TOURS & DELEGATIONS

Natural, Preventive Healthcare in Nicaragua: A Learning & Service Adventure, 8/31-9/6. Help strengthen & facilitate development of healthcare system in rural Nicaragua; understand the value of integrating natural (ie, herbal & nutritional) healthcare strategies w/conventional treatments; understand impact on health of socioeconomic factors incl globalization, corporate agriculture, privatization of water & free trade agreements. W/Dr Jim Fleming, MD. Sponsor: Nicaragua Network. $800 +int'l airfare (& optional trip to Ometepe). Apply (by 8/4): Dr Jim Fleming, 816-2131885, jflemingmg@yahoo.com

Venezuela delegations: Sponsor: Global Exchange. Info: 415-5755524, 8004971994 x247, daniel@globalexchange.org & http://www.globalexchange.org/countries/americas/venezuela/

"Labor, Land Reform & Agriculture," 9/6-16.

"Health & Healing," 10/4-14.

"Popular Democracy: Observing the 2008 Regional Elections," 11/15-25.

"Democracy, Development & Regional Integration--A New Vision for the Americas," 12/5-15.

Vietnam/Laos Study Tour, 10/5-19. Visit temples & craft villages, see tribal lifestyles in remote areas, meet village leaders & reps of labor & women's groups, attend conf in Hanoi. $3,500 +int'l airfare. Sponsor: NST: Nature, Society & Thought. Info: 612-922-7993, marq002@tc.umn.edu & http://www.umn.edu/home/marq002/VL2008.htm

Sustainable Communities Through Renewable Energy Course in Nicaragua, 10/12-19. Hands-on course focuses on how rural communities like Sabana Grande, Totogalpa can develop sustainably by promoting & producing renewable energy technologies & adopting other practices such as organic farming, revolving micro-loan models & community-based tourism. $700 +airfare. Info: thegrupofenix@gmail.com & http://www.grupofenix.org

"A New Beginning: Bolivia Forges Its Own Path," 11/1121. In late 2005, the Bolivian people elected their 1st indigenous president & a new social order began to emerge. After 2 years of nationalizations, land reforms & repeated rebukes of US meddling, Bolivia's future now hangs in the balance. $1,450 +int'l airfare. Sponsor: Witness for Peace. Apply by 9/15: Ben Beachy, 2024031752, wfpma@witnessforpeace.org

Labor delegation to Nicaragua, 11/23-30. Hosted by National Organization of Nicaraguan Workers-FNT de Nicaragua. Visit hospitals, schools & worker centers; meet w/social organizations. Attend Continental Meeting for Agricultural & Food Workers, "United for a New America." $1,550, incl airfare. Apply by 9/1 (cost may go up later): laborexchange@aol.com

Visit Nicaragua, 11/23-12/3. Ecoturismo delegation, hosted by Coffee Cooperativistas of the Cloud Forest Mountains, Matagalpa. Work w/the people harvesting their coffee, learn about their environmental restoration strategies & their cooperativismo history & struggle; visit ancient indigenous communities of Masaya, from where comes the marimba, pre-Columbian ceramics, dance & street theater. $850 +airfare. Apply by 9/15: 773-973-6529, nscchicago@igc.org Info: http://www.vianica.com & http://www.miraflor.org & http://www.cecocafen.com

Brazil 2009: World Social Forum, 1/25-2/7. In Belém, Pará. Open meeting place where social movements, networks, NGOs & other civil society organizations opposed to neoliberalism & a world dominated by capital or by any form of imperialism come together to pursue their thinking, debate ideas democratically, formulate proposals, share their experiences freely & network for effective action. If you are interested, contact: delegationstobrazil@yahoo.com

40th Anniversary Contingent of the Venceremos Brigade, 7/19-8/3. "Much has changed since the Venceremos Brigade was created by the US left in 1969. But our vision & commitment remain the same as we prepare to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution & our own 40th anniversary!" Agricultural or construction or factory work; visits to schools, factories, clinics & hospitals; musical & other cultural programs; informal visits & discussions w/Cubans. Apply: vbrigade@gmail.com Info: 2125604360, http://www.venceremosbrigade.org

Grupo Fénix Tours & Brigades to Central America. 8 to 12-day workshop/tours to learn about solar energy systems, study culture & applications specific to Central America, visit renewable energy installations & install a PV lighting system in a rural village. January, March, Ocotber & August. $600-$995 +airfare. Eng & Sp. Info: Richard Komp, 2074972204, sunwatt@juno.com &

Join a Caravan to Cuba, Chiapas, Honduras or Nicaragua. Be part of a new foreign policy based on justice, respect & solidarity. Visit indigenous & other marginalized communities & hear about the growing resistance movements. Collect school & medical supplies in your community in solidarity w/these movements. Info: IFCO/Pastors for Peace, 2129265757, ifco@igc.org

Peace Brigades Int'l (PBI) Projects in Mexico, Colombia, Guatemala & Other Countries. PBI fields teams of unarmed int'l observers to offer protective accompaniment of threatened activists in conflictive countries such as Colombia, Guatemala, Indonesia & Mexico. Volunteers need commitment to nonviolence & non-partisanship; age at least 25; prepared to make 1 year commitment; fluency in Spanish for Latin America. Info: PBI, 202-544-3765, http://www.peacebrigades.org/

Olive Cooperative solidarity & study tours to Palestine/Israel. Founded in 2003 by peace & justice activists in Manchester, UK, Olive has good working relationships w/UK, Palestinian & Israeli peace & civil society groups. Small-group tours to Palestine & Israel aimed at introducing people to the life & peoples of these nations. Info: +44 (0)161 273 1970, info@olivecoop.com & http://www.olivecoop.com

American Family Community Services. Free Financial Literacy program for Qns high school students, on MONs, beg 9/15. Also, basic & intermediate Eng classes every week/inglés básico e intermedio cada semana. Sp classes FRI, 6:30-8:30 pm & SAT 8-10 am; beg 9/19 FRI & 9/20 SAT. At 3763 76th St, Jackson Hts, Qns (7 to 74th St-B'way, F/V, E, G/R to Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Ave). Info: 718-6398370, 718-6993345, AFCSofNY@Verizon.net

Brecht Forum Classes. "Revolutions: Our Heritage & Prospects for Our Time," w/Michael Lardner, others TBA, beg 9/22. At Brecht Forum, 451 West St (btw Bank & Bethune St, A/C/E/L to 14th St & 8th Ave, 1/2/3 to 14th St & 7th Ave). Info: 212-242-4201, brechtforum@brechtforum.org & http://www.brechtforum.org Get on mailing list for free printed program.

Bkn Nonviolent Communication. A Ctr for Nonviolent Communication & Constructive Action, committed to creating a world where everyone's needs are peacefully met. Workshops, empathy/practice groups, mediation, coaching, organizational support (specializing in arts, education, & social change organizations). Info/upcoming events/join mailing list: Dian Killian, PhD, BNVC director, 718-797-9525, info@BrooklynNVC.org & http://www.BrooklynNVC.org Affiliated w/int'l Center for Nonviolent Communication: http://www.CNVC.org

CUNY Grad Ctr Continuing Education & Public Programs. At CUNY Grad Ctr, 365 5th Ave (NE corner of 5th Ave & 34th St, 6 to 33th St, B/D/F/V, N/R/Q/W to 34th St-Herald Sq, photo ID required). For email catalog of programs: 2128178215, continuinged@gc.cuny.edu & http://web.gc.cuny.edu/cepp

--CUNY Grad Ctr Bildner Center (Latin America). Info: 212-8172099, bildner@gc.cuny.edu & http://www.bildner.org

Harm Reduction Training Institute. At HRC Institute, 22 W 27th St, 5th fl (N/R to 28th St). Info: 212-6832334, hrti@harmreduction.org & http://www.harmreduction.org Winter 2008 Training calendar & registration form: http://www.harmreduction.org/article.php?id=47

Mexico Solidarity Network Study Abroad Program. Sponsor: Mexico Solidarity Network. Info/apply: 7735837728, MSN@MexicoSolidarity.org & http://www.mexicosolidarity.org/site/studyabroad

New SPACE (New School for Pluralistic Anti-Capitalist Education). At TRS Inc Professional Suite, 44 E 32nd St, 11th fl (btw Park & Madison Aves, 6 to 33rd St). Info/additional offerings/fees: 800-3776183, new-space@mutualaid.org & http://new-space.mahost.org

Nicaragua Spanish Schools. Spanish language schools in Granada, Masaya, León, Estelí, Matagalpa, San Juan del Sur & Managua. Lodging & transportation services. Info: nssmga@ibw.com.ni & http://pages.prodigy.net/nss-pmc

Reading Marx's Capital. W/David Harvey (CUNY, author, The Condition of Postmodernity). Free online course consists of 13 2-hour video lectures at http://davidharvey.org

Zapatista Language Institute, in Chiapas, Mexico. Native language speakers (Spanish or Tzotzil) use participatory pedagogy to teach conversational & comprehension skills. In Oventic, located about 45 minutes from San Cristóbal de las Casas. Apply: Mexico Solidarity Network, msn@mexicosolidarity.org

CALENDARS & EVENT LISTINGS

Global Unity Calendar. Linking & promoting grassroots campaigns, programs & other activities for a culture of peace, environmental stewardship, sustainability & transformation in communities around the world. http://www.GlobalUnityCalendar.org

NY Protest Announcements. "Best Leftist Msg. Board"--Village Voice, 10/05. "Strictly moderated list only for select announcements of leftist, labor, feminist, anti-racist, anti-speciesist, anarchist, environmentalist events & protests. Street actions take priority." Google calendar: http://tinyurl.com/29tf7s/ (temporarily inactive). Subscribe: sympa@lists.riseup.net?subject=subscribe%20nyprotest, http://lists.riseup.net/www/subscribe/nyprotest

Pacifica Radio National Event Calendar, http://www.pacifica.org/

Political Prisoner Solidarity Events. http://breakthechains.zinelibrary.info

Protest Net. Worldwide listings of demos & events, w/news updates, lots of links. Follow easy instructions to post your own event. http://www.protest.net/

Queers for Racial & Economic Justice. Queer left calendar/listserve. Support reproductive freedom & sexual

The Nation Magazine & Online Calendar. Send events to Mike Webb, 2122095426, http://www.thenation.com/ Or post your even to the "Around the Nation" online calendar at http://www.thenation.com/events/add_event.mhtml

Theaters Against War (THAW). Listings of pro-peace/socially relevant theater performances & theatrical actions happening around NYC & nationally. http://www.thawaction.org

United for Peace & Justice NY calendar, http://unitedforpeace.org/calendar.php?state=NY

Veg Advocacy & Literary Roundtable Meetup. Animal rights events & opportunities for veg outreach. http://vegetarian.meetup.com/427/

War Resisters League list of upcoming actions, http://www.warresisters.org/

WBAI (99.5 FM) Community Calendar, http://www.wbai.org

LITERATURE & VIDEOS

"Beyond Treason." Explains the battlefield effects of vaccinations, uranium & other problems associated w/the assault on the Middle East. $20 +$5 shipping. "Soldiers Speak Out." Interviews w/Dennis Kyne, Jimmey Massey, Pat Resta & many other veterans of Iraq. Order: http://www.denniskyne.com/soldiers

"Bloqueo: Looking at the US Embargo Against Cubans." 45-minute documentary lets Cubans speak for themselves about how they have been affected by the blockade & what it means to live in Cuba today. Info: IFCO/Pastors for Peace & 402 W 145th St, New York, NY 10031, 2129265757, ifco@igc.org & http://www.pastorsforpeace.org/ or cinematicsisters@yahoo.com & http://www.toddpnyc.com/bloqueo

"Love & Suicide." Story of a young man who travels to Cuba to understand his family's past & his identity as a Cuban American; 1st feature-length film by a US producer to be filmed on location in Cuba since the revolution. Producer is contributing part of DVD sale proceeds to Latin America Working Group. Order: http://www.morofilms.com/DVD%20Sales%20Partners/Cuba.html

"Meeting Face to Face: the Iraq-US Labor Solidarity Tour" (27 min). Now available in Eng w/choice of subtitles in Sp, Fr & Arabic. From Center for Study of Working Class Life. Order: http://MeetingFacetoFace.org

Peoples Video TV. Wide selection of video podcasts available on line, covering a wide variety of topics, including Ramsey Clark speaking on the war in Iraq, coverage of the TWU strike & support rallies, community organizing in reponse to Katrina, & many more. Info: http://peoplesvideo.tv/

"Planting a Seed." health promoters & other community members describe how they continue to use & preserve their traditional natural medicine while also incorporating Western medicine (42 min). $35. Order from Chiapas Media Project/Promedios, 4834 N Springfield, Chicago, IL 60625, cmp@chiapasmediaproject.org &

"Sir! No Sir! The Suppressed Story of the GI Movement to End the War in Vietnam." Hear from GIs themselves why & how they became some of the most outspoken opponents of the Vietnam War. DVD for $19.95, +shipping/handling. Distributors make a small donation to United for Peace & Justice. To order: http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=167077543&url_num=8&url=http://images.ultracart.com/aff/NOSIR/1652/123/271/0/0/index.html

RADIO & TV

Moorish Orthodox Radio Crusade (WBAI, 99.5 FM). TUE-WED midnight. Info: http://www.morc.info/

Steal This Radio. New weekly internet radio hour hosted by Mitchel Cohen, available 24/7 at http://TribecaRadio.net Click "Listen live" THU, 11 am & TUE, 6 pm; "Podcast" all other times.

Truth for a Change. Radical Perspective, produced by Joe Friendly. MON-FRI, 9:3010:58 am, MNN Channel 34/110 & streaming http://www.mnn.org Info: 212-8642828.

OTHER RESOURCES

Economy Connection, a project of the Union for Radical Political Economics (URPE), can provide a speaker for a political or educational event, or someone to discuss economic questions informally with a few members of your community organization, union, political group or classroom. 2017927459, soapbox@comcast.net

Fair trade online retail outlets:

The Indypendent, activist newspaper. Free, progressive newspaper published 17 times a year on FRI by volunteers w/NYC Independent Media Center (NYC IMC). "Since 2000, more than 600 citizen journalists, artists & media activists have contributed their time & energy to this project." Info: 2122210521, Contact@indypendent.org & http://www.indypendent.org IMC also produces a free, progressive children's newspaper, IndyKids. Info: indykids@indymedia.org & http://www.indykids.net IndyVideo produces 30-minute segments for NYC public-access TV. Info: awolf@indypendent.org NYC "IMC is dedicated to empowering people to create a true alternative to the corporate press by encouraging citizens to produce their own media." You can publish anytime: http://www.nyc.indymedia.org

"Know Your Rights" brochures from ACLU.

Lower East Side Ecology Center. Accepts organic material for composting (fruit & vegetable peelings, coffee grounds & tea bags, egg & nut shells, cut flowers & similar organic material). Drop-off bins for organics at the Union Sq Green Market (L, Q/N/R, 4/5/6 to 14th St-Union Sq), MON, WED, FRI, SAT, 8 am-5 pm). Info: http://www.lesecologycenter.org Other locs & info: http://www.nyccompost.org/resources/organizations.html

Progressive Secretary. Easy-to-use way to send email messages to Congress, president, etc. Free. Info: http://www.ProgressiveSecretary.Org & http://ProgSec.Org/a.php?p=nA3rxegLz000

Union label online retail outlets:

Unite for Peace & Justice (UFPJ) collectibles: "A number of our most popular items are soon to become collector's items." Packs of 500 "Bush Lies, Who Dies?" stickers are now just $17.50 (30% off!). "Bush Lies, Who Dies?" posters are only 80 cents each, w/bulk order discounts as low as 35 cents each. "He's Not My President" t-shirts, sweatshirts & baby onesies are up to 70% off! "Darn Good Liar" stickers are just 50 cents each. Order: 2128685545, http://www.unitedforpeace.org

Bill Weinberg's WW4 Report. A weekly collection of under-reported world news stories related to the new world war. ww4report-subscribe@topica.com & http://www.topica.com/lists/ww4report