Police Allow Protesters to Remain at Wisconsin Capitol Feb 27, 2011 - 8:08 PM AP MADISON, Wis. -- The occupation of the Wisconsin Capitol by protesters fighting efforts to strip public workers of union bargaining rights carried on Sunday after police decided not to...
Felice Gelman at CWF Conference
On December 12 I attended the Center for Working Families New York State Policy Conference. Attendees were mostly activists and representatives of community organizations, trade unions, and state level politicians. The topics that were covered included...
Folly of Intervention
Libya & the Folly of International Intervention by Sami Hermez* Posted by admin on Mar 02, 2011 | Leave a Comment Calls for international intervention to end the conflict in Libya have come from across the political spectrum and have even included Libyan voices,...
Role of US Peace Movement in Arab Uprising
At great risks to their lives, activists organizing to oppose oppressive, dictatorial regimes in the Arab World and North Africa have inspired us by their courage and determination. We ruefully acknowledge past and
1930s & worker cooperatives
Entrepreneurs of cooperation by Jonathan Rowe Before Social Security and the WPA, the Unemployed Exchange Association rebuilt a collapsed economy The mood at kitchen tables in California in the early 1930s was as bleak as it was elsewhere in the United States....
Cut Aid for Poor, not Israel
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/03/02-9 Republicans and Democrats Agree: Cut Aid for Poor People, Not Israel by Medea Benjamin and Charles Davis With the U.S. economy in the tank and governments at all levels facing massive budget shortfalls, politicians left...
Activism is not a crime
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/01/25 Activism Is Not a Crime: Why I Will Not Testify Before This Federal Grand Jury by Maureen Murphy I have been summoned to appear before a federal grand jury in Chicago on January 25. But I will not testify, even at the risk...
U.S. Solidarity Economy
Please distribute as widely as possible! Thanks. The U.S. Solidarity Economy Network invites you to the first national Forum on the Solidarity Economy: Building Another World March 19-22, 2009 * Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst Co-convened...
Citizen Councils in Libya
The good news: Democracy Now, Feb. 28, 2011 Libyans Organize Citizen Councils to Run Cities Cities Liberated from Pro-Gaddafi Loyalists http://www.democracynow.org/2011/2/28/libyans_organize_citizen_councils_to_run In the liberated city of Benghazi, where...
Save the Date! WESPAC Awards Dinner!
Join WESPAC Foundation at our 29th Annual Awards Dinner
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WESPAC Foundation has secured the screening rights to make the documentary Who Killed Alex Odeh? available to our community for one day. This film is deeply personal to me. I was a high school student here in Westchester County at Horace Greeley when Alex Odeh, a Palestinian American civil rights leader and regional director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, was assassinated by a bomb planted at his office in Santa Ana, California, on October 11, 1985. I remember how deeply disturbing it was to learn of his murder, and I remain profoundly shaken by the fact that, more than four decades later, no one has been brought to justice. Even more troubling is the history of suspects who were able to leave the United States without facing prosecution. For me, Alex Odeh’s murder came to symbolize something that Palestinians have experienced for generations: a devastating sense that those who take Palestinian lives can do so with impunity. That failure of accountability has continued to haunt our people, culminating in the mass killing and destruction we have witnessed in Gaza over these past several years. When violence against Palestinians goes unpunished, it sends a dangerous message that Palestinian lives are somehow less worthy of protection, dignity, and justice. I hope our WESPAC community will take the time to watch this important film with me on December 2nd at 7pm at WESPAC, reflect on the decades of injustice it exposes, and recommit ourselves to the principle that every human life is sacred and that justice must never depend on one’s nationality, ethnicity, or identity.Wednesday, December 2nd at 7pm at WESPAC77 Tarrytown Road, Suite 2WWhite Plains, NY 10607
Come out on Sunday and support the Yonkers Sanctuary Movement!
Celebrating Community, Art, Music & Our Shared Commitment to JusticeThursday, November 12, 2026 at 6:00 PMWESPAC Foundation77 Tarrytown Road, Suite 2WWhite Plains, NY 10607Dear WESPAC Friends, Members, and Community Partners,We warmly invite you to join us for WESPAC’s Annual Meeting of Members, an evening of community, reflection, inspiring art, live music, and renewed commitment to building a more just, peaceful, and compassionate world.At a time when our collective voices, creativity, and solidarity matter so deeply, we look forward to gathering with old friends and new, sharing a meal, reflecting on the challenges and opportunities before us, and celebrating the extraordinary power of ordinary people to shape history. Full details at www.wespac.org