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GENERAL INFO:1-800-STOP-WTO, 206-770-9044, People For Fair Trade Office 1914 4th Ave (near Virginia), www.peopleforfairtrade.org.

Direct Action Network: Welcome Center 420 E. Denny Way; 206-632-1656; www.agitprop.org.

HOW TO GET THERE BY BUS: Metro 206-555-3000, http://transit.metrokc.gov/

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 25

7:30 PM, Independent Media Center, 1415 3rd Ave between Pike and Union. "Just Desserts" world premiere of two anti-WTO films: "Pressure Point," telling the story of how world-wide activism foiled enactment of the MAI, and "Pig's Tale," a tale of pigs and U.S. economic intervention in Haiti. Free, sponsored by Free Speech TV, the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, KBDI, and the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute. Check out the Independent Media Center, with up to the minute coverage of anti-W.T.O. protests at http://www.indymedia.org.

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 26

& Sat. Nov. 27, 9 AM-Noon, or 1-4 PM, University Friends Meeting, 4001 9th Ave. NE, bus #7, 31, 66, 71,72, 73, 74. Introduction To Nonviolence. Info: plyman@aol.com or 206-323-5295.

& Sat. Nov. 27, 9 AM-Noon, or 1-4 PM, at Woodland Park Presbyterian Church, 225 N. 70th St. (at Greenwood), bus #5. Introduction To Nonviolence. Info: plyman@aol.com or 206-323-5295.

& Sat. Nov. 27, Seattle Symphony Hall, 3rd & Union. TEACH-IN on the WTO, with the International Forum on Globalization. Fri.: 7-10 PM, "The Multiple Impacts of Economic Globalization"; Sat., 8:30 AM-6 PM, 8-11 PM "The View From the South." Info: http://www.ifg.org, tickets @ TicketMaster 206-628-0888.

Through Sun. Nov. 28, Little Theater, 608 19th Ave. E. at Mercer, bus #12. Films on destructive world trade: "Our Friends at the Bank," Uganda and the World Bank; "Coffee Is the Gold of the Future," WTO & Colombia. Info: 206-675-2055.

5:30 PM, Westlake Mall, 4th & Pine. Critical Mass "Buy Nothing Day"/Fuck Cars demo! Bring cardboard cars (but don't buy them), bike parts & inner tubes for creative sculpture.

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 27

9 AM-Noon, University Friends Meeting, 4001 9th Ave. NE, bus #7, 66, 71,72, 73. Peacekeeping Training for the Jubilee 2000 Human Chain Mon. Nov. 29, and the Big March Against the WTO Tues. Nov. 30. RSVP/info: plyman@aol.com or 206-323-5295.

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 28

Through Fri. Dec. 3 Seattle University, Lemieux Library Rm. 108; Indigenous Peoples' Networking, including indigenous press and radio broadcasting "Native American Calling". Info: Tom Goldtooth, Indigenous Environmental Network 218-751-4967 or ien@igc.org or http://www.alphacdc.com/ien.

& Mon. Nov. 29, 9 AM-9 PM, Filipino Community Center, 5740 ML King Way S, bus #42, 48. 1999 PEOPLE'S ASSEMBLY/MARCH-RALLY AGAINST WTO/Globalization. Co-convenor Sentenaryo ng Bayan, a Seattle Filipino organization. Info: tpl@cheerful.com or 206-763-9611 or passembly@yahoo.com.

10 AM-5 PM, Tacoma Sheraton Hotel, bus #595. United Steel Workers of America Rapid Response Conference. Sen. Paul Wellstone (D-MN) speaks at noon; 3 PM video "Assembled in Mexico".

10:00 AM -12:30 PM Labor Temple, 2800 1st Ave. "Building the People's Movement. Sponsored by the Alliance for Democracy. Info: 206-770-9044 or 877-STOP WTO.

10:00 AM-12:00 PM, Musician's Union, 3rd & Cedar. "The Growing Divide," workshop on wealth & income disparity in the U.S. Sponsored by United for a Fair Economy. Info: 206-910-8296.

Noon, Capitol Hill street procession/festival of Resistance Against the WTO. Puppets, music, dance, street theater! Info: 206-720-5565.

1-5:30 PM, Labor Temple, 2800 1st Ave. WTO Alternatives Conference. 1:00-3:00 Alternatives to Corporate Globalization, with David Korten (U.S.), Susan George (France), Barry Coates (Britain); 3:15 Theater by United for a Fair Economy; 3:30-5:30 Alternatives to Corporate Globalization, Part 2, with Martin Khor (Malaysia), Ros B Gusman (Phillipines), Jeremy Recher (U.S.), Tony Clarke (Canada). Info: 617-266 8687.

2-4 PM, Lesbian Resource Center, 2214 S. Jackson, bus #14, 23. International Women Workers Forum. Info: 206- 322-2168 or lizburbank@cs.com.

2:30-5 PM, Hildebrand Hall, Plymouth Congregational Church, 1212 6th Ave. @ University. "WTO and Global War System." Speakers include Susan George (Transnational Institute, France), David Korton (U.S.), Steven Staples (Canada), Alice Slater (Abolition 2000, U.S.). Free, sponsored by End the Arms Race & Northwest Disarmament Coalition, endorsed by dozens of peace and economic justice groups. Info: sstaples@canadians.org or 206-547-0952.

3:00-5:00 PM, Musician's Union, 3rd & Cedar. "WTO for Beginners" workshop. Sponsored by United for a Fair Economy. Info: 206-910-8296

6-7 PM, public access TV ch. 29/77, "Revealing the Record of the WTO."

7:00 PM, Filipino Community Center, 5740 ML King Jr. Way., bus #42, 48. "Pressure Point," documentary on the Montreal Blockade against the MAI. Info: 206-763-9611 or passembly@yahoo.com.

7:30 PM, St. James Cathedral, 9th & Marion, bus #2. Ecumenical Worship/ Prayer Service on the Jubilee 2000/movement to cancel 3rd world debt. Jim Wallis of Sojourners Magazine will participate. Info: 206-297-0311 or http://www.ustawi.org.

8-12 PM, Museum of History and Industry, bus #43, 48. "Activists Celebrate & Resist," featuring Reggae, Hip-Hop, Hard Core, and Subversive Theater. Info: Nonviolent Action Community of Cascadia, 206-547-0952.

MONDAY NOVEMBER 29: ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH DAY

Through Fri. Dec. 3, Seattle. 3rd meeting of the WTO! Info: http://www.tradewatch.org or 877-STOP-WTO (877-786-7986).

Through Fri. Dec. 3, Seattle Town Hall, 1119 8th Ave. @ Seneca, bus #2. "Fair Trade Fair." Info: Global Exchange 415-255-7296 x245 or deborah@globalexchange.org or http://www.globalexchange.org.

9:00 AM-5:30 PM, First United Methodist Church, 811 5th Ave. (@ Columbia St.) Civil Society Teach-In: Environment and Public Health. 9:00 AM ; The Human Face of Trade: Health and the Environment. Info: Sierra Club, 202- 547-6010 or danseligman@sierraclub.org or vmenotti@ifg.org.

Noon, Red Square, U of W. Opening day of the WTO/Rally. Info: webwalk@u.washington.edu.

12:00-1:30 PM: March and Rally: "Make Trade Clean, Green, and Fair!" Start at First United Methodist Church, march to WA Trade & Convention Center, 8th and Pike, Rally!

2:00-5:30 PM, various locations in downtown Seattle. Workshops: WTO's effects on Fisheries, Forests, Public Health, Genetic Modification, Investment Rules, Toxics. Info: Kathleen Casey 206-378-0114x306.

4:30-8:30 First United Methodist Church, 5th & Columbia. Interfaith Rally/JUBILEE 2000 movement to cancel 3rd world debt. Rally 4:30. with Sweet Honey in the Rock! Procession 6:30 (bring a flashlight), to site of WTO opening Exhibition Center at Safeco Field, S. Royal Brougham Way; 7:30 Human Chain around the Exhibition Center. Info: 206-625-9790 or http://www.ustawi.org/j2000 or bp042@scn.org.

6:30 PM, Filipino Community Center, 5740 Martin Luther King Way S., bus #42, 48. Seattle premiere, "The Golf War," documentary on land, golf and revolution in the Philippines. Q & A with filmmaker. Info: 415-626-5510 or www.golfwar.org.

7 PM-Midnight, Parlour Room, 161 S. Jackson Street, bus #15, 18, 20, 21. "Words for the World/Fight the WTO", featuring Jim Page, members of StreetWrites, open mic. Benefits Direct Action Network. Info: 206-632-2250.

7-10 PM, Piggott Hall, Seattle U., Broadway @ Madison, bus #2, 7, 9, 60. "Africa Trade Bill & WTO Impacts," Sponsored by the African Chamber of Commerce. Info: 206-296-7421 or pgishuru@aol.com.

7:30 PM, Seattle Labor Temple, 2800 1st Ave. "Labor, Media, Democracy & The WTO." Info: lvpsf@labornet.org.

TUESDAY NOVEMBER 30: LABOR RIGHTS, HUMAN RIGHTS & STANDARDS OF LIVING DAY

City-Wide Walkout of Workers And Students Against the WTO. Info: 206-706-6250.

7 AM Victor Steinbrueck Park/Pike Place Market, & Seattle Central Community College, Pine & Broadway, procession to Paramount Theatre. Shut Down the WTO, mass nonviolent direct action. Info: 206-632-1656 or can@drizzle.com or http://www.agitprop.org/artandrevolution.

8 AM registration, 9 AM-9 PM Teach-In, First United Methodist Church, 811 5th Ave. Teach-In on Human Rights & the WTO. Info: pdhre@aol.com or http://www.pdhre.org.

8:30 AM-5:15 PM, First United Methodist Church, 811 5th Ave. Session On Livelihoods, Labor Rights, and Standard Of Living. Info: marianne@citizen.org or http://www.tradewatch.org.

8:30 AM, Denny Playfield (Denny Ave. @ 9th Ave. N.) Environmentalists rally, march to Memorial Stadium to join the People's Rally at 10 AM Info: 206-378-0114x306, kathleen.casey@sierraclub.org.

10 AM, 6th & Jackson, International District. People's Assembly/March And Rally Against the WTO. March to downtown Seattle, join the main march.

10 AM, Red Square, UW. March/Rally, against the WTO. Info: webwalk@u.washington.edu.

8 AM doors open, Rally 10 AM-12:30 PM, Memorial Stadium, Seattle Center, bus #1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 15, 16, 18, 74. Labor Rally/March sponsored by AFL-CIO Worldwide Fair Trade. Special seating for seniors. Info: 206-448-4888 or http://www.wslc.org/wto/map.html.

12:30-3 PM, March Against the WTO! Memorial Stadium at Seattle Center to Convention Center. Route: From Seattle Center's Memorial Stadium, taking 5th Ave. N. to 4th Ave., east to Pine St., north to 9th St. (one block from the Washington State Convention & Trade Center), west one block to Olive Wy, south to 5th Ave., west on 5th back to Seattle Center. To reach the rally, the AFL-CIO has 100 buses for union members, retirees and community allies: 206-448-4888 or http://www.wslc.org/wto/map.htm.Info on the rally: 206-448-4888 or 104525.2422@compuserve.com.

5:00 PM Westlake Park, 4th & Pine. March in Support of REPARATIONS 2000 & The African American Heritage Museum and Cultural Center. Gather at 5 PM, Rally and March at 5:30 to the Colman School above the I-90 Tunnel, on 25th and S. Massachusetts St. encampment to follow at Museum site. Info: bp172@scn.org.

Through Fri. Dec. 3, 5:30-6:30 PM, Convention Center/WTO site. Interfaith Prayer gatherings. Info: 831-440-9249 or revsher@earth-justice.org.

7:30 PM, Seattle Town Hall, 1119 8th Ave., bus # 2. Debate on the WTO, Featuring Ralph Nader, John Cavanagh, and Vandana Shiva vs. Jagdish Bhagwati, Scott Miller, and others. Tickets/info: IFG 415-771-3394 or http://www.ifg.org/tix.html or www.thenation.com.

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 1: WOMEN, DEMOCRACY, SOVEREIGNTY & DEVELOPMENT DAY

WORLD AIDS DAY. Info: http://www.aidswatch.org or AIDSWatch@aol.com

UW Kane Hall; "Managing Issues Under WTO Rules: Genetically Modified Products. Info/registration: 206-352-9020 or northwest@wtravelers.com.

7:30-9 AM, Renaissance Hotel, East Rm. Global Environment & Trade Study Briefing on resolving the tensions between Trade & the Environment, including a discussion of Genetically Modified Organisms. Info: susan.weuste@yale.edu.

8:30 AM-5:30 PM, First United Methodist Church, 811 5th Ave. AND Gethsemane Lutheran Church, 911 Stewart St. Women/Democracy/ Sovereignty/Development meeting. March from to Freeway Park, rally with Raging Grannies, street theater; march to the Convention Center. Afternoon Session, 2-3:30 PM "Primer on WTO Impacts on Women, Democracy & Development," "Community Perspectives And Global Actions: Women's Responses from the UN to WTO." Info: aspieldoch@coc.org or http://www.seattlewto.org or 206-770-9044.

8:30 AM-5:30 PM, Plymouth Congregational Church, Seneca & 6th Ave. "No Patents On Life: Biotech In The Global Economy." Pre-registration advised, Info: 206-543-9037 or phil@uwtc.washington.edu.

10:00 AM -12:00 PM, Musician's Union, 3rd Ave & Cedar St. "Designing Your Own Creative Action," workshop. Sponsored by United for a Fair Economy. Info: 206-910-8296.

11:30 AM-1:30 PM, Space Needle, Seattle Center. European Trade Union Forum on Genetically Modified Products, National Sanctions, British Beef, & American Hormones. Info: 425-481-3669 or hacofc@aol.com.

2-5 PM, Bell Harbor Convention Center, Alaska Way @ Vine, Streetcar #99. Media Briefing " Genetically Modified Organisms and the WTO: Food for Thought". Participants include David Bryer, Executive Director, Oxfam U.K. and Ireland; Dr. Vandana Shiva, Director, Research Foundation for Science, Technology & Ecology, India; and Dr. Mae Won Ho, Reader in Biology, Open University, United Kingdom; Sponsored by Consumers' Choice Council. Info: 202-785-1950 or cdobson1@attglobal.net or www.consumerscouncil.org.

3-6 PM, Labor Temple, Hall #1, 2800 1st Ave. @ Broad St. "Bringing the Anti-WTO Message Back to Your Campus." Workshop For Student Activists. Media Skills Training and Divestment/Socially Responsible Investment campaign training. Info: 206-256-6429 or cecnw@envirocitizen.org or http://www.envirocitizen.org.

4-5:30 PM, Seattle Public Library, 1000 4th Ave. @ Madison. Session On Women/Democracy/Sovereignty/Development. "North-South Strategy on WTO Government Procurement Agreements." Governments purchase an array of products and services. Their procurement guidelines that might give preferences to local firms, to businesses paying living wages and respecting human rights, to products that use natural resources responsibly, and to particularly needy constituencies which the government wants to assist are potentially illegal under the terms of the WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA). Convenor Alexandra Spieldoch, Center of Concern. Info: aspieldoch@coc.org or http://www.seattlewto.org. or http://www.peopleforfairtrade.org or 206-770-9044.

5-7 PM, PRAG House, 747 16th Ave. E. on Capitol Hill. Reception with Ralph Nader, benefit for Green Party of Seattle. "Minimum donation $100." RSVP required: 206-264-5110 or sgreens@boutell.com.

5-10 PM, United Methodist Church, 811 5th Ave. @ Marion. Anti-WTO Concert & Theater. Music by Jim Page, Human Nature Theater co. Info: 415-383-4314 or batfish@earthlink.net.

6-9 PM, Best Western Executive Inn, 200 Taylor Ave. N. (east of Seattle Center). Farmers Meeting: Meeting of Farmers, Farm Groups, & Peasant Networks From around the world. Sponsored by National Family Farm Coalition, & Via Campesina. Info: 612-870-3405 or nritchie@iatp.org.

6-10 PM, Seattle University Piggott Auditorium, 900 Broadway Ave. @ Madison, bus #2, 7, 9, 12, 60. Indigenous Peoples Forum on WTO: "We Speak For Ourselves." Info: 218-751-4967 or ien@igc.org or http://www.alphacdc.com/ien.

7:00-10:00 PM, Garfield Community Center, 23rd Ave. & Cherry St., bus #3, 4, 48. "Voices from the South: Building Cross-Border Resistance, from the South to the North". Sponsored by Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES) and Workers' Voices Coalition. Info: 206-325-5494 or seacispes@igc.org

7 PM, UW, Kane Hall Rm. 130. Human & Environmental Costs of International Trade: with David Korten, founder of the People-Centered Development Forum, and Vandana Shiva, founder of the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology.

THURSDAY DECEMBER 2: FOOD & AGRICULTURE DAY

10 AM-4 PM, First United Methodist Church, Sessions On Food & Agriculture, Food Safety & Security: GMOs (genetically modified organisms) and agriculture. Info: 612-870-0453 or rvanstaveren@iatp.org or http://www.iatp.org.

12:30-1:30 PM, Victor Steinbrueck park, Pike Place Market. Food & Agriculture Rally with Jim Hightower, Vananda Shiva, others.

10:00 AM-Noon. Musician's Union, 3rd Ave. & Cedar Sts. "WTO for Beginners" workshop. Sponsored by United for a Fair Economy. Info: 206-910-8296.

12:30-1:30 PM, 239 Savery Hall, UW. "Workers Rights, Labor Standards, and the WTO." Info: 206-543-7946 or mlevi@u.washington.edu.

1:30 PM, The Meeting Place, 1st & Pike Sts., Suite 307, Pike Place Market. Impact of Globalization on Food Safety, sponsored by Center for Science in the Public Interest and the Int'l. Assoc. of Consumer Food Organizations. Info: 202-332-9110, ext. 337.

7 PM, call for details. Meeting with Cuban Diplomats! Info: Seattle Committee to Welcome the Cuban Delegation c/o Church Council of Greater Seattle 206-525-1213x4521.

7 PM, UW Social Work Bldg., 15th Ave NE @ NE 41st St., rm. 32. "After the WTO--How Do We Build International Solidarity and sell newspapers?" Sponsored by the International Socialist Organization. Info: 206-292-8809.

8 PM, OK Hotel, 212 Alaskan Way S., benefit for local micro-radio station Free Seattle Radio 87.9 FM. Come celebrate or ruminate on the week's activities. Entertainment by The Anti-Fascist Marching Band, Jethro Tull and Surprise Guests. Cost: $5. All proceeds benefit FSR. Info: 206-329-9198.

FRIDAY DECEMBER 3: CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY DAY

8:30 AM-12:30 PM, Gethsemane Lutheran Church, Stewart & 9th Ave. (near Greyhound Station). Corporate Accountability: Who Rules? with David Korten. Info: pcfd@econet.org or http://iisd.ca/pcdf or 206-770-9044.

SATURDAY DECEMBER 4

Pigott Hall, Seattle University, Broadway & Madison, bus #2, 7, 12, 60. Women & Immigration in the Global Economy, with International Workers/ Trade Unionists: Ana Semiuo de Lima, Leader in a domestic workers union that organizes mainly female, Afro-Brazilian workers; Altagracia de Jesus Batistsa, Dominican Republic "Free Trade Zone" garment worker/leader; Amparo Reyes, Mexico, Assembly worker/organizer; Francisco Zamudio Muooz (Mexico), Steelworker/organizer; Patricia Burutica Cespedes (Colombia), Organizer; Glen Mpufane (South Africa), Health and Safety Shop Steward with the National Union of Mineworkers; Carmencita "Chi" Abad (Saipan), Former garment worker from the Philippines who suffered retaliation for trying to form a union; Cenen Bagon, of the Vancouver B.C. Committee for Domestic Workers and Caregivers Rights. Info: 206-860-1400 or http://www.scn.org/basecamp.

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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