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Special Guest: Malalai Joya: Liberating Afghan Women

Event info: Saturday 26 March 2011 – 3:00pm to 5:00pm

BREAKING NEWS: Malalai Joya is on her way! Her visa was granted and she will be in Boston for her JP Forum appearance. Please help spread the word! RSVP and Invite your friends to join you on Facebook, Click Here Speaker: Malalai Joya, author of A Woman Among Warlords: The Extraordinary Story of a Woman [...]

Tagged as: author's reading, book for sale, democracy, gender, militarism, peace, politics, report-back, social movements

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Special Guest: Ralph Nader

Event info: Friday 30 October 2009 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

America’s stalwart fighter against corporate abuse, best selling author and presidential candidate will talk about new strategies to build economic equality and his new book, Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us. In his first work of fiction, Nader tells the story of what would happen if the country’s richest and most powerful decided to act [...]

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Mandate for Change: An Assessment of the Obama Administration’s First 100 Days

Event info: Thursday 23 April 2009 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Presented by the Jamaica Plain Forum & Institute for Policy Studies Click here for location and directions! In its first 100 days in office, President Obama has begun to move the country forward. Bold plans for economic recovery, drawing down troops in Iraq, and reforming health care have been put on the table. But is [...]

Tagged as: book for sale, economics, Obama, social movements

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Mike Lux: Lessons from History for the Obama Years

Event info: Friday 13 March 2009 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Barack Obama, a liberal-leaning centrist Democrat was elected with the energetic support of progressive activists. Post-election enthusiasm remains high amongst progressives who believe that President Obama may be in a position to redefine the political center in just the way that Franklin Roosevelt did. Mike Lux, author of the new book “The Progressive Revolution” offers [...]

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Kim Fellner – Wrestling with Starbucks: The Politics of Coffee

Event info: Tuesday 17 February 2009 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

As a longtime labor and community organizer, Kim Fellner has spent her life fighting corporate abuse. But when fellow demonstrators at the 1999 “Battle of Seattle” smashed in the window of a Starbucks store, she couldn’t escape the feeling that something was wrong with the picture. How had a coffee company with a liberal reputation [...]

Tagged as: book for sale, coffee, food, Latin America, social movements

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Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times: Amy Goodman, David Goodman and You

Event info: Friday 16 May 2008 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now! visits the Jamaica Plain Forum on Friday, May 16th at 7:00pm This event is a Fundraiser for the Jamaica Plain Forum. Tickets are $5.00 Doors open at 6pm, event begins at 7pm. Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis Tickets are on sale at Rhythm and Muse (470 Center [...]

Tagged as: book for sale, community, economics, local hero, media, militarism, politics, social movements

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Stacy Mitchell, Author of “Big Box Swindle”

Event info: Thursday 28 June 2007 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

First Church of Jamaica Plain Unitarian Universalist, Parish Hall. Presenting Stacy Mitchell of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, author of “Big Box Swindle: The True Cost of Mega-Retailers and the Fight for America’s Independent Businesses ” We are blessed with specialty restaurants and independent food markets, gift shops, hardware stores, local relaters, medical professionals, clothing [...]

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Ellen Bravo Takes on the Big Boys

Event info: Wednesday 6 June 2007 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

First Church in Jamaica Plain Unitarian Universalist, Parish Hall. Ellen Bravo Takes on the Big Boys Nancy Pelosi’s election to Speaker of the House, Hillary Clinton’s realistic shot at the presidency, and Drew Gilpin Faust’s appointment as president of Harvard are being celebrated as breakthroughs for all women. But are the barriers to women’s workplace [...]

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