Tacoma SDS

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

Bert Krages is an attorney from Portland who concentrates on intellectual property and environmental law. He is recognized nationally as an advocate of the right to take photographs in public places, having appeared in media such as National Public Radio’s Morning Edition, Popular Photography, Shutterbug, and Wired.

He has authored several books on photography, law, and the environment. Much of his relevant authorship regards unauthorized use issues, licensing, privacy and right-to-publicity issues, gallery and agent agreements, and harassment issues.

Prior to the National Day of Antiwar Action, The Seattle Socialist Alternative is calling for a day of Antiwar Action in Tacoma at the Recruitment Center near the Mall. Socialist Alternative Seattle says this is very important to them since Tacoma is a military town with a heavy Junior ROTC presence in every high school. The protest is scheduled as a "Student Walkout" mainly for high school students, yet it is starting at 3:00pm in the afternoon, so no need to miss school for this.

On Friday, November 16th at King's Books, 218 St. Helens in Tacoma, United for Peace of Pierce County will present lifetime peace activist Glen Anderson speaking on the subject of "Building An Effective Peace Movement". Glen Anderson got active in the peace & justice movement in the 1960s and never stopped. Since the late 1960s he has devoted his life to working as a volunteer for peace,
nonviolence, social justice, and progressive political issues.

Radical Film Night will be canceled til January due to scheduling difficulties and an unusual amount of other organizing opportunities in the area.

Showing November 16: The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)

Based on the youth of revolutionary Che Guavara, the film follows Che and his friend Ernesto as they travel across Latin America on a rickety motorcycle, conning their way from one town to another and unexpectedly finding truth too powerful to ignore. This film is unique among many portrayals of the young Che, describing him as a person and not a caricature.

Learn peacekeeper skills to help our rallies, marches, and other events be safe and effective. This training will help you understand the roles and functions of a peacekeeper. You will learn and practice basic skills for several kinds of situations. Anyone who wants to serve as a peacekeeper should take this training. Many people who have taken it previously choose to take it again to deepen their understanding and strengthen their skills in a variety of situations.

Olympia Port Militarization Resistance is calling for regional support on Saturday, Nov. 17th at 1:00pm in Olympia, Washington. The gathering begins at Percival Landing on the corner of 4th Avenue and Water Street and will end at the Port Plaza.

Industrial Workers of the World business 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.

FIRE YOUR BOSS.

The Tacoma Branch of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) radical union presents a showing and discussion of the 2004 film, The Take, at 7 PM on Sunday November 18 at King's Books (218 St. Helens Ave, Tacoma).

Narrated by Avi Lewis and Naomi Klein, this political thriller shows the struggle of auto parts workers' in Argentina in part of what has become known as the Worker Occupied Factory Movement. Members of the Tacoma IWW will be tabling in solidarity with our fellow workers in IU 460 - New York (http://www.iww.org/en/node/3704).