FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28

5:30 PM, and subsequent last Fridays, Critical Mass. "An organized coincidence of bicyclists who ride around the streets of Seattle en masse." Westlake Park, downtown, 4th & Pine. Info: http://students.washington.edu/spiegel/cmass.html or http://catalyst.washington.edu/webtools/epost/register.cgi??.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29

1 PM. Annual Meeting, Health Care for All. Horizon House, 900 University St., 19th Floor Sky Lounge, Seattle. Info: info@healthcareforallwa.org or http://www.healthcareforallwa.org.

6:30-10 PM. Jobs With Justice Annual Dinner and Silent Auction. SeaTac DoubleTree Hotel, 18740 Pacific Hwy. S., corner of 188th & Hwy. 99. Honoring Father Bill Bichsel, an activist with the Tacoma Catholic Worker. His efforts both locally and at the School of the Americas are well known. Table of 10 $400, individual $50. RSVP to Erica Kay at 206-441-4969.

7-10 PM. Breaking the Silence, an NGO of young soldiers from the Israeli Defense Forces. University Friends Center Social Hall, 4009 9th NE, Seattle. A short slide presentation and discussion of life in the occupied territories by IDF Soldiers Avichay Sharon and Noam Chayut. Sponsored by: University Friends Meeting, Peace & Social Concerns Committee, American Friends Service Committee, Jewish Voices for Peace, Seattle Palestine Solidarity Committee. Suggested Donation $15. Info: http://www.breakingthesilence.org.il.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30

4:30 PM, James Yusef Yee, former Army chaplain at Guantanamo Bay persecuted by he military, speaks on behalf of the case of local Saudi citizen Majid al-Massari, detained over a year now without due process. Islamic School of Seattle, 720 25th St., Seattle. Info: Arab American Community Coalition, 206-545-1735 or info@theaacc.org.

7:30 PM, and subsequent Sundays. Fremont Freedom Flicks. Visionary Studios, 4128 Fremont Ave. N., Seattle. Admission by donation, no one turned away, suggested at least $5. Info: http://www.weaponsofmassdistractionproject.org or stw@riseup.net.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 31

7:30 PM. Jonathan Kozol. Saint Mark's Cathedral, 1245 10th Ave. E., Seattle; Best-selling education author will speak and sign books, speech followed by an 8:45 PM Q&A Admission is free; donations are gladly accepted.

WEDNESDDAY, NOVEMBER 2

All day, Student walkout to protest war and deceptive military recruiting.. Students from all over Western Washington are walking out of school, followed by protest at Westlake, and then marching downtown through the streets to The Premier Club for an all-day youth-planned event with bands, workshops, poetry slam, and spoken word. Info: http://www.yawr.org or Carrie 206-963-4873 or calni04@yahoo.com.

7 PM. Public Hearing on Proposed Budget for King County.. King County Courthouse, 516 3rd Ave., Rm. 1001, Seattle. Help guide the County Council in prioritizing needs. Comments also taken by e-mail, or in writing to King County Council, King County Courthouse, 516 3rd Ave., Room 1200, Seattle, WA 98104.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3

Call for time. Real Change Homeless Newspaper Annual Breakfast, with speaker author Paul Loeb. Bell Harbor International Conference Center, Seattle. Info: http://www.realchangenews.org or 206-441-3247.

5:30-8:30 PM. Environmental Film Festival Opening Night Reception. Broadway Performance Hall, Broadway & Pine, Seattle. Adam Werbach, former president of the Sierra Club, will be the featured speaker. Guests will also receive a special sneak preview of Hazel Wolf: Opening Doors by Gale Podrabsky. Hors d'oeurves and libations will be provided. Info: Demis 206-624-9725.

7 PM. Nonviolent Resistance in Palestine: Palestinian and Israeli Perspectives. University of Washington, Gowan Hall Room 301, behind Suzallo Library, Seattle. Palestinian Ayed Morrar and Israeli Jonathan Pollak are friends and among the major figures in the Palestinian-led, Israeli-supported nonviolent struggle against Israel's military occupation. Both Ayed and Jonathan have been imprisoned for their prominent roles in the nonviolent movement. The nonviolent resistance speaking tour is organized by the US support groups of the International Solidarity Movement. Sponsored by: Palestine Solidarity Committee--Seattle, UW Comparative Law and Society Studies (CLASS) Center, UW Middle East Center, Voices of Palestine, Tikkun Community Seattle. Free, info 206-633-1086 or 206-285-2154 or pl52ip@hotmail.com.

FRIDAY, NOVEMER 4

And Saturday Nov. 5, all day. 2005 Seattle Environmental Film Festival. Broadway Performance Hall, Broadway & Pine, Seattle. An incredible lineup of independent films focusing on art, nature, and poignant and compelling glimpses of environmental issues that are affecting us all. Tickets on sale at http://www.hazelfilm.org/2005seattle.html. Info and tickets http://www.hazelfilm.org.

7 PM, and subsequent Fridays. Friday Night at the Meaningful Movies. Keystone Church, 5019 Keystone Pl., west of I-5, just north of 50th St. Film "Senorita Extraviada" ("Missing Young Woman") (74 min, 2001, Lourdes Portillo). "Señorita Extraviada" documents a two-year search for the truth in the underbelly of the new global economy. In the midst of Juárez's international mystique and high profile job market, there exists a murky history of grossly underreported human rights abuses and violence against women. This is the haunting story of the more than 350 kidnapped, raped, and murdered young women of Juárez, Mexico. Followed by facilitated discussion. Free, donations appreciated. Info wnfp@bridgings.org.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5

Thru Tues. Nov. 8, in Seattle area. Argentinean Dirty War torture victim and survivor Patricia Issasa will be in the Seattle area as part of a US tour sponsored by Global Exchange. Info: nardakani@pol.net or 210-452-4813.

10 AM- 3 PM. Forum on Immigration and Globalization, "Uprooted: A Community Forum o how US Policies Force People to Become Immigrants and What We Can Do to Support Immigrant Rights." Miller Community Center, 330 19th Ave. E., Capitol Hill, Seattle. Sponsored by Community Alliance for Global Justice. Info: info@seattleglobaljustice.org or Brenda Anibarro 206-405-4600.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6

2 PM. Benefit Concert for Housing Justice. Broadway Performance Hall, Broadway & Pine, Capitol Hill, Seattle. Proceeds support the education and organizing work of the Seattle Tenants Union. The concert is a CD release party for a TU benefit CD, Paper Houses, featuring many fabulous local musicians (see website for a complete list). The Gala Concert features four of the musicians who have generously donated their time and talent to the CD: Cuchata (salsa), Children of the Revolution (eastern european/flamenco/gypsy rock), Andre Ferianti (classical guitar) and Jeanette Alexander (modern piano). Tickets $22-$45. Tickets, CD pre-sales and info http://www.paperhousescd.org or TU at 206-722-6848x108.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8

7 AM-8 PM, Polls open near you. See this issue for our ETS! election picks.

7:30 PM. Ward Churchill. Shoreline Community College Gymnasium. Shoreline Community College Presents Ward Churchill as part of the Robert E. Colbert Lecture Series. "On the Justice of Roosting Chickens." Churchill, a renowned radical Native American author and professor, was the center of a media circus for his views that, essentially, the US had 9-11 coming to it. Tickets $6 for kids 14 and under and Shoreline students, $10 senior citizens and other students, and $12 general admission. Group rates available. Ticket office in FOSS (5000) building or via 206-546-4606, also may be available at the door. Info: ktaylor@shoreline.edu or 206-546-4690.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9

7-9 PM. Help Close the SOA. St. Patrick's Church, 1702 Broadway Ave. E., Seattle. Send-off gathering for a Seattle delegation to Fort Benning, Georgia for annual protests at the infamous School of the Americas. New video, music, former prisoners of conscience to speak, reflections and remembrance of the victims. Reception to follow. Free. Everyone welcome! Info (in English): 206-632-1523.

7 PM. Seattle Human Rights Investigators Report on the Current Situation of State Terror in the Philippines. Bradford Center, 700 108th Ave. NE, Bellevue. Report by Seattle delegates from the International Solidarity Mission to the Philippines. Sponsored by the Philippine-U.S. Solidarity Organization (PUSO).

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. Also, check out www.seattleactivism.org.

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