WEDNESDAY, July 21

6:30 PM. Meeting of The Coalition of Anti-Racist Whites A community-based organization, working to undo institutionalized racism. We work toward that goal through both education and action. We strive to be accountable to and actively support groups led by People of Color. University Friends Meeting Social Hall, 4001 9th Avenue NE. Info: indi@riseup.net or http://carw.org.

6:30 PM. Meeting of Amnesty International Group 4,, working to protect human rights worldwide. Cascade People's Center, 369 Pontius Ave. N (at Thomas St.). Info: http://www.scn.org/amnesty or aigroup4@hotmail.com or 206-622-6741.

7 PM Monthly Business/Editorial Meeting for Independent Print and Electronic Weekly Eat the State! Come opine, meet, volunteer. How do we do it every other week? People like you! Come be one of them! University Baptist Church, NE 47th & 12th Ave. NE, 3rd Floor. Info: 206-903-9461 or ets@scn.org.

THURSDAY, JULY 22

6:30-8:30 PM. Justice Works Meeting. Undoing racism in the criminal justice system as experienced by African Americans. Cascade People's Center, 309 Pontius Ave N. Info and confirmation of details: http://www.justiceworks.info or 206-309-2087 or justice_works@yahoo.com.

FRIDAY, JULY 23

7 PM. Friday Night at The Meaningful Movies: "Amy Goodman's Exception To the Rulers Tour," Recorded May 7, 2004. Free. Keystone Church, 5019 Keystone Pl. Info: http://groups.msn.com/wallingfordneighbors.

7:30 PM. The Battle of Algiers: the 1965 classic about the Algerian Liberation Front. Second part of the Reel Resistance Film Series. Hosted by the Freedom Socialist Party. New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave. S. Info: 206-722-2453 or FSPseattle@mindspring.com or http://www.socialism.com.

SATURDAY, JULY 24

10:45 AM-1:30 PM. Voter Registration Statewide Poverty Action Network aims to increase the turnout of low-income voters by registering voters door-to-door, specifically in Auburn and Kent. Carpool from the Fremont Public Association, back parking lot, 1501 N 45th St., Wallingford at 10 AM. Maps for both the FPA and Kent/Auburn meeting place: http://www.fremontpublic.org/SPAN/volunteer.html. Sign up or Info: Anne Yen at 206-694-6794, ext. 4, or anne@povertyaction.org.

7 PM. Fundraiser to Support the Geov Parrish Medical Fund. Come help Geov recover from the burden of enormous medical bills and unscrupulous insurance companies (see ad this issue). Featuring music by Jim Page, Rebel Voices, Orville Johnson & Mark Graham, United Sheep Of America, Vanessa Vaselka & The Pinkos, and Correo Aereo. Trinity United Methodist Church, 6512 23rd Ave. NW. You can also donate online using Paypal at http://www.geovmedicalfund.org.

SUNDAY, JULY 25

Noon-6 PM. Seattle Peace Concert 24th Annual Free Summer Park Concert Series, featuring No Tomorrow, Ricky Gene's Dream Machine, Big Island Shindig, Tiny Giants, and Cavernousgroove. Drum circle after every concert. Please bring food bank donations for NW Harvest. Magnuson Park Beach Area, Seattle. Info: 206-729-5232 or seapeace@seapeace.org or http://www.seapeace.org/.

2:30 PM. Water, Seeds, and the Human Spirit: Ecological and Economic Perspectives, a public lecture by Dr. Vandana Shiva, a physicist, ecologist, author, and international voice addressing issues of globalization. Her most recent books are "Stolen Harvest" and "Water Wars." Tickets: $10, $7 students, Kane Hall, Univ. of Washington campus. Register at 206-685-1090.

MONDAY, JULY 26

Noon-1 PM. Attorney Luis Arriage of the Center for Indigenous Rights in Chiapas, Mexico, talks about relations between peoples and their nations. WSBA, 2101 4th Ave. Suite 400. Info: Randy E. Winn at rewinn2003@yahoo.com or 206-349-4023.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 28

7:15 PM. The Green Party of Seattle general membership meeting. The public is welcome. University Heights Center, NE 50th & Univ. Way NE, Room 201. Info: Lance Scott at 206-524-3377.

FRIDAY, JULY 30

5:30 PM. Critical Mass is an organized coincidence of bicyclists who ride around the streets of Seattle en masse. It happens when a lot of cyclists happen to be in the same place at the same time and decide to cycle the same way together for a while. Come join the fun! Westlake Park, downtown, 4th & Pine. Info: http://students.washington.edu/spiegel/cmass.html.

7 PM. Friday Night at The Meaningful Movies: "Taken for a Ride," Why Does America have the worst public transit in the industrialized world, and the most freeways? "Taken for a Ride" reveals the tragic and little known story of an auto and oil industry campaign, led by General Motors, to buy and dismantle streetcar lines. Free. Keystone Church, 5019 Keystone Pl. Info: http://groups.msn.com/wallingfordneighbors.

SATURDAY, JULY 31

Noon-8 PM. Rolling Thunder Democracy Festival with Jim Hightower, William Rivers Pitt, Saul Landau, Po'Girl, Paula Maya, Sister Monk Harem, Geoffrey Castle, Magdalen Hsu-Li, Grace and Savage, Jim Hinde, and much more. Magnuson Park, Seattle. Info: http://www.seattlethunder.net or mike55@foxinternet.net or 206-623-1179.

Noon-4 PM. War on Drugs and the Criminal Justice System on Youth. Fourth annual forum presented by the Center for Social Justice (CSJ) and organized by youth and their allies. Focus will be on providing youth with an opportunity to learn, strategize, debate, and develop policies and action plans regarding arrest and incarceration practices, sentencing, and alternatives to incarceration. Garfield Community Center, Seattle. Info: 206-621-5802 or http://www.centerforsocialjustice.org.

5-9 PM. Annual Capture the Flag (and Burn It!) Game. Anarchists and Socialists, green and red comrades, and anyone else welcome to play. Spectators may bring lawn chairs but will be asked to sit in designated areas. Gates open at 5. Players must be registered by 5:30 in order to play by 6. Rules of the game will be provided to all players on game day, and teams will be selected at that time. Wear comfortable clothing & sunscreen. Bring plenty of water. Bring a flag too, if you have one (but only if you're prepared to take it home in a tin of ashes!) Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle. Info: jessg@speakeasy.net.

7-8:30 PM Art and Revolution. Read and discuss short essays by Russian Revolutionary Leon Trotsky, feminist and African American playwright Lorraine Hansberry, radical historian Howard Zinn, and others. Sponsored by the Freedom Socialist Party. Old Firehouse, 402 15th Ave. E. on Capital Hill, Enter by back door just off E. Harrison St. Info: Chris 206-722-2453 or FSPseattle@mindspring.com.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 1

Noon-6 PM. Seattle Peace Concert 24th Annual Free Summer Park Concert Series, featuring Crown Hillbillies, Creeping Time, The Dustmakers, Korby Lenker Trio (Barbed Wire Cutters), plus jams, Bluegrass & Drums! Woodland Park Shelter Area #1, Aurora Ave. N & N 50th, Seattle. Info: 206-729-5232 or seapeace@seapeace.org or http://www.seapeace.org/.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 3

Noon. Tenant's Union Rally to Save Section 8 Program for affordable housing. The Bush Administration is perpetrating vast and devastating changes to the Housing Choice Voucher Section 8 program which provides affordable housing to thousands of low-income families, elderly, and disabled people in our state and across the country. The Federal Building, 2nd Ave. & Marion St. Info: Emily Paddison at emily@tenantsunion.org or 206-722-6848 x 102.

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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