Friends, <div><br></div><div>Things at encuentro 5 and with Mass. Global Action continue at a crazy pace (with some fun too, see photos from our Dance Party, <a href="http://on.fb.me/I7NmVQ">http://on.fb.me/I7NmVQ</a> ). Two upcoming educational events really get to central concerns of the day. The first, next Wednesday, April 25, is a Global Teach-In on economic alternatives, and the second, one week from this Saturday, on April 28, is a Teach-In on Iran (or more accurately, US aggression toward that country). Look out for upcoming events (including a series with the eminent thinker, Richard Levins). at <a href="http://www.encuentro5.org">http://www.encuentro5.org</a>. Here are the details:</div>
<div><br></div><div>1.</div><div><br></div><h2 class="nodeTitle" style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:10px;margin-left:0px;font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-weight:lighter;text-align:left;font-size:1.7em;line-height:1.2em;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<a href="http://www.encuentro5.org/home/node/264" style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;color:white;text-decoration:none;font-size:1.1em;line-height:normal;background-color:rgb(0,90,140)">The Global Teach In</a></h2>
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<p style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:10px;margin-left:0px;font-size:1.1em;line-height:1.45em"><strong style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><img src="http://encuentro5.org/home/sites/default/files/4729273_orig-225x300.jpg" width="150" height="200" hspace="3" border="2" align="right" alt="" style="padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; ">Wednesday, April 25th, 2012, 12 noon - 4:00 p.m. at encuentro 5, 33 Harrison Ave, 5th flr. Boston, MA 02111 </strong>- The Global Teach-In will take place simultaneously in seven countries and multiple cities. This interactive and participatory event will include discussions by experts, grassroots activists and citizens at large concerned about developing solutions to policy problems and creating alternative institutions. </p>
<p style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:10px;margin-left:0px;font-size:1.1em;line-height:1.45em"><strong style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">Featuring - Gar Alperovitz, Ellen Brown, Pamela Brown, Nicholas Caleb, Colin Hines, Oscar Kjellberg, Bill McKibben</strong></p>
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A New War in the Middle East? A Teach-in on Iran</h1><div class="tabs" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto"></div><div class="node" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:2em;margin-left:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto">
<span class="submitted" style="color:rgb(153,153,153);font-size:0.8em">Submitted by ujpadmin1 on Fri, 04/20/2012 - 9:37am.</span><div class="event-when"><strong>When:</strong> Saturday, April 28, 2012, 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm</div>
<div class="event-where"><strong>Where: </strong>Suffolk University Law School • 120 Tremont St - First Floor Function Room • Park St T • Boston</div></div><div class="content" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto">
<div class="event-nodeapi"></div><div class="event-nodeapi"></div><p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.9em">The situation in the Middle East is tense and dangerous. The US wants oil, strategic position and regime change in Iran. Already there are harsh economic sanctions, assassinations and naval patrols of the Persian Gulf. Israel warns of a possible military attack on Iran's nuclear installations as "all options are on the table." We must stop a big new war in the Middle East!</p>
<table cellpadding="10" border="1" width="510" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:1em"><tbody style="border-top-width:0px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial"><tr><td valign="top" align="center"><img src="http://justicewithpeace.org/files/u415/bacevichAndrew.jpg" alt="Andrew Bacevich" height="150" style="border-top-width: 3px; border-right-width: 3px; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-left-width: 3px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; position: relative; max-width: 100%; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: silver; border-right-color: silver; border-bottom-color: silver; border-left-color: silver; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 5px !important; margin-right: 10px !important; margin-bottom: 5px !important; margin-left: 10px !important; "><br>
<b>Andrew Bacevich</b><br>Boston University</td><td valign="top" align="center"><img src="http://justicewithpeace.org/files/u415/ElaineHagopian2.jpg" alt="" height="150" style="border-top-width: 3px; border-right-width: 3px; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-left-width: 3px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; position: relative; max-width: 100%; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: silver; border-right-color: silver; border-bottom-color: silver; border-left-color: silver; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 5px !important; margin-right: 10px !important; margin-bottom: 5px !important; margin-left: 10px !important; "><br>
<b>Elaine Hagopian</b><br>Simmons College</td><td valign="top" align="center"><img src="http://justicewithpeace.org/files/u415/IreneGendzier.jpg" alt="Irene Gendzier" height="150" style="border-top-width: 3px; border-right-width: 3px; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-left-width: 3px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; position: relative; max-width: 100%; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: silver; border-right-color: silver; border-bottom-color: silver; border-left-color: silver; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 5px !important; margin-right: 10px !important; margin-bottom: 5px !important; margin-left: 10px !important; "><br>
<b>Irene Gendzier</b><br>Boston University</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="center"><img src="http://justicewithpeace.org/files/u415/ggoldstein.jpg" alt="Gary Goldstein" height="150" style="border-top-width: 3px; border-right-width: 3px; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-left-width: 3px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; position: relative; max-width: 100%; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: silver; border-right-color: silver; border-bottom-color: silver; border-left-color: silver; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 5px !important; margin-right: 10px !important; margin-bottom: 5px !important; margin-left: 10px !important; "><br>
<b>Gary Goldstein</b><br>Tufts University</td><td valign="top" align="center"><img src="http://justicewithpeace.org/files/u415/AlexShams.jpg" alt="Alex Shams" height="150" style="border-top-width: 3px; border-right-width: 3px; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-left-width: 3px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; position: relative; max-width: 100%; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: silver; border-right-color: silver; border-bottom-color: silver; border-left-color: silver; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 5px !important; margin-right: 10px !important; margin-bottom: 5px !important; margin-left: 10px !important; "><br>
<b>Alex Shams</b><br>Graduate Student, Harvard University</td><td valign="top" align="center"><img src="http://justicewithpeace.org/files/u415/DeniseProvost.jpg" alt="Denise Provost" height="150" style="border-top-width: 3px; border-right-width: 3px; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-left-width: 3px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; position: relative; max-width: 100%; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: silver; border-right-color: silver; border-bottom-color: silver; border-left-color: silver; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 5px !important; margin-right: 10px !important; margin-bottom: 5px !important; margin-left: 10px !important; "><br>
<b>Denise Provost</b><br>State Representative, Somerville</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="center"><img src="http://justicewithpeace.org/files/u415/Afshin-Razani.jpg" alt="Afshin Razani" height="150" width="120" style="border-top-width: 3px; border-right-width: 3px; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-left-width: 3px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; position: relative; max-width: 100%; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: silver; border-right-color: silver; border-bottom-color: silver; border-left-color: silver; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 5px !important; margin-right: 10px !important; margin-bottom: 5px !important; margin-left: 10px !important; "><br>
<b>Afshin Razani</b><br>Berkeley College, New Jersey</td><td valign="top" align="center"><img src="http://justicewithpeace.org/files/u415/JeffKlein3.jpg" alt="Jeff Klein" height="150" style="border-top-width: 3px; border-right-width: 3px; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-left-width: 3px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; position: relative; max-width: 100%; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: silver; border-right-color: silver; border-bottom-color: silver; border-left-color: silver; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 5px !important; margin-right: 10px !important; margin-bottom: 5px !important; margin-left: 10px !important; "><br>
<b>Jeff Klein</b><br>Dorchester People for Peace</td><td valign="top" align="center"><img src="http://justicewithpeace.org/files/u415/Shahrzad.Noorbaloochi.jpg" alt="Shahrzad Noorbaloochi" height="150" style="border-top-width: 3px; border-right-width: 3px; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-left-width: 3px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; position: relative; max-width: 100%; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: silver; border-right-color: silver; border-bottom-color: silver; border-left-color: silver; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 5px !important; margin-right: 10px !important; margin-bottom: 5px !important; margin-left: 10px !important; "><br>
<b>Shahrzad Noorbaloochi</b><br>Boston University Anti-War Coalition</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.9em"><br><img src="http://justicewithpeace.org/files/u415/BringTroopsHomeLogo.jpg" alt="Bring Troops & War $$$ Home" width="150" vspace="5" hspace="10" align="right" style="border-top-width: 3px; border-right-width: 3px; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-left-width: 3px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; position: relative; max-width: 100%; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: silver; border-right-color: silver; border-bottom-color: silver; border-left-color: silver; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 5px !important; margin-right: 10px !important; margin-bottom: 5px !important; margin-left: 10px !important; ">Themes:<br>
o the war danger<br>o Iran's nuclear program<br>o economic sanctions<br>o history of US/Iran relations<br>o Israel, Palestine and Syria<br>o opportunities for dialogue and peace<br><br><strong>ACTION TO STOP THE WAR</strong><br>
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