WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20

7:30 PM at Speakeasy Cafe, 2342 - 2nd Ave at Bell; Winter Solstice Party with Eat the State! Celebrate the longest night of the year with the volunteers who produce YOUR FAVORITE PAPER! Join us for politics, humor, rants, beverages, inspiration for the next cycle of activism. No admission charged, but hat will be passed; Bring Your Own Rant! info valeriej@speakeasy.org or 206-903-9461 or ets@scn.org or 206-215 1156

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22

4:30-5:30 PM, at Mexican Consulate, 2132 Third Ave; Acteal no se olvida! Join a public vigil and protest outside the Mexican Consolate to honor the VICTIMS OF THE MASSACRE three years ago when forty-five unarmed indigenous refugees, including women, children, and men were killed in ACTEAL, CHIAPAS, Mexico; they were among the civil bases of support of the Zapatistas; join us to hold the memories of those who died and demand accountability for those responsible for the massacre; info 206 860-1400 ext.#3 or kanek10@hotmail.com

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 24

8:30 AM, KCMU Radio, 90.3FM. "Speaking for Ourselves, To Each Other," with host Bev Sims: the monthly Northwest Labor And Employment Law Office radio program.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 25

No more buy nothing days till Christmas

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29

5:30 PM, Westlake Park, 4th & Pine. Critical Mass: cyclists against car culture! Info: http://www.oz.net/~nic/cm.html.

8 PM at Gibsons, 116 Stewart, a benefit for Central Seattle Grassroots Radio, a non-profit DEMOCRATICALLY RUN MICRORADIO STATION which broadcasts on 93.7 fm mon-fri evenings, with King Louies One Man Band, The Nearly Deads, The Bad Girls, and The Stuck Ups; $6, 21+, info csgr@microradio.net; 206-448-6369;

7-9 PM, in the community center and gym at Green Lake, East Green Lake Drive N; Second Annual CIRCLE OF PRAYER AND PEACE with a short program featuring expressions from as many religions as time will allow; people of all ages and beliefs will light candles, sang, chant and walk around Green Lake singing songs of peace; bring your own candles, matches, and prayer petitions; info SkyJubilee@aol.com

TUESDAY, JANUARY 2

6 PM and subsequent 1st Tuesdays, GABRIELA Network-NW, a US Solidarity Group with GABRIELA-Philippines (Alliance of over 105 women's organizations in the Philippines), join in to get involved in solidarity work around FILIPINA AND ASIAN WOMEN'S ISSUES globally and domestically, locations vary, info 206-824-8229

7 PM and subsequent 1st Tuesdays, upstairs at 4759 15th Ave NE, meeting of CITIZENS FOR OVERT ACTION, educating the public about the threat to democracy here and abroad by covert action, told us about the CIA- Crack connection a decade before the San Jose Mercury report came out, info 206-547-7735

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3

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

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

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.