WAMM FUNdraiser
2023-09-10 16:00 - 19:00 (America/Chicago) | New Branches Church, 5011 S 31st Ave, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55417
WAMM FUNdraiser
Sunday, September 10, 2023 AT 4 PM – 7 PM
New Branches Church in Minneapolis
5011 S 31st Avenue in Minneapolis 55417
• Join us at WAMM’s fall FUNdraiser to thank Kristin Dooley who is retiring as WAMM Director.
• Welcome our new director, Robyn Harbison, as we start a new chapter of work to make the world a better place.
• Enjoy music by WAMM musicians, with a little Irish dancing called by Mike Whelan.• Join a new-fashioned cake, book and wine walk.• Bid at a mini silent auction.• Please bring a dish to share if able. WAMM will provide main dish and beverages.• Suggested donation is $4 to $41 to honor WAMM’s 41st year.
Save the date for a FUN FUNdraising event for Women Against Military Madness in September. Details to come. FFI: 612-827-5364.

The Power of Personal Courage in an Era of Mass Censorship
2023-09-11 18:00 - 21:00 | Hook and Ladder Theater and Lounge, 3010 Minnehaha Ave, Minneapolis, MN, 55406, United States
The Power of Personal Courage in an Era of Mass Censorship
Monday, September 11, 2023 at 6:00pm
Reception begins: 6:00 pm
Talk begins: ~6:30/7 pm
LOCATION UPDATE: Hook and Ladder Theater & Lounge, 3010 Minnehaha Ave in Minneapolis 55406
Former British Ambassador to Uzbekistan and “War on Terror” anti-torture whistleblower Craig John Murray will lead a discussion on the defense of Julian Assange and Freedom of Press/Speech. Mr. Murray speaks not only politically and ideologically about the Assange case and its ramifications for maintaining freedom and democracy but with the passion of his personal friendship with Julian Assange and the Assange family.
Murray is a Scottish author, human rights campaigner, journalist, and former diplomat. After “9-11 changed everything,” (exactly 22 years ago this date!) and while Murray was the British ambassador to Uzbekistan, he exposed extremely serious violations of human rights taking place in that country.
Sponsored by Tackling Torture at the Top (T3) action group of Women Against Military Madness

Middle East Peace Now September Forum
2023-09-16 10:00 - 11:30 | MINNESOTA
Saturday, September 16, 2023, 10:00 – 11:30 a.m.
Online event, clink link here to register
Co-sponsored event sponsored by Middle East Peace Now (MEPN).
US Policy Toward Israel At a Turning Point, with Mitchell Plitnick, President, ReThinking Foreign Policy
The perception of Israel in the United States, in virtually every corner except the halls of Congress, has undergone a radical transformation in 2023. Ongoing and escalating violence by settlers, while not new, has reached unprecedented heights and the involvement of Israeli military and security forces in those attacks has gotten more exposure than ever before. Israel’s own radically right-wing government has escalated military attacks as well, with the attack on Jenin in June highlighting a growing understanding that Israel is, at best, disregarding Palestinian lives. Yet despite Israel’s escalating violence and its de facto annexation of much of the West Bank, mainstream congressional Democrats have doubled down on their support for Israel while the Biden administration has accelerated efforts to broker a normalization agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia. I will discuss the implications of all of these factors and how they are connected.Mitchell Plitnick, a political analyst and writer, is the president of ReThinking Foreign Policy. He is the author, with Marc Lamont Hill, of Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics. Mitchell’s previous positions include vice president at the Foundation for Middle East Peace, Director of the US Office of B’Tselem: The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, and Co-Director of Jewish Voice for Peace. His writing has appeared in Ha’aretz, the New Republic, Mondoweiss, Responsible Statecraft, The New Arab, Middle East Report, LobeLog, the San Francisco Chronicle, +972 Magazine, and other outlets. He has spoken all over the country on Middle East politics and has regularly offered commentary in a wide range of radio and television outlets including PBS News Hour, the O’Reilly Factor, i24 (Israel), Pacifica Radio, CNBC Asia and others. Plitnick graduated with honors from UC Berkeley in Middle Eastern Studies and wrote his thesis on Israeli and Jewish historiography. He earned his Masters Degree from the University of Maryland, College Park’s School of Public Policy. You can find him on Twitter @MJPlitnick.Thank you to our forum sponsors, Northfielders for Justice in Palestine/Israel, Women Against Military MadnessPlease email mepn@mepn.org with any questions.

Open Streets West Broadway
2023-09-16 11:00 - 17:00 | West Broadway Avenue from Penn Ave N to Lyndale Ave N
Open Streets Minneapolis
Saturday, September 16, 2023
11:00 am – 5:00 pm
West Broadway Avenue from Penn Ave N to Lyndale Ave N –
Our booth will be located at the intersection of: N Logan Ave & W Broadway Ave, in front of the YMCA

This event is FREE to attend. Walk, bike, roll and stroll through car-free city streets, while enjoying entertainment, programming and vendors for an activity-packed day of neighborhood fun.

If you can join us to staff WAMM’s table, please call or email the office at 612-827-5364 or admin@wamm.me.

Join WAMM in our effort to do outreach and grow the anti-war movement! Feel free to stop by if you’re there and get some literature, buttons and get a sticker. FFI: 612-827-5364.

Camp Ripley Peace Vigil
2023-09-17 10:00 - 14:00 | Camp Ripley, 15000 Highway 115, Little Falls, Minnesota
Camp Ripley Peace Vigil
Sunday, September 17, 2023 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Camp Ripley
15000 Highway 115, north of Little Falls
Brainerd Area Coalition for Peace (BACP) and Brainerd Lakes Area Democratic Socialists of America (BLA DSA) will hold a peace vigil outside of Camp Ripley on Sunday, September 17.
The vigil is scheduled to last from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the time Camp Ripley hosts Open House Day. Vigil participants can join all or part of the peace vigil.
Signs, banners, and flags are available for vigil participants or vigil participants can bring signs to the vigil.

Camp Ripley is located at 15000 Highway 115, north of Little Falls. Vigil participants may park along the right-of-way.

The vigil seeks to increase public awareness of the devastation drone warfare causes by protesting against Camp Ripley’s drone pilot training program. Camp Ripley does not fly drones overseas, but the training it provides enables pilots to use killer drones.)

The vigil will demand the termination of drone warfare, the immediate withdrawal of all U.S. forces from the Middle East, and a complete end to U.S. support for Saudi Arabia’s brutal war on Yemen.

The vigil supports a ceasefire and a peace settlement between Russia and Ukraine to end the Ukraine War. The vigil opposes the U.S. arming, funding, and training the Ukrainian military as these actions prolong the Ukraine War and risk a catastrophic war between the U.S. and Russia. The vigil calls on the U.S. to support every diplomatic effort to end the Ukraine War.

The vigil opposes the U.S. sanctions regime and regime change operations. The vigil supports the U.S. peacefully resolving disputes with other nations through diplomacy based on international law, the right to self-determination, and respect for national sovereignty.

The vigil will be in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. The vigil supports the Black Lives Matter movement’s demand to demilitarize the police force. (Camp Ripley is a major trainer of state and local police forces.)

The vigil’s pro-peace message will counter the pro-war propaganda Camp Ripley spreads at Open House Day, the biannual event when Camp Ripley invites the public to visit the base.

Everyone is welcome to join the Camp Ripley peace vigil. Please join us

September Cuba Car Caravan
2023-09-24 13:00 - 15:00 | Griggs Midway Building, 1821 University Ave, St. Paul, Minnesota
September Cuba Car Caravan

End the U.S. Blockade of Cuba! (Poner fin al bloqueo estadounidense de Cuba)
Take Cuba off the U.S. State Sponsors of Terrorism! (Sacar a Cuba de la lista de Estados Patrocinadores del Terrorismo de EE.UU)

Sunday, September 24, 2023, Gather at 1:00 pm
Griggs-Midway Building in St. Paul, MN1821 University Ave W, St Paul, MN 55104(gather in the parking lot)
Car caravan details:
1:00 pm: Line up and add signs and flags to cars at Griggs-Midway. Signs and car flags will be available or bring your own. Caravan sponsors will make brief remarks.1:30 pm (sharp): Caravan begins – Drive on University Avenue to the State Capital and back then return to Griggs-Midway.

During the caravan join us on ZOOM! See QR code.
2:30: Brief closing rally at Griggs-Midway Building parking lot.Contact 612-437-0222 for more information or if you’re joining late.We join the nationwide monthly caravans first organized by Miami-based Puentes de Amor (Bridges of Love) to show our love for Cuba.
This month we’re focusing on the continuation of Cuba on the list of nations that the U.S. designates as “terrorist” and the recent FBI questioning when people visit Cuba.

Come to hear speakers that have experienced FBI questioning and/or FBI raids. We need to stand up and speak out against any form of U.S. government repression against the people of Cuba and their supporters.
More than 10,000 people and 100 progressive advocacy groups have signed an open letter urging President Joe Biden to end the Trump administration’s terrorism designation for Cuba and to reinstate Obama-era policy for the island.We are still organizing to end the US’ 60+year Blockade on Cuba:The international outcry against the U.S. intentional starvation blockade of Cuba is growing. These actions powerfully refute the claims by anti-Cuba Senators Marco Rubio, Robert Menendez and Ted Cruz.Now in their third year, the public bike and car caravans that started in Miami, and led by Cuban-Americans, have broken up that myth.

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Únase a SCOTA, el Comité Cuba de Minnesota y otros en nuestra caravana mensual contra el bloqueo estadounidense a Cuba. Encuéntrenos en el edificio Griggs-Midway (St. Paul) (estacionamiento inferior) o MÍRELO EN VIVO en la página de Facebook.Este mes nos enfocamos en la continuación de Cuba en la lista de naciones que los EE.UU. designa como “terroristas”.
Más de 10,000 personas y 100 grupos progresistas han firmado una carta abierta urgiendo al presidente Joe Biden a revertir la designación de terrorismo de la administración Trump para Cuba y restablecer la política de la era Obama para la isla.
El clamor internacional contra el bloqueo con intención de causar hambre intencionado de Estados Unidos contra Cuba es cada vez mayor. Estas acciones refutan poderosamente la afirmación estadounidense de que la campaña contra Cuba de Marco Rubio, Bob Menéndez y Ted Cruz nos representa.
Ahora en su tercer año, las caravanas públicas de bicicletas y automóviles que comenzaron en Miami y son lideradas por cubano-americanos han roto ese mito.
Initiated by: Solidarity Committee on the Americas & the MN Cuba Committee
Facebook event and watch live if one can’t make it to the caravan: September Cuba Car Caravan (Griggs-Midway Building in St. Paul)!

Haiti Justice Committee Political Education Night
2023-09-28 18:30 - 20:00 | 3547 Cedar Ave S, 3547 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Thursday, September 28, 2023, 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.
3547 Cedar Avenue South, Minneapolis (Law Offices of De León & Nestor)

Sponsored by: Haiti Justice Committee, Haiti Justice Community (Northfield), Haiti Connection. Co-Sponsors: AntiWar Committee, Women Against Military Madness (WAMM), Minnesota National Lawyers Guild.

YES TO HAITIAN REPARATIONS, NO TO FOREIGN INTERVENTION!
For over two hundred years the Haitian people have struggled for liberation and independence from foreign rule. Today, the former slave-holding powers of the United States and France continue to seek to control Haitian affairs, propping up the illegitimate government of Ariel Henry amid a wave of internal violence and warfare among gangs controlled by Haitian business and political elites. Join us for a night of political education, Haitian food, and camaraderie in support of the Haitian people and to raise money to support legal training for Haitian women attorneys combatting sexual violence and grassroots educational groups working to bring accessible education to Haitian women and children.
For more information contact: Rebecca at 612-388-2542, rebacramer@gmail.com

Meet Author Marcie Rendon
2023-09-28 19:00 - 21:00 | Becketwood Cooperative, 4300 W. River Parkway, Minneapolis, MN, 55406, United States
Thursday, September 28, 2023
7:00 p.m. Gathering, Light Refreshments and Reading by Marcie Rendon at the Becketwood Cooperative 4300 W. River Pkwy., Minneapolis 55406 (Parking in lot near Chapel)
Marcie R. Rendon is an enrolled member of the White Earth Nation, author, playwright, poet, and freelance writer. She is an award-winning author of a fresh murder mystery series, and also has an extensive body of fiction and nonfiction works.
On September 28, Marcie will read from Sinister Graves, the latest in her series of mysteries solved by a young Native woman, Cash Blackbear, whose engaging life is centered in Northwestern Minnesota. Other books in the mystery series are Girl Gone Missing and Murder on the Red River.
Marcie is giving her time as a fundraiser for WAMM (Women Against Military Madness). Your friends are welcome, and a basket will be passed for donations to WAMM.
For further information, contact WAMM at 612-827-5364.

Walk for Peace and Justice
2023-09-30 10:00 - 12:00 | Lake Street/Marshall Avenue Bridge over the Mississippi River, 4998-4800 E Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Walk for Peace and Justice and Hands Across Mississippi for Clean Water, Clean Air and Clean Land,, Saturday, September 30, 2023. Schedule below.

We are calling on all Minnesotans to participate in these inspiring events!

Challenged by our experiences of violence across the Twin Cities in recent years, Friends for a NonViolent World (FNVW), in collaboration with Twin Cities Nonviolent (TCNV) and many other peace and justice groups, are organizing a Walk for Peace and Justice on September 30, 2023.

The walk takes place on Day 10 of Twin Cities Nonviolent annual 12 Days Free from Violence. Brackett Park in Minneapolis is the kick-off location. We will walk to the Lake Street/Marshall Avenue Peace Bridge for a Hands Across Mississippi: Clean Water, Clear Air and Clean Land ceremony sponsored by TC Nonviolent and Vote Climate.

WAMM’s End Military Madness Against the Earth and Veterans for Peace Chapter 27 will be walking the 1/2 mile walk. PLEASE JOIN US We would like both WAMM and VFP members to JOIN US and ALL walkers for peace and justice ARE WELCOME. WAMM and VFP will take the 1/2 mile walk to the bridge for ceremonies. We will have signs available.

As you can see on the schedule, the 1/2 mile walk starts about 11:15. You can come earlier and socialize. The festivities begin with coffee and meet and greet at Brackett Park beginning at 10:00 am. Address: 3800 E.28th St., Minneapolis.

Together we will uplift the vision of a world beyond violence and a culture rooted in nonviolence as we create collaborative communities.

Find out more here: http://fnvw.org/walk4peace

Endorsed by Women Against Military Madness

In addition these events will be listed on the Peace in Ukraine Coalition website that is asking for a focus on Peace in Ukraine from September 30 to Oct. 8, 2023 and is calling for an Immediate Ceasefire with Diplomacy. More information is available about this Global coalition of over 100 groups at PeaceinUkraine.org. WAMM and Veterans for Peace are both coalition members and cosponsors of Peace in Ukraine.

Schedule:
10:00 am Gathering at Brackett Park, 3800 E. 28th St.. Minneapolis11:15 am Gather at Brackett Park for walk to Lake Street/Marshall Ave Peace Bridge.
12:00 Noon Hands Across Mississippi ceremony on the Peace Bridge

See you there!

ICE Vigil (No More I.C.E.)
2023-10-03 07:30 - 08:30 | Fort Snelling LRT Station, Fort Snelling Unorganized Territory, MN, 55111, United States
Every Tuesday morning from 7:30 am – 8:30 am on Minnehaha Ave next to the Fort Snelling LRT Station in Minnesota

Weekly vigilers gather outside the ICE entrance every Tuesday morning 7:30 – 8:30 on Minnehaha Ave next to the Fort Snelling LRT Station in Minnesota. Deportation vans enter there with detained individuals to detention/immigration court which takes place in the Bishop Whipple Building.

Join together with others as we witness and stand in solidarity with immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers. Signs provided or bring your own.

On the second Tuesday of the month, the ICOM (Interfaith Coalition for Immigration) vigil takes place in the shadow of the Bishop Whipple Building in person and on zoom. Check their fb for info.

The Bombing of Cuban Flight 455 and Why it Matters Today
2023-10-05 19:00 - 21:00 | Blegen Hall, 269 19th Ave. S, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, United States
Thursday, October 5th @ 7 pm @ Blegen Hall, Rm 155
269 19th Ave. S, West Bank, U of MN, Mpls

On October 6, 1976, Cubana Flight 455 took off from Barbados en route to Jamaica. Two explosive devices placed on the airplane detonated, and the plane was ripped apart and plummeted into the ocean below. Innocent men, women, and children lost their lives, including the entire Cuban Olympic fencing team. A new informative and well-researched documentary, Cubana 455, details the ties between the CIA and Cuban exile terrorists. In this extraordinary documentary, it is clear that the Cuban terrorists have no remorse and consider civilian deaths as only collateral damage in their campaign against Cuba. Join us to learn about this tragic event and to demand that the US State Department remove Cuba from the SSOT (State Sponsors of Terrorism) The presence of Cuba on this list is particularly outrageous because it has been a victim of terrorist acts over the past 60 years, not a perpetrator of them. Organized by Minnesota Cuba Committee.
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Open Streets Lyndale
2023-10-08 11:00 - 17:00 | MINNESOTA
Open Streets Lyndale
Sunday, October 8, 2023 from 11:00 am – 5:00 pm,
Lyndale Ave S from W 22nd St to W 42nd St, Minneapolis, MN

Booth Location between W 26th St and W 27th St
This event is FREE to attend. Walk, bike, roll and stroll through car-free city streets, while enjoying entertainment, programming and vendors for an activity-packed day of neighborhood fun.

If you can join us to staff WAMM’s table, please call or email the office at 612-827-5364 or admin@wamm.me.

Join WAMM in our effort to do outreach and grow the anti-war movement! Feel free to stop by if you’re there and get some literature, buttons and get a sticker. FFI: 612-827-5364.

Pipeline Blues Vigil
2023-10-09 16:00 - 17:00 | Minnesota Governor’s Residence, 1006 Summit Ave, St Paul, Minneapolis, MN, United States
Every Monday from 4:00-5:00 pm.
Pipeline Blues Vigil
Minnesota Governor’s Mansion
1006 Summit Avenue in St. Paul 55105
WAMM and Veterans For Peace are sponsoring a regular “Stop Line 3!” vigil in solidarity with Water Protectors outside the Governor’s Mansion, 1006 Summit Ave., St. Paul.
All are welcome. Bring Signs. Spread the word!
Sponsored by Women Against Military Madness, Climate Justice Committee and Veterans for Peace Chapter 27.
FFI: Women Against Military Madness 612-827-5364

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Pipeline vigils began on November 8, 2021.

The Sacred Sundance Movie
2023-10-09 19:00 - 21:00 | 4200 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis MN 55407, 4200 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
WAMM SECOND MONDAY MOVIES PRESENTS
The Sacred Sundance: The Transfer of a Ceremony
Monday, October 9, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. 4200 Cedar Ave. So., Minneapolis (on Indigenous Peoples’ Day)
The Sacred Sundance: The Transfer of a Ceremony, chronicles Mi’kmaq director Brian J Francis’ journey into the traditions of North American indigenous spirituality. The Sundance is new to the Mi’kmaq people of Eastern Canada and is brought to them from the west by elder William Nevin of the Elsipogtog First nation…The Sundance itself cannot be filmed, but through the preparations for the ceremony and the words of its participants, we are left an understanding of the healing power it has brought to communities who traditionally did nor practice it. The film offers a model for indigenous people reclaiming their heritage and embracing traditions- and with them, hope for the future.
Director: Brian J. Francis 2008/Canada/1 hour 9 minutes
Masks and social distancing by choice.

Connecting the dots…discussion
Always FREE and open to the public
ALL ARE WELCOME! Free refreshments!
Sponsored by the WAMM Movie Committee

FFI: 612.827.5364 or general@wamm.me

I Surrender, a Memoir of Chile's Dictatorship
2023-10-11 18:30 - 20:00 | Carondelet Center, 1890 Randolph Avenue, St Paul, MN, 55105, United States
Wednesday, October 11, 6:30 pm, Carondelet Center
1890 Randolph Avenue, St. Paul, MN
Two years after a CIA-assisted coup overthrew the democratically-elected president of Chile, Kathleen Osberger, a Notre Dame graduate and lay volunteer, went to Santiago to teach in a Catholic grade school. Upon arrival she was told a secret: the religious she would live with sheltered dissidents targeted by Pinochet’s secret police. Soon events crescendo, and Osberger is handed a blindfold, a warrant, and must go on the run. Join us for this author’s reflection on the inspiring witness to the Chilean people, the Catholic Church and the modern human rights movement.

Books can be purchased from Orbis Books or can be purchase with cash at the event.

FFI: CSJ Justice Office —mroers@csjstpaul.org
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Protest: Unwelcome Lockheed Martin
2023-10-12 16:30 - 17:30 | MINNESOTA
Thursday, October 12, 2023 at 4:30 pm
Gateway Park, Raymond Ave & Energy Park Dr, St. Paul, MN

Lockheed Martin is the world’s largest military company. It manufactures multiple weapon systems that are routinely used in war crimes around the world. Lockheed Martin is opening a new site in St Paul. Join us to unwelcome them to the Twin Cities and say no to US militarism!
Initiated by MN Peace Action Coalition, co-sponsored by WAMM.

Stand with Palestine Emergency Response
2023-10-13 16:00 - 17:00 | Corner of Summit & Snelling in St. Paul, Corner of Summit Ave and Snelling Ave, St. Paul, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Friday, October 13, 2023, from 4:00 – 5:00 pm
At the corner of Snelling and Summit Avenues in St Paul, MN
Join WAMM’s Middle East Committee this Friday for their weekly vigil to stand in solidarity with the people of Palestine in light of recent events. Meet us at the corner of Snelling and Summit Avenues in St Paul at 4:00 pm.
FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA, PALESTINE WILL BE FREE!

March for Palestine
2023-10-15 15:00 - 17:00 | Bryant Square Park, 3101 Bryant Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, 55408, United States
Sunday, October 15, 2023 at 3:00 pm, Gather at Bryant Square Park
Join us to stand with Palestine in light of recent events
Bring signs and/or flags
Organized by the Anti-War Committee, American Muslims for Palestine MN, and Students for Justice in Palestine UMN, sponsored by WAMM

Stand with Palestine Rally
2023-10-18 17:30 - 18:30 | Minnesota State Capitol, 75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd, St Paul, MN, 55155, United States
Wednesday, October 18th @ 5:30 pm @ MN State Capitol
75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd, St. Paul, MN
Governor Walz is leading the charge in MN to rally people to stand with Israel while being silent on the 75 year occupation of Palestine, and on the war crimes Israel is committing right now. Israel’s leveling of Gaza and the use of white phosphorus are horrible atrocities and need to be stopped. Join us for a rally to stand with Palestine and to challenge the narrative that Israel’s crimes are justified.
Organized by Anti-War Committee, American Muslims for Palestine MN and Students for Justice in Palestine – UMN. Endorsed by WAMM.

Let Gaza Live! Free Palestine - Rally and Bannering
2023-10-20 16:00 - 17:00 | Corner of Summit & Snelling in St. Paul, Corner of Summit Ave and Snelling Ave, St. Paul, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Friday, October 20, 2023 from 4:00 – 5:00 pm

At the corner of Snelling and Summit Ave, St. Paul, MN
Initiated by Women Against Military Madness

Join WAMM’s Middle East Committee this Friday for their weekly vigil dedicated to Palestinian solidarity. Meet us at the corner of Snelling and Summit Avenues in St Paul at 4:00 pm. Feel free to bring signs and flags!
FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA, PALESTINE WILL BE FREE!

MEPN October Forum
2023-10-21 10:00 - 11:30 | Online Event
Saturday, October 21, 2023, 10:00 – 11:30 am
Zoom Webinar, Click here to register
“Diversity as key to peace and sustainability in Palestine: human, biological, agricultural” with Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh – co-sponsored by Northfielders for Justice in Palestine/Israel and Women Against Military Madness
Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh previously served at US universities including Tennessee, Duke and Yale. He is founder and volunteer director of the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability (PIBS) at Bethlehem University (http://palestinenature.org). Qumsiyeh published over 170 scientific papers, over 30 book chapters, hundreds of articles, and several books (including “Sharing the Land of Canaan” and “Popular Resistance in Palestine”) on topics ranging from cultural heritage to human rights to biodiversity conservation to cancer. He oversaw a number of projects ranging from formulating the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan to empowerment projects with farmers, women, and children that benefitted tens of thousands. He is laureate of the Paul K. Feyerabend Foundation award the Takreem award among others. See also http://qumsiyeh.org
Qumsiyeh and his team believe in value of diversity (human diversity and biological diversity). The motto of the institution he founded is RESPECT: self respect (empowerment), respect for others (different religions, ethnicities, backgrounds etc), and respect for nature. The event helps to raise awareness about the current reality in Palestine and garner support of all types towards sustainability of human and natural communities.
Thank you to our forum sponsors, Northfielders for Justice in Palestine/Israel, Women Against Military Madness
Please email mepn@mepn.org with any questions.

STAND WITH PALESTINE
2023-10-22 14:00 - 16:00 | Loring Park, Minneapolis, MN, United States
Sunday, October 22, 2023 at 2:00 pm, Loring Park, Minneapolis, MN
Initiated by AMP (American Muslims for Palestine) MN, SJP (Students for Justice in Palestine) at UMN, and the Anti-War Committee
Our message will be seen by people on Hennepin Ave, 94 and 394! Meet on the southwest corner of the park across from the Walker Art Center.

Solidarity Walkout for Palestine
2023-10-25 13:30 - 14:30 | Edina High School, 6754 Valley View Rd, Edina, MN, 55439, United States
Wednesday, October 25, 2023 at 1:41 pm
6754 Valley View Rd, Edina, MN 55439

Students at Edina High School @ehswalkoutforpalestine will be participating in the national walkout on Wednesday, October 25 called by @palestinianyouthmovement to raise awareness about the atrocities taking place in Gaza and to stand with the Palestinian people.

Please spread the word and show support by participating in this great event!

Protest: tell McCullom to vote No on Aid to Israel
2023-10-25 16:00 - 18:00 | Representative Betty McCollum, 661 Lasalle St Suite 110, St Paul, MN, 55114, United States
Wednesday, October 25, 2023 @ 4 p.m.
Gather at intersection of Lasalle and University, St. Paul, MN (one block from Rep. McCollum’s office)
McCollum, who represents St. Paul in the U.S. House, is a co-sponsor of H.Res.771, titled “Standing with Israel as it defends itself against the barbaric war launched by Hamas and other terrorists.”
Likewise, her phony statement on a ceasefire places blame only on Palestinians and doesn’t even call for Israel to immediately stop its genocidal attacks on Gaza.
In the past, McCollum claimed to be an ally of Palestine and sponsored legislation that would have cut U.S. aid to Israel. It’s time to push her back in that direction. Biden wants $14 billions more for Israel as part of his $106 billion proposal to fund wars across the world – join us to tell Betty McCollum to vote NO!
Initiated by MN Anti-War Committee. Endorsements to follow.

Coffee Hour: Paul Peulevé Baker Hernández on Nicaragua
2023-10-28 10:00 - 12:00 | 4200 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis MN 55407, 4200 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
10:00 am, Saturday, October 28, 2023.
Join us in person at 4200 Cedar Ave, Minneapolis, MN. If you’re able to come to the coffee hour in person, coffee, bagels and donuts will be served. If you can’t make it in person, join us on the Facebook page or on Zoom (Register early!)
1960s: Paul is a hermit monk. His sister smuggles in Bob Dylan’s, ‘Blowin’ in the Wind.’ Haunted by, ‘How many times can a man turn his head, pretending he just doesn’t see?’ Paul makes guitar from scrap wood; gets booted out (silent monastery)! Seeking answers, invades Queen Elizabeth’s private castle; leads 300,000 people + Pope in, “We Shall Overcome!”; helps fend off Salvadoran death squads in LA!; lives in revolutionary Nicaragua, home since Reagan’s war.

Paul weaves songs, news, analysis and firsthand experience into presentations for house (& stadium!) concerts, radio/tv, lectures, homilies, classes, discussions, picket lines. In English and/or Spanish.

Solidarity Committee of the Americas (SCOTA)
4200 Cedar Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55407
(612) 827-5364. Facebook

Belly of the Beast Film Screenings
2023-10-31 19:00 - 21:00 | Blegen Hall, 269 19th Ave. S, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, United States
Tuesday, October 31, 2023 at 7:00 pm
Blegen Hall Room 10, 216 S 19th Ave, Mpls, MN
We must stand up to US imperialism everywhere that it rears it’s ugly head — from Palestine to Cuba.
Join us as we welcome Liz Oliva Fernández from the Belly of the Beast to Minneapolis on her tour across the US.
One of the documentaries that will be showed is “Hardliner on the Hudson” about rabid anti-Cuban revolution Senator Bob Menendez, whose corruption was just revealed for the world to see.
This tour is hosted by the Minnesota Cuba Committee and the Witness for Peace Solidarity Collective, and co-sponsored by SCOTA, PSL Minneapolis and CPUSA Twin Cities.
Other film screening times:
Monday, October 30, 2023 at 6:30 pm, U of Minnesota Urban Outreach and Engagement Center Room 105, 2001 Plymouth Ave N
Wednesday, November 1, 2023 at 7:30 pm, The Parkway Theater, 4814 Chicago

Build the Future — Break the U.S. Blockade on Cuba!
2023-11-01 17:00 - 18:00 | Lake Street/Marshall Avenue Bridge over the Mississippi River, 4998-4800 E Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Wednesday, November 1, 2023 at 5:00 pm
Lake Street-Marshall Ave Bridge
Join SCOTA on the bridge during the WAMM vigil in support of the United Nations’ vote to End the U.S. Blockade on Cuba!

Cuba will bring a resolution to the United Nations to end the cruel (60-year+) U.S. blockade on their country during the United Nations annual vote.
SCOTA will be participating in a 24-hour global picket in support of the resolution.
Cuba’s resolution calls for: “Necessity of ending economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba.”
In 2022, this resolution was passed overwhelmingly by 185 countries for the 30th consecutive vote at the UN General Assembly, while the U.S. and one other country voted to continue the blockade, and a couple of countries abstained.
While the U.S. government continually votes “No” to ending the cruel blockade, the people of the United States enter the family of nations from around the world to demand “End the Blockade on Cuba” and “Let Cuba Live.”
The people of the U.S. shows their support by passing many resolutions (at least 102). These resolutions represent 55 million people.
Want to join the 24-hr virtual picket?
Sign up here: https://tinyurl.com/24hr4Cuba
Initiated by the Solidarity Committee on the Americas (FYI: solidaritycommitteeofamericas@gmail.com)

#UNVote4Cuba
#OffTheListt
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Biden: Stop Supporting Israel's War!
2023-11-01 17:00 - 19:00 | Minneapolis Federal Building, 300 S 4th St, Minneapolis, MN, 55415, United States
Wednesday, November 1, 2023 @ 5:00 pm
Minneapolis Federal Building, 300 S 4th St, Mpls, MN
Demand an end to US support for Israel’s ethnic cleansing of Gaza! Free Palestine!

We are going public now
Biden has announced no public events for his visit on November 1st. It appears he is flying into MN for a photo op at a farm and then leaving. Meanwhile Israel is ethnic cleansing Gaza and “genocide Joe” is arming Israel to the teeth. We can’t let Biden come to MN and not express our outrage at US support for Israel’s war. Join us at the Mpls Federal Building for a large protest to unwelcome Biden to MN.

Stories of Hope and Resilience in Occupied Palestine
2023-11-02 19:00 - 21:00 | St. John’s Lutheran Church, 500 Third Street West, Northfield, MN, 55057, United States
Thursday, November 2, 7:00 p.m. St. John’s Lutheran Church, 500 Third Street West, Northfield, MN.
Speaker will be Kris Ducett, Executive Director of Bright Stars: Promoting peace and justice in Palestine through Dar al-Kalima University in Bethlehem. Presented by St. John’s Women (Courageous Conversations series).
Organized by Northfielders for Justice in Palestine/Israel (NJP/I).

Vigil to End War
2023-11-08 16:00 - 17:00 | Lake Street/Marshall Avenue Bridge over the Mississippi River, 4998-4800 E Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
The Vigil to End War is sponsored by the WAMM End War Committee (EWC).
The EWC is dedicated to ending U.S. involvement in war, the threats of war, and the production, sale and use of the weapons of war.
Please wear a mask and maintain social distance!
Every Wednesday at the the Lake Street/Marshall Avenue Bridge
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Signs provided or bring your own. Check the WAMM calendar and Facebook events pages for special themes for the day!
Sponsored by the End War Committee
In 1999, WAMM’s End War Committee partnered with other local activist groups to initiate a weekly vigil on the Lake Street and Marshal Avenue bridge in St.Paul. Originally in response to the U.S. and NATO bombings in Yugoslavia, the vigil has continued weekly with different U.S. sanctions, interventions, and wars to protest. Every Wednesday for over 20 years—rain, shine or below zero temps—activists in the Twin Cities have gathered to stand in solidarity with all those affected by U.S. militarism and to call for peace.
