short-cuts to happiness

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"Great dancers aren't great because of their technique; they are great because of their passion. There are short-cuts to happiness, and dancing is one of them."

RESIST! on Oct. 6th - We Are Not Your Soldiers - High-School Resistance

Oct 6th will be a National Day to Resist Military Recruiters for high-school students. Iraqi Veterans Against the War and World Can't Wait invite you to be seen on your high-school campus along with students on campuses across the country on October 6th to resist military recruiters. For more information visit WeAreNotYourSoldiers.Org.



No matter where you are, you have a voice! Whether we resist military recruiters has everything to do with the future we’ll get.

On Tuesday, October 6 students can:

* Wear an orange bandanna or ribbon (the color against torture and war) to show there's a movement
* Show a film of Iraq veterans telling about the war crimes the US military committed. Invite anti-war veterans to talk to your class or assembly. WeAreNotYourSoldiers.org
* Confront military recruiters at your school or in the mall, telling them why you refuse to sign up, so that other students hear your side.
* Protest at a military recruiting office and call the media to let them know why.

changing people

This is a photo of people watching the SDS Funk the War Protest in Washington, D.C. this past summer. In these faces is change.
(click the photo to enlarge)

Disco Dave

I would have stayed up with you all night...

I used to know how to talk to people. Can I let myself go back there? It's a struggle to forgive. Maybe just a process to undo. Unraveling layers of protection. Warrior or medic? I have been all medic with no warrior and all warrior with no medic. How much is the right amount of each? How do I manage to get right down inside people, sit down next to their innocence, and yet keep their brutality far enough away from me? I am on my way. When I get there, it'll be like coming home.



Step one you say we need to talk
He walks you say sit down it's just a talk
He smiles politely back at you
You stare politely right on through
Some sort of window to your right
As he goes left and you stay right
Between the lines of fear and blame
You begin to wonder why you came

Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life

Let him know that you know best
Cause after all you do know best
Try to slip past his defense
Without granting innocence
Lay down a list of what is wrong
The things you've told him all along
And pray to God he hears you
And pray to God he hears you

Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life

As he begins to raise his voice
You lower yours and grant him one last choice
Drive until you lose the road
Or break with the ones you've followed
He will do one of two things
He will admit to everything
Or he'll say he's just not the same
And you'll begin to wonder why you came

Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
How to save a life
How to save a life

Sat. Sept 12th - NJ Anarchist Bocce Ball Tournament and Potluck Picnic

Host: Abe Karl-Gruswitz
Type: Party - Barbecue
Network: Global
Price: free (bring some food for the potluck)
Date: Saturday, September 12, 2009
Time: 12:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: Frelinghuysen Arboretum
Street: 53 Hanover Ave.
City/Town: Whippany, NJ

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Email Abe: boyfromthefuture@fastmail.fm

Notes from Cat: If you can, RSVP Abe as it helps him to organize (or just show up if you can't). Sure, contact me if you prefer. FAQ: Do I or my guest(s) have to be an anarchist to attend? A: No. Other non-anarchists will be there to keep you safe from the rest of us. ;-)

Ladies and Gentlemen of the Anarchist persuasion, I am pleased to announce the first annual NJ Anarchist Bocce Ball Tournament and potluck picnic!! This is a time for us gather together to meet one another, hear about our different projects, discuss all things political, eat delicious food, and most of all to celebrate that wonderful sport known by all as Bocce Ball. It is time to stop your arm chair theorizing and start your lawn chair theorizing! We will gather at the Frelinghuysen Arboretum in Whippany, NJ on September 12th at noon and celebrate into the evening. The prize for the winner is so amazing that it is unspeakable. Bring your lucky bocce ball set, if you've got one. . . and we all know you've got one. Contact Abe at boyfromthefuture@fastmail.fm for information and rain date notifications.

Directions:
53 Hanover Ave.; Whippany, NJ

Traveling from the South:
I-287 Northbound to Exit 36A (Morris Ave.).
Proceed East approx. 1/2 mile in the center lane, past Washington Headquarters (on left).
Take left fork onto Whippany Road.
Turn left at 2nd traffic light onto East Hanover Avenue.
Proceed for about 1/4 mile. Entrance is on left, opposite the Morris County Library.
Traveling from the North:
I-287 Southbound to Exit 36, following signs for Ridgedale Avenue (bear right in exit ramp).
Proceed to traffic light, then turn right onto Ridgedale Avenue.

At 2nd traffic light, turn right onto East Hanover Avenue.
Proceed for about 1/4 mile. The Arboretum entrance is on the right just past the traffic light at the Morris County Library.

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