http://spnyc.org/main/taxonomy/term/78/0 en http://spnyc.org/main/node/611 <div class="event-nodeapi"><div class="event-start"><label>Start: </label>12/21/2007 - 7:00pm</div></div> <div class="event-nodeapi"><div class="event-end"><label>End: </label>12/21/2007 - 9:00pm</div></div> <p>Carolers To Serenade Congressional Scrooge On Staten Island</p> <p>MOVEMENT FOR A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY STATEN ISLAND PO Box 40921 Staten Island, NY 10304 statenisland@ mds-nyc.org www.mds-nyc. org</p> <p>Contact: Elaine Brower 917.520.0767 Richie Marini 718.781.4443</p> <p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</p> <p>HOLIDAY CAROLERS TO VISIT OFFICE OF NEW YORK CITY'S "ONLY CONGRESSIONAL SCROOGE"</p> <p>Staten Island, NY. On Fridaym December 21st, the fourth iteration of the Iraq Moratorium, holiday carolers will gather at the Staten Island office of New York City's only "Congressional Scrooge" - Rep. Vito Fossella (R, 13th CD). Peace activists and military veterans from around the City will join members of the Raging Grannies at </p> <p>4434 Amboy Road at 7 pm</p> <p> - to serenade Fossella who has "stubbornly refused to meet with his constituents to discuss his voting record on the Iraq War," according to military mom Elaine Bower, who lives in Great Kills.<span class='read-more'><a href="http://spnyc.org/main/node/611">read more &raquo;</a></span></p> Activism Local Solidarity Events Political Parties Resource Wars Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:37:34 -0700 admin 611 at http://spnyc.org/main http://spnyc.org/main/node/609 <div class="event-nodeapi"><div class="event-start"><label>Start: </label>03/14/2008 - 11:00am</div></div> <div class="event-nodeapi"><div class="event-end"><label>End: </label>03/16/2008 - 8:00pm</div></div> <p>Save the date!<br /> LEFT FORUM 2008 will take place March 14-16 at The Cooper Union, New York City.</p> <p>This year we are excited to present many speakers who are new to Left Forum audiences, from around the world and right here in New York City, as well as many who are joining us again: Naomi Klein, Grace Lee Boggs, Tariq Ali, Staughton Lynd, Billionaires for Bush, Mahmood Mamdani, Adam Hochschild, Jeremy Scahill, David Harvey, Max Elbaum, Stanley Aronowitz, Frances Fox Piven, Bill Fletcher, Jr., Patricia McFadden, Patrick Bond, John Bellamy Foster, Michael Albert, Carlos Vilas, Dennis Brutus, Deepa Fernandes, and many more will participate.</p> <p>The theme of Left Forum 2008 is Cracks in the Edifice. What is the nature of the emerging crises in global political economy? How can the Left confront its current challenges to build stronger anti-capitalist movements? If another world is possible, what will it look like? We will be adding several movement-building workshops to our program, and plan to examine1968 after 40 years.<span class='read-more'><a href="http://spnyc.org/main/node/609">read more &raquo;</a></span></p> Activism Civil Rights Class Communication Rights Direct Democracy Education General NYC Events GLBT Rights Globalization History Ideologies Innovation Labor Law Local Events National Liberation Political Parties Process Race Repression Resource Wars Social Security Socialism Women Work and Leisure Youth Wed, 19 Dec 2007 07:42:45 -0700 admin 609 at http://spnyc.org/main