Upcoming Events - NYC Direct Action Palestine Via NY Transfer News * All the News That Doesn't Fit source - "jordan flaherty" Direct Action Palestine NYC Event Calendar 1) Thurday and Friday, May 30 and 31 - Benefit for Direct Action Palestine with Seth Tobocman and Eric Drooker 2) Friday, May 31 - Orientation for those planning on traveling to Palestine for Freedom Summer. 3) Friday, May 31 - Freedom Summer in Palestine panel discussion, sponsored by Malcolm X Grassroots Movement. 4) Sunday, June 2 - Palestine Education Event for those planning on participating in Freedom Summer. 5) Friday, June 7 - Direct Action Palestine BIG EVENT featuring Speakers, Video, Performances, Music, Spoken Word, and the Blackkat DJ Collective. 6) Saturday, June 8 - Jewish Musicians Against Israeli Occupation 7) Friday, June 14 - Direct Action Palestine Music benefit 8) June 22 and 23 - Freedom Summer Training 9) June 25 Freedom Summer begins in Palestine -------------------- A Benefit for DIRECT ACTION PALESTINE featuring slide shows and performance by: ERIC DROOKER (award winning cartoonist, author of FLOOD a novel in pictures,illustrator of Allen Ginsberg's ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS) SETH TOBOCMAN (author of YOU DON'T HAVE TO FUCK PEOPLE OVER TO SURVIVE and WAR IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, a founding editor of WORLD WAR THREE ILLUSTRATED) TWO NIGHTS! Thursday May 30th, 7:00 Friday May 31st, 8:00 at ABCNORIO 156 Rivington Street $6 -------------------- Friday, May 31 Palestine Freedom Summer Orientation Thinking of Going to Palestine for Freedom Summer? Come to an informal get together of people who are planning to go, or considering going, to Palestine this summer. This will be a chance to meet face-to-face with some people who have recently been there and others who are going, talk about common questions and concerns,think about affinity groups, and discuss some of the situations that might come up. There will be a more in-depth training, for those definitely going, on June 22 and 23. See also the Freedom Summer Palestine Education Event on June 2. WHEN: Friday, May 31st, 7-9pm WHERE: 67 Metropolitan Avenue #4, Williamsburg (L to Bedford, Walk 5 blks South to Metropolitan, then make a right for 2 1/2 blks. Big yellowish building on right--fourth floor) WHAT: Talk, food, drinks--bring something to share if you're able. Questions: vicki: 718.302.4088/ or amy laura: acahn@earthlink.net ---------------- THE MALCOLM X GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT PRESENTS A PANEL DISCUSSION ON LIFE IN PALESTINE UNDER THE OCCUPATION AND HOW TO SUPPORT THE LIBERATION OF PALESTINE PANEL ABBAS HAMIDEH - PALESTINIAN ACTIVIST FROM JENIN AND MEMBER OF AL-AWDA DEDRICK MUHAMMED - BLACK (new afrikan) ACTIVIST JUST RETURNING FROM PALESTINE KAMAU ADE ABIODUN - INFORMATION ON UPCOMING DELEGATION TO PALESTINE WHERE AND WHEN 7:00PM - MAY 31st AT THE MALCOLM X ACADEMY 1431 FULTON AVE BETWEEN MARCY AND TOMPKINS DIRECTIONS A TRAIN TO NOSTRAND or C TRAIN TO KINGSTON ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT karlfranklin@hotmail.com ----------------------- The truth from Palestine Discussion Sunday, June 2 6-8pm Church of St. Marks in the Bowery 2nd avenue and 10th street This evening will be a more informal chance to get opinions and information on political issues relating to activism in Palestine. This event is especially important for those planning on joining Freedom Summer. Kristen Schurr, journalist for Free Speech Radio and Democracy Now! will talk about her experiences in Gaza, Jenin, Nablus, and in the Church of the Nativity during the standoff with the Israeli Military. Steve Quester, member of Jews Against the Occupation and recent returnee from the April ISM delegation to Palestine, will talk about issues connected to Jewish activists traveling to Palestine for Freedom Summer. Other speakers tba -------------------- Hurriyya! ("freedom") A benefit for Justice in Palestine Friday, June 7, 2002 7pm - 4am At Flux Factory, 38-38 43rd Street, Long Island City, Queens Featuring: Speakers, Performances, Spoken Word, Video, and Music. 7-9pm - Get Active Reports on injustice at home and abroad, and what you can do. -Kate Rhee - Prison Moratorium Project -Subhash Kateel - DRUM (Desis Rising Up and Moving) -Suzanne Adely - Al-Awda, Palestinian right of return coalition -Kristen Schurr - Democracy Now and Free Speech Radio News 9-11pm - Performances, Live Music, Spoken Word, and Video - Video by Indymedia Palestine (jerusalem.indymedia.org) - Activist Media from Palestine - Mahina Movement - Fierce Women of Color Performance/Music/Spoken Word - More Performers tba 11pm - 4am - Dance All Night Beats provided by the Blackkat dj crew: Jason Bk -Tekno Pow Pow - Ragga and Roots DJ Chrome -Tekstep and Jungle www.blackkat.org Directions: Take the 7 train to 40th Street. Walk up Queens Blvd. to 43rd Street. Make a left onto 43rd and walk 4 blocks to 38-38 43rd Street, which is right after the railroad overpass. *OR* Take the V, R or G train to Steinway Street. Walk south on Steinway to Northern Blvd. Walk across Northern Blvd so that you are on the opposite side of the street. Then make a left and proceed down Northern to 42nd Place. Make a right on 42nd Place. Walk up the hill and across the train tracks to 38-38 43rd Street. NOTE: FOR VISUAL REFERENCE, THERE IS A MAP AT http://FLUXFACTORY.ORG/how.html Admission: $5 - $10 Cheap food and drinks in the Flux lounge For further information: 212.979.9670 ------------ Stefany Anne Golberg in collaboration with Flux Factory, Inc. presents: JEWISH MUSICIANS AGAINST ISRAELI OCCUPATION June 8th, 2002, 9pm Galapagos Art Space 70 North 6th Street, Brooklyn, NY $5.00 admission BANDS: Jewlia Eisenberg's Charming Hostess, The Galerkin Method, Krakatoa, TBA INFORMATION: There will also be a number of groups tabling in order to provide further information about this issue. Contact information: Stefany Anne Golberg fluxfactory@aol.com www.fluxfactory.org -------------------- Friday, June 14 Direct Action Palestine Music Benefit CBGB's Gallery Bowery and Bleeker -------------------- June 22 and 23 Freedom Summer training Absolutely vital for all those from New York and elsewhere, planning to go to Palestine for Freedom Summer. This training will cover information vital to the trip, including non-violence training, media, recent history of the conflict, cultural sensitivity in Palestine, and issues relating to women, queers, Jewish activists, and activists of color traveling to Palestine. ------------------ June 25 Palestine Freedom Summer begins. ================================================================= NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us 339 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10012 http://www.blythe.org e-mail: nyt@blythe.org ================================================================= nytnyc-05.30.02-17:36:53-6569