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Re-Themed Soundtracks for Forgotten Films Composed and Performed Live by West Coast Musicians !
DeComposer is a fund-raising event for Vanessa Renwick's new film; CRITTER, a 16mm, 50 min, documentary essay on the gray wolf's re-introduction into the West. The Oregon Film and Video Foundation (operators of the Hollywood Theatre) is the non-profit sponsor for the CRITTER project.
Google News has reinstated San Francisco Indymedia on its list of news sources. Right-wing warmongers are furious about this, and are calling for a mass campaign to force SF Indymedia back off the list.
 http://portland.indymedia.org
Presents A night of inspiration, education and sensational music May 27th at 8pm $5.00 donation at the door goes to help support establishing an Argentina Indy media Plus a life performance by the MAMBO QUEENS! Please download and spread around the show posters!
Resist the Free Trade Area of the Americas
Anti-capitalist consulta: JUNE 7-8 This is a call for an anti-capitalist coordinating/planning meeting to begin preparations for actions against the FTAA ministerial meeting being held in Miami, Florida on November 20-22, 2003. We hope that this consulta will be an opportunity to build a broad based, diverse anti-capitalist response to the ministerial.
Great News!
A call to action for the willing. Included are some posters that have been posted by someone before, thought these are changed up a little, as the sacmobilization.org site has dates for the 20th to the 25th. There have been varying dates for this as to when it will commence. Keep this in mind when spreading the word.
Starhawk will be in Oregon starting this weekend and for the next ten days. Starhawk has been in the frontlines of resistance for years. She was at the WTO, in the streets at the G8/Genoa, recently back from Palestine putting her life on the line. She is the author of "Webs of Power: Notes from the Global Uprising. She will be speaking to activists as part of the Village convergence in Portland, rebuilding communities in Eugene, permaculture activism in rural Oregon and will be at the Earthfirst! gathering later in the summer.
OSPRIG at PSU
The Crisis of Public Schools: No Culture, No Jobs. Panel of speakers will be briefly discussing issues surrounding the education crisis.
It MAY work onThUrSdAy?
Spread the Word - CALL IN DAY WEDNESDAY!! Spread the Word - CALL IN DAY WEDNESDAY!! (888) 280-6279 toll free (paid for by the AFL-CIO)
The Black Cross Health Collective teaches an 8-hr. basic first aid class this coming Saturday, May 17th, in Seattle
This Sunday CFA will be having its first volunteer meeting of the
year. May 18 6pm @ 1540 S.E. Clinton
WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE PERSONS INTENDING ON GOING TO THESE DEMOS TO ORGANIZE TRUSTWORTHY AFFINITY GROUPS NOW. If you are interested in going to the demonstrations, and more importantly have a vehicle and are willing to drive, or can help with train hopping info, or have a lot of money lying about to rent out vans, (basically if you have any resources to help get Portlanders to Seattle and Sacramento) PLEASE E-MAIL US PRIOR TO THE MEETING.  pdxaca@ziplip.com
Welcome... You have reached the information site for the Green Party of Clark County, Washington state.
Next General Membership Meeting Thursday, May 15, 2003 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Location : Round Table Pizza, near Vancouver mall, Address: 5016 NE Thurston Way. The public is welcome!
A 2 day training to learn creative, effective, safe ways
to take non violent direct action and resist the corporatization of food!
Whining 60's burnout and liberal recuperator Todd Gitlin will be hawking his wheezing waste of time, "Letters to A Young Activist" at the Powells on Hawthorne.
The Bush tax plan comes to a vote in the US Senate today! Call or email your senators! It is vital!
MAY 15, Thursday, Public Hearing to takeover Enron-PGE by formation of a Multnomah County Public Utility District. Time: l0-:00-noon and 6:00p-8:00p
Enron has stolen $400 million in taxes from Oregon that PGE ratepayers already paid for in the electric rates. Enron owns PGE. Show up in large numbers to speak at the hearing tomorrow and vote in the fall. The signature gathering by www.oppc.net has placed the Public Utility District on the ballot. You can contact their website for more info.
A great river that runs through our hometown has been made into a sewer. Nearly everyone who has spent time on the river is disgusted, but is any effective action being taken?
call to action
**resist corporate domination of the world's food supply** june 21-25, sacramento,california
I am disabled and my landlord is evicitng my family and I
In recognition of the demand to mobilize for the Sacramento protest, I have made up a couple flyers for public use. Here they are.
The Oregon Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee is considering a bill that restricts local government's right to regulate food. This has the potential to stop grassroots organizing around the GE food issue. If you are interested send an email to the addresses below. Please take the time to read the story and get an idea of the kind of message required.
Memorial Day Weekend, May 24-26, eco-activists from across the West will host the Earth First! Northwest Regional Rendezvous in Southern Oregon with location to be announced. The event will kick off Cascadia Summer, a coordinated call to action to protect Casacadia's ecosystems through education and creative direct action. In the last year, eco-activists have seen a rapid increase in forest destruction and government repression.
Via Campesina is an international movement which coordinates peasant organizations of small and middle-scale producers, agricultural workers, rural women, and indigenous communities from Asia, Africa, America, and Europe. It is an autonomous, pluralistic movement, independent from all political, economic, or other denomination. It is integrated by national and regional organizations whose autonomy is jealously respected.
Here we go! Now starting the "Better Vote for Bush or Else the World is Screwed" headlines in the news.
Use the Internet to educate and to help stop the FCC's plans for media consolidation!
DOE has been proposing to create a "Hanford Nuclear Reservation" at Hanford. this involves trucking all nuclear weapons waste from California to Hanford., via I-5 through Porltand. Tonight there will be a hearing at 7 at the Radisson Hotel, with a prehearing meeting for activists at 6. After previous hearings, the DOE received 4000 letters in opposition and had to rewrite the plan. Call (503) 232-0484 for more info
Portland's Geek Network For Social Change is working on putting together a shipment of a couple hundred computers to support their work. This is a follow-up to a shipment of 235 computers which we sent to the Ecuador Indymedia Center in November.
Join us for a weekend of Marbled Murrelet surveying on May 24-25.
not on calander.
3rd Annual Mt. Hood Timber Sale at Cascaia Forest Revue -- Thursday May 15th - 7pm 4610 SE Belmont
Come get informed about how the IRS, with the help of the US govie, has tricked us into thinking that this is a mandatory tax. We will provide compelling evidence to prove that it is illegal for them to enforce payment of this bogus tax.
"Arissa is an effort at building an effective revolutionary movement in the United States," the group proclaims on its website located at
http://www.arissa.org. "Until such time as a revolution occurs, the U.S. political structure will continue to inflict widespread atrocities on a domestic and international level."
What time?
A little note about what do to about bad people...
This is about a fundraiser for Dr. Howard Dean, taking place on Wed. May 14th at 12:30. This even takes place at the Benson Hotel. See article for directions!
You gave me a cd at the R&B and a quarter flier with your contact info.
Since day one, the Bush Administration has aggressively pursued a strategy to increase logging and resource extraction on America's national forests. I n light of these unprecedented threats to our public lands, veteran forest activists will be conducting training in western Montana for forest activists/campaigners seeking to protect America's endangered national forests and wildlands. Come to Montana this summer and learn skills needed to Protect Our National Forests and Wildlands!
Protect Our National Forests and Wildlands!
Now that the war in Iraq is "over", the United States goverment and media are turning attention back to Venezuelan affairs and oil. We want to invite you to learn the role that the media played in the Venezuelan coup and to join us for a discussion about the current situation of Venezuela.
Activists across the state are invited to be trained as key support in seniors lives. The "friendly visitor" program can help keep people in their homes and bring safety support to Oregon's seniors as the cuts to services become deeper and more dangerous.
bike-themed film submissions wanted
Come and support the family of murdered child
The Village Building Convergence, organized by a coalition of Southeast Uplift, the City Repair Project, and other local groups, is a ten day marathon of brainstorming, discussions, and hands-on work in the neighborhoods of Southeast Portland towards actualizing a convivial, ecological vision of city life. Come get your hands dirty building authentic community and an ecological future!
Measure 26-48 is a three-year, 1.25% income tax for Multnomah County residents that:
-Provides Funding for Schools -Protects Seniors and the Disabled -Restores Public Safety
3652 se division street 8pm may 9th friday- learn to read and read to learn-please bring food
BARK's Thrid Annual Mt. Hood Timber Sale Review Hosted by the Cascadia Forest Revue. Third Thursday, May 15th @ Belmont Multicultural center 4610 SE Belmont. Live Music from: Sweet Juice! Find out about the current state of Mt Hood. recent victories, looming threats - what You can do - Sliding scale $3-5 benifites Cascadia Forest Alliance! Bake sale to benefit BARK. No one turned away for lack of funds.
Portland Anti Capitalist Action is talking with people and coordinating space to hold at least two meetings regarding the upcoming demonstrations in Seattle and Sacramento. We are primarily doing this to inform people about the organizing efforts going on in both towns, and to coordinate ride shares to these demos.
New orders have come down demanding that all Portland Critical Massers ride the weekly rides.
June 12th-15th Republicans invite you and your family for fun and games with the planet's resources and people. Come join them, bring family and friends!!
The Young Communist League of Texas (TX-YCL) has recently launched a new website. The website boasts several interactive features; users may vote in online polls, place events on the TX-YCL web calendar, and even submit articles for publishing.
A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion recorded from a shortwave radio. 2 files- broadcast quality (13.3MB) and quick download (3.3MB). With times and freqs for listening at home. Free to rebroadcast. Spain, Netherlands, Germany, Russia, and Cuba
The Allied Media Conference will be June 13-15 in Bowling Green, OH. If you were there last year, you know that it just might be the biggest, most enjoyable weekend of cross-media collaboration there is. It's a chance to learn new skills, share your experiences, and build networks. The emphasis is on making our own media, not reforming the mainstream system.
leftturn.org has been relaunched with more resources and easier navigation for activists.
check it out at www.leftturn.org left turn magazine highlights issues in the anti-capitalist movement
theater-style curtains needed
Dean in the NW
Impeach Bush Rally--We will gather Friday, May 9th at Pioneer Courthouse Square at 5pm with a march through the streets at 5:30. After the march, we will return to the Square to topple the "Bush Statue" as a symbol of overthrowing this regime.
Hundreds of trade ministers and media makers from around the world are traveling to meet and discuss, agriculture, factory farming, and genetic engineering... in a city only 10 hours from Portland.
Maybe you'd like to attend as well.
Revised Hanford Solid Waste Environmental Impact Statement (SW EIS), is now out for public comment
Join Code Pink Thursday, May 8 at 4pm, on Macadam and SW 46th, for an innovative nono-violent protest of Precision Castparts.
Looking for *REBELEROTICA* : spoken word, writing, and visual art for an event on May 27th- work that describes, or shows, in sensous detail, how sexy liberation can be- and how powerful the physical lightning can become when you reach past all oppressions!
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