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SUPREME COURT nominee --
SF meeting and march:
Wednesday, Aug. 3,
learn about Supreme Court nominee John Roberts at a town hall meeting sponsored by
Planned Parenthood Golden Gate.
Speakers include representatives from Public Advocates, the northern California ACLU,
and the Equal Justice Society.
Encourage the [U.S.] Senate to give Roberts a thorough job interview
in a "No Rubber Stamp" march to Civic Center afterward
– don't forget to bring your own rubber stamp.
6 p.m.,
UC Hastings College of Law, first floor,
198 McAllister (near Hyde),
SF.
Free.
RSVP to
rsvp [at] fairandindependentjudges.org
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Life in the Palestinian territories
Wednesday, Aug. 3, share stories about the Palestinian territories with Jewish American peace activist and Fulbright scholar Anna Baltzer. Baltzer talks about her work in Palestine with the International Women's Peace Service, focusing on the daily life of Palestinians in the West Bank, at this event sponsored by the New College Center for Education and Social Action. 7 p.m., New College Cultural Center, 766 Valencia, SF. Free. (415) 437-3425.

 

Do-gooders in the park
Wednesday, Aug. 3; Saturday, Aug. 6; and Sunday, Aug. 7, enjoy an afternoon of sharp and funny entertainment at an outdoor performance of the San Francisco Mime Troupe's latest, Doing Good, based on John Perkins's best-selling Confessions of an Economic Hit Man. Original music begins a half hour before the show. Wed/3, 12:30 p.m., Civic Center (in front of City Hall); Sat/6, 2 p.m., Glen Park (Bosworth and O'Shaughnessy); Sun/7, 2 p.m., Washington Square Park (Columbus and Union), SF. Free. (415) 285-1717.

 

Energy sources examined
Thursday, Aug. 4, US energy secretary Samuel Bodman discusses fuel and energy issues that impact Bay Area residents' everyday lives, as well as two bills currently in the House and Senate concerning drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and the gasoline additive MTBE. Noon, Commonwealth Club of California, second floor, 595 Market, SF. $15, $8 for members. (415) 597-6712.

 

No tax dollars for sweatshops
Thursday, Aug. 4, the Sweatfree Bay Area Coalition calls on you to attend a public hearing on the Sweatfree Ordinance, which asks that the city make an official preference to use local labor and makes other pro-labor stipulations, before the Board of Supervisors' Budget and Finance Committee. 12:30 p.m. (meet on City Hall steps), City Hall, SF. (415) 575-5541, sweatfree [at] globalexchange.org, http://www.globalexchange.org/sweatfreebayarea

 

Spirits in the material world
Thursday, Aug. 4, Silas Siakor, recipient of the Sting and Trudie Styler Award for Human Rights and the Environment, discusses his work in
LIBERIA
to halt unchecked deforestation under the Charles Taylor regime.
Timber sold in Europe, the United States, and China was collected with the help of armed militias, and the deforestation threatens the survival of Liberia's indigenous communities. Siakor also talks about his work with the Save My Future Foundation and the First Forest Peoples Congress. 7 p.m., Ecology Center, 2530 San Pablo, Berk. Free. (510) 548-2220, ext. 233.

 

Bombing commemoration
Friday, Aug. 5, commemorate the 60th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at "Coming Home to Peace," featuring a performance of
Takashi's Dream,
the true story of atomic bomb survivor Takashi Tanemori communicated through movement, music, and spoken word. Afterward, participate in an open dialogue on nonviolence, forgiveness, and nuclear proliferation. 7 p.m., Grace Cathedral, 1100 California, SF. Free. (415) 282-8705, http://www.gracecathedral.org

 

G8 protest screening
Saturday, Aug. 6, get an exclusive peek at last month's G8 protests in San Francisco and Scotland at a documentary screening presented by the
SF Bay Area Independent Media Center and AK Press.
The footage includes local action, police bloopers, and late-night escapades.
7:30 p.m., AK Press Warehouse, 674 23rd St., SF.
$5-$10 requested donation.
(415) 864-1006.

 

March to Livermore Lab
Saturday, Aug. 6, on the 60th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing, rally and march on the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for the abolition of nuclear weapons.
Livermore is one of the most prominent nuclear weapons labs in the world and was recently selected to develop a new, more powerful bomb called the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator.
Rally 5 p.m., march 7 p.m., William Payne Park, 5800 Patterson Pass Road, Livermore. For more information go to
http://www.trivalleycares.org

 

BERKELEY peace lanterns for Japan
Saturday, Aug. 6, float candlelit lanterns and listen to Japanese music
and messages from the mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki,
at the 4th annual peace ceremony commemorating the bombings.
Bring the whole family.
6:30-9:00 p.m.,
north end of Aquatic Park at the west end of Addison,
Berkeley
Donations accepted.
(510) 595-4626,
http://www.progressiveportal.org/lanterns

 



PALO ALTO:
picket for AIDS drugs
Wednesday, Aug. 10, picket in front of the office of George Shultz,
former US secretary of state and a major investor in Gilead Pharmaceuticals,
the company that refuses to allow the
Brazilian government to make generic (and affordable) copies
of AIDS-treatment drugs.
Noon-1 p.m.,
Stanford University, Hoover Institution,
Palo Alto.
(510) 684-2972,
priorityafrica [at] yahoo.com


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[Events above are excerpted from SF Bay Guardian.]
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POLITICAL events,
SF area, AUGUST 3 thru 11:


http://www.sfbg.com/39/44/x_alerts.html

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MICROSOFT
....... and phone-sex ???


http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/08/03/BUGSFE1S5J1.DTL

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7/29- nude SF demo by PETA, about sheep??

http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/07/1757052.php

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BLUE-EYED DEVIL:

http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/07/1756959.php

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DYKAPHOBIA:
Prudish feds censor the D-word:

http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/07/1752920.php

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SF QUEER NEWS, weekly:

http://sfbaytimes.com/

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SF QUEER HISTORY,
circa 1971 - 2005:

http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/06/1749365.php

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NUDES in the news:

http://www.bayareanaturists.org/news

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FESTIVALS, summer 2005,
northern California:


http://www.sfbg.com/39/32/cover_summer_festivals.html

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AUSTRALIA-based sexworker site:

http://libertarias.ebloggy.com/