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FOE ad on nuclear bailout |
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Written by Gerald Rudolph
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Monday, 06 October 2008 |
Friends of the Earth Ad Links Nuclear Loan Guarantees to Bush Bailout
September 29, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
Nick Berning, 202-222-0748
New Friends of the Earth Ad Ties Nuclear Loan Guarantees to Bush Bailout
Loan guarantees sought by nuclear industry for reactor
construction amount to 'preemptive bailout,' with expected default rate
of 50 percent or higher
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OCT. 13, 14, 15: Know Your Voting Rights Forums |
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Written by Melanie Knight
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Thursday, 09 October 2008 |
A panel of national voting rights experts along with key local leaders will discuss the issues and answer questions from the audience. Focused on who can vote in South Carolina and how to do so, specific topics will include voting by provisional ballot, voter intimidation, student voting, voting by people with disabilities, and voting by people with past criminal convictions. This event is sponsored by the SC Progressive Network, SC ACLU, and other local and state organizations.
* Greenville: Oct 13, 6 - 8pm, The Open Book, 110 S. Pleasantburg Dr.
* Columbia: Oct. 14, 6 - 8pm: St. John Baptist Church, corner of Beltline Blvd. and Farrow Rd.
* Charleston: Oct. 15, 6 - 8pm, Circular Congregational Church, 150 Meeting St.
{courtesy promotion for non-CPRC event}
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Oct. 16: Brown Bag at USC--“Diversity Skills”: How Universities Reduce Social Justice To a Commodity |
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Written by Lori Donath
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Wednesday, 08 October 2008 |
“Diversity Skills”: How Universities Reduce Social Justice To a Commodity
A Brown Bag Discussion with Dr. Bonnie Urciuoli,
Chair of Anthropology, Hamilton College
Oct. 16, 12:30 – 1:45 p.m.
Wardlaw 110, University of South Carolina
Dr. Urcioli will lead a discussion of diversity issues in higher education on this theme. Please join us! Her recent work explores how liberal arts education is complicit in the process, initiated in the corporate sector, of shifting diversity from a quest for social justice grounded in the civil rights’ movement to a kind of social commodity. Policies in the U.S., Europe, and Asia reconfigure and reconceptualize educational processes in ways coherent with corporate structures and interests, and with American cultural beliefs privileging the individual, technology, rationality, private enterprise and the market. What started as an inclusive social movement becomes a market-valued line on an individual’s resume. Knowledge about diversity is abundantly commodified. Diversity has come to be understood as that which an individual possesses that contributes to the good of the organization...diversity accrues to an individual, not a group. What gives these cultural assumptions such power is their grounding in corporate, government and educational discourses. It is through such continual and repeated discourses that these values become a common sense network of understandings.
Co-Sponsored by: Office of International & Comparative Education,
Department of Anthropology, Linguistics Program, & the Department of Educational Studies
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Water Injustice in Palestine--L.A. Government Partners with Israeli Company |
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Written by Manar Shabouk
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Monday, 15 September 2008 |
 A Los Angeles municipality will enter into joint research and development with Mekorot, a government owned corporation that is the national supplier for Israel. The Stop the Wall campaign has called for a boycott of this project, which legitimizes Israeli water practices at the expense of Palestinian communities across historic Palestine. Boycott Fact Sheet
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West African Drum and Dance Classes |
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Written by Gerald Rudolph
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Sunday, 17 August 2008 |
Master drummer, Amara Camara, will be teaching drum lessons on Sunday afternoons from 2:30-3:30 pm at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Columbia. The cost is $10 per class, $8 for students. Beautiful West African drums are provided. The drum classes/drum circle are so much fun! You do not have to commit to a certain number of classes - just let us know if you are coming so we can have a drum there for you.
Those who want to observe class are welcome.
In addition, West African dance classes will be taught from 4-5:30 pm. Dancers will be accompanied by traditional West African drumming. The classes are geared for all levels to grasp and understand. The cost is $10 per class, $8 for students. Experience the rich culture of West Africa in dance and drum!
If you have questions about any of the classes, please contact Toni Jones at 260-6486 or by email at
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The money from the classes will be used to buy rice for the people of the Ratoma neighborhood in Conakry, Guinea, West Africa. The people of Guinea have a vibrant artistic culture that they enjoy sharing with others. Unfortunately, Guinea is one of the poorest countries in Africa, where people live on less than $1 per day. With the worldwide rise in fuel prices, many Guinea families now eat only every other day.
Come to drum class today and be energized by this beautiful musical tradition while helping our brothers and sisters in West Africa.
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Written by Gerald L. Rudolph
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Monday, 11 August 2008 |
Read about why nuclear is not a good option for reducing our impact on climate change from energy consumption.
Contact Gerald Rudolph, 803-446-2772 or
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, if you have questions or would like to arrange to pick up the book locally.
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Seed Show - Every Weekday Morning from 8 to 9 am on WOIC 1230AM |
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Written by Michael Berg
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Wednesday, 30 April 2008 |
 Join the Seed Show every weekday morning, for exciting guests, commentary, and live music every Friday. Every weekday morning from 8 to 9 am on WOIC 1230AM. You can also click the broadcast link on seedshow.com for live streaming (8 to 9am only). With Tom Turnipseed and co-hosts Rev. Neal Jones, Wendy Brinker, Arnold Karr, and Michael Berg.
Upcoming Featured Guests
Oct 6 Vicky Markham, Ctr. for Environment & Population, CT.
Oct 7 Bonnie Erbe, PBS Host,World Population Explosion, D.C.
Oct 8 Malik Russell, Prison Industrial Complex, Calif.
Oct 9 O’Neal Compton, Whole American Hog, Round Table Politics
{courtesy promotion for non-CPRC activity}
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Buy From Local Supporters |
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Written by Administrator
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Thursday, 11 January 2007 |
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The CPRC would like to thank the following local businesses for their support:
Adriana's (721 Saluda Ave)
Ben and Jerry's (2901 Devine St)
Blue Cactus (2002 Greene Street)
Cool Beans (1217 College St.)
Dr. Books (718 Santee Ave)
El Burrito (934 Harden St)
Floral and Hardy Farm (1824 old barnwell rd, lexington, SC )
Goatfeathers (2017 Devine Street)
Hip-Wa-Zee {costumes & vintage clothing} (940 Harden St.)
Loose Lucy's (709 Saluda Ave.)
Mediterranean Tea Room (2601 Devine Street)
Papa Jazz Records (2014 Greene St.)
Pop's N.Y.Pizza (707 Harden Street)
Purple Lotus (1028 Woodrow Street )
Revente or Sd & Nancy's (737 Saluda Ave)
Rosewood Market and Deli (2803 Rosewood Dr)
Shear Five Salon (728 Saluda Ave)
Swift Water Beads (1101 Harden Street)
Ten Thousand Villages (4711 Forest Dr. Suite 9)
Tio's Mexican Cafe (921 Sumter St.--around corner from old location)
Tranquility (224 State St, West Columbia)
Trustus Theatre (520 Lady Street)
Webb-Rawls Gallery & Fine Framing (619 Harden)
Wish (719 Saluda Ave)
Yesterday's (2030 Devine St)
We encourage you to buy from these fine establishments, and while you're there, thank them for their support of the CPRC.
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Women in Black meets in front of the state house at Gervais and Main at
5:00 pm every Wednesday until the US is out of Iraq. Please come.
Post Office Box 7933