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Date TBA, 5 pm - Protest: the day of any attack on Iran (the next day if the attack occurs at night). At Times Sq recruiting station (1/2/3/7, N/Q/R/W, S to Times Sq-42nd St). Info: nyc@worldcantwait.org & http://www.worldcantwait.org

8/25 MON-8/27 WED - Workshop: "Using the UN System to Defend Indigenous Peoples' Human Rights & Hold Countries Accountable." W/Ron Lameman (Beaver Lake Cree, Canada), Francisco Cali (Mayan Nation, Guatemala), Andrea Carmen (Yaqui Indian Nation, AZ USA), Alberto Saldamando (human rights atty), Ben Powless (Mohawk Nation, Canada). Human rights training for indigenous peoples, 1st nations & community members. At loc in Ontario, Canada. Info: Laura Calmwind, 416-9869856, laura@coo.org & Andrea Carmen, 907-8417758, andrea@treatycouncil.org

*NEW* 8/26 TUE, 9 am-2 pm - Action: Help w/WESPAC mailing. At WESPAC Pleasantville office, 17 Marble Ave, Pleasantville, NY. Info: 9144496514, info@wespac.org & http://www.forcolombia.org/dwr

*NEW* 8/26 TUE, 10 am - Press conf/action: "Walking the Peace Planks." March on Dems w/the Grannies for Women's Equality Day. Carry 6-ft foam "planks," inscribed w/demands for ending war & other messages to be included in Democratic Party platform. If you can't do walk, pls try to come to press conference. Meet at Times Sq Recruiting Station, 44th St & B'way (1/2/3/7, N/Q/R/W, S to Times Sq-42nd St) for press conf; 11 am: march down B'way to 31st St & to Park Ave (NYS Dem Party offices). Info: Joan, joanwile263@aol.com

*NEW* 8/26 TUE, 7 pm - Discussion: Program introducing the New Constitution of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA--just published. Focus on why communism is both a scientific & revolutionary theory. At Revolution Books, 146 W 26th St (btw 6th & 7th Aves, 1 to 28th St, F/V to 23rd St). Info: 2126913345, revbooksnyc@yahoo.com & http://www.revolutionbooksnyc.org

8/27 WED, 7 pm - Film: "The Atheist Tapes," part 2. Playwright /filmmaker Jonathan Miller in off-the-record interviews w/philosophers Daniel Dennett & Colin McGinn, & Nobel prize winning physicist Steven Weinberg. At Revolution Books, 146 W 26th St (btw 6th & 7th Aves, 1 to 28th St, F/V to 23rd St). Info: 2126913345, revbooksnyc@yahoo.com & http://www.revolutionbooksnyc.org

*NEW* 8/27 WED, 7 pm - Film: "Reality Show." W/filmmaker Rob Davenport. Film follows 6 former gang members in Guatemala as they compete in "Challenge 10," a reality show based on the TV show "The Apprentice" & sponsored by USAID to transform former gang members into young entrepreneurs. At Bluestockings, 172 Allen St (at Stanton, 1 bk S of Houston, F/V to 2nd Ave). $5 suggested. Info: 2127776028, http://www.bluestockings.com & http://www.myspace.com/bluestockingsnyc

8/28 THU, 9 am - March/rally: "We Are America: Immigrant Rights Are Human Rights." Meet at 2855 W Howard Pl, Denver (Rude Park), march to rally at La Alma/ Lincoln Park, W 12th Ave & Mariposa St. Sponsors: Escuela Tlatelolco, Padres/Jovenes Unidos, NEWSED, Centro Humananitario de Trabajadores, Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition (CIRC), National Alliance for Human Rights (NAHR), many others. Info: Denver Nita Gonzalez, 3039648993, njgonzal@aol.com & Minsun Ji, 3032924115, minsunji@yahoo.com

8/28 THU, 6:30 pm - Book event/discussion: "The Duty of Delight: The Diaries of Dorothy Day." W/Fr James Martin, SJ, Robert Ellsberg, Sally Cunneen (SUNY), Peggy Steinfels (Fordham Center on Religion & Culture). Dorothy Day (18971980) was founder of the Catholic Worker Movement & is now a candidate for sainthood. At Museum of City of NY. $9/$5 members, seniors, students. RSVP (req): http://www.mcny.org/public_programs/all/889.html

8/28 THU, 7 pm - Discussion: "Obama: Wishful Thinking & Deadly Self-Deception." On article by Sunsara Taylor in Revolution on The Nation's Open Letter to Obama. At Revolution Books, 146 W 26th St (btw 6th & 7th Aves, 1 to 28th St, F/V to 23rd St). Info: 2126913345, revbooksnyc@yahoo.com & http://www.revolutionbooksnyc.org

*NEW* 8/28 THU, 7 pm - Film: "Thirst, Invasion Drop by Drop" (2005, 70). W/Leo Cerda (Kichwa people) on how the Guarani aquifer has been increasingly controlled by the US military through joint exercises w/Paraguay under the pretense of preventing Arab terrorism. Indigenous Voices Series, hosted by WBAI's Tiokasin Ghosthorse. At Bluestockings, 172 Allen St (at Stanton, 1 bk S of Houston, F/V to 2nd Ave). $5 suggested. Info: 2127776028, http://www.bluestockings.com & http://www.myspace.com/bluestockingsnyc

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*NEW* 8/29 FRI, 7 pm - Reading: "Shadow of the Fathers." W/author & San Juan Star correspondent Robert Friedman. Novel inspired by a true incident in which a doctor working in Puerto Rico claimed he had purposely killed 8 patients to help exterminate a degenerate population. At Bluestockings, 172 Allen St (at Stanton, 1 bk S of Houston, F/V to 2nd Ave). Free. Info: 2127776028, http://www.bluestockings.com & http://www.myspace.com/bluestockingsnyc

8/29 FRI-8/30 SAT - Action: D-Town 2 the Twins DNC to RNC Caravan. "Leave Denver 8/29 around 10 am & drive to Lawrence, KS for a night of camping, eating, singing around campfires & all-around merriness. Dinner & breakfast provided. Travel together to the Twin Cities." Sponsor: Unconventional Denver. Info: unconventionaldenver@riseup.net & dtown2thetwins@gmail.com

8/29 FRI, time TBA - Action: National Day of Action to commemorate Katrina. Demand: reinvest in strong communities & community control (real democracy); end/divest from criminalization, arrests & incarceration of public housing residents, homeless residents, day laborers, youth of color, etc, school to prison pipeline. At NY loc TBA. Sponsor: Right to the City Alliance (in NYC: CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities, Community Voices Heard, FIERCE, FUREE, Jews for Racial & Economic Justice (JFREJ), Make the Road NY, Mothers on the Move (MOM), NYC IDS Housing Network/VOCAL NY Users Union, Picture the Homeless, WeACT! Info: Valerie Taing, 212-473-3032, vtaing@righttothecity.org & http://www.rightothecity.org

*NEW* 8/30 SAT - Action: Int'l Day of the Disappeared. In solidarity w/the int'l call from the Assn of Families of the Disappeared & Victims of Violations of Human Rights in Mexico (AFADEM) & the Latin American Federation of Assns of Families of Disappeared Detainees (FEDEFAM). Marches, street theatre, protests at local immigration detention centers, etc. Info: shadowboxer@riseup.net

8/30 SAT9/4 THU - Actions: at the Republican National Convention. "Send a strong & clear message to party candidates: the war & occupation of Iraq must end now!" At locs TBA in Minneapolis. Sponsors: Coalition to March on the RNC & Stop the War, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Code Pink, Veterans for Peace, Progressive Democrats of America, Military Families Speak Out, American Friends Service Committee, US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation. Info: 2128685545, 612-234-8774, protestrnc2008.org & http://www.unitedforpeace.org & http://protestrnc2008.org

*NEW* 8/31 SUN, 3 pm - Meeting: Activist Uses of Gramsci's Theory of Hegemony. Housing foreclosures, rising prices, endless wars, corrupt elections... The left typically responds w/apocalyptic proclamations predicting capitalism's immediate demise, yet mass acceptance of the system continues as the norm. Examine strategic uses of Antonio Gramsci's understanding of where, why & how consent is produced. Learn how we can better interrogate/ identify/ disrupt the system's weakest points & create a vibrant socialist project. At AJ Muste Institute, 339 Lafayette St, 3rd fl, buzzer #11 (at Bleecker St, 6 to Bleecker, B/D/V/F to B'way/Lafayette, R to Prince St). Sponsor: Socialist Party USA/NYC Local. Info: 718 8692279, socialistpartynyc@gmail.com & http://www.spnyc.org

*NEW* 8/31 SUN, time TBA - Event: People's Revolutionary Party.

8/31 SUN, 8 pm (confirm time & prices w/organizers) - Music/benefit: 11th Annual Black August Hip Hop Project. W/EPMD, Bilal, Black Moon, Smif n Wessun, Shadia Mansour, DJ Evil Dee, DJ Marley Marl, DJ Op, DJ K-Salaam, surprise guests. Celebration of hip hop & freedom fighters. Free the San Francisco 8. At Nokia Theater, 1515 B'way (at 45th St). $30 adv/$35 door. Sponsors: Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, Black August Hip Hop Project, Hands Off Assata Coalition. Info: meroniye@gmail.com & http://mxgm.org/blackaugust/ & http://www.blackaugust.com

Through 8/26 TUE - Discussions/actions: Freegan events. Discuss freegan ethic, w/particular focus on the practice of urban foraging; participate in guided tours of retail waste designed to educate on the social & environmental impacts of mass production, overconsumption & waste under global capitalism & to teach people to sustain themselves on wasted resources. Contact for working group meetings. Info: 3477246954, ask@freegan.info & http://freegan.info

--8/25 MON, 7:30 pm - Discussion/action: Freegan Reading Group & Trash Tour. At Grand Central Station's Dining Concourse near Gate 114 (4/5/6/7/S to Grand Central-42nd St); for tour, meet at 9:45 pm at grocery on 38th St & 3rd Ave.

-8/26 TUE, 5:30 pm: Freegan Feast. Vegetarian barbecue. Help cook at 5:30 pm & eat at 8 pm. At loc TBA in Rockaway, Qns. RSVP: Janet, 3477246954.

8/23 SAT8/28 THU - Actions: at the Democratic National Convention. "Send a strong & clear message to party candidates: the war & occupation of Iraq must end now!" At locs TBA in Denver. Sponsors: Iraq Veterans Against the War, Code Pink, Veterans for Peace, Progressive Democrats of America, Military Families Speak Out, American Friends Service Cmt, US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, United for Peace & Justice. Info: 2128685545, http://www.unitedforpeace.org

8/24 SUN8/28 THU - Actions: at the Democratic National Convention. "Coordinated Direct Actions against the DNC, its corporate sponsors & the military/police occupation of public space...respecting diverse tactics & the autonomy of affinity groups & individuals." At locs TBA in Denver. Sponsor: Unconventional Action Denver. Info: unconventionaldenver@riseup.net

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--8/25 MON: Free Peltier/All Political Prisoners. March ending at the capitol across from Civic Center Park. Afterwards, interrupt flow of capital & disrupt the fundraisers at giant DNC/Democrats party.

--8/26 TUE: Environmental Issues/No Global Warming Day. AM: Focus on ways to stop the delegates from getting to the Pepsi Center to vote, targeting hotels, intersections & transportation systems.

--8/27 WED: No Borders Day. AM: See 8/27 below for immigrant rights march. PM: People's Feast & concrete decentralized actions: guerrilla gardening, free school/workshops, gentrification reclamation, informational bike rides, helping negatively impacted communities, impromptu dance parties, etc.

--8/26 THU: End Racism/Imperialism Day. "Visually stunning, media attracting actions targeting the Democrats' complicity in racism in Denver & nationally through gentrification, police brutality, criminal injustice, the prison industrial complex, etc."

*NEW* Through 9/6 SAT - Action: help create the Sept 2008 IndyKids. 9/3 WED, 6:308:30 pm: copy-editing articles; 9/6 SAT, 35 pm: bundling & mailing party. At Indymedia office, 4 W 43rd St, rm 311 (btw 5th & 6th Ave, 7 to 5th Ave at 42nd St, B/D/F/V to 42nd St-Bryant Park, 4/5/6 to Grand Central-42nd St). Info: 2125920116, indykids@indymedia.org & http://www.indykids.net

Through 9/10 WED, 7:30 pm - Film/discussion: Summer film series. 8/27 WED: "WEB Dubois: A Biography in 4 Voices" (1996, US); 8/28 THU: "The Bombing of Osage Ave" (1986, US); 9/10 WED: "Lumumba" (2001, France/Belgium/Haiti/Germany), discussion w/Elombe Brath. At the Brecht Forum, 451 West St (btw Bank & Bethune Sts, A/C/E/L to 14th St & 8th Ave, 1/2/3 to 14th St & 7th Ave). $6/$10/$15. Info: 212-2424201, brechtforum@brechtforum.org

Through 9/18 THU - Workshops: Learn the basics of composting, including issues specific to NYC. Sponsor: Manhattan Compost Project. Info/register (required): 2124773155, info@lesecologycenter.org & http://www.lesecologycenter.org/les_frames.html

Through 10/25 SAT - Exhibit: "Practice of Encroachment: From the global border to the border neighborhood." Work of Estudio Teddy Cruz, whose architectural studio at the San Diego-Tijuana border collaborates w/community-based nonprofits for research in new forms affordable housing & social density. At PARC Foundation Gallery, 29 Bleecker St (6 to Bleecker St, B/D/F/V to B'way-Lafayette). Info: http://www.theparcfoundation.org/

Through 11/30 SUN - Exhibit: "Votes for Women." Explores Susan B Anthony's contribution to the US suffrage movement, the contributions of 8 other important US suffragists, & Victoria Woodhull's historic run for the US presidency in 1872. At Bkn Museum, Elizabeth A Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Herstory Gallery, 4th fl, 200 Eastern Parkway, Bkn (2/3 to Eastern Parkway/Bkn Museum). $8 suggested/$4 students w/ID/$4 for 62 & older/free for members & children under 12). Info: http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/votes_for_women/

Through 12/29 MONs, 8 am-6 pm - Action: Union Square Greenmarket Textile Recycling Days. Used clothing, shoes, boots, hats, jackets, towels, bedding & linens. At Union Sq, NE corner (Park Ave South at 17th St, 4/5/6, L/N/Q/R/W to 14th St-Union Sq). Sponsors: Council on the Environment's Office of Recycling Outreach & Education. Info: 212-3419894.

Through 12/31 WED (tentative) - Exhibit: "In Our Own Words: Portraits of Bkn's Vietnam Veterans." Life-sized photos & audio clips which vividly recount the memories & experiences of 9 local veterans who served in Vietnam. At Bkn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont St, Bkn Hts, Bkn (at Clinton, R, 2/3, 4/5 to Court St/Boro Hall). $6 adults/$4: seniors (62+) & students w/ID; children under 12 free. Info: Brooklynhistory.org