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London, November 5-8, 2008.
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom seminar on African Women’s Voices. Unique opportunities to hear the perspectives of grass-roots African Women campaigners on vital issues for Peace and Development in Africa. (click on link above for details)

WIDE Annual Conference 2008 ´Feminist Visions for a Just Europe´ October 9-11, The Hague, the Netherlands
A three-day conference hosted by WO=MEN, the Dutch Gender Platform, expected to convene at least 200 delegates representing the unique triangle of women living and working in the ´West, East and South´. Its general aim is to examine Europe´s role (and responsibilities) in the world, viewed through the lens of women´s rights and gender justice.

Americas Social Forum 2008
October 7-12, Guatemala City, Guatemala
The Americas Hemispheric Council for the Forum met in March 2008 in Guatemala to ratify the date and location of the 3rd Americas Social Forum 2008. This date is symbolic to social struggles in the region and in particular to indigenous peoples as October 12th, marking the beginning of the Spanish conquest, symbolizes the resistance of indigenous peoples. It is also the annual date chosen for the continent-wide "Cry of the Excluded" ("Grito de los Excluidos") amongst other popular demonstrations.
For more information in English

USA: Saturday, September 20: thousands of volunteers across the U.S. will knock on a Million Doors for Peace. One of the largest coalitions of peace groups put together in years is putting together what promises to be the biggest peace action of 2008. The effort is intended both to project the antiwar message into the center of the current electoral campaign and to lay the basis for ongoing antiwar activity no matter who wins in November.  To participate: http://www.milliondoorsforpeace.org/ or at the Code Pink website:  http://www.milliondoorsforpeace.org/signup.php?code=cp  See also resources available from War Times/Tiempo de Guerras at http://www.war-times.org  and downloadable flyers in PDF format, in both English and Spanish.

Thursday, August 28 - Thursday, September 4
Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota political action. An Upwelling of Earth Wisdom with Starhawk and the Upwelling Circle for the Republican National Convention. Following are the events which she is teaching and doing ritual, or simply plans to attend. These are all legal or permitted activities. There will also be a smorgasbord of other activities listed on the www.protestrnc.org
calendar. More information here

WEAPONS OR WINDMILLS? Coming Together to Convert the Permanent War Economy, Tuesday, August 5th, 6:30 PM
All Souls Church, 1157 Lexington Avenue
A presentation by Mary Beth Sullivan, Outreach Coordinator for the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space about the need for anti-war, labor, social justice, religious and environmental groups to come together to challenge militarism.

USA: Actions from CodePink in New York City

Event by Sea: "COST OF WAR" PANEL AND PEACE BUILDING CONCERT ON THE PEACE BOAT
Sunday, July 13th, 3-7:30 PM
Pier 92 in the NYC Passenger Ship Terminal, at 12th Ave & W 55th St.
Come on board the Peace Boat with CODEPINK NYC, UFPJ, Iraq Veterans Against the War, International Women's Tribune Centre, and 15 other organizations for the "Cost of War" panel followed by the 4th Annual People Building Peace Concert: Social Justice from Local to Global! 

Peace Boat is a Japan-based international, non-governmental, non-profit organization that promotes peace and various social, economic, and environmental justice issues through the organization of global educational voyages.


Event by Land: FREEZE IN GRAND CENTRAL
Thursday, July 10th 5:00-5:35 p.m., Lexington & 42nd Street
Join CODEPINK NYC and several other organizations in saying "No Attack on Iran!" by participating in a "freeze" or silent protest in Grand Central Station.  After meeting at 5:00 PM on Lexington & 42nd Street, we will enter the terminal wearing provided signs reading "No Attack on Iran!" or "Peace with Iran" and "We will not be silent" t-shirts available by donation, and spread out, acting normally.  At precisely 5:30 PM everyone will stop for five minutes exactly where they are and freeze what they were doing.  This is not an illegal action and will only be 5 minutes, but we will make an impact!

Email wcwfreeze(at)gmail.com to RSVP or with questions.
 

4-6 June 2008, Third Annual Conference in Bil’in, Palestine
Bil’in has become a symbol both of the theft of land across Palestine and of the power of non-violent grassroots movements in building local and international resistance to Occupation. February 2008 marked the third anniversary of weekly non-violent protests in opposition to the "work-site of shame" for the Apartheid Wall that has annexed almost 60% of the land of Bil’in village in the West Bank. On September 4th 2007, after nearly three years of nonviolent protests in our village, the Israeli Supreme Court ruled that Israel’s wall here must be moved further west, returning 250 acres of our farmland.

The year between June 2007 and May 2008 provides an effective framework for highlighting the ongoing Palestinian catastrophe:  90 years since the Balfour Declaration, 60 years since the Nakba, 41 years of Occupation, 26 years since Sabra/Shatila, 21 years since the First Intifada, 5 years of building the Apartheid Wall.

Join us in strategizing effective, concerted non-violent action in Palestine and across the globe!

WHEN: 4-6 June 2008 with a major non-violent action on the final day

WHERE:  Bil’in village near Ramallah, Palestine

CONTACT: bel3en@yahoo.com or contact@bilin-village.org

Demonstration and Festival of Diversity, Bonn, Germany
Monday, May 12th, 2008

For biological diversity – regional, fair and GMO-free!

Meeting point: 10 a.m. Festival grounds (" Kleine Blumenwiese") Rheinaue park, Bonn
Starting on May 12^th representatives from more than 190 countries around the world will be guests in Germany, negotiating about species extinction and genetic engineering, the control of seeds, over protected areas and agricultural diversity. These are questions of survival. Will more result than a voluntary declaration of intent? Will we see more in the media than ties and collars in front of microphones? Will the governmental delegates see and hear what the population here in Germany and across the world expect of them? A focus of the negotiations will be the question: who will be liable in the future for damages from GMOs? The answer of representatives from the industrial nations, including Germany, has been – no one. A free hand for international companies without liability insurance? That can’t be true!


USA: March 19, 2008: the 5th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, the beginning of the 6th year of war and occupation, the 6th year of senseless death and massive destruction. For dates and details see: http://www.5yearstoomany.org/

2008 is a critical year in the efforts to bring an end to the war and occupation in Iraq. This is the year the anti-war movement must up the ante, pull out all of the stops and build so much pressure that the war will finally be brought to an end.
United for Peace and Justice is calling for and supporting a set of activities on and around the 5th anniversary that will manifest the intensifying opposition to the war and help strengthen our movement. We invite you to work with us to ensure the success of these actions.