Week of September 27, 2007

For a complete and updated East End Report click here ,

In this week's report: [ click on any of the bold headers below or scroll down]

Buses to DC: Saturday Sept 29 - Stop the War Coalition

Jeff Halper: Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions in Bridgehampton Thursday October 4
More on Israel/Palestine October 8, 15, 29

Letter to Tim Bishop: Applying Pressure on Hamas by Starving Gazans will not work

Peace & Justice Calendar

Suffolk Peace Vigils

United for Peace & Justice - National Mobilization October 27

Counter Recruiting Schedule

Alternative Media for Eastern LI

Democracy Now!

Non-corporate news hour with Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez:
on Riverhead/Southampton/Southold/Shelter Island Channel 20:

New Schedule Starting Monday October 1:

Monday 6:30 am
Tuesday 11 pm
Wednesday 7 pm
Thursday 6 pm
Friday 9 pm
Saturday - 9 pm

Also on WUSB 90.1 FM 5pm Mon-Friday and East Hampton LTV Ch 20

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See WPKN Today for program details on WPKM heard at 88.7 Montauk to Water Mill and WPKN 89.5 Bridgeport to Southampton and Southold.

News on WPKN / WPKM:

Free Speech Radio News Mon-Fri at 6pm: News from Pacifica Reporters Against Censorship - world wide report of news not heard on corporate media.

WPKN/M Local News at 6:30 pm (Mon-Fri) has occasional reports from the East End.

WPKN / WPKM Programs Available on the Net:

click on links below

Jeff Halper: A Jewish Voice for Peace
originaly broadcast July 19

Jeff Halper of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions tells about his work and explains the reality of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands.

Rev. Holly Haile Davis and the Thunderbird Sisters at the Southold UU
Originaly broadcast on March 29.

WPKN presents the Reverend Holly Haile Davis and the singing Thunder Bird Sisters of the Shinnecock Nation on Long Island. The program was recorded as they led the Sunday service at the First Universalist Church of Southold, New York on January 14 of this year.

Reverend Holly Haile Davis is the first Native-American woman ordained as a Presbyterian minister.

The program includes musical selections by the Thunder Bird Sisters and stories from the gospel according to some Native Americans.

Counterpoint: Scott Harris Host

To hear in-depth analysis you'll rarely hear in corporate media, listen to "Counterpoint" LIVE on WPKN-FM Monday nights from 8 to 10 pm

An archive of Counterpoint programs are accessible for free at http://www.whiterosesociety.org/ Some segments of Counterpoint are edited for re-broadcast on the syndicated Between The Lines radio newsmagazine.

Gordian Raacke on WPKN:

"Going Solar" - In this special program, our guest, renewable energy expert Gordian Raacke, will explain how solar energy systems can be used in existing homes.

Originally broadcast April 15, 2007. Interviewer: Ken MacDermotRoe

http://mdrtalk.org/

For more Information on Peace Activism on LI

see North Fork People of Conscience at www(.)nfpofc(.)blogspot(.)com

see Suffolk Progressive Vision at www(.)spv(.)active(.)ws

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The East End Report is compiled by Tony Ernst
Send corrections or comments to eastendreport@yahoo.com

Peace & Justice Calendar

UPDATED October 3

Scroll Down for details on the following events:

* October 4 (Thursday): Jeff Halper - Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions Speaks in Bridgehampton at 7pm

* October 5 (Friday): OLA Film in Southampton at 6:30 pm

* October 5 (Friday): Jeff Halper of Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions Speaks in Bellport at 7pm

* October 8 (Monday): Film - Knowledge is the Beginning with Daniel Barenboim in Bridgehampton at 7pm

* October 11 (Thursday): LI School of Americas Conference on Military Training and Political Violence in Latin America in Manhasset at 7:30pm

* October 13 (Saturday): Reading - "The Dandelion War" in East Hampton at 8 pm

* October 15 (Monday): Film - "Wall" by Simone Bittone - in Bridgehampton at 7pm.

* October 27 (Saturday): NAACP Eastern LI Branch Annual Membership Luncheon in Riverhead at 1 pm

* October 29 (Monday): Two Presentations on Israel-Palestine by Hazel Kahan and Max Surjadinata in Bridgehampton at 7pm
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Repeating Events:

* Tuesdays: Bob Zellner Commentaries on WLIU 88.3

* Thursdays at Noon: Bill McNulty - News, Commentary, LI events for Peace & Justice

* Second Friday of Month: US Dept. of Labor Rep at OLA's Water Mill Office

* First Saturday of Month: Demonstration at Patchogue Recruiting Station 12-1:30 pm

* Every Thursday "The Thursday Night Group" in Bridgehampton 6:30 - 9pm

* "Herstory" Writing Workshops on Wednesdays in Farmingville (Spanish and English) 3 to 5 pm and Thursdays in Spanish only in East Hampton at 7 pm

* Second Tuesday of Month: South Fork Chapter of LI Progressive Coalition Meets in Water Mill at 6:30 pm
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Details Follow:

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October 4 (Thursday): Jeff Halper of Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions Speaks in Bridgehampton at 7pm / See also Bellport October 5 below

Dr. Halper Jeff Halper will outline the nature of the present occupation which Israel intends to be permanent, explaining how a "Matrix of Control" is used to isolate Palestinians from their land, from each other and from Israelis.

Halper promises also to talk "about where we are at this moment, teetering on the edge of apartheid" and why he believes "that a two-state solution permitting a truly sovereign and
VIABLE Palestinian state has been eliminated by Israel's settlement enterprise"

He will put forward a positive solution and invite discussion from the audience.

More info: call 631-259-2482
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October 5 (Friday): Jeff Halper of Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions Speaks in Bellport at 7pm

Dr. Jeff Halper will speak in Bellport at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 51 Browns Road. The talk is sponsored by Women in Black of Bellport and Sayville.

He will speak about the Israeli occupation of Palestine. See details above for October 4 in Bridgehampton.

Free admission. All welcome. Light refreshments will be served.

More info: call 631-286-5879

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October 5 (Friday): OLA Film Festival in Southampton at 6:30 pm

Organizacion Latino Americana presents the films "Family Law" and "Live-in Maid" in Spanish at the Parrish Art Museum, 25 Jobs Lane in Southampton.

More Info at 631-283-2118 or call OLA at (631) 726 - 6526
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October 8 (Monday): Film - "Knowledge is the Beginning" with Daniel Barenboim in Bridgehampton at 7pm

The second film in the series on Israel/Palestine will be screened at the Unitarian Universalist Meetinghouse 977 Sag Harbor Turnpike in Bridgehampton (just south of Scuttlehole Road).

The film features conductor - musician Daniel Barenboim and the late Palestinian-American writer, teacher Edward Said.

Sponsored by Committee for Peace in Israel-Palestine and East End Women in Black.

More info at 631-259-2482 or www.eewib.blogspot.com
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October 11 (Thursday): LI School of Americas Conference on Military Training and Political Violence in Latin America in Manhasset at 7:30pm

Long Island School of the Americas Watch Presents an Informative Conference for People of Good Will The School of the Americas, Military Training, and Political Violence in Latin America Thursday, October 11 - 7:30 PM At Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock 48 Shelter Rock Road, Manhasset, NY

Lesley Gill, Professor of Anthropology, American University, will address the nefarious influence of the SOA in Latin America.

Mario Murillo, Professor of Communications, Hofstra University, and host of "Wake Up Call" on WBAI, will speak about the role of the SOA in Colombia

SONGS BY RONALD DUNCAN Following the presentations there will be a Q&A period, and a reception and book signing by professors Gill and Murillo.

Co-sponsors: Casa de la Paz (Catholic Workers House, Wyandanch), Central Nassau Greens, Centro de Derechos Laborales, Code Pink L.I., Ethical Humanistic Society L.I., Five Towns Forum, Great Neck SANE/Peace Action, IFCO/Pastors for Peace, L.I. Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives, L.I. Catholic Peace Fellowship, L.I. Progressive Coalition, L.I. Veterans for Peace SPC Raheen Tyson Heighter Memorial Chapter 138, Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala (NISGUA), Next Left Notes, N.Y. City Greens, Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Parish (Wyandanch), Pax Christi L.I., PeaceSmiths, PeaceWork at N.C.C., St. Joseph the Worker Pax Christi, SOAWatch N.Y.C., Social Action Committee U.U.C. Shelter Rock, South Country Peace Group, Suffolk Progressive Vision.

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October 13 (Saturday): Reading - "The Dandelion War" in East Hampton at 8 pm

Richard Rosenthal reads from his not-so-fictional story about a small town near the sea at Bookhampton, Main Street, East Hampton at 8pm

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October 15(Monday): Film - "Wall" by Simone Bittone - in Bridgehampton at 7pm.

The third film in the series on Israel/Palestine will be screened at the Unitarian Universalist Meetinghouse 977 Sag Harbor Turnpike in Bridgehampton (just south of Scuttlehole Road).

In this film Israelis look at what the separation barrier has done to them and their Palestinian neighbors. Wall (Mur) is a cinematic meditation on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in which the filmmaker blurs the lines of hatred by asserting her double identity as Jew and Arab. In an original documentary approach, the film follows the separation fence that is destroying one of the most historically significant landscapes in the world, while imprisoning one people and enclosing the other.

Sponsored by Committee for Peace in Israel-Palestine and East End Women in Black.

More info at 631-259-2482 or www.eewib.blogspot.com
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October 27 (Saturday): NAACP Eastern LI Branch Annual Membership Luncheon in Riverhead at 1 pm

The Annual Membership Luncheion of the Eastern Long Island Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) will be held at the Best Western Hotel on West Main Street in Riverhead (Near Tanger Mall).

Seating begins at 12Noon, Program starts at 1pm.

Contact:

The Eastern L. I. Branch (Office) For Tickets and Additional Information
Phone: (631) 287-7346 or Fax: (631) 287-7345 or e-mail elibnaacp@aol.com

Program: WE WILL HONOR LIFE MEMBERS -- BOTH NEW AND FROM PRIOR YEARS
Donation: $50.00

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October 29 (Monday): Two Presentations on Israel-Palestine by Hazel Kahan and Max Surjadinata in Bridgehampton at 7pm.

Two presentations on Israel-Palestine will be presented at the Unitarian Universalist Meetinghouse, 977 Bridgehampton-Sag Harbor Turnpike in Bridgehampton at 7pm

Multi-media presentation: Facing the Wall by artist and psychologist Hazel Kahan, Ph.D. Dr. Kahan will explore how art is used as a form of resistance to the occupation of Palestine on the separation barrier, Israel's illegal 400-mile structure that includes a 25-foot-high wall in the occupied Palestinian territories.

Max Surjadinata, an Indonesian-American retired pastor and international activist will talk about his participation in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel of the World Council of Churches. He was stationed in Ramallah where he worked with Palestinian Christian communities.

Sponsored by the Committee for Peace in Israel-Palestine and East End Women in Black.

More info at 631-259-2482 or www.eewib.blogspot.com
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Repeating Events:

See Suffolk Peace Vigils for a complete list of weekly and monthly vigils.

See Counter - Recruiting Schedule for a listing of weekly and monthly demonstrations
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Sundays in Bridgehampton

The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity --- A Sunday  night group forming in
Bridgehampton at "the welcome place"  Incarnation Lutheran Church.

Call (631) 537-1187.
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Tuesdays: Bob Zellner comments on WLIU 88.3

Human Rights activist Bob Zellner is heard each Tuesday morning and evening during the news programs on WLIU Southampton.

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Thursdays at Noon: Bill McNulty on WUSB 90.1 and www.wusb.fm

A review of the world W does not want us to hear and events on Eastern Long Island.
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Second Friday of Month: Labor Dept Reps in Water Mill from 11am to 1 pm

Bilingual Latino representatives from the US Dept of Labor's Wage and Hour Division are available the second Friday of every month in the OLA office, from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m., to answer questions concerning workers' rights and to help workers--whether documented or undocumented--recover pay owed them. If your employer has not paid you for time you've worked or if you know someone in this situation, visit the OLA office at 1152 Montauk Hwy in Water Mill to find out what you can do. Call 631-726-6526 ( 726 - OLA6). ______________________________________________

First Saturday Each Month in Patchogue Recruiting Station at 12-1:30pm

We will continue our regular protest in Patchogue on Saturday with informational leafletting against recruiters in our public schools and deceiptful recruiting practices. Signs, flyers, petitions will be provided. Where: 116 Main St., Patchogue, west of Route 112, east of N. Ocean Ave.

When: 12:00 noon - 1:30 p.m. Come for 1/2 hour or the whole time.

Why: To make the public aware of military recruiting practices in our
public schools. We want equal access into our schools alongside military recruiters with information regarding the realities of the military.

We want an adult present when a student speaks with a recruiter.

Contact: 631-875-8647

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The Thursday Night Group in Bridgehampton 6:30 - 9pm

an eclectic bunch of seekers who have been studying progressive theologians for the past two years, welcomes you to join them this
summer.

TNG meets every Thursday beginning at 6:30 with Taize Prayer & Meditation at 7:30 with a shared community supper
and from 8:00 to 9:00 "the program."
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"Herstory" Writing Workshops in Spanish and English

Wednesdays in Farmingville:

Herstory Writers Workshop meets every Monday afternoon at the Farmingville branch of the Workplace Project from 3 to 5. Both English-speaking and Spanish-speaking women come together
to share and shape their life experiences through memoir writing.
The workshop is conducted in both English and Spanish.

Call 631-723-0150 for more information and directions to the center.

Thursdays in East Hampton:

Every Thursday Spanish-speaking women come together to share their writing with one another and receive feedback on how to structure and shape their lifewriting. The East Hampton workshop is open to East Hampton Town residents and is conducted entirely in Spanish.

It meets every Thursday, 7-9 p.m., at the Senior Citizens Center, 128 Springs-Fireplace Road.

Call 631-723-0150 for more information. ___________________________________________

Second Tuesday each month: South Fork Chapter - LI Progressive Coalition Meets in Water Mill at 6:30pm

The regular monthly meeting of the South Fork chapter of the Progressive Coalition is at 6:30pm on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at the Lutheran Church on Montauk Highway & Hayground Rd. between Water Mill and Bridgehampton. Info: 516-541-1006, ext.55 or www (.)lipc(.)org
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Sundays: Bush is a Liar Choir" rehearses in Lindenhurst from 7 to 9pm

Join political action singing group. Participate in songs regarding environment, anti-war, labor, multiculturalism, civil rights, and other issues. Sing historic songs of struggle and social change. Contribute to the progressive movement while becoming culturally enriched. If you've ever wanted to be in a singing group, now is your chance! Experienced and non-experienced singers are welcome. All we ask is that you are able to sing on pitch. We need sopranos! Rehearsals take place, Sunday nights from 7:00 to 9:00 in Lindenhurst.

Call Lisa Fishbein at: (631) 957-4954
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to eastendreport@yahoo.com

Washington DC - Saturday September 29 Stop the War Coalition

FOLKS... the PEACE BUSES are FILLING UP !! We're HEADING down to WASHINGTON, DECEIPT next Sat. 9/29 To Say STOP THE WAR < BRING OUR TROOPS HOME !! from several Long Island departure points:

Patchogue - LIE Exit 63 Park and Ride - 5:45am
Huntington - LIE Exit 49 Park and Ride - 6:00am
Manhasset -LIE Exit 36 Park and Ride - 6:20am
Massapequa LIRR - 6:00am
Baldwin LIRR - 6:15am

Buses will return that night approximately 11pm Comfortable Coach, Bathroom, A/C , Great DVD selections to pass the time in travel , or just sleep!

Help support the movement of people fighting for our troops lives and the lives of oppressed people. Be part of it! The fare is 35$ round trip / 25$ for students - some discounts available thanks to generous donations received.

You can reserve a seat (or multiple seats) at the TROOPS OUT NOW website - www dot troopsoutnow dot org

or by calling Brian 631-648-3165 ...ASAP - "time's a wasting! We want you ON THE BUS!!"

The organization TROOPS OUT NOW COALITION has organized a week long encampment in front of the Capitol with many activities to highlight the war and its staggering cost and carnage, and the need to redirect our national priorities to accountable government and constructive policies.

Follow the actions in D.C. on the website and if you can go down during the week beforehand and support the encampment, great! but if you can only make it for one day, COME WITH US, on the bus next Saturday and be part of the BIG DEMONSTRATION against the war on Iraq on Sept. 29!!