Supporters and Friends,

Even though 50-80 marchers have been let into Gaza, including two students from the Oregon contingent, the Gaza Freedom March has decided to reject Egypt's offer and continue protesting until they get everyone into Gaza to participate in this march and break the siege! 450 French Delegates continue to sit in in front of the French Embassy and Holocaust Survivor Hedy Epstein continues her hunger strike and protests have been called for Thursday inside the West Bank with a demand to ending the siege!

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Keynote presentation for the Northwest Econvergence held in Portland Oregon in October 2009.


Entitled "When Elites Fail," Chomsky talked for about one hour and 13
minutes. Due to the length of the talk, I broke it up into two parts.

He begins by asking the question, what should we do when elites fail?
His simple answer, "get rid of them", was greeted by thunderous
applause. Chomsky spends the rest of his talk describing various
historical aspects of our circumstances, connecting the dots and
providing avenues of possible redress.

As usual, Chomsky delivers a
wealth of information and connects it up to current events. He speaks
about the economic crisis, health care reform and many other topics
which affect the citizens of this country and the world. Most
interesting to me was his take on the politics surrounding the Vietnam
war, somewhere in the second half of this talk. 

Chomsky One

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Commemorate the Second Anniversary of the
Devastating Del Monte workplace raid

“It was early one morning
Happily, off to work I went
Together with las compañeras we worked happily
When all of a sudden we heard MIGRA!
So we all ran, ran one way and then the next
Without knowing that we were being detained
And taken to Tacoma.”

(Poem by Zaida Villatoro, member of CSAM and detained in the Tacoma detention center, Washington)

The Committee for Solidarity and Mutual Support (CSAM), together with the Immigrant Pro-Rights Coalition and the Oregon New Sanctuary Movement in Portland, cordially invite you to join us in our effort to NOT forget the tragedy that took place on June 12th, 2007, in which we were among the 160 people that were detained during an immigration raid in the Del Monte Produce Plant.

On May 12, 2009, the Institute for Policy Studies brought voices from the frontlines of the economic crisis to Capitol Hill for a briefing with the Congressional Progressive Caucus. Testifiers included workers and leaders from Jobs with Justice, Right to the City, Grassroots Global Justice, National Day Laborers Organizing Network and the National Domestic Workers Alliance. These groups have formed a new network called the Inter-Alliance Dialogue. It was their first joint event.

Share this video and raise up the voices that really matter!

Here is our chance to click on the link below and check the "NO" box - this will let State Representative Richardson (R-Central Point) know that Oregonians do not want to keep sending our young people to Afghanistan/Iraq.  You do not have to be one of his constituents to take this poll.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=_2fgwnmLwk_2bGkoKTKfuGhzLA_3d_3d

Thanks,

Suna

Students are occupying buildings in support of Palestine....an inspiration to all of us!

After a two year campaign, Hampshire College became the first to divest from corporations that contribute to the Israeli occupation of Palestine. This comes just days after students at the University of Rochester won important concessions from their administration by occupying a building.

The Campus Anti-War Network is calling for a national student conference call to discuss what's next for the student occupation movement (details on their website). 

Mercy Corps and our Global Citizen Corps initiative are excited to announce that the 2009-2010 Global Citizen Corps Leadership program is now open and accepting applicants!

The Global Citizen Corps Leadership program is a national network of high school student leaders who educate and mobilize their schools and communities to fight global poverty. Every year, Mercy Corps selects 200 Leaders to gain the knowledge and skills to become effective anti-poverty experts through in-person and online trainings. Throughout the year, Global Citizen Corps Leaders organize Global Action Days to inform and inspire their classmates to take action on poverty and related issues like hunger, HIV/AIDS, climate change and access to education.

If you know high school students who are ready to stand at the forefront of the fight for a better world, you can help spread the word and build the movement.  read more »