| Dear nancy, I have two words for you: HOLIDAY PARTIES! You are invited to attend any of these area Democratic Club parties. Get involved and get to know your Democratic neighbors.
There are a number of Dallas Peace Center events this week and sign up to attend one of the Doctor's without Borders Living in Emergency screenings happening next week throughout the Metroplex.
Also consider a different type of gift with Sierra Club!
Thanks, Nancy Cunningham
northtexasprogressive@gmail.com | | Holiday parties ! | | 
Dallas County East Democrats
Christmas Party 12-3-09 7:30-9:30pm
DACED Christmas Party -- will be held on Thursday December 3 at Buffalo Wild Wings Grill & Bar -3900 Pavillion Ct /Mesquite, TX 75150-6520 /(972) 279-9464 7:30pm-9:30pm /Mark your calendars and plan to be there, it'll be great fun.
Mid-Cities Democrats
Annual Holiday Social" on Friday, December 4 at 6:30pm.
Event: Annual Holiday Social
What: Holiday Party
Start Time: Friday, December 4 at 6:30pm End Time: Friday, December 4 at 9:00pm
Where: Timarron Bent Creek Clubhouse You are invited to join Sen. Wendy Davis, Texas Democratic Party Chairman Boyd Richie and the Mid-Cities Democrats for our annual Holiday Social.
As the year closes, we will celebrate the successes of 2009 and be energized for 2010.
The evening will include dinner, fellowship and a silent and live auction.
The Mid-Cities Democrats will provide entrees and guests are asked to bring a side dish or suggested $5 donation. Let us know you are coming! R.S.V.P. (info@midcitiesdemocrats.com) is not required, but will help us coordinate foods brought - side items, salads and desserts. The event is BYOB.
Dallas Young Democrats
DCYD Holiday Party
December 4, 2009 8:00 PM - 10:30 PM
The Home of the Fitzgeralds
2814 Canton Street
Dallas, TX 75226
Please join us as we celebrate the holidays with food, wine and wonderful conversation. This year is a Holiday Masquerade theme so bring your best mask to the party.
Don't forget about our December Community Service project.
****YOU MUST BRING A DONATION TO GAIN ENTRANCE INTO THE PARTY****
Donation Drive for SoupMobile's Christmas Angels Project
Stonewall Democrats of Dallas.
Holiday Party
"Remember the Stonewall Holiday party is December 7th - Hope to see you all there. Bells optional."Please join us in celebrating the Holidays and the steps we've made on our journey to complete equality. Our yearly holiday party will be held at the Round-Up Saloon, at 3912 Cedar Springs Rd, Dallas on December 7th at 7:00pm. Fun, food, and good company are free for members, and there will be a cash bar.
Far North Dallas Democrats
Holiday Party
FNDD In conjunction with North Dallas Texas Democratic Women"
What: Holiday Party
Start Time: Saturday, December 5 at 6:00pm End Time: Saturday, December 5 at 11:00pm
Please contact them for exact location http://www.farnorthdallasdemocrats.org/
Metrocrest Democrats' Holiday Party
Save the date for Metrocrest Democrats' Holiday Party Monday, December 14, 2009 7:00 P.M. It will be dinner not politickin'
Tea, Thyme & Tisane
1104 Elm Street
Old Downtown Carrollton 75006
| | PEACE VIGIL TO MOURN ANTICIPATED ANNOUNCEMENT OF TROOP ESCALTION IN AFGHANISTAN-Tonight | |  Dallas peace activists are seeing the writing on the wall and are anticipating that President Obama will announce the deployment of thousands more troops to Afghanistan, where war has already claimed more than 20,000 lives, 746 of them American troops.
"We have written, we have called, we have demonstrated to help this administration hear the voices of the majority of this country that wants the U.S. to get out of Afghanistan, but it still looks likely that 40,000 more of our sons and daughters will be deployed," said Dallas Peace Center Director Lon Burnam.
Obama's advisors have disagreed on strategy in Afghanistan, and one high level State Department employee in Afghanistan, Matthew Hoh, has quit because of the counter-productivity U.S. policies. "There are alternatives to a military escalation," said Lon Burnam Director of the Dallas Peace Center, "the real enemy in Afghanistan is poverty not Al-Qaeda or even the Taliban. First let's stop killing Afghans, second create Afghan centric policies and third work for a regional solution by bringing Russia, India, Iran and Pakistan to the negotiating table".
Those seeking peace will gather to vigil on Monday, November 30 (the eve of the President's Tuesday announcement) from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. at the Earle Cabell Federal Building, 1100 Commerce St. in Dallas.
| | Democracy Now | |  Naomi Klein on Climate Debt: Why Rich Countries Should Pay Reparations To Poor Countries For The Climate Crisis
With the Copenhagen climate summit two weeks away, best-selling journalist Naomi Klein examines the grass-roots movement behind the climate debate proposal that argues all the costs associated with adapting to a more hostile ecology-everything from building stronger sea walls to switching to cleaner, more expensive technologies-are the responsibility of the countries that created the crisis. Klein also discusses the 10th anniversary of the Seattle WTO protests and the 10th anniversary of her first book, "No Logo."
Listen/Watch/Read
Blackwater's Secret War in Pakistan: Jeremy Scahill Reveals Private Military Firm Operating in Pakistan Under Covert Assassination and Kidnapping Program
In an explosive new article in The Nation magazine, investigative journalist and Democracy Now! correspondent Jeremy Scahill reveals the private military firm Blackwater is part of a covert program in Pakistan that includes planning the assassination and kidnapping of Taliban and Al-Qaeda suspects. Blackwater is also said to be involved in a previously undisclosed U.S. military drone campaign that has killed scores of people inside Pakistan. The article says the program has become so secretive that top Obama administration and military officials have likely been unaware of its existence. In a Democracy Now! exclusive, Scahill joins us for his first interview since the story broke.
Listen/Watch/Read
| | Three events THIS WEEK from Dallas Peace Center | | 
Monday, November 30, 7:00 p.m.
10th Anniversary of the WTO "Battle in Seattle"
"The protests against the World Trade Organization that rocked Seattle, Washington in late 1999 were an incredibly significant moment in the history of popular protests. Not only did the protestors succeed in disrupting the meetings of the world's most influential trade-governing bodies, but the event drew together incredibly diverse constituencies that represented a wide range of interests, many of which would seem to be incompatible at first light." - The WTO History Project
Come hear from activists who were in Seattle to protest increased globalization and its effect on our environment, culture and economic systems on November 30, 1999, and how that struggle is more important than ever as corporations displace governments as the driving forces in public policy and international relations. Panelists will be Aaron Rowe, formerly with SEIU at the University of Washington; Fouad Jaber, formerly a student activist and now professor of Environmental Engineering at Texas A&M-Dallas; Bob Cash of the Texas Fair Trade Coalition; and Gene Lantz of Jobs With Justice. At the Cathedral of Hope, 5910 Cedar Springs Rd., Dallas.
Tuesday, December 1, 7:00 p.m.
Film Screening: Renewal
Across the nation, people of faith are standing up for the environment. Evangelical Christians are fighting mountaintop removal, a coal mining process that is decimating Appalachia. Muslims are supporting sustainable farming. Jews are helping children experience the bond between nature and spirituality. Interfaith Power and Light is mobilizing people of all faiths in a religious response to global warming. For the first time, the combined energy of these diverse activists is the driving force behind a feature-length documentary, entitled RENEWAL. Veteran film producers Marty Ostrow and Terry Kay Rockefeller have crisscrossed the country to capture these exciting stories of people whose passion and deep moral commitment are making a difference in a time of grave ecological threats.
The 1st Tuesday Social Action Film Festival is presented by the Unitarian Universalist Church of Oak Cliff Social Action Committee and is co-sponsored by the Dallas Peace Center. Films are free, but a donation is suggested to defray costs. At 3839 W. Kiest Blvd.
Thursday, December 3, 5:30 p.m.
23rd Annual Peacemaker Awards Dinner
Come honor peacemakers, renew connections and do some guilt-free shopping for the holidays. The evening starts with a reception at 5:30, and dinner at 7:00. We will be honoring Carol Crabtree Donovan at 2009 Peacemaker of the Year, KinderUSA as Peacemaking Organization of the Year, Rita Clarke for Lifetime Achievement and Happy Shel Weisman in memoriam. This year we will also have an extensive Silent Auction and a short Live Auction. See the list of donated items HERE. Make your reservations now at http://www.dallaspeacecenter.org/. | | North Texas Progressive Book Suggestion | | 
'¡OBÁMANOS!
The Birth of a New Political Era
by Hendrik Hertzberg
BUY HERE
A celebrated political analyst's exuberant and incisive coverage of the 2008 election-the longest, costliest, most surprising, and most intense presidential campaign in American history.
Hendrik Hertzberg witnessed the transformation of the Democratic Party, the meteoric rise of Barack Obama, and other seismic shifts in our national political consciousness while reporting on the 2008 presidential election for the New Yorker. ¡Obámanos!-the book title comes from a road sign Hertzberg spotted in New Mexico a few weeks after the election, a favorite example of what he calls "an artifact of Obamalove"-is adapted from Hertzberg's "Talk of the Town" column and the informal blog he kept on his magazine's Web site, and also includes an extensive new introductory essay by the author. | | Air America and Progressive Talk Radio News | | 
CRN Digital Talk Radio and Air America have reached an agreement that will allow CRN to carry the shows of Montel Williams, Rachel Maddow, Ron Reagan and others nationally on CRN 4. CRN had been carrying "The Thom Hartman Show" and will continue to do so under this new deal.
"We are so proud to partner with Air America in providing our customers with the best progressive talk radio programming," said CRN President/CEO Michael Horn. "CRN strives to present our listeners with a variety of political viewpoints and diverse lifestyle programs, so that there really is something for everyone."
"We're thrilled to further extend the reach of our Air America programming through this arrangement with CRN Digital Talk," said Air America Senior VP/Programming Bill Hess. "With the phenomenal growth in listenership in markets where shows hosted by Ron Reagan, Montel Williams, Rachel Maddow and others are airing, we're excited about the prospects of additional distribution through CRN. | | Progressive gift idea: Sponsor a wild place with Sierra Club | |  The holidays are coming soon, and there's never been a more important time to give a gift that also helps protect the environment.
Right now, the US Fish and Wildlife Service is in the final stages of designating critical habitat for the polar bear. This doesn't come a moment too soon, as many scientists say that polar bears will be extinct by 2050 if we don't take action now.
When you sponsor the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge - or another of our other spectacular wild places - you will be giving a unique and special gift to someone you love, and helping preserve America's wild legacy at the same time. And don't forget - you can give one to yourself.
Each symbolic sponsorship comes with a personalized Certificate, a scenic picture, colorful Fact Sheet, and gift items such as a plush wildlife puppet or a rucksack modeled after the one worn by John Muir in 1892. And shipping is free!!
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| | Buy you tickets now : Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders - LIVE with Elizabeth Vargas 12/14/2009 | | 
This event will be held at over 10 local Dallas/ Ft Worth Area movie theaters! locations here
EVENT OVERVIEW
NCM Fathom is partnering with the independent medical humanitarian organization, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), for a special One Night Event featuring the critically acclaimed "Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders" documentary and a live panel discussion with frontline doctors and journalists.
For the first time ever, Doctors Without Borders gave a documentary crew uncensored access to its field operations. "Living in Emergency," gives a rare 'inside look' into Doctors Without Borders through the eyes of four doctors pushed to the edge and forced to confront the limits of their idealism in the face of overwhelming medical needs.
This Live Event will be hosted and moderated by Elizabeth Vargas, Anchor of ABC News 20/20 at the NYU, Skirball Center, in New York City and broadcast to over 440 theatres nationwide.
Elizabeth Vargas will introduce the "Living in Emergency" documentary, which will be followed by a Live town hall discussion with Dr. Tom Krueger, the surgeon featured in the documentary, Sebastian Junger, best-selling author of The Perfect Storm and contributor to Vanity Fair; and Sophie Delaunay, Executive Director of MSF-USA, plus other specials guests.
This event will be LIVE for One Night Only, Monday, December 14th at 7:30PM ET/ 6:30PM CT/ 5:30PM MT/ Tape Delayed at 8:00 PM PT.
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| | Obama's Profile in Courage, or Cave-In? | | 
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Friday 27 November 2009
by: Ray McGovern, t r u t h o u t | Op-Ed
"It took a lot of courage on Kennedy's part to defy the Pentagon, defy the military - and do the right thing," said Col. Larry Wilkerson, USA (ret.), according to Robert Dreyfuss in his recent Rolling Stone article "The Generals' Revolt."
Wilkerson, who was chief of staff at the State Department (2002-2005) and now teaches at George Washington University, was alluding to President John F. Kennedy's courage in 1962, when he faced down his top generals and refused to bomb Cuba and risk nuclear war.
read on
** also read Michael Moore's Open letter to Obama HERE
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Lenna Webb, President North Dallas Texas Democratic Women www.nddw.org
You can buy great t-shirts and more from the NDTDW cafe press shop with the cool new 'donkeys with attitude' design.
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| | ACLU Report - Building American Institutions to Protect Privacy in the Face of New Technology and Government Powers | | 
ACLU Report - Building American Institutions to Protect Privacy in the Face of New Technology and Government Powers "The American Civil Liberties Union today released a new report, Enforcing Privacy: Building American Institutions to Protect Privacy in the Face of New Technology and Government Powers, November 2009, written by Jay Stanley, recommending steps Congress should take to create the vigorous privacy oversight institutions that are desperately needed in the United States to counterbalance the rush of new technologies and expanding government powers, and called for the Obama administration to move quickly to fill the seats on the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB)."
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| | We Haven't Forgotten. Neither Should You
Texas ACLU | | 
Almost a year ago, news broke from west Texas of a prisoner uprising at a federal detention center operated by a private correctional firm. The December 12, 2008 uprising at the Reeves County Detention Center was not the first sign that something was seriously wrong at the facility, but it was the most dramatic and desperate. After an inmate with epilepsy died alone in his cell (Texas Observer) his fellow inmates rose up to complain about the poor conditions, including lack of medical treatment, in the facility. Within a few weeks, a second disturbance (CNN) made headlines.
Here are just some of the allegations against Reeves:
Failure to provide basic medical care for inmates, resulting in preventable deaths Overcrowded living conditions Chronically understaffed and in violation of federal inmate-guard staffing requirements Prisoners report living under constant states of lockdown Many of you supported our call for an investigation of the facility but to date the federal Bureau of Prisons has taken no action.
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