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Disclaimer: Okay, so I have a problem with events that commemorate a demonstration. I mean, it's not freaking hanukkah, meant to be revered year after year, people. It was a demonstration, we got some good work done, but it was eight years ago and we need some new ideas. The face of social resistance has changed forever. Activist, reinvent thyself. /rant
That said, it's important to stay inspired. Read on.
Doors open at 6:00
Opening Presentation: 7 - 8pm: The WTO today: are we still winning?
David Korten, Int'l Forum on Globalization, author of "When Corporations Rule the World"
Garry Owens, Northwest LELO
Heather Day, moderator, Community Alliance for Global Justice
Workshops 8 - 9:30pm: Stopping the expansion of NAFTA (The Security and Prosperity Partnership); Connecting the local and global fights for food justice; Free trade, forced migration and immigrant rights; Patenting and Access to Medicines; Using escalation to win organizing victories; Ending the debt burden; Building alternatives to Free Trade Agreements; Reclaiming our history and the media; Non-Violent Direct Action; Biofuels - will they solve the peak oil crisis and lead to greater global justice in international trade?
Party 9:30 - midnight! Come to enjoy...
...the Latin tunes of Sin Fronteras
...the funky grooves of DJ Uncle Meghabhuti & Jill Freidberg, co-host Sabor! 91.3 FM KBCS
...the People's Space for live performance of songs and spoken-word (open mike-style)
...the WTO Protest Installation: Bring (or wear) your favorite WTO protest memorabilia for collective, temporary installation that night!
...Arts & Crafts & Revolution!
CO-SPONSORS: Allyship, American Friends Service Committee, AnakBayan, A.N.S.W.E.R. (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism), Arts Kollective Organizing Committee, Backbone Campaign, BALLE Seattle, BAYAN USA, Community Action Network, Community Alliance for Global Justice, Council of Canadians, Dyke Community Activists, Green Party of Seattle, Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies, Inland Boatman's Union, Jubilee Northwest, Moving Images, National Lawyers Guild - Seattle chapter, NAWFORD (North American Women for Diversity), Pepperspray Productions, Philippine-US Solidarity Organization, Pinay sa Seattle, Reclaim the Media, Ruckus Society, Sahng-nok-su, Seattle CISPES (Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador), Seattle Radical Women, Seattle Raging Grannies, Social Justice Ministries - Church Council of Greater Seattle, Student Labor Action Project, Washington Biotechnology Action Council, WA Fair Trade Coalition.
GET INVOLVED!
*Co-sponsor (we ask that you help publicize and make a donation if possible): Contact Heather Day hrd99@igc.org
*Join the planning committee: Meetings Wed Nov 21 and Nov 28, 7-9pm, at CAGJ office - 606 Maynard Ave S. in the ID
*Volunteers needed Dec. 1! Contact Erica Kay: can@drizzle.com 206-568-7110, 206-351-2863
*Spread the word!
for more info, please contact CAGJ: 206.405.4600
go to www.seattleglobaljustice.org for updates and downloadable posters and flyers
Que se vayan todos!
That said, it's important to stay inspired. Read on.
Cuz the Power of the People Don't Stop!
Commemorate the 8th Anniversary of the 1999 WTO Protests
Commemorate the 8th Anniversary of the 1999 WTO Protests
With the imminent release of the major motion picture,"Battle in Seattle" and the City of Seattle's $1 million settlement with WTO protesters to be distributed this weekend, we will gather to reflect on the legacy of the WTO protests, to inspire the telling of our own stories, and to learn how the work for local and global justice continues in our region today.
Saturday, December 1, 2007
Labor Temple, 2800 1st Ave, Seattle
$5 suggested donation - no one turned away for lack of funds.
Light fare and beverages provided.
PROGRAM:$5 suggested donation - no one turned away for lack of funds.
Light fare and beverages provided.
Doors open at 6:00
Opening Presentation: 7 - 8pm: The WTO today: are we still winning?
David Korten, Int'l Forum on Globalization, author of "When Corporations Rule the World"
Garry Owens, Northwest LELO
Heather Day, moderator, Community Alliance for Global Justice
Workshops 8 - 9:30pm: Stopping the expansion of NAFTA (The Security and Prosperity Partnership); Connecting the local and global fights for food justice; Free trade, forced migration and immigrant rights; Patenting and Access to Medicines; Using escalation to win organizing victories; Ending the debt burden; Building alternatives to Free Trade Agreements; Reclaiming our history and the media; Non-Violent Direct Action; Biofuels - will they solve the peak oil crisis and lead to greater global justice in international trade?
Party 9:30 - midnight! Come to enjoy...
...the Latin tunes of Sin Fronteras
...the funky grooves of DJ Uncle Meghabhuti & Jill Freidberg, co-host Sabor! 91.3 FM KBCS
...the People's Space for live performance of songs and spoken-word (open mike-style)
...the WTO Protest Installation: Bring (or wear) your favorite WTO protest memorabilia for collective, temporary installation that night!
...Arts & Crafts & Revolution!
CO-SPONSORS: Allyship, American Friends Service Committee, AnakBayan, A.N.S.W.E.R. (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism), Arts Kollective Organizing Committee, Backbone Campaign, BALLE Seattle, BAYAN USA, Community Action Network, Community Alliance for Global Justice, Council of Canadians, Dyke Community Activists, Green Party of Seattle, Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies, Inland Boatman's Union, Jubilee Northwest, Moving Images, National Lawyers Guild - Seattle chapter, NAWFORD (North American Women for Diversity), Pepperspray Productions, Philippine-US Solidarity Organization, Pinay sa Seattle, Reclaim the Media, Ruckus Society, Sahng-nok-su, Seattle CISPES (Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador), Seattle Radical Women, Seattle Raging Grannies, Social Justice Ministries - Church Council of Greater Seattle, Student Labor Action Project, Washington Biotechnology Action Council, WA Fair Trade Coalition.
GET INVOLVED!
*Co-sponsor (we ask that you help publicize and make a donation if possible): Contact Heather Day hrd99@igc.org
*Join the planning committee: Meetings Wed Nov 21 and Nov 28, 7-9pm, at CAGJ office - 606 Maynard Ave S. in the ID
*Volunteers needed Dec. 1! Contact Erica Kay: can@drizzle.com 206-568-7110, 206-351-2863
*Spread the word!
for more info, please contact CAGJ: 206.405.4600
go to www.seattleglobaljustice.org for updates and downloadable posters and flyers
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Other upcoming events:
AnakBayan 5 Year Anniversary
7:00, Friday, November 30
At the Filipino Community Center (5740 Martin Luther King Jr. Way)
$3 Youth/$5 General
Featuring live performances, video, music, and food
206.855.6630 www.anakbayan.net
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U.S. Social Forum meeting
Saturday, December 1 at 1:00 p.m.
LELO's offices: 3700 South Hudson, Unit C. We will talk about what we want to do for the January World Day of Action: CALL TO WORLD DAY OF ACTION: JAN. 26, 2008. After the successful first ever United States Social Forum (USSF) in Atlanta, Georgia during June 27 to July 1, 2007 the 'Peoples' Movement Assembly' (PMA) was established to continue and carry out the movement building process. The PMA in conjunction with the World Social Forum (WSF)/International Council, join in the CALL for action for January 26, 2008 designated as a 'World Day of Action'. The last time a World Day of Action took place was in February 15, 2003 designated as a Day to protest the War in Iraq and Afghanistan. It is estimated 38 million people took part in the protest on that day. Contact: PMA at pma@ussf2007.org
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The People's Summit
Saturday December 8, 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Rainier Beach High School
8815 Seward Park Avenue South
Seattle, Washington 98118
http://www.lelo.org/
***
International Human Rights Day Funeral March
Sunday, December 9, 1:00
Meet outside Washington Trade and Convention Center (on Pike between 7th and 8th Ave)
Participants encouraged to wear black, bring funeral props
puso.seattle@gmail.com
Other upcoming events:
AnakBayan 5 Year Anniversary
7:00, Friday, November 30
At the Filipino Community Center (5740 Martin Luther King Jr. Way)
$3 Youth/$5 General
Featuring live performances, video, music, and food
206.855.6630 www.anakbayan.net
***
U.S. Social Forum meeting
Saturday, December 1 at 1:00 p.m.
LELO's offices: 3700 South Hudson, Unit C. We will talk about what we want to do for the January World Day of Action: CALL TO WORLD DAY OF ACTION: JAN. 26, 2008. After the successful first ever United States Social Forum (USSF) in Atlanta, Georgia during June 27 to July 1, 2007 the 'Peoples' Movement Assembly' (PMA) was established to continue and carry out the movement building process. The PMA in conjunction with the World Social Forum (WSF)/International Council, join in the CALL for action for January 26, 2008 designated as a 'World Day of Action'. The last time a World Day of Action took place was in February 15, 2003 designated as a Day to protest the War in Iraq and Afghanistan. It is estimated 38 million people took part in the protest on that day. Contact: PMA at pma@ussf2007.org
**
The People's Summit
Saturday December 8, 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Rainier Beach High School
8815 Seward Park Avenue South
Seattle, Washington 98118
http://www.lelo.org/
***
International Human Rights Day Funeral March
Sunday, December 9, 1:00
Meet outside Washington Trade and Convention Center (on Pike between 7th and 8th Ave)
Participants encouraged to wear black, bring funeral props
puso.seattle@gmail.com
Que se vayan todos!
Argentina is what happens when rampant capitalism destroys an economy- and the people take it back. They're an inspiration. -JX
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Central Cinema will screen two Moving Images films about Argentina to the general public Sunday, Dec. 2 at 7 p.m. for the regular $5 admission to the theater.
Argentina-Hope in Hard Times [2005] 74 min. After its premier at the Seattle Art Museum, this film has screened in festivals around the world and won several awards, including a prestigious CINE Golden Eagle. “Que se vayan todos!” ("Throw them all out!”) Chants echo off the skyscrapers and burst through the plazas of Buenos Aires. With a failed economy and distrusted politicians, regular people took it upon themselves to make their country look more like their dreams. If you haven't yet seen this inspiring film about a tumultuous period in Argentina's history, here's a great opportunity.
Argentina-Turning Around [2007] 38 min. Premiere. A few years later, Melissa Young and Mark Dworkin returned to Argentina to re-visit worker-run factories and talk with economists and journalists. They wanted to find out if the outpouring of citizen action after the economic collapse of 2001 had led to fundamental changes, or if it is business as usual.
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Central Cinema will screen two Moving Images films about Argentina to the general public Sunday, Dec. 2 at 7 p.m. for the regular $5 admission to the theater.
Argentina-Hope in Hard Times [2005] 74 min. After its premier at the Seattle Art Museum, this film has screened in festivals around the world and won several awards, including a prestigious CINE Golden Eagle. “Que se vayan todos!” ("Throw them all out!”) Chants echo off the skyscrapers and burst through the plazas of Buenos Aires. With a failed economy and distrusted politicians, regular people took it upon themselves to make their country look more like their dreams. If you haven't yet seen this inspiring film about a tumultuous period in Argentina's history, here's a great opportunity.
Argentina-Turning Around [2007] 38 min. Premiere. A few years later, Melissa Young and Mark Dworkin returned to Argentina to re-visit worker-run factories and talk with economists and journalists. They wanted to find out if the outpouring of citizen action after the economic collapse of 2001 had led to fundamental changes, or if it is business as usual.
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