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January 20 (Thursday) - Protest / Demonstration
Counter-Inaugural: Protest Bush
Protest Bush on Inauguration Day! Join with others to demand "Bring the Troops Home Now, Fund Human Needs not War and Occupation! No to the Bush Agenda!" Sponsored by ANSWER Seattle. more...
December 11 (Saturday) - Workshop / Training
Environmental Activist Training
A full two-day training for people interested in protecting the Earth's endangered forests. Learn effective strategies in corporate campaigning, non-violent direct action, recruitment and organizing. more...
December 3 (Friday) - Film / Video
Peaceable Kingdom
Riveting stories of people struggling with their conscience around some of our society’s most fundamental assumptions. more...
December 3 (Friday) - Film / Video
Bhopal: The Search for Justice
In observation, DEC 3RD: GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION FOR JUSTICE IN FOR BHOPAL, we are screening the new documentary Bhopal: The Search for Justice produced by Natioanl Film Board of Canada, CBC, and Nadeem Uddin, a NW based filmmaker. Nadeem will be present at the screening.
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December 2 (Thursday) - Film / Video
The Fourth World War
Seattle Premiere of the documentary The Fourth World War, with directors Richard Rowley and Jacqueline Soohen in attendance. The Fourth World War is the untold human story of men and women who resist being annihilated in the current global conflict. more...
November 30 (Tuesday) - Protest / Demonstration
Nov 30th-WTO Protest 5th Anniversary Events
The Weapons of Mass Distraction Project will stage a mock television news broadcast complete with roving reporters, anchorpersons and a giant television during the 5th anniversary of the protests against the 1999 World Trade Organization in Seattle. Weapons of Mass Distraction is an on-going art project featuring the work of sculptors, writers, actors, filmmakers, sound artists and musicians in a multi-media setting. more...
November 29 (Monday) - Lecture / Talk
Activists and the Occupation: Solidarity and Resistance in Israel and Palestine.
Israeli human rights lawyer Yael Berda and returned International Solidarity Movement activist Aaron Kuller of Seattle will speak at the University Friends Meeting House. November 29 is the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. more...
November 27 (Saturday) - Film / Video
"The Take" - Film & discussion with Director Avi Lewis
Written and produced by NO LOGO's Naomi Klein and directed by noted radio commentator Avi Lewis, THE TAKE is one of the first pieces of journalism in North America to take on the fascinating, alarmingly-inspiring developments among the workers of Argentina. Once a prosperous nation on the cusp of the first world, economic deregulation bankrupted the country almost overnight, leaving an entire country out of work. In the past two years, however, these armies of unemployed workers have begun a major movement to retake their factories and start up production once again. more...
November 22 (Monday) - Meeting
Impeach Bush Meetup
Join forces with Seattle for the Impeach Bush Meetup this coming Monday the 22nd. Strategize to break the hypnotic trance that seems to have overcome the media and the public over the war crimes and impeachable offenses of Bush and Company.
http://impeachbush.meetup.com/123/ more...
November 17 (Wednesday) - Film / Video
Affluenza
With the annual shopping season just around the corner, come join us for a counter-cultural view of this American custom as we screen the film, "Affluenza". "Affluenza" is a one-hour television special that explores the high social and environmental costs of materialism and overconsumption. There will be a discussion following the film.
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November 13 (Saturday) - Lecture / Talk
Paul Rogat Loeb: Ramifications of the Elections
How do we keep on when times get tough? Author of the underground bestseller Soul of a Citizen, and the new The Impossible Will Take a Little While: A Citizen’s Guide to Hope in a Time of Fear will explore what keeps us going despite all the obstacles. He will also be addressing the implications of the elections for the progressive movement. more...
November 13 (Saturday) - Protest / Demonstration
Stop The Assault on Fallujah!
STOP THE ASSAULT ON FALLUJAH
Not In Our Name!
Rally and March
Saturday, November 13, 2004
1:00 p.m., Westlake Park - 4th & Pine
Let's join together to:
** Demand an immediate end to the assault and the war, and show that Bush has NO MANDATE from the American people for this illegitimate war for empire.
** Give the war a human face by displaying images of the citizens of
Fallujah--images the American media aren't showing.
** Show our solidarity with the Iraqi citizens who are being killed, maimed and psychologically devastated, and with American soldiers who refuse to fight.
Sponsored by the Not In Our Name Project
www.notinourname-seattle.net (local)
www.notinourname.net (national)
206-322-3813
seattle@notinourname.net
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November 10 (Wednesday) - Panel / Forum
False Headlines & Empty Sound Bites: How the media is failing us and why
Discuss the state of our media with Bert Sacks, founder of Citizens Committee for Responsible Journalism and Susan Gleason, co-founder of Reclaim the Media. more...
November 6 (Saturday) - Protest / Demonstration
Now and after the elections: We are still against the war!
Join Not In Our Name, A.N.S.W.E.R., Hate Free Zone and others in building the next wave of resistance to deliver a resounding NO to war and repression here and abroad.
We'll march through downtown and surround the Federal Building with
orange netting in an arrest for this illegal, immoral war.
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October 28 (Thursday) - Protest / Demonstration
March & Rally Against the War in Iraq and the War at Home
Join us in call for an immediate end to the occupation and continuing violence against the people of Iraq and an end to the ongoing war against people of color in the U.S. more...
October 23 (Saturday) - Film / Video
Public Screening: "Brothers and Others: The Impact of 9/11 on Arabs, Muslims and South Asians in America"
Join The Film Connection and Green Lake Public Library for a free public screening and panel discussion. Build community, educate one another, and promote change. more...
October 22 (Friday) - Film / Video
Friday Night At the Meaningful Movies: "DEADLINE": The Death Penalty
FILM: DEADLINE (2004, Katy Chevigny, Kirsten Johnson) Topic: Death Penalty. .
"Deadline" undermines arguments for the death penalty by structuring its story around a capital-punishment believer, George Ryan, whose conscience was stricken by what he learned as governor of Illinois. .
Presented as part of Amnesty International's 7th annual National WEEKEND OF FAITH IN ACTION AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY, in conjunction with the Buddhist Peace Fellowship (www.bpf.org), the Washington Coalition To Abolish the Death Penalty (www.abolishdeathpenalty.org), Amnesty International (http://www.amnestyusa.org/events/faithinaction.html), Freedom Project, and others. Amnesty launched this weekend in hopes of bringing together two important approaches to social justice: grassroots human rights activism and faith-based community action. .
Facilitated Discussion Follows. .
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October 22 (Friday) - Protest / Demonstration
9th annual National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality
The National Day of Protest aims to bring forward a powerful, visible, national protest against police brutality, repression, and the criminalization of a generation. It aims to bring forward those most directly under the gun of police brutality AND to also reach into all parts of the society - bringing forward others to stand in the fight against this official brutality. more...
October 20 (Wednesday) - Lecture / Talk
Amnesty International UW presents: "Addressing Torture: An Academic, A Survivor"
Amnesty International UW presents two speakers on torture: Jamie Mayerfeld, UW professor of human rights, giving a speech on "Torture in the War on Terror;" and Sabah Al-Dhaher, a survivor of torture. more...
October 20 (Wednesday) - Film / Video
Hijacking Catastrophe
The film "Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear & the Selling of American Empire" featuring Tariq Ali, Medea Benjamen, Noam Chomsky, Daniel Ellsberg, and several other political observers who discuss the radical Bush agenda that has been carried forward using 9/11 as a pretext. There will be a discussion following the screening. more...
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