People for a Nuclear Free Future REUNION*

*Santa Cruz People for a Nuclear Free Future was/is a member of the statewide Abalone Alliance.

Were you there at Diablo Canyon protesting the building of a nuclear power plant thirty plus years ago? Well then, it is time for a look back and a look forward.

POTLUCK PICNIC, Sunday, August 7, 2011, 12 noon

Brommer St. Park at Brommer & 30th Ave., Santa Cruz

Download a PNFF Reunion flier

An Indybay link with more info.

On Saturday December 18th at 7pm come hear David Swanson on War Is A Lie,  a presentation on his new book  AND a Poetry Slam Open Mic with featured local poets.

A benefit for the Youth Empowerment Program of the Resource Center for Nonviolence

Featuring a book talk by antiwar and impeachment activist David Swanson, author of the new runaway bestseller War Is A Lie. Plus! Slam Poetry from an assortment of poets from across our community and poetry open mike! You’re invited to perform a poem (less than 5 minutes, please) on the theme “War Is A Lie”

Saturday, December 18
7:00 p.m.
Unity Temple
407 Broadway @ Ocean, Santa Cruz
Requested Donation: $5 and up. Donation of $25 includes signed copy of War Is A Lie
No one turned away for lack of funds.
Info: 831-423-1626 x103 or emily@velvetrevolution.us

Event tickets available at the door only.

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Join David Swanson for an delicious dinner at India Joze before the event!

Tickets are $60 (2 for $100) and include:

*Special meal with David Swanson, prepared by Jozseph Schultz of India Joze

*Admission and preferred seating for evening event

*Signed copy of War Is A Lie

Note: Only 15 tickets are being made available for the dinner. We expect all to be sold in advance. For dinner package tickets call 831-423-1626

Dinner at 5:00 pm December 18th at India Joze, 418 Front Street, Santa Cruz

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Facebook Event Link: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=112019045533913&num_event_invites=0#!/event.php?eid=112019045533913

A PDF downloadable poster for the SC event!
warisalie.santacruz.12-18-2010

David Swanson is the author of “War Is A Lie” and “Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union.” He was one of the lead strategists of the movement to impeach Bush, and founder of the website AfterDowningStreet.org. He blogs at http://davidswanson.org and http://warisacrime.org Info:http://davidswanson.org/warisalie

Event co-sponsored by:

RCNV Youth Empowerment Program http://www.rcnv.org

Watsonville Brown Berets http://www.brownberets.info

Velvet Revolution http://www.velvetrevolution.us

G.I. Rights Hotline of the Central Coast http://www.girightshotline.org

“You don’t believe in war, but can you articulate your reasons? What if someone challenges your position? Can you defend it? Suppose someone told you that spending for the military is good for the economy? What if they agreed that war is generally bad – but there are exceptions, such as the ‘good war’ against Hitler and Japan, or even the ‘war on terror’? How about the notion that war makes us more secure? David Swanson’s new book, War Is A Lie, provides answers to these questions and more. In 336 pages, he debunks every argument you’ve heard used to justify, glorify, instigate, promote, prolong, and expand war.” — Kim Carlyle, War Crimes Times.

“In ‘War is a Lie’ David Swanson carves himself a monumental task: to prove the truth of this in every historical instance for which background is available. He accomplishes his task, with a weight of evidence which can only be described as devastating. Swanson sets forth a deceptively simple yet provocative thesis: War is never the only choice, and always the worst one.” — Ralph Lopez.

WHO: The Santa Cruz Peace Chorale
WHAT: “BUILDING BRIDGES: A Concert for Peace & Justice”
TYPE OF EVENT: Choral music, community chorus, classical, folk, world music
WHEN: Saturday, May 15, 2010, 7:30 pm — doors open at 7:00
WHERE: Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, 2402 Cabrillo College Drive, Soquel, CA
TICKETS: Available at the door; $10-20. No one turned away.
MORE INFO: 831-818-1722
On Saturday, May 15th, 2010, at 7:30 pm, the Santa Cruz Peace Chorale will present
Building Bridges, a concert in honor of those who work for peace & justice worldwide.
This event will take place at Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, located at 2402 Cabrillo
College Drive in Soquel. *
Now in its 8th season, the Santa Cruz Peace Chorale has been widely recognized as
a community treasure along the Central Coast. A past recipient of a Cultural Council
of Santa Cruz County grant and the subject of a recent Community T.V. documentary,
the Peace Chorale has also been honored by folk singer Pete Seeger’s personal
contributions to their repertoire.
In these times of war and the fanning of the flames of hatred & violence, Building
Bridges, the Chorale’s annual fundraiser concert, features songs that celebrate the
many global efforts to span differences and promote peace & understanding. In keeping
with this theme, this year’s music spans styles from Bach to rock, from Japanese to
South African, from Broadway musical to Croatian harmony, and more! The Santa Cruz
Peace Chorale invites you to an inspiring evening of music and, of course, to their now-
traditional “Organic Strawberry Shortcake Social” after the show.
Doors open at 7:00 pm. There is a requested donation of $10-20 at the door to benefit
the work of the Chorale. No one turned away. For more information, please call 831-
818-1722.
* Concert location info: just off the Park Ave. exit to Hwy 1, adjacent to Montessori
Winston Campus (turn LEFT onto Cabrillo College Drive, in the opposite direction of
Cabrillo College).

SORRY: NO MORE ONLINE TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR THIS EVENT, as of 1:25p.m., Wed. October 15, 2008. Some In-person tickets still available.

The Rio Theatre, Capitola Book Cafe, Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom Santa Cruz, & Resource Center for Nonviolence present Naomi Klein speaking on “The Shock Doctrine: the Rise of Disaster Capitalism: Friday, October 17, 7:00p.m. PRESENTATION AND BOOK-SIGNING at the RIO THEATRE, 1205 Soquel Av., Santa Cruz. (5:30p.m Dinner with Author)

SORRY: NO MORE ONLINE TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR THIS EVENT. There are still a few tickets available for purchase in person, and a very few spaces available for the Dinner. If any tickets are still unsold by Friday afternoon, they will be available at the door for $17 general seating; $15 senior/student: cash and checks only at door; no credit cards. See info below.

In person TICKETS AVAILABLE at the Resource Center for Nonviolence (checks and cash only) 515 Broadway, Santa Cruz, CA. M-TH 12-5; Sat. 12-4: Sliding scale tickets available at RCNV: $25-50 preferred seating; $15-20 general seating; $12.50 low-income. Proceeds beyond event expenses support the Resource Center for Nonviolence.

Tickets also available at Capitola Book Cafe, ($1.00 service fee for credit card purchases added), 1475 41st Av., and Streetlight Records, (no student tickets here), 941 Pacific Av., Santa Cruz

5:30p.m. DINNER WITH AUTHOR (limited seating- Dinner tickets ONLY available at RCNV. Call 831-423-1626.) $75.00-100.00 includes dinner, preferred seating at 7p.m. and autographed copy of “Shock Doctrine.” $125-200 for TWO includes two dinners, two preferred tickets and one book.

“The Shock Doctrine” is available at Capitola Book Cafe and Resource Center for Nonviolence.

“The Shock Doctrine” is a groundbreaking alternative history of the most dominant ideology of our time, Milton Friedman’s free-market economic revolution. Naomi Klein challenges the popular myth of this movement’s peaceful global victory. From Chile in 1973 to Iraq today, Klein shows how Friedman and his followers have repeatedly harnessed terrible shocks and violence to implement their radical policies.

“Corporate media constantly refer to the “mistakes” or “missteps” of the U.S. policy in Iraq, or the “incompetence” of U.S. handiling of the Katrina catastrophe. A much darker truth exists. In recent decades, a corporate class and culture has evolved – and taken power in Washington – that thrives on disaster. They create disasters, as in premeditated war [on Iraq], and rush to profit from disasters such as Katrina… The Bush team [after 9/11] … quickly moved to exploit the shock that gripped the nation to push through its radical vision of a hollow government in which everything from war fighting to disaster response was a for-profit venture… . It was a bold evolution of shock therapy.”–Naomi Klein

“This is a brilliant book, one of the most importatn I have read in a long time.” -Howard Zinn.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL 831-423-1626.

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