8 AM-8 AM. 24-hour Interfaith Vigil for Peace in the Middle East. St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral, 1245 10th Ave. E. Info: 206-270-9170.

5-6 PM Wednesdays. Weekly peace vigil in Ballard, started by two women who felt compelled to express their dissent during rush hour. Our "No Iraq War" protest/vigil has become a very interesting discussion: are there "alternatives to war?" NW Market St @ 22nd Ave. NW. Info: ballardactivists@aol.com.

5:30 PM. Whatcom Co. Grinch Party/Fundraiser for Jobs With Justice. Vote for Grinch of the Year: Joe Miniace, union-busting menace; George Bush/Dick Cheney, puppet/puppeteer for Big Business; or your favorite! In honor of our capitalist democracy, the more tickets you buy, the more votes you get! Tickets $10, no one turned away for lack of funds.Union Center, 1700 N. State St., 2nd floor, Bellingham. Info: 206-441-4969 or www.wsjwj.org.

THURSDAY DECEMBER 19

5-6 PM Thursdays. Peace Vigil with Women in Black. Women wear black; men welcome to stand at the sidelines or to leaflet. We are a peace group in the tradition of the women who vigil weekly in Israel/Palestine. Westlake Park, 4th @ Pine. Info: seattlewomeninblack@yahoo.com or 206-208-9715 or www.scn.org/~wibnw.

7 PM. Queer sanity for the holidays: get support at the Bellevue/Eastside Parents, Families and Friends of LESBIANS AND GAYS (PFLAG.) First United Methodist Church 1934 108th Avenue NE, Bellevue. Info: 425-468-9345.

7 PM. Planning meeting for SNOW, Sound Nonviolent Opponents of War. Info/location: 206-789-5565 or www.snowcoalition.org.

7:30 PM. "Women in War Zones: Eyewitness Accounts from the Middle East" with Ginny NiCarthy (participated in a recent brigade to Iraq) and Nuha Mousa (just returned from visiting her family in Palestine.) Middle Eastern supper, with vegetarian option, available at 6:30, $6.50 donation. New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave. S. Info/childcare: 206-722-6057.

FRIDAY DECEMBER 20

1 PM until 1 PM the next day. Youth Undoing Institutional Racism (YUIR) will hold a 24 hour Sleepout and Fast Against the War Against Iraq. Westlake Park, 4th and Pine. YUIR is collecting clothes to give to a local homeless shelter. If you can't sleep out or fast, bring some clothing and your support! Info: YUIR Intern Megan 206-934-3262 or YUIR mentor Dustin Washington 206-632-0500 ext 14.

SATURDAY DECEMBER 21

Noon-3 PM Saturdays. Join the Vietnam Veterans Against the War Anti-Imperialist Anti-war leafletting. Westlake Park, 4th & Pine. Info: vvawai@oz.net.

Noon to 1 PM. Olympia Fellowship of Reconciliation's 27th Annual Christmas Peace Vigil, along Percival Landing beside Water Street between State and 4th, Olympia. Info: Glen 360-491-9093 or Glen@OlyFOR.org.

3-4 PM Saturdays. Peace Vigil, all welcome. Post Office, North Bend. Info: hayden@rcia.com.

3 PM. Interfaith Network of Concern for the People of Iraq/Citizens Concerned for the People of Iraq meeting. University Baptist Church, 4554 12th Ave NE. Info: bp307@scn.org or 206-568-8178 or www.endiraqsanctions.org.

3-5 PM. Meeting of the October 22nd Coalition to Stop Police Bruality. Help plan fundraisers to send family members of police killing victims to the Coalition's winter national meeting in Houston. Info: 206-264-5527 or oct22seattle@hotmail.com or www.October22.org.

3-4 PM Saturdays. Peace Vigil to Stop the war on Afghanistan, Iraq, Columbia, etc., with the 911 Peace Coalition. Westlake Park, 4th @ Pine,

8 PM. The Northwest's Funny Women unite to benefit New Beginnings Shelter for Women and Children, providing support and services for battered women and their children, TPS Theatre 4, Center House, in the Seattle Center. $8 Tickets, available through Ticket Window 206-325-6500 or on-line http://www.ticketwindowonline.com, info Stacey Hallal 503- 380-3516.

SUNDAY DECEMBER 22

9:30 AM. "Practical Alternatives to Violence" with Nick Mele of the Nonviolent Peace Force. Nick has just returned from the Nonviolent Peaceforce convention in New Delhi. University Unitarian Church, 6556 35th Ave. NE. Info: 206-522-9384.

2-3 PM Sundays. Greenlake Peace Vigil. 63rd @ E. Greenlake Way N. Info: greenlakepeacevigil@hotmail.com or www.greenlakepeacevigil.org.

5-7 PM. "Palestine: It's Hell," slide show/presentation by ETS! co-founder and long-time local activist John Reese, just returned from seven months working with the International Solidarity Movement (www.palsolidarity.org ) and the Palestinian Hydrology Group (www.phg.org ). John helped organize and coordinate the ISM Olive Harvest Campaign. Pictures from Palestine http://www.seattlecan.org/. Seattle Indymedia Center, 1415 3rd Ave. between Pike & Union.

MONDAY DECEMBER 23

7:30 PM. Screening of "Urban Warrior," film on militarization of urban police forces in the U.S. Independent Media Center, 1415 3rd Ave. between Pike & Union downtown.

TUESDAY DECEMBER 24

1-4 PM. Vigil for peace on Christmas Eve! Silverdale Target store on Randell Way. Come with mittens, peace signs, banners, bells, and drums! Sponsored by West Sound Peace Alliance, an affiliate of SNOW.

9:30 PM. KUOW 94.9 FM. "One Big Union," third of four documentaries exploring the colorful history of the Industrial Workers of the World aka the Wobblies.This week: working conditions in logging camps; IWW tactics; and employer views of the union. Highlights "50,000 Lumberjack" strike of 1917, which ended with workers gaining the eight-hour day and employers getting a company union enforced by federal troops. Info: jwhansen@kuow.org or 206-221-2731.

FRIDAY DECEMBER 27

5:30 PM. Critical Mass, an organized coincidence of bicyclists who ride around the streets of Seattle en masse. Westlake Park, 4th @ Pine. Come join the fun! Info: www.oz.net/~nic/cm.html.

7:30 PM. Screening of "Urban Warrior," film on militarization of urban police forces in the U.S. Independent Media Center, 1415 3rd Ave. between Pike & Union downtown.

SATURDAY DECEMBER 28

Noon - 2 PM. Sidewalk Education for Palestinian Human Rights. We have info, banners, signs, and welcome all nonracists to join the Palestine Solidarity Committee. Westlake Park, 4th @ Pine. Info: palestinejustice@aol.com or 206 633-1086.

3 - 4 PM. Peace Vigil and leafleting to Stop the war on Iraq, Afghanistan, and any other country. Westlake Park, 4th and Pine. Info: 911 Peace Coalition, commiett@yahoo.com.

MONDAY DECEMBER 30

7 PM. Planning meeting for SNOW, Sound Nonviolent Opponents of War, a new explicitly nonviolent coalition to prevent a U.S. War on Iraq. Phinney Neighborhood Center, info: F.O.R. 206-789-5565 or http://www.snowcoalition.org.

TUESDAY DECEMBER 31

9:30 PM. KUOW 94.9 FM. "One Big Union," last of four documentaries on the Industrial Workers of the World. "Showdown at Everett" examines events leading up to and following the "Everett Massacre" of 1916, a bloody confrontation between Wobblies and deputy sheriffs, told by Jack Miller, the incident's last survivor. Info: jwhansen@kuow.org or 206-221-2731.

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.

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