An Evening with
Jim Douglass
Activist, Advocate and Author
discusses his New Book
“JFK and the Unspeakable:
Why He Died & Why it Matters”

Sunday, May 4, 7:30p.m.
Resource Center for Nonviolence, 515 Broadway, Santa Cruz

In “a stunning mix of political thriller and meticulous scholarship” Jim Douglass presents a compelling, persuasive account of why President John F. Kennedy was assassinated and why the unmasking of this truth remains crucial for the future of our country and the world.

Jim Douglass is the co-founder of the Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action (near the nuclear-armed submarine base in Washington) and author of many books on nonviolent theory and practice, including Lightning East & West and Resistance & Contemplation. He was a human shield in Baghdad during the launch of “Shock and Awe” bombings. He currently lives in a Catholic Workers house in Alabama with his wife, Shelley, and guests who need free housing while supporting hospitalized family members.

For more information,visit IndyMedia Santa Cruz, call 423.1626 or 335.1861

“The goodness of the world is incontestable… nevertheless, one of the awful facts of our age is the evidence that the world is stricken to the very core of its being by the Unspeakable.”
— Thomas Merton

“In JFK and the Unspeakable Jim Douglass steadily guides us toward a strategy of peace. Douglass holds forth hope for current generations to dismantle our addiction to war.”
— Kathy Kelly

“This is the most thoroughly researched and documented book ever written about President Kennedy’s determination to prevent a nuclear war and how his success in that struggle cost him his life.” — Don Mosely

Tuesday, April 29, 7:30p.m.
The Mill Gallery, 131 Front Street, Santa Cruz

An evening of comedy and political provocation
with America’s most-wanted political cartoonist &
the First Muslim Presidential Candidate
KHALIL BENDIB
sponsored by the Resource Center for Nonviolence
and the Santa Cruz Comic News

$6-$20 suggested donation (no one turned away for lack of funds)
Khalil Bendib’s award- winning cartoons are distributed nationwide. His tongue-in-cheek presentation, including his political cartoons, touches on how Islamophobia and the “War on Terror” are used to justify increased violence, militarism and repression. He advances
nonviolence, peace and love as the only true remedies to what ails us. Copies of “Mission Accomplished,” Bendib’s recent book of cartoons, will be available for purchase. “Bendib is an Equal opportunity skewer. The more a subject or victim is ignored by the mass
media, the more he infuriates, informs and intensifies the reader’s attention. Cartoons need to jolt. Bendib obliges page after page.” — RALPH NADER. “Khalil Bendib, with a few ingenious strokes of his pen, gets to the heart of the issues of our time. His cartoons are in the greatest tradition of American political humor, with that
combination of wit and intelligence so needed in the struggle for justice.” — HOWARD ZINN

For more information, call 423-1626 or www.rcnv.org

TWO EVENTS: Monterey and Santa Cruz
The Honorable AFIF SAFIEH
The Palestinians: 60 Years of Displacement–
The root causes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
& prospects for a just peace

Wednesday, April 30,
4:00p.m., Irvine Auditorium, Monterey Institute of International Studies,
sponsored by the World Affairs Council and the Conflict Resolution Association, Monterey Institute of International Studies, Global Majority, and the Resource Center for Nonviolence.

7:30p.m., United Methodist Church,
250 California St., Santa Cruz
$8-15 sliding scale donation suggested
Co-sponsored by PAIC and the Resource Center for Nonviolence

The Palestinian Ambassador to the USA will discuss the origins of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, including the ongoing consequences of “al Naqba” or “the catastrophe” for Palestinians in which the Israeli War of Independence and creation of the State of Israel resulted in the creation of 750,000 Palestinian refugees.

Afif Safieh has served as head of the Palestine Liberation Organization delegation to the Untied States in Washington,D.C. for 2 1/2 years. He will soon leave his post to serve as Palestinian representative to Russia. Safieh was PLO representative to the Holy See (Vatican) and the United Kingdom before his appointment to Washington in October 2005. The Ambassador will address the stalled peace negotiations, the role of Hamas in the Palestine National Authority, building alliances between Israelis and Palestinians, and joint efforts of progressive Israelis and Palestinians with peace and human rights forces in the USA. Afif Safieh is from a Jerusalem Christian family. He is a remarkably articulate, pragmatic, courageous, persuasive and forward-looking advocate for a political resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Ambassador Safieh is a great bridge-builder among the many Palestinian, Jewish and other people around the world working or a just and sustainable resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Fro more information, call 423-1626.

<>You can still sign up for Engage!, a study program for learning and experimenting with the power of creative nonviolence to transform our lives and our world, led by Barbara Hayes and Joan Marsh.
Continuing series: each Thursday evening, 6:30 - 8:30p.m., Resource Center for Nonviolence, 515 Broadway, Santa Cruz.

<>This course is offered on a donation basis: $5 per session suggested; the workbook is $27 (includes tax). For more information, ask for Barbara, 423-1626×105.

Mexico at a Crossroad
Sun. April 13, 3-5p.m.,
SC Police Station Community Room, 155 Center St., Santa Cruz
AND
Mon. April 14, 7p.m.
- bilingual presentation -
Resource Center for Nonviolence, 515 Broadway, Santa Cruz (during la Liga de la Comunidad Soccer Coaches meeting)

Tanja Markus, a SIPAZ team member, will speak about the Chiapas, Oaxaca, and Guerrero regions of Mexico. Tanja holds a Masters in Law with an emphasis in Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, and has worked with the UN High Commissioner on Refugees in Stockholm, The International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in the Hague, and with Caritas in Valencia, Spain. SIPAZ supports the search for nonviolent solutions that contribute to the construction of a just peace through building tolerance and dialogue. SIPAZ team members accompany threatened indigenous communities to reduce tension, and facilitate conflict transformation and human rights workshops. For more information, 423-1626 or www.rcnv.org