We are getting down to the deadline, Wednesday October 26.

WNY Peace Center's annual dinner is coming up on Saturday, November 5, Buffalo Niagara Convention Center. Doors open 5:30 PM with tabling, silent auctions and such. Dinner service at 6:30 PM.

This year we have two world renown speakers: Cindy Sheehan and S. Brian Willson.

Ads, tickets etc should be purchased by Wednesday October 26 as we need to give some lead time to the printer and to the dinner preparers at Buffalo Convention Center. This year you have a choice of 3 items on the menu.

Please purchase your tickets either via PayPal
(www.WNYPeace.org/AnnualDinnerFolder/AnnualDinner.php) or send a check to
the Peace Center (1272 Delaware Ave. Buffalo NY 14209). Ticket prices: $45 regular, or $25 limited income/students.

You can also purchase an ad (various prices), a table for tabling ($30), or a table for 10 ($400), using PayPal on our web site (see above link).

Peace,

Charley

***Congratulations to Women in Black - Buffalo! Celebrating their 10th anniversary occupying Elmwood Ave. and Bidwell Parkway each Saturday at noontime, regardless of weather. Their first silent vigil occurred on October 13, 2001. Honor their long term commitment by joining them for
this special occasion, Saturday Oct.22 at noon.

You don't have to wear black, you don't have to be a woman, you don't have to be a Buffalonian, and you don't have to hold a sign. Please do stand with WIB-Buffalo when you can.

***The Buffalo Activist, a publication of the WNY Peace Center.
We invite members and friends of the WNY Peace Center to submit articles to the Buffalo Activist. Please submit your articles ASAP. We especially welcome articles from people who experienced Occupy Freedom Square in Washington DC, Wall Street, and Occupy Buffalo spreading across the land. Send your contribution to Director@wnypeace.org.

Please keep it short: 300-400 words.

 TABLE OF CONTENTS:

 * Peace Center Matters
 Call for suggestions to increase Peace Center membership

 WNY Peace Center's Annual Dinner, Saturday, November 5

 WNY Peace Center with: The People of Peace at Pilgrim-St. Luke’s United United Church of Christ  Nov 19th, present the WNY Peace Fair

 WNY Peace Center's Coordinating Board of Directors meetings

 The WNY Peace Center t-shirts and bumper stickers  and DVD of Noam Chomsky's May 12th Lecture

 * WNY Peace Center Taskforce Events and News********
*** WNY Peace Center Coordinating Board of Directors Meeting, 6:30 P.M.Monday, October 24  at the Network of Religious Communities, 1272 Delaware  Ave. Buffalo NY 14209. All are welcome. Pizza, pop, tea will be available.

*** War Resistors Support Network
    Next meeting: 5 PM Monday, October 24 at the Network of Religious Communities, 1272 Delaware Ave. Buffalo NY 14209.

*** Global Economic Justice Taskforce-
 Next meeting Friday November 11 at 5 PM SPOT Coffee on Elmwood Ave. Buffalo.

*** Prison Action Taskforce

*** Latin American Solidarity Committee
 LASC Coffeehouses: third Monday of each month
 LASC Organizing Meetings- new: First WEDNESDAY of each month-

 * Riverside-Salem: Sundays at the Cottage program schedule for October

 * Legislative Work and Urgent Action Calls

 Chiapas Rural Cities
 No more Free Trade Agreements!

 * Allies in Peace and Social Justice an open bulletin board,  including items which haven't come through the Peace Center  Coordinating Board or Taskforces

 * List of Regular Events and Other items

 ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS ISSUE (see details):
 New PBS Series "Women, War and Peace":October25  November 1 and November 8
 Talking Leaves Events Oct.13-28
 Freedom Bowl at VIVE, October 22
 Global Day of Listening-Afghan Youth Oct 21
 La Colmenita Cuban Children's National Theater, Oct 22
 Voice Buffalo, October 23
 Milton Rogovin -short films @ Buffalo Film Fest,Oct 23
 Pax Christi-Bufalo Catholic Worker Annual retreat, Oct.28,29
 see website correction info.
 Deadline for Peace Action of New York State- raffle, October 28
 William Sloane Coffin Award to, Congresswoman Barbara Lee , Oct 28
showing Immersion El Salvador Film and concert, Canisius, Oct. 29 NYC
Tribute to peace/music educator Consuela Lee, Oct.29
 Trial date for the Hancock 38, near Syracuse, Nov. 1  
Human Rights Challenges for Americans, Today Nov 10
 SOA Watch vigil, Fort Benning, Georgia, November 18-20

 OTHER ITEMS at the end:
 MEDIA:
 Websites--Zines--E-Papers{some nostalgia} and  "Occupy Wall Street Journal" etc
 Toronto Film Fests:imagineNATIVE and[Indigenous Resistance Documentary Series]
 Thanks to Occupy Buffalo supporters!
 Sign a Petition for Chilean Victor Toro
 From the Latin American Support Group of the Western New York Peace Center.
 VIOLATIONS COMMITTED BY HUDBAY MINERALS IN GUATEMALA AND THE
 STRUGGLE AGAINST IMPUNITY IN CANADA
 Christine Eber -future book launch
 From IAC:US and Iran Relationship concerns
 Museum of Disability: War and Disability
 Information on anti-bullying efforts
 From MaryAnne Coyle:The Beehive Collective{Graphics}
 BailoutthePeople.org-Help those arrested in NYC  Job opening at CEJ
Weekend News from NYC--Occupy Wall Street
 Occupy Campuses[Colorado]
 Holy Trinity "conversations with community leaders" schedule
 Peace Action of New York State raffle background
 Helen Caldicott speaking in Binghamton
 Pax Christi -Bufalo Catholic Worker Annual retreat info
 Move To Amend info
 Burning Books (west side activist center) info
 Background info on Morgan Dunbar and free speech at Canisius
 Article on court case of peace activists in Buffalo
 Canada and Cuba and the US  -- 4 Items from Dave Thomas
 Dr Estevez talk on relief efforts in Haiti at Brock U.
 From 'Voices From the Other Side" K.Bolender, US and Cuba
 Release from prison _One of the Cuban Five and Petition Drive
 BULLETIN!: WEEKLYNEWS STRIKE AVOIDED!!!
 1. Peace Center Matters:
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 WNY Peace Center's Annual Dinner, Saturday, November 5, 2011: Doors at
5:30! Dinner: 6:30!
 Speakers: Cindy Sheehan and S.Brian Willson.
 Buffalo Niagara Convention Center.
 Purchase tickets via PayPal (or snail-mail check).
 Go to:http://WNYPeace.org/AnnualDinnerFolder/AnnualDinner.php
 Purchase ad space in our dinner program booklet:  Go to:
 http://WNYPeace.org/AnnualDinnerFolder/AnnualDinner.php
 If you did not receive an invitation-or for more info.  www.wnypeace.org  click on Annual Dinner Tickets

 Also,fear of parking? FREE Parking Nov. 5th--
 Go to Fernbach Ramp on Franklin St.  near Niagara Street

 FYI--each of our dinner speakers has a website:www.brianwillson.com and
cindysheehanssoapbox.com  Also, S.Brian Willson's new book:"Blood on the Tracks" is available.
Cindy Sheehan has  a few books including "Peace Mom" and more recently "Myth of  America II"
which is only available online at the website.  Additionally, S.Brian Willson is publishing a book tour blog which will probably include some of his stay in the WNY area.

 The Peace Center Board members and some volunteers are working  diligently:looking for dinner ad contributors,distributing posters, finalizing trip details for Cindy and Brian and spouse[including
 accommodations and help with dietary requirements,publicity etc.  etc. Want to volunteer?  Let us know.

 Efforts continue to convince Mayor Brown to hang the 'Cost of War' sign on/outside Buffalo City Hall. All nine council members have signed on but the Mayor refuses to budge or to even acknowledge the situation. This battle is not over and the Peace Center staff and director   will continue to pursue this issue.

 *** The WNY Peace Center's Coordinating Board of Directors meets   4th Monday every month. The next meeting is scheduled for  6:30 PM,  Monday, October 24, 2011 at the Network of Religious  Communities, 1272 Delaware Ave. Buffalo NY. All are invited  to attend.
 ***  The Coordinating Board of Directors has noted there will be some openings for those who might be interested in joining  the Board for the  2012 calendar year. The nominating cmte will soon  begin  working. It's  not too early to start thinking  about this opportunity!
***There will be an announcement soon concerning the next membership meeting-probably early/mid november.

 *** The WNY Peace Center has t-shirts and bumperstickers. T-shirt prices  are: $20 for white and $25 for green. WNY Peace  Center Bumper Stickers:  $2 WNY Peace Center Tote Bags: $10 If you would  like to purchase one please contact us at  facebook@wnypeace.org

 *** DVD of Noam Chomsky's May 12th Lecture can be ordered from the Peace  Center website for $25. All proceeds from the sale  of this DVD will be used to support the WNY Peace Center.  Professionally  produced by Martin McGee Productions.

 *** Starting Sept. 27: PeaceJam Buffalo  Tuesdays (Ongoing) 4-5:30pm, St. Mary's School for the Deaf, 2253 Main St,
 PeaceJam Buffalo, afterschool program for youth 14 and up, with  curriculum by Nobel Peace Prize Laureates in social justice,  leadership, and community change. Includes service learning project. Community Service credits available. Part of an international movement.
More info: Victoria Ross  884-0582  victoryross@verizon.net

 *** PEACE FAIR
 Saturday, November 19,2011  from 11 AM - 3 PM, The Catholic Academy of West Buffalo 1069 Delaware Ave Buffalo  The Peace Fair is being held to provide a setting for education and
involvement regarding issues of peace and justice.  We are inviting groups, individuals, merchants and cultural organizations to set up informational centers, displays and vending tables.

 This is a great opportunity for all participants to connect with holiday  shoppers seeking to use their purchasing power to support the local economy. Moreover, the shoppers will also be learning
 about local  organizations committed to peace and justice in the WNY area.  These shoppers will be able to reduce their  impact on the environment by making  a majority of their holiday purchases  in one place. Beyond supporting  local businesses  and  organizations, the event will also provide  children’s activities.  There will also be a light lunch for sale. Venders and crafters may purchase a table for only $10.00, and  informational tables for non-profit organizations are $5.00.  Please  respond ASAP!

 All proceeds from the event will support the WNY Peace Center and the work  &  programs of the People of Peace at PSL.  Admission at the door:$1.00

 Please mail your reservation to Pilgrim-St. Luke’s UCC, 335 Richmond

 Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14222, and a check made out to “Pilgrim – St. Luke’s UCC”

 For further questions or information, please contact Rev. Phil Smith  at ( 716) 885-9443, or  Marianne Rathman at 885-9443 or email:  2. WNY Peace Center Taskforce Events and Items:

 New Task Force of the WNY Peace Center

 Global Economic Justice Task Force,
 Chair: Eric Gallion
 email: egallion@verizon.net  Eric's phone: 826-3776 or 310-4292.

 Description of the Task Force:  In the US and globally the interests of corporations and the wealthy are taking precedence “...to the detriment of the needs of the vast majority of the people of the world..." resulting  in extreme poverty and  exploitation, wars and environmental degradation.

 This task force would explore these issues, and develop educational and direct action plans to confront them.  Possible activities may include: developing and distributing educational
 materials, hosting movie nights  of relevant movies, demonstrations and street  theater, letter-writing  campaigns, etc.
 You are welcome to join, and participate on any level. The group will develop plans and actions using a consensus model.
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 LASC Coffeehouses: third Monday of each month
 Mon. Nov 21, 7 PM. Coffeehouse/Film at Hallwalls:  "Will the Real Terrorist Please Stand Up" This new documentary chronicles half a century of hostile US  Cuba relations by telling
 the story of the Cuban five, intelligence agents  sent to penetrate Cuban exile terrorist groups in Miami and now  serving  long prison sentences. The film highlights decades of  assassinations and

 sabotage at first backed then ignored by the very government that launched a war against terrorism. In the film,  viewers  see leading terrorists, now in their 80s,  recounting  their deeds, and Cuban state security officials explaining why they infiltrated agents  into violent Miami exile groups.
 The film, featuring Danny Glover and  84 year old Fidel Castro in key scenes, raises and tries to answer the  question: what did Cuba do to deserve such hostile treatment? It  traces key events
from the Bay of Pigs and Cuban Missile Crisis, through multiple assassination attempts on Fidel Castro s life. This  documentary reveals a story of violence that also  echoed  on the  streets of Washington DC, New York and especially Miami  where Cuban  American critics of the bombers and shooters also wound up dead.

 Mon. Dec 19 Coffeehouse Celebration at El Buen Amigo

 LASC Organizing Meetings- new: First WEDNESDAY of each month- at 1272 Delaware Ave,Network of Religious Communities-7PM-- Everybody ivited to participate
 
3. Riverside-Salem UCC/DC Sundays at the Cottage, 4-6 p.m., 3449 West River Rd., Grand Island, NYmore info: June License  773-1426; jlicence@buffalo.edu http://www.riversidesalem.org/

 Program Schedule for October:

 * Oct. 16  World Food Day: bring a dish, a recipe, a donation for Loaves & Fishes; GMO update and discussion with Eveline Hartz.
 * Oct. 23  VOICE-Buffalo Meeting 3:30 p.m. at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 724 Delaware Avenue in Buffalo.
 * Oct. 30  [Hallowe'en] Scary Stories: Fracking ("Gasland" DVD+updates)

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 4. (Legislative) Work to Do  legislator contacts: <http://wnypeace.org/join/lobby.php
 See LASC website <www.lascwny.org for letter campaign  around  indigenous resistence to a government imposed  "Rural Cities"  project in Chiapas, Mexico.
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 5. Allies in Peace and Social Justice Announce:  (including items which haven't come to us through  the Peace Center Coordinating Board or Taskforces)
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 PBS series
 "Women, War and Peace" which begins Tuesday, Oct. 11th and  continues for 5 weeks, ending Nov. 8th.  The November 1st episode is on Colombia.  The producers of this series are also touring the U.S. conducting  community discussions.
 You can see when/where they will be on the website. www.pbs.org/
 women-war-peace/news
 Talking Leaves  and Co-Sponsor
 Oct 25  @  Hallwalls  (716) 837-8554 http://tleavesbooks.com/events.htm new collection The Torah Garden; retired Buffalo attorney Susan Nusbaum  will also be reading.
 October 20-28 Talking Leaves 3158 Main Street Store:

 Thursday, Oct 20, 7 pm, Main Street store--Oakfield psychologist  Julie Caton reading from her first historical novel, White Heart, set in  18th Century Canada and Western New York. Tuesday, Oct 25, 7 pm at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center--award winning novelist Hillary Jordan reading from her powerful and  compelling new dystopian novel When She Woke, part of her national tour for this book.

 Friday, Oct 28, 7 pm, at Main Street store--Tiff Holland reading  from her  award winning collection of short fictions, Betty Superman, introduced by Buffalo State Professor and fiction writer Kim  Chinquee, the judge who chose Holland's book for its award.
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 Burning Books Events:
 My Name Is Allegheny County
 7pm, Thursday, October 20th, Burning Books - 420 Connecticut Street,

 Mountain Top Removal Road Show
 7pm, Friday, October 21, 2011
 Burning Books - 420 Connecticut Street, Buffalo

 The Prepared Activist
 7pm, Saturday, October 21, 2011
 Burning Books - 420 Connecticut Street, Buffalo
 Sponsored by Occupy Buffalo

 California Prisoners on Hunger Strike!
 Teach-In on Prison Activism and Solidarity
 7pm, Tuesday, October 25, 2011
 Burning Books - 420 Connecticut Street, Buffalo
 Presented by Prisoners are People Too and the Erie County Prisoners Rights Coalition

 The Forgotten City
 7 pm, Wednesday, October 26, 2011
 Burning Books - 420 Connecticut Street, Buffalo
 Presented by the UB chapter of the National Lawyers Guild

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 Speak With Youth From Around the World Who "Want to Live Without War."
Hosted by the Afghan Youth Peace Volunteers

 GLOBAL DAY of LISTENING
 October 21st, 2011 GMT
 Links:
 http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=ad474c00c83953a2b8e225340&
 id=0421b6ba57&e=12bab87e6b

 6:30 pm Afghanistan time 10 am Eastern and will continue for 4 hours Check the Global Day of Listening home page for details.
 Links:
 2. http://globaldaysoflistening.org
 Buffalo $10 suggested donation
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 La Colmenita, the National Children's Theater of Cuba, US tour 2011 "International Action Center" actioncenter@organizerweb.org
 Saturday October 22, 3pm*
 PS 154 - The Harriet Tubman Learning Center
 250 West 127th Street, Harlem, NY 10027
 Admission Free
 *Monday October 24, 10am*
 The BOCES Educational Resource Center, Nyack NY
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 Saturday, October 22, noon to 3pm, 50 Wyoming Ave. Freedom Bowl
 at VIVE  <http://www.vivelacasa.org/
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 Voice Buffalo-Public Mtg October 23 @ 3:30 sunday. Issues to be covered:
 Metro Rail-Safe Housing-National Fuel Gas Accountability,Public School Funding,  Youth Intervention and Mentorship
 Westminster Presbyterian Church
 724 Delaware Ave ? Buffalo, NY 14209
 Take a Stand with VOICE-Buffalo
 Send a Message to Extend the Millionaire's Tax
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 October 23 Hope you can join Mike Frisch, Nancy Weekly and me at the Buffalo  International Film Festival for a wonderful session on "our Milton." *Be  Filled Willed With the Spirit*
 and 3 other short films will have its world  premier--a brief film onMilton's Storefront Church series.
 12/noon The Screening Room
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 October 28, 29, St. Mary of the Lake Church, S. 4737 Lake Shore  Rd, Hamburg
 Pax Christi-  Buffalo Catholic Worker Annual retreat For more  info or flyer, please email
 CaseyTPC@aol.com" or call Bill Privett  585-599-3366 or Tom Casey 716-491-9172
 See Other Items to help.
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 Deadline October 28 for Peace Action of New York State raffle  Drawing that evening,
 at the New York City Gala, where Peace Action  presents the 2011 William Sloane Coffin
 Peacemaker Award to The  Honorable Barbara Lee, Representative California.
 http://www.peaceaction.charityhappenings.org/  More details at the end here.
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  Saturday, Oct. 29, Montante Cultural Center 7:30 p.m. free and open to the public.
 Immersion El Salvador Film premier, and  Concert featuring Guellermo Cuéllar
 (part of the Joseph J. Naples ’41 Conversations in Christ & Culture Lecture  and Performance Series 2011-201)
 "On October 29, the Video Institute at Canisius will present the premier of the documentary film, Immersion El Salvador. Along with this  premier, we are  fortunate to host the highly celebrated
 Salvadoran folk singer and composer of El Salvador’s popular mass, Guellermo Cuéllar.
 Follow a group of students and faculty as they travel to El Salvador with  the Institute for the Global Study of Religion at Canisius  College. Immersion:  El Salvador, a 30-minute documentary produced by the  Canisius College Video Institute, highlights the students’ journey of
 self- awareness and enlightenment as they explore faith, religion, culture, and justice in this Central American country.  In addition to tonight’s premier we feature a concert by Guillermo
 Cuéllar. Cuéllar is one of the most famous singer/songwriters in El Salvador.  A close friend of the martyred Archbishop Oscar Romero, several of Guellar’s  songs, from his Salvadoran Popular Mass were featured in the movie Romero.  Over the past two decades Cuellar has traveled and  performed extensively  throughout the world."
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 Saturday, Oct 29, 12 at 3 p.m. Abyssinian Baptist Church, Harlem, NY Public Memorial and Cultural Tribute to Jazz Musician and Educator  Consuela Edmonia  Lee Nov. 1, 1926 at Dec. 26, 2009. Musicians, family, friends and admirers  gathering to honor this "musicians' musician", with
 photos & videos of interviews & performances. Consuela Lee was a jazz pianist, composer, arranger, educator and director of Snow Hill Institute  for  the Performing Arts, a school dedicated to the education of children, especially African-American music, in one of the poorest counties of
Alabama. See a story of her life: <www.consuelalee.com/doc/consuelalee.html
 RSVP at <www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=149228161821858
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 "Nov. 1st is our  trial date for the April 22nd blockade action 38 of us participated in against drones that are piloted from Hancock Airport Military Base to drop missiles on the people Afghanistan. We go to DeWitt Town
 Court near Syracuse.  We hope you will be joining us. Mark your calendars."
 From Mary Anne Grady Flores, Co-defendant of the Hancock
 38... Ithaca Catholic Workers, 14850 1-607-273-7437/ 1-607-280-8797 +++
November 10-thurs. 7-8:30 St.Paul's Episcopal [Pearl@Church] : a forum Human Rights Challenges for Americans Today:Current Issues and How to Act on Them--Speaker Julia Hall and other panelists
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 November 18-20, 2011: See you at the gates of Fort Benning, Georgia for the SOA Watch vigil. <www.soaw.org/

 6. REGULAR EVENTS
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 Visit EL BUEN AMIGO, 114 Elmwood Ave. Buffalo NY 14201.  Fair trade  products from Central
 and South America. Learn Spanish, too. Space  available for events. Tel:716-885-6343; <http://elbuenamigo.org
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 VIGIL AT THE ERIE COUNTY HOLDING CENTER, each Wednesday at 5 P.M.- 6 P.M.
Corner of Church St and Delaware Ave. Erie County Prisoner Rights  Coalition continues its weekly protests against prisoner abuse  at the  Holding Center. Signs are available at the vigil.
If the vigil ends  early due to inclement weather, you will find the coalition at 14AllenSt.
 (near Main St.) until 7:00pm.
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 WOMEN IN BLACK SILENT VIGIL AGAINST WAR Every Saturday Afternoon, 12-1 P.M.
 regardless of weather. Corner of Elmwood & Bidwell Parkway,  Buffalo NY. Witnessing weekly since October 2001.
http://www.womeninblack.org/en/vigil
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 WEEKLY SUNDAY NOON VIGILS FOR PEACE, ROCHESTER
 Sponsored by Peace Action & Education. 12:00 Noon  1:00 PM in Rochester, East Avenue & Goodman Street.  more info: 585-442-3383 or <http://www.gvcp.org/
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 INDIGENOUS WOMEN'S INITIATIVES (IWI) TALKING CIRCLE 2nd  Thursday of each
month, 12-3 P.M. IWI Office @ Network of Religious Communities, 1272 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo. More Information Contact Agnes  Williams, Seneca  716-332-6988. Please bring organic Snacks to share
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 WNY DRILLING DEFENCE (formerly FRACK ACTION BUFFALO), 12 P.M. meeting at
Lafayette Presbyterian, 875 Elmwood Ave Buffalo. Every 2nd   and 4thSunday of the month. Meetings open to all. Use door off of  parking lot on Lafayette Ave. More info:
 <http://groups.google.com/group/wnydrillingdefense
 <www.facebook.com/WNYDrillingDefense
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 Anti-Wars/Stop the Drones Outreach.  First and Third Tuesdays of the month, 4:15-5:00 P.M. at Hancock Air National Guard Base, East Malloy Rd,  Mattydale NY (Syracuse NY). Sponsored by  the Syracuse Peace  Council. More info: <www.peacecouncil.net/
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 Sunday,  Vigil for Peace. 12 Noon - 1 P.M. Corner of East Avenue and Goodman St. Rochester NY. Sponsor: Peace Action and Education, Genesee Valley Citizens for Peace (www.gvcp.org).
Every Sunday. Sponsor: Genesee  Valley Citizens for Peace.
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 OTHER ITEMS:
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 MEDIA:

 A new print-paper "Occupy Wall Street Journal" -Hard to get copies but try  www.kickstarter.com.
 Some other sites of interest:
truth-out.org---buzzflash.net--www.indypendent.org----
 democracynow.org--current.com-- October2011.org--even www.hippy.com.--
www.alternet.org and counterpunch.org
 Do you miss?: Ramparts--Alt--EVO[East Village Other] -Try
villagevoice.com or
 [ relative newcomer] brooklynrail.org. Incredibly, this editor recently found a free copy of "The Village Voice" @ Half n Half Trading on Elmwood Ave.
 There were also copies, next door, at ParKway Hair. We were told "The Voice" is  not always available, but why not check if you are in the area!?
 Don't miss the poll results for best liberal/progressive/leftist 'zine from
 www.democraticunderground.com

 Finally, [more reading] goto: www.victoryiscertain.com and www.world-newspapers.com

 Movies too [theaters or rental]-"Whistleblower"and "We Were Here"a remarkable
 film about  AIDS  and medical politics in San Fran.in 70s-80s.  Also, "Machine Gun Preacher" [goofy] title, but powerful,  gut wrenching-heart stopping film @ Amherst Theatre about the LRA in
Uganda and  Sudan-- Please!! Help the child-victims in these countries!!-one thing you can do
 is go to  machinegun preacher.org [the preacher is actually Sam Childers in Central City,Pa.] The
 aforementioned LRA{Lord's Resistance Army} is unquestionably one of the most  venomous and barbaric  groups on the planet! Somehow, this group must be stopped. More information can be found  in Wikipedia e.g. Joseph Kony the group's leader.
 In Toronto this week :imagineNATIVE Film Fest.--Films by/about first nations across  the globe
 For 2012-[the entire WeeklyNews staff missed this one] but for next year-Indigenous Resistance Documentary Series.

 Telly-Current[Cable-165]-Planet Green[Cable103] and don't forget CSpan and Cspan2[Cable 261]

 Jeet Heer from the Globe and Mail recs:'Empire' by Hardt and Negri [Harvard Press]as political influence on the 'Occupy'phenomenon. The controversial  work has also been followed by 'Multitude'and 'Commonwealth" Good news!  Saul Alinsky's famous 'Rules for Radicals' still
available:the WeeklyNews  staff got their copy at Amazon  Let us know if you have some ideas or suggestions,  with regard to local media
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 OCCUPY BUFFALO Continues!

 Peacemakers,

 Thanks to all who participated in the Peace Center's Friday night emergency demo at Niagara Square in Buffalo NY. About 10 members of the Peace Center attended along with 50 Occupy Buffalo occupiers. Those 50 stayed overnight into Saturday, while PC members retired to the warm of comfort of their homes.

 Saturday night about 40 occupiers braved the continued winds and rain and stayed overnight into Sunday. And another 40 will stay overnight into Monday, and beyond.

 Sunday evening Peace Center member Steve Gareau and I visited them. Their current needs are the following:

 1. Clean, warm socks and gloves (it's raining cats and dogs....)
 2. A very large tent 10 x 16 at least....with center pole....Occupy Buffalo has identified a specific tent and collected $700 toward the $1500  it will cost. You can help too by sending a check to the WNY Peace Center -- put "Witness Fund - tent" in the memo line. You can also donate online
by going to www.WNYPeace.org. Click on Witness Fund...

 When PC member Steve Gareau heard about their needs he purchase 3 tents Sunday evening....along with several large tarps. Earlier, a couple of other PC members also said they will bring more tents soon.  It's abundantly clear that many people are doing many little things to
ease the efforts of 40 people braving the elements in Niagara Square: while Steve and I were there someone brought in several gallons of clam chowder soup and others were dropped money in the large collection jar.

 Several Peace Center members are checking in daily to see to their laundry needs: thank you Lucille, Val and Ellen........... Charlie
 Two porta-pottys on -site,finally!-will be cleaned twice weekly!! Specialthanks to the Preservationists who are in town. They went out of  their way to inform Mayor Brown that Occupy Buffalo was not a hindrance  to their stay!!

 Victor Toro, a Chilean, was arrested by U.S. border patrol on July 5, 2007 on an Amtrak train in Rochester, NY. He is a victim of the anti-immigrant backlash sweeping this country.

 The Victor Toro Defense Committee states that Toro was racially profiled, asked for papers and detained. Victor and his spouse Nieves Ayress are both long time fighters for social justice in the U.S. and in their homeland years ago.

 In Chile, Victor was instrumental in struggles for basic survival for his community including the fight for water and housing. Nieves is a long time activist for women and indigenous rights as well. In March of this year, the judge presiding over the case of Victor Toro denied Toro’s request for political asylum. Toro faces possible deportation anytime. The Defense Committee is asking that Victor be allowed to remain in the U.S. since deportation back to Chile would uproot him from his family and community in the Bronx
 Send a message to President President Barack Obama, Attorney General Eric Holder, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, New York Congressman Jose Serrano,  Congressional leaders, The U.N. General Assembly President, U.N.
 Secretary General Ban, and major media representatives including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the
 Associated Press, Reuters. Let them know that *VICTOR TORO MUST NOT BE DEPORTED!*

 *Sign the petition HERE!
 http://iacenter.org/immigrants/victortoropetition/#form

 Cory Wanless sits at his desk in downtown Toronto, flipping  through photo after photo of burning huts and maimed bodies.  He points out where Adolfo Ich was hacked in the arm with a
 machete before being shot in the head, and where the home  belonging to one of 11 women allegedly raped once stood in Lote Ocho, a small village in Guatemala.  Wanless, a lawyer at Klippensteins Barristers and  Solicitors, is working on two cases that have implicated
 Canadian mining company HudBay Minerals Inc. and its subsidiary, HMI Nickel Inc., in serious human rights abuses in Guatemala. Both cases concern Guatemala's CGN security  forces, employed by HMI Nickel.
 In Choc v. HudBay, it's alleged that security personnel shot  and killed Adolfo Ich, a well-known Mayan Q'eqchi community organizer, in public and in broad daylight on September 27,
 2009. His wife, Angelica Choc, has brought a wrongful death case forward against HudBay. In the other lawsuit, Caal v. HudBay, it's alleged that CGN employees, the Guatemalan army
 and police took part in the gang rape of 11 Mayan Q'eqchi women during the forceful eviction of their homes in Lote  Ocho. The women are suing HudBay for negligence.  In a statement from HudBay, John Vincic, vice-president of  investor relations and corporate communications, said, "In
 both cases we believe the allegations to be groundless, and  we are defending ourselves vigorously against them. ...We  continue to cooperate fully with Guatemalan authorities to
 ensure all the facts are uncovered."  Both cases raise the significant dilemma of who should take
 responsibility for human rights violations when business-as-usual goes wrong.
 Complete article: GOING DEEPER UNDERGROUND
 by Lyndsie Bourgon, 27 September, 2011
 http://www.corporateknights.ca/article/ going-deeper-underground?page=show

 Also, with regard to the above: BACKGROUND
 a.. 10-MINUTE FILM: About nickel mining related forced evictions in Guatemala:
 http://rightsaction.org/video/elestor/index.htm
                         b.. 5-MINUTE FILM: Testimony of Rosa Elbira, one of the gang rape survivors from Lote Ocho:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSGuDk4cnz4
                         c.. September 26, 2011 CBC radio report "Unfinished Business" about nickel mining issues in Guatemala: http://www.cbc.ca/video/news/audioplayer.html?clipid=214160435
 1- To help fund legal work on these two lawsuits, & for more  information about the cases, contact: Klippensteins Barristers & Solicitors  Murray Klippenstein, murray.klippenstein@klippensteins.ca  Cory Wanless, cory.wanless@klippensteins.ca
 2- To fund the nickel mining-harmed Mayan Qeqchi communities  & their efforts to achieve justice, make tax-deductible  check payable to "Rights Action" and mail to
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