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A great piece by Annie Sprinkel.  As we know, far too many sex workers, including those from the trans community, are brutally murdered each day not only in the US but also around the globe. Though this day may have passed, the words below ring true every minute of every day and there are many ways we can work to end this brutal and far too often neglected or rationalized violence against sex workers.

In 2003, “Green River Killer” Gary Ridgeway confessed to having strangled ninety women to death and having “sex” with their dead bodies. He stated, “I picked prostitutes as victims because they were easy to pick up without being noticed. I knew they would not be reported missing right away and might never be reported missing. I picked prostitutes because I thought I could kill as many of them as I wanted without getting caught.”

Sadly some Seattle area prostitutes, their boyfriends or pimps, knew the Green River Killer was Gary Ridgeway for years. [Read more →]

Anarchist Communist public statement by the Italian Federazione dei Comunisti Anarchici and the South African Zabalaza Anarchist Communist Front, via the Anarkismo website.

We will continue to support the struggles and act of solidarity with the Palestinian people, supporting all those embryonic manifestations of self-determination that typify the struggles of whole villages in Palestine…

Federazione dei Comunisti Anarchici (Italy)
Zabalaza Anarchist Communist Front (South Africa) 

Hundreds of dead and thousands of injured, sacrificed on the altar of Zionist expansionism and fundamentalism. In Europe, the foreign ministers of every EU country talk about an “exaggerated”, though “legitimate”, reaction on the part of Israel, reversing the true situation with an operation that would make the most cynical illusionist feel proud by making the aggressor, the State of Israel, appear to be the victim.They continue to pretend that they do not remember that Gaza - one of the most densely-populated regions with around [Read more →]

After heavy artillery firing by Israel into Gaza neighborhoods, a massive troop invasion has begun. The ANSWER Coalition is calling on everyone to an emergency protest at the Federal Building, 141 Church St. between Elm and Chapel St., in New Haven, CT, 12 Noon.
Volunteer help needed!  Call 203-606-0319 for more info.

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PROVIDENCE, RI

Show your solidarity with the uprisings in Athens, and the people of Gaza.
We are planning a funeral procession in solidarity with all victims of war
and state violence on Saturday, January 10th, through the streets of
Providence. We will speak at various sites of state violence throughout
the city. Anyone interested in planning or speaking please come to a
planning meeting Monday January 5th at 6pm. Email whatqueer@gmail.com for
info, even if you can’t make it on the 5th.

Called for by What Queer?! a radical queer collective in Providence.
Please forward widely.

Queers without Borders will be hosting its monthly meeting on Sunday, Jan 11 at 5 PM at the MCC Hartford Church, 155 Wylly’s Avenue, Hartford [Directions]*

All QWB meetings are open and welcoming to all.  Two key items of discussion are (i) planning of our second Dinner and Movie event featuring Fenced Out! and facilitated by Regina and Kamora, who are amazing activists and advocates for queer youth and (ii) planning a fundraiser for the RNC 8 (individuals targeted because of our political beliefs and work organizing for protests at the 2008 republican National Convention, in what appears to be the first use of Minnesota’s version of the US Patriot Act).

Our current agenda is:

1. Assigning and rotating responsibilities (perhaps we can take care of  his before the meeting?)
2. Dinner & Movie: “Fenced Out”
3. RNC 8 Fundraiser
4. Queer Voices publication process
5. People’s Economic Justice Coalition/Bail Out the People Movement
6. National Radical Queer Convergence

*MCC is located on the campus of Church of the Good Shepherd. Enter the main driveway of Good Shepherd Church. Good Shepherd Church is on your left. The Parish House on your right. Bear left to the parking lot behind Good Shepherd church. Walk to the back of the Parish House. (thanx to frank for the detailed directions).
The door facing you is the entrance to Metropolitan Community Church.
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(Forwarded by Frank)

Next Meeting of People’s Economic Justice Coalition is Wednesday, Jan 7 from 6-9 PM at the Metropolitan Community Church of Hartford 155 Wyllys Street, Hartford [directions]* (RSVP to fog64@hotmail.com if you would like Vegetarian Pizza from Prospect Pizza $1.50 per slice; please indicate quantity)

Agenda:

1. Flyering for the Community Meeting for a People’s Bailout.  Develop a plan for flyering during the month of January to include MLK and Inauguration Weekend events. Also outside courts, unemployment offices and other events.

Flyer: Peter created a flyer to announce the Community Meeting for a People’s Bailout. Thanks, Peter! Click to view flyer

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In 2006 the Palestinians of Gaza carried out what was possibly the most democratic election ever held by a community under occupation in human history.  In January 2008 they broke through the wall barring them from Egypt in order to obtain basic supplies that had been denied them by a relentless blockade – after which they returned home.  It is for these “crimes” that the Palestinians of Gaza are being punished by Israel and its allies:  For choosing their own leaders, seeking freedom, and staying put.

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[forwarded from People of Faith CT]

  NOW is the time to act to End the Massacre in Gaza!

Calling All People of Faith and Conscience in Connecticut

“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.”

– Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Gaza Action Alerts:

Protest the Massacre in Gaza, Friday, Jan. 2, 3PM, Federal Building, Hartford

Call on President-elect Obama to break h