THURSDAY, MAY 10

7 PM. Monthly Business/Editorial Meeting and Mailing Party for Eat the State! Come opine, meet, volunteer. How do we do it every other week? People like you! Come be one of them! University Baptist Church, NE 47th and 12th Ave. NE, 3rd Floor (the NACC/SDC offices), in the U-District, Seattle. Info 206-719-6947 or info@eatthestate.org.

FRIDAY, MAY 11

Through May 12. 2007 Freedom Of Information (FOI) Summit. Marriott Hotel, Seattle Waterfront. Registration online anytime at http://nfoic.org/.

7-9:30 PM. Friday Night at the Meaningful Movies and Wallingford Neighbors for Peace and Justice present: "Arsenal of Hypocrisy--The Space Program and the Military-Industrial Complex" (60 min, Bruce Gagnon & Randy Atkins, 2003). Discussion follows. Free and open to the public, but donations are kindly accepted. Keystone Church, 5019 Keystone Pl., West of I-5, just North of 50th, Metro Bus Routes 16, 26 & 44, Seattle. Info: www.meaningfulmovies.org.

7 PM. Movie/Discussion: "The Future of Food," about the consequences of corporations providing much of our food, including genetic engineering. Free, collection taken. Free professional childcare is available, and there is a separate film showing for the older youth--to be chosen by those attending. Feel free to bring DVD's or VHS tapes. Presented by the Seattle/Cuba Friendship Committee (a Task Force of the Church Council of Greater Seattle) and Movie Night of Bethany. Confirm movie schedule at 206-723-4891, bring your own snacks. Bethany UCC Church, 6230 Beacon Ave S. at Graham St, Seattle. Info 206-523-1720 or mail@drruhland.com or warner@scn.org.

8 PM. Special screening: "The U.S. vs. John Lennon." Chronicles the FBI's secret campaign against the outspoken Beatles front man, featuring interviews with Carl Bernstein, Noam Chomsky, Walter Cronkite, Mario Cuomo, Angela Davis, John Dean, Ron Kovic, G. Gordon Liddy, George McGovern, Yoko Ono, Bobby Seale, Gore Vidal and others. Special presentation with director John Scheinfeld as a fund-raising event for FOI groups. Tickets available online from Brown Paper Tickets: www.brownpapertickets.com/event/11600. Nesholm Family Lecture Hall in the Seattle Center. Info: http://nfoic.org/ or www.washingtoncog.org.

SATURDAY, MAY 12

9 AM-5 PM, in Olympia: Green Party of Washington State Spring Convention with keynote speaker Elaine Brown, former Black Panther leader who will seek the Green Party nomination for president in 2008. Other speakers include Dr. Muhammad Ayub, an Olympia-area physician and active member of the Green Party of South Puget Sound; Malik Rahim, co-founder of the Common Ground Collective and a former GP candidate for the New Orleans City Council; Aaron Dixon, GPoWS US Senate candidate in 2006. Evergreen State College main campus, Olympia. Info: wagreens@gmail.com or www.wagreens.us.

7 PM. ANSWER Film Series: "Jenin, Jenin." Award-winning film about the brutal US-sponsored Israeli assault on the Palestinian town and refugee camp of Jenin. Banned in Israel. 54 minutes. 2002. 1423 10th Ave basement, Seattle. Sponsored by: ANSWER Act Now to Stop War and End Racism. Info: 206-568-1661 or answer@answerseattle.org.

7:30 PM. Seattle Peace Chorus Spring 2007 Concert: Todos Americanos/We Are All Americans. Regular advance purchase tickets $15 (general) or $13 (senior citizens or students); admission $17 at the door. Town Hall Seattle, 119 Eighth Ave. (8th and Seneca). Info: www.brownpapertickets.com/event/11393.

7 PM. Michael Parenti on "Lies, Wars and Empire." Part of "The Myth of Global Democracy and the Pursuit of Happiness," a weekend-long open forum dialogue to foster a deeper awareness of social justice in the world today. (See also David Korten event below.) Sponsored by Antioch University Seattle's Center for Creative Change and funded by a grant from the Pierson-Lovelace Foundation. Two-day pass to both lectures and Sunday forum: $20 (students $10), One lecture: $10, both keynote lectures: $15. If space is available on the day of the event, tickets may be purchased at the door. To honor Mother's Day, those who attend may purchase tickets for mothers at half price. Make check payable to AUS and send to Lorraine Fish, Global Democracy, Antioch University, 2326 Sixth Ave., Seattle, WA 98121. All events at Antioch University. Info: Lorraine Fish 206-268-4716 or globaldemocracy@antiochseattle.edu.

SUNDAY, MAY 13

10 AM-6 PM. Open Forum Dialogue: "The Myth of Global Democracy and the Pursuit of Happiness." Questions to be addressed include: What does democracy mean in the context of global justice and the pursuit of happiness? What political, socio-economic and environmental realities of our pluralistic world merit global democracy? Is democracy the best (or least objectionable) ideology when compared with other systems of governance, such as autocracy, theocracy and plutocracy? What is the correlation between global justice and happiness? Part of "The Myth of Global Democracy and the Pursuit of Happiness," a weekend-long open forum dialogue to foster a deeper awareness of social justice in the world today. See Michael Parenti event above for details.

7 PM. David Korten on "The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community." Part of "The Myth of Global Democracy and the Pursuit of Happiness." See Michael Parenti event above for details.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 16

6-7:30 PM. Public forum: "Without Housing: Decades of Federal Cutbacks, Massive Homelessness, and Policy Failures." A presentation on federal homelessness policy by Paul Boden, homelessness organizer and Executive Director of the Westcoast Regional Advocacy Project (WRAP.) Join us to learn about the federal government's role in creating homelessness, what we need the other Washington to do to end it, and how you can help make that happen. Presented by Real Change. Ballard Branch, Seattle Public Library, 5614 22nd Ave. NW, Seattle. Info: www.wraphome.org.

7-9:30 PM. Special Screening: "9/11: The Myth and the Reality." Featuring two of David Ray Griffin's 2006 presentations in San Francisco and Oakland, California. Producer Ken Jenkins will facilitate Q&A and Discussion following the film. Suggested donation $5 - $15. Sponsored by Scholars for 9/11 Truth. Trinity United Methodist Church, 6512 23rd Ave NW near NW 65th St, Ballard, Seattle. Info: www.911TruthSeattle.org, www.seattle911VisibilityProject.org, www.9/11TV.org or connieei@u.washington.edu.

7 PM. Phinney Neighbors for Peace & Justice presents: War With Iran? A Media And Government Shell Game? Where Is The Truth? With Nikhil Singh, UW Associate Professor of History. In addition, we hope to have a speaker who has recently traveled to Iran. Woodland Park Presbyterian Church, 225 N 70th, Seattle, #5 busline. Info: Lou Truskoff 206-783-0990.

7:30 PM. Paul Hawken: "Blessed Unrest." Paul Hawken is a leading environmentalist and social activist who has spent over a decade researching organizations dedicated to restoring the environment and fostering social justice. Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life, Elliott Bay Book Company and Grist.org. Tickets are $5 at the door only. Town Hall members receive priority seating. Info: Susie Tennant 206-652-4255 ext.0 or susie@townhallseattle.org.

THURSDAY, MAY 17

6:30-8:30 PM. Community Panel: The Time is Now! To End the War on Drugs. Featuring King County Councilmember Larry Gossett & Former Seattle Chief of Police Norm Stamper. Dinner, daycare and interpretation provided, please contact us regarding language needs. Rainier Valley Cultural Center, 3515 S. Alaska St., Seattle. Sponsored by American Friends Service Committee, Racial Disparity Project, and Village of Hope. Info: KL Shannon 206-250-5412 or klorganizer@yahoo.com or Dustin Washington 206-632-0500 x14.

FRIDAY, MAY 18

Time TBA. May Movie Event. "The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil." Followed by a presentation and discussion with Sustainable Ballard's own Fulvio Casali who recently visited Cuba and spoke with a number of the people shown in the film. Hosted by Sustainable Ballard & Sunset Hill Community Club. Sunset Hill Community Club, 3003 NW 66th St. at corner of 30th Ave NW, Seattle. Info: Julia@sustainableballard.org.

7:30-9:30 PM. "9/11: Debunking the Debunkers: David Ray Griffin Answers Critics of the 9/11 Truth Movement." Town Hall, 1119 8th Ave., Seattle. Advance sales: $10, BrownPaperTickets.com; At the Door: $15 General; $10 Students/Sr. w/ID. Sponsored by: 911TruthSeattle.org, 911truthgroups.org, seattle911VisibilityProject.org, Scholars for 9/11 Truth. Info: RichardCurtisPhD@msn.com

SATURDAY, MAY 19 1-5 PM. Sofia Smallstorm, Writer/Producer, will present her film *9/11 Mysteries, Part I: Demolition" followed by Panel Discussion: "9/11 and Social Engineering" with special guest Ron Patton. Suggested Donation: $5-15. Keystone Church, 5019 Keystone Place North, Seattle. Sponsored by: 911TruthSeattle.org, 911truthgroups.org, seattle911VisibilityProject.org, Scholars for 9/11 Truth, www.SeattleMetaphysicalLibrary.org. Info: www.911Mysteries.com; contact: connieei@u.washington.edu.

8 PM. Jello Biafra. UW Kane Hall Room 130 (Roethke Auditorium). Doors open at 7 pm. Tickets $12. Presented by International Socialist Organization. Info: www.nwsocialist.org/jello.

TUESDAY, MAY 22

7 PM. Northwest Biodiesel meeting. Alternating months between special topic and Biodiesel 101, see website for details. Phinney Neighborhood Center, Blue Bldg, Room 6, Seattle. Info: Aaron Kahn at akahn@windermere.com or www.nwbiodiesel.org.

FRIDAY, MAY 25

7-9:30 PM. Friday Night At the Meaningful Movies and Wallingford Neighbors for Peace and Justice present a film on East Timor: "Tears For The Crocodile" (32 min, Nova High School East Timor Sister School Project, 2006). With Students From Nova High School East Timor Sister School Program, And Joe Szwaja. The program will also feature free cups of fair trade, organic East Timorese coffee available in bag form for $10 a pound to benefit the Eats Timor Sister School project. Free and open to the public, but donations are kindly accepted. Keystone Church, 5019 Keystone Pl., West of I-5, just North of 50th, Metro Bus Routes 16, 26 & 44, Seattle. Info: www.meaningfulmovies.org.

7 PM. Movie/Discussion: "Song of the South," on the history of Western interventions in Vietnam. Free, collection taken. Free professional childcare is available, and there is a separate film showing for the older youth, to be chosen by those attending. Feel free to bring DVD's or VHS tapes. Presented by the Seattle/Cuba Friendship Committee (a Task Force of the Church Council of Greater Seattle) and Movie Night of Bethany. Confirm movie schedule at 206-723-4891. Bring your own snacks. Bethany UCC Church, 6230 Beacon Ave S. at Graham St, Seattle. Info: 206-523-1720 or mail@drruhland.com or warner@scn.org.

For an excellent and much, much longer compilation of upcoming and ongoing progressive events in Seattle, check out Jean Buskin's Peace Calendar: www.scn.org/activism/calendar/ or e-mail her at bb369@scn.org. Also, check out www.seattleactivism.org.

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