Christine Eber
 Professor Emerita, Anthropology, New Mexico State University
 "The Journey of a Tzotzil-Maya Woman of Chiapas, Mexico:  Pass Well Over
the Earth" by Christine Eber and "Antonia" is now available from the
University of Texas Press.  This book was the focus of a
 presentation by Christine when she was the speaker at the 2009 LASC
annual event.  The book chronicles the life of "Antonia," in her own
words.  She describes her involvement in three social movements in
highland Chiapas - the weaving co-op movement, the Catholic
 Liberation Theology movement, and the Zapatista movement  - and also
tells the story of how immigration has effected her family.  Her
 youngest son has been working in Chinese restaurants in the U.S. for
three years now.  Excerpts from the beginning of the book can be
 found at: http://www.utexas.edu/utpress/excerpts/exebejou.html
 There is also a facebook page for the book: www.facebook.com/
 eberandantonia    The book can be ordered on line at the U. of Texas
Press website for $36.85, a 33% discount. It will come out in
 paperback in about a year, but will not include the many beautiful color
photos in the center of the book. Royalties will go to "Antonia" ++++
 http://stopwaroniran.org/petition.shtml

 A worsening economic crisis; three disastrous wars that have killed
millions of people and cost trillions of dollars stolen from essential
programs for OIL, OIL, OIL and the U.S. corporate drive for markets,
profit and empire – this is why the U.S. government has *FALSELY* accused
the Iranian government of sponsoring a terrorist plot in the United
States.

 Washington’s campaign against Iran for an alleged assassination
 plot lacks evidence and fails every test of logic The U.S government is
making unbelievable, far-tetched allegations that somehow the
 Iranian government was involved in a bizarre plot to assassinate the
Saudi Arabian ambassador in Washington. Anyone capable of independent
thought has raised questions as to its truth. So why is the U.S.
 government desperate to use an unbelievable pretext to begin a
 campaign of sanctions and possible war against Iran?

 The accusation comes as militant mass actions spurred by austerity and
mass suffering at the hands of corporate greed are literally
 sweeping the globe. The Occupy Wall Street movement has captured
 peoples' imagination everywhere. Within the U.S. over 110 ongoing
occupations and 1,454 support actions have been reported, while mass
uprisings are continuing across the Middle East, Europe, and Latin
America.

 The wild and fabricated charge against Iran has been rolled out in an all
too familiar pattern which was used to hype the wars against Iraq,
Afghanistan, and Libya: unfounded charges with no evidence, high level
leaks, scripted quotes about threats to national security from top
officials, calls for stricter sanctions, and military retaliation. All is
repeated by a frenzied, coordinated media (big business corporate media
tied to the military) campaign. The point is to set the stage in the minds
of millions of people who are now rising up in righteous anger against the
Wall Street banks and the U.S. Government that their enemy is somewhere
else, rather than right here at home.

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 Museum of disABILITY History
 http://www.museumofdisability.org
 War and disABILITY Exhibit Continues:
 The Museum of disABILITY Historys newest exhibit, War and disABILITY
continues to be on display now through December 31. The exhibit includes
American national history and the nations involvement in wars both at
home and abroad. Topics covered include  people with disabilities in war
and war efforts at home; perceptions of veterans who  are disabled in
popular
 culture; neuropsy Kids on the Block Project Coordinator Brie Kishel will
attend
 an anti-bullying  conference sponsored by the Character Council of
Western
 New York on October 26 in Hamburg, NY. The keynote speaker at this event
will be Dr. Amanda Nickerson,  director of the Center for the Prevention of
 Bullying Abuse and School Violence at  the University at Buffalo. The
conference will address the Dignity for all Students  Act, legislation
which goes into effect on July 1, 2012, requiring all schools in  New York
 State to revise codes of conduct and adopt policies to create a school
environment free from harassment and discrimination.chological injuries;
the evolution of  medical and military technologies; and legislation,
rehabilitation
 and reintegration  issues facing veterans with disabilities.
 ***********
 The Beehive Collective is bringing their highly original and
characteristically
 non-copyrighted workshop "Graphics For the Commons" to Buffalo
 (See beehivecollective.org) .  Graphic artists, journalists,  teachers,
storytellers
 and activists work together to uncover and present the stories of regular
people
 gathering to Graphic artists, journalists,
 teachers, storytellers and activists work together to uncover and present
the stories of regular people gathering together to support a cause, to
preserve a place.  In an increasingly globalized and homogenized culture
the Beehive Collective process helps us re-member what is local, what is
place; what is home; what is indigenous; what is precious.  By workshop's
end participants learn their collaborative storytelling style and how to
produce a piece of readable, motivational graphic art.

 The workshop will be held on Wednesday, November 2, 2:00-6:30pm, El Buen
Amigo.  Sliding scale fee is $20.00-$75.00.  All monies collected go to
Beehive Collective.

 For more information please e-mail mcoyle1112@gmail.com or call
 716-935-0733

 +++
 SIGN THE ONLINE PETITION AT
 http://bailoutpeople.org/dropchargesonoccupywallstarrestees.shtml to send
email messages to Mayor Michael Bloomberg, NYC City Council, Legislature,
President Obama, Attorney General Holder, members of the media YOU WANT
ALL CHARGES DROPPED ON THE 'OCCUPY WALL STREET
 ARRESTEES!

 AROUND THE COUNTRY, Solidarity Occupations have begun in over 100 cities!
Find the one near you at http://www.facebook.com/OccupyWallSt

 Protesters on Brooklyn Bridge - Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images

 The arrest of over 700 people on Saturday, Oct 1 on the Brooklyn
 Bridge by the New York City Police Department is an outrage and an
actually leading the demonstration on to the roadway of the bridge,
started arresting hundreds of activists. This is entrapment.

 A loose network of organizations and individuals called the
 occupation named “Occupy Wall Street”. It started 15 days ago. It has no
ending date. No one knows how long it will last. But it is now attracting
growing and enthusiastic mass support giving voice to the Bail Out the
People Movement
 55 W 17th St #5C
 212-633-6646 <tel:212-633-6646>

 *The Occupy Wall Street has grown into OCCUPATIONS in 110 cities
 across the U.S. and more than 1,500 actions, events, protests in
 solidarity with this struggle of the 99% against the bankers, war makers
and corporate power.*

 The threatened expulsion of Occupy Wall Street activists by the
 police is developing into a mammoth political crisis with Bloomberg at
the center of it. This could point the way to a bigger struggle to target
Bloomberg as the richest person in the city who has called for “the
cleaning” of the park which includes the removal of all
 materials including bedding. Make no mistake about this: this
 “cleaning” is a poor disguise by the state to crush the Occupy
 Wall Street movement that is now tens of thousands strong.

 +++
 Statement issued by students and activists in Denver, Colorado:

 *Occupy the Campuses/Decolonize Our Minds*
 The college campuses across this country are a microcosm of the
 financial problems that our communities are facing. Students are
 struggling with high levels of debt, corporations have become a higher
priority than the students on campuses, university workers are denied
their right to organize for better working conditions and the
 education we receive only serves to further a dominant paradigm that
supports an economic system rife with exploitation.
 As students, we carry with us the historic burden of being a radical
voice and often the deciding factor that has pressured movements to go
beyond minor reforms and move towards fundamental change in the
 dominant societal structure. Therefore, we are calling for an
 occupation of the Auraria Campus that will be the opening salvo in a
national movement to occupy university campuses. A network of campuses
across the country is prepared to stand in solidarity with our call to
action
 Go to the below for the full set of 11 demands.
 bailoutpeople.org/occupycampuses.shtml
 Bail Out the People Movement
 c/o Solidarity Center
 55 W 17th St #5C
 212-633-6646
 http://bailoutpeople.org

 +++
 The Coalition for Economic Justice seeks an experienced professional to
work part-time managing the systems and operations that will support the
programming of our growing organization.
 To see a full job description, email info@buffalojwj.org. If you would
like to apply, please send your resume, cover letter, and three
 references
 to info@buffalojwj.org.

 +++

 Holy Trinity Lutheran Church is sponsoring a series of conversations with
community leaders and contributors.  Events start at 9:30 a.m. in the
Church Fellowship Room. At 1080 Main Street, between North and Summer
Streets, across from Anchor Bar.

 Karima Amin notes: County Executive Chris Collins spoke Sunday,
 Sept. 25, at 9:30am at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 1080 Main Street.
His opponent, County Comptroller Mark Poloncarz, will share
 his views at the church on Sunday, October  23.

 Full Schedule:

 October 23: Mark Poloncarz Erie County Comptroller (and County Exec
candidate)

 October 30: Phil Rumore President of Buffalo Teachers' Federation

 November 6: Mark Grisanti New York State Senator

 November 27: no program (Thanksgiving weekend)

 December 4: Bonnie Smith Westminster West-side Retail Incubator
 Project

 December 11: Louis Grachos Albright-Knox Executive Director

 December 18: Our own Dr. Roy Clare and a holiday musical treat

 For more information and updates, please consult the church website
www.holytrinitybuffalo.org

 +++

 Peace Action of New York State raffle (Deadline October 28)
 From Katherine Jacobson, 212-989-3123, Peace Action of New York State.
The NATION Magazine has offered to Peace Action of New York State the
opportunity to hold a raffle, for one Seminar Cruise trip-for-two! The
drawing of the winning RaffleTix will take place in New York City on the
Gala evening of October 28, when PANYS presents to The Honorable Barbara
Lee, Representative of California's 9th Congressional
 District, the 2011 William Sloane Coffin Peacemaker Award! RaffleTix, at
$35.00, may be purchased at <www.Raffle.CharityHappenings.org
 (deadline at Noon on October 28) or mail order to Peace Action New York
State, P.O.Box 3357 New York, NY 10008-3357 (if received before October
28) Payments should be made to Peace Action Fund of New York State in
order to quality for a tax deduction.
 PANYS Projects:
 The Cost of War Awareness Project: our "move the money" - new
 priorities work. We are supporting our electronic sign and getting more
and more involved with the Occupy Wall Street crowd that is near our
office. We are going to continue pressuring our lawmakers with a
state-wide lobby day at the end of the year to convince them to change
their spending priorities! We are taking our anti-militarism,
 anti-war, and anti-nuclear weapon work and synthesizing it with our new
priorities work, all under the COW Awareness Project.

 - Close Indian Point Campaign: we are working on an educational
 campaign to inform New Yorkers about the dangers of the Indian Point
nuclear energy center in Buchanan, NY - 35 miles from NYC. These power
plants are almost 40 years old, have an awful safety record, are not
earthquake ready despite being on top of 2 fault lines, and are
 unnecessary for providing power to the surrounding area. The
 evacuation plan of 10 miles was called "inadequate" by an independent
report in 2003 commissioned by then Governor Pataki, and any disaster or
attack on Indian Point would put over 8 million people in instant danger.
We will expand this campaign to other areas of the state, such as
Syracuse, where similar problems with nuclear reactors exist.

 - Student Organizing: we are underway with creating new, officially
recognized student chapters at campuses in New York State. We are
supporting a new part-time student organizing coordinator, who has already
established connections at 6 colleges/universities.

 Thank you for your support!  Again, that URL is:
 http://www.raffle.charityhappenings.org/

 +++

 October 28th- 29th. St. Mary of the Lake Church, Hamburg
 the Buffalo Catholic Worker (and Pax Christi) 14th Annual
 Catholic Peacemakers Retreat,  to reflect in community on, “As
 Jesus came near the city, he wept over it saying, “If this day you only
knew the things that make for peace! (Luke 19:41-42).  Our
 speaker, Tom Cordaro, believes we must openly and respectfully end our
polarizing discourse in order to find opportunities for each of us to work
and pray in 2012 for a more peaceful world for our children and
grandchildren. Registration information: www.PaxChristi.weebly.com Bill
Privett 585-599-3366 or Tom Casey, 716-491-9172.

 To all of you who have and continue to help getting out the word for the
annual Pax
 Christi- Buffalo Catholic Worker Retreat the web site for registration
information
 we provided was incorrect.  "WNY" was not within the address as it should
be
 (www.PaxChristiWNY.weebly.com)
 ++++++

 Suzanne Montalalo - movetoamendbuffalony@gmail.com
 stay tuned!
 National website  www.movetoamend.org

 +++

 from BURNING BOOKS, 420 CONNECTICUT STREET, BUFFALO -
 OPEN 11AM TO 7PM, WEDNESDAY TO SUNDAY (716) 881-0791
 burningbooksbuffalo.com/ with an opportunity to
 join the Burning Books mailing list!

 "We just got an exciting new shipment of booklets and notepads from our
friends at  Eberhardt Press, a Portland, Oregon based press that
 prints the  Beware the Green Scare  pamphlets and other contemporary
material related to Earth liberation struggle and prisoner support, as
well as original titles and classic revolutionary texts that are out of
print and in danger of fading from memory. Eberhardt Press does very good
work. Be sure to check them out.
 We also recently got Gasland DVDs, Crips & Bloods DVDs, Islam for
Beginners, Anarchism for Beginners, Stonewall Uprising DVDs, We Shall
Remain DVDs, Operation Bite Back, I am an Animal: The Story of Ingrid
Newkirk and PETA DVDs and more...
 Burning Books is always expanding our stock, so stop in between 11am and
7pm, Wednesdays through Sundays and check us out.  Read!"

 NEW AT BURNING BOOKS
 We got our first shipment from the national Leonard Peltier Defense
Offense
 Committee (LPDOC) this week, which will complement the monthly
 Peltier-related
 events at the Burning Books being put on by the Buffalo chapter of the
LPDOC.
 Included in the shipment are  Free Peltier  bumper stickers, buttons,
t-shirts,
 American Indian Movement  t-shirts, and  In the Spirit of Crazy Horse
t-shirts.
 +++

 Three items from Dave Thomas: Canada and Cuba and the US

 +++

 Recent article by Karen Lee Wald:
 Ana Belen Montes -- ten years buried alive

 "Ten years ago today Senior Defense Department Analyst, Puerto Rican Ana
Belen
 Montes was arrested for "following her conscience" and providing
 classified information to the Cuban gov't.
 She did so because she felt that the US government had consistently
treated the
 Cuban people in a grossly unfair manner." full article at:
 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CubaNews/message/126523

 +++

 Cuban Airline Short of Aircraft Due To U.S. Blockade

 Isaac Saney, Chair of the Canadian Network on Cuba, says that Saturday
flights between Cuba and Montreal have been cancelled. "It seems that this
change has occurred because of the ongoing U.S. economic war against Cuba.
Cubana used to lease its aircraft from TACA. However, the recent takeover
of TACA by a U.S. company meant that Cuba could no longer lease planes
from TACA. In establishing new arrangements (i.e. finding a company from
which they could lease planes) Cuba had to forgo flying Cuba into Montreal
on Saturdays."

 TACA Is a Costa Rican Airline. The breaking of business relations between
Cuba and TACA is yet another example of the economic screws being
tightened down on Cuba through the extraterritorial extension of U.S. law +++
 Anyone going to Cuba February 9 to 19 should plan a day at the book fair
in Havana into foreign countries.
 +++
 The Night of the Heartbreaking Scream. The night of March 22, 1963, a
group of
 counterrevolutionaries led by Everardo Diaz Brunet, known as "Frias",
which
 operated at the time in the Cubitas hills in the province of Camaguey,
were
 thirsty for blood. This group, like many others in several places in
Cuba, above
 all in the central area, responded to a plan set since October 10, 1960,
in the
 United States.During that time the Dwight D. Eisenhower administration
carried out
 a plan called 'Covert Action Program against Cuba' which contemplated
sabotage and
 the incitation of armed counterrevolution in the island's mountainous
region.
 Frias' group was part of the project. Close to midnight on March 21,
1963, there
 was an assassination fiesta that began with a crime that the local
population has
 never forgotten. The scene of the crime was the La Fe farm in the Meseta
de San
 Felipe. Emilio Pisco Hernandez, who was 16 years old, dressed in the
uniform of
 the National Revolutionary Militia, returned from a visit to his
girlfriend's
 house accompanied by nine-year-old Rafael, one of his brothers. When they
approached the humble home where they lived, the group of
counterrevolutionaries
 appeared and pushed their way into the house. "We will kill the soldier,"
said one
 of the assassins, recalled Rafael years later and who recently passed
away. Once
 he entered into the bohio, the father of the family, Spanish immigrant
Ramon Pisco
 Bardanca, then 69 years of age, and who favored the socialist ideas,
noticed the
 situation and firmly said: "I go where my son goes!" The group took
Emilio and
 Ramon and far from the home committed the cruelest crime ever: first hung
the
 young Emilio in front of his father. Later they did the same with the
Spanish
 farmer.

 You can read more about US-funded terrorism against Cuba in Keith
Bolender's
 "Voices from the Other Side"(with introductin by Noam Chomsky) published
by Pluto
 Press. Ask your library and bookstore to order it..And get your friends
and

 ++++

 Wednesday, November 2nd, 7:00 P.M.
 Every medical centre should know about this event.
 This is a very important cross Canada tour by a Cuban doctor who was on
the ground

 a.. Dr. Balseiro Estevez will high light the work done in Haiti by Cuban
doctors
 and Cuban trained foreign doctors;
 b.. The conditions they worked under to save lives;
 c.. The type of surgeries they performed
 d.. The infrastructure problems before and after the quake
 Dave Thomas, CCFA Niagara Chair
 Statement from the National Committee to Free the Cuban Five on the
Release from Prison of René González
 René González, one of the five men known as the Cuban Five, today
 will walk out of Federal Prison in Marianna, Florida. He will walk out
with his head held high after more than 13 years in prison, having served
his utterly unjust sentence with complete dignity. He has been a model
prisoner, even while suffering the indignity of being
 inhumanely deprived visits from his wife for more than 11 years.

 The National Committee to Free the Cuban Five has an online petition to
President Obama to allow René González to return to Cuba, which has been
signed by people across the United States and from around the world. We
urge all people of conscience the world over to add their voices to this
demand at:
 http://www.change.org/petitions/stop-the-persecution-of-ren-gonzlez-
let-him-return-to-cuba
 For more infromation:
 Contact us:  info@freethefive.org
 Or call:  415-821-6545
 Web:  http://www.freethefive.org
 http://www.facebook.com/FreeTheFive

 +++
 A wildcat strike was narrowly avoided today. The WeeklyNews staff
reported
 progress in negotiations with management. Therefore, you may comfortably
continue to receive and enjoy reading the WeeklyNews at your leisure. For
now, NO STRIKE action is planned in the forseeable future!!

Management caved in when staff said they would occupy the WNYPC.

 October 20,2011