Amherst College campus map http://www.amherst.edu/about_amh/visit/map/
Hampshire http://www.hampshire.edu/campus/map.shtml
Mount Holyoke http://www.mtholyoke.edu/cic/map/
Smith: http://www.smith.edu/map/collegemap.html
UMass http://www.umass.edu/umhome/maps/

House approves war profiteering:

$1.4 billion for IBM
$833 million for General Motors
$671 million for General Electric
$572 million for Chevron Texaco
$254 million for Enron

http://www.moveon.org/warprofiteering/

MEXICO PAYS $16 MILLION TO METALCLAD

In a closely watched case that expanded corporate legal rights under the NAFTA accords, the Mexican government paid US$16 million to the US-based Metalclad Corporation.
The payment settled a long-standing lawsuit and was widely seen as an effort by the Fox administration to appease international investors. In 1995, Metalclad purchased a hazardous waste processing facility in the central Mexican state of San Luis Potosi. Metalclad intended to clean up the site and expand the plant to handle hazardous waste from the US.
During the licensing process, an environmental impact study discovered that the plant was located directly above the local aquifer. The local government declared the area an ecological preserve in an effort to protect the only source of fresh water in the area, and Metalclad was unable to obtain the necessary government permits for expansion.
Metalclad sued the Mexican government for US$100 million under NAFTA's chapter 11, which allows private corporations to sue governments for loss of future potential profits. A secret three-member NAFTA tribunal decided the case in favor of Metalclad, awarding the corporation US$16 million. Initially Mexico disagreed with the decision and refused to pay, but apparently behind-the-scene pressure from investors and US officials convinced the Fox administration to settle. The case sets an important precedent under Chapter 11 and expands the ability of private corporations to challenge environmental regulations in all three NAFTA countries.

Wednesday November 7 MARY TROTOCHAUD/"GUNS & GREED"
7:30pm, Barrett 6 (gray building next to Chapin Hall), Amherst College.
Mary Trotochaud, a human rights activist who spent a year in federal prison for protesting the SOA (School of the Americas/School of Assassins) will speak about her experiences as an activist and discuss ways for students and others to get involved in the mobilization for the annual vigil and rally at the gates of the SOA at Fort Benning. "Guns and Greed" is a movie that makes the connection between sweatshops, the globalization of greed, and SOA violence in Latin America.
Info: Jennifer Cannon, jwcannon@amherst.edu



Wednesday November 7 FORUM: BACKGROUND ON AFGHANISTAN, ISLAM, & THE MIDDLE EAST 4-6:30pm, Third World Room, Ely Campus Center (Library) Basement. Panel: WSC Muslim Students, Representative from the Islamic Society of Western Mass., Dr. Tony Guglierme, UMass Prof. of Economics (Middle East & Asia), Dr. Elise Young, WSC Prof. of Middle Eastern History, Dr. John Paulmann, WSC Prof. of Mass Communications. Sponsored by Academic Affairs and a Committee of Faculty & students. Info: Mara Dodge maradodge@hotmail.com



Wednesday, November 7,"The Anti-Globalization Movement" Kevin Danaher, Global Exchange
The Five College Program in Peace and World Security Studies Presents: Another World Is Possible: Promoting People's Globalization and Free Trade Alternatives
7:30 PM Herter 231, University of Massachusetts
More information on this or other events can be obtained from the PAWSS web site http://pawss.hampshire.edu or by calling 559-5367.
Kevin Danaher is co-founder of Global Exchange, a human rights organization dedicated to promoting environmental, political, and social justice around the world. He is the author of "Corporations Got Your Mama" and editor of "Globalize This! The Battle Against the World Trade Organization and Corporate Rule."

Wednesday, November 7th The Easthampton Greens meet the first Wednesday of the month at Capo's Cafe, 108 Cottage St. in Easthampton.
Issues they are currently working on: Communication Towers Task Force: fighting cell phone towers; contact: Rick McNeil , Easthampton Housing Committee: affordable housing; contact: Sue Bartone etongreens@topica.com

Wednesday November 7 ELECTORAL REFORM ALLIANCE 7:30pm, home of Bart Bouricius, 32 Mountain View Circle, South Amherst. The Electoral Reform Alliance aims to change the voting system in Massachusetts. Low turnout, uncontested elections, and the under-representation of third parties are unhealthy for democracy. To help revitalize our democracy, the electoral system should embody two core principles: preference and proportionality. Info: Peter Vickery, 549-3996, pvickery@bfbk.com, or Bart Bouricius, 256-1376.



Thursday November 8 GREEN REGGAE PARTY
7pm, Clubroom (downstairs), Pearl Street Ballroom, Northampton.
Inner Visions (www.InnerVisionsreggae.com), Virgin Islands reggae band--first New England show! Special guest, Jill Stein, candidate for Governor (www.jillforgov.org), will sit in on the congas and will be collecting qualifying contributions of $5-$100. Cover for the band: $10 at the door, $8 in advance at Northampton Box Office, Thornes Market, 586-8686, 800-843-8425. Info: kate@jillforgov.org

Thursday November 8 PRIDE AT WORK Second Thursdays,
6:30pm, UAW Local 2322 Conference Room, (second floor - use the glass doors to the left of the Registry of Motor Vehicles), Pot Pourri Mall, 243 King St, Northampton. Plenty of parking front and rear. Pride at Work is a LGBT labor organization affiliated with the AFL-CIO. Contact Ron P., 269-4787 or 877-252-9736, or David J. at 493-8020.

Thursday November 8 HEROIZING BLACK FEMININITY: HARRIET TUBMAN
7:30pm, Five College Women's Studies Research Center, 83 College St (Route 116), S Hadley.
Joan DelPlato, Simon's Rock College, examines the visual and conceptual portrayal of Tubman, the 19th-century ex-slave and abolitionist underground worker, done by Jacob Lawrence, one of the leading American modernist painters of the 20th century. Info: Five College Women's Studies Research Center, 50 College St, S Hadley 01075, 538-2527, fcwsrc@wscenter.hampshire.edu http://wscenter.hampshire.edu

Thursday November 8 THURSDAY (LABOR) NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: "THE BATTLE FOR SEATTLE"
7-9:30pm, Northampton Fire Station Community Room, King St.
Carlon Dr. Join us for videos and discussion highlighting current labor issues such as labor's response to globalization, organizing strategies, corporate tactics, the organization of work, the impact of racism on labor's strength. $15. Also: November 15, TBA - you decide! Co-sponsored by the Hampshire Franklin Central Labor Council. Info: Dale Melcher, 545-6166, dmelcher@lrrc.umass.edu



Friday November 9 SPRINGFIELD AREA GREENS Second Fridays, 6pm, Goodwill Community Room, 473 Sumner Av, Springfield. Contact Judy, 782-8020, or Kirstin, 536-3505, csrb@mediaone.net



Friday November 9 SOLIDARITY WITH OUR MUSLIM NEIGHBORS Every Friday, 6-6:45pm, Islamic Society of Western Mass, 377 Amostown Road, West Springfield, 788-7546.

Friday November 9 JENNIFER BAUMGARDNER & AMY RICHARDS: "BRALESS BANSHEES vs BRAINLESS BARBIES: LOOKING FOR A FEMINISM THAT CALLS MY NAME" 4pm, New York Room, Mary Whooley Hall, Mt Holyoke College, S Hadley. Baumgardner, a former editor at Ms. Magazine, and Amy Richard, Ms. contributing editor and co-founder of the Third Wave Foundation, are the authors of "Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism, and the Future."
Sponsored by the Weissman Center for Leadership. Info: Odyssey Bookshop, 9 College St (Routes 116 at 47), in the Village Commons, S. Hadley, 534-7307 or 800-540-7307; odysseybks@aol.com http://www.odysseybks.com/



Friday November 9, GLOBAL UNIONS DAY OF ACTION Called by the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU). On November 9, the ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO) opens. Global Unions are calling for action on November 9 at our workplaces and in our communities all around the world. In Washington DC, the AFL-CIO, CWA, and others are planning to hold a candlelight vigil at the office of the US Trade Representative. Materials and info: http://www.global-unions.org/wto-action.asp



Saturday, November 10, Democracy Rising is putting on a Global Justice Super Rally. Ralph Nader featured speaker . Additional speakers and performers include musician Patti Smith and her band and Gubernatorial candidate Jill Stein.

Orpheum Theater at 1 Hamilton Place in Boston (at the Park Street T stop. Doors will open at 6:00 and the rally will begin at 7:30.
Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the door. We are asking that all progressive and community groups in Massachusetts help us spread the word about this event so that we can fill the theater. Send the information on any and all listserves that you have access to, put it in your newsletter, use word of mouth, etc. We only have 2 weeks until the event and we need to spread the word ASAP. Please let me know how you and your organization can help in this endeavor.
Secondly, we may have space for some groups to have tables outside of the theater on the date of the rally. If you are interested, also let me know.
For more information about the rally, call (617) 628-7513 or visit our website at www.democracyrising.org For information on how your organization can participate, please contact me at (617) 352-3306 or ksilbiger@juno.com

November 10-11 NORTHEAST CONFERENCE FOR CAMPUS ACTIVISTS ORGANIZING AGAINST WAR AND RACISM IN THE WAKE OF SEPTEMBER 11
Boston, a campus TBA. Purposes: To discuss the new anti-war movement and the direction it may take, as well as how that movement could best connect to existing movements. To organize against the racist scapegoating that is happening against Muslims and people of Arab, Middle Eastern, Central Asian, and South Asian background. To discuss civil liberties abuses coming in the wake of Sept. 11 and how that affects grassroots organizing. To share knowledge about the WHY behind Sept. 11.
Info: nestudents_againstwar@yahoo.com

Saturday November 10 VIGIL: SYMPATHY & SOLIDARITY WITH ALL VICTIMS OF TERROR Every Saturday, 11am-Noon, County Courthouse, King and Main Streets, Northampton. Contact 584-8975 or 586-4950.

Saturday November 10 QUALITY EDUCATION FOR ALL, NOT MCAS!
11:30am-5:30pm, Boston English High School, Washington St at Williams St, Jamaica Plain, Boston. Massachusetts Coalition for Authentic Reform in Education Founding Convention: "To establish a statewide organization of parents, educators, students and other concerned citizens focused on securing quality public education for all students and ending high stakes testing. To provide a forum for people from diverse communities to share experiences, discuss common issues,and build the strength of the emerging movement. To set and coordinate campaign and organizational strategies that will replace MCAS with an authentic system of assessment and fight the inequities in public education." At the convention, working groups will convene to tackle issues in Special Education; Bilingual Education; Improving Inadequate Schools; Working with Teachers Organizations; Boycotts and Other Direct Actions; Authentic Assessment; Privatization and for Profit Charter Schools; Legislation and the State Legislature; School Committee Actions; Student-led Initiatives; and others. Light lunch will be provided during the registration/orientation 11:30am-12:30pm. Info: 617-864-4810, jaking@mit.edu www.caremass.org

Saturday November 10 4th ANNUAL DR. BENJAMIN GILL MEMORIAL AWARD DINNER Radisson (formerly Howard Johnson), Memorial Drive, Cambridge. Details coming, from MASS-CARE and the Universal Health Care Education Fund, 43 Winter St, Boston 02108, MASSCARE@aol.com.



Saturday November 10 WOMEN'S CONGRESS FOR PEACE
10am-4:30pm, First Churches, 129 Main St, at Center St, Northampton.
Workshop leaders/facilitators needed! "We are deeply saddened by the tragic events of September 11, profoundly grieved by the suffering and loss of life. We are also very concerned, and deeply disturbed by the response of our government, including our Congressmen and Senators Kennedy and Kerry, in the aftermath of these events. We believe that we, as women and residents of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, must raise our voices in a collective call for a just and peaceful solution one that will not cause more suffering and harm to other innocent people around the world, one that will not perpetuate a world-wide cycle of violence. We believe that the United States should reverse its policy of funding the military over vital issues such as education, housing, health care and transportation.So, as Julia Ward Howe did in 1870, we are calling on our sisters across Massachusetts to join us for a day of dialogue and counsel. Our intention is to have a democratic, congressional process whereby we will have time to talk and deliberate with one another. There may be brief opening comments to get us thinking. At the end of the day, we will have written, signed and issued a statement supporting peace and justice in these trying times, and agree on a plan to disseminate it effectively."
Info: Jo Comerford, AFSC, 584-8975, afsc@crocker.com, Claudia Lefko, 584-0068, macevere@masssed.net

Sunday November 11 AMHERST PEACE VIGIL Every Sunday since July 14, 1979!,
Noon-1pm, Amherst Common. Contact 549-4515, www.nonviolence.org/amhvigil

Sunday November 11 SUNDAY EVENING ROUNDTABLES FOR NONVIOLENCE Every Sunday, 6-8:30pm, First Churches, 129 Main St, corner of Center St, Northampton. War Resisters League's Joanne Sheehan will lead a workshop on "Nonviolent responses--personal and political." It will be an interactive session defining nonviolence and looking at how we respond nonviolently to inappropriate, racist, aggressive comments and how we express nonviolent political responses to the Sept. 11th attack. Info: AFSC, 584-8975, afsc@crocker.com
www.crocker.com/~afsc

Week of November 12 NATIONWIDE DOCK STRIKE? Date TBA.
Being planned for the day that the Charleston 5 dock workers go on trial, now likely in November.
The Charleston 5, four African-American and one white, are members of the International Longshoremen Association (ILA) who face years in prison on felony charges for defending themselves against state troopers who attacked their demonstration in January 2000. They are now living under house arrest and are not allowed to speak in public. The ILA was demanding an end to the use of the non-union stevedoring outfit, Winyah, from unloading Nordana ships. (After the attack on the Charleston 5, dockworkers in Spain and across Europe refused to unload Noradana ships. This forced Nordana to again use union labor in the port of Charleston.) The police attack came after the ILA had recently led a 50,000-strong protest against the Confederate flag in Columbia SC - the largest protest against racism since the civil rights movement. This union fights for everyone - it represents the best of the labor movement. That is why the government and corporations are intent on destroying it, especially the globalization forces that rely on the world's ports. Info: Workers Democracy: Jay Arena, 504-314-6218, jarena@tulane.edu, Jeannette Gabriel, 609-406-7857, jgabriel55@hotmail.com, David Christian, 404-524-2147, dckomatlcom.net@mindspring.com.

Monday November 12 WHAT DO WE WANT? TOWARDS A DEBATE ON THE ULTIMATE OBJECTIVE
4:30pm, Five College Women's Studies Research Center, 83 College St (Route 116), S Hadley.
Talk by Martha Loutfi, former Editor-in-chief, International Labor Review, Geneva, Switzerland. Info: Five College Women's Studies Research Center, 50 College St, S Hadley 01075, 538-2527, fcwsrc@wscenter.hampshire.edu, http://wscenter.hampshire.edu/.

November 12-16 VETERANS SPEAKING TO SCHOOLCHILDREN
Bush has called for Vets to speak at schools this week, naturally from a pro-war stance. Desert Storm Marine Veteran James Madison, madjim@erols.com, is coordinating anti-war vets to speak. Interested? Contact Madison immediately with a brief description of your military background. He also wants to hear from teachers who want the anti-war perspective for their class and concerned citizens who want an anti-war vet in their local school.



Monday November 12 WHAT DO WE WANT? TOWARDS A DEBATE ON THE ULTIMATE OBJECTIVE 4:30pm, Five College Women's Studies Research Center, 83 College St (Route 116), S Hadley. Talk by Martha Loutfi, former Editor-in-chief, International Labor Review, Geneva, Switzerland. Info: Five College Women's Studies Research Center, 50 College St, S Hadley 01075, 538-2527, fcwsrc@wscenter.hampshire.edu, http://wscenter.hampshire.edu/



Tuesday November 13 DEBATE: THE U.S. WAR IN AFGHANISTAN
7-9pm, Wilson Auditorium C, Westfield State College.
Panel: Spokesperson from the US Military; Francis Crowe, Peace Movement Activist; Nafissa Hoodbhoy, Journalist from Pakistan; Representative from the Islamic Society of Western Mass.; Dr. Tony Guglierme, UMass Prof. of Economics (Middle East & Asia). Sponsored by Academic Affairs and a Committee of Faculty & students. Info: Mara Dodge, maradodge@hotmail.com

Tuesday November 13 "SCHOOL OF ASSASSINS" 7pm, UMass Campus Center Room 917. Also Wednesday, November 14, 7pm, Campus Center Room 917. The United States Army's School of the Americas (SOA) trains foreign dictators who commit human rights abuses. A variety of documentaries from SOA Watch will be shown in support of their annual mobilization to Fort Benning, GA on November 16-18. Informal discussion follows. Info: Neil Nugent, 253-0735, neil_nugent@hotmail.com, www.umass.edu/rso/rsu. Details about WMass transportation to the SOA protests will be available. Or contact marytro@aol.com



Tuesday November 12 ARISE FREE SCHOOL: HOMOPHOBIA & HETEROSEXIS
6pm, Arise for Social Justice, 94 Rifle St, off Hancock St., near the Mill River, Springfield (call 734-4948 for directions).
Discussion, small group activities, refreshments. Arise Free School presentations are based in popular education - a non-hierarchical, participatory process where we can learn communally and put theory into practice. Call Arise in advance for transportation and/or childcare. Future topics: November 27 - Clean Water Action's Campaign to Protect Child Health (preventing harm, reducing toxic threats to child development). December 11 - Flywheel Arts presents: Utilizing Culture and Arts for Political Change. Info: 734-4948, emilylists@hotmail.com

Tuesday November 13 ARE THE SPRINGFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS DOING ENOUGH TO HELP OUR CHILDREN SUCCEED?
6-9pm, High School of Commerce, Springfield. The National Education Association, the National Urban League, and the national organization Public Agenda are working with the Springfield Education Association (SEA), the Urban League of Springfield, and the Puerto Rican Cultural Center to set up a Community Conversation on the topic "Helping All Students Succeed in a Diverse Society." Attendees will be divided into groups of 15 people - public school parents, teachers, students, community members, and business members. Each group will be led by a facilitator and recorder. The facilitator and recorder will be trained by Public Agenda. Each group will watch the same video prompt to start the conversation. A light supper will be served. Volunteers are needed to serve as participants, facilitators, recorders, and to help setup and run the event. Please contact the SEA, 782-8300.

November 15-18 SOLIDARITY SCHOOL: "ORGANIZING TODAY: THE NECESSITY TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX" Details coming. This year's school will focus on historical and current examples of innivative organizing that build power for working people. Info: Mass. Jobs With Justice, 617-524-8778, bostonjwj@mindspring.com, http://www.massjwj.org/.

Thursday November 15 FLEXIBLE WELFARE: LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS AND THE REGULATION OF POOR WOMEN'S LIVES
7:30pm, Five College Women's Studies Research Center, 83 College St (Route 116), S Hadley. Talk by Meghan Cope State Univ of New York at Buffalo. Info: Five College Women's Studies Research Center, 50 College St, S Hadley 01075, 538-2527, fcwsrc@wscenter.hampshire.edu, http://wscenter.hampshire.edu/.



Friday December 7, Media Education Foundation Forum: Progressive Politics after 9/11/01.
Time & Location TBA.
Panel includes:
Naomi Klein, Author: No Logo Douglas Rushcoff Author: Coercion -(Having for years been the champion of the new media, the Internet, and the liberating forces of interactive technology, he now examines the process through which such innovations are being co-opted by the powers that be).
Mark Crispin Miller Author: Bush Dyslexicon.

Tuesday December 11 - Flywheel Arts presents: Utilizing Culture and Arts for Political Change. Info: 734-4948, emilylists@hotmail.com.