IMPORTANT EVENTS FOR THE WEEK OF May 5 May 11 Visualization of all US drone strikes: http://drones.pitchinteractive.

.com/ Sign the petition to ban weaponized drones at http://bit.ly/OGIQ3S Petition: Save NY Public Libraries from Developers Destruction http://signon.org/sign/save-new-york-city-libraries?source=c.em.mt&r_by=6817161 Petition: Move to Amend the Constitution, Money is not Speech at http://movetoamend.nationbuilder.com/petition

Go to strikedebt.org, Rolling Jubilee, help fellow citizens hounded by debt! One Million Moms for Gun Control @ http://onemillionmomsforguncontrol.org/
Downstate Medical Center has laid off 400 with plans for hundreds more! Petition @ http://savejobsatsunydownstate.org/ Phone Governor Cuomo at 518-474-8390 Ongoing petition for Darfur: brooklynforpeace.org Darfur Committee Act for Sudan ******************************************************************************************************* ATTACK ON WATER!!! Save our Water! Ban hydrofracking! Stop Governor Cuomo Now! Contact his website at www.governor.ny.gov/ By phone: (866) 584-6799 or (518) 474-8390 or Fax 202/434-7110 By mail: The Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo, Governor. of New York State New York State Capitol Building, Albany, NY 12224 ******************************************************************************************************* Victories!!! After public pressure SUNY Downstate withdrew its plans to close Long Island College Hospital after the NY City Council voted unanimously yesterday to oppose the closure. Gov. Cuomo delays fracking decision due to public pressure. President Obama signed 23 executive orders to further gun control. Strike Debt spent $5,000 for $100,000 of medical debt owed by 44 people in upstate NY. Albany County Legislature Approves Proclamation to Bring U.S. Troops Home from Afghanistan, Cut the Military Budget, and the Invest the Savings at Home Organic Standards Bd not to extend use of Tetracycline beyond 2014 for fruit production. *********************************************************************************************************** p. p. p. p. p. 1: Take Action - Victories 2: Sunday to Thursday 3: Friday to Saturday, Occupy Sandy, Brecht Forum Events, Legal Clinics 4: Bikes, Movies 5 Blue Stockings Books Events, Books, War Update

2 Sunday, May 5, 12 PM, Green Oasis Garden, 8th Street between Aves. C & D, NYC Community Garden Clean-Up Sunday, May 5, 12:30-4 PM, Liberty Plaza (Zuccotti Park), NYC Anti-Ticket Quota Quality of Life for the 99% Rally and March Sunday, May 5, 1-5 PM, Catholic Worker, 36 East 1st Street, NYC (212) 254-3697 x 27 Food Not Bombs, Cook vegetarian meals w/donated food to be served at Tompkins Sq Pk Sunday, May 5, 2 PM, NYU Global Center, 238 Thompson St., NYC NYC 2013: Electing the Right(s) Mayor; Arab American Assoc.; Islamic Center NYU Sunday, May 5, 3 PM, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 7420 4th Avenue, Brooklyn Brooklyn Community Chorus Sunday, May 5, 3 PM, Columbia Intl Affairs Bldg., 420 W. 118th St., Rm 409 NYC Wall Street Alternative Banking Meeting Occupy

Sunday, May 5, 4-9:30 PM, 21 Clinton Avenue, Brooklyn Grub: gather and prepare free, open vegetarian community meal (freegan/vegan preferred) ******************************************************************************************************* Tuesday, May 7, 5-7 PM, Google Headquarters, 111 8th Ave (bet 15th & 16th Sts) NYC Protest Cornell-Technion Partnership (Drone Technology) in New York City Tuesday, May 7, 6:30-9:30 PM, The Atrium, 60 Wall Street, NYC After May Day Occupy Wall Street Open House ******************************************************************************************************* Wednes., May 8, 10 AM-12 PM, Interfaith Seminary, 4 W. 43rd St., 2nd fl, Oak Rm NYC Open House, coffee, tour, speak with staff, attend class free Wednes. May 8, 11 AM-1 PM, Columbia U. Intl Affairs Bldg, Rm 1512, 420 W. 118th, NYC Caspian Natural Gas: Strategy & Implications; Center on Global Energy Policy Wednesday, May 8, 5:30-6:30 PM Central Library, 41st St. & 5th Ave., NYC Women In Black Vigil for Peace Wednes, May 8, 6:30-8:30 PM, Interfaith Seminary, 4 W. 43rd St., 2nd fl Green Rm NYC Interfaith yoga and meditation ****************************************************************************************************** Every Thursday, 4:30-6 PM, 327 7th Street @ 5th Avenue, 2nd Floor, Brooklyn Free Ongoing Self-Defense Classes for Teen Women & Trans-Youth; ages 12 19 Thursday, May 9, 3 PM, SUNY Downstate, 470 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn Press Conference w/Rev. Al Sharpton, protect SUNY Downstate jobs 4:15 PM Church Service, Mt. Zion Church of God, 203 East 37th Street, Brooklyn March to Downstate & Rally at 5 PM to save jobs at SUNY Downstate Thursday, May 9, 7-10 PM, St. Marks Theater, 80 St. Marks Place (bet 1st & 2nd Ave) NYC Rally to Support Compassionate Release of Lynne Stewart

3 Friday, May 10, 12 PM, Fordham U, 113 W. 60th St, Lowenstein Bldg, 12th Fl Lounge, NYC Crisis at Guantanamo: Will the Prison Ever Close? Center for National Security Friday, May 10, 12-6 PM, Marcy & Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn Bed-Stuy Free Store Occupy Wall Street Friday, May 10, 7 PM, Christ the King High School, 68-02 Metropolitan Ave., Queens Premiere Free Screening Documentary: Peaceable Kingdom, the Journey Home ******************************************************************************************************* Saturday, May 11, 10 AM-12 PM, 1854 Amsterdam Avenue, NYC Transit Riders Action Committee Monthly Meeting Saturday, May 11, 12 PM-2 PM, E. 138th St. & Brook Ave., to 114th/St. Annes Ave. Bronx Mothers Day Eve March Against Gun Violence to 1 PM Rally at Peoples Park Saturday, May 11, 8 PM, Peoples Voice Cafe, Community Church, 40 East 37th St., NYC Mothers Day Concert Against Gun Violence, Benefit for the Childrens Defense Fund Saturday, May 11, 8 PM-1 AM, 70 South Elliott Place, bet DeKalb & Lafayette, Brooklyn Furee Birthday Bash, the Sequel, Dance Party Fundraiser, $5-$10 sliding scale ******************************************************************************************************* Occupy Sandy Volunteer Sites occupysandyvolunteers@gmail.com 347-770-4520 Respond & Rebuild register to volunteer at respondandrebuild.org; mold remediation Every Day, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 7420 4th Avenue, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn Storage space for Occupy Sandy and help with Occupy Bike Share Daily 9 AM-3 PM St., John's Episcopal (Bay Ridge Kitchen), 461 99th St, Bay Ridge, Bklyn Tuesdays & Thursdays Delivery drivers needed contact Lev at childswarehouse@gmail.com ******************************************************************************************************* Brecht Forum, 451 West Street, NYC Wednesday, May 8, 7:30 PM, Tales of the 99% Film Series Les Contis, Documentary plant closing and workers out of work Thursday, May 9, 6 PM Photography Exhibit, African Palestinians of Jerusalem Saturday, May 11, 10 AM-6 PM Approaches to Consensus-Building Using Forum Theater ******************************************************************************************************* Legal Advice Urban Justice Legal Ctrs, Pubic Assistance, Rent, Food Stamps, Fair Hearings, Appeals* Thursday, May 9, 12-4 PM, River Fund Food Pantry, 89-11 Lefferts Boulevard, Queens Richmond Hill Queens Legal Clinic Thurs, May 2, 1-4 PM, 2759 Webster Ave, Bronx, Kingsbridge Heights Bronx Legal Clinic

4 Bikes Sunday, May 5, 6-8 PM, 99 South 6th Street Brooklyn Fix Your Bike Workshop Times Up Monday, May 6, 6:30-8:30 PM, 156 Rivington Street, NYC Bike repair Class: Basics Tuesday, May 7, 6:30-8:30 PM, 99 South 6th Street Brooklyn Womens & Trans bike repair class: Basics Wednesday, 4 PM, Thursday, 12 PM Friday, 12, PM, May 8, 9, 10, 99 So 6th St, Brooklyn Volunteer Bike Recycling Wednesday, May 8, 6:30-8:30 PM, 99 South 6th Street Brooklyn Fix Your Bike Workshop Thursday, May 9, 6:30-8:30 PM, 156 Rivington Street, NYC Fix Your Bike Workshop Friday, May 10, 7-9 PM, Grand Army Pl, Prospect Pk, Bklyn side Williamsburgh Bridge NYC Critical Mass Bike Ride Saturday, May 11, 8 PM, Tompkins Square Park, NYC Sonic Space Ride, 40th Anniversary Hawkwinds Album Space Ritual Saturday, May 11, 9-11 PM, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn Prospect Park Moonlight Bike Ride Times Up ******************************************************************************************************* Movies: Sunday, May 5, 1 P.M., Cinema Village, 22 East 12th Street, NYC Documentary, Occupy Love, Documentary of Global Awakening and Social Change Monday, May 6, 1 P.M., Cinema Village, 22 East 12th Street, NYC Documentary, Occupy Love, Documentary of Global Awakening and Social Change Monday, May 6, 7-9 P.M., Revolution Books, 146 East 26th Street, NYC Documentary, After Innocence, Q & A with producer Marc Simon Wednes., May 8, 7 PM, La Nacional, 239 West 14th St (upstairs bet 7th & 8th Aves.) NYC Fundraising Screening A Fierce Green Fire, documentary on environmental activism Thursday, May 9, 11 P.M., Cinema Village, 22 East 12th Street, NYC Documentary, Occupy Love, Documentary of Global Awakening and Social Change Friday, May 10, 3:30 PM, Cinema Village 22 East 12th Street, NYC Workers Unite Film Festival

5 Blue Stockings Books, 172 Allen Street, NYC Sunday, May 5, 12:30 PM, Radical Educators Meetup When Affirmative Action Was White, by Ira Katzelson Sunday, May 5, 2:30 PM, Feminist Book Club, When the World Split Open by Ruth Rosen Friday, May 10, 5 PM, Prisoners Letter-Writing Group Fri, May 10, 7 PM, Reading, Hungry for Change (food justice) by A. Haroon Akram-Lodhi ******************************************************************************************************* Books: Behind the Beautiful Forevers Katherine Boo Drone Warfare, Killing by Remote Control Medea Benjamin Fuel on the Fire Oil and Politics in Occupied Iraq Greg Muttitt Will War Ever End Captain Paul K. Chappell, U.S. Army Why Nations Fail Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson The Politics of Jesus Dr. Obery Hendricks ******************************************************************************************************* 2201 US and 1083 other NATO casualties. 234 Iraqi sisters and brothers were killed from April 7 to 20. In Afghanistan were killed: CWO Matthew Ruffner 34 Tafford PA; CWO Jarrett Yoder 26 Mohnton PA 330 Afghani and Pakistani brothers and sisters were killed. Since 2001 there have been 253,330 brain injuries, 1700 amputations, and 104,000 PTSD cases among US troops. Cf: www.icasualties.org ******************************************************************************************************* Peace Action Bay Ridge Interfaith Peace Coalition P.O. Box 090-756, Brooklyn, NY 11209-0756 (347) 379-6372; peaceactionbayridge@yahoo.com www.panys.org/br