No Meeting Tomorrow (although Lindsey Motlow has done great work behind the scenes planning our Green Winter Bash)
—INSTEAD—
Attend the Drummond Coal Protest Downtown, beginning at 3:30!
Drummond Company Inc., a coal company based in Birmingham, Alabama, has been accused of serious human rights abuses against Colombian workers. Come hear the testimonies of Colombian activists and join Witness for Peace in demanding compensation and accountability from Drummond. Witness for Peace (WFP) is a politically independent, nationwide grassroots organization of people committed to nonviolence and led by faith and conscience. WFP’s mission is to support peace, justice and sustainable economies in the Americas by changing U.S. policies and corporate practices which contribute to poverty and oppression in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Linn Park, Birmingham, Alabama — BE THERE! Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/event.php?eid=176751487946&index=1
And this Saturday… bring your old electronics (walkmans, DVD players, NO TVs though) to Whole Foods on 280 — They will be recycled, making space for more holiday stuff!
-P.S.- If any of you are following the Climate Change Debate:
NY Times writes about Obama, Denmark and other Asian Powers claiming that Copenhagen will not include a binding treaty: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/world/asia/15prexy.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Some saw it as a loss, but some see this is as a necessary and inevitable step: http://climateprogress.org/2009/11/15/copenhagen-international-climate-conference-deal/#more-14091
The Senate Climate Change Bill (The American Power and Clean Jobs Act) gets reviewed in the Senate Finance Committee by conservative think-tanks, and Senator Kerry tears their financial predictions apart (fast-forward to the 50 minute mark): http://cspan.org/Watch/Media/2009/11/10/HP/A/25735/Senate+Finance+Cmte+Hearing+on+Climate+Change+Legislation+and+Jobs.aspx
The sequel to Freakonomics, SuperFreakonomics, contains half-truths and downright conclusions about climate change: The New Yorker’s Elizabeth Kolbert tears it apart (http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2009/11/16/091116crbo_books_kolbert?currentPage=all) along with Raymond T. Pierrehumbert, a climatologist who, like the author Levitt, teaches at the University of Chicago (http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2009/10/an-open-letter-to-steve-levitt/#more-1488) and even the Washington Post joined in the critique (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/13/AR2009111304254.html)
Hope you enjoyed that media summary! — By the way, Sarah Palin’s book “Going Rogue” and Glenn Beck’s “Arguing with Idiots” just edged out “Superfreakonomics” on Amazon’s Bestseller list…a bit disconcerting.
Don’t get too cold this weekend!
- Ben and the Warriors of enAct