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Pier 7, Port of Tacoma, 2205 Sitcum Way (off E. 11th & Thorn) Round the Clock Picket for the locked-out steelworkers from Kaiser Aluminum's Tacoma smelter operation. Info: USWA Tacoma Local 7945 at 253-471-0255.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28

7 PM, Pilgrim Congregational Church, 509 10th Ave. E., Displacement Coalition forum, "Rent Control: What Is It and How Do We Achieve It?" Rent control works in 150 cities across the U.S. Why not Seattle?

7:30 PM, Univ. Unitarian Church, 6556 35th Ave. NE, bus #71. Forum on Jubilee 2000, the international movement to end Third World debt. Speakers include Ibrahim Seck, director of the Center for the Environment and Sustainable Agriculture in Senegal. Info: 206-526-7081.

THURSDAY, JUNE 29

7 PM American Friends Service Committee, 814 NE 40th, Women's Leadership Circle: Intergenerational, cross-cultural group focused on women's oppression and racism. Info: 206-524-7489.

FRIDAY, JUNE 30

5:3O PM, Westlake Park, 4th & Pine. Critical Mass, an organized coincidence of bicyclists who ride around the streets of Seattle en masse. Info: http://www.oz.net/~nic/cm.html.

7:30 PM, Independent Media Center, 1415 3rd Ave., "The Panama Deception", powerful Academy award-winning documentary exposing the 1989 U.S. military invasion of Panama. Exposes the corporate motives behind U.S. intervention abroad. Benefits Socialist Alternative. Info: (206) 262-0721.

7:30 PM, Chamber Theatre/Seattle Mime Theatre, 915 E Pine St., 4th floor, Theater of Liberation style performance & dialogue, presented by Mandala Center for Awareness, Transformation, & Action. Info: 360-297-5059 or marco59@aol.com.

SATURDAY, JULY 1

Through Tues. July 4, Seabeck Conference Center, Seabeck, WA. "Decade of NonViolence," Fellowship of Reconciliation regional conference. Family friendly: workshops, children's program, boating, music, talent show, auction, more. Info: 206-789-5565.

6:30 PM, Independent Media Center, 1415 3rd Ave., "Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and The Media," documentary exploring the political life and ideas of controversial author, linguist and radical philosopher, Noam Chomsky. Benefits Socialist Alternative. Info: 262-0721.

4 PM, Keystone Congregational Church, 5019 Keystone Pl. N, bus #16. Interfaith Network of Concern for the People of Iraq. End the sanctions! Info: 206-522-4934.

SUNDAY, JULY 2

11 AM, Lesbian Resource Center, 2214 S. Jackson St., bus #14, 43. Brunch open to all women. Info: 206-322-3965.

Noon-6 PM, Volunteer Park, Seattle Peace Concert, music by The Manatees, Beecraft, Rai, and High Rise. Bring canned food for Northwest Harvest. Info: http://www.seapeace.org.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 5

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

7PM, St. Luke Episcopal Church, 99 Wells Ave., Renton, bus #101, 106. Parents, Families, & Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) meeting. Info: 425-226-8783.

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

THURSDAY, JULY 6

6:30 PM, A.M.E. Zion Church, Social Hall, 1716 23rd, bus #11, 48. Michael Randall Ealy Social Justice Foundation meeting, working for justice for the deaths of all who have died while in police custody. Info: 206-320-7069 or www.scn.org/civic/lwvseattle.

MONDAY, JULY 10

Through Aug. 5, 2-5 PM, Mon-Fri., Bathhouse Theatre at Green Lake, 7312 W Green Lake Dr. N, bus #48. "The Play's The Thing" for grades 3-6 and grades 7-12. Issue-Oriented Theater for youth, presented by Seattle Public Theater. Info: 206-328-4848 or spt@scn.org.

6 PM, Pike Market Senior Center, 1931 1st Ave., enter from Virginia St., Tenant Organizing Meeting sponsored by the Tenants Union. Info: 206-722-6848 ext. 102.

6:30 PM, Labor Temple, Room 208, 2800 1st Ave., potluck meeting of Out Front Labor Coalition/Gay Pride at Work, AFL-CIO. Info: 206-903-9488 or oflcpride@aol.com.

TUESDAY, JULY 11

7 PM, Shoreline Public Library, 345 NE 175th, Nonviolent Direct Action Workshop for resistance to the Trident Nuclear Weapons system, presented by Glen and Karol Milner. Info: 206-365-7865.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 12

7 PM, 1307 13th Ave. S, Homestead Community Land Trust open general meeting, help prevent further displacement of lower income families from our neighborhoods. Info: 206- 324-6822.

THURSDAY, JULY 13

6:30 PM, Seattle NOW office, 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N, meeting to organize local involvement with the World March Of Women 2000 on Oct. 17, an international action to end poverty and violence against women. Info: http://www.seattlenow.org, Lynn Laverdure at 206-632-8547 or Doris Olivers 360-691-7094.

7 PM, American Friends Service Committee, 814 NE 40th, Womens Leadership Circle. Info: Jessica Levy at 206-524-7489.

SATURDAY, JULY 15

8:30 AM registration, 9 AM-4 PM program, Yesler Community Center, 835 E Yesler Way, Seattle Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador and Jobs with Justice "Paint-a-Thon," volunteers needed, paint a professional quality banner to raise funds for cross-border labor organizing. Info: 206-325-5494 or http://www.cispes.org.

TUESDAY, JULY 18

7 PM, Independent Media Center, 1415 3rd Ave., monthly business meeting for Eat the State!, come and meet us, and volunteer to help produce the newspaper you're reading right now!

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.