Central New York Voices for Peace and Social Justice May 2011 #804

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Noam Chomsky interviewed by Luke Savage

From The Varsity, April 4, 2011

The Varsity: I thought we could start with the recent upheavals in the Middle East. Could you discuss recent events in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and elsewhere? What do you think is at the root of this regional upheaval and what are its possible implications for the region, and for the rest of the world? Noam Chomsky: First of all it’s worth bearing in mind that upheavals are really not new. It’s kind of like an infectious wave, so one started then the other broke out then another one did but each one of them has origins going well back. So take Egypt, the most important country. The demonstration in Egypt—Tahrir Square, the January 25th move-ment—was initiated by a group of young people—tech savvy young people who call themselves the “April 6th movement”. Why the April 6th movement? The reason is that on April 6th, 2008 there was a major labour action planned at the biggest industrial conglomer-ate in Egypt along with solidarity actions, and it was all crushed by force by the very brutal security system.

Well, we didn’t hear much about that here, but it means a lot there, so that gave the name to the April 6th movement. What that reflects is that there have been substantial labour struggles, labour militancy against the dictatorship—trying to gain elementary rights and some elements of democracy. It kind of blew up on January 25th but it’s been going on a long time. And the same in the other countries: if you look there’s been protests, repressions, violence, torture, more protests. This wave, it actually got started in Western Sahara, but that was crushed very quickly by Morocco. Then it went to Tunisia. There, it suc-ceeded in overthrowing the dictatorship, lit a spark, and then it spread all over the region.

And it’s very important. For one thing it’s, in many ways, the most dramatic [and] possibly significant democracy uprising in recent history. And it has a lot of promise, but plenty of problems. Some of the problems are internal, some are external. You can see them coinciding in the countries that the United States and the West are really concerned about: namely the ones that have oil

and that have loyal dictators. If a country has plenty of oil and a loyal dictator, the West is going to back the dictator to the hilt, and that’s what happened in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Bahrain—which is kind of like an offshoot of Saudi Arabia.

In Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, the repression was so severe that people could barely even appear for the demonstrations, and there’s no criticism of that in the West because their dictators are fine. In Egypt, the US and the West followed what is, in fact, a familiar game-plan when you can’t hang on to a favoured dictator. What you do is you hold on as long as possible. When it’s impossible, typically when the army turns against him, which is what happened in Egypt, then [you] shelve him and try to restore as much as

you can of the old order, and that’s in fact what’s happening in Egypt and Tunisia.

A different case is Libya—plenty of oil but not a loyal dictator, so the West would be happy to get rid of him, even though they’ve supported him right to the end. I mean, the US and Britain have been strongly supporting him right to the present day. I don’t have time to go into the details, but they’re interesting. In any event, if there’s a chance to get rid of him they’d be happy to do it. So in fact, the Western powers have intervened in support of the rebellion. Of course, everything is called “humanitarian intervention”… But for example, they didn’t call for a ceasefire for both sides—they called for a ceasefire for the government forces. TV: The primary impetus for the rebellion in Egypt—you men-

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About the Cover: As far as we know it’s been over 15 years since Noam Chomsky has spoken in Syracuse. He is celebrated by both youth and elders, and is perhaps even more renowned overseas than at home. A true public intellectual, Chomsky continues to be one of the most influential thinkers of our time.

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Educate, Agitate, Organize: SPC IN ACTIONcompiled by Carol Baum

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Ground the DronesFrom April 17-22, Upstate New Yorkers acted to “Ground the Drones–End the Wars” with a week of education and action to protest the Reaper Drones at Syracuse’s Hancock Air National Guard Base.

People from throughout upstate NY and beyond con-verged on Syracuse. 50 people participated in a peace walk here from Ithaca; five from Rochester. On Thursday, April 21, Syracusans greeted the walkers with a community potluck, followed by talks by Kathy Kelly, and Ann Wright. 150 people attended.

On Friday over 100 people walked from ArtRage Gallery to a rally outside the Base, where a crowd of 250 potested the drones and the wars. A die-in representing those killed by drone attacks followed the rally 37 people were arrested, including nine from Syracuse.

The action was organized by the Upstate Coalition to Ground the Drones, End the Wars, a group of activists from Buffalo, Rochester, Ithaca, Binghamton, Syracuse, Rome and Albany. To get involved with anti-wars organizing or to support those arrested, contact Carol.

Youth and MilitarismIn April, SPC intern Hannah Dean-Wood and SPC activists Chris Jamison and Ron Van Norstrand staffed informational tables at Altmar-Parish-Williamstown and Sandy Creek High Schools. Our Youth and Mili-tarism materials sparked a lot of debate and interest among students and teachers alike. We also made presentations on grassroots activism in three Corcoran Government classes, and as we go to print, we’re pre-paring for the culminating reception for

our 2nd annual Art for Peace contest. In May, we will have informational tables at all four city high schools. Contact Andy or Jessica to help out.

Returning Onondaga Lake Shoreline to the

Onondaga Nation NOON’s Advocacy Committee swung into gear in early April to support an effort to have the county return land on the Onondaga Lake shoreline to the Onondaga Nation. Such a concrete step would acknowledge the right of the Onondagas to the lake and the deep spiritual and historical place the lake plays in their community. On April 13, the Environmental Committee of the Onondaga County Legislature took the first step of passing the proposed resolution, in what is likely to be a lengthy process.

Following up on the successful April 11 statewide Rally/Lobby Day to stop hydrofracking, NOON is helping organize a rally in Albany on Monday, May 2, with a specific call for a permanent ban on hy-

drofracking. Please join us for the trek to Albany if you can. Contact Andy.

Syracuse United for

Economic Justice A crowd of about 200 people called for economic justice and a renewed commitment to civil rights on April 4, the 43rd an-niversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The event, planned as part of a national day of action, was also a direct response to the passage of the New York State 2012 budget, which will cut $1.2 billion in edu-cation funding, and the proposal to cut 500 education jobs in the Syracuse City School District.

This new economic justice group meets next on May 1 at 3pm at Plymouth Church to plan responses to the erosion of workers’ rights and the corporate takeover of our political system. New activists, organizers and artists are welcome. Contact Ursula.

Hiroshima Day PlanningThis year marks 66 years since the US dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. SPC and Peace Action are beginning plans for our yearly commemoration. We invite other groups and individuals to join us. Our first meeting is Wednesday, May 4 at 7 pm at the SPC office. Contact Carol.

Gearing Up for SummerBikes for Peace held a general interest meeting and orientation on April 27. If you’re interested, but missed the orienta-tion, please contact Jessica or Ursula. Our mechanics training will happen in mid-May and is free for anyone who signs up to assist with at least two of our summer clinics for youth.

Remembering the NakbaThe Nakba (Catastrophe) is the Palestin-ian name to describe the dispossession of

37 people from Upstate NY and beyond were arrested during an April 22 die-in on the entryway into Hancock Air Base. The base has become an important player in the military’s increasing use of robots in warfare. Photo: Ursula Rozum

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SPC in Action / from previous page

750,000 Palestinians in 1948 when the State of Israel was created. Join CNY Working for a Just Peace in Palestine and Israel to remember on Sunday, May 15, 4-6 pm at ArtRage Gallery, 505 Hawley Ave.

Hear the stories of local Palestinian-Americans, including Shaw Dallal, whose families experienced this horror. There will be music and refreshments. Contact Andy.

May 11: Noam ChomskyTickets are selling briskly for SPC’s second major 75th anniversary event with Noam Chomsky on Wednesday, May 11 at 7 pm at Nottingham High School, 3100 E. Genesee St. If you’re not familiar with Noam, one of the world’s most respected US foreign policy analysts, that’s even more reason to attend this event. Tickets ($5-15, sliding scale) are available at www.peacecouncil.net; SPC’s office (2013 E. Genesee St.); Syracuse Real Food Coop (618 Kensington Rd.); Recess Café (110 Harvard Pl.); Funk ’n Waffles (727 S. Crouse Ave.); Syracuse Cultural Workers (400 Lodi St.); or at the door. Free for high school students. Contact Andy to lend a hand.

Spring Appeal on the WaySPC’s spring fund appeal went out on April 21. If you didn’t receive it, you can still contribute at www.peacecouncil.net/donate. This is an important source of revenue to support our many activist and educational projects. Without your support we couldn’t have organized the recent drone protests, supported Onondaga Land Rights and related environmental work, spoken to hundreds of high school students about the perils of joining the military and much more. Please donate generously and consider becoming a pledger as part of our 75 Pledgers for 75 Years campaign. Contact Andy.

Leftist Lounge Self-identified lefties take over the base-ment of the Center for Peace and Social Justice at 8 pm on the last Friday of the month. Bring your petitions, your leaflets and your ideas for actions. Wear your politi-cal buttons. The only agenda is socializing and creating a space to exchange ideas for radical social change. If you’ve got an idea for what you’d like to see at the Leftist Lounge – signmaking, paper mache, presentations–contact Ursula.

Summercrafts 2011 Jazz impresario and community organizer Frank Malfitano has again pulled off his magic to set the stage for another Syracuse JazzFest the weekend of June 24-25. For the second year, SPC will organize an accompanying crafts show. We’d love assistance in organizing the fair, recruit-ing craftspeople, helping with staffing and more. Contact Amelia, summercrafts@peacecouncil.net or 472-5478.

Activist Appreciation: John Fitzsimmons

John Fitzsimmons is the go-to guy for just about anything. Something needs to be picked up—call John. Someone to join the anti-wars committee—he’s the one. Need someone to be in the tableau, make phone calls, find advertisers for the birthday dinner program—John is there. He steps up responsibly, communicating well and following through in a timely way.

John has a deep, longstanding commit-ment to social justice and peace. He quietly makes sure what needs to be done is done, from the mundane (but necessary) task of

picking up goodies for an event to being willing to be arrested for peace in Iraq to being a mainstay of the peace outreaches.

Thank you, John, for being a part of what makes SPC work and flourish.

Bring the Troops Home Rally April 9

Rochester Against War and SPC worked together to organize a bus to the April 9 anti-war rally in New York City. About 10,000 people marched down Broadway. One highlight was the large turnout from the Muslim community, largely organized by the Muslim Peace Coalition. Two weeks before the rally, 100 Imams from the NYC area had signed a letter asking the Muslim community to come out for April 9.

Justice in the AmericasSPC activists traveled to Washington DC to participate in the Days of Action to Close the School of the Americas and the Latin America Solidarity Conference to End Militarism. Ann Tiffany and Ed Kinane were among 27 activists arrested for staging a “die-in” at the White House on April 10. The action was accompanied by a march of hundreds of human rights activists, including torture survivors, union workers, educators and students from across the Americas. Photos of the march and the nonviolent civil resistance are available at www.SOAW.org. To learn first hand about US policy in Latin America, consider joining CNY activists on a delegation to Colombia in July. Contact Jessica or Ursula for details.

Weekly Peace Outreach

We’re back to our weekly on-the-streets presence to end the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan! Contact Ed or Ann, 478-4571.

Tuesdays: 4:15-5 pmMay 3 Hancock Air Base Entrance

(E. Molloy Rd., Mattydale) May 10 E. Adams St. & Rt. 81

(downtown) May 17 Hancock Air Base Entrance May 24 E. Adams St. & Rt. 81 May 31 E. Adams St. & Rt. 81 Also Saturdays 8-9 am on Park St. across from the Regional Market.

John has participated in many tableaus. This is from the NYS Fair, 2008. Photo: Carol Baum

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tioned the labour movement—but there also seems to have been a component of secular nationalism. What do you think the primary impetus for the anti-Gaddafi movement in Libya is? NC: Hatred of Gaddafi—he’s a brutal, vicious dictator. He’s been in for a long time, ‘69. There’s been plenty of protest, mostly repressed. He has plenty of support too, you can tell that from the reports, but there’s a strong popular opposition to the dictatorship, as there is throughout the entire region… Dictators are not popular. Sometimes they’re powerful enough and strongly enough supported by the West so they can crush opposition—as, for example, in Saudi Arabia. And Gaddafi’s done that for a long time, with plenty of Western support, incidentally. But this time, it broke through and the West would be quite happy to get rid of him. That’s why the Western powers are intervening in support of the rebellion. TV: I’d like to turn now to the topic of your talk at U of T in April, which is entitled “The State-Corporate Complex: A Threat to Freedom and Survival.” Could you talk about the “State-Corporate Complex?” How is it manifested today in the United States and elsewhere, and why is it a threat? NC: Well, it’s been there forever. I mean the state [and the] interaction between state power and concentrations of private power goes back hundreds of years; in fact, Adam Smith talked about it. But it takes different forms at different times. And since the 1970s there has been a kind of a vicious cycle that was initiated [then]. It started with financialization of the economy and export of production that led to heavy concentration of profit in financial capital; that translated itself into political power. Political power then enhanced it by introduction of a whole range of policies, ranging from tax policies to deregulation, which further enhanced corporate power, increasingly financial power.

By now, without going through the details, the result is that in the United States, as everyone knows, there is tremendous inequality. But what is less known is that the inequality primarily comes from strato-spheric concentration of wealth in a fraction of one per cent of the population. If you take that out it’s unequal, but not madly unequal, and that’s a result of this process.

In the meantime, for the majority of the population, incomes have pretty much stagnated, work hours have gone up, and conditions are rotten. There are repeated financial crises ever since the deregulation set in, and the big corporations are just paid off by the taxpayer […] they’re rescued. Then they’re richer than ever and set up for the next crisis. That’s a really severe threat. It almost crashed the economy and the next time around it’ll be worse. Quite apart from the fact that it almost utterly undermines any democratic functioning of the state—and it’s pretty similar in other countries—the United States happens to be extreme. TV: A lot of this seems to be playing out right now in Wisconsin where the Tea Party,

the state government, and the unions are in a direct conflict about collective

bargaining.

There was a recent New Yorker article that alleged that the Tea Party movement was receiving much of its financial backing from the Koch Brothers, who are also financial backers of Governor Scott Walker. The Tea Party is often characterized as a “grassroots movement.” Do you agree with that assess-ment, and how would you characterize the events in Wisconsin? NC: Well, it’s true that there’s a confronta-tion between the Tea Party and the popular movement, but that’s kind of misleading. I mean, there’s overwhelming support for the protesters. First of all, it’s a major event…. The Tea Party has never even dreamed of putting tens of thousands of people on the streets day after day, occupying the state capital….It’s a major uprising. And it has

plenty of support. If you look at the polls, a large majority of people in Wisconsin support the protests and are opposed to the legislation.

The Tea Party is a pretty small move-ment, actually. It’s in a sense grassroots. It comes out of an old nativist tradition that’s relatively affluent, white, anti-foreign, anti-immigrant; it’s got racist elements. It’s against “big government”—well, they claim to be against big government. On the other hand their hero Ronald Reagan was a great advocate of big government. So it’s pretty confused intellectually, but it appeals to and grows out of a long nativist tradition.

On the other hand, it is small and relatively affluent, and it’s perfectly true that it gets massive funding from the cor-porate sector. For them, it’s their storm troops. So there’s a confrontation, but it’s overwhelmingly a popular uprising against the attempt to destroy the last remnants of the union movement. TV: In 1970 you gave a lecture called “Gov-ernment in the Future” which was about the future of the liberal democratic state. Given the immense inequities in wealth and income that you’ve talked about in the United States, and the events that are playing out right now, what do you think the future of the liberal democratic state is? Do you think it’s going to survive the next 25 or 30 years? What do you think the alternatives are? NC: Well, I think the answer to that ques-tion is actually being played out on the streets of Madison, Wisconsin. It depends which of these forces wins. There are pro-democratic forces which are protesting; there are anti-democratic forces which are dedicated to trying to impose a kind of a narrow corporate tyranny. And how this plays out, we’ll see.

Wednesday, May 11 @7:00 PM

Nottingham High School Auditorium (3100 E. Genesee St.)

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an evening with NOAM CHOMSKY

Haven’t read Chomsky yet? We’ll have books on hand at his May 11th talk.

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SPC Activist Profile: Carol BaumCarol Baum, SPC staffperson, works with the anti-wars committee, the NOON booklet, and Hiroshima-Nagasaki organizing (among myriad other tasks!), grew up near Chicago and came to Syracuse as a grad student in geography at SU. Aside from getting involved with the New Environment Association and Literacy Volunteers, Carol’s love for alternative bookstores guided her towards the Peace Council and its Front Room bookstore, which she staffed in the 70s. The rest, as they say, is herstory.How did you become a staff person the second time?People talk about 9/11 changing their lives and it changed mine. As soon as it happened there was a great concern that the US was going to do something terrible in the world, and so a group of people started meeting. The organizing was not directly con-nected to the Peace Council because SPC wasn’t strong at that time. There was a spinoff group that realized that there is an organization here that has an infrastructure. We thought it would be helpful to try to revitalize the Peace Council. So Andy [Mager] and I started as staff that January, 2002.Can you identify a source of your activist ways?My earliest activist memory is Dr. King coming to Cicero, a suburb of Chicago. I was in grade school at the time. My

parents were clear that anyone can do anything—that race and gender do not matter. There was this sense that if you have a lot, you need to give a lot. Growing up I did a lot of service work. After a certain point

you cannot not ask yourself, “What is going on that people need this service? What can be done to prevent that?”Was there a time when you felt your work was very effective?That question is hard to answer because with every “success,” there is a next step. Part of what we need to do is celebrate where we are and yet know we’re not where we want to be.Why do you stay involved as an activist?I can’t imagine not being an activist. This is not to say that every day I wake up and go, “Oh wow, I can hardly wait to get to work!” I feel a sense of

obligation to do what I can to improve things. And it’s more than that—there’s also joy associated with it. One

of my hopes for my life has always been to put my head, heart and body together into one thing. There are times when I feel like this is what I’m supposed to be doing and all those pieces are working together.

-Amelia Ramsey-Lefevre

Carol coordinates SPC’s antiwar work. Photo: Jude Nagurney Camwell

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EVERY WED: Open Figure Drawing. 7-10pm. Westcott Comm. Ctr. Fee. 478-8634.

EVERY THURS: Talk to a lawyer. 6-8pm. Westcott Comm. Center, 826 Euclid Ave. Steve, 478-8634.

SUN Skunk City Neighborhood Asso-ciation. 6:30pm. Mundy Library, 1204 S. Geddes St. 476-7475.

EVERY SAT: Democracy Now! Time Warner Cable Channel 98, 9-11am.

EVERY SAT: Sharing the Earth (PAR). 10pm. Time Warner 98.

Boxed Items are Syracuse Peace Coun-cil related events. Info: peacecouncil.net, 472-5478, spc@peacecouncil.net.

June PNL Calendar deadline. Items to pnl@peacecouncil.net or 472-5478.

PFLAG monthly meeting. 7-9pm. First Presbyterian Church, 620 W. Genesee St.

EVERY TUES: Rough Times Live (Media Unit). 8pm. Time Warner 98. 478-UNIT.

SUN Southside Coalition. 6:30pm. Beau-champ Library, 2111 S Salina St. 476-7475.

SUN Southwest Action Committee. 7pm. Brady Faith, 404 South Ave. 476-7475.

SUN Westside Coalition, 7pm, Brown Memorial, 228 Davis St. 476-7475.

Westside Residents Coalition, 6:30pm, La Liga, 700 Oswego St. 256-0780.

Westside Residents Coalition, 6:30pm, La Liga, 700 Oswego St. 256-0780.

Gay and Lesbian Catholics. 5pm. All Saints Church, 1304 Lancaster Ave. 770-2155.

Pax Christi Mtg. 9:30am, 208 Slocum Ave.

SPC Steering Committee Meeting. 6:30-9pm. Open to SPC supporters. Call to confirm. Jessica, 472-5478.

CLAC/CNY SOA Abolitionists Meet-ing. 4-6pm. Syracuse Center, 2013 E. Genesee St. Ann, 478-4571.

PNL Mailing Party. 4pm. SPC office, 2013 E. Genesee St., 2nd floor. Meet and work with great folks... and we provide pizza. Andy, 472-5478.

EVERY MON: GED classes. 9am-12pm. Westcott Community Center. RSVP to Paul Harvey at 247-4420 or WCC at 478-8634.

EVERY THURS: Moving for Better Balance. Exercise Program for seniors. 11-11:45am. Westcott Community Center. Transportation can be arranged. 478-8634.

Public Power Coalition Mtg. 7:30pm. 2nd floor, 2013 E. Genesee St. Jessica, 472-5478.

Partnership for Onondaga Creek Mtg. 6pm. Brady Faith Center, 404 South Ave. Aggie, 478-4571. Call to confirm.

NOON Steering Committee Meeting. 7pm. Andy, 472-5478.

EVERY SUN: “Top of the World” music. 10pm-12am, 88.3 FM.

Gay and Lesbian Catholics. 5pm. All Saints Church, 1304 Lancaster Ave. 770-2155.

Leftist LoungeHang out, start a revolution,

or just have a cup of tea.8pm. Syr. Center for Peace & Social Justice, 2013 E. Genesee St. Discussion. Ursula, 472-5478. See p.4.

March & Rally to BAN Hydrofracking in NY. 11am. Capital Lawn, Albany, NY. Lindsay 475-3027.

Friends of Dorothy Dinner. 5:30-7pm. St. Vincent’s Parish. Enter on Winton St. Fee. www.friendsofdorothysyracuse.com.

ShaleShock CNY meeting. 6pm. On-ondaga Free Library. shaleshockcny.org.

EVERY SAT: Coffee, Tea & Talk 11am-2pm. All women welcome! Women's Info. 601 Allen St. womensinfo.org.

Green Party Spring Membership Mtg. 5-7pm. ArtRage Gallery. 505 Hawley Ave. 218-5711. Ursula 472-5478.

Vigil for Jobs. 12:30-1:30. Federal Build-ing, Syracuse. www.Jobscampaign.org or barb_kirkpatrick@verizon.net.

AN EVENING WITH NOAM CHOMSkY

7pm. Nottingham High School, 3100 E. Genesee St. $5-$15 sliding scale. Andy, 472-5478. See Cover article.

End the Wars, Stop the Drones! Peace Outreach. 4:15-5pm. Hancock Air National Guard Base, Mattydale.

Jewish Childrens Learning Circle. 10am. New monthly educational program for children 5-12. Sliding scale fee. Andy, 559-7058 or andy@magers.info.

Third Thursday - Citywide Arts Night. 5-8pm. www.th3syracuse.com.

May Day Celebration. 6-7:30am. Thorn-den Park Water Tower (Westcott area).

Stop the Wars: Peace Outreach. 4:15-5pm. Rt. 81 & Adams St. (down-town). See p.4.

End the Wars, Stop the Drones! Peace Outreach. 4:15-5pm. Hancock Air National Guard Base, Mattydale.

Stop the Wars: Peace Outreach. 4:15-5pm. Rt. 81 & Adams St. (down-town). See p.4.

Stop the Wars: Peace Outreach. 4:15-5pm. Rt. 81 & Adams St. (down-town). See p.4.

EVERY SAT.: Stop the Wars! Peace Outreach. 8-9am. Park St. across from the Regional Market. See p.4.

Central NY Labor-Religion Coalition’s Annual Solidarity Supper. Holiday Inn on Electronics Park, Liverpool. 431-4040, sbaxter@nysutmail.org.

International Workers Day. 5-7pm. Plym-outh Church, 232 E. Onondaga St. Workers’ Center of CNY. 218-5708.

Economic Justice Mtg. 3pm. Plymouth Church, 232 E. Onondaga St. Ursula, 472-5478.

Hiroshima Day Planning, 7pm, SPC Office, 2013 E. Genesee St. Carol, 472-5478.

CNY Pride Families Exhibit (to June 18). Opening Reception. 7pm. ArtRage Gallery, 505 Hawley St. 218-5711.

Annual Preservation Association of CNY’s Awards Presentation. 7-9pm, CNY Community Foundation’s Philanthro-py Center Ballroom, 2nd Fl., 431 E. Fayette St. 289-2167, phpflanz@adressisp.com.

Community Choir Vaudeville and Din-ner Show Auction. 5:30pm. May Memo-rial, 3800 E. Genesee St. Reservations encouraged. Stephanie 430-0372. $15-40 Sliding Scale. See p. 7.

Larry and Linda. May 13, 14 & 15. Syracuse Stage Black Box Theatre. Media Unit 478-8648. $5 (free for youth groups attending w/staff).

Commemorating the Nakba, 4-6pm, ArtRage Gallery, 505 Hawley Ave. Andy 472-5478. See p. 3. SPC Activist Orientation. 7pm. SPC

Office, 2013 E. Genesee St. Ursula, 472-5478.

Peacemaking After Deadly Conflict: Healing and Reconciliation in Rwanda, Burundi, and Kenya. 7pm. Hendricks Chapel, Syr. Univ. 476-1196.

Healthcare Justice Rally. 4pm. Forman Park, E. Genesee St. (Firefighters Memorial Park). SEIU 1199. Derrick 424-1743 x113, Derrick.Carr@1199.org.

Native Circle Touch the Earth Festival. Sat-Sun, 12-5pm. Mexico Point Park. Celebrating Our Diversity through Indig-enous music, wisdom, arts and culture, storytelling, educational presentations, food, arts & crafts vendors. http://www.nativecircle.net.

Move Over AIPAC National Conference. May 21-23. Washington, DC. Expose the AIPAC lobby and build a new US foreign policy in the Middle East. Carpool from Syracuse.Pat, 546-4514.

Native Circle Touch the Earth Festival. See 5/28 event description.

Stop Signs: Cars and Capitalism on the Road to Economic, Social and Eco-logical Decay Book Tour. 7pm. Syracuse Greens. ArtRage Gallery, 505 Hawley Ave. artragegallery.org or 218-5711. Free.

Build with Earth. 1pm. 717 Otisco St. RSVP info@alchemicalnursery.org.

UPCOMING EVENT: SUMMERCRAFTS AT JAzzFESTJune 24-25: SPC Summer Crafts at JazzFest. Times TBA. See p. 4 for Jazzfest details.

Native Awareness Cultural Evening. 6pm. Northeast Community Center, 716 Hawley Ave. 492-8035. $15. See p.7.

Syracuse Peace CouncilCommunity Calendar

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