April 17-19, 2009 Each spring in New York City, Left Forum gathers intellectuals and activists from around the world to address the burning issues of our times. The theme for 2009 is TURNING POINTS. Even before the financial meltdown and its spreading destruction to...
Libya’s Significance
Another perspective by Mouin Rabbani: Libya's Significance 1 Feb 25 2011 by Mouin Rabbani [Qaddafi. Image from FoxNews] With the 42-year reign of Libya’s Muammar Qaddafi coming to a seemingly inevitable end, it is worth reflecting on the significance...
Arizona is America
NOTE: This blog is also posted on The Huffington Post at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kevin-powell/arizona-is-america_b_806449.html Arizona is America By Kevin Powell I say this because Arizona is not the problem. We the people are the problem....
Dec. 13 People’s Bailout Action
DEC. 13 PEOPLE'S BAILOUT ACTION IN WHITE PLAINS PART OF NATIONAL CAMPAIGN Please come Saturday, Dec. 13 at noon to the fountain at Main Street and Mamaroneck Avenue in White Plains to be part of the People's Bailout March and Rally where we will call on Congress to...
The Arab Revolts
by Mouin Rabbani [Arab dictators. Image by Saeb Khalil] The extraordinary developments in Tunisia and Egypt during the first six weeks of this year, and more recently in Bahrain, Libya, Yemen and elsewhere, have inaugurated a revolutionary moment in the Arab...
The Left has nowhere to go
‘The Left Has Nowhere to Go’ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_left_has_nowhere_to_go_20110102/ Posted on Jan 3, 2011 By Chris Hedges Ralph Nader in a CNN poll a few days before the 2008 presidential election had an estimated 3 percent of the...
Need Money? End the War!
Need Money? End the War! BRING THE TROOPS HOME NOW! END THE WARS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN! No War on Iran! No War on Pakistan! End US Support to all Wars and Occupations! Money for Housing! For Jobs! For Education! For Pensions! Not...
Reflections on Tunisia and Egypt
Reflections on the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt Rashid Khalidi Foreign Policy February 24, 2011 This is above all a moment of new possibilities in the Arab world, and indeed in the entire Middle East. We have not witnessed such a turning point for a very...
FBI Visits
http://socialistworker.org/2011/01/04/living-in-fear Living in fear of the government January 4, 2011 Activists in the Bay Area have come together to form the Coalition for a Safe San Francisco, a grassroots alliance of individuals and organizations...
WESPAC FAIR TRADE FESTIVAL & CRAFTS FAIR 2008, Dec 6th
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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