Now that war has begun, events are being organized rapidly. Check with Peace Action (206-527-8050) or Jean Buskin's Peace Calendar (URL below) for updated info.

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 10

7 PM. Eat the State! monthly business/editorial meeting. Can we go weekly? Can the United States kill? Come help us figure it all out...@ the Independent Media Center, 1415 3rd Ave. (between Pike & Union). Info: 206- 903-9461 or ets@scn.org.

THURSDAY OCTOBER 11

Noon. Students for Fair Trade "No War: Global Justice, Global Peace" with music, speakers, poets. SCCC, Pine & Broadway, bus #7, 9, 10, 60.

3 PM. "Critical Issues in Global Health Care" with Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Laurie Garrett, author of 'The Coming Plague.' Hogness Auditorium, UW Health Sciences Bldg. Info: 206-221-6295.

5:15 PM. "Rebel Grrlz Organize Against War and Anti-Arab Racism!," presentation by Campus Radical Women. UW Communications Bldg. Rm. 120. Info: 206-722-6057 or 206-722-2453.

Reception 6:15 PM, reading 7:30 PM. Barbara Ehrenreich reads from "Nickel and Dimed, on (Not) Getting By in America," her account of struggling as a minimum-wage worker in the US. Benefits Washington Works. Town Hall, 1119 8th Ave. @ Seneca, bus #2. Suggested donation $10. Info: 206-343-9731x38.

7 PM. "Jihad, Terror, War, And Justice: Four Words for the 21st Century" with Ellis Goldberg, Director of the Middle East Center, UW Jackson School of International Studies. One of a series of free weekly Thursday evening classes on Islam and the Middle East. UW Kane Hall, Room 210. Info: 206-543-4372 or dso@u.washington.edu.

FRIDAY OCTOBER 12

Through Oct 14. "Love and Violence Conference." Workshops on anger management, domestic violence, workplace conflict. Campion Hall, Seattle U., Broadway & Madison, bus #9, 12, 60. Info: 206-232-2994 or nelgee@u.washington.edu or http://www.ernestbecker.org or.

& Sat. Oct. 13. 9 AM-5 PM, "Undoing Racism Workshop." Seattle-area training conducted by the People's Institute for Survival and Beyond. Participants should commit to both days. Info: 206-615-0982 or blair.kreuzer@ci.seattle.wa.us.

7 PM. "The World Conference Against Racism: An Assessment" with Manning Marable. UW, Kane Hall, Rm. 130. Free, tickets required, available at UW bookstores. Info: 206-616-1825 or www.grad.washington.edu/lectures/default.htm.

SATURDAY OCTOBER 13

Noon-5 PM. Nonviolent Civil Disobedience Training for all, especially those traveling to Ft. Benning, GA, to protest the SOA (School of the Americas, a.k.a. "School of Assassins") in Ft. Benning, GA, in November. Labor Temple, Hall 1, 2800 1st Ave. Info: ranknfile@aol.com or 253-531-5658.

7:30 PM. "A Labor Community Concert For Immigrant Justice" with Seattle Labor Chorus and Francisco Herrera. Rainier Valley Cultural Center, 3515 S. Alaska, bus #7.

MONDAY OCTOBER 15

Dinner 6, program 7 PM. "Beyond the Band-Aid: Binding the Brokenness," the Church Council of Greater Seattle Fall Assembly. Exploring connections between racial and economic justice. $10. First Christian Church, 11717 SE 240th, Kent. Info: 206-525-1213x3933.

6:30-8:30 PM. CISPES meeting. Washington Alliance for Immigrant and Refugee Justice, 606 Maynard Ave. S. #252, bus #7, 9, 14, 36. Info: seacispes@igc.org or 206-325-5494 or http://www.cispes.org.

TUESDAY OCTOBER 16

11:30 AM. Seattle's Raging Grannies sing political satire in the heart of commerce: Westlake Park, 4th & Pine.

7-9 PM. White Women Organizing Against Racism meeting. Lesbian Resource Center, 23rd & Jackson, bus #8, 14, 48. Info: 206-323-2396 or stemple@ywcaworks.org.

7-9 PM. Green Party Of East King County meeting. Redmond Public Library. Info: hayden@rcia.com or 425-831-6086.

THURSDAY OCTOBER 18

8 AM through 8 AM Friday. Interfaith Vigil for Peace in the Middle East. St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral, 1245 10th Ave. E., bus #7, 9. Info: 206-270-9170.

Time TBA. Native American Activist Winona Laduke speaks at Edmonds Community College. LaDuke is an Ojibwe leader, longtime environmentalist and Indigenous rights activist. Info: 510-601-0182 or info@speakoutnow.org or http://www.speakoutnow.org.

7:30 PM. "Jerusalem: An Occupation Set in Stone?," video produced by the Palestine Housing Rights movement. Presented by Radical Women. New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave. S., bus #7, 9. Info: 206-722-6057.

FRIDAY OCTOBER 19

Through Oct. 21. "National Weekend of Faith in Action to Abolish the Death Penalty," presented by Amnesty International. Info: wangaza@aol.com or http://www.amnestyusa.org/abolish or 1-800-AMNESTYx508.

Through Oct. 21. "Co-Opportunities Northwest, A Sustainable Communities Conference," co-sponsored by Northwest Eco-Builders Guild, Antioch University of Seattle and Foundation for Community Encouragement. Seattle Center NW Rooms, Mercer & Queen Anne Ave. N., bus #1, 13, 15, 18. Info: http://www.coopnw.org or 206-268-4701 or benjzk@hotmail.com.

7-10 PM, and Sat. Oct. 20. "Promoting Peace in the Bush II Era" conference hosted by NW Disarmament Coalition. Fri. night: "Thirteen Days," classic film about the Cuban Missile Crisis; post-film discussion with producer Peter Almond. Seattle Art Museum, 100 University St. Sat.: 9 AM-4 PM, Bloedel Hall, St. Mark's Cathedral, 1245 10th Ave. E., bus #7. Info: Physicians for Social Responsibility 206-547-2630 or wpsr@wpsr.org.

SATURDAY OCTOBER 20

9 AM. Home Alive's Conference: "Culture Jamming: The Revolution Will Have A Beat" (see item above under "Eat These Shorts.")

7 PM signup, 7:30-10 PM Open Mike hosted by The Green Party. Bring your poems, songs, music, art, readings, photos. Lottie Motts coffeeshop, 4900 Rainier S (@ Edmunds St. S., Columbia City), bus #7. Info: 206-324-2367.

SUNDAY OCTOBER 21

5 PM Potluck, 6:30-8 PM program. "Struggling for Peace in Colombia," slides and discussion, presented by Seattle Fellowship for Reconciliation. Woodland Park Presbyterian Church, 225 N. 70th St. @ Greenwood. Free. Info: 206-789- 5565.

MONDAY OCTOBER 22

3:30 PM. "International Day to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation." Wear black. Rally at 23rd & Union where Aaron Roberts was killed by Seattle police, march past the East Precinct at 12th & Pine, 5:30 rally at Westlake Park. Info: 206-264-5527 or http://www.october.org

TUESDAY OCTOBER 23

Aradia Women's Health Center's 29th Anniversary Celebration. Gala Dinner featuring keynote speaker Alice Walker, Pulitzer Prize winning author. Bell Harbor International Conference Center, Pier 66. $75. Info: 206-323-9467 or aradiadev@earthlink.net.

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.