Looking for 100 outraged Mainers to participate in a series of sit-ins at Tom Allen’s office, May 12th through May 16th in Portland. We encourage people to consider risking arrest. (Support people will be needed, also.)

Friday May 9th at O’Naturals Restaurant in Portland 5:30pm

“Preparing for Change”

Please join us in celebrating our Harry Bliss Activist Award recipients and helping to give a well deserved farewell to our Executive Director Melissa Boyd, who will be leaving us in July to complete her graduate degree program.

Maine Veterans For Peace announces the Tom Lewis Presente! Action. A gathering at Bath Iron Works to protest another christening of a weapon of mass destruction.

Maine Veterans For Peace; Smilin’ Trees Disarmament Farm; Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space; Pax Christi Maine, and other activist groups and individuals will gather at Bath Iron Works to protest the christening of another billion dollar war ship, a weapon of mass destruction.

Latin Dance Band, Primo Cubano

On Saturday, May 10th at 8:00 PM the Latin dance band, Primo Cubano, will be on stage at Watts Hall in Thomaston.

Mother’s Day of Peace, family event to celebrate the original intent of Mother’s Day as a day of peaceful activism. Meet First District Congressional candidates, enjoy music, children’s activities, and free cake. 892-3730. Deering Oaks Park, Portland. Noon to 2:00pm Sunday, May 11. Free.

Sunday, May 11, 12 noon

Meet on the Woolwich side of the Carlton Bridge Walk to Waterfront Park in Bath

Honor Maria Holt, longtime community activist

Park in post office parking lot in Woolwich or near park in Bath. Rides available back to Woolwich following ceremony

Bring signs demanding dollars for healthcare, education and jobs

Sponsored by PeaceWorks and the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom

FMI: 371-2077

TOM NEILSON, the “Jon Stewart of folk music” who is doing a benefit performance so we can send a bus filled with humanitarian supplies to Cuba. A small bus will leave Portland on June 14 to break the cruel, illegal U.S. blockade against the island nation. Tom Neilson has performed in concert halls and clubs, at political protests, and on picket lines.

This time he’ll be at:

Peace Action Maine, 644 Congress Street, Portland,4 P.M. Sunday, May 11

We must keep speaking out against the “Emergency Supplemental Bill” that will fund the Iraq occupation into 2009 ($172 billion more). Congress will be voting on the Bill this week.

We’re keeping the pressure on. We sat in Sen. Susan Collins’ office last Thursday in Portland from noon until 5:30 a.m. and we’re going back this Wednesday, May 14th.

We need a lot of people to participate!

There are a number of ways you can be part of the action.

WHAT: Peace Action Maine event: RECLAIM MAINE PRISONS

WHO: Retired ATF and INTERPOL agent and author, James P. Moore.

WHERE: The Meg Perry Center, 644 Congress Street, Portland, Maine

WHEN: Friday May 16, 2008 from 7:30-9:30 PM

Peace Action Maine is proud to bring this hard nosed former cop to The Meg Perry Center. Since retirement in Maine James Moore has written freelance for several periodicals, including, Newsweek. Mr. Moore has written a suspense thriller, Official Secrets, and a history of ATF, Very Special Agents.

Join us for our membership meeting at our home, at The Meg Perry Center, 644 Congress St in Portland.

OPEN HOUSE: 12 :00 PM- 3:00 PM

STAFF REPORT: 3:00-4:00 PM

BOARD NOMINATION & SELECTION: 4:00 PM-5:00 PM

“The bride is beautiful but she’s taken.”
In 1897, who said that about what?

Israel celebrates its 6oth anniversary: what is missing from the picture?

What happened to the 800,000 Palestinians who lived there before 1947-48?

Joel Kovel (Overcoming Zionism: Creating a Single Democratic State in Israel/Palestine)

Samy Qarmout (Bates College Palestinian refugee)

Eric Hooglund (Bates College)

William Slavick (USM retired)

Saturday, May 17, 6:30 p.m. (films, 5 p.m.),
Sunday, May 18, 12:30 p.m.-3:45 p.m. (films, 11 a.m.)

Gaia Statue Arrangement

Come join our May dances this coming Saturday at Portland Yoga Studio, 616 Congress St from 7:00 to 9:00 pm.

We’ll make this our last gathering (summer break) until September 20. Please let me know if you plan to come.

“The bride is beautiful but she’s taken.”
In 1897, who said that about what?

Israel celebrates its 6oth anniversary: what is missing from the picture?

What happened to the 800,000 Palestinians who lived there before 1947-48?

Joel Kovel (Overcoming Zionism: Creating a Single Democratic State in Israel/Palestine)

Samy Qarmout (Bates College Palestinian refugee)

Eric Hooglund (Bates College)

William Slavick (USM retired)

Saturday, May 17, 6:30 p.m. (films, 5 p.m.),
Sunday, May 18, 12:30 p.m.-3:45 p.m. (films, 11 a.m.)

From: jcsanford [at] verizon [dot] net

The film “Life & Debt” tells the little-known story of the devastating impact of globalized “free markets” upon the formerly agrarian & self-reliant island of Jamaica. With a vibrant Reggae soundtrack and voice-over of Jamaica Kincaid, this film is powerful and beautifully made.

It is sponsored by the Peace and Justice Group of Waldo County and will be shown at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 in the Abbot Room of the Belfast Free Library, High and Miller Streets in Belfast, Maine. For information call 338-4920.

Retinal, Fingerprint & Document Scans Ahead!

It is Time to Draw the Line______!

Learn about Maine’s new Real ID Law

Free Workshop with Explanatory Materials, featuring:

·Petition Initiator Kathleen McGee

·Petition Circulator Trainer Chris Miller

·Volunteer Coordinator Lu Bauer

Thursday, May 22nd

7:00-8:30 PM

People Plus Office

Corner of Maine and Noble Streets

Brunswick (Go up the ramp from the parking lot)

Come pick up your petitions & start gathering signatures right away!

This filmed lecture by architect Richard Gage surveys the full range of evidence suggesting that World Trade Centers 1, 2 and 7 were each destroyed from within by explosives. As many of you know, Richard Gage is the force behind the organization Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth (www.ae911truth.org), which has been gathering momentum among building professionals calling for a new 9/11 investigation.

I hope you can join us for this important film. As usual we will leave time for a discussion afterwards.

Date, time and place:

Friday, May 23rd, 7:00 pm
Meg Perry Center

Sunday, May 25, 2008
2:00 p.m. North Star Cafe
Meet to walk the Portland Freedom Trail

5:00 p.m. Meg Perry Center,
644 Congress Street, Portland
Discussion and Dinner

For more information, call 210-1053

Portland, ME—The art exhibit “Maybe He’s a Metaphor” will open at the Meg Perry Center (644 Congress St, Portland) at 5pm on May 2, 2008. “Maybe He’s a Metaphor” celebrates the life and art of Adam Sanders (4/24/88-12/30/07), a young activist who worked closely with Peace Action Maine, Physicians for Social Responsibility, The League of Young Voters and Equality Maine. The exhibit features Sanders’ poetry, oil paintings, photography and pastel as well as artwork created in his memory by family and friends. It will be on display throughout the month of May.

Portland, ME—The art exhibit “Maybe He’s a Metaphor” will open at the Meg Perry Center (644 Congress St, Portland) at 5pm on May 2, 2008. “Maybe He’s a Metaphor” celebrates the life and art of Adam Sanders (4/24/88-12/30/07), a young activist who worked closely with Peace Action Maine, Physicians for Social Responsibility, The League of Young Voters and Equality Maine. The exhibit features Sanders’ poetry, oil paintings, photography and pastel as well as artwork created in his memory by family and friends. It will be on display throughout the month of May.

Join us for a viewing of “Stealing a Nation”, a documentary by renowned journalist & filmmaker John Pilger. Dud Hendrick from Veterans for Peace will introduce the film and be available for discussion after the film.

WHEN: Friday, May 30 at 7:00 p.m.

WHERE: Curtis Memorial Library

SPONSOR: Greater Brunswick PeaceWorks

For more information: 443-9502

Benefit for Burma

5.30.2008 | Fri |

Doors open at 7:30pm, event begins at 8:00, $5-20 Suggested Donation
Buy tickets at http://www.brownpapertickets.com

SPACE Gallery, 538 Congress St, Portland, ME

Harlan Baker will appear as Jimmy Higgins in a one man show he has written,”Jimmy Higgins: A Life in the Labor Movement”, May 30th at the Meg Perry Center in Portland, Maine. Baker is a teacher, an actor, a former member of the Maine legislature, a union activist, and democratic socialist leader. “Jimmy Higgins” has long stood for the name of the rank-and-file union and socialist activist.

Portland, ME—The art exhibit “Maybe He’s a Metaphor” will open at the Meg Perry Center (644 Congress St, Portland) at 5pm on May 2, 2008. “Maybe He’s a Metaphor” celebrates the life and art of Adam Sanders (4/24/88-12/30/07), a young activist who worked closely with Peace Action Maine, Physicians for Social Responsibility, The League of Young Voters and Equality Maine. The exhibit features Sanders’ poetry, oil paintings, photography and pastel as well as artwork created in his memory by family and friends. It will be on display throughout the month of May.

Amnesty International Presents:
“FAITHFUL VOICES: EXPLORING BELIEFS IN ACTION”
Readings of work by Ed Schwartz, based on writings of Emma Goldman, Dorothy Day, Myles Horton, Martin Luther King and others. Performed by the Senior Players troupe of the USM Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. Saturday, May 31 at 4:00 p.m. at the Meg Perry Center. A second performance will be held at the Meg Perry Center at 4pm on Saturday, June 7th.

Amnesty International Presents:
“TALKING ABOUT ‘TORTURE PRESERVED’”

A conversation with sculptor Lin Lisberger whose sculpture series “Torture Preserved” is on display at the Meg Perry Center Thursday, May 31st - Thursday, June 5th.

*Peace and Justice Group of Waldo County meeting is on Tuesday, June 3 at 6:30 PM at the Unitarian-Universalist Church, 37 Miller St. (behind the Library) in Belfast. Please join us!…All are welcome at our meetings. If you can’t make it to a meeting you can still participate. We encourage you to initiate projects and bring them to our attention for discussion. We may be able to help you to work on these and/or co-sponsor them.

Some agenda items for the meeting (add to this list before or at the meeting):

“TORTURE PRESERVED” exhibit of sculptures of torture victims, by Lin Lisberger of Gorham, Maine. Thursday, May 31 through Thursday, June 5. At the Meg Perry Center, 644 Congress Street, Portland.

Artist Statement

“TORTURE PRESERVED” exhibit of sculptures of torture victims, by Lin Lisberger of Gorham, Maine. Thursday, May 31 through Thursday, June 5. At the Meg Perry Center, 644 Congress Street, Portland.

Artist Statement

Amnesty International USA is touring an exact replica of a Guantanamo Bay prison cell, in support of AIUSA’s “Denounce Torture” Campaign. The 1,650-pound cell is stopping in Portland and will be on display at Monument Square June 5-7.

DATE: Thursday, June 5, 2008
TIME: 11:30AM-12:30PM (gathering at 11AM)
LOCATION: Monument Square, Congress Street, Portland, ME

On Thursday, June 5, 2008 Amnesty International will host a media launch & rally featuring a life-size replica of a Guantánamo cell that will be set up in Monument Square. As the Cell makes its way across the country, we will give Americans a glimpse of the harsh conditions people experience in detention.

“TORTURE PRESERVED” exhibit of sculptures of torture victims, by Lin Lisberger of Gorham, Maine. Thursday, May 31 through Thursday, June 5. At the Meg Perry Center, 644 Congress Street, Portland.

Artist Statement

Amnesty International USA is touring an exact replica of a Guantanamo Bay prison cell, in support of AIUSA’s “Denounce Torture” Campaign. The 1,650-pound cell is stopping in Portland and will be on display at Monument Square June 5-7.

ACTION NAME: Demonstration in support of a port free Sears Island

DATE: 6 Jun 08

DESCRIPTION: Fair Play For Sears Island will sponsor a peaceful demonstration at the next meeting of the State sponsored committee tasked with dividing up Sears Island.

The next meeting of the committee tasked with dividing Sears Island into a port zone and a recreation zone will be held on 6 Jun from 1200-1500 hrs. Some of us who oppose the DUAL USE [port & park] philosophy will stage a peaceful demonstration at that meeting, in front of the First Congregational church in Searsport [the big

“TORTURE PRESERVED” exhibit of sculptures of torture victims, by Lin Lisberger of Gorham, Maine. Thursday, May 31 through Thursday, June 5. At the Meg Perry Center, 644 Congress Street, Portland.

Artist Statement

Amnesty International USA is touring an exact replica of a Guantanamo Bay prison cell, in support of AIUSA’s “Denounce Torture” Campaign. The 1,650-pound cell is stopping in Portland and will be on display at Monument Square June 5-7.

Saturday, June 7, 9:00 am to 4:30 pm, The Hannaford Lecture Hall at the University of Southern Maine’s Abromson Center, Portland Campus.

About the Speakers, their Topics and their Professional Backgrounds

Penny Coleman—“Soldiers’ Heart: Old News and Disingenuous Surprise”

Its National Trails Day. What better way then join Native Forest Network (NFN) on an organized bushwack to one of Maine’s last remaining old growth stands.

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not. (Dr. Seuss The Lorax)

The trees are 200+ years old. Soaring white pines, cedars, birch, maple, hemlock and spruce bank Little Wilson Stream in Elliotsville. The sight isn’t too far from the Appalachian Trail and is a must see for any nature enthusiast. YOU WON”T BE DISAPPOINTED

“FAITHFUL VOICES: EXPLORING BELIEFS IN ACTION” repeat performance of readings of work by Ed Schwartz, performed by the Senior Players troupe of the OLLI of USM.Saturday, June 7 at 4:00 p.m., Meg Perry Center of Peace Action Maine, 644 Congress Street, Portland.