters, media moguls, the innocent victims of war and, eventually, everyone who was anyone at the UN. Tonight is your chance to catch a free screening of this powerful documentary. Announcements by director Jeremy Gilley, Jonny Lee Miller, and Angelina Jolie afterwards
Date: Tuesday September 20th
Time: Doors at 6:00pm, Screening at 7:45 (please arrive early)
Venue: Ziegfeld Theatre (141 West 54th between 6th and 7th)
Cost: Free with RSVP
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Free the Bike Lane!
I can't imagine riding a bike in the city. For the sake of those who do, Time's Up presents: Bike Lane Liberaton Day. Join the Clown Brigade as they ticket vehicles parked in the bike lane. Help keep city streets safe for everyone!
Date: Tuesday, September 27th
Time: 7pm
Venue: Jefferson Market Library: 425 6th Avenue at 10th Street
Cost: Free
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Poland on the Front Page
In a celebration of the 25th Anniversary of Polands Soliderity Movement, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and former Polish President Lech Walesa launches Poland on the Front Page. "The exhibition features blow-ups of front pages from the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post that highlight Solidarity; as well as covers of Time, Newsweek, and the New York Times Magazine, and press photographs by Erazm Ciolek from the so-called “Polish decade” of 1979-1989. In this period, the three aforementioned dailies devoted to Poland over 2,000 front-page stories. The exhibition is curated by Ewa Zadrzynska." Runs through October 27th.
Date: Wednesday, September 28th
Time: 11:00am
Location: Union Square (14th Street and Broadway)
Cost: Free
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Ad Hoc Festival
Ad Hoc is a festival of "social marketing" designed to teach you how to execute your political agenda. Today there is both a great panel discussion and a great film screening.
Loud and Clear - Unconventional and Effective Ways to be Seen & Heard (Panel Discussion - 5:00 - 7:00)
"Join creative minds from Renegade Marketing Group, Improv Everywhere, and Billionaires for Bush for a panel discussion on creative messaging techniques. The discussion will be followed by a Q & A for attendees. The panelists will also be available for one-on-one consultation with any competing teams to discuss the progress on their own social marketing campaigns."
Blue Vinyl (Film Screening - 8:00pm)
"A Toxic Comedy Look at Vinyl, The World's Second Largest Selling Plastic. With humor, hope and a piece of vinyl siding firmly in hand, Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Judith Helfand and co-director Daniel B. Gold travel from Helfand’s hometown to America’s vinyl manufacturing capital and beyond in search of answers about the nature of polyvinyl chloride (PVC). Her parents’ decision to “re-side” their house with this seemingly benign cure-all for many suburban homes turns into a toxic odyssey with twists and turns that most ordinary homeowners wouldnever dare to take. The result is a humorous but sobering and uniquely personal exploration of the relationship between consumers and industry in the feature-length documentary Blue Vinyl, which won the cinematography award in the documentary competition at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival and was subsequently broadcast on HBO.
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Date: Thursday, September 29th
Time: 5:00pm
Location: The Tank @ Chashama (208 W 37th St.)
Cost: Free
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Reflections on the Future Salon
"Reflections on the Future will examine the nature of politics at the start of the 21st Century. It seems that the traditional conception of Left and Right means less than ever. This trend was vividly apparent in the 2004 election, when few on either side were excited by their party's own platform. Political positions were defined negatively. Liberals were rarely for Kerry so much as against Bush. Conservatives were not so much united behind Bush as they were against liberals. Even the categories 'liberal' and 'conservative' seemed increasingly meaningless amidst independent, libertarian, neoconservative, moderate, or simply apathetic voters."
Date: Friday, September 30th
Time: 6:30pm
Location: CUNY Graduate Center (365 5th Ave)
Cost: Free
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Tour a Greenpeace Ship
Meet the captain and crew of the Greeenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise, take a free tour of the ship, and participate in an interactive exhibit on the effects of global warming on NYC. Continues Sunday. Advanced registration recommended.
Date: Saturday, October 1st
Time: 11:00am - 5:00pm
Location: Pier 59, Chelesea (23rd and Hudson)
Cost: Free
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A Solar Party
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o2NYC has joined up with Solar1, Bright Power and ConEd Solutions to cohost a solar music party, green power sign up drive and ecodesign market. Part festival, part sustainable product marketplace, this all-day, free outdoor event will connect green designers and entrepreneurs to the public in an energized atmosphere of music, dance and celebration. It will feature an eclectic lineup of accomplished DJs and musical acts, including Matthias Heilbronn (Wave Music); Cato (Turntables on the Hudson); Marc-Allan Gray (LoveSlap); Corey Backer (Unknown People); Natasha DeGraff (KillDJ); Red Robot, and other special guests. Amplification for the event will be powered entirely by Solar One’s 3.5 kWh Photovoltaic array. Bar and refreshments will be provided courtesy of the Brooklyn Brewery, Habana Outpost, and Sambazon. Other partners in the event include some of the city’s most notable green retailers, including 3R Living, IIKH, Build it Green, and Vivavi.com. It will also be host to New York’s first ever Green Power Sign Up Drive, sponsored by ConEd Solutions. The Drive will aim to enlist the maximum number of new clean electricity (wind and/or low impact Hydro) customers throughout the day. Incentives and gifts will be available to those who choose to sign up at the event.
Date: Saturday, October 1st
Time: 1:00pm - 7:00pm
Location: Solar1 (Stuyvesant Cove Park 2420 FDR Drive at 23rd Street)
Cost: Free
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Cargo Cult Street Party
Being: The culmination of years of hard labor and brutal ritual, the final push that will get the runway done, the ancestors pleased, the planes back, and deliver to us the abundant cargo that we so, so deserve; featuring: merchant marines, brazen brass, exceedingly clever flying machines, cardboard communication, synchronized semaphore, lighthouses, ropework, Melanesia, control towers, morse code, dazzling displays of ritual dance, arbitrary and capricious blood letting, sacred Jello, red crosses, gigantic, gimpy John Frum, sea chanteys, and your helping hands when they are needed the most.
Beware of swashbuckling pirates, unsympathetic Red Cross workers, and John Frum. If you follow the signs and complete the ritual, you will be amply rewarded for your faith. Watch for the arrival of the Vanuatu Air Fleet for your first clue. Be late and you will miss it. Bring libations, a Metro card and be prepared to walk. After party at the Carriage House, 59th St. Bet 2nd & 3rd Ave.
Date: Sunday, October 2nd
Time: 4:00pm
Location: 14 Honewy Locusts Part (59th between 1st and 2nd)
Cost: Free
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After the March
"Panelists and members of the audience will discuss the Sept, 24 anti Iraq war demonstration in Washington, D.C. and the next steps for the anti-war movement. Panelistsfrom a number of groups, including ANSWER, Blue Triangle Network, Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, Palestine Activist Forum of New York, the Poor People’s March, and United for Peace and Justice, have been invited.
Date: Wednesday, October 5th
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Brecht Forum (451 West Street between Bank and Bethune streets)
Cost: Free
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Voices from Death Row
Voices from Death Row is a national speaking tour to raise awareness and end the death penalty. "Hear the stories of men and women who have survived the horrors of death row. Former death row prisoners, family members and activists reveal the truth about the death penalty and the injustices of our criminal justice system. Their stories give voice to the voiceless and put a human face on the death penalty." Speakers include Lawrence Hayes (a former death row prisoner and Black Panther), Monique Matthews (sister of exonerated Louisiana death row prisoner Ryan Matthews), and Billy Sothern (anti-death penalty lawyer from New Orleans.) [found on Contested Terrain]
Date: Thursday, October 6th
Time: 7:30pm
Location: City College - Harlem, NAC Building 1st floor (137th Street and Amsterdam Ave)
Cost: Free
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Eyes Wide Open comes to NYC
Eyes Wide Open is a powerful exhibit on the cost of the war in Iraq. "The exhibit includes a pair of boots honoring each U.S. military casualty; a field of shoes and a wall of remembrance to memorialize the Iraqis killed in the conflict; and a multimedia display exploring the history, cost and consequences of the war." Visitors are encouraged to leave "notes of commemoration, photographs of lost soldiers, identification tags, flowers, and American flags to accompany the boots on their journey."
Watch the story of Eyes Wide Shut.
Sign the Iraq peace petition.
Date: Tuesday, October 11th - 14th
Time: n/a
Location: Cathedral of St. John the Divine (Amsterdam Avenue at 112th Street)
Cost: Free
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Walk the Tunnel
"On the morning of Saturday October 15th, thousands of New Yorkers will be walking through the Lincoln Tunnel. Fresh air will be pumped into the tunnel and cars diverted to the other tubes. Public transport will be available to bring walkers back. The tunnel is just under 2 miles long, so it should take less than an hour. Walk-The-Tunnel is a once in a lifetime opportunity — for New York City history lovers, engineering buffs, those who like unusual events, or those just curious about the world's greatest city's hidden underside. It is also for people who care about ending AIDS, once and for all. Walk-The-Tunnel marks the first day of a march from New York City to Washington, DC, part of the The Campaign To End AIDS (C2EA). Hundreds of people concerned about HIV/AIDS will be walking for three weeks, from the Lincoln Tunnel to the Lincoln Memorial. At the same time, car and van caravans will be winding their way across the country from 8 other locations, converging on the nation's capital for a week of activism. These courageous activists have invited all New Yorkers to join them for the kick off of their historic walk."
Date: Saturday, October 15th
Time: 7:30am (kick off party)
Location: Meet in Times Square
Cost: Free
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Grandmas Against War
Are you a grandmother? Do you know one? If so, the Granmothers for Peace International need your help. This afternoon, Grandmothers from all over New York will invade the Time's Square army recruiting booth and try to enlist in the war in exchange for soldiers currently serving. Not a grandmother and still want to help? A larger group is needed to surround the outside of the recruiting center carrying signs, handing out opt-out material and information about the extreme dangers of depleted uranium having such a devastating effect on our military and their offspring."
Date: Monday, October 17th
Time: 12:00pm (arrive early to help protest)
Location: Time's Square Army Recruiting Office
Cost: Free
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Electronics Recycling - Bronx
You know all those old cell phones and computers you have laying around... well, they have toxic chemicals in them. SO, rather than tossing htem in a dumpster in hopes that some diver will fish them out, bring them to NYCWasteless' electronics collection station. Computer parts, TVs, cell phones, all will be recycled and disposed of in an environmental manner. Long Island City event takes place on the 23rd
Date: Saturday, October 22nd
Time: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Location: Mall at Bay Plaza (290 Baychester Avenue, Barnes & Noble Parking Lot, Bronx)
Cost: Free
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Brooklyn Peace Fair
The Brooklyn Peace Fair is a free day of performances, workshops, and children's activities about social justic and piece at the YWCA including an anti war march. Too much to write about so if this is for you then check the site for full info.
Date: Saturday, October 22nd
Time: 11:00am
Location: YWCA (30 Third Avenue at Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn)
Cost: Free
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Stop Police Brutality
"The October 22 Coalition to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation has been mobilizing every year since 1996 for a National Day of Protest on October 22, bringing together those under the gun and those not under the gun as a powerful voice to expose the epidemic of police brutality." This years protest will begin at Union Square at 2pm.
Date: Saturday, October 22nd
Time: 2pm
Location: Union Square
Cost: Free
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Electronics Recycling - Long Island City
You know all those old cell phones and computers you have laying around... well, they have toxic chemicals in them. SO, rather than tossing htem in a dumpster in hopes that some diver will fish them out, bring them to NYCWasteless' electronics collection station. Computer parts, TVs, cell phones, all will be recycled and disposed of in an environmental manner.
Date: Sunday, October 23rd
Time: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Location: Next to Long Island City Best Buy store (50th Street between Northern Boulevard and Newtown Road)
Cost: Free
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2000 Too Many
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Stealing words I'm feeling (from Contested Terrain)... "We have just received word that the moment we have been dreading has arrived: 2,000 U.S. servicepeople have now died in Iraq. We grieve for these two thousand men and women, killed in the prime of their lives, for a war based on lies, and we grieve for the tens of thousands of Iraqis who have also died in the chaos and carnage the Bush Administration has brought to their country. It's time to bring the troops home -- now. Not one more U.S. serviceperson should give his or her life to this senseless war. Not one more Iraqi should be killed. Not one more U.S. dollar should be spent sustaining this war and occupation."
"CNN has just reported grim news: 2,000 Americans soldiers have now died in Iraq. Join veterans, military families and United for Peace and Justice-NYC for a solemn vigil. Bring flowers to lay on the doorstep of the Recruiting Center and banners and signs."
Date: Wednesday, October 26th
Time: 6:00pm - 7:0pm
Location: Times Square Recruiting Center
Cost: Free
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Critcal Mass - Halloween Style
Whats better than riding your bike through the busy streets of New York with a couple hundred people??? Riding your bike through the busy streets with a couple hundred people wearing contumes!
Date: Friday, October 28th
Time: 7pm
Location: Ride begins in Union Square
Cost: Free
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Vote for the General Election
Today is the general election voting day and that includes deciding who our next Mayor is going to be. Maybe Bloomie will keep is seat, maybe Democrat Fernando Ferrer can beat out his mega millions. Only you can decide so get out there and make a difference! You can find all the time and place info here.
Date: Tuesday, November 8th
Time: 6:00am - 9:00pm
Location: Polling Stations throughout the city
Cost: Free
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System Failure Screening
"System Failure: Violence, Abuse and Neglect in the California Youth Authority offers testimony of the human rights violations taking place at the California Youth Authority (CYA), one of the largest youth correctional agencies in the country. Many youth languish in isolation cells, with little human contact and almost no education. The costs to the people of California both financially and in terms of public safety are enormous: $80,000 per year, per youth. Despite this huge price tag, more than 90% of CYA youths who leave the system are re-arrested within three years. Are rehabilitative, restorative justice models a more viable alternative to these 'punishment for punishment’s sake' correctional facilities? (2004. 30 min. Followed by discussion.)"
Date: Tuesday, November 15th
Time: 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Location: Whirlwind Creative Gallery (330 W 38th Street, Between 8th and 9th Ave., Suite 511)
Cost: Free
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The High Cost of Low Price
Robert Greenwald's Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price is a documentary look at the effect that Wal-Mart is having on small business and the living wage world wide. This is not a new battle but it is nice to see someone stand up and take the movement out of the hands of the easily avoided protesters and bring it onto the screen. Wal-Mart is trying desperately to stop this film from reaching the public so catch it now before the billions get it band.
Watch the Trailer Here
Date: Tuesday, November 15th
Time: 9:00pm
Location: Pete's Candy Store (709 Lorimer St, Williamsburg)
Cost: Free
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Jennifer Connelly for Human Rights
"To demonstrate the importance of exposing young children to human rights... Jennifer Connelly will join Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) to introduce author Joy Berry’s latest children’s book, Mine & Yours: Human Rights for Kids. The event marks the official start of a collaborative project that will incorporate the use of Mine & Yours in elementary schools nationwide. Dr. William Schulz, executive director of AIUSA, and Ms. Berry will lead a brief interactive program on human rights and responsibilities with third graders from P.S. 1 in the Bronx. Ms. Connelly, ambassador for AIUSA’s Human Rights Education program, will encourage educators and parents to engage in similar activities with their children, and will present 700 copies of the book to New York City’s elementary schools. Children will also perform “Mine and Yours,” one of the songs from the project’s accompanying CD, with world music group Chris Berry & Panjea."
Date: Wednesday, November 16th
Time: 10:30am
Location: New York Society for Ethical Culture (2 West 64th Street at Central Park West)
Cost: Free
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November Freedom Follies
"The free evening of pro-peace songs, poetry and performance excerpts, as well as reportage on key civil liberties issues is part of THAW’s ongoing, open, creative community forums known as the Freedom Follies. Every month THAW (Theatres Against War)'s Freedom Follies assemble a posse of rough and tumble NYC theater, poetry and music all-stars for performances, readings and speak-outs. Beginning in July of 2003, THAW's crew of volunteer artists has curated monthly extravanganzas of pro-peace/anti-war texts, illuminating a timely theme-of-the-month. Since then, hundreds of diverse artists and concerned citizens the world over have joined their voices in powerful dissent in gatherings of community, information and art."
Date: Monday, November 21st
Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Location: HERE Arts Center, (145 6th Ave. btwn Spring and Broome)
Cost: Free
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Buy Nothing Day
In a typical week I buy a bunch coffee at the corner deli, spend $8 everyday on over priced take out lunch, drinks at numerous bars, maybe a cd or another superflous clothing item that I could really have done without. All these purchases really do is make me fat and poor. So today, Black Friday, the biggest shoping day of the year, join Adbusters in their BND or Buy Nothing Day. Your family is all in town and there is a ton of leftovers, so dont get sucked into the shopping, have yourselves a typical dysfunctional family day and play some cards or something, drive each other crazy and enjoy your non-consumerism.
Date: Friday, November 25th
Time: all day long
Venue: United States of America
Cost: All sorts of Free
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Are You Playing a Dangerous CD
So here's a little story for you... Last month I was in Tokyo and I bought a couple local CDs (at $27 each!). So then I got home, and they won't play in my computer because they are "copy protected." Now, if you are like me, you don't own a CD player, you have a laptop, and iPod , and maybe some other digital music playing device. So what do you do? Get mad and protest, that's what. Join NYU's Free Culture tonight outside of Tower Records as they protest Sony's DRM copy protection format. Download the informational flyer here.
Date: Wednesday, November 30th
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Tower Records (East 4th and Broadway)
Cost: Free
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Letters from Young Activists
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The editor and the writers of Letters from Young Activist take the stage tonight for a reading and question session. "In letters addressed to their parents, to past generations, to each other, to the youth of tomorrow and to their future selves, the authors articulate their vision for the world as they work towards racial, economic, gender, environmental and global justice. As the editors write in their introduction: 'From globalization to the war on terrorism and beyond, our generation is impelled to action in the midst of a rapidly changing and unique political moment…. Our challenge, and yours, is to live our lives in a way that does not make a mockery of our values.'"
Date: Thursday, December 1st
Time: 7:00pm
Location: CUNY Grad Center Room C198 (34th and 5th Avenue)
Cost: Free
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Stop Global Warming Day
While George W. Bush may not believe in global warming, the rest of the world does. "From November 28th to December 9th representatives from 150 or more nations will be meeting at a Climate Conference in Montreal, Canada. The vast majority of those present will be signers of the Kyoto Protocol on global warming. They will be discussing the latest developments with this deepening world crisis and what should be done about it...The representatives of the United States government, however, will be present working behind the scenes to try to block any positive action." Today is Stop Global Warming day and numerous organizations across the country have set up different events and discussions. For more information on how you can get involved visit United For Peace and The Climate Crisis Coalition.
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First Saturday
"Propaganda 101 believes in creativity as a powerful political force, capable of combating the destruction and apathy so prevalent in the world today. Our First Saturdays, which take place at Brooklyn's Studio 459, aim to delight and awaken the senses of a numb society. These monthly gatherings are offered by the Propaganda 101 Family as an eager spark to encourage a broader urban cultural rennaisance. We work to challenge the status quo of not only federal and local politics, but the politics of the art world as well, by creating forums and spaces for writers, visual artists, musicians, and activists to express ideas, showcase talent, meet one another, network, and organize in their local communities and beyond."
Date: Saturday, December 3rd
Time: 7:00pm
Location: 459 Prospect Place, 3B (between Classon and Grand, Brooklyn)
Cost: Free
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Oil an US Foreign Policy Lecture
Columbia University's "Critical Lectures in American Foreign Policy" series continues tonight with "Oil and U.S. Foreign Policy - A Historical Perspective." David Painter, Associate Professor of History, at the Walsh School of Foreign Service of Gerogetown University approaches what is clearly one of the most important issues in global policitcs today. Get the facts and be an informed activist. Open to the public.
Date: Monday, December 5th
Time: 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Location: Columbia University, Faculty House, President's Room, 2nd fl. 400 West 117th Street (between Amsterdam Ave and Morningside Drive) map
Cost: Free, registration recommended
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Electronics Recycling - Brooklyn
You know all those old cell phones and computers you have laying around... well, they have toxic chemicals in them. SO, rather than tossing htem in a dumpster in hopes that some diver will fish them out, bring them to the Lower East Side Ecology Center's electronics collection station. Computer parts, TVs, cell phones, all will be recycled and disposed of in an environmental manner.
Date: Saturday, December 10th
Time: 9:00am - 5:00pm
Location: PS321 (2nd Street and 7th Ave, Park Slope)
Cost: Free
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The High Cost of Low Price
Robert Greenwald's Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price is a documentary look at the effect that Wal-Mart is having on small business and the living wage world wide. This is not a new battle but it is nice to see someone stand up and take the movement out of the hands of the easily avoided protesters and bring it onto the screen. Wal-Mart is trying desperately to stop this film from reaching the public so catch it now before the billions get it band. Screening is followed by a discussion with leading Wal-Mart critic Liza Featherstone, author of "Selling Women Short: The Landmark Battle for Workers' Rights at Wal-Mart."
Watch the Trailer Here
Date: Monday, December 12th
Time: 7:00pm
Location: DCTV (87 Lafayette Street)
Cost: Free with RSVP
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Bike Lane Liberation Day
Join the Time's Up Bike Lane Clown Brigade as they invade the streets to take back the bike lanes of NYC. "The Clown Brigade will ticket motor vehicles in the bike lanes to draw attention to what the NYPD should be doing: enforcing laws that protect bicyclists, and in particular, ticketing motorists who violate Section 4-08(e), which explicitly prohibits stopping, standing and parking within, or otherwise obstructing, bike lanes. All in good fun. Keep city streets safe for everyone!"
Date: Saturday, December 17th
Time: 2:00pm
Location: Washington Square Park, Near Arch
Cost: Free
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New Years Bike Ride
Take to the streets with the Time's Up crew to ring in the new year with bike liberation. This is the 8th year for the ride up from Washington Square to Central Park's Belvedere Castle. Music and fireworks at the end, you provide your own food and drink.
Date: Sunday, December 31st
Time: 10:30pm
Location: Washington Square Park (at the arch)
Cost: Free
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Heavyweight Session
Eddie Stats and Max Glazer return tonight with their reggae monthly. These boys know there history and their crates run deep. If you are into dub, dancehall, reggae, or simply the three hour open redstripe bar then this is your spot tonight. I think this is too good to be correct but it's totally worth checking in on. [source]
"Just to let you know, there was no heavyweight event planned for January 5th, as listed on your website." - White Rabbit
Date: Thursday, January 5th
Time: 8:00pm
Location: White Rabbit (145 East Houston Street at Eldridge)
Cost: Free
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Out of Iraq Day
Join a nation of pro-peace activists at a town-hall style meeting today in honor of national "Out of Iraq Day." These events are designed to "turn the heat up on congress" in aims of a resolve in the middle east. Local speakers include US Senate candidate Jonathan Tasini, Charles Lenchner (Progressive Democrats of America), Missy Beattie (Gold Star Families for Peace), and Debra Sweet (World Can't Wait). Directions after the jump.
Date: Saturday, January 7th
Time: 1:00pm
Location: Presbyterian Church (85 South Oxford Street, Brookyn)
Cost: Free
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Directions to reach the Presbyterian Church at 85 S. Oxford St. in Brooklyn
Arrive at the C train stop at Lafayette Ave. The C train runs along the A line so people taking the A into Brooklyn will get off at Jay Street/Boro Hall and take the C two more stops—the church is essentially at the end of the block of the station; It is also possible to take the G to Fulton Street, walk two blocks north from the stop to the church.
More information/to volunteer: 202-460-5199,
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Electronics Recycling - New York City
You know all those old cell phones and computers you have laying around... well, they have toxic chemicals in them. SO, rather than tossing htem in a dumpster in hopes that some diver will fish them out, bring them to the Lower East Side Ecology Center's electronics collection station. Computer parts, TVs, cell phones, all will be recycled and disposed of in an environmental manner.
Date: Sunday, January 8th
Time: 9:00am - 5:00pm
Location: Union Square Park North
Cost: Free
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I Have a Dream
"Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of captivity. But one hundred years later, we must face the tragic fact that the Negro is still not free.
One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languishing in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land.
So we have come here today to dramatize an appalling condition. In a sense we have come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir.
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This note was a promise that all men would be guaranteed the inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check which has come back marked "insufficient funds." But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation.
So we have come to cash this check -- a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice. We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of now. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to open the doors of opportunity to all of God's children. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood.
It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment and to underestimate the determination of the Negro. This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. Nineteen sixty-three is not an end, but a beginning. Those who hope that the Negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual. There will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights.
The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges. But there is something that I must say to my people who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice. In the process of gaining our rightful place we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.
We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. we must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force.
The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny and their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom.
We cannot walk alone. And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall march ahead. We cannot turn back. There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, "When will you be satisfied?" we can never be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities. We cannot be satisfied as long as the Negro's basic mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a larger one. We can never be satisfied as long as a Negro in Mississippi cannot vote and a Negro in New York believes he has nothing for which to vote. No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.
I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from narrow cells. Some of you have come from areas where your quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality. You have been the veterans of creative suffering. Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive.
Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed. Let us not wallow in the valley of despair. I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal." I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slaveowners will be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood. I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today.
I have a dream that one day the state of Alabama, whose governor's lips are presently dripping with the words of interposition and nullification, will be transformed into a situation where little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls and walk together as sisters and brothers. I have a dream today. I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together. This is our hope. This is the faith with which I return to the South. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.
This will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with a new meaning, "My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring." And if America is to be a great nation, this must become true. So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania! Let freedom ring from the snowcapped Rockies of Colorado! Let freedom ring from the curvaceous peaks of California! But not only that; let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia! Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee! Let freedom ring from every hill and every molehill of Mississippi. From every mountainside, let freedom ring.
When we let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, 'Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last!'"
- "I Have a Dream" by Dr. Martin Luther King. Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1963. Source: Martin Luther King, Jr: The Peaceful Warrior, Pocket Books, NY 1968
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Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Communal Birthday Celebration
Join Jewish African-American Grammy-nominated gospel singer Joshua Nelson, The New York City Interdenominational Gospel Choir, and the Hazamir International Jewish High School Choir in this tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King's commitment to bringing together people of diverse backgrounds. Notable guests include Carolyn Goodman – mother of Andrew Goodman – one of the three civil rights workers killed in Mississippi in 1964 and Howard Dodson, Director at the New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Limited seating.
Listen to Joshus Kosher Shout (mp3)
Date: Monday, January 16th
Time: 6:30 pm (doors, 6:00pm)
Location: Peter Norton Symphony Space (2537 Broadway at 95th Street)
Cost: Free
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Rally for the Charge or Release Bill
Join political leaders, civil rights activists and community
members as they gather on the steps of City Hall to call on the City
Council to reintroduce and pass the Charge or Release Bill...
"Introduced during the last council session with strong support from the public and lawmakers, the Charge or Release Bill aims to correct a serious problem faced by thousands of New Yorkers each month: detainment by the police for excessive periods of time without access to a judge. The Charge or Release bill would restore the fundamental right to due process in our criminal justice system. Each month in New York City, the police detains thousands of New Yorkers for 30, 40, or even 50 hours without arraignment, which violates a 1991 Court of Appeals decision that individuals arrested in New York should be arraigned within 24 hours of arrest. Not surprisingly, African Americans and Latinos face the brunt of this injustice..."
Date: Tuesday, January 31st
Time: 12:30pm
Location: City Hall
Cost: Free
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The Charge or Release Bill has received strong support. Twenty-three
Council Members signed on as co-sponsors of the bill during the last
City Council session. The Council’s Black, Latino, and Asian Caucus
endorsed it unanimously. And dozens of legal, academic, and
community-based organizations have joined the effort in support of
the bill.
As the new City Council session kicks off, we must keep up the
momentum for this important civil rights bill. Come out during your
lunch break to show your support for the Charge or Release Bill.
Tell the City Council it’s time to protect the due process rights of
all New Yorkers!
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Rally to Free Leonard Peltier
"Leonard Peltier is a citizen of the Anishinabe and Dakota/Lakota Nations who has been unjustly imprisoned since 1976, even though government attorneys and courts acknowledge that the government withheld evidence, fabricated evidence, and coerced witnesses to fraudulently convict him. Leonard is recognized worldwide as a political prisoner and a symbol of resistance against the abuse and repression of indigenous people. To many Indigenous Peoples, Leonard Peltier is a symbol of the long history of abuse and repression they have endured. This year marks the 30th year of Leonard’s imprisonment. Despite the fact that the government has admitted that the trial was a fraud, Leonard is still behind bars because the U.S. doesn’t want this vocal defender of indigenous rights to be free. A Hearing has been scheduled for February 13, 2006 to correct the illegal sentencing that occurred in Leonard Peltier's case. The basis for this motion is that the United States District Court lacked subject matter jurisdiction under the statutes upon which Mr. Peltier was convicted and sentenced."
Date: Monday, February 6th
Time: 4:00pm - 6:30pm
Location: Union Square (Park Ave and 15th Street)
Cost: Free
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Iraq: Should We Stay Or Should We Go?
The ongoing debate over Iraqi withdrawl continues tonight as General William E. Odom, Yale professor and Senior Fellow at the Hudson Instititute, takes on Peter Brookes, Senior Fellow for National Security Affairs at the Heritage Foundation, in a lively debate. "As the third anniversary of the Iraq invasion approaches, support for the War – and the President's handling of it – has fallen precipitously. The President has partially reversed the decline by admitting execution "mistakes," but a majority of the public believes the war itself was a mistake. However, the public is not convinced that immediate withdrawal is the answer and the Iraqi constitution and elections have given many hope that Iraq's fragile democracy will flourish if given sufficient aid and stability. How will the insurgents and Iraqi people react to a withdrawal? How much more strain can our military and our treasury handle? What do we owe the Iraqi people?" Reception will follow.
Date: Tuesday, February 7th
Time: 6:30pm, sharp
Location: The Graduate Center at CUNY (365 Fifth Avenue, Corner of 34th Street & 5th Avenue)
Cost: Free
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Mozambican Fundraiser/Party
"We are travelling to Mozambique for 10 days... as consultants to this small organization through an NYU project, to help with strategic planning, marketing for potential funders, and capacity-building. O Centro Communitario currently serves 200 children who have lost either one or both parents to AIDS. The AIDS epidemic has orphaned over 500,000 children in Mozambique."
FreeNYC fav The Captain (Dirty Down/Cut) takes the tables tonight at this fundraiser for the Centro Communitario Orphanage and School in Mozambique. There will be a slide show of the Mozambican efforts and there are drink specials - and a possible open bar - with your donation to the fund. It is also free to just to hang out and waste your drinking dollars for a good cause.
Date: Thursday, February 23rd
Time: 9:00pm - 11:00pm
Location: Beauty Bar (231 East 14th Street bet. 2nd and 3rd)
Cost: Free
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Uglydoll raffle to help Operation Smile
 Date: Saturday, March 4th
Time: 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Location: GRNY (437 East 9th St)
Cost: Free
Summary: Giant Robot and Uglydoll get together to raise money for Operation Smile.
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has teamed up with Uglydoll creators David Horvath and Sun Min Kim to raffle off elusive the "Red Tooth Wedgehead." Only 200 of these Uglydolls were produced and at $3 a pop you can enter you name for a chance to win one of four today. All proceeds go to Operation Smile, a group that helps children who are born with facial deformities, and no access to corrective surgery, find a new face with a brighter smile.
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Build Levees Not Bombs
 Date: Saturday, March 18th
Time: 1:00pm
Location: Times Square (43rd and Broadway)
Cost: Free
Summary: Anti war march marking the third aniversary of U.S. troops in Iraq.
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I spent about half the month of February in New Orleans, wondering why our government has done so little to help out the devastated regions of the Gulf Coast. And well, then I remembered that a majority of the United States governmental decisions are focused around military action in the war against "evil doers" in the Middle East. So I mean clearly they are way to busy to take care of problems on our home turf.
Anyway, enough political ranting from me, the point here is we have reached the third anniversary of the war in the gulf. Troops Out Now has organized nation wide events to commemorate the day. Today in New York hundreds of people (hopefully thousands) will rally at the Times Square Military Recruitment center and march to share their opinions on the war.
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Bike Lane Liberation Day
 Date: Saturday, March 18th
Time: 1:00pm
Location: Washington Sq Park (49 East Houston at Mott St)
Cost: Free
Summary: Clown it up and take back the streets with the Time's Up crew with this unofficial bike parade/protest.
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"Come ride with the Bicycle Clown Brigade as they Ticket Motor Vehicles & Liberate the Bike Lanes
1:00 PM Clown Makeup at Time's Up! Space, 49 East Houston at Mott St.
2:00 PM Ride Starts at Washington Square Park near the Arch
The Bicycle Clown Brigade rides through the bike lanes of Manhattan searching out cars illegally parked in their lane and reminds the drivers how dangerous, sometimes deadly cars in the bike lane are for cyclists. Nothing can shame a driver into moving out of the bike lane more than a pack of cheerful clowns on bikes.
Any driver refusing to move will be issued a parking ticket for $115 for violating Section 4-08(e), which explicitly prohibits stopping, standing and parking in the bike lanes.
Once the bike lanes are liberated from all gas guzzling polluting motor vehicles, the clowns will head back to Washington Square Park to rejoice and take a victory lap.
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Rally for a Car Free Central Park
 Date: Sunday, March 26th
Time: 12:00pm
Location: City Hall (Broadway and Chambers Street)
Cost: Free, please RSVP
Summary: Help bring a Car-Free Summer to Central Park. Come and show the Mayor a sea of Central Park Green as banners are unfurled across the steps of City Hall showing the names over 100,000 supporters for a summer auto ban in the park. Official Site
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"We're closer than ever to winning a three-month ban of cars from the
loop road. City officials will soon make a decision. A big turnout at Sunday's rally will make the difference. Many prominent elected officials will speak and with your help, many more will take notice.
There will be an announcement at the rally that could change the face
of this campaign. Be there to hear it. Be there to help."
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Earth Day Inside Fair
 Date: Friday, April 14th
Time: 12:00pm - 7:00pm
Location: Grand Central Terminal, Vanderbilt Hall
Cost: Free
Summary: Earth concious vendors take over Grand Central today and tomorrow. Get informed and stock up on sustainable products. Check the flyer for more upcoming Earth Day events.
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Best Hope for Peace in Darfur
 Date: Wednesday, April 19th
Time: 7:00pm (doors, 6:00pm)
Location: NY Society for Ethical Culture (2 West 64th St at Central Park West)
Cost: Free
Summary: Amnesty International, the New York Society for Ethical Culture, and Human Rights First present a panel at which Nicholas Kristof, (Op-Ed columnist for the New York Times), Mark Malloch Brown, Juan Mendez, and Tragi Mustafa discuss ending the atrocities in Darfur and why you are the best hope for peace and justice. Panelists after jump.
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PANELISTS
Nicholas Kristof, Op-Ed columnist for the New York Times whose tireless advocacy on Darfur has made him 'a one-man army' focusing attention on the atrocities and pressuring the US government to respond.
Mark Malloch Brown, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General.
Juan Mendez, United Nations Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide and President of the International Center for Transitional Justice.
Tragi Mustafa, Darfuri refugee living in Ontario and Executive Director of the Darfur Association of Canada and founder of Save Women-Sudan.
Karima Bennoune, moderator, Professor of International Law at Rutgers University School of Law--Newark and member of the Board of Directors of Amnesty International USA.
For more information, please contact Denise Bell, dcbell70@yahoo.com
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Earth Day New York
Date: Friday, April 21st
Time: From 12:00pm
Location: Grand Central, Vanderbilt Hall (42nd Street) for inside fair and the bands play outside (43rd Street btw Vanderbilt Avenue and Madison)
Cost: Free
Summary: Earth Day New York takes place this weekend and is designed to broadens the base of support for environmental issues. Inside Grand Cetral check out various stall selling products and promoting excellent causes. Outside various bands join together and put on a day long show to support Earth Day.
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Friday line up includes:
12:00 - 12:45 pm
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
"If we could, we'd pour this sound on pancakes." -The Boston Globe
1:00 - 1:45 pm
Umphreys Mcgee
5:00 - 5:45 pm
The Mutaytor with Mickey Hart and Baaba Maal
"This act is unique, and arguably one of the best live shows running on the West Coast. The show is a must-see for anyone who likes to be entertained and moved viscerally. Indeed, The Mutaytor is as entertaining as the Blue Man Group." -Lauri Shaw, Music Connection
6:00 - 6:45 pm
TBC
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Earth Day New York continues with the Dresden Dolls performing....
Date: Saturday, April 22nd
Time: 11:00am
Location: Grand Central, Vanderbilt Hall (42nd Street) for inside fair and the bands play outside (43rd Street btw Vanderbilt Avenue and Madison)
Cost: Free
Summary: Earth Day New York celebrations continue today aiming to broadens the base of support for environmental issues. Inside Grand Cetral check out various stall selling products and promoting excellent causes. Outside various bands including The Dresden Dolls join together and put on a day long show to support Earth Day.
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Saturday line up includes:
11:00am-12:00pm
Constant Wonder
Alice Weiser and Connie Gillies of Constant Wonder will perform for children ages 2 to 9. Come celebrate their favorite day of the year, Earth Day...which they hope everyone will celebrate each day after interacting.
12:00 - 12:45 pm
Assembly of Dust
"The former Strangefolk singer is an articulate songwriter with a sturdy, well-crafted song cycle of an album as proof. His band, which includes three members of Percy Hill, fleshes out the tunes like a good movie can elucidate a short story." - Village Voice
1:00 - 1:45 pm
Ben Taylor
His parents - father James Taylor, mother Carly Simon - are giants of popular music. Check out his style at EarthFair!
2:00 - 2:45 pm
TBC
3:00 - 3:45 pm
Dresden Dolls
"The Dresden Dolls, comprised of two of the best songwriters of this decade, take the boiling rage of red-hot romantic rejection and infuse it into the feel and structure of Broadway musical scores.... "(Slug Magazine)
4:00 - 4:45 pm
More of the Dresden Dolls
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March for Peace, Justice and Democracy
Date: Saturday, April 29th
Time: 10:30am - 6:00pm
Location: Meet at Broadway and 18th St.
Cost: Free
Summary: Wake up White House! Wake up Congress! Join in this rally/march to help protect civil liberties, end oil wars and help rebuild communities. Full info after the jump
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"Too much is too wrong in this country. We have a foreign policy that is foreign to our core values, and domestic policies wreaking havoc at home. It's time for a change. No more never-ending oil wars! Protect our civil liberties & immigrant rights. End illegal spying, government corruption and the subversion of our democracy.
Rebuild our communities, starting with the Gulf Coast. Stop corporate subsidies and tax cuts for the wealthy while ignoring our basic needs.
Act quickly to address the climate crisis and the accelerating destruction of our environment. Our message to the White House and to Congress is clear: Either stand with us or stand aside!"
We are happy to announce that an agreement has been reached with the NYC Police Department for our plans on Saturday, April 29th.
The March for Peace, Justice and Democracy will kick off in Manhattan, just north of Union Square and proceed south along Broadway to Foley Square, where we will hold a Peace and Justice Festival. Please see schedule below:
10:30 am - 12 noon: Assembly along Broadway, north of 18th Street. Contingents will form in the area from 18th Street to 22nd Street, between Fifth Avenue and Park Avenue South. (Details about where particular contingents will be gathering will be posted here soon.)
12 noon: March begins and proceeds south on Broadway. We will turn left (east) on Worth Street and continue into Foley Square.
1 pm - 6 pm: The Peace and Justice Festival will be held at Foley Square from 1 pm to 6 pm. A map of the festival area will be available here soon.
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Love Not Bombs: Queer Tel Aviv with Etai Pinkas
 Date: Monday, May 1st
Time: 5:30pm (talk at 6:00pm)
Location: KGB Bar (85 East 4th bet. 2nd and 3rd)
Cost: Free
Summary: Known more for decades of war and occupation than its annual gay pride parade, Israel is in fact home to the most vibrant and open gay community in the Middle East. Nowhere is this community more vibrant or open than in Tel-Aviv, fifteen percent of whose residents claim to be gay, lesbian, bisexual or trans-gendered.
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Enter Etai Pinkas, the youngest city councilman in Tel Aviv and one of the few openly gay politicians in Israel. Formerly the head of Agudah, the Israeli Gay Lesbian Bisexual and Trans-gender association, Etai is actively involved with promoting gay rights in Israel and is currently trying to persuade the Israeli government to recognize gay marriages performed abroad.
Stop by the KGB Bar on May 1st to meet Etai Pinkas and learn about the struggle – the other struggle – in the Middle East.
More 2004 Parade photos and our photo source
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The Bill Of Rides
 Date: Monday, May 1st
Time: 6:30pm
Location: Meet at Federal Hall (Wall Street and Broad Street), End at East River Bar (97 S. 6th St, W'burg)
Cost: Free
Summary: "Celebrate Bike Month! Celebrate the Constitution! Celebrate civil liberties and freedom to ride in NYC with Greene Dragon and Time's Up! This bike ride and street theatre extravaganza takes you on a tour of historic sites of Lower Manhattan. Bring your bike, skates, or horsecycle along for inspiring and entertaining reminders of what truly makes us American. Dress in revelrous patriotic regalia."
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Global Marijuana March
 Date: Saturday, May 6th
Time: 11:00am 1st Rally, 1:00pm March, 2:30 2nd Rally
Location: Various Points in SoHo, see MAP
Cost: Free
Summary: Does anyone remember the anti-drug commercials a few years back that basically equated smoking weed with being a terrorist? As if a bunch of stoned people were really the big problem here, and we should bring 'em down! Today march for the the legalization of marijuana and support those that use it for medical purposes at the Global Marijuana March. The day begins at 11am at Mercer and Washington Streets with a forum, followed by a free speach rally at Broadway and Houston, at 1pm march to Battery Park, and finish out the day with a rally and festival in the park. Now kids let me warn you, somethign called "Global Marijuna March" is bound to be policed very strongly by New Yorks finest as well as undercovers, so don't be using your one phone call to say I did't warn you!
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