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Carving up the Elderly OBAMA’S PLAN to DECIMATE SOCIAL SECURITY, P10 THE INDYPENDENT Issue #159, December 15, 2010 - January 11, 2011 A FREE PAPER FOR FREE PEOPLE Carving up the Elderly OBAMA’S PLAN TO DECIMATE SOCIAL SECURITY, P10 LUCY VALKYRIE GLOBAL WARNING, p11 LIVING WAGE, p3 STEALING THE RAINBOW, p12 INDYPENDENT.ORG community calendar PLEASE SEND EVENT ANNOUNCEMENTS TO [email protected]. JAN–FEB WED DEC. 8- MON FEB. 28 the release of After ‘Change You Can TUE JAN 18 • 7:30 PM 8pm • $15-$20 Believe In,’ Wally Shawn Reads From Es- DISCUSSION: GLOBAL CAPITALISM, A PLAY: KORACH: THE BIBLICAL says and Discusses Human Nature With MONTHLY UPDATE WITH RICK WOLFF. ANARCHIST. Written and directed by a Communist, featuring Shawn and Andy Join Professor Wolff for an analysis of the Judith Malina, this play tells the story of Lee. A short excerpt from the film will be major economic events of the last month Korach, who is described in the Bible as screened. 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Come Special location: Union Theological Semi- Frank Reynoso Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery hear ten different stories at this month’s nary, 3041 Broadway at 121st St. 212-614-0505 • bowerypoetry.com StorySLAM!, which focuses on the DESIGNERS: Ryan Dunsmuir, Anna Gold theme of homecomings. Please arrive 7pm • $10-$15 early, seating is limited. GENERAL INQUIRIES: [email protected] CONCERT: REVEREND BILLY’S “PEACE Housing Works Bookstore Cafe FOR INFORMATION AND ON EARTH.” Join Rev. Billy and the 126 Crosby • 212-334-3324 BUILDING A MOVEMENT TICKET RESERVATIONS SUBMISSIONS AND NEWS TIPS: Life After Shopping Gospel Choir for housingworks.org [email protected] THAT MOVES brechtforum.org their 10th annual feel-good-with-a- 451 West Street (btw Bank and Bethune) or 212-242-4201 SUBSCRIPTIONS AND DONATIONS: conscience Christmas show. 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Peoples Voice Cafe at The Community VOLUNTEER: 2 W 64th St • 212-874-5210 • nysec.org appearance by the Cuban ambassador Please arrive promptly, latecomers will Church of New York Unitarian Univer- [email protected] to the U.N., music by DJ Carlito and an not be admitted. salist, 40 E 35th St • 212-787-3903 INDYKIDS: SUN DEC 19 exclusive raffle. $25 donation includes 647 Fulton Street, Brooklyn peoplesvoicecafe.org [email protected] 4:30pm • Free food and a full bar. 718-683-5645 • bricartsmedia.org RIDE: LIGHTS IN THE HEIGHTS. Join Crystal Room at the Taino Towers FRI JAN 28 The Indypendent is a New York-based free Times Up! for a fun and leisurely ride 240 E 123th St • 212-348-5547 SAT JAN 8 DEADLINE: INDYPENDENT INTERNSHIP newspaper published 16 times a year on to see the “miracle mile” of Christmas [email protected] 8pm • $15 Suggested APPLICATION. The Indypendent is ac- Wednesdays for our print and online reader- lights and decorations in Dyker Heights, PERFORMANCE: REGGIE HARRIS cepting applications for its winter/spring ship of more than 200,000. It is produced by a network of volunteers who report, write, edit, Brooklyn. Riders will meet in Manhattan TUE JAN 4 AND JON FROMER. Raised in the rich internship program, which begins on Feb. draw, design, take photos, distribute, fundraise across from the bicycle entrance to the 6pm • Free musical heritage of Philadelphia, Harris 7. For an application, email and provide website management. Since 2000, Manhattan Bridge. ORIENTATION: MEDIA CLASSES. spices his folk and gospel style with el- [email protected]. more than 650 journalists, artists and media times-up.org Brooklyn residents, come learn about ements of classical, rock, jazz and pop. activists have participated in this project. Win- upcoming classes at the Brooklyn Fromer’s special blend of folk, blues SIGN UP TO RECEIVE OUR WEEKLY ner of more than 50 New York Community MON DEC 20 Center for Media Education. Courses and country has been at the center of ONLINE CALENDAR VIA EMAIL AT Media Alliance awards, The Indypendent is 7pm • Free range from television production and peace movements in the San Francisco INDYPENDENT.ORG. funded by subscriptions, reader donations, PARTY: DVD RELEASE. Come celebrate video blogging to computer literacy. Bay Area for decades, where he is grants, merchandise sales, benefits and adver- tising. We accept submissions that look at news and culture through a critical lens, exploring how systems of power — economic, political reader comments Post your own comments online at the end of each article or email [email protected]. and social — affect the lives of people locally and globally. The Indypendent reserves the right to edit articles for length, content and SET UP TO FAIL NO BORDERS & SECURITY This book appears to pose whenever they meet to carve clarity. Response to “School Closings Responses to “Insecure Com- a false choice — that riot- up the world. It’s not the revo- Pushback Begins,” Nov. 17: munities: Feds Target NYC ing is the only alternative lution but at least it put some The Indypendent is affiliated with the New Immigrants for More Deporta- to purely symbolic, theatri- real, visible and determined York City Independent Media Center, which I am a ’74 graduate of Dewey tions,” Nov. 17: cal protests. There are other resistance up to those bastards. is part of the global Indymedia movement, High School. We had resource forms of nonviolent direct Respect is due. an international network that is dedicated to fostering grassroots media production, centers that were overstocked If it is deplorable to deport an action that can be very effec- —Internet red and to IndyKids, a children’s newspaper. with books — now there is one illegal alien, then why have that tive, such as strikes. How- NYC IMC is an open publishing website cabinet, and it’s locked. Setting status at all? Maybe you should ever, these require serious, (nyc.indymedia.org.) a school up to fail, not support- investigate what would happen difficult organizing by people ROTHKO & AMERICAN ing it and then claiming we with completely open borders. willing to go outside their INDIAN CULTURE VOLUNTEER CONTRIBUTORS: have to close because of failure I’m pretty aware of the prob- activist-lifestyle subculture to Response to “Abstract Politi- Sam Alcoff, Steven Arnerich, Bennett Baumer, is Intellectual Fabrication and lems, I just haven’t heard great try to unite with others. cism,” Nov. 17: Ellen Davidson, Erika Eichelberger, Seth deceit of the highest order. solutions. —Ink-Stained Wretch Fisher, Sophie Forbes, Leo Garcia, Mary —Bunji Fromartz —Powel6 Not one NYC critic seems to Annaïse Heglar, Irina Ivanova, Dondi J, have any grasp of the historic Alice Joyce, Alex Kane, Julie Laquer, Ashley I’m safer, now that my county I’ve been in a black bloc or and large role American Indian THE INDYPENDENT Marinaccio, John McDonald, Michael Nelson, participates in Secure Commu- two… but it’s every bit theatre. culture played in this move- Mike Niemiec, Jaisal Noor, Sophie Ragsdale, nities. This enables the federal Violence per se isn’t the issue. ment. For example, new and Deb Sperling, Mikael Tarkela, John Tarleton, government to make its rightful We can’t understand the rise well-documented evidence has Lucy Valkyrie, Steven Wishnia and Amy Wolf. decision regarding someone’s of “riot party” politics with- been developed proving that immigration status. I hope the out looking at changes in po- Rothko was attending and JOIN US ON FACEBOOK, MYSPACE & TWITTER, entire state will soon be partici- licing models that essentially sketching at American Indian JANUARY 11, 2011 JANUARY AND FOLLOW OUR BLOGGERS EVERY DAY AT pating, for this improves safety criminalized all major protests ceremonies as early as 1938 INDYPENDENT.ORG! and security for all of us.
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