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The Change We Knead Now. Bake Bread For
WORLD PEACE
Healthcare NOW! Rally and Lobby Day July 30th - World March For Peace and Nonviolence - Protest the G20
Summit in Pittsburgh - National and World Gatherings - 30th Anniversary
Celebration of Food Not Bombs - Anti- McDonalds
Day
These updates made on June 30, 2009
Pioneer
Valley Food Not Bombs intimidated into shutting down by men with guns
and badges.
The Change We Knead Now. Bake Bread For WORLD PEACE
Sit with us outside the White House and bake
bread for WORLD PEACE starting July 4, 2009 in Lafayette Park outside
the White House in Washington D.C.
Everyone is invited to join us outside the White
House in support of the changes Americans voted for in the historic
election of Obama. We spent trillions to bail out America's
corporations now it s time to bail out the American people. On July 4,
2009 we will start baking bread with the sun outside the White House and
ask people to sign this petition:
The Change We Knead Now.
Bake Bread For WORLD PEACE
Medicare: Made in America
Lobby Day and Rally - July, 30th in Washington D.C. organized by Healthcare NOW! www.healthcare-now.org
Books on Nonviolent Direct Action - Albert Einstein
Institution
ARRESTING FOOD NOT BOMBS IS CENSORSHIP
Food Not Bombs To Continue 'Sharing'
Food Without License
Government agents are trying to stop Food Not
Bombs from sharing meals all across the United States. Northampton
Police celebrated the 29th anniversary of Food Not Bombs by ordering
our Pioneer Valley valley chapter to stop. Volunteers with Middletown
Food Not Bombs anti-war and anti-hunger group, cited and arrested for
distributing food to the public without a license, plan to continue
'sharing' food despite the possibility of more citations, a
member said Tuesday. Middletown Food Not Bombs, Hartford Food Not Bombs
File First Amendment Lawsuit against City of Middletown, State of
Connecticut on June 22, 2009.
Here is an email from Albuquerque
Food Not Bombs
On Friday, May 8, 2009, Food Not Bombs
Albuquerque was notified that they are facing an injunction in court to
stop sharing food anywhere that the state of New Mexico requires a
permit. The motion filed by the New Mexico Environment Department cites
Mike Butler, Patrick Jaite, and Several Unidentified Members of FNB as
"John Does", as defendents. We are currently going to be talking
with lawyers and figuring out what our next step is. We are still
looking for any lawyer that will do pro-bono work to defend us. (our
contact info will be below). Please spread the word about the repression
that is happening and know that we will continue to share food to all
that are hungry. Sincerely, Food Not Bombs Albuquerque fnb_505@yahoo.com
and leave a message for us @ (505) 842-5697.
Taos, New Mexico Food Not Bombs was served with an order to stop on May
14, 2009. This winter our Taos office started getting calls, emails and
letters from several state governments ordering Food Not Bombs to stop
sharing literature and meals in public.
LEGAL
DOCUMENTS
ORDERING FOOD NOT BOMBS TO STOP SHARING MEALS IN NEW
MEXICO
MORE
ON THE SPRING 2009 CLAMPDOWN AGAINST FOOD
NOT BOMBS
Pioneer Valley Food Not
Bombs intimidated into shutting down by men with guns and
badges.
Food Not Bombs meal cut short by
cops
Dozens Enjoy Middletown Food Not
Bombs Meal, Police Issue 2 Tickets
Middletown Police Ticket Food Not Bombs
Food Not Bombs To Continue 'Sharing' Food
Without License - The Hartford
Courant
Food Rebellions: 7
Steps to Solving the Food Crisis
A Tsunami of
Hunger
Activist
group: Police told us to stop
Flagstaff City Hall urges Food Not Bombs to obtain
permit
FOOD NOT BOMBS
GATHERINGS
The Food Not Bombs movement is
growing! New groups start every week and many chapters are adding more
meals each week. It is an exciting time to volunteer with Food Not
Bombs. This summer there will be several Food Not Bombs Gatherings. The
first will be in Taos, New Mexico May 23 to 25, 2009. To get involved
email menu@foodnotbombs.net
The
National Food Not Bombs Gathering in Omaha Nebraska August 7th to 9th
with space for people to crash and camp. People can contact Omaha Food
Not Bombs if they would like to put on workshops or trainings. Email
them at omahafnbs@gmail.com
FOOD NOT BOMBS
GATHERINGS
THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF FOOD NOT
BOMBS
Food Not Bombs invites you to celebrate our first 30 years!
Food Not Bombs started was started by eight antinuclear activist
after the May 24, 1980 Occupation Attempt of Seabrook Nuclear Power
Station. Thirty years later Food Not Bombs is sharing free vegetarian
meals and working for peace and social justice in over 1,000 cities
around the world. Volunteers are already discussing plans for a global
celebration and invite every chapter to talk about how they would like
to mark our thirty year history. In the past Food Not Bombs organized
Soupstock Free Outdoor Concerts and World Gatherings.
HOW DO YOU WANT TO CELEBRATE THE 30TH
ANNIVERSARY OF FOOD NOT BOMBS?
SOUPSTOCK 2010 - BOSTON,
MASSACHUSETTS
Start your Food Not Lawns
garden
It is time to plan this summers garden!
It is time for volunteers in the northern hemisphere to get their
seeds together and draw out your plan for this springs garden. If you
didnt have a Food Not Lawns garden last year seek out a place to start
planting this spring. You might find an empty lot or sunny yard and
find out if it is possible to use it for a community garden. Visit the
Food Not Lawns page to order the book and buy your seeds.
FOOD NOT LAWNS
PROTESTS FOR ECONOMIC
JUSTICE
Food Not Bombs groups are planing Food
Not Lawns community gardens, organizing Homes Not Jails squats and
partcipating in direct actions to resist corporate domination. Let us
know your plans and we will post them here. Check out the Albert
Einstein Institution website for ideas on actions that have worked.
Albert Einstein
Institution
Just
$6bn Will Save a Generation from Starvation, says UN
HELP PREPARE FOR THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC
CRISIS
Please join Food Not Bombs to provide food and logistical
support for the families displaced by the crisis. Mobilize Your
Community.
You can help
Food Not Bombs address the problems caused by the collapes of the world
economy. Plans to prepare for this crisis were agreed to at the March
2008 Food Not Bombs Gathering in Nashville. One of the most popular
proposals was the creation of Food Not Lawns Gardens. Over 60 Food Not
Lawns projects started in response to the ideas created at the
gathering. It will be time to start germinating our seeds soon if you
live in the northern hemisphere. Our southern chapters are starting the
harvest. The people attending the gathering are encouraging that each
group try to organize meals every day adding a day as people volunteer.
As the economy crashes we will be called on to provide food, help with
drinking water, electricity, heat and many other basic needs. This is a
time for the Food Not Bombs to show that it is possible to bring our
communities together and address the needs of everyone without violence
or the coersion of the corporations and the state. This crisis gives us
a chance to end consumerism and corporate domination. It is time to
start creating a world of peace, social justice and respect for our
environment.Food Not Bombs groups are taking action against the
failure of capitalism in communities all over the world. The weekly
protests in Iceland take place near Food Not Bombs regular meal.
Websites report "Couple of meters away from the park were the
protests take place, a Food Not Bombs groups has been giving away food
every Saturday for the last 8 or 9 months. Food Not Bombs has for sure
had it's effect of the walking-by Icelanders, who are getting more
curious and interested in alternative solutions to the problems of
capitalism."
MORE ON THE
DIRECT ACTION IN ICELAND
WHO CARES ABOUT
KENNEDY?
A Modern-Day Expose From the Wild
West Who Cares About Kennedy?
www.whocaresaboutkennedy.com
WHO CARES ABOUT KENNEDY? A Modern-Day Expose From the Wild West
Who Cares About Kennedy? is a work of narrative fiction based (heavily)
on the true story of Food Not Bombs co-founder Jo Swanson"s
association with Joshua Stevens. She met him in Durango, Colorado, back
in 1999. There he told her he was writing a book about his father and
the assassination conspiracy. He asked her if she wanted to help? This
is her memoir of what happened to Joshua Stevens and his book; how the
tell-all Kennedy blockbuster of the century was stopped before it ever
went to press and how the author was silenced. It is also Jo"s story
and her history with Food Not Bombs. Finally, it is a tale of the town
of Durango which, if you have ever been here you will know, is populated
with many unique people. To avoid lawsuits and worse, all the names have
been changed except the cat"s. There is no index of evidence
attached but it definitely exists. Anyone who cares to seek further will
find all the clues necessary within this book.
One Can Make a
Difference
How You Can BE the Change You
Want to See in the World
www. amazon.com/ One Can Make a Difference
When Ingrid E. Newkirk almost singlehandedly set into motion
the largest animal-rights organization in the world, she knew that one
person can make a difference. In her new book, Newkirk has collected the
wisdom, stories, and insight of more than 50 activists and
world-changers who have proven that one person can create a movement.
Through fascinating stories and advice, this book offers a roadmap for
those of us seeking to better the world, and also provides a boost of
inspiration for seasoned activists and other quiet agents of change.
Protest the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania September
24 - 25, 2009
The third G20 summit is going to be in Pittsburgh on September
24th and 25th 2009. Everyone is encouraged to join the massive protests
in Pittsburgh. The G20 summits are taking place in response to the
greatest worldwide economic crisis since the 1930s. However, the purpose
of these high-level meetings of governments and bankers is not to rescue
the people of the world from depression level unemployment, evictions,
homelessness, poverty, social and economic inequality and war. These
summits are about fixing the economic and financial order that puts
profits before people-and fixing that system by creating more poverty,
misery and suffering.
G20 Pittsburgh: US Hosting September
Summit
WORLD MARCH FOR PEACE
AND NONVIOLENCE
October 2, 2009
The World March for Peace and Nonviolence was launched during the
Symposium of the WorldCenter for Humanist Studies held at the Park of
Study and Reflection in Punta de Vacas, Argentina, on November 15,2008.
The World March aims to generate consciousness of the dangerous global
situation in which we are living, a situation marked by the heightened
probability of nuclear conflict, a renewed arms race, and the violent
military occupation of foreign territories. The World March is a
proposal for an unprecedented social mobilization, advanced by the
Humanist Movement through one of its organizations, World Without Wars.
Since its initial proposal things have developed very quickly. In just a
few months the World March has received the endorsement of thousands of
people, pacifist and nonviolence groups, a variety of institutions, and
renowned figures from the worlds of science, culture, and politics, who
are sensitive to the urgency of the moment. It has also inspired an
enormous diversity of initiatives in more than 100 countries, becoming a
rapidly growing human phenomenon.
www.theworldmarch.org
National
March for Equality
October 11, 2009
On October 10-11, 2009, we will gather in Washington DC from all
across America to let our elected leaders know that now is the time for
full equal rights for LGBT people. We will gather. We will march. And we
will leave energized and empowered to do the work that needs to be done
in every community across the nation.
www.nationalequalitymarch.com
WORLDWIDE ANTI
McDONALDS DAY
October 16, 2009
Food Not Bombs groups have been sharing free vegan burgers
outside McDonalds on October 16th for years. While the McLibel case
against London Greenpeace is over Food Not Bombs continues to mark
Anti-McDonalds Day in hundreds of cities around the world. McDonalds is
expecting us again this year. The yearly protest grew from the fact that
McDonalds is an example of corporate abuse. London Greenpeace published
a flyer about the unhealthy food, environmental distruction and poor
working conditions and wages. McDonalds filed a libel case against
London Greenpeace fighting every word on the flyer.
www.mcspotlight.org
350.org INTERNATIONAL DAY OF
CLIMATE ACTION
October 24, 2009
Scientists say that
350 parts per million CO2 in the atmosphere is the safe limit for
humanity. Learn more about 350 and what it means, where it came from, and
how to get there. All Food Not Bombs volunteers are invited to organize
a local action or provide meals at the action near you.
www.350.org
BUY NOTHING
DAY
November 27, 2009
Food Not Bombs groups have been
sharing free meals outside department store on Buy Nothing Day for
years. The corporate media calls Buy Nothing Day Black Friday because it
is the start of the Christmas shopping season. Last year several people
were killed during the shopping rush. While the media reported on these
deaths the more important issue is the global crisis consumers are
causing when the buy tons of materials destine for the garbage. Forests,
oceans, rivers, and the earth are wasted in this orgy of shopping.
Millions of people work at slave wages to provide huge profits for
corporate rulers while the climate fails and life on earth is in danger.
Buy Nothing Day is the first step to Buy Nothing Year and our effort to
defend our future. See you on the streets.
www.buy_nothing_day.
org
Americans are tossing $100 billion of food a year
Timothy Jones of the University of Arizona reports on how
much food is thrown away. We can recover this food and feed thousands. A
community of well feed people provides an oppertunity to work for a
better world.
Looking For All Food Not Bombs
Songs
We are collecting all the songs about Food Not Bombs for a CD. If
you know of a song that is about food Not Bombs please send us a digital
copy, EP, tape, the liner notes and any images that might be linked to
the song. Our address is Food Not Bombs Menu, P.O. Box 424, Arroyo Seco,
NM 87514 USA. You can email a sound file to menu@foodnotbombs.net.
MORE CAMPAIGNS Call 1-800-884-1136 of email us at
menu@foodnotbombs.net
 THE FOOD NOT BOMBS STARTUP KIT
Everything you need to
start a local Food Not Bombs group in your community. A full color
banner, on copy of the 126 page Food Not Bombs handbook, a DVD, flyers
you can reprint and buttons. Everything you need to start a
group.
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THE FOOD NOT BOMBS
HANDBOOK
This 126 page book shows you how to cook for 100 people,
has detailed information about starting a Food Not Bombs group.
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FLYERS AND IMAGES TO MAKE
FLYERS
Flyers, graphics, logos, and photos you can use to help
you start your Food Not Bombs group. Please use any of these images on
posters, flyers or on your new website. |
POST THIS FLYER ALL OVER
TOWN
You can start a Food Not Bombs group in you community buy
making copies of this flyer, add your phone number and post it all over
town in cafes, bookstores, schools, and store
windows. |
FOOD NOT BOMBS
MATERIALS
It can be helpful to raise money and awareness to have
Food Not Bombs buttons, stickers and other materials on your table at
events and concerts. Our office provides these materials at half price
to Food Not Bombs chapters. You will attract more volunteers and support
in your community when people see the Food Not Bombs image all over
town. |
CONTACT A FOOD NOT BOMBS
GROUP NEAR YOUBefore you start a group see if one is already active
in your community. If you do find a group in your town try work with
them. Sometimes the contact information is old and the group has stopped
so if you find this has happened then let us know and start a new
chapter. You can also invite a Food Not Bombs group near your community
to help you get started. When you get your group going please email us
the correct contact information and the times, days and locatons of
where you share food. |
FOOD NOT BOMBS PRESENTATION
One great way to help
start a Food Not Bombs group is to invite the co-founder Keith McHenry
to speak to your community. Student activity centers at colleges and
universities will provide funding for a presentation by Keith, helping
with airfare and an honorarium. You can learn more about Keith and
listen to his presentations
here |
YOUR LITERATURE AND FOOD
TABLEYour Food Not Bombs group can have real impact when you include
literature and a banner at every meal. If you set up your table at a
location that is busy with a diversity of people at a time when lots of
pedestrians walk by you will be able to attract more volunteers and
discover new food sourses. You can also meet people who would have never
known about the issues we are working on. Many Food Not Bombs tables are
considered the place to visit for infromation, community as well as
great food. This page shows you how you can have a more effective Food
Not Bombs table. |
Food
Not Bombs
P.O. Box 424, Arroyo Seco, NM 87514 USA
575-776-3880
1-800-884-1136
menu@foodnotbombs. net
www.foodnotbombs.net
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