Beginning Spanish

This will be a beginners level class in Spanish. If there is a great demand for something more advanced, we may be able to work something out to do another class, but for now it is beginners in which we will learn verbs and nouns and the basics. This will be co-taught by two teachers: Carla (first language is Spanish) and Claire (second language is Spanish).

Location:
Junebug Cafe, 403 Centre St., Jamaica Plain.

Cost: Free

Organizer:

URL: http://www.jpfreeskool.org

Mat ikke Makta, Bergen

Vengansk folkekjøkken , mat til en billig penge og til de trengende fra kl. 16-19

Location:
på Ungdomshuset 1880 domkrikegata 4 i sentrum www.u1880.no

Cost: 0-20kr

Organizer:

POR UN FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE LAS LUCHAS SOCIALES EN CANES

Contra la destrucción sistemática de los derechos sociales. Contra el paro y la miseria. Por una cultura viva y no de mercado
¡¡Todos en canes!! del 12 al 23 de Mayo del 2004

Colectivos,organizaciones sindicales y asociativas, están creando un comite de ocupación del festival y poniendo en marcha una infrastructura de acogida en el lugar. Hay previsto en el calendario momentos de acción:
Mierco 12/5-Ceremonia de inaguración del festival
Vierne 14/5-Rueda de prensa de la Coordinadora Nacional de los "intermitentes" y Precarios de Francia, la Federación del Espectaculo CGT, y personalidades y miembros del Comite de Seguimiento de la Asamblea Nacional de Francia.
Sabad 15/5-Manifestación de los trabajadores del espectáculo y del audiovisual,en respuesta a la llamada hecha por los sindicatos y coordinadoras en lucha contra la destrucción del régimen específico del seguro de desempleo.
Domin 16/5-Reunión-Cumbre de los más grandes estudios cinematográficos mundiales-Americanos, Hindúes, Chinos y Europeos-para discutir sobre la lucha contra la pirateria
Marte 18/5-Iª Reunión de los 25 Ministros de Cultura de la UE para discutir de la "Excepción Cultural"

Del 20 al 22 de Mayo: El Colectivo "K.O.à Cannes hace un llamamiento a la unidad Interprofesional:Debates, coloquios,proyecciones,acciones y manifestaciones, guerrilla pacífica y reivindicativa Interprofesional

Primeras firmas:Convergence 06- CROAC Montpellier-AC! 13-CNT-espectacle- Union régionale dee la fédération spectacle CGT-Sud-culture- Sud-éducation-Fédétarion anrchiste Marseille-MADS(mouvement altermondialiste de désobéssance sociale)-CIPM(collectif des intermittents el précaries de Marseille-CIP_IdF-Ras l'front Marseille-Résister!-Ligue dess droits de l'homme Marseille Nord_sud-Solidaires 13-Solidaires34

Location:

Domingo de cine, en el c.s.o. La Banka Rota ( KNY )

El próximo domingo se proyectara la Pelicula de
" CARANDIRU ", a partir de las 19h

Location:
c/ Rubio i Ors, nº 103. Metro, FFCC, KNY.

Organizer:

Por un festival internacional de las luchas sociales en Canes

Contra la destrucción sistemática de los derechos sociales. Contra el paro y la miseria. Por una cultura viva y no de mercado.
Colectivos, organizaciones sindicales y asociativas, están creando un comité de ocupación del Festival y poniendo en marcha una infraestructura de acogida en el lgar. Hay previsto momentos fuertes en el calendario de acciones:
Miercoles 12/5: Ceremonia de inauguración del Festival
Viernes 14/5: Rueda de prensa de la Coordinadora Nacional de los "intermitentes" y Precaruis de Francia, la Federación del Espectáculo CGT, y personalidades i miembros del Comité de Seguimiento dee la Asamblea Nacional de Francia
Sabado 15/5:Manifestación de los trabajadorres del espectáculo y del audiovisual, en respuesta a la llamada hecha por los sindicatos y coordinadoras en lucha contra la destrucción del régimen específico del seguro de desempleo.
Domingo 16/5:Runión-Cumbre de los más grandes estudios cinematográficos mundiales-Americanos,Hindúes,Chinos y Europeos-para discutir sobre la lucha contra la piratería.
Martes 18/5:Iª reunión de los 25 Ministros de cultura de la UE para discutir sobre la "Excepción Cultural"

Del 20 al 22 de Mayo:el colectivo "K.O.à Cannes hace un llamamiento a la unidad inerprofesional:Debates, coloquios, proyecciones acciones y manifestaciones, guerrilla pacífica y reivindicativa Interprofesional.

Primeras firmas: Convergence 06-CROAC Montpellier- AC! 13- CNT_espectacle-Union régionale de la fédération spectacle CGT-Sud_culture-Sud_éducation-Fédération anrchiste Marseille-MADS (mouvement altermondialiste de désobéissance sociale)-CIPM (collectif dees intermittents et précaires de MArseille)-CIP_IdF-Ras l'front Marseille-Résister!-Ligue des droit de l'homme Marseille Nord_Sud- Solidaires 13- Solidaires 34

Location:

Free Meal at L.I.N.K.

The purpose of L.I.N.K., the Lawrence Interdenominational Nutrition Kitchen, is to provide a pleasant, safe place for the hungry or lonely to share a free, nutritious meal and the companionship of one another. We believe loneliness can be as painful as hunger, companionship as powerful as love. Anyone who desires a meal is served, no questions asked. Diners are treated as our invited guests. We do not provide counseling, but rather refer individuals to appropriate agencies when they ask for help. Our focus is on food and fellowship.

Location:
Basement of 1st Methodist Church
221 West 10th Street
Lawrence, KS

Cost: free

Organizer:

URL: http://community.lawrence.com/link/

"The Exception to the Rulers" - Book Launch

Amy Goodman, host of the national daily, radio/TV program "Democracy Now!", which airs Monday-Friday from noon to 1pm on WMPG (90.9 FM, Portland), is on a
national tour to mark the launch of her first book, written with her brother David Goodman. The book is called "The Exception to the Rulers: Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers, and the Media That Love Them." She will appear at Luther Bonney Auditorium on the USM Portland campus.

Location:
University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME

Cost: Free

Organizer:

Rochester Indymedia Video screening

Challenging Boundaries: A Video Sampler....
An eclectic collection of independently produced videos.
Subjets include: Witness; AIDS in Africa, The April 25th, 2004 March for Women's Lives, The Nov. 2003 FTAA protests in Miami, and more.

Sunday, May 16th, 3-5pm
Public Market, All Purpose Room
280 North Union Street, Rochester

www.allpurposeroom.org

Location:
Public Market, All Purpose Room
280 North Union Street, Rochester

Cost: Donations accepted and encouraged!

Organizer:

Basic Street Medic Training, May 14-16, 2004 in Albany

Basic Street Medic Training, May 14-16, 2004
Albany, New York

This course is designed as a complete introduction to action medical
knowledge and skills. The completion of this course will prepare you to
serve as a street medic at political actions. Street medics also serve as
a source of health care information and resources within their
communities, and so the training is open to anyone who wishes to gain
greater first aid/medical knowledge to use in their lives and to share in
their community. We cover Basic Street First Aid (from treating bleeding
wounds to splinting sprains and breaks to calling 911 for emergencies),
Weather-Related Injuries, Street Operations Tactics, Initial Patient
Assessment, Psychological First Aid, Chemical Weapons Treatments and
Aftercare, and Stress Management and Treatment. We can also provide Skills
Evaluations for folks who want them.

You do not need to have any previous medical or first aid training in
order to attend this course.

What Information Will Be Covered in the Training?
Practical information on taking care of yourself and your friends if you
plan to attend protest events. While the focus will be on urban street
protests, much of the material may also be applicable to wilderness
situations and first aid needs in your community. This includes preparing
for actions, personal care, affinity group safety considerations,
weather-related hazards, detox and aftercare, and your questions.

Street Operations Tactics, including a presentation and discussion of
codes of conduct and ethics, team makeup and teamwork, calling for backup,
and dealing with police/EMS, how/when to move patients and how to conduct
triage.

Basic Street First Aid, including Initial Patient Assessment, treating
bleeding wounds, splinting sprains and breaks, calling 911 for
emergencies, and weather-related injuries.

Psychological First Aid. How to recognize and assist people with emotional
distress whether it results from physical injury, excessive stress, or
traumatic experience.

Chemical Weapons Treatments and Aftercare. Covers a review of current
chemical agents in use, a discussion of personal protection gear (gas
masks, respirators, etc), and a complete introduction to tear gas and
pepper spray decontamination and treatment protocols with demonstrations,
hands-on practice and role-plays.

Schedule
The tentative schedule for this training is as follows: Friday evening,
May 14 from 6-10 pm; Saturday, May 15 from 9 am to 7 pm; and Sunday, May
16 from 9 am to 7 pm. We encourage people to attend all of the training,
and we will give registration preference to people who can attend all of
the training sessions. We will provide specific information about the
training and various logistics to registered participants before the
training weekend.

Food and Housing
We hope to supply some vegan food for participants during the training. We
also encourage participants to bring extra (preferably vegan) food to
share if they can.

Housing during the training weekend is available on a
first-come-first-served basis. If you will need housing, please contact me
(dylan) as soon as possible. When you request housing for the training
weekend, please tell us about any allergies, dietary restrictions, or
other special needs you have so we can try to accommodate your requests.

Costs
We have a sliding scale fee from $0 to $100 for this training course, and
we welcome barter in place of money. We do not want financial restrictions
to keep anyone from taking this course. We anticipate that our cost per
trainee will be between $30 and $40, and we hope that donations from
participants will cover our costs.

A Message From Our Trainer
Hi there. My name is Eowyn, and I am thrilled to be one of the trainers
for the May street medic training in Albany, New York. I am writing this
so you know a bit about me and what to expect from the training. I am an
anarchist, vegan, happy and pissed-off-at-the-state-of-the-world kind of
person. I am also a street medic, wilderness first responder, budding
herbalist, and family physician working with poor people in Lawrence,
Massachusetts. I do street medic work because I want all people to feel
confident and cared for during demonstrations, and I hope to help people
have more autonomy and power in their efforts to be healthy. In addition
to the information we'll present, the Albany training will include lots of
interactive work, discussion and opportunities to develop specific,
concrete skills that we all use on the streets and in our communities. We
are also designing the training so it represents our philosophy as
activists—respecting and valuing everyone's knowledge and experiences,
promoting and creating an anti-authoritarian and anti-oppressive
movement, and having lots of fun while we learn and share together. If you
have any questions about the training, you can contact the other
organizers or email me at dreowyn-AT-yahoo.com. See you soon!

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Registration Information
Space for this course is limited, so please provide us with the
information asked for below as soon as possible. Once we receive this
information, we will reserve a space for you in the course. If your plans
change, please let us know as soon as possible so we can let someone else
have your spot. All information you give us is confidential, and will not
be used in anyway that is not directly related to this training.

To register for the Basic Street Medic Training, write to the dylan at
dylan-AT-sunstillrising.com or call at (518) 436-0929 and give us the
information requested below. We expect this course to fill up quickly, so
the sooner you register, the more likely that you will be in the course.
Keep in mind that registration preference will be given to people who can
attend all of the training sessions. We will have a waiting list if the
course fills up. It is particularly important to contact me promptly if
you are coming from out of town and will need a place to stay during the
training.

Please provide the following information when registering for this
training course...

Your Name:

Phone Number(s) where we can leave messages regarding the training:

Email Address:

Best way to contact you:

Best times to contact you:

Can you come to all of the sessions?

If not, which sessions will you miss?

What dietary restrictions do you have (if any)?

What allergies do you have that we should know about for food and housing
planning?

Do you have any other special needs?

Do you need housing during the training?

If so, when?

Friday night
Saturday night
Sunday night
Other

Do you have any other concerns or considerations we should know about?

Optional: Where did you first hear about this training?

Thanks for your interest in this training course. We hope to see you there!

Location:
Albany

Cost: $0-100, sliding scale

Organizer:

San Diego Free Press - Help with the June / July issue!

Help create the San Diego Free Press! Sunday we will be organizing stories and graphics for the June/July issue of the San Diego Free Press. If you have print skill or want to learn how a community newspaper is put together please join us! All are welcome.

Location:
2552 K Street, San Diego, CA - Sherman Heights

Cost: free

Organizer:

URL: http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sdfp

A Concert of Shakuhachi, Koto & Percussion.

John Neptune, Japanese shakuhachi flute virtuoso; Jonathan Szanto, San Diego Symphony principal percussionist; Reiko Obata and others.

Location:
Pacific Beach Presbyterian Church, 1675 Garnet Ave.

Cost: $10; children under 12, free. Proceeds benefit the Peace Resource Center.

Organizer:

We Are Everywhere / Iraq multi media book tour

We Are Everywhere was described by Canadian writer Naomi Klein as "...the first book to truly capture and embody the exuberant creativity and radical intellect of the protest movements." Two of the book's co-producers, author Jennifer Whitney and photojournalist Andrew Stern, are traveling throughout the US in order to present, not only the book, but also the results of their further research and investigation into international protest movements and their ties to the growing anti-war movement. Stern is just back from his second trip to Iraq, and will present hard-hitting images from the streets of Baghdad to accompany Whitney's analysis. The presentation is a multimedia performance comprised of several elements: a video highlighting the diversity of various threads of resistance around the world, an exhibition of beautiful photos and illustrative quotations from their book, a brief talk on the current situation in Iraq and the connections between the anti-war movements and the global anticapitalist movements covered in We Are Everywhere, and an open discussion with the audience.

Location:
Gelato Vero Caffe 3753 India St.

Organizer:

URL: http://www.WeAreEverywhere.org

Santa Cruz Indymedia Yard Sale!

Time for Spring Cleaning!!!

Santa Cruz Indymedia is having a fundraising YARD SALE!!

After several years of operating Santa Cruz Indymedia without a budget, we are holding a fundraising yard sale.

We hope to raise funds to provide people in the community with free workshops such as learning to publish on Indymedia and editing audio and video. We also hope to have media making equipment available for lending out to people. We aim to expand the scope of Santa Cruz Indymedia by getting more people involved!

If you have items you would like to donate to the Indymedia Yard Sale, please call Lisa at 429-5472 or send an email to scimc (at) indymedia.org and we'll arrange to pick it up.

WHAT: Santa Cruz Indymedia Yard Sale
DATE: Saturday, May 15 and Sunday, May 16
WHEN: 8am - 3pm ish
WHERE: 727 Hanover Street (off Seabright)

You will find lots of great items, including:

Clothing

Home Wares

Art

Reading materials

Limited Supply of Cut Flowers

and more!!!


Santa Cruz Indymedia is also looking for donated media making equipment such as video cameras, audio recorders, still cameras, etc., so please contact Santa Cruz Indymedia if you have media equipment to donate.

Thanks for your support!

- The Santa Cruz Indymedia Collective

Location:
727 Hanover
Eastside of Santa Cruz
Seabright is the cross street

Cost: nothing

Directions: If you have items you would like to donate to the Indymedia Yard Sale, please call Lisa at 429-5472 or send an email to scimc (at) indymedia.org and we'll arrange to pick it up.

Nonviolent Action Training Series

Nonviolent Action Training Series for activists and volunteers, led by Sharon Delgado and Barbara Hayes --

Session 1--Mondays 3:30 to 5 pm, March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29.

Session 2--Sundays 3:30 to 5 pm, April 25 and May 2, 16, 23, 30.

(Suggested donation for series--$5 to $25)

Location: Resource Center for Nonviolence

To find out more or to register call 423-1626 ext. 103

Location:
Resource Center for Nonviolence

Cost: (Suggested donation for series--$5 to $25)

Directions: Resource Center for Nonviolence
(515 Broadway at Ocean)

Organizer:

Stitch n' Bitch (knitting circle)

Knitting circle. All Skill levels encouraged!

Location:
134 Seaside
West Side of Santa Cruz
near Garfield Park

Cost: one million dollars

Directions: Seaside and Pendegast off Almar

Organizer:

URL: http://www.corporateswine.net

Santa Cruz Indymedia meeting

Santa Cruz Indymedia currently holds general meetings every other Sunday, 7:00 PM, at the Resource Center for Nonviolence.

7:00 - 9:00 PM
Resource Center for Nonviolence (515 Broadway)

If you would like to get more involved with Santa Cruz Indymedia, you can contact us by sending an email to:
scimc (at) indymedia.org

Location:
Resource Center for Nonviolence
(515 Broadway @ Ocean)

URL: http://santacruz.indymedia.org/mod/info/display/meetings/index.php

FAIR & BALANCED

FAIR & BALANCED
Comedy news satire from an unapologetic, anti-corporate, anti-fascist, good-old-fashioned leftist perspective.

And... it's actually very funny.

Location:
CHANNEL 27
Community Television of Santa Cruz County

Nashville Food Not Bombs at Legislative Plaza

Every Sunday, Food Not Bombs shares free vegetarian food with Nashville's hungry and homeless. All are welcome to attend. Feel free to bring food you have cooked or just come eat with us. Clean-up volunteers are especially welcome!

Location:
Legislative Plaza in downtown Nashville (between Charlotte and Union along 6th Ave. N.)

Cost: Free!

Organizer:

Abolish Nuclear Weapons! Non-violent Direct Action at Navy's Project ELF

Join us for a weekend of study and action to shut down the Navy's Project ELF and the Trident nuclear arsenal. Located in the Northwoods of Wisconsin and Michigan, Project ELF serves to signal a first-strike submarine-launched nuclear attack, all the while pumping millions of watts of electricity into the Laurentian Shield bedrock. Help us shut down Project ELF! Workshops, community-building and action planning on May 15 at the United Church of Christ in Cable, WI. Rally and direct action at Project ELF on May 16. Speakers include Liz McAlister - Plowshares antinuclear activist and co-founder of Jonah House - and poet Ellie Schoenfeld.

Location:
Navy's Project ELF in Clam Lake, WI

Directions: call for directions

Organizer:

URL: http://www.nukewatch.com

Pioneer Valley Vigil for Peace and Justice

The Sunday vigil was begun by local "Parents and Grandparents for Peace" on July 14, 1979, under the street-wide banner: "TOWARD GLOBAL NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT AND A VERIFIABLE US-USSR MORATORIUM ON NUCLEAR TESTING." The vigil has met every Sunday since, from 12 noon to 1 p.m., barring a couple of impossible blizzards. It has passed out thousands of leaflets on a great variety of issues under the slogan, "If You Want Peace, Work for Justice," and participants have varied from a dozen or so die-hard activists to fifty and more during the Gulf War.

Location:
Amherst Common

URL: http://www.nonviolence.org/amhvigil/

Global Fresh Water Challenges

Global Fresh Water Challenges: What Conservation, Better Management and a Water Ethic Can Do

Speakers: Sandra Postel and Amy Vickers, Co-Authors of Boosting Water Productivity, Chapter 3 of State of the World 2004. Sponsored by the Environmental Task Force of the Hampshire Interfaith Council.

Location:
Edwards Church, 297 Main Street, Northampton