Grid
of Local Actions:
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AZ
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Tucson
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Paula
Arnquist
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SAAEJ
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520-623-9141
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afcaz@azstarnet.com
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Details
not available
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CA
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San
Francisco
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Martha
Hannan
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IDEX
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415-824-8384
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martha@idex.org
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Rally
then march, while handbilling and serving eviction notices for violations
of human rights and crimes against ecology
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CA
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Los
Angeles
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Michele
Weber
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WfP:
Southwest
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714-990-6603
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wfpla@igc.org
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Rally
at Pershing Square and march to local Citibank offices to protest their
support of World Bank Bonds
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CA
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Los
Angeles
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Leonne
Henkey
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Southern
California Fair Trade Network
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323-931-3669
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CA
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Sacramento
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Arline
and James Prigoff
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Alliance
for Democracy, Sacramento
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916-925-8950
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prigoffa@saclink.csus.edu
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Details
not available
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CA
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Bakersfield
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Brian
Mullan
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661-863-3222
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bpmullan@hotmail.com
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Details
not available
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CO
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Denver
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Felicia
Hilton
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Colorado
JwJ
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303-806-0818
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Details
not available
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CT
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Hartford
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Justin
Molito
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Connecticut
Global Action Network
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nitsu1999@aol.com
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9/25:
All-Day Teach-In on Workers’ and Human Rights in the Global Economy
9/26:
2pm Rally and March to United Technologies Corporation, to join SEIU rally
and civil disobedience supporting UTC’s janitors’ right to organize |
DC
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Washington
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Lewis
Malizia
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Teamsters
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202-624-8700
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lmalizia@teamster.org
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9/25:
Demonstration at DC School Board to highlight abuses of privatization of
education in the District and to support IBT local in its fight for a fair
contract
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DC
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Washington
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Tracy
Lingo
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HERE
Local 27
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202-393-7939
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9/26:
Demonstration with HERE Local 27 to support right of Parking Lot Attendants
to a fair contract and a living wage
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DE
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Wilmington
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Sally
Milbury-Steen
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Witness
for Peace
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302-656-2721
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Vigil
and leafletting on s26 at Market Street Mall.
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FL
FL |
Miami
West Palm Beach |
Monica
Russo
David
Nichols |
South
Florida JwJ
Global
Justice Group of South Florida |
305-623-3000
954-698-9176 |
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Details
not available
Details
not available |
GA
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Atlanta
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Charlie
Flemming
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Atlanta
JwJ
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404-525-3559
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atllabor@bellsouth.net
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Action
with Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) Against Kroger, demanding that
they honor the boycott against Mt. Olive Pickle Co.
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IL
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Chicago
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Sarita
Gupta
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Chicago
JwJ
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312-787-5868,
ext. 137
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chicagojwj@hotmail.com
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Action
in financial district
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IL
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Hammond
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Bessie
Dent
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Calumet
Project/JwJ
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219-845-5008
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bdent@surfnetinc.com
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Release
report; go to Chicago action
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IL
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Urbana
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Meadow
Jones
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217-384-7657
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brun@prairienet.org
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Details
not available
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IN
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Bloomington
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Josh
Cazares
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Bloomington
JwJ
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812-333-3433
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josh@unitedway.monroe.in.us
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Details
not available
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IN
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Indianapolis
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Ed
Ramthun
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Indianapolis
JwJ
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317-917-0723
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eramthun@centralregion.afscme.org
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Details
not available
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IN
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Indianapolis
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Stefanie
Miller
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Indiana
Alliance for Democracy
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317-872-3516
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jackandstef@earthlink.net
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Details
not available
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KY
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Louisville
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Dawn
Jenkins
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Lousville
JwJ
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502-582-3508,
ext 124
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dawnjenkins@aol.com
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Action
with USWA around a plant-closing in Providence, KY and the impact of globalization
on KY
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MA
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Boston
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Cassie
Watters
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Boston
JwJ/Boston Global Action Network
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617-524-8778
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cassiefw@hotmail.com
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Action
against Pfizer, global biotechnology firm based in Cambridge that has exploited
the devastating effect of AIDS in Africa to reap profit.
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MA
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Springfield
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Jon
Weissman
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Western
MA JwJ
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413-737-0640
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wmassjwjw@juno.com
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Targeting
Wal-Mart to highlight abuses of globalization.
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MD
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Baltimore
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Chuck
D'Adamo
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Coalition
Against Global Exploitation
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410-243-2471
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cdadamo@charm.net
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9/21
Teach-In on Globalization
9/25
Action around Local Worker Struggle |
MI
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Ann
Arbor
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Gus
Teschke
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gust@umich.edu
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MI
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Detroit
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Barbara
Ingalls
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Detroit
JwJ
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248-547-7729
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bigrafx@home.com
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Details
not available
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MO
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St.
Louis
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Kevin
Pranis
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Prison
Moratorium Project
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646-486-6715
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Action
against Sodexho’s involvement in the prison-industrial complex and profiting
from prison labor.
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Montreal
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Concordia
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Kevin
Pranis
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Prison
Moratorium Project
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646-486-6715
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Action
against Sodexho’s involvement in the prison-industrial complex and profiting
from prison labor.
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NC
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Raleigh
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Gail
Phares
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WfP:
Southeast
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919-856-9468
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Rally
at Fayetteville Mall
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NC
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Asheville
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Andy
Summers
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WfP,
Warren Wilson College
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828-298-3325,
828-298-5320
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Details
not available
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NC
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Durham
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Theresa
El-Amin
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Durham
JwJ
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919-403-8229
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otsnorth@aol.com
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Student
Nurses United..Action on Union Busting
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NC
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Chapel
Hill
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Dennis
Markatos
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SURGE,
Students United for a Responsible Global Environment
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919-914-0134
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dmarkato@email.unc.edu
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Details
not available
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NJ
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Trenton
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Jimmy
Tarlau
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Trenton
JwJ
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609-989-8100
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tarlauj@aol.com
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Teach-In
on globalization and unemployment in Trenton.Rev.
James Orange will be speaking.
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NY
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New
York
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Carol
Pittman
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New
York JwJ
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212-631-0886
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newyorkjwj@mindspring.com
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Action
with HERE Local 100 at the Metropolitan Opera, highlighting barriers to
health care access by Met’s employees, and connecting the issue of health
care access to that of the poor in developing countries.
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NY
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Buffalo
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Mary
Ellen Heimburger
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Buffalo
JwJ/CEJ
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716-894-2013
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methcwa@prodigy.net
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Carnival
of Resistance, including street theater, music, tabling: culmination of
two weeks of teach-ins at local colleges and high schools
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NY
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Albany
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John
Funiciello
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Solidarity
Comm. Of the Capital JwJ
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518-869-2245
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inunion@aol.com
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Meeting
to decide..call 8/17 for details
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NY
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Ithaca
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Kelly
Dietz
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Ithaca
Coalition for Global Justice
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607-256-3219,
607-277-5863
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cah25@cornell.edu,
dwk10@cornell.edu
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Details
not available
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NY
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Binghampton
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Kevin
Pranis
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Prison
Moratorium Project
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646-486-6715
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kpranis@nomoreprisons.org
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Action
against Sodexho’s involvement in the prison-industrial complex and profiting
from prison labor.
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NY
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Albany
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Mark
Schafer
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Solidarity
Comm. Of the Capital/Albany JwJ
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518-463-5611
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markalban@global2000.net
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Tour
of financial institutions in Albany, highlighting their involvement in
IMF/WB lending.
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OH
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Oberlin
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Kevin
Pranis
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Prison
Moratorium Project
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646-486-6715
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Action
against Sodexho’s involvement in the prison-industrial complex and profiting
from prison labor.
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OH
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Toledo
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Steve
Steel
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Farm
Labor Organizing Committee
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419-243-3456
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info@floc.com
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Rally
outside Kroger National Headquarters to demand that they honor boycott
of Mt Olive Pickle
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OR
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Portland
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Margaret
Butler
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Portland
JwJ
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503-236-5573
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jobswj@teleport.com
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Rally
celebrating Powell Book Store victory…
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OR
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Eugene
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Sarah
Jacobson
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Eugene
Springfield Solidarity Network
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541-736-9041
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essn@excite.com
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Details
not available
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PA
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Lancaster
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Doug
Burkholder
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Witness
for Peace
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717-392-7023
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Details
not available
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PA
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Philadelphia
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John
Braxton/Jerry Cousins
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Philadelphia
JwJ
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215-735-3615
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phillyjwj@mindspring.com
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Action
with United Child Care Union (AFSCME) to support local child care workers’
right to organize.
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RI
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Providence
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Matt
Jerzyk
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Rhode
Island JwJ
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401-454-4766
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matthew@truthpower.org
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9/14:
Teach-In on Globalization at UFCW
9/26:
Rally with HERE in downtown Providence to protest tax breaks and sweet
deals for corporate development without guarantees for living wage and
right to organize for Providence working people. |
TN
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Nashville
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Gene
TeSelle
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Witness
for Peace
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615-297-2629
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Details
not available
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TX
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Dallas
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Elaine
or Gene Lantz
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North
Texas JwJ
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214-264-7323
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lelaine79@cs.com
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Details
not available
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UT
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Salt
Lake City
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Lorna
Vogt
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Salt
Lake City JwJ
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801-466-0955
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info@upnet.org
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Details
not available
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VA
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Blacksburg
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Clark
Webb
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Witness
for Peace
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540-552-4848
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Demonstration
In Roanoke, VA
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VT
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Jason
Ford
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Witness
for Peace
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802-863-1571
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jason@nativeforest.org
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Details
not available
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WA
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Seattle
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Rosalinda
Aguirre
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Washington
State JwJ
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206-441-4649
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wsjwj@igc.apc.org
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Starbucks
leafletting and WRB hearing
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WI
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Milwaukee
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Steve
Watrous
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Wisconsin
Fair Trade Campaign
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watrous@csd.uwm.edu
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action
at Kohl's supporting Nica. Workers' strike
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