Currents of Resistance On WREK 91.1 *************** It's Radical, It's Timely, It's Info You Will Hear Nowhere Else!

Listen to the Atlanta IMC radio show, Currents of Resistance, every Tuesday, from 6:30 to 7:00 p.m., on WREK, Georgia Tech Radio 91.1 FM

Location:
Atlanta, Georgia

Directions: WREK, Georgia Tech Radio 91.1 FM

Organizer:

URL: http://www.currentsofresistance.org

Build Yellow Bikes for Indyconference

We are building yellow bikes for conference goers coming from out of town. afterwords we will release them (aka leave them where ever)and they will become official yellow bikes.

Location:
Yellow Bikes warehouse off of 51st on the grounds of the old airport

Cost: free

Directions: couldnt tell you. on 51st east of airport in the old airport

Organizer:

URL: www.indyconference.org

BikeShop WorkParty

Bikes Across Borders:
Cultural political art, education and bicycles. We intercept bikes from the waste stream, fix them, and bring them to community bike workshops south of the border. Volunteer work parties are Tuesdays and Thursdays 6-10 pm. Learn how to fix bikes or teach others!

Location:
| 300 Allen St. | Austin Tx | 78702 |
------------------------------------
| 512.385.3695 |

Cost: only a few hours of your time

Organizer:

URL: rhizomecollective.org/ccOrganizing.html

"A Tribe of His Own"

Documentary, "A Tribe of His Own: The Journalism of P. Sainath"
Indian journalist P. Sainath will be speaking in Austin, at Bass
Lecture Hall, at 7 pm on February 17. Learn about his work in this
engaging documentary.
In India, nearly 400 million people live in poverty. Believing that
responsible journalism can help to change things for the better, P.
Sainath wrote a series of 70 newspaper articles for The Times of India
chronicling the living conditions in the ten poorest districts of the
country. For two years Sainath lived in the communities he wrote about;
he traveled across India, often on foot, in hill areas, drought-prone
areas, and tribal areas to put the issue of poverty back on the
national agenda. According to Sainath the shift from hard-hitting,
truth-seeking journalism to innocuous, promotional stenography goes
hand in hand with the increase of globalization. This, he believes, has
also contributed to the 1990s becoming "the time of the most gross
social inequality since the Second World War."
"Mesmerizing...In less than 60 minutes, this little film about an
Indian reporter delivers powerful insights into the enduring story of
human suffering and its shining corollary, imperishable hope. Equally
interesting is the way it turns a cold analytical eye on mainstream
journalists like me and challenges us to do more with the privilege of
free expression bestowed upon us by democracy." - Stephen Hume,
Vancouver Sun

Location:
Garrison 1, UT campus, immediately southeast of the UT Tower,
map at http://www.utexas.edu/maps/main/buildings/gar.html
Visit http://ThirdCoastActivist.org for details about this documentary
and Sainath's talk on February 17.

Cost: FREE

Massachusetts Cultural Council Info Session

An information session for applicants to the MCC's Organizational Support Program. The MCC is a state arts agency that strives to advance the mission of cultural organizations and to support a broad range of excellent programs in the arts, humanities and sciences.

Location:
Boston Public Library, Mezzanine Conference Room (x4372)

URL: http://bpl.org/news/upcomingevents.htm

The Implications of Four More Years

The Implications of Four More Years Discussion Series
  
Alan Wolfe's work in recent years has focused on cultural and religious issues in American politics. Wolfe's One Nation, After All (1999) argued that the "culture war" was largely the work of intellectuals; most Americans were not deeply divided over moral issues. His forthcoming book, The Transformation of American Religion uses ethnographic data to argue that American religion has been shaped by American culture more than the other way around.

Location:
Murray Graduate Center House Living Room Boston College

Cost: free

Directions: www.bc.edu/about/maps

URL: https://events.bc.edu/cgi-bin/publish/webevent.cgi

The Future of US Development Aid

What is America's role in the post-tsunami reconstruction effort?

Can international development aid today help save lives the next time a natural disaster occurs in the developing world?

Is the U.S. government "stingy" toward developing countries, as one U.N. official recently commented, or "generous" and "kindhearted" as President Bush has insisted?

Express your opinion…and hear the views of speakers. All are welcome.

Speakers to include:

* Susan Foster: Chair, Department of International Health, Boston University School of Public Health
* Adil Najam: Associate Professor of International Negotiation and Diplomacy, The Fletcher School
* Peter Walker: Director, Feinstein International Famine Center, Tufts University
* Craig Murphy: Historian of the UN Development Programme


Sponsored by the Brandeis chapter of Americans for Informed Democracy, along with the Politics Department, Graduate Student Association, Brandeis Democrats, Concord Bridge, Radical Student Alliance, and Brandeis Greens.

Location:
International Lounge, Usdan Student Center, Brandeis University

URL: http://my.brandeis.edu/btime/item?item_id=468013

International Action Center Volunteers Meeting

At this meeting there will be discussion and planning for:

Campaign to have Chuck Turner Appointed Chair of the Boston City Council Education Committee

Feb. 3 Boston School Bus Safety Summit

Feb. 5 "Evening in Solidarity with the People of Haiti"

March 19 March to Central Park, NYC to Commemorate the 2nd
Anniversary of the US Invasion and Occupation of Iraq

There will also be discussion about an upcoming IAC film series.

Location:
284 Amory St. (The Brewery), Jamaica Plain

URL: http://www.iacboston.org

Author Talk on Gender Myths 

Brandeis Scientist Rosalind Barnett and journalist Caryl Rivers will speak on their new book "Same Difference: How Gender Myths are Hurting Our Relationships, Our Children and Our Jobs."

Location:
Newton Free Library 330 Homer Street

Unilateralism or Multilateralism?

Unilateralism or Multilateralism?
A German View from America and an American View from Germany 

A dialogue from two perspectives about the issues of unilateralism versus multilateralism in American foreign policy with Jeffrey Gedmin, Director of the Aspen Institute-Berlin, and Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff, Chief of the Washington Bureau, DIE ZEIT. Peter Skerry, Boston College, is moderator.

Location:
Boston College Devlin Hall 008 140 Commonwealth Avenue Chestnut Hill

Cost: free

Organizer:

Presentation on the Wall: Talk and Slide Show by Bina Ahmad

Presentation on The Wall
The New England Committee to Defend Palestine presents . . .

"The Wall, Apartheid and Human Rights"

a talk and slide-show presentation by Bina Ahmad.

Tuesday, January 25, 2005
7:00-8:30 PM

Cambridge Public Library, Central Square Branch
Lewis Room
45 Pearl Street
Cambridge, MA

Bina Ahmad is a 3rd year law student at Northeastern University specializing in international human rights. From August to November of 2004 she served as
an intern with Al-Haq, an internationally recognized Palestinian human rights organization affiliated with the International Commission of Jurists in Geneva.
As part of her internship, she traveled extensively in Palestine, documenting Israeli human rights violations against Palestinians.

She will give a report on the current status of the wall that Israel has been building in the West Bank, placing it in the broader context of human rights
and Israeli policy.

Sponsored by
the New England Committee to Defend Palestine
www.onepalestine.org
necdp-AT-onepalestine.org

(Cambridge Public Library is not a sponsor of this event.)

Location:
Cambridge Public Library Central Square Branch Lewis Room 45 Pearl St.

Cost: Donations

Organizer:

URL: http://www.onepalestine.org

Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial

Boston College Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial

An Ecumenical Worship Service, all are welcome.

Guest speaker: The Rev. Dr. Kirk B. Jones, international speaker, preacher, workshop leader, and pastor-scholar.

Music Ministry Lead by the combined choirs of Boston College’s Voices of Imani, Liturgy Arts Group and Against the Current! 

Sponsored by: Campus Ministry

Emily Brady, Rev. Adrienne Berry-Burton, Ecumenical Campus Minister
617-552-3475 or 617-552-2793 adrienne.berry-burton.1 (at ) bc.edu

Location:
St. Joseph’s Chapel, Gonzaga Hall Boston College

Cost: free

Directions: www.bc.edu/about/maps

URL: https://events.bc.edu/cgi-bin/publish/webevent.cgi

"Visions of Europe" (film)

Screening on
January 23 (Sunday) 7pm
January 25 (Tuesday) 7pm

Visions of Europe
Denmark/Germany, 2004, b/w and color, 140 min.

From the producers behind some of Lars von Trier’s most notable works comes a highly-regimented film experiment: twenty-five countries are represented by twenty-five short films from respected directors each of whom offer a distinctly personal vision of life in the new European community. This ambitious omnibus project featuring contributions from Peter Greenaway, Tony Gatlif, Theo Van Gogh, Aki Kaurismäki, Barbara Albert, Béla Tarr and Fatih Akin presents a wide range of perspectives that both celebrate and critique the growing influence of the European Union.

Location:
Harvard Film Archive, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, 24 Quincy Street, Cambridge

Directions: east of the Harvard Square Red Line T Stop and next to the Fogg Art Museum. one block north of Massachusetts Avenue between Broadway & Harvard Street in the Harvard University campus

www.harvardfilmarchive.org/map.php

URL: http://www.harvardfilmarchive.org

You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train

Howard Zinn will be present for a discussion along with this film.

Location:
West Newton Cinema
1296 Washington Street
West Newton

Cost: $10 suggested

Organizer:

URL: www.newtondialog.org

Killer Coke: The Truth about Coca-Cola and Human Rights

Learn the truth about Coca-Cola and the company's infringement on human rights in countries such as Colombia and El Salvador.

Moreover, Coca-Cola has a direct impact on BC and its students. Come and find out how. Hope to see you there.

Description: Despite its global image, Coca-Cola has an abysmal human rights record; from collaborating with paramilitary death squads in Colombia, to using child labor for harvesting sugar in El Salvador, to creating environmental destruction in India, to the institutional racism within its corporate structre here in the US. Learn the truth about Coca-Cola and find out what you can do here at Boston College.

Location:
McGuinn 121 Boston College

Cost: free

URL: http://www.ugbc.org/

Anti-Death Penalty Services, Vigil, and Protest

January 25th, Tuesday – Night of Scheduled Execution of Michael Ross in Connecticut - Religious Services

8:15 p.m. Ecumenical service. Saint Lawrence O’Toole Roman Catholic Church. 494 New Britain Ave., Hartford, CT

10:15 p.m.-12:45 a.m. Inter-religious prayer vigil. Somers Congregational Church, 599 Main St., Somers, CT. For more info on either of these services, contact The Rev. Dr. Stephen J. Sidorak, Jr., Ex. Dir. Christian Conf. of CT. Phone: 860.236.4281


January 26th, Wednesday 2:00 am – Execution of Michael Ross Scheduled.

The CNADP will have a protest at Osborn Prison in Somers, CT.

For those who believe that the death penalty is a violation of human rights, and should be abolished.

Sponsored by CT Network to Abolish the Death Penalty, website: cnadp.org/

Location:
Osborn Correctional Institution
100 Bilton Road
Somers, CT 06071

Cost: none

Directions: Osborn Correctional Institution
100 Bilton Road
Somers, CT 06071

From I-91 North:

Take I-91 north to Enfield, exit 48 (route 220). Take a right at the end of the ramp onto Elm Street (east). Go approximately one mile to a fork in the road. There is a traffic light at the fork. Bear left at the fork and go straight for several miles. Carl Robinson Correctional Institution is the first facility on the left. Willard-Cybulski Correctional Institution is at the bottom of the hill and Enfield Correctional Institution is at the top of the hill. Osborn Correctional Institution and Northern Correctional Institution are the last facilities, on the right.

Organizer:

URL: http://cnadp.org/

Making the World Safe for Democracy

Making the World Safe for Democracy: The Case for Moral Foreign Policy

This course, taught by Michael Goldman, will study the concept of an American foreign policy based around the promotion of democracy abroad: its justifications, practical applications, and ultimate goals. Historical examples like the world wars and the fall of the Soviet Union will be examined, and special attention paid to the modern Middle East. Will cover various authors and public thinkers, to include Churchill, Sharansky, Netanyahu, Barnett, Palmer, Ledeen, Frum, Podhoretz, Fukuyama, Hanson. The course will be in the form of a discussion seminar. Students of all political stripes welcome.

Location:
Shapiro Campus Center Room 314, Brandeis University

URL: http://my.brandeis.edu/btime/item?item_id=468073

Relentless: The Struggle for Peace in the Middle East

Relentless is an eye-opening documentary which unravels the myths, and exposes the obstacles to achieving peace in the Middle East. Using primary source video clips, Relentless examines the history of the Middle East conflict and how the Peace Process unravelled in a surge of violence.

The screening will be followed by a group discussion. All are welcome.

Location:
Schwartz Building, Room 3 (downstairs classroom) Brandeis University

URL: http://my.brandeis.edu/btime/item?item_id=467802

Bus to Connecticut Execution

Massachusetts Bus to Connecticut Execution

With the impending execution of Michael Ross scheduled to take place in Somers, Connecticut in the early morning hours of Wednesday, January 26, we are considering hiring a bus to bring activists from Massachusetts to CT.

The bus would likely be leaving from Brookline/Newton on Tuesday evening, January 25, at 8pm, proceed to Worcester and Springfield at about 9:15pm and then bring everyone to the Inter-Religious Prayer Vigil scheduled to begin for the Somers Congregational Church, 599 Main Street, Somers, CT to begin at 10:15pm

The bus will return to Coolidge Corner via Worcester and Springfield at around 3 a.m. following the execution. We should be back in the Brookline/Newton area around 5 a.m.

If you would consider using the bus, please let us know. Contact v at 617-523-3951.

We need to hear from you by January 20 in order to make the necessary arrangements.

Location:
Somers, CT

Organizer:

Taller de Costura al CSOA l'Estella

Vine a l' Estella a aprendre a cosir...

Location:
CSOA l'Estella

Directions: c/ Lepant, 83
al costat de l'estació de tren
de Mataró

Organizer:

URL: http://www.musaik.net/estella

RESISTENCIES - OVNI 2005

Programación completa en:
www.desorg.org

El proper OVNI Arxius de l'Observatori (25 a 30 de gener) que porta el títol de Resistències, recull tota una sèrie de videos que parlen, amb veus i llengües molt diverses, dels moviments de resistència que estan propagant-se per arreu...: a Palestina, Iraq, Veneçuela, als EE.UU, o a la pròpia Barcelona... Comunitats autònomes zapatistes, moviments radical islàmics, anarquismes, moviments indigenes, zones autonomes temporals, comunitats i sers humans en lluita però també en diàleg... Es un intent de posar en contacte diferents heterodòxies i pensaments crítics a l'actual imperi global, a la recerca de noves possibilitats de supervivència, de diàleg, de comunitat...

OVNI 2005 Resistencias
Archivos del Observatorio

Inauguración 25 de Enero:
Programa especial, de las 20h.30 a las 23h.00.



In Limbo, 43', Simon Arazi, Bélgica, 2001. (FRAGMENTO)
"In Limbo" es un "collage" montado con imágenes pirateadas por los artistas Marko Peljhan y Brian Springer a los satélites americanos entre 1990 y 1997. Utiliza material de las agencias de noticias en estado puro (sin comentarios, música o publicidad), y transmisiones corporativas y gubernamentales destinadas para el uso interno de sus empleados.

Turbulences, 60', Carole Poliquin, Canadá, 1997. (FRAGMENTO)
¿Qué sucede cuando una mariposa mueve sus alas? ¿El aire se agita a su alrededor y desata un huracán en el otro lado del globo? ¿Y si las acciones de una grande empresa caen imprevisiblemente un día, cuántos trabajadores pierden sus trabajos o sus pensiones? El mercado global no es un territorio neutral, sino un estado de interconexiones e interdependencia sin precedentes.

Venezuela Bolivariana: Pueblo y Lucha de la IV Guerra Mundial, 76', Marcelo Andrade, Kesang Sherpa, Venezuela, 2004. (FRAGMENTO)
La Revolución Bolivariana de Venezuela como parte del movimiento mundial contra la globalización capitalista. La evolución del movimiento popular venezolano desde la revuelta del "Caracazo" en 1989 hasta las acciones masivas que rescataron al presidente revolucionario Hugo Chávez, 48 horas después de que un golpe militar estadounidense lo destituyera. El tema principal de la pieza es de como la Revolución Bolivariana, gracias al increíble poderío de sus redes populares, es una revolución que trasciende las fronteras venezolanas y contribuye con alternativas concretas en la lucha contra el capitalismo neoliberal.

What Barry Says, 3', Knife- Party, GB, 2004.
Simon decide grabar un monologo en el que Barry habla sobre el imperialismo americano y el proyecto del nuevo siglo americano, un discurso que se transformará en el elemento central que inspiró esta animación.
"what barry says" es la respuesta de Simon al ver la falta de interés que muestra su amigo ante las manifestaciones en contra de la guerra, en la época antes de la segunda guerra del golfo. Muchos jóvenes de Londres decidieron que ya que no podían hacer nada para impedir el ataque contra Iraq, lo mejor era pasar de todo.


Babylon Archives, 40', Abu Ali, Retroyou, España, 2004.(FRAGMENTO)
Kuma Warsitúa al jugador al frente de los conflictos más duros de la guerra global antiterrorista con misiones basadas en eventos reales. Sus creadores actualizan las misiones para que jugadores puedan experimentar casi al momento los conflictos reales basados en la actualidad más rabiosa.



El viaje de Mazin, 55', Fèlix Merino, Irak / España, 2003.(FRAGMENTO)
¿Cómo se vive el día a día en Irak?¿Siente que sus derechos son ahora mayores que bajo el yugo de Sadam? ¿Cómo afrontan el aumento de inseguridad que apresa al país árabe?. Por primera vez desde el final de la ofensiva "Libertad Duradera", un reportero convive durante semanas con familias de Bagdad para explicar su vida cotidiana. Y lo hacen siguiendo los pasos de Mazin Hermes (Nqwa, 1961), un iraquí afincado en Barcelona que regresa a su país después de trece años en España.

Meen Erhabe (Who is the Terrorist?), 10', Jackie Salloum, Palestina /EE.UU, 2003.
Un video que se pregunta quien es el terrorista y por qué. Una reflexión sobre el conflicto cotidiano en los territorios ocupados, con una banda sonora de música Rap producida por jóvenes que viven bajo ocupación e inspirada por la Intifada.

American Campaign to Suppress Islam, 28', Hibz ut-Tahrir, Khilafah,G.B.,2004. (FRAGMENTO)
Este documental explica como después del final de la Guerra Fría y la ruptura de la Unión Soviética, han quedado solo dos ideologías principales - el Islam y el Capitalismo. Cuenta que la Ummah Islámica sigue fiel al Islam, a pesar de que la destrucción del Khilafah lo ha borrado de sus vidas a nivel pràctico y de la realidad internacional; también explica que en este vacío los abanderados del Capitalismo, América, han iniciado una peligrosa campaña con el objetivo de lograr que el Capitalismo predomine en el mundo.

Cocktail Hour, 10', Infernal Noise Brigade, EE.UU, 2003.
El segundo ¡Tchkung! Vs. The State, es un homenaje a las relaciones entre un grupo de música, los policías y bomberos de su barrio en los años 90. Un video que utiliza grabaciones caseras de actuaciones en directo y ensayos, intervenciones de la policía y caos callejero.

El Forat, 75', José Maria V. Peña, España, 2004. (FRAGMENTO)
Entre 2000 y 2003, PROCIVESA, la Empresa Inmobiliaria encargada de reestructurar diversas áreas de la Barcelona vieja, expropió a bajo precio varias manzanas de la Ribera. Luego las derribó. Los vecinos bautizaron el nuevo espacio vacío surgido donde antes estaban sus casas como el "Forat de la Vergonya" (el Agujero de la Vergüenza). Con ello denunciaban una situación que consideraban degradante por múltiples razones: el abandono en que los poderes públicos había sumido a un barrio ya de por sí muy castigado, las obras interminables, la pérdida de derechos de los realojados en pisos nuevos, etc.

La Barcelona que no se ve, la que se esconde (Captura Raval), 17', Blanca Isabel Cardoso, Enrico Missana, Fatima Kamal, Marta Cortiona, España, 2004. (FRAGMENTO)
"A mi me parece que los políticos no han leído ninguna historia, ni moderna ni antigua. Las situaciones se repiten, por muchas pistolas que tengan la revolución, se volverá a repetir porque volverá a ser necesaria. Que tengan cuidado los jefes mundiales, asesinos como el señor Bush...esta es una Barcelona que no se ve que se esconde."

Location:
CCCB Barcelona
montalegre 5
www.cccb.org

Cost: lliure acces

Organizer:

URL: www.desorg.org

LA CONSTITUCIÓN EUROPEA. Luces y sombras

"LA CONSTITUCIÓN EUROPEA. Luces y sombras"
Ponente: Charo Besné (doctora de derecho comunitario y
derecho internacional)

Location:
Colegio Salesianos (Deusto-Bilbao). Acceso por la Avenida Lehendakari Agirre.

Organizer:

Dokumental "Bagdag Rap"

Dokumental Bagdag Rap
Dirigida por Arturo Cisneros
Fecha: 20 de marzo del 2003
Lugar: Bagdad
ese día el mundo miraba atónito, indignado y conmocionado la televisión mientras comenzaba una Guerra para muchos sin sentido y, en cualquier caso, ilegítima. Pero no todo lo que ocurrió en Irak lo vimos por televisión…

Un grupo debrigadistas llegaron a Bagdad los días previos al comienzo de la Guerra y algunos permanecieron allí durante los bombardeos… Su punto de vista de la situación sirve de nexo para narrar una historia en la que se entremezclan las caras, con nombres propios, de algunas de las víctimas, las vivencias de la población civil a pocos días de un ataque anunciado, pero sobre todo, las terribles consecuencias que ese ataque ha provocado y seguirá provocando durante generaciones en la población civil de Irak.

Con una banda sonora original con temas compuestos “ad hoc” por algunos de los raperos más importantes del estado español, Frank T, Case O, Ari, Zenit… BAGDAD RAP no dejará, en ningún caso, indiferente al espectador…

El día no fue 11 y el mes no fue septiembre, fue 20 y marzo…. Bagdad rap

Location:
Hikateneo (atzuri)- Bilbo

Organizer:

FOURTH WORLD WAR

The Fourth World war, a Big Noise Film will be shown
on Tuesday January 25th at 18:00 at the Bourdon
Building (the lecture theatre is on the first floor)
in Glasgow School of Art. The screening is open to all
and is free. We will however be collecting donations
for the Camecorder Guerillas and to send to Big Noise
so please bring a little cash.

We invite you to stay a bit after the film to discuss
the issues that the Fourth Wold War brings up,
especially in the light of the upcoming G8 summit
taking place in Gleaneagles in July. It would be good
to use this opportunity to raise some awareness for
those that might not know what the G8 is or why we
should be particularly concerned about it. A focuss
will also be put on the power of video activism and
information manipulation within the mainstream media.
The idea is not to bash people over the head with
information but to help them understand the global
situation and encourage them to get involved.

This is also an oportunity to bring flyers and make a
short introduction to your group so that people know
what's going on if they want to get involved.
(if you would like to talk about your group and or
drop off some flyers, please send me a note so that I
can prepare a little introduction)

Two flyers can be downloaded
off the Big Noise website (you just need to add the
date/time and location)
www.bignoisefilms.com/4ww/promo/index.htm
You can also check out the trailer there.

If a lot of people come to this documentary then
there will be more within the Art School. Also please
arrive on time because doors will be shut during
projection.

Location:
Glasgow School of Art - Bourdon Lecture Theater

Cost: donations fund raising for both Camcorder Guerillas and Big Noise collectives

Directions:

Organizer:

URL: http://camcorderguerillas.net/

Govanhill Pool Plans: Community Meeting

A charitable trust has been formed which aims to restore Govanhill Pool in the southside of Glasgow.

Come and view the plans commissioned from a major architectural firm, discuss the Trust's vision for a healthy living centre, hear from MSPs and UK-wide community activists and much more. Come to show your support for the reinstatement of this community asset.

Location:
Daisy St Neighbourhood Centre
Daisy Street
Govanhill
Glasgow G42

Organizer:

URL: www.govanhillbathscommunitytrust.com

UFCW Health Care Rally In Front Of SC Albertson's

Support Bay Area Grocery Workers as they struggle to maintain their wages and healthcare benefits. Don't let the grocery chains impose two tier wage and healthcare benefits packages.

Location:
911 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz

Cost: Free

Directions: Location is 911 Soquel Ave, on the corner opposite Shopper's Corner

Organizer:

URL: http://www.bayareacoalition.org

SC City Council Discusses Hotel-Convention Center Project

Very important for people opposed to convention-hotel at the Dream Inn site, along with a 6-story parking garage, come to the city council meeting next Tues, Jan. 25th and keep the pressure on the council to not pass this deal with the developers and replace one eyesore for another on our coast.

Location:
Santa Cruz City Council at the corner of Church and Center Street downtown, across from Public library

Organizer:

Feminist Discussion Group

Feminists like to talk�and there is so much to talk about! From reality t.v. to the criminal justice system, there are so many issues affecting women, and sometimes it just feels good to get your opinion in a forum where it is taken seriously and debated with other smart, funny, creative and innovative minds. Such possible discussion questions are: are women more constrained today than they were in the 50s?, how does the news media portray women�s issues?, why have women�s issues been relatively non-existent in the Presidential race? If you are interested in swapping ideas or learning more about feminism, come to the WeMoon Center every 2nd and 4th Tuesday night at 8pm. Everyone is welcome to join, so feel free to invite your brother, your partner and a friend!

Schedule of Topics:
11/23: Reality Television (with an emphasis on shows such as Wife Swap, Trading Spouses and the Swan)
12/14: Consumerism and the role of women
12/28: Feminism in 2005: what are the issues of today and how have they changed (if at all)
1/11: Smart women in television dramas
1/25: Children�s movies and their portrayal of gender

Location:
WeMoon Center 1816 Mahan Dr. (next to Mahan Preschool)

Cost: Free

Directions: Head East on Tennessee St. Cross over Magnolia. You will see Mahan Preschool on your left. WeMoon Center is the driveway after the preschool and there is a yellow sign on the mailbox and a hanging sign that says Prada Yoga.

Organizer: