WEDNESDAY APRIL 11

7 PM, Independent Media Center, 1415 3rd Ave. at Pike St. Monthly business meeting for Eat the State!. Editorial, fundraising, the stuff that helps us put out this wonderful paper--you can help! Everyone welcome. Info: 206-903-9461.

THURSDAY APRIL 12

7-9 PM, Seattle Vocational Institute, 2120 S. Jackson, bus #8, 14, 48. "A Place of Rage," film featuring Angela Davis, June Jordan & Alice Walker on civil rights, Black power & feminism. Info: 206-323-6305 or www.prideatwork.org.

3:30 PM, UW, Thomson Hall rm. 134. "Human Rights, Paramilitaries, and Oil in Colombia" with Regulo Madero, Colombian human rights activist. Info: 206-685-3435.

6 PM, South Plaza, SCCC, Broadway @ Pine, bus #7, 9, 10, 60. March against racial profiling/honor David Walker, killed by the SPD one year ago. Info: People's Coalition for Justice, 206-632-0500x14 or dwashington@afsc.org.

FRIDAY APRIL 13

Through Sun. April 15, Hec Edmundson Pavilion, UW campus. UW First Nations' Spring Powwow. A generous cultural sharing by survivors of the US genocide. Info: fnuw@u.washington.edu or 206-934-8236.

SATURDAY APRIL 14

9 AM-4:30 PM, SCCC, Broadway & Pine, rm. 3115. "Building Bridges Workshop"; learn practical skills to interrupt prejudicial jokes and attitudes. Info: 206-524-9485 or canibarro@yahoo.com.

MONDAY APRIL 16

Noon-1 PM, Seattle Post Office, 3rd & Union. Tax Day Demonstration--Stop funding the Pentagon! (See article this issue.) Info: cmtc@igc.org or 206-547-0952.

TUESDAY APRIL 17

National Day of Action against Trader Joe's. Sponsored by NW Resistance Against Genetic Engineering (NW RAGE). Tell food retailer Trader Joe's to stop using GE ingredients in their brand products. Info: 415-512-9024 or heather.whitehead@sfo.greenpeace.org or http://www.truefoodnow.org.

6 - 8 PM, REI conference room, 222 Yale Ave N, bus #66. "The Inland Sea: Where Have All the Orcas Gone?" Hosted by People for Puget Sound. Info: 206-382-7007 or http://www.pugetsound.org.

7 PM, UW, Kane Hall, Rm. 130. Vandana Shiva on "Ahimsa--Beyond Violent Traditions of Science and Technology." Free, tickets required. Info: 206-543-5896 or YvetteF@grad.washington.edu or http://www.grad.washington.edu.

WEDNESDAY APRIL 18

12:30-1:20 PM, UW, School of Social Work, 15th Ave. NE & NE 41st St., Rm. 306. "Preventive Approaches to Relationship Violence & HIV Among Ethnically Diverse Women" with Dr. Gail Wyatt. Info: 206-616-6164.

5 PM, UW HUB Room 204N. "Toxic Lives" film/discussion on toxic waste abandoned at former US military bases in the Philippines. Info: seattle@facessolutions.org or http://www.facessolutions.org

FRIDAY APRIL 20

5 PM, City Hall Park, 3rd & Yesler. Seattle anti-FTAA rally! (See below, and article this issue.) Part of a truly International Day of Action against the FTAA. 6 PM March to INS detention facility, 815 Airport Way. Info: 206-348-6136; http://stopftaa.org/seattle.^Z

Through April 22, Quebec City: Free Trade Area of the Americas meeting to advance the cause of American imperi--er, globalization. (See article, this issue.) Teach-ins and other educational events, along with massive protests direct resistance, and "Carnival Against Capitalism." Also, extensive demos along the US/Canadian (see Apr. 21) and US/Mexican borders, and in cities throughout the Western Hemisphere. For live updates on the Quebec protests: www.quebec.indymedia.org.

Through April 22, at the Doubletree (formerly the Red Lion) Airport Hotel in SeaTac. Libertarian Party of Wash. State annual convention. Speakers, workshops and seminars (including third party organizing), exhibits, more. Info: www.lpsw.org.

Through April 22, Seattle U, bus #7, 9, 12. Sacred Earth Conference to Protect Native American Sacred Sites. Info: 707-825-7640 or of7gen@pacbell.net.

3-6 PM, Federal Bldg., 2nd & Madison, downtown. Seattle Vigil for Renee Boje, unjustly imprisoned in the war on medical marijuana users. Info: Wade Graham at letreneestay@hotmail.com, or Vivian McPeak at viv@hemp.net, 206-781-5734.

7 PM, Central Lutheran Church, 1710 11th Ave. "Fatally Flawed: The Death Penalty from the Rosenbergs to Mumia Abu-Jamal," a talk by Robert Meeropol, youngest son of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, who were framed and wrongfully executed by the US in 1953. Free. Info: 206-324-8165 or winn@scn.org.

SATURDAY APRIL 21

10 AM-4 PM, Peace Arch, Canada/US border. International solidarity rally opposing FTAA. Expect a massive turnout from Canadian (as well as US) labor and environmental groups. Seattle info: 206-284-5040x27; www.wslc.org.

SUNDAY APRIL 22

9 AM-1 PM, Jefferson Community Center, 3801 Beacon Ave S, bus #36. Earth Day 2001 celebration/planting. Info: d_budd@hotmail.com or 206-324-4649 or http://www.cityofseattle.net/beaconhill/jpa.htm.

3:30-5:30 PM, REI's North Room, Eastlake & Virginia, bus #66, 71, 72, 73. "An Afternoon Of Holocaust Memoirs." Info: 206-526-1351.

4 PM, Town Hall, 8th & Seneca, bus #2. "Pursuing Peace," Seattle Peace Chorus Concert, discussion follows at 6 PM with Rev. Robert Jeffrey & others. Tickets $15 at door, $12 advance, $10 seniors/students/disabled. Children under 6 free. Info: 206-623-8632.

5 PM, Woodland Park Presbyterian Church, 225 N 70th, bus #5. "Racial Justice: Reparations For African-Americans" with Prof. Thad Spratlen, Co-Chair, African American/Jewish Coalition. Info: 206-789-5565.

MONDAY APRIL 23

10-11:30 AM, SCCC, Room BE 1110. Former Aryan Nations Recruiter Floyd Conchran speaks against hate, violence & white nationalism. Info: http://www.evnetwork.org.

WEDNESDAY APRIL 25

6-9 PM, Univ. Branch Library, 50th & Roosevelt, bus #66. Annual membership meeting/elections of Seattle Community Network Ass'n--the volunteers who bring us the free computer network, SCN. Info: http://www.scn.org.

THURSDAY APRIL 26

6:30-8:45 PM, New Hope Baptist Church, 124 21st St., 1 block north of Yesler, bus #27, 48. Green Party of Seattle meeting. Info: 206-264-5110 or sgreens@boutell.com or http://www.seattlegreens.org.

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.