Week Starting Thursday January 6, 2005

The East End Report is now at www.eastendrep.blogspot.com and
www.spv.active.ws/the Suffolk Progressive Vision Web Site
with news from the Suffolk Peace Network and Long Island Peace Groups plus much more.
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The East End Report is heard on Bill McNulty's"Lunch on Thursday" 12N, Thursday
WUSB Stony Brook 90.1 FM and WUSB.org

Excerpts on Jim Krivo's Long Island Report
Thursday 6:45am on 'Wake Up Call' WBAI 99.5 FM NYC and WBAI.org

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ACTION ALERT:
call/email Senator Barbara Boxer

Congress will meet to accept the vote of the electors
for president and vice president
on Thursday, January 6.
Only one senator is needed to object to the electors
from Ohio for the objection to be heard.
Marilyn Mackay reports that Barbara Boxer
apparently told 20 women that if she gets
enough people wanting her to do it,
she will be the Senator to join Rep. Conyers and
other House members in calling for a re-election in Ohio.

Contact Information for Senator Boxer:
112 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510(202) 224-3553
or
email Barbara Boxer (and/or other Senators)

http://www.lightwingarts.com/speakout.htm

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EAST END WOMEN IN BLACK ARE BACK (in SAG HARBOR)

Join our Peace Vigil to say:
NO TO WAR!
BRING OUR TROOPS HOME FROM IRAQ!
END THE OCCUPATIONS OF IRAQ AND PALESTINE!

SAG HARBOR WHARF
SUNDAY JAN 16 3pm
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Attention East End TV Viewers:

"The Childrenof Ibdaa: To Create Something Out of Nothing"

A Palestinian children's dance troupe from the West Bank
tells the story of their people’s struggle


Every Monday at 10:30 PM
Every Wednesday at 12:30 PM

Riverhead /Southampton /
Southold / Shelter Island

Public Access TV Channel 20
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In this week's report:

Military Recruiters are Coming

Southampton Should Stop Wasting Tax Dollars on Casino Fight

Suffolk Peace Vigils

Peace and Justice Calendar:

January 6 (Thursday) Panel Discussion on Super Jail at Riverhead Library 4 pm

January 7 (Friday): Tim Bishop to meets with Greater Farmingville Community Association at Sachem High School in Farmingville at 7:30pm

January 10th (Monday): Tsunami Victims Memorial Service in Southampton at 6:30pm

January 11 (Tuesday): LI Progressive Coalition South Fork Chapter Meets in Water Mill 6:30pm

January 16 (Sunday): Vigil for Peace at Sag Harbor Wharf at 3pm

January 20 (Thursday): Innauguration Day Discussion in East Hampton

January 22 (Saturday): Film and Viet Nam Vets' Discussion on Iraq War in Bridgehampton at 7 pm

January 25 (Tuesday): Jail Alternatives Group Meets in Riverhead at 12Noon

February 6 (Sunday): Vigil for Peace at Monument in Bridgehampton at 3pm

See Calendar below for details
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The East End Report is compiled by Tony Ernst.

Comments and corrections are welcome at eastendreport@optonline.net

Coming to a High School Near You - Miltary Recruiters ....

... and hot on their heels are the members of the Suffolk Peace Network Counter Military Recruitment Committee.

A provision of the ‘No Child Left Behind Act’ requires school districts to release the names and contact information of high school students to military recruiters. The law also requires that parents be made aware of the 'opt-out' provision which allows parents to tell the schools not to send personal data on their children to the military. If the school does not comply with the provisions of the law it risks the loss of federal aid. Military recruiters have also been visiting our schools and students as young as 14 have been approached by recruiters at local beaches and at their homes.

A group of parents and peace activists have been mobilizing to counter the efforts of the military recruiters on eastern Long Island. They took their campaign to Sag Harbor this week. Joined by members of the South Fork chapter of the Long Island Progressive Coalition, the committee discused an initiative to keep military recruiters out of local schools, combat the flagrant abuses of the federal government in forcing school districts to provide information on students to the military in return for federal funds, and ensure that our school districts are informing parents of their right to opt out.

With the war raging on in Iraq, this is something we can do here and now to promote peace.

If you would like to join this effort and especially if you live in the Bridgehampton, Hampton Bays or Westhampton Beach school districts where recruiters may concentrate their efforts please contact either Terry Sullivan at 631- 725-4805 or Seth Weingart of LIPC at 516-541-1006 extension 13 or seth@lipc.org.

Southampton: Stop Wasting Tax Dollars Fighting our Native Neighbors

On December 14 the Town of Southampton appropriated another $150,000 for its legal fight against the Shinnecock Nation's plans to operate a gaming casino. This brings the total funds wasted to close to $1 million in the Town's attempt to stop our native neighbors plans to become economically self-sufficient. The moneys are wasted because this issue will be decided between the Federal government and the Shinnecocks. The proceeds from a casino could help fund the poorly financed educational system in Hampton Bays and elsewhere in the Town.

The Shinnecocks who have preserved their lands for millenia are still poor while the rest of us continue to profit from the overdevelopment outside tribal lands. Let's start the new year on a positive note. Instead of spending more money on legal fees why not put our tax dollars into a fund to help all those who have been left out of the booming Hamptons economy?

Anthony Ernst
Southampton

(from a letter to the Southampton Town Board and the Southampton Press)

Report for Thursday, December 30, 2004

UPDATED
The East End Report is now at www.eastendrep.blogspot.com
and also at www.spv.active.ws/the Suffolk Progressive Vision Web Site with news from theSuffolk Peace Network and South Country Peace Group plus much more.
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The East End Report is heard on Bill McNulty's"Lunch on Thursday"
12N, Thursday WUSB Stony Brook 90.1 FM and WUSB.org

Excerpts on Jim Krivo's Long Island Report
Thursday 6:45am on 'Wake Up Call' WBAI 99.5 FM NYC and WBAI.org
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EAST END WOMEN IN BLACK

invite you to join them to say

NO TO WAR!

BRING OUR TROOPS HOME FROM IRAQ!

END THE OCCUPATIONS OF IRAQ AND PALESTINE

PEACE VIGILS this month:

Bridgehampton Monument

SUNDAY JAN 2 at 3pm

and

SAG HARBOR WHARF

SUNDAY JAN 16 3pm

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Attention East End TV Viewers:

"The Childrenof Ibdaa:
To Create Something Out of Nothing"

A Palestinian children's dance troupe from the
West Bank tells the story of their people’s struggle


Every Monday at 10:30 PM
Every Wednesday at 12:30 PM

Riverhead /Southampton /Southold / Shelter Island

Public Access TV Channel 20

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In this week's report:

Tim Bishop to Speak Jan 7 at Farmingville Community Association - Sachem Quality of Life Leader Claims this Gives Them Legitimacy

Southampton Town Anti-Casino Appropriations Top One Million: Shinnecock Nation Calls for Support

Suffolk Peace Vigils

Peace and Justice Calendar

The East End Report is compiled by Tony Ernst. Comments and corrections are welcome at eastendreport@optonline.net

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