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INTERNATIONAL ACTIONS AGAINST THE WORLD BANK, INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND AND THE G20


From November 16-18, the Finance Ministers and central bank governors of the Group of 20 (G20) nations, as well as key segments of the World Bank (WB) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) will meet in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

The IMF and the World Bank, controlled by the G20 governments, are the primary architects of neo-liberal globalization. The IMFC and the DC are key committees, vital to the business and functioning of the World Bank and IMF. Already hampered by the cancellation of their September meetings, the World Bank and IMF are feeling pressure to have a successful round of talks here in Ottawa.

It is imperative that all those who support global economic justice send a clear message to these institutions and the planet: despite the current climate of fear and uncertainty, the movement for global justice continues to grow, and will not stand for continuing efforts by these institutions to structure the world for the benefit of corporations and the wealthy and to deny basic justice to the majority of the world's people.
Global Democracy Ottawa and many other groups from Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal and Quebec City have begun to mobilize for diverse and varied actions, teach-ins and marches to be held throughout the duration of the conference.
Contact info_n17@flora.org
www.flora.org/gdo

General Info: Global Exchange http://www.globalexchange.org


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/

Events



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, WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INDEPENDENT MEDIA CENTER.
1-3pm UMass Campus Center 804-8. Listed in campus activities as "GEO Media Project"
Directions:Campus Center
8th floor... Parking lots and meters are *not* enforced on Sundays!
MA Activists and media-makers of all stripes are encouraged to attend organizing meeting for the Western Massachusetts Independent Media Center.
The vision of an independent media center for western Mass. is that of a collective of media makers collaborating to make radio, video, and publish the literature of the struggles in which we are engaged, and in alliance with the burgeoning activist community in New England.
We seek to make media that resists racism, sexism, the war of the rich on the poor, and the destruction of nature, and advocates for:
· Taking on the responsibility for making our own media and ensuring media coverage of activist events.
· Providing media resources to the activist community.
· Documenting activism in Western Mass, and using media production as a tool/weapon/witness for activist groups.
· Educating the public through independent media distribution.
By joining the community of IMC's at http://www.indymedia.org/, we can plug into a global activist network and at the same time provide a local forum for activists to publish their writing, photos, and video.
We invite all interested groups and individuals to come to our first organizing meeting. We hope to form a collaboration of western Mass media makers and activist groups, to produce our own work and to distribute it back to the activist community.
\ For more info on Indymedia process, see: http://process.indymedia.org/want_imc.php3



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 & HETEROSEXISM
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.



Wednesday November 14 STATE HOUSE PROTEST FOR CLEAN ELECTIONS Early afternoon, details coming. There's a good possibility that the soon-to-be-announced Conference Committee's budget will not provide full funding for Clean Elections or may add "poison pill" amendments to the law--the latest insult to the voters at the hands of the legislature. This is not the final word, however. We may be in a position to ask the Governor for a veto and then have to defend that from being overridden by a 2/3 vote in the legislature.
Info: M.A. Swedlund, 774-3337, maswedlu@hotmail.com
Alice Swift, 253-3197, aswift@physics.umass.edu

Meanwhile, all Clean Elections candidates still need qualifying contributions to be eligible for Clean Elections funding.
Clean Elections candidates: WARREN TOLMAN - GOVERNOR (Democrat), http://www.tolman2002.com/clean.html Warren Tolman Committee, PO Box 425, Watertown, MA 02471
JILL STEIN - GOVERNOR (Green), http://www.jillforgov.org/ Jill Stein for Governor Campaign, PO Box 1382, Lawrence, MA 01842

 

Wednesday November 14 WHITE FOLKS EXPLORE RACISM
,6:30pm, Room 11, First Church, Main St (enter on Center St), Northampton.
An open-dialogue group to create a safe environment in which to bring to light assumptions and emotional issues that whites hold in reference to people of color. Second and fourth Wednesdays. Contact Frederick Carlisle, 634-5359, acewands@noho.com



Wednesday November 14 SUSAN O'NEILL: "DON'T MEAN NOTHING: SHORT STORIES OF VIETNAM"
7pm, Odyssey Bookshop, 9 College St (Routes 116 at 47), in the Village Commons, S. Hadley, 534-7307 or 800-540-7307; odysseybks@aol.com; www.odysseybks.com. For nurses who served in the chaos that was Vietnam, "don't mean nothing" became a mantra, a feigned indifference. In her debut collection, Vietnam veteran Susan O'Neill offers a remarkable glimpse into the war from a female perspective.



Wednesday November 14, Actual Innocence: The Emerging Civil Rights Movement to Reform Criminal Justice.
4:30 pm Campus AC Location Cole Assembly Room, Converse Hall.
Sponsor: Dept. of Law, Jurisprudence & Social Thought and the Georges Lurcy Fund Peter Neufeld, cofounder and director of The Innocence Project at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, will speak. The project currently represents more than 200 inmates seeking post-conviction release through DNA testing.


Thursday November 15 SUPPORTING EACH OTHER IN THE FACE OF WAR, TERRORISM, & RACISM
7:30-9:15pm, Amherst Regional Middle School Cafeteria. A community forum sponsored by United to End Racism, led by Dr. Barbara J. Love, Eunice Torres, and Russ Vernon-Jones. An opportunity for all of us to grapple with our thoughts and feelings about recent events in the world. Participants will have an opportunity to use the healing approach of United to End Racism to examine how these events have affected each of us. This approach is based on the assumption that all of us are good people, that all of us have been hurt by oppression in our societies, and that through listening to each other we can help each other heal, improve our relationships, and become more effective in moving toward our goals and dreams. UER is a project of the International Re-evaluation Counseling Communities, www.rc.org/uer. Info: 253-9731.

 

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/.


INTERNATIONAL ACTIONS AGAINST THE WORLD BANK, INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND AND THE G20

From November 16-18, the Finance Ministers and central bank governors of the Group of 20 (G20) nations, as well as key segments of the World Bank (WB) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) will meet in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

The IMF and the World Bank, controlled by the G20 governments, are the primary architects of neo-liberal globalization. The IMFC and the DC are key committees, vital to the business and functioning of the World Bank and IMF. Already hampered by the cancellation of their September meetings, the World Bank and IMF are feeling pressure to have a successful round of talks here in Ottawa.

It is imperative that all those who support global economic justice send a clear message to these institutions and the planet: despite the current climate of fear and uncertainty, the movement for global justice continues to grow, and will not stand for continuing efforts by these institutions to structure the world for the benefit of corporations and the wealthy and to deny basic justice to the majority of the world's people.
Global Democracy Ottawa and many other groups from Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal and Quebec City have begun to mobilize for diverse and varied actions, teach-ins and marches to be held throughout the duration of the conference.
Contact info_n17@flora.org
www.flora.org/gdo

General Info: Global Exchange http://www.globalexchange.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/.


November 16-18 PEOPLE'S INSTITUTE FOR SURVIVAL AND BEYOND: UNDOING RACISM WORKSHOP Holyoke. 5:30-9pm on Friday night, 8:30am-9pm, Saturday, 8:30am-4pm, Sunday. An intensive workshop to understand racism and what we can do to eliminate it. The workshop includes a historical and institutional analysis of racism, understanding the structure of oppression, defining and sharing culture, leadership development and community organizing, and the principles of accountability and networking. It is not a sensitivity session or a diversity training. Open to community organizers, leaders and youth; peace and social justice activists; religious leaders, social workers and educators; and anyone interested in creating a more humane society. Tuition $275 per person, with childcare and food included. Info: Undoing Racism Organizing Committee (UROC) of Western Mass, 104 Wayne St, Springfield 01118; quiet.storm2@verizon.net or dsalboricua@aol.com or Denise Salgado, 536-6728, or Lisa Smith, 788- 0215.



November 17-18 SISTER MIRIAM MACGILLIS
Saturday, 7:30pm, Unitarian Society, 220 Main St, Northampton. "Bird Song in the Time of War—Where can we find hope?"

Sunday, 10am-3pm, the Red Barn, Hampshire College, Route 116, Amherst.
"Transforming Vision for the Future" Workshop led by Miriam MacGillis, Dominican Sister, who co-founded Genesis Farm, a CSA and Earth literacy center in Blairstown NJ. This event embraces a wide range of concerns and efforts. Sponsored by the Sacred Earth Network; Social Justice Forum of the Unitarian-Universalist Society of Northampton and Florence; Brookfield Farm and the Biodynamic Farmland Conservation Trust, Inc; Discovery Center for Earth Partnership; Connecticut River Valley Greens; Franklin County and Hampshire County Interfaith Task Forces for the Environment; Traprock Peace Center. Please register in advance (limited enrollment) by sending a check to Brookfield Farm, 24 Hulst Rd, Amherst 01002. Make check out to BFCT/MM (Biodynamic Farmland Conservation Trust/Miriam MacGillis) for some amount between $15-30. Please bring lunch. Info: Susan Lantz, 586-3544, slantz@javanet.com



Sunday November 18 WHAT ARE WE DOING IN COLOMBIA?
3:30pm, Large Meeting Room, downstairs in the Jones Library, 43 Amity St, Amherst.
Kate Harris, a member of the March 2001 Witness for Peace delegation to Colombia, will speak and show slides. Congressman John Olver has been invited to comment on the Administration's policies toward Colombia.
In recent years, US commercial and strategic interests have stepped up their fight for control in Colombia with billions of dollars of military aid, by all accounts, increasing the level of terror, as well as coca production. The events of Sept. 11 have sped up the transition from the "War on Drugs" to the "War on Terrorism," providing additional military funding without specific Congressional approval or oversight. Refreshments at 3pm. Sponsored by the Franklin/Hampshire chapter of CPPAX (Citizens for Participation in Political Action). Co-sponsors: CT River Valley Greens, WMass AFSC. Info: 549-1534.



Tuesday November 27 ARISE FREE SCHOOL: CLEAN WATER ACTION - PROTECT CHILD HEALTH
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: December 11 - Flywheel Arts presents: Utilizing Culture and Arts for Political Change. Info: 734-4948, emilylists@hotmail.com

 

Tuesday November 27 HAMPSHIRE-FRANKLIN CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL Fourth Tuesdays, 7:30pm, Cahill Housing Community Center, Fruit St, Northampton (parallel to Conz between Old South & Smith Streets). Community and labor activist guests are welcome, but call Maureen Carney, 739-8550, mcarney@massaflcio.org



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.



Saturday December 8 FAIR TRADE COFFEE DAY OF ACTION
While the world confronts a terrorist crisis, Mexico and Central America are facing a severe famine intensified by a crisis in the international coffee market. Today's world market prices for coffee are at their lowest point in history. While coffee companies reap huge profits, millions of coffee farmers and workers face unemployment, land seizure, and starvation. The World Food Program has estimated that 150,000 refugees have been created as a result of this crisis. Hundreds have died, and thousands may follow. An alliance of concerned organizations invite you to support the world's coffee farmers on Fair Trade Coffee Day by promoting and/or purchasing fair trade coffee in your local stores and cafes. Consumers have the power to make a difference in farmers' lives NOW! Together we can expand the desperately needed market for fair trade coffee and send a powerful message to the coffee industry that consumers demand coffee free from social and environmental exploitation. Currently, Fair Trade Certified coffee is independently monitored by TransfairUSA (www.transfairusa.org).
Info: Mexico Solidarity Network, 415-621-8100, msn@mexicosolidarity.org, or Simon Harris, Organic Consumers Association, 510-525-7054, simon@organicconsumers.org. Sponsors: Nicaragua Network, Global Exchange, Mexico Solidarity Network, Organic Consumers Association (OCA), Equal Exchange, Oxfam, Coop America, and Fair Trade Federation.



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

 

Thanks To:
American Friends Service Committee
New England Global Action Coalition
Western Mass Jobs With Justice
Western Mass Global Action Coalition
Western Mass Green Party

 

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