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These updates made on February 6, 2007URGENT ACTIONS NEEDED NOW TO STOP THE WAR ON IRAN. Bush appears to be about to launch a new war, this time on Iran. This could happen in the next few months or maybe even in a few weeks. Robert Parry writes "Military and intelligence sources continue to tell me that preparations are advancing for a war with Iran starting possibly as early as mid-to-late February. The sources offer some differences of opinion over whether Bush might cite a provocation from Iran or whether Israel will take the lead in launching air strikes against IranÍs nuclear facilities. " This is one of a great number of articles that report a U.S. strike is near. So far Bush has said he will not be stopped even though a number of generals and Republican leaders have urged him to work for a peaceful solution. This war could be lead to a number of major problems including an economic crisis with oil prices going to record highs and an increase in hunger and poverty. Some are saying the United States has a plan to use small scale nuclear bombs to take out Iranian nuclear facilities. If the U.S. attacks Iran Food Not Bombs will need to mobilize much like we did with Katrina. We can not count on the government to provide food and supplies to the millions of people who could be displaced. Some Food Not Bombs groups are already starting to work with farmers to help grow and distribute food that could be needed as a result of a war on Iran and the increase in oil and food costs. Please ask the volunteers in your group to consider developing a plan in case of a crisis resulting from a war on Iran. also before such a war we can take action to stop it. Plan nonviolent direct actions in your community. Please let us know of your plans so we can let people know how to take part. Take action now by letting congress and the senate know you are against the attack on Iran. http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/involved/warpowers.htmlTHE OCCUPATION PROJECTVoices for Creative Nonviolence is organizing the Occupation Project, a campaign of sustained nonviolent civil disobedience aimed at ending the U.S. war in and occupation of Iraq. The campaign will begin the first week of February 2007 with occupations at the offices of Representatives and Senators who refuse to pledge to vote against additional war funding. We invite your participation and your organizationÕs endorsement. To become involved with this campaign, please contact us via phone at 773-878-3815 or via email, occupationproject@vcnv.org Read the campaign's foundational document: The Occupation Project: A Campaign of Sustained Nonviolent Civil Disobedience to End the Iraq War WOLRDWIDE WEEKEND OF ACTION TO END THE WAR IN IRAQUFPJ Calls for Local Actions on 4th Anniversary of the War in Iraq March 19th will mark the 4th anniversary of the U.S. military assault on Iraq and the beginning of what has turned into one of this nation's longest military engagements. Four years of war and occupation; four years of death and destruction; four years of a war that never should have happened. United for Peace and Justice is calling for a massive outpouring of opposition to the war in locally based, decentralized actions throughout the U.S. from Saturday, March 17th, through Monday, March 19th. Oaxaca RebellionFood Not Bombs has been invited to start kitchens in Oaxaca, Mexico to support the rebellion. We need as many volunteers willing to travel to Oaxaca as soon as possible. Conditions continue to deteriorate here as the state resorts to terrorist tactics in an effort to crush the now quite broad movement to remove the governor from office. There is far more than I can report in this note. George Salzman thinks the number of certified deaths was up to 5 by yesterday, and many have been injured, kidnapped and imprisioned.
One of the Oaxaca Study-Action Group members, Lois M. Meyer of the University of New Mexico , wrote on 22 Aug, "I emailed Ramiro Arag's wife the denunciation translated into English. She responded with the following brief and sobering message. Last Friday Ramiro was sentenced to 45 to 90 days in prison. She is hoping the letters of support will cause/force the judge to free him. "
To get the full report and read more visit Narco News' special page for coverage of the Oaxaca revolution: http://www.narconews.com/otroperiodismo/oaxaca/en.html Defend the Right To Feed the HungryThe action August 10, 2006 at Las Vegas, Nevada City Hall protesting the new city ordinance, Bill No. 2006-37 which prohibits the sharing of food with the hungry in public parks was great. Sonoma Food not Bombs joined th action and one volunteer from Californi was cited for sharing food with the hungry. The Orlando Food Not Bombs group is also sharing food in resistance to the new city law against feeding the hungry In another twist of U.S. legal logic two young men have been convicted and sentenced to six months in jail for getting some fruit and other items out of a dumpster in Steamboat Springs Colorado. Authorities said they took five cucumbers, four or five apricots, two bundles of asparagus spears and a handful of cherries from a garbage can at Sweet Pea Produce. Visit this website to find out how you can help Giles Charle and David Siller. Americans are tossing $100 billion of food a year according to Timothy Jones of the University of Arizona. END GOVERNMENT ATTACKS ON FOOD NOT BOMBSSeveral Food Not Bombs groups are still under threat by local police. It seems that each summer more Food Not Bombs groups face arrest than the year before. This year Venice California Food Not Bombs is under attack in what maybe one of the most important free speech cases in the United States. One volunteer Peggy Lee Kennedy was arrested while filmming the Los Angeles police as they were questioning other volunteers staffing the table. Food Not Bombs volunteers in Las Vegas , Nevada were issued tickets for sharing free food and volunteers with the Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada food Not Bombs have been told they will be arrested if they don't stop sharing food near city hall.
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Four Food Not Bombs groups face arrest for feeding the hungry. Orlando and Las Vegas outlawed free food distribution in the public. Protests to defend the rights of the homeless and Food Not Bombs right to share food are planned. Please visit this site and support these Food Not Bombs groups.
GLOBAL WARMINGA campaign of nonviolent action to stop the causes of global warming. Global warming threatens all of us. We can stop this grave crisis if we unite in nonviolent direct action to stop corporate efforts to block the changes that we must take to slow global warming. Experts show that we must cut the use of coal, gas and other greenhouse gas causing industries bu 80 per cent today if we plan to save the world from global warming. Its important to stop driving and produce electricity from the wind and sun but an even more important action is to organize resistance to government and corporate policies that refuse to address the crisis with urgency we need if we hope to survive. Learn more at this link.
Iraqi Pledge of ResistanceA campaign of nonviolent action to compel our representatives in Congress to meet the demands of justice and peace: End the War in Iraq! Not Another Death - Not Another Dollar!
Anti- McDonalds dayOctober 16, 2007 - For world Anti-McDonalds Day (Tuesday, 16 October) a mixed group of animal rights and anti-capitalist/globalisation protesters will gather outside their local McDeath to share free vegan meals and literature about the high cost of corporate greed.
End Torture by the United StatesNovember 17 - 18, 2007 Join these important protests outside the Headquarters for Army Intelligence Training Fort Huachuca, Arizona and The US Army School of Americas (SOA), based in Fort Benning, Georgia. The United States is training the world in torture and we are working to end this ugly practice.
Buy Nothing DayNovember 23, 2007 - Buy Nothing Day 2006 was a huge, shop-free success. Concern about the ecological, psychological and political consequences of our consumer culture inspired some seriously provocative actions and even a number of arrests (yikes!). Food Not Bombs groups share vegan meals at many of the Buy Nothing Day Actions. Organize someting in your community.
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The first twenty six years of the Food Not Bombs movement.
Food Not Bombs is one of the fastest growing revolutionary movements and is gaining momentum throughout the world. There are hundreds of autonomous chapters sharing free vegetarian food with hungry people and protesting war and poverty. Food Not Bombs is not a charity. This energetic grassroots movement is active throughout the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Australia. Food Not Bombs is organizing for peace and an end to the occupations of Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine. For over 25 years the movement has worked to end hunger and has supported actions to stop the globalization of the economy, restrictions to the movements of people, end exploitation and the destruction of the earth. The first group was formed in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1980 by anti-nuclear activists. Food Not Bombs is an all-volunteer organization dedicated to nonviolent social change. Food Not Bombs has no formal leaders and strives to include everyone in its decision making process. Each group recovers food that would otherwise be thrown out and makes fresh hot vegetarian meals that are served in outside in public spaces to anyone without restriction. Each independent group also serves free vegetarian meals at protests and other events. The San Francisco chapter has been arrested over 1,000 times in government's effort to silence its protest against the city's anti- homeless policies. Amnesty International states it will adopt those Food Not Bombs volunteers that are convicted as "Prisoners of Conscience" and will work for their unconditional release. Even though we are dedicated to nonviolence Food Not Bombs activists in the United States have been under investigation by the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force, Pentagon and other intelligence agencies. A number of Food Not Bombs volunteers have been arrested on terrorism charges but there has never been a conviction. Food Not Bombs is often the first to provide food and supplies to the survivors of natural disasters and terrorist attacks. During the first three days after the 1989 Earthquake, Food Not Bombs was the only organization in San Francisco providing hot meals to the survivors and the Long Beach chapter provided food after the North Ridge Earthquake. Food Not Bombs was also the first to provide hot meals to the rescue workers responding to September 11th World Trade Center attacks. Food Not Bombs volunteers were among the first to provide food and help to the survivors of the Asian Tsunami and Hurricane Katrina. Our volunteers organized a national collection program and delivered bus and truckloads of food and supplies to the gulf region. We have been one of the only organizations sharing daily meals in New Orleans since Katrina. You can rely on Food Not Bombs in a disaster and we are ready to help in the future. Food Not Bombs works in coalition with groups like Earth First!, The Leonard Peltier Defense Committee, Anarchist Black Cross, the IWW, Homes Not Jails, Anti Racist Action, In Defense of Animals, the Free Radio Movement and other organizations on the cutting edge of positive social change and resistance to the new global austerity program. One collective publishes a movement wide newsletter called A Food Not Bombs Menu. Another hosts FNB News where you can learn more about the Food Not Bombs community. Food Not Bombs Publishing in Takoma Park, Maryland publishes books like On Conflict and Consensus which has been an important guide for group democracy. We hope you will join us in taking direct action towards creating a world free from domination, coercion and violence. Food is a right, not a privilege. Please visit these pages to find out how you can help us work for peace and justice.
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NEW YORKThis page was updated December 5, 2006There are 11 known Food Not Bombs groups in New YorkAlbanyRon @ 518 892 2013foodnotbombsalbany@hotmail.comwww.myspace.com/foodnotbombsalbany We share free food every Tuesday at 7pm in Townshend Park (where Central Ave and Washington Ave meet). Cooking will take place at 5:30pm at the First Unitarian Universalist Society of Albany (405 Washington Ave at Robin St).Bronx914-323-6687 (ask for rebecca)serve on sundays at 3:30 in St. Mary's Park at 148th St. and St. Ann's (the west side of the park)Bronx FNB websitebronxfnb@yahoo.com
Buffalo160 Winspear Ave. Buffalo, NY 14215716-831-0018We serve Wednesdays and Saturdays from 1 - 3www.orgsites.com/ny/buffalofoodnotbombs.htm
Ithacaithacafnb@nyfss.orgServes: March through December, Saturdays 1pm Dewitt Park
Long Island (Suffolk County)Mike Bruno66 Avenue EHolbrook, NY 11741Mike cell: 1-631-327-4767Andy cell: 1-631-816-4987Long Island FNB websitecrimpshrinesoup@yahoo.comregular free food distribution done every Saturday at the Port Jefferson train station. We usually start between 1 - 3 pm, and we're right out front by the road. Go to the website , and contact us for more info!
Hicsville Phone Contact : 1-516-931-5652-kevin, 1-917-991-6950-brian, 1-516-263-4345-Ryan.Hicsville FNB websitexleftovercrizakx@aol.comCrazyshaggy@hotmail.comShares free food every monday at 5pm- 630 exept on holidays where theres no work we may do it tuesday. Thanksgiving done every year.Food Pickup: either sunday nights or on monday afternoon from either plainview commack or oceanside trader joes depending on wich ones get rid of thier food before we get there, sometimes they give it to island harvest so whatever.
New York CityABC No Rio, 156 Rivington St., NYC 10002; P.O. Box 436 Stuyvesant Station, New York,NY,10009 212-254-3697We do regular food sharings every Friday and Sunday at Tompkins Square Park, around 3:30pm. We start cooking at ABC No Rio around 12:30pm. If you are interested in helping out just show up.Y‚ Its just that easy. ABC No Rio is located at 156 Rivington St. on the Lower East Side. It is two blocks south of Houston St. and one block north of Delancey St., between Clinton and Suffolk Streets. To get here by subway, take the F train to Delancey St. or the J to Essex St. and walk one block northNew York City FNB website
Poughkeepsie(631) 513-6330We are sharing food at the corner of Hamilton and Mill Street in the parking lot behind the Chance at 6:00 PM until the food runs out.crazyeddie42@hotmail.com Kerri.Kannengieser@marist.edu
RochesterFriends Helping Friends (aka Rochester Food Not Bombs)PO Box 39618Rochester, NY 14604Street Address:367 Lyell AvenueRochester, NY 14606fhf2004@hotmail.comRochester FNB websiteFHF's Community Food Distribution Program distributes cooked meals and groceries every Sunday at 316 Bay Street.
Suffolk Countymike bruno 66 Avenue E Holbrook, N.Y. 11741annmarie cell: (631) 877-6090 steve cell: 1 (631) 258-0455mike home- (631) 737-5710Suffolk County FNB website
SyracuseSharing Every Saturday at 3PM in Hanover Square SyracuseAndy Testo728 Westcott StreetSyracuse, NY 13210FoodNotBombsSyracuse@riseup.netFoodNotBombsSyracuse@lists.riseup.net
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