http://pdr.blogomat.com/ PostNuke Powered Site en-us http://pdr.blogomat.com/images/nyskyline2.jpg http://pdr.blogomat.com/ pdr@echonyc.com http://pdr.blogomat.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=80 sábado, 23 de febrero de 2008 El V Foro anual sobre la Ibogaína Por Paul de Rienzo y Joan Moossy, especial para POR ESTO! Cures Not Wars (“Curación, no Guerra”), organización que pide reformar la manera de enfrentar la cuestión de las drogas, llevó al cabo su quinto foro anual a mediados de febrero, en la histórica Avenida U de Washington, D.C. El tema del Foro, la Ibogaína, es el nombre de una droga (un alcaloide contenido en la raíz de la Tabernathe iboga, arbusto de las selvas del Congo y Gabón, en Africa Ecuatorial), que muchos consideran el primer tratamiento farmacéutico real para la drogadicción. --------- The 5th Annual Ibogaine Forum by Joan Moossy and Paul DeRienzo The drug reform advocacy group, Cures Not Wars, hosted their 5th Annual Ibogaine Forum during the weekend of February 15, 2008 on historic Avenue U in Washington, D.C. Ibogaine is the African rainforest derived drug that many say may be the first real pharmaceutical treatment for drug addiction. Cures Not Wars founder Dana Beal has been fighting to get the medical establishment in the United States and worldwide to recognize Ibogaine as a tool to humanely fight the war on drugs, by “curing” addicts. Forum presenters traveled to D.C. from Venezuela, South Africa, Mexico, and throughout the United States to discuss recent findings by doctors, biomedical researchers, religious practitioners and drug treatment professionals, who have administered Ibogaine to nearly 5,000 patients seeking relief from drug addiction. http://pdr.blogomat.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=79 Protesta estudiantil en la New School de Nueva York NUEVA YORK, EE.UU., 21 de noviembre (ESPECIAL).- El lunes 20 de noviembre, estudiantes de la neoyorquina New School y el grupo Amigos de Brad Will respondieron a la llamada de los zapatistas, para manifestar su solidaridad con el Pueblo de Oaxaca. Los actos se efectuaron en el recinto escolar y en sus alrededores. NEW YORK, USA, November 21 (SPECIAL).- On Monday November 20th, Students at the New School in NYC and Friends of Brad Will responded to the Zapatista call for actions in solidarity with the people of Oaxaca. http://pdr.blogomat.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=78 Simon, who has visited Oaxaca numerous times, describes the current situtation in Mexico and the background to the struggle of APPO and the teachers of Oaxaca against the PRI run government. Interviewd by Paul DeRienzo & Joan Moossy. http://pdr.blogomat.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=77 In English: On Monday evening, November 13th more than one hundred and fifty teachers, professors and trade unionists organized by the Professional Staff Congress of the City University of New York protested outside the Mexican Consulate in New York City chanting, "Maestros unidos jamas sera vencido!" They were protesting repression in Oaxaca, Mexico and supporting striking teachers. They were also protesting anti-labor legislation in the United States. martes, 14 de noviembre de 2006Protesta en el Consulado Mexicano en Nueva York In Spanish: El lunes en la noche del 13 de noviembre, más de 150 maestros y trabajadores organizados por el Consejo Ejecutivo del Sindicato de la Universidad de Nueva York protestaron ante el Consulado Mexicano en Nueva York cantando: “Los maestros unidos jamás serán vencidos”. Protestaron contra la represión en Oaxaca y apoyaron a los maestros en huelga; también se manifestaron contra la Legislación de EU lesiva a los trabajadores. (Joan Moossy) http://pdr.blogomat.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=76 martes, 14 de noviembre de 2006 Se reafirma la convicción de que hay que ayudar al Pueblo de Oaxaca y exigir la salida de las fuerzas federales. NUEVA YORK, EE.UU., 13 de noviembre.- Mientras la comunidad activista de la ciudad de Nueva York todavía se está recuperando de la terrible impresión del asesinato de Brad Will en Oaxaca hace casi 2 semanas; el 11 y el 12 de noviembre fue un tiempo de sanación e inspiración en memoria de Brad Will y por la unión. El servicio fue en la Iglesia de San Marcos, en el East Village. in English... Brad Will Memorial and Convergence Weekend by Joan Moossy and Paul DeRienzo While the activist community of New York City is still reeling from the shock of Brad Will’s murder in Oaxaca, Mexico almost two weeks ago, the weekend of November 11th –12th was a time of healing and inspiration at the Brad Will Memorial and Convergence Weekend in New York City. Events took place all over the downtown area beginning with the memorial ceremony at historic St Mark’s Church in NYC’s East Village. http://pdr.blogomat.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=75 Homenaje juvenil a Brad Will by Joan Moossy & Paul DeRienzo NUEVA YORK, EE.UU., 10 de noviembre.- Dos grupos activistas de estudiantes preparatorianos de Nueva York, TREA (Adolescentes por el Despertar de la Conciencia Racial y étnica) y YELL!(Los Jóvenes y Eclécticos Líderes de la Liberación; YELL quiere decir gritar en español) tuvieron el jueves una discusión en grupo sobre el trabajo de Brad Will y la lucha del Pueblo de Oaxaca con el apoyo del despliegue informativo efectuado por los POR ESTO!.... New York City Youth Honor Brad Will by Joan Moossy and Paul DeRienzo New York City high school student activist groups, TREA (Teens for Racial and Ethnic Awakening) and YELL! (The Young, Eclectic Liberation Leaders) hosted a discussion group on Thursday focusing on Brad Will's work and the struggles of the people of Oaxaca... http://pdr.blogomat.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=71 Brad Will Ride for Oaxaca, Mexico by Joan Moossy At 1pm Wednesday, November 1, 2006 Friends of Brad Will gathered on a pier on the Hudson River in New York City to take part in the “Brad Will Ride for Oaxaca, Mexico.” It was a mobile protest in solidarity with the people of Oaxaca in response to the Zapatista call for peaceful actions on November 1st and 20th. It is also part of an ongoing effort to keep Brad Will’s name and work alive. The first people to arrive unloaded signs, cardboard tubes, rubber inner tubes, white fabric birds that immediately began to flutter in the wind, and foamcore cutouts depicting Brad Will with his camera, Brad Will sitting in the lotus position, and even Brad Will on a white bike. Here Brad is a beautifully painted sillouette in earth tones with the people of Oaxaca depicted on his body and slogans written along his arms and leg, “Earth First”, “Stay in Trouble”, and “Hands Off Oaxaca”. His left hand is on the handlebars and his right hand holds a video camera. Brad Will, presente. http://pdr.blogomat.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=70 Direct Action for Oaxaca Joan Moossy and Paul DeRienzo Hundreds of supporters of murdered independent journalist Brad Will besieged Mexican Consulates in cities across the United States and around the world. In Raleigh and Indianapolis protesters seized the Mexican Consulate buildings. In North Carolina dozens of demonstrators chanting “Oaxaca unida, jamas sera vencido” to the beats of drums entered the main building until evicted by police after three hours. In New York City, 12 friends of Brad Will were arrested Monday morning at a protest in honor of their fallen comrade and in support of the people of Oaxaca. It was a beautiful autumn day and more than 200 people gathered with signs and banners reading, “Oaxaca, The World is Watching”; “Oaxaca Governor Ruiz Assassin”; and “Cops Kill” One banner featured a large photograph of Brad with a small child captioned, “Brad Will, Friend of the People; No Police Massacre in His Name.” The banner was stretched along the gate front of the Consulate building. Meanwhile, Brad’s black bicycle, a symbol of the freedom-loving bicycle messengers of New York City was locked to the fence in protest. The protestors were a multicultural group of young people, who were joined by representatives of a wide range of social groups reflecting Brad’smany friends. http://pdr.blogomat.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=69 They demand Justice for the crime against Brad Will and Oaxaca (rough translation) FROM New York POR ESTO! has received images reflecting the indignation in the intellectual sector, by the brutal murder of the outstanding camarógrafo Brad Will, occuring during the aggression to the Town of Oaxaca, as well as of combative solidarity towards the fight of the oaxaqueños against a despotic and corrupt regime. Joanie Moossy and Paul DeRienzo, close companions of the Editor-in-Chief of POR ESTO! (Mario Menendez Rodriguez) assumed the responsibility by the shipment of the graphical and descriptive material to the amiable readers of the Newspaper of the Dignity, the Identity and the Sovereignty, that have the opportunity to know the events at the the doors of the Consulate of Mexico in New York, as well as in the surrounding streets, where several hundred intellectual workers paralyzed traffic with their bodies, wearing t-shirts marked with a spot of blood, to represent the murder of Brad Will. http://pdr.blogomat.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=74 Article by Paul DeRienzo and Joan Moossy for Por Esto! http://pdr.blogomat.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=68 (rough translation) The acts of civil disobedience to demand justice before the repression and the crime put in check the New York police, as they ran from one side to another to arrest the "indisciplinados" as protesters unfolded banners denouncing the government's crimes in Oaxaca or fixed their demands to the grates of the Consulate of Mexico, where several of the demonstrators had been chained. Several hundred intellectual workers paralyzed traffic with their bodies, wearing t-shirts with a spot of blood, to represent the murder of Brad Will. http://pdr.blogomat.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=67 (rough translation) Last Saturday at night, 28 of October, in spite of the frozen wind that surrounded to New York, tens of people met for two hours in front of to the Consulate of Mexico to express energetic protest against the repression in Oaxaca and its recognition to the work of Authentic Journalism demonstrated by the outstanding American camarógrafo Brad Will, brutally assassinated by the bullets of enemy police of the Mexican Town. Also participating in the Vigil for Brad Will appeared recognized and excellent commentators of radio and television Joan Moossy and Paul DeRienzo, always shared in common and close friends of the Chief of a main directorate of Por Esto! (Mario Menendez Rodriguez), who took the photographs illustrating the pages of Por Esto!, whose cover, corresponding to the same Saturday 28 of October, is a tribute paid to the memory of the fallen companion. The Directors of Por Esto! expresses its gratefulness to Joan Moossy and Paul DeRienzo with its permanent solidarity, now and always. http://pdr.blogomat.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=66 This story is dedicated to the proposition that the future of Mexico and the United States can best be served by the peaceful unification of both countries under a democratic government that serves the needs of what would be a new nation of 400 million people stretching from near the equator to north of the Arctic Circle. The new nation, which could be named the United States of North America would take on one of the most important and pressing tasks in human history, equal to the famed unification of upper and Lower Egypt under the Pharaohs. The unification would be as difficult as it is urgent, even as fate and economy have already inseparably intertwined the two nations. Both countries need to be saved from their own misrule, which has created poverty and insinuated hatred and racism between neighbors. A new government, based on revolutionary principals of the Rights of Man, the individual’s quest for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. http://pdr.blogomat.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=65 Aton Edwards author of Preparedness Now! An Emergency Survival Guide for Civilians and their Families. An essential guidebook for protection fom extreme weather, infectious disease and terrorist attack was our guest on the last Tuesday in August. Aton marked the 1-year anniversary of the collapse of the levies began tone of he worst natural disasters in US history. We're also approaching the 5th anniversary of the 9/11 disaster. Aton has suggestions for "go bags," basic survival kits and other tips that can save a life. http://pdr.blogomat.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=64 Peter Lance discusses his books 1000 Year for Revenge, Cover Up: What the Government is Still Hiding About the War on Terror and his latest book Triple Cross: Bin Laden's Spy in America Lance is an investigative reporter who has uncovered troubling evidence that he claims proves US government authorities are covering up criminal negligence in the handling of information that could have prevented 9/11 from happening. Read the NY Times review of the National Geographic documentary about Triple Cross, Lance's latest book. http://pdr.blogomat.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=63 Cynthia R. Copeland is an education curator with the New-York Historical Society. Ms. Copeland is currently directing a digital learning project featuring NYHS collections that illustrate the story of the American Revolution. She has been in the field for fifteen years and has curated exhibitions, including the critically acclaimed Before Central Park: The Life and Death of Seneca Village a significant nineteenth century free black community that once stood within a site, which today is known as Central Park; researched and contributed to books, and has developed and written curricula, programs and walking tours about New York City and American history, with an emphasis on integrating primary sources. Among Ms. Copeland's professional affiliations are local and national organizations working towards the preservation, acknowledgement and dissemination of the significance of history in contemporary society and for museum education advocacy. http://pdr.blogomat.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=62 Joe E. Jeffries is a drag historian who teaches theater at NYU and Stony Brook University. He moderated "Kings and Queens of New York City," with participants ranging from old-timers like Flawless Sabrina, who began doing her act in the late 50s to drag king Murray Hill. He's also working on an anthology of drag performance plays and texts. http://pdr.blogomat.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=61 Paul DeRienzo and Joan Moossy interview Les Jamieson from NY 911 Truth. Was 9/11 an "inside job?" We take viewer calls and present the evidence. Paul DeRienzo announces that a disaster has occured at the World Trade Center while broadcasting from WBAI on 9-11-01 http://pdr.blogomat.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=60 Gilbert Baker, known as the gay Betsy Ross, is the creator of the Rainbow Flag. He designed the flag in San Francisco in 1978 as a positive alternative to the Pink Triangle -- a symbol first used by the Nazis to identify homosexuals. http://pdr.blogomat.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=59 The Let Them Talk Interview with Palestinian artist Samia Halaby. "Made in Palestine" is a show of contemporary Palestinian art. Samia will be discussing the show and the political and artistic situation in Palestine with hosts Paul DeRienzo & Miss Joan Marie Moossy. Let Them Talk Tuesday's @ 8 PM eastern time Manhattan Neighborhood Network Channel 56 --or-- mnn.org click on channel 56 http://pdr.blogomat.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=58 Bogdan Denitch is a Professor Emeritus at City University of NY where he headed the sociology Department for 12 years. He founded and ran the Socialist Scholars Conference held at Cooper Union for a quarter century. He currently runs a NGO based in Zagreb, Croatia fighting for the return of refugees to the region after a decade of war. We spoke with him about the impact of the uncompleted war crimes trial in The Hague of former Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevich. Slobodan Milosevich was one of the key figures in the Yugoslav war during the 1990s. He was indicted in May 1999, by the United Nation’s International Criminal Tribunal for crimes against humanity in Kosovo. Milosevich died in custody in The Hague on March 11, 2005 before a final verdict on his case was reached. Let Them Talk with Paul DeRienzo & Miss Joan Marie Moossy on Manhattan Neighborhood Network, Channel 56 every Tuesday at 8 PM eastern. Also available on the Internet at mnn.org on channel 56. http://pdr.blogomat.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=57 Ian Williams is the United Nations correspondent for The Nation magazine. He spoke with Joanie & Paul about the possibility of a United States attack on Iran, the crisis in Darfur, the UN Oil for Food Scandal and the future of the UN in New York City. http://pdr.blogomat.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=56 click on the image to see the video. At a protest against the Sotheby auction of Johnny Cash "Man in Black" memorabilia spnsored by the Tennessee delegation to the Republican National Convention, Dead Kennedy's star Biafra spoke with reporters and protestors about his debt to Johnny Cash and the Bush regime. http://pdr.blogomat.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=55 Let Them Talk was founded by Paul DeRienzo as a weekly radio program on WBAI, a Pacifica Foundation radio station based in New York City. Paul was joined by Miss Joan Marie Moossy who has co-hosted the program since 1997. The new TV version of Let Them Talk will combine live talk with on the spot news coverage and fascinating guests covering topics ranging from the war in Iraq to local politics from New York's Lower East Side. This show features former Community Board 3 member and campaign worker Philip Van Aver discussing the recent Campaign Finance Board investigation of former city councilmember Margarita's Lopez's 2001 campaign. http://pdr.blogomat.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=54 The notion that the psychological and emotional trauma endured by a crime victim doesn’t end with the crime has become the rationale in one of New York City’s most effective agencies. The Crime Victims Treatment Center at St. Luke’s Hospital has been serving the needs of victims of rape and domestic assault for nearly 30-years. It is now the largest and most comprehensive hospital-based victim treatment center in New York and one of the largest in the nation.