SF events 12.2

Please ask your senator to fillibuster Alberto Gonzalezs Nomination
for Attorney General. Find your Senator @ http://senate.gov

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/1130-20.htm
Activists Crawl Through Web to Untangle U.S. Secrecy
http://OpenTheGovernment.org http://BushSecrecy.org
http://GlobalSecurity.org http://fas.org

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/1129-01.htm
Bhopal Disaster and Aftermath a Huge Violation of Human Rights: Amnesty

First Afghanistan, then Iraq, next Iran...
Why don't Art Bell and other 'alternative talkshow hosts' talk about
this?
http://www.newamericancentury.org

BREAKING: Rumsfeld Sued for Alleged War Crimes
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/120104X.shtml

LAWs instructions for starting criminal procedures against Bush
http://www.lawyersagainstthewar.org/legalaction/bushcharges.html

Native Americans at risk from toxic military leftovers
More than a century ago, the U.S. slaughtered a bunch of indigenous
folks and put the rest on reservations in the most arid, isolated,
undesirable parts of the American West. A new study shows that many
closed military sites in the Lower 48 states -- including bombing
ranges, weapons-testing sites, and waste dumps -- are close by those
reservations, possibly putting Native Americans at disproportionately
high risk from the toxic materials and unexploded bombs left behind.
According to a Defense Department report, the abandoned bases are
home to "hazardous materials, unexploded ordnance, abandoned
equipment, unsafe buildings, and debris." The feds estimate that
unexploded ordnance contaminates up to 50 million acres in the U.S.
and, at current rates, would take centuries to clean up. Seems
environmental racism isn't confined to low-income urban areas.
straight to the source: Aberdeen News, Associated Press, Nicholas K.
Geranios, 27 Nov 2004
<http://grist.org/cgi-bin/forward.pl?forward_id=3716>

News You Might Have Missed-Headlines & Undercurrents, Nov. 29, 2004
<http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/000089.php>
<http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/nymhm/index.php> NYMHM Home Page

Matters of Scale - Death in Baghdad
Number of Americans killed on their own soil, in combat with
the British during the Revolutionary War 4,435
Number of Iraqis killed on their own soil, in combat with the Americans
during "Operation Iraqi Freedom" over 10,000

California is moving ahead .. so Cascadians it's time to roll up our
sleaves and werk on secessions too.

California secession talk begins serious dialogue
http://www.moveoncalifornia.org

Fallujah : America's Guernica http://www.mereport.com

Germany is taking evidence from former Abu Iraqi prisoners who were
tortured and is considering an indictment against Rumsfeld. Please
sign the petition and help to get some of these bush Skull and Bones
World Dominion criminals charged with Crimes Against Humanity.

http://ccr-ny.org/v2/reports/report.asp?ObjID=TCRlT9TuSb&Content=471

Methylmercury and Children's Heart Function
http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/docs/2004/112-15/forum.html?
section=children#meth

Belgians Boycott US http://tinyurl.com/4yzla


# Thu, Dec 2 10-11am Campaign for Safe Cosmetics
Campaign for Safe Cosmetics seeks to eliminate the use of
carcinogens, mutagens, and reproductive toxins from cosmetic and
personal care products. Its founding members include Alliance for a
Healthy Tomorrow, The Breast Cancer Fund, Commonweal, Environmental
Working Group, Friends of the Earth, Health Care Without Harm, National
Black Environmental Justice Network, National Environmental Trust, and
Women’s Voices for the Earth.
http://www.safecosmetics.org
http://globalexchange.org/getInvolved/bayarea.php?uid=3365


# xpose Victoria's Dirty Secret! Over a million catalogs a day from
endangered forests! Thu Dec 2 12:00 PM Noon
Victoria's Secret Union Square SF Powell @ Geary
http://www.victoriasdirtysecret.net
Come in your favorite lingerie, lumberjack outfits, tree
costumes, or everyday outfit to tell Victoria’s Dirty Secret to stop
destroying Endangered Forests!
Victoria’s Secret prints 395 million catalogs each year predominately
on virgin paper from Endangered Forests. On December 2nd grassroots
environmental activists can help stop the devastation caused by these
catalogs and challenge Victoria's Secret to stop using paper coming
from the world’s last remaining Endangered Forests and switch to high
post-consumer recycled paper. Find out more info at
http://www.victoriasdirtysecret.net

# Thu Dec 2 1st Thursday Art Receptions 49 Geary 5:30-7:30 pm


# Dear Animal Companions, Guardians, Lovers, Liberators & Vigilers:
DAY OF THE DOG Dec 1 Wed Noon, at UCSF through December 7th.
513 Parnassus Ave 415-751-3756 or e-mail vigilforanimals [at] yahoo.com
protest to spare about 800 dogs and puppies from some very cruel
and bizarre experiments at UCSF. We have a very unusual event
planned and you do not want to miss it! Bring your dogs! Your friends!
Your kids! Your pom poms! Just be sure to come and take a stand for
the dogs! We've hot chocolate and soy chai and that’s just the beginning

12/1-12/6 Rallies/Vigils Protest Dog Experiments UCSF http://www.indybay.org



# 12.2 1st Thu Art Receptions 49 Geary @ Market 5:30-7:30 FREE

# "The Gift Giving Show" Opening Reception Holiday Fest
Thu Dec. 2nd, 2004 6pm-12am, Music, food and fun
1200 9th St. @ Lincoln http://thecanvasgallery.com

# Thu Dec. 2 -International artist SUE COE will show
at the Pigman gallery with- TERRORISTS or FREEDOM FIGHTERS -
http://www.graphicwitness.org/coe/prntsalewhois.htm
6-10 PM Pigman Gallery 72 Tehama @ 2nd & Howard

# Thu dec 2 7p-10pm 911 truth alliance meeting 3087 16th @ Valencia
Come meet, share evidence, discuss future actions to expose truth.
http://wtc7.net - http://physics911.org - http://911-strike.com
http://oilempire.us - http://dieoff.org - http://peakoil.net
http://bombsinsidewtc.dk - http://911review.com
http://911research.wtc7.net/talks/wtc/index.html
http://globalresearch.ca - http://cooperativeresearch.org
http://911truth.org - http://deceptiondollar.com
http://communitycurrency.org - http://septembereleventh.org

# Thu Dec 2 7 PM Special screening of the hip-hop documentary film
'Straight Outta Hunters Point' Plus update on the fight against
Environmental Racism in Bayview Hunters Point New College Theater
777 Valencia http://greenaction.org http://newcollege.edu

# POST ELECTION FORUM and ART EXHIBIT - DEC. 2
Voting Counts and The New College will be co-sponsoring a post-election
forum and art exhibit on young people and politics at the Cultural
Center at the New College, 766 Valencia Street, SF, on Thursday,
Dec 2, 2 7-9p http://www.craigslist.org/eve/50597516.html

# SLIT Thu Dec 2 free 7 pm
panel discussion: Sunday, December 5th at 4 pm
SLIT is an art event featuring artists: Sita Bhaumik,
Christine Pan, Elizabeth Sy and Shawn Tamaribuchi.
From high end photography to craft works and design,
artists showing at SLIT are working within several
mediums but all challenging the notions of
exotification of asian women.
Center for Sex and Culture 398 11th St (at Harrison)
http://laughingsquid.org/squidlist/calendar

# Thu, Dec 2 7:00 pm Special screening of the hip-hop doc
"Straight Outta Hunter's Point" New College Theater
777 Valencia Also, an update on the fight against
Environmental Racism in Bayview Hunters Point
Speakers: Tessie Esther, Community Activist, Hunters View Tenants
Association, Marie Harrison, Greenaction, Community Organizer for
Bayview Hunters Point $5 - $20 slid
A benefit to shut down the PG & E Hunters Point Power Plant
http://www.greenaction.org
http://globalexchange.org/getInvolved/bayarea.php?uid=3368

# Dec 2 SF League of Pissed Off Voters FIRST EVER General
Membership Meeting and Potluck!!!
Come join us at the fantastic communal space False Profit on Dec. 2nd
to enjoy a post-election reunion and to join in shaping the future of
the SF League. We'll be exploring the issues we've got in common,
strategizing about growing our collective power, and brainstorming how
to throw the best @#$%! parties in town!!! It ain't over! It's just
begun!!!
Most of the business at hand will be specific to the San Francisco
League, but to those of you outside the city - we partied before the
election, and we're still in this together, so we look forward to
seeing you. Hopefully we'll be celebrating together for many years to
come. So bring yourself, your friends, your passion, your ideas, and
your food! There's lots to do, let's get it started!
Dec. 2, 2004. Potluck dinner to begin at 6PM, Meeting at 7:30PM
False Profit, 43 Norfolk St., San Francisco, CA
between Folsom & Harrison, 11th & 12th
http://action.indyvoter.org/ctt.asp?u=1937477&l=68493
RSVP/offer foods: Amy: cherrieames [at] yahoo.com
http://action.indyvoter.org/unsubscribe/index.asp

# urious Creatures @ Punch Gallery Thu Dec. 2nd, 8p-Midnight Free
Punch Gallery 155 10th St http://www.punchgallery.com

# StreetLevel TV monthly screening Thu Dec 2 8-10pm $5
992 Valencia St. @ 21st $5 Artist's Television Access
http://www.videoactivism.org/show/
http://atasite.org/calendar/?x=1069
http://laughingsquid.org/squidlist/calendar/


# Paintings by Local Artists @ Matt Gonzalez office Fri Dec 3 5-8pm
Free SF City Hall Polk @ Grove, room 282 http://mattgonzalez.com

# Fri, Dec 3, 2004 - Sat, Dec 4 8:30 am – 5:30pm
CALL TO ACTION: Moving the Agenda for California Women 2005
SBC Media Center 370 Third Street (at Harrison) SF
http://globalexchange.org/getInvolved/bayarea.php?uid=3367
Opening Reception, Circle of Courage Award to House Minority Leader
Nancy Pelosi, and a Conversation with a panel of California Women
Legislators Saturday, December 4, 2004, 8:30 am – 5:30
-Reviewing the status of California women and girls for Beijing + 10
-Crafting a 2005 Strategic Plan for California women and girls
Join with a group of women leaders, representing California-based
grassroots organizations, women’s commissions, elected women from all
over the state, and special guests working with the global women’s
community to adopt a 2005 California-focused action plan for addressing
the issues facing women and girls. Using the 1995 International
Platform for Action, adopted in 1995 by 189 countries in Beijing as a
guide, participants will assess California’s progress towards meeting
the goals of the global plan and develop strategies for moving forward
in the coming year.
The California Women’s Agenda, a project of the Women’s Intercultural
Network (WIN), convened similar meetings in 1996, which created the
first CAWA State action plan. In the year 2000, CAWA submitted a
(Beijing + 5) document to then Secretary of State Madeleine Albright
for inclusion in the national progress report forwarded by the Clinton
Administration to the United Nations. Another report to the UN is due
in March of 2005 and CAWA and the state Commission on the Status of
Women have joined together for this CALL TO ACTION to provide a vehicle
for the participation of more women and girls in developing a
meaningful report.
Check the websites of the CAlifornia Women’s Agenda http://www.win-cawa.org
and the Commission on the Status of Women http://www.statusofwomen.ca.gov
for more details on the assembly and updates on confirmed speakers and
special guests. Register on-line NOW, or please send an e-mail to the
Conference Coordinator at win [at] win-cawa.org for more information.
For more information contact:
The California Women’s Agenda (CAWA)
California Commission on the Status of Women (CCSW)
http://globalexchange.org/getInvolved/bayarea.php?uid=3367

# Photo Show Dec. 3rd - Madame S 321 7th St 8-11 pm art reception

# Pirate Cat Radio Listener Appreciation Party
Fri Dec 3 pm-2am $7 Live Music by: - PITCH BLACK
- OCS (John Dwyer of the Coachwhips)
- GRAVES BROTHERS DELUXE - WENDY KROYS
Circus Performance by: - The Latest Show on Earth
Plus the Pirate Cat Radio DJs, TONS OF GIVEAWAYS: MUSIC! T-SHIRTS! BACON
PALTTERS! AND MORE! 12 Galaxies, 2565 Mission 21+
http://www.piratecatradio.com/img/special/party.jpg

# Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ross Gelbspan (The Heat is On, Boiling
Point) to discuss San Francisco's energy independence
Ross Gelbspan will engage in an in-depth discussion of the urgent need
for public works-scale urban green power conversions such as San
Francisco's historic May 11 2004 Energy Independence Ordinance to
build a 360-megawatt local power network
San Francisco leads 49 California cities and counties representing
nearly 20% of the state's power demand now seeking to implement
Community Choice. With major regions like Los Angeles and San Diego
Counties seeking to use the Community Choice law to implement a 40%
Renewable Portfolio Standard -- over three times the increase required
by state law -- Kyoto Treaty-scale (7% from 1990 levels) greenhouse
gas reductions could be achieved in just a few years. Learn how to do
it in your community. Fri Dec 3, 7-9pm Mill Valley Community Ctr
180 Camino Alto, Mill Valley, CA $10 sustainablemarin [at] earthlink.net

# Fri Dec 3 SF Golden Gate Park Stroll/Beginners' Delight
/Bats Galore in San Francisco 6:45 p.m.
Cast off the dreaded work week and come seek a mysterious partner in
this winter eve's outing, wandering through SF's Golden Gate Park as
we celebrate the first US flag raising, Mitsuo Fuchida's birth, and
the first neon tonight, in a level hike that should take random
directions before we adjourn to our optional liquid and/or solid
repast at a local coffee house. No guarantees on mating, but
passable weather and good company is practically guaranteed. We'll
break somewhere to sip beverages at an appropriate location, and look
for bats flying over a lake. Flashlights, beverages in thermoses,
anything else you tend to need in the dark, and sturdy footwear not
bad ideas. Distance and difficulty perfect for beginners. Rain
doesn't cancel.
DIRECTIONS: If you opt out of self-carpool location #6 at 5:30 p.m.,
meet us under the stone lions at the SE corner of Fulton and 8th
Aves. at 6:45. From the south, 280, take Hwy 1/19th Ave. exit, stay
in right lanes at the 19th Ave./Juniperro Serra split to continue up
J. Serra to Sloat, left and continue to the Great Hwy, right. Go
past the park and the remodeled windmill and turn right on Fulton.
Fulton is the northern border of Golden Gate Park and extends from
the ocean to the Opera House. Full directions, maps, etc., at
http://www.laughingbear.org
ORGANIZER: If obsessed by questions, call Jonathon at 415/752-2699,
6 - 9 p.m. (If returning a call to you is outside San Francisco,
please continue to call), or email at grizzly [at] laughingbear.org Cell
calls from 7 p.m. at 415/710-2533. Co-listed with various groups.


# Dec 3,4,5 New College to Host Pacifica/Indymedia Seminar
"Investigating the Future" Prospects for Investigative Journalists
After the Election, Before the new Regime 777 Valencia
Friday Night Opening Session 7pm, http://NewCollege.edu
Challenging the Election and the War: Military who refuse:
Sunday Closing, 7pm: Women's Building 18th @ Valencia / Guererro


# 12/4: Protest Animal Cruelty! (pacifica)
Chickens are inquisitive and interesting animals who are thought to be
as intelligent as cats, dogs, and even primates. When in their natural
surroundings, rather than on factory farms, they form friendships and
social hierarchies, recognize one another, care for their young, and
enjoy a full life of dust-bathing, making nests, roosting in trees, and
more.
PETA is asking KFC to eliminate the worst abuses that chickens suffer
on the factory farms and in the slaughterhouses of its suppliers,
including live scalding, life-long crippling, and painful debeaking.
The more than 750 million chickens killed each year for KFC are
tortured in ways that would result in felony cruelty-to-animals charges
if cats or dogs were the victims, but KFC still refuses to make
changes. As the leader in the chicken industry, KFC has a
responsibility to ensure that the chickens raised for its buckets are
protected from the worst cruelties.
http://www.kentuckyfriedcruelty.com
Please join us as we protest the Colonel's secret ingredient
-- animal cruelty!
KFC Protest (Monthly) Pacifica 12/04/04 Saturday, 1:00 pm
Full Details: http://www.bayareaveg.org/events.php#528
http://www.craigslist.org/eve/47793322.html

# Dec 4 10-5, ActiveSpace open studio 2703 7th St #344, Berkeley

# Last Gasp Book Party Sat, Dec 4 4pm-9pm Free
77 Natoma @ 2nd St http://varnishfineart.com

# Panty Waste Sat, Dec 4 7PM-3AM $5 110 Capp http://artsf.org

# Sat Dec 4th 7.30pm Kali's Angels @ Open Secret, San Rafael. Suzanne's
sensational all-girl acoustic trio brings you "High songs and hot tea
with loved ones". More info http://www.kalisangels.com

# IGNITE: 2040 'Nite of Sat Dec 4 2050 Bryant @ 18th 7:30pm-4am
http://ignite-sf.org special talk with Jerry Candelaria, Guy Sengstock,
Creators of the Arete Experience at 8pm Festivities start 9pm
Get you freak on with DJ's Dragn'fly, Laird, Raydeus, Sunder, Jamie
Marken, and SnowLeopard Incredible Art by
Victor Olenev, Yurik Riegel, Carey Thompson, Aaron Nugent, Joe Mangrum
and more Amazing Performances by
Suzanna Fernandez, Nicole Starbuck, Return To Hope, Or-If-Is (Drum and
Bass), Heatherose Peluso, Sara Logan, Rich Reinholdt, Lazuli Dance
Troop and a Short film by Morgan Schmidt
Pampering Pavillions Kissing Contest Kissing Booth Creativity,
Celebration, Ceremony, Community! and
Transformational-Tribal-Futuristic Freaks! : Imagine what's possible!
Pre $15 Door $20 Dressed Futuristic-Tribal Freaky/$25 Streetclothes

# ATTENTION: Voyeurs, Exhibitionists, Uninhibited Sex Sirens, All out Hoochie Mamas and those with HOT Libidos - Come and bare it and dare to be seen!
OPEN, a sultry soiree, is a sexy event for those who wish to abandon themselves to the hedonistic pleasures of life!
Sat Dec 4 8pm - Late OneTaste - 1074 Folsom $10 adv , $20 door
FEATURING: GIVE ME YOUR BREAST SHOT! (candy for your eyes)
Photographer Raquel Teitler "The Joy of Breasts" - a provocative exhibit
SECOND BASE BOOTH Come on in and get felt up
BREAST IN SHOW CONTEST
Exhibit your voluptuous form - and be the recipient of the grand boobie prize
SCANTILY CLAD HOSTESSES Serving sensual delights
GO GO DANCERS Who will rock your world
DJ'S SPINNING DJ Laird & DJ Swami DANCING
EROTIC PASTRIES by Sensual Chef Sam Gedal
AND MUCH, MUCH MORE..... The party is OPEN to all!!!!!!!!!!!!
Come dressed and expressed as HOT as you like!
Event Contact: Raquel rteitler [at] aol.com

# 12/4: PanTease: Burlesque Revue 848 Divisadero $12 http://www.craigslist.org/eve/49477909.html

# http://www.koinonea.org g r o u n d t e m p o 12.4.04

# Sat Dec 4 Freebeats, Tenderloft, Mayonnaise & DEF present...
BEATIFICATION OF THE BEAT ecstatic beats for your soul and your feet
beware, cigarettes Info: 415-289-6886 def [at] defsf.com
http://www.freebeats.org/beatification 136 Taylor @ Turk / Eddy

# Freakdom "House of Breaks" Dec 4, 2004 511 Harrison @ 1st St.
Doors @ 8pm-6am $10 b4 10pm/ $15 after/ $20 VIP*


# Spirit of Holidays GIFT FAIRE Dec 4-5 and 11-12 Sat/Sun 10AM-6PM
Sonoma Co Fairgrnds $5 FREE PARKING! http://spiritoftheholidays.com


# Sun Dec 5th - Sacred Spa Launch Party Extravaganza!!
Please come and learn what http://www.sacredspa.org
is all about, enjoy the many offerings of super-talented local artists,
mesmerizing musicians, amazing healers, and fabulous jewlery & clothing
designers!! Yes, I have invited my friends to join me in this celebration
because love and joy are meant to be shared! Also available will be
energy-raising raw food selections offered by amazing, local raw food chefs
to tantalize your tummy. It is a time to rejoice, give thanks, reconnect,
share gratitude, laugh, dance and spread the love. It is also a great
opportunity to pick up some amazing, hand-made, love-filled, gifts for the
coming holiday season, or just hang out, meet cooool people, receive some
bodywork, get a reading and hear some GREAT live music.
Sun Dec 5 1-6pm $5 realm of yummy gifts
artists and beyond http://sacredspa.org http://spiralmuse.org
SPIRAL MUSE ~ HOME OF WELLBEING 3387 22nd St @ Guerrero

# Sun Dec 5 1pm SF living foods Potluck Community Room of the Police
Station at 630 Valencia SFLivingFoods-subscribe [at] yahoogroups.com

# Sun Dec 5 CR!T!CaL ST!LTs http://tribe.net
Every Sunday! Meet at Panhandle @ Masonic at 2-3pm walk through and
up the HIppie Hill. We'll gather there and play around until we decide
its time to wreak havoc on the haight street bars.


# Celebration of Forest Activism and Silent Auction to benefit the Bay
Area Coalition for Headwaters
Gourmet refreshments, live music, book signings. Auction items
include camping gear, books, dinners, hot springs retreats, massage,
yoga classes, art and much more. Great deals! Benefits the trees!
Sun Dec. 5, 4 - 8 pm Unitarian Fellowship Hall
1924 Cedar at Bonita, north Berkeley (nr BART)
BACH 510-548-3113 http://www.HeadwatersPreserve.org
Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters (BACH) 2530 San Pablo Ave.
Berkeley, CA 94702 510 548 3113 bach [at] headwaterspreserve.org

# Mon Dec 6th - Arete Introduction
The focus of the Arete Experience is a deep inquiry into community and how a
community can best support each other to step into and live their lives with
an open heart and from their deepest truth. Some of the benefits reported
are - Seeing blind spots to success more easily; Learning to speak the truth
more effectively; Gaining new, potent relationship skills; Feeling more open
minded and open hearted; Increased ability to hold multiple perspectives.
7:30-10:30pm http://aretecenter.com http://www.spiralmuse.org
SPIRAL MUSE ~ HOME OF WELLBEING 3387 22nd St @ Guerrero

# Tue, Dec 7 7p War Crimes and Misdemeanors: A Look at the Coming Year
Community Media Center (Wheelchair accessible)
900 San Antonio Rd. Palo Alto Free
http://globalexchange.org/getInvolved/bayarea.php?uid=3370

# "Votergate" Documentary and Powerpoint Presentation on Election Fraud
Dec 9 Thu 7pm Unitarian Church 505 E. Charleston, Palo Alto
How could the exit polls have been so wrong? Did tampering with
electronic voting machines and voter disenfranchisement swing the
election to Bush? Come learn more about these issues as we watch
"Votergate" and a powerpoint presentation on election irregularities.
Votergate is an investigative documentary about new computer voting
systems that allow a few powerful corporations to record our votes in
secret. $5 pdrekmeier [at] earthlink.net (650) 223-3333.

# Humane Trapping of Feral Cats SF SPCA Sat Dec 11 1:30-2:30pm
The class will be held at the SF/SPCA in the old grooming college
Alabama St @ 16th St around the corner and to the left of the
SPCA's spay/neuter clinic. basics will be covered and if time permits,
class will also cover harder to trap cats. No fee. donats apprec.
(415) 554-3071 Feral Cat Assistance Prog http://www.sfspca.org
download: http://www.sfspca.org/gifs/pdf_feralcats/feralbk.pdf

# Sat Dec 11th, from 6 til 9pm, in Bel Marin Keys
65 Calypso Shores, Novato, http://www.living-foods.com
Cost: raw food dish to serve 8 and $3 don
6:00 pm start. eat at 6:15 and our speakers 7:00

# Dec 11 http://onetastesf.com Folsom @ 7th

# http://basswaves.com Sat 12.11.04 - 10pm to 6am

# SF - Sun Dec. 19th "Musicians for Peace Holiday Groove"
Gateway of Encouragement to promote the development of a Department of Peace
At 6 pm, press is invited for a press conference, 7 to midnight for the show.
$10 general admission at door, $8 with butterfly attire, or $6 with wings.
6 pm to midnight, Dec 19 Studio Z, 314 11th St @ Folsom
"Musicians for Peace Holiday Groove" will feature a host of musicians from
Musicians for Peace namely William Florian from New Christy Minstrels, Fontain's
M.U.S.E., Laramie Crocker and Cyoaka Grace of Land of the Blind. The program
will begin with a kirtan by Maha Kirtan with Saraswati, Jean & Richard. Mary
Eberspacher will perform a crystal bowl toning and chanting calling the "I Am
Presence" of each person present. Akasa Tseng will perform a Heaven on Earth
prayer ceremony. There will also be sets by Mokai, Sophia, Jolie DePauw from
Lotus Dog, Lauren Renee Hotchkiss, Alan Tower, Chris Skyhawk, Marisa Handler,
Maria Halyna, Maria Mango, Roberta Donnay, Phil Deal & the Inside/Out Trio, Jenny
Kerr, Alex Walsh, Farasha, Essence and others. . Steve Bhaerman, also know as
Swami Beyondananda, will do a special comedy routine. Sherry Glaser of Oh My
Goddess fame will be doing a skit called `Activist Mom' that will reflect her
involvement in Breasts not Bombs.
Karil Daniels, the producer of Voices of Dissent, will show an 8 minute
trailer of her documentary about authentic patriotism and protecting First
Amendment rights against attempts to discredit dissent and limit free speech.
There will also be a special poetry reading by Danilee Devere, accompanied by
Phil Deal & the Inside/Out Trio in honor of poet Allen Cohen, the founder of
the San Francisco Oracle and cofounder of the Summer of Love and 60's Be-Ins,
who passed away last April.
The Holiday Groove will be emceed by Betty Biodiesel and is being produced in
cooperation with StudioZ and the Department of Peace Campaign and Executive
Director Alan Moore of the Musicians and Fine Artists for Peace. Sponsoring
organizations include Global Exchange, Middle East Children's Alliance/MECA, the
San Francisco New Living Expo, Global Peace Foundation and Get Set. For more
information visit http://www.butterflyspirit.org/DOPeaceParty.htm

# Sat Dec 25 Charlemagne Coronation Morning
SF Golden Gate Park Lakes Hike 10:00 A.M.
Lack of hunks and hunklettes under the morning tree, or simply not up
for shredding non-biodegradable paper under a dead tree today? Join
Jonathon Eros in celebrating Charlemagne's 800 A.D. coronation with a
flat, leisurely loop that should take about 2 - 2.5 hours to meander
past most of the lakes in the park. Consensus choice for multiple
restroom stops and organizer's tour guide spiels. Layered clothing
choices may be needed at solstice but probably not. Hike begins at
the southeast corner of Fulton and 36th Ave. at 10:00 a.m. Post-hike
options for food/entertainment shall be discussed. Oh, and extra
points for bringing along particularly weird Xmaz gifts for our
viewing pleasure. DIRECTIONS: From the south, 280, take Hwy 1/19th
Ave. exit, stay in right lanes at the 19th Ave./Juniperro Serra split
to continue up J. Serra to Sloat, left and continue to the Great Hwy,
right. Go past the park and the remodeled windmill and turn right on
Fulton. Or try self-carpool location #6 at 8:55 a.m. Maps,
directions, etc. if you email.
ORGANIZER: Queries to 415/752-2699, 6 - 9 p.m., but please continue
to call if organizer's return call to you is long distance, or try
grizzly [at] laugingbear.org (might not be returned after 12/24). If
you're really lost, try organizer's cell at 415/710-2533. Co-listed
with various groups. If it rains, we'll be brave and will stumble
along anyway.

# Santarchy Tokyo 2004 Sat Dec 25 12:00 noon FREE Meet at the statue
of Hachiko the Faithful Dog at Shibuya Station at 1200 NOON.
santarchy-tokyo-subscribe [at] yahoogroups.com

# Fri Dec 31st Alcyone @ Anon Salon's "Sea of Dreams 05", Park Plaza
Hotel, LA. (To Be Confirmed!) Anon Salon hosting 2 fantastic, legendary
NYE events simultaneously; one at the Regency in SF and the other in LA!
http://www.anonsalon.com

# Jan 20 Fraudulent inauguration of war criminal GW Bush GENERAL STRIKE
Also Massive National Protests: http://indymedia.org

# ALL OUT FOR January 20 Counter-Inaugural &
March 19/20 Global Day of Protest on 2nd Anniversary of the war
All cities across the globe. Global: http://indymedia.org
in SF: http://indybay.org http://indybay.org

# Mar 19,20 Anniv of 2003 bombing of IRAQ - GENERAL STRIKE
Massive Global Protests: http://sf.indymedia.org

# NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION - INCOME TAX IS VOLUNTARY
Do not feed the machine April 15th. GENERAL STRIKE
Northern California War Tax Resistance announce list. (510) 843-9877
Infor/support for conscientious war tax resisters in the SF Bay Area.
http://www.nowartax.org nowartax-subscribe [at] lists.riseup.net

PATRIOT ACT is NULL and VOID
Any law that is repugnant to the Constitution of the United States
of America is NULL and VOID. Marburry v. Madison -1803