THURSDAY JULY 22

7 PM, Fremont Public Association, 1501 N. 45th, bus #44, 16. Seattle Progressive Coalition, working on upcoming campaigns for progressive Seattle City Council candidates. Info: 206-463-7225 or 206-323-5437.

FRIDAY JULY 23

8 PM, 911 Media Arts Center, 117 Yale Ave. N., near REI, bus #66, 70, 71, 72, 73. Benefit showing of "Politics and the Media" with renowned MIT professor Noam Chomsky, sliding scale donation $5-50, benefits Eat the State!, the very media you're consuming right now! Info: 206-903-9461 or ets@scn.org.

7:30 PM, Elliott Bay Book Company, 1st Ave. S. & S. Main. Paul Rogat Loeb reads from his outstanding new book "Soul of a Citizen: Living with Conviction in a Cynical Time" about ordinary people, including some Seattle activists. Info: http://www.soulofacitizen.org.

SUNDAY JULY 25

Noon-3 PM, Seward Park Picnic Shelter #3, bus #39. Annual People's Weekly World Picnic, free traditional BBQ. Music, games, politics. Info: 206-329-9171.

3-5 PM, University Temple United Methodist Church, 15th Ave NE at NE 43rd, use north entrance. Monthly meeting of the Interfaith Network Concerned for the People of Iraq. Info: 206-522-4934.

MONDAY JULY 26

6-8:30 PM, Queen Anne Library, 400 W. Garfield, bus #2, 13. Monthly meeting of the Washington Hemp Education Network. Info: 206-282-4776.

TUESDAY JULY 27

7 PM, Seattle Central Community College, rm. 4144, Broadway at Pine. Seattle Mumia Defense Committee planning meeting. Help plan local actions in response to the impending execution of African American activist/journalist Mumia Abu Jamal, convicted of killing a police officer in a highly flawed trial. Info: http://www.mumia.org or smdc@speakeasy.org.

7-9 PM, Seattle Central Community College, rm. 1110, Broadway at Pine, bus #7, 9, 10, 60. Green Party of Seattle monthly general meeting. Be a part of Seattle's progressive political option! Info: 206-264-5110 or sgreens@boutell.com or http://boutell.com/seagreens.

WEDNESDAY JULY 28

7 PM, University Baptist Church, 4554 12th Ave NE. Seattle Anti-War Coalition meeting to continue work between "major" wars. Current focuses: opposing the occupation of Yugoslavia and the sanctions against Iraq. Subscribe for announcements at http://onelist.com/subscribe/nowar. Info: Nonviolent Action Community of Cascadia 206-547-0952.

FRIDAY JULY 30

5:30 PM, Westlake Park, downtown, 4th & Pine. Critical Mass, an organized coincidence of bicyclists who ride around the streets of Seattle en masse. Come join the fun! Info: http://www.oz.net/~nic/cm.html.

SATURDAY JULY 31

9:30 AM- 1 PM, King County Labor Temple, 2800 - 1st Ave. at Broad. General meeting of People For Fair Trade/Network Opposed to WTO (the WTO will meet in Seattle Nov. 30) Includes free lunch! Info: 206-632-1656 or 1-877-STOPWTO (1-877-786-7986) or http://www.peopleforfairtrade.org or http://www.seattlewto.org.

6:30 PM, New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Avenue S., bus #7. "A Tribute to Seattle's Pioneer Women Electricians," Radical Women 25th Anniversary Celebration with live music & dancing. Sliding scale, buffet. Info: 206-722-6057 or 206-722-2453.

4-6 PM, Victor Steinbrueck Park, north of Pike Place Market. Rally to oppose the 9-story Marriott Hotel planned for this site. Sponsored by new group "Save A View for Everyone," fighting this hotel which has been rammed through Seattle's regulatory process. Info: http://www.serv.net/~iwall/Save.html.

MONDAY AUGUST 2

6 PM, University Baptist Church, 4554 12th Ave NE. Colombia Support Network meeting, working to end to the violence against non-combatants caught in Colombia's civil war. Info: Justin 206-923-2669.

6 - 9 PM, Jefferson Park Community Center, 3801 Beacon Ave. S. Public Hearing on the North Beacon Hill Neighborhood Plan, plus Community Artists' show of work inspired by our neighborhood plan recommendations for the reconstruction of Jefferson Park. Info: Albert Kaufman 206-722-2256 or recife@sprynet.com.

TUESDAY AUGUST 3

6 PM, Seattle. Meeting of GABRIELA Network-NW, a US solidarity group with GABRIELA-Philippines (alliance of over 105 women's organizations in the Philippines). Help solidarity work around Filipina and Asian women's issues, global and domestic. Info: 206-824-8229.

7 PM, University Baptist Church, 4554 12th Ave NE. Monthly Business Meeting for Eat The State! Come opine, meet, volunteer. Help us put out this amazing little news source! Info: 206-903-9461 or ets@scn.org.

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 4

5:30 PM, Labor Temple, 2800 1st Ave, Jobs With Justice Seattle Organizing Committee meeting. Info: 206-441-4969.

7 PM, Labor Temple, Hall 8, 2800 1st Ave. Meeting of Latino Workers. Discuss activism to achieve better wages, medical insurance, pensions; in Spanish with translation to English available. Info: Jose 800-202-1433.

THURSDAY AUGUST 5

7:30 PM, Northwest School, 1415 Summit, First Hill, bus #2, 11, 14. The Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network of Washington (GLSEN-WA) monthly meeting. Info: GLSENWA@aol.com rtwheaton@aol.com or 206-323-9062.

FRIDAY AUGUST 6

7 PM, Northwest shore of Greenlake just south of the Bathhouse Theatre, bus #16, 48, rain or shine. Annual commemoration and lantern floating ceremony remembering the victims of the atomic blast at Hiroshima, and all victims of war. Focus on youth activism. Info: Peace Action 206-527-8050.

For an excellent and much, much longer compilation of upcoming and ongoing progressive events in Seattle, check out Jean Buskin's Peace Calendar: http://www.scn.org/activism/calendar/ or e-mail her at bb369@scn.org.