Friday, November 24

BUY NOTHING DAY, Info: http://www.culturejammers.org

Saturday, November 25

1-5 PM, Community Action Network,115 Prefontaine near 3rd & Yesler, Pioneer Square area, Seattle, prepare for WTO Anniversary events in a Nonviolent Direct Action Training led by Nonviolent Action Community of Cascadia. Sliding scale, $5-$50. Info and preregistration: Community Action Network at 206-632-1656.

Sunday, November 26

7 and 9 PM, Broadway Performance Hall, Broadway at Pine, Seattle, The Seattle Independent Media Center presents "This is What Democracy Looks Like!" a documentary film on the 1999 demonstrations against the WTO. Tickets at the door $7-20 sliding scale, info: info@thisisdemocracy.org or 206-262-0721.

Monday, November 27

7 PM, University of Washington Kane Hall, WTO anniversary event, Janet Thomas reading from her recently completed book, "The Battle in Seattle--The Story Behind and Beyond the WTO demonstrations," published by Fulcrum (http://www.fulcrum-books.com). Info: jthomas@rockisland.com or info@battleinseattlebook.com.

Tuesday, November 28

3-6 PM, Tent Village III (new name for Tent City), at El Centro de la Raza, 2524 16th Ave South, on Beacon Hill, Seattle, Jam For Justice presents a benefit for Tent Village, a WTO protest anniversary event, come join in for refreshments, song, and merriment while helping to promote community awareness about homelessness. Suggested donation $10, no one will be turned away; please bring surplus winter stuff, coats, hats, gloves, sweaters, blankets, sleeping bags, etc. Info: Bob Siegel 206-624-9392 or bob@msfseattle.com or Cinde MacGugan cinde@gte.net.

6-8:30 PM, New Hope Baptist Church, 21st and Fir, Community Workshop: "A Case for Reparations" An Evening with Dr. Robert Jeffrey, Senior Pastor of New Hope Baptist Church, Discussing building a movement for Reparations for the Slavery of Black People, liberation theology, racism, and economic justice, free food. Sponsored by the People's Coalition for Justice, info: Dustin Washington at 206-632-0500 x14.

7-9 PM, University Heights Center, Room 209, 5031 University Way NE in the U District, buslines #7, 9, 43, 44, 48, 71-73. Green Party of Seattle monthly general meeting. Info: 206-264-5110 or sgreens@boutell.com or P.O. Box 95515, Seattle WA 98145-2515, or http://www.seattlegreens.org.

7 PM, Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park Towne Center, 17171 Bothell Way NE, WTO anniversary reading by Janet Thomas of "The Battle in Seattle."

Wednesday, November 29

6-10 PM, "Global Debt as a Symptom of Globalization," open mike, rally and teach-in, at First United Methodist Church, 811 5th Ave. at Columbia, a WTO protest anniversary event, cosponsored by The People's Assembly and Jubilee 2000. Speakers from Africa, Asia, and Central and South America. Info: Ace Saturay 206 763-9611 or passembly@yahoo.com or Rev. Dr. Peter Strimer pstrimer@saintmarks.org or 206-323-0300 x337.

7 PM, at the Showbox (206-628-3151), 1426 1st; a WTO protest anniversary event, "N29 Celebrate The Movement" A benefit show for Jam for Justice and The Independent Media Center. Tickets can be purchased at the IMC, Speakeasy, and the Showbox Ticket Office. Info: Cinde MacGugan cinde@gte.net or 425-445-7748.

Thursday, November 30

Noon, Westlake Park near 4th and Pine, downtown, a WTO protest anniversary event, N30 Global Potluck, bring food for "A Feast of All Resistance." Bring your own fork! We are all Zapatistas! Info: ccain9@juno.com or 206-431-6847.

12:34 PM, south square, Seattle Central Community College, Broadway & Pine, Capitol Hill, a WTO protest anniversary event, student worker walkout, Street Party at 2:00, march downtown to Westlake Center leaving around 4 PM, to participate in N30 Anniversary events. Info: dissident@riseup.net.

2:30 PM, 4th and Jackson St., the No to WTO/Seattle International People's Assembly is calling all friends and allies and individuals to Continue our resistance against the WTO and IMF/World Bank! Join the N30 March/Rally at Westlake Mall Downtown. Info: Ace Saturay, No to WTO People's Assembly, at 206-763-9611 or passembly@yahoo.com.

4-7 PM, Piggott Hall, Seattle Univ., Independent Media Center present film showing of "This Is What Democracy Looks Like!" Info: delaneym@seattleu.edu or 206-632-1803.

7 PM, Town Hall, 8th & Seneca, downtown, ETS! columnists Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair reading from "Five Days That Shook the World," new book on WTO protests. Get your advance copy of this book now, two months before its official release date! Sponsored by the University Book Store. Info: 206-634-3400.

Friday, December 1

11 AM, rally at Court House Park, 3rd & Jefferson, followed by a march to the City Clerk's office, WTO Anniversary Rally & March, with a mass filing of claims by anyone who was teargassed, beaten, denied free speech, intimidated, denied access to the "no protest zone" or otherwise mistreated during the WTO. Info: Community Action Network at 206-632- 1656 or can@drizzle.com or ttp://www.seattlecan.org/can.

8 PM, Independent Media Center, 1415 3rd Ave., downtown, the Seattle Independent Media Center presents the film "This is What Democracy Looks Like!" Info: info@thisisdemocracy.org or 206- 262-0721.

Saturday, December 2

10 AM-6:30 PM, doors open at 9 AM with refreshments, Seattle Central Community College, Broadway & Pine, for the anniversary week of the WTO protests: "Taking Back the Power: a community forum on local and global movements for justice," sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee, Peoples Coalition for Justice, and Roundtable for Economic and Environmental Justice. Info: 206-632-0500 x 20 or localglobal@riseup.net.

10 AM-evening, Center for Urban Horticulture, 3501 NE 41st Street, east on NE 45th past University Village, right on Mary Gates Drive to 41st, Global People's Assembly holds a WTO anniversary event focusing on the challenges and opportunities for uniting global civil society into a powerful network giving voice to the people. $10 for day program, $10 for dinner and evening program, RSVP and reserve dinner to dickburkhart@home.com or 206-721-5672. Info on Global People's Assembly: http://www.ourvoices.org.

Monday, December 4

Call to confirm and for time, St. Mark's Episcopal Church Library, 1245 10th Ave. E, Global Economy Working Group to study and educate others on impact of IMF, WTO, World Bank on people's lives and the environment. Info: Mary Margaret Pruitt at 206-382-3785.

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.