Week Starting Thursday, March 24

In this week's report:

Facts on the Ground Don't Support Peace for Israel and Palestine

New York State Assembly Considers Death Penalty - Thiele Asks Your Opinion

Letter to Congressman Bishop: Your Vote to Fund the Iraq War

Peace and Justice Calendar

Suffolk Peace Vigils

East End Peace and Justice Organizations

The East End Report is now at
www.eastendrep.blogspot.com

Also see www.spv.active.ws
the Suffolk Progressive Vision Web Site
for news from the Suffolk Peace Network,
Counter Military Recruiting Committee
and much more.
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The East End Report is heard on
Bill McNulty's"Lunch on Thursday" 12N, Thursday
WUSB Stony Brook 90.1 FM and WUSB.org

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East End Report excerpts on
Jim Krivo's Long Island Report
Thursday 6:45am on 'Wake Up Call'
WBAI 99.5 FM NYC and WBAI.org

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In December at a Bellport Town Meeting

Congressman Tim Bishop

Pledged Not To Vote More Funding

for the Iraq War.

Last week

Congressman Bishop Voted For

$80 Billion Iraq War Appropriation


Call In to Protest
or Write Congressman Bishop

Demand an Exit Date
To End The Occupation of Iraq

Call Congressman Tim Bishop at 631-696-6500

or FAX Congressman Tim Bishop at 631-696-4520

or Write Congressman Tim Bishop

at 3680 Route 112 Suite C, Coram, New York 11727.

URGE HIS SUPPORT FOR A NEGOTIATED
MILITARY EXIT DATE OUT OF IRAQ


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Sign Petition to Support Academic Freedom


and Colorado Native American Author


Ward Churchill


Click Here to Sign Petition

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Attention Cable TV Viewers:

Show for the Workers
with Brian O'Haire

Thursdays from 5-6 PM

also

Suffolk Progressive Vision on TV

Sunday 4 am

Brookhaven / Hauppage

Public Access TV Channel 20


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"The Childrenof Ibdaa: To Create Something Out of Nothing"

A Palestinian children's dance troupe
from the West Bank
tells the story of their people’s struggle


Every Monday at 10:30 PM
Every Wednesday at 12:30 am


Riverhead /Southampton /
Southold / Shelter Island

Public Access TV Channel 20


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The East End Report is compiled by Tony Ernst.
Comments and corrections should be sent to
eastendreport@optonline.net
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Facts on the Ground Don't Point to Peace

While major news services talk about a new chance for peace in Israel and Palestine the facts on the ground do not support this.

The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (www.icahd.org) in Jerusalem has launched a compaign to help inform people about what is acutally happening in Palestine and to encourage them to write to government officials and the media about crimes committed by the Israeli administration of the occupied territories. You can connect with this effort by joining the list-serve http://groups.yahoo.com/group/icahdaction/ which provided much of the information in the the following:

In 1991 talks started in Madrid between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization. In 1993 the PLO renounced its claim to 78% of historical Palestine and in 1995 they signed an agreement saying "The two sides view the West Bank and the Gaza Strip as a single territorial unit, the integrity and status of which will be preserved” [until a final settlement.]

Between 1991 and 1995, the number of settlers grew from 112,000 to 147,000. The settlers now in the Occupied Territories number almost 400,000, with about 6,500 to be removed from the Gaza Strip in the near future. If the status of the West Bank and Gaza were to be preserved, then one would expect that the settlements would not have been allowed to grow, and no new settlements would have been established. There are 128 settlements and 99 outposts in the West Bank now and more in occupied East Jerusalem. Fifteen of the outposts (small encampments without official Israeli recognition) are being expanded to make them more permanent.

In addition to the West Bank settlements a wall of Jewish settlements around the southern edge of East Jerusalem has been established. This is part of Israel's attempt to make East Jerusalem a permanent piece of Israel. Existing settlements in this area are being expanded, swallowing up Palestinian villages and adding some 7500 settlers to the area (more than are to leave Gaza).

In Gaza, under the withdrawal plan, Palestinians will still be locked within the borders controlled by the Israeli Army. In the West Bank a network of Israeli-only roads form a 'matrix of control' around the Palestinian towns. These roads, together with the separation barrier variously called a wall or a fence and the checkpoints on roads Palestinians must use to get from place to place make it impossible to establish a viable state with an economy which could support its people.

The facts on the ground do not point to a chance for peace in Israel and Palestine.

New York State Assembly Considers Death Penalty

The New York State Assembly is currently holding public hearings to examine 'the future of the death penalty' according to Assemblman Fred Thiele who represents the east end in Albany.

Mr. Thiele has mailed a survey (yes, another Thiele survey) to get our opinion on the death penalty. Should the penalty be exacted for more crimes, fewer crimes or be replaced with life imprisonment without parole?

If you feel strongly about this issue look for the survey in the mail. If you did not get the mailing you may write to Assemblyman Thiele at PO Box 3062, Bridgehampton, NY 11932

Letter to Tim Bishop: Your Vote to Fund the Iraq War

Note: after posting this letter we were reminded that at a Town Meeting in Bellport in December Mr. Bishop pledged to vote no more funds for the Iraq war.


March 17, 2005

Dear Mr. Bishop:

There is no possible justification for voting more billions for the war against Iraq. There is no exit strategy and the Bush administration has no plans for leaving while they have control of the Iraqi economy. The laws of the US imposed regime are still in effect... if we leave the Iraqis may succeed in reclaiming their oil and power over contracts.

The only way to stop the war, the killing of ours and theirs and the world-wide terrorism our actions engender is to stop funding the war.

We should get out and fund an international effort to re-build what we destroyed in Iraq.

Bring our troops home NOW!

yours for peace,

Anthony Ernst

Southampton , NY


Peace & Justice Calendar - Week Starting March 24

* March 24 (Thursday): "The Oil Connection" Discussion in Massapequa at 7:30pm

* March 26 (Saturday): Film: "Battle of Algiers" and East End Vets Meeting in Bridgehampton at 6:30 pm.

* March 27(Easter Sunday): Vigil for Peace in Patchogue at 6:00 pm

* March 28 (Monday): OLA Monthly Meeting - Talk on Starting Your Own Business in Bridgehampton at 7pm

* April 1 (Friday): Jack's Waterfall and Leslie Mendelson in Concert at Brookhaven Lab 8pm

* April 3 (Sunday): East End Women in Black Vigil for Peace in Bridgehampton 3pm

* April 8 (Friday): Father Roy Bourgeois of School of Americas Watch Speaks in East Hampton at 7pm

* April 10(Sunday): Executive Director of Suffolk Civil Liberties Union to Speak on Patriiot Act

* April 11 (Monday): Panel Discussion on 'The Patriot Act and You" in Southampton at 7pm

* Repeating Events: "Herstory" Writing Workshops in English and Spanish: Thursdays in East Hampton at 7 pm

Details follow:



March 24 ( Thursday): "The Oil Connection", LI School Of Americas Watch Presentation in Massapequa at 7:30 pm

In past years the School of the Americas issue was a necessary teaching tool to assist people in understanding the Imperial nature of our policies. With the oil driven invasion and occupation of Iraq that need is not as great since events unfolding before us each day serve that purpose.
For this reason keep March 24 open so you can be part of a presentation, at Massapequa Public Library at Bar Harbor, 40 Harbor Lane in Massapequa Park.

Contact Bill McNulty at 631-751 - 2097



March 26 (Saturday): Film: "Battle of Algiers" and East End Vets Meeting in Bridgehampton at 6:30 pm.

Monthly meeting of East End Vets begins at 6:30 Film at 7:30 followed by public discussion with refreshments. Bridgehampton Bank Community Room. Montauk Hwy and Snake Hollow Road in Bridgehampton.

info: leoneill@optonline.net



March 27(Easter Sunday): Vigil for Peace in Patchogue at 6:00 pm

The South Country Peace Group, Pax Christi and Women In Black sponsor the 14th Monthly Candlelight Vigil in Patchogue at the Four Corners (Ocean and Main Streets).

A memorial to all those who have died in the Iraq War inlcuding a reading of the names of some who have died.

What better day than to stand as a presence for peace than on the day of the celebration of the resurrection of the Prince of Peace?

Bring a candle or flashlight.
Bring a friend along.

Contact: Dennis at dmu7@optonline.net


March 28 (Monday): OLA Monthly Meeting - Talk on Starting Your Own Business in Bridgehampton at 7 pm

OLA (Organizacion Latino Americana of Eastern Long Island and the Bridgehamton National Bank invite you to a seminar on Starting Your Own Business at the bank located at 2200 Montauk Highway at Snake Hollow Road
in Bridgehampton. The meeting starts at 7pm in the bank Community Room.

For more infomation call OLA at 631-726-6526



April 1 (Friday): Jack's Waterfall and Leslie Mendelson in Concert at Brookhaven Lab 8pm

Local band 'Jack's Waterfall' and singer/songwriter Leslie Mendelson will apppear in concert at Berkner Hall, Brookhaven National Lab on Friday, April 1, 8 pm

Advance tickets are available at BNL Employees Recreation Office, Berkner Hall, 9 am to 3 pm weekdays or on the web at Ticketweb.com.

The Laboratory is located on William Floyd Pkwy (CR 46) one and a half miles north of Exit 68 of the LIE. Visitors 16 or older will need a photo ID to enter the Lab.

For more info: call Brian at 631-665-3967



April 3 (Sunday): East End Women in Black Vigil for Peace in Bridgehampton 3pm

East End Women in Black are a group of women, and men on the east end who stand for peace and justice for all people. We oppose the war in Iraq and the occupations of both Iraq and the West Bank and Gaza in Palestine. We say Bring the Troops Home Now!

Please join East End Women in Black at 3pm on Sunday, April 3 at the Monument in Bridgehampton (Ocean Road and Rte 27) .


More Info: www.eewib.blogspot.com or 631-831-4966 or email eewib@optonline.net




April 8 (Friday): Father Roy Bourgeois of School of Americas Watch Speaks in East Hampton at 7pm

Father Roy Bourgeois, the founder of the organization fighting to stop US military training of Latin American military officers will speak at East Hampton's Windmill II Housing Community Room Friday evening, April 8 at 7 p.m. at Windmill II, 219 Accabonac Road in East Hampton

Contact Gerry Mooney at johngwrl@aol.com



April 10(Sunday): Executive Director of Suffolk Civil Liberties Union to Speak on Patriiot Act

On April 10th Jared Feuer will speak at the South Country Library in Bellport from 2-4 pm. His topic will be Security, Liberty, and the US Patriot Act. This library is located at 22 Station Road in Bellport.

Come out to support the Bill of Rights





April 11 (Monday): Panel Discussion on 'The Patriot Act and You" in Southampton at 7pm

How much is too much to promise in return for 'protection against terroism'? The Patriot Act, passed in October 2001 (without most of Congress having read it), is scheduled either to expire or be renewed in December 2005.

A panel discussion on the Patriot act will be held at the Morris Meeting Room of the Rogers Memorial Library on Meeting House Lane in Southampton on Monday April 11 at 7pm.

Speakers are Bill Murphy (Rogers Library board president), Mackie Finnerty (attorney), Carol Mellor, attorney) and Barbara Jordan of the League of Women Voters of the Hamptons.

The panel and audience will discuss such topics as the right of government to access your library and bookstore records, monitor your computer use or enter your home without notice.

The event is sponsored by The League of Women Voters of the Hamptons and the Rogers Memorial Library.

Reservations appreciated. More info at 631-283-0774 extension 523




Repeating Event:

"Herstory" Writing Workshops in Spanish and English: Thursdays in East Hampton

Every Thursday women come together to share their writing with one another and receive feedback on how to structure and shape their life writing.

The East Hampton workshop is open to East Hampton Town residents. It meets every Thursday, 7-9 p.m., at the Senior Citizens Center, 128 Springs-Fireplace Road.