Tacoma SDS

THURSDAY, Oct 26- 6:30pm at Kilworth Chapel on the UPS Campus (adjacent to Collins library, N 18th & Warner)

From West Point grads to drill sergeants, from Abu Ghraib interrogators to low ranking reservist-mechanics; soldiers in the US Army today reveal their deepest moral concerns about what they are asked to do in war.

Their message: every soldier wrestles with his conscience over killing. Although most decide to kill, some refuse. Soldiers of Conscience reveals that far more soldiers refuse to kill than we might expect.

WHAT: "The War on Terror and Academic Freedom," a lecture with discussion
WHO: Dr. David Price, St. Martin's University
WHEN: Friday, October 26, 2007, at 7:00 p.m.
WHERE: King's Books, (http://www.kingsbookstore.com/) 218 St. Helens
Ave., Tacoma, WA 98402 (253-272-8801)

David H. Price will discuss the ways the war on terror is limiting
academic freedom and harnessing the production of knowledge for use by
military and intelligence agencies. Many attacks on academic freedom
are undertaken by groups, such as the American Council of Trustees of

Tacoma SDS presents Radical Film Night each Friday at 7:30 PM at 808 N. Union (across from the University of Puget Sound).

Showing October 26: Manufacturing Consent; Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992)

Winner of Fifteen National Awards, explores the work of linguist, intellectual, and activist Noam Chomsky. Biography, archival footage, graphics, and illustrations show Chomsky's critique of the mass media and the bad work behind the daily news.

For more information, contact facilitator@tacomasds.org

October 27th: "END THE WAR NOW" March & Rally in Seattle

Saturday, October 27, 2007
Noon Assembly at Judkins Park (near 23rd and Jackson)
March to Occidental Park (in Pioneer Square)

This event is sponsored by The October 27 Coalition To End The War

Food Not Bombs Co-Founder and author of the Food Not Bombs Handbook: Keith McHenry Speaking in Tacoma!
October 28, 2007
University of Puget Sound
1500 North Warner, Tacoma, WA
Room: Rotunda
5:00pm-7:00pm

Keith McHenry and Food Not Bombs Bio:

Tacoma, WASH. - Centoilia Maldonado Vasquez, community leader with the Bi-national Front of Indigenous Organizations (FIOB) in Oaxaca, Mexico, will speak at 6 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 30, at University of Puget Sound's Rausch Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public.

Two Darfuri refugees will share stories of the devastation in their homeland when the University of Puget Sound hosts Voices from Darfur: Personal Stories of a Genocide at 4 p.m., Friday, Nov. 2, in Kilworth Memorial Chapel.
The program, part of the Save Darfur Coalition tour, features a short documentary film and talks by two refugees:

Tacoma SDS presents Radical Film Night each Friday at 7:30 PM at 808 N. Union (across from the University of Puget Sound).

Showing November 2: Malcolm X: His Own Story as it Really Happened (1972)

One of the best films on Malcolm X, structured by the autobiography he wrote with Alex Haley. This documentary is made up almost entirely of Malcolm X's own words: speeches and interviews captured and edited to show the development of his work and thought. (And no Denzel!)

For more information, contact facilitator@tacomasds.org

Tacoma Anarchist Bookfair Nov 3-4

The bookfair is taking place the weekend of November 3-4 at Pitchpipe Infoshop
617 S 17th St (at G St) Tacoma, WA 98405

We have around 10 tables of different distros/booksellers. Workshops will run
throughout the weekend.

Some (but not all) workshops are:
-anti-eurocentrism
-consent
-diy reusable menstrual pad making
-neighboorhood organizing
-street medic
-port militarization resistance

Saturday night there will be a show following the bookfair. Touring band The
Wayward and Olympia artists Onyx and The Pasties are playing.

Sunday evening after the bookfair we'll play anarchist games!

Food Not Bombs will be cooking throughout the weekend.

We'd love to see people from all around the country, in particular the
Northwest (and if possible, people from around the world). So be prepared for
delicious free, vegan food, and some good anarchy. Get more information at
myspace.com/tacomabookfair or tacomabookfair@gmail.com

Contact us with questions, comments, etc. If you are a traveler and need
somewhere to stay while you are in town for this event, we will try to find
someone to accommodate you. tacomabookfair@gmail.com

Industrial Workers of the World organizing meeting. All are welcome.

We will meet in the McCormick Room, on the third floor of Collins Memorial Library on the University of Puget Sound campus.

If using an electronic mapping program, the best intersection to map to is "N Union Ave & N 18th St, Tacoma". Going North on Union, turn right on to N 18th St. Turn right into a small university parking lot (technically N Warner St.). Park and walk around to the front of the Library. There is a small map attached.

Tacoma Anarchist Bookfair Nov 3-4

The bookfair is taking place the weekend of November 3-4 at Pitchpipe Infoshop
617 S 17th St (at G St) Tacoma, WA 98405

We have around 10 tables of different distros/booksellers. Workshops will run
throughout the weekend.

Some (but not all) workshops are:
-anti-eurocentrism
-consent
-diy reusable menstrual pad making
-neighboorhood organizing
-street medic
-port militarization resistance

Saturday night there will be a show following the bookfair. Touring band The
Wayward and Olympia artists Onyx and The Pasties are playing.

Sunday evening after the bookfair we'll play anarchist games!

Food Not Bombs will be cooking throughout the weekend.

We'd love to see people from all around the country, in particular the
Northwest (and if possible, people from around the world). So be prepared for
delicious free, vegan food, and some good anarchy. Get more information at
myspace.com/tacomabookfair or tacomabookfair@gmail.com

Contact us with questions, comments, etc. If you are a traveler and need
somewhere to stay while you are in town for this event, we will try to find
someone to accommodate you. tacomabookfair@gmail.com

Tacoma Food Co Op Public Meeting Wednesday, November 7th from 5:30 to 7:00pm at the Evergreen State College Campus in Tacoma (1210 6th Avenue )

It has been a solid eight months since our last informational meeting. We have more than quadrupled our list of interested members, so…

We would like to gather in order to update, educate, and get new people involved.

Carlos Andrés Gómez, award-winning author and poet, to perform Nov. 7
Carlos Andrés Gómez, an internationally renowned author, poet, and playwright, will perform poetry from his latest books, Without Shame, Finding the Music and Shades of Silence, on Wednesday, Nov. 7 at UW Tacoma.

The dance troupes Reality Check and Zero Gravity from Tacoma's D.A.S.H. Center for the Arts will open the evening's events. Refreshments will be served at 6 p.m., and performances begin at 6:30 p.m. The event will be held in the Longshoremen's Hall at 1710 Market Street.

November 9th & 10th-Shut Down Downtown Tacoma

Smash Tacoma ICE

CANCELED DUE TO PROTESTS AT THE PORT OF OLYMPIA.

Please come down to the Port if you can. We're containing Stryker vehicles and disallowing them from moving from the Port to Fort Lewis.

Actions happening at 7 or 8 PM and lasting all night and into the morning. We want to maintain a 24 hour presence.

Showing November 9: The Weather Underground (2003)

November 9th & 10th-Shut Down Downtown Tacoma

Smash Tacoma ICE

The Northwest Detention Center Roundtable and Community to Community Development present…

IMMIGRATION HISTORY 101 COMMUNITY WORKSHOP