Thurs., Sept. 6 • Planning meeting for Rally for Real Food, 6pm behind French Broad Food Co-op, 90 Biltmore Ave. Info: southrage@yahoo.com.
Thurs., Sept. 6 • Presentation and slide show on the political situation in Colombia, given by Melissa Fridlin, recently returned from a human rights delegation to Colombia. 7pm at Lord Auditorium, Pack Library, downtown. Info: 683-5815. Tues., Sept. 11 • Sanho Tree, of the Institute for Policy Studies, will speak on drug policy reform, 7pm at Jubilee!, 46 Wall St. Info: 771-3747.
Tues., Sept. 11 • “Dot Org Activism,” presentation on internet activism, 7pm at Lord Auditorium, Pack Library. Info: 255-0182.
Wed., Sept. 12 • Video showing at Lord Auditorium, Pack Library: “Risky Business” - a 30 minute documentary about the science and ethics of genetic engineering, and”The Pie’s the Limit” - a video about the Biotic Baking Brigade, 7pm-8:30pm.
Sat., Sept. 15 • Workshop on herbal first aid and safety at urban demonstrations. 11am-4pm at FBFC, 90 Biltmore Ave. Info: 225-9461.
Sat., Sept. 15 • “Rally for Real Food,” in opposition to Syngenta-sponsored biotechnology “retreat,” noon at Westgate Plaza. Info: southrage@yahoo.com
Wed., Sept. 19 • “Crowd Bites Wolf” - A film about last September’s Prague protests against the World Bank and global capitalism. Also: “F*** the System” - a video collage of international anarchist direct action. 7pm-8:30pm.
Fri., Sept. 21 • Debra O’Gara of Radical Women, will speak at Issues Newsstand, 32 Biltmore Ave., 7pm. Info: 285-9222. Sat., Sept. 22 • Debra O’Gara of Radical Women, will speak at Malaprop’s Book store, 55 Haywood St., 7pm. Info: 285- 9222.
Sun., Sept. 23 • Benefit concert for Leonard Peltier, 3pm at Spirits on the River, 571 Swannanoa River Rd. Info: 232-0951. Mon., Sept. 24 • Lettie Polite will speak about her participation in the UN Conference on Racism in South Africa. 7pm at Jubilee Church, Creation Room. Info: 687-7618. Oct. 11-14 • National Forest Protection Alliance third annual convention, Cedar Mountain. Info: 828-285-8855.

Mondays-- Asheville books-to-prisoners group meets 8pm at 38 Mulberry St., Woodfin. Call 236-0949 for more info.
Mondays-- Carolininas for Health Care Access meets, 7:30pm, Fortune Center, 727 Haywood Road.Call Rebecca Campbell at 258-4862 for more info.
Mondays-- Drumming circle, 7pm at Mysts of Avalon, 640 Merrimon Ave., Ste. 201. Info: 281-2616.
Second and fourth Mondays-- Compassion for Animals vegetarian/vegan potluck, 7:30pm, 227 Edgewood St. (Friends Meeting Place). Call 253-6176 or 281-1693.
Third Mondays-- Zero Population Growth of Asheville meets. Call Greg Wilcox at 665-7531 or gwilcox@ioa.com
Third Mondays-- Asheville Latin-Americans for Advancement meets. Call 277-1797 for details.
Tuesdays-- Food Not Bombs serves free vegan food and informal activist networking at Pack Place, 6pm. 771-5660.
First Tuesdays— Community of Compassion, marijuana decriminalization group, meets at 7pm at 727 Haywood Rd. (Fortune Building) in West Asheville. 251-0343.
Second and Fourth Tuesdays-- Asheville Direct Action Network meets at Jubilee, basement entrance, Soul Cafe, 101 Patton Ave., 7pm. Info: 251-1782.
Wednesdays-- Prison Industrial Complex Discussion Group meets, 8pm, Stephenson Basement, Warren Wilson College. Info:Ginelle, 771-3901.
Wednesdays— Spanish language practice with a native speaker, 12:30pm at International Link, 87 Patton. 255-9104.
First Wednesdays— La Leche League toddler group meets 10:30am at Murphy-Oakley Rec Center, 749 Fairview Rd. 299-9236.
First and third Wednesdays— Earth First! meets,7pm at the Fortune Building, 729 Haywood Rd. (at the corner of Brevard) in West Asheville. Info: Cathie @ 285-0631.
Thursdays-- Asheville Students for a Healthy Environment (ASHE) meets in the Highsmith Center, Rm. 37, UNCA at 7pm. 236-3834.
Thursdays-- New at International Link: French language practice with a native speaker, 12:30pm at International Link, 87 Patton. 255-9104.
First Thursdays-- Gay & Lesbian Pagan Alliance potluck meeting at Mysts of Avalon, 640 Merrimon Ave., Ste. 201. Info: 281-2616.
First and third Thursdays-- Women's International League for Peace and Freedom/UNCA sponsors discussion group dealing with nuclear power issues. Call 232-5196 or 254-5489.
Second Saturdays-- International link Community Center, 87 Patton Ave. 255-9104.
Sundays • Food Not Bombs serves free vegan food and informal activist networking at Pack Place, 6pm. Info: Abe, 281-0313
Sundays-- Free capoeira classes, 5pm. Info: 232-2980 or dravenarcane@hotmail.com
Third Sundays— La Leche League meets 4pm at WNC Breastfeeding Center, 50 Doctor’s Dr. 628-4438.
Second and Fourth Sundays-- Jubilee environmental team meets downstairs at Jubilee, 46 Wall St., 11am. Info: 250-9116.

Other areas

Louisa, Virginia Aug. 31-Sept. 2 • Twin Oaks Communities Conference. Ecovillages, communes, co-ops, group houses, CoHousing, and more. Info: 540-894-5126 or www.twinoaks.org

Middleburg, VA (near DC) Sept. 14-18 • Global Justice Action Camp, hosted by Ruckus Society, to prepare for IMF demos. Info: www.ruckus.org or 510-595-3442.

Washington, DC Sept. 26-Oct. 3 • Global Justice Week: Another World is Possible! Join thousands of others to protest the annual meeting of the IMF and World Bank. A range of cultural and educational events as well as demonstrations are being planned, including a massive rally and march on Sunday, Sept. 30 and direct actions and demonstrations for Oct. 1-3. For information or a more complete listing of events see the Mobilization for Global Justice website at www.globalizethis.org

Raleigh, NC Oct. 18-21 • National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty conference, Brownstone Hotel. Info: 919-933-7567.

Active Students for a Healthy Environment (ASHE), 236-3834. ecology@bulldog.unca.edu.
Amnesty International, 251-6626.
Anti-Racist Action (ARA), PO Box 2503, Asheville, NC 28801. ara_asheville@hotmail.com
Asheville Free School (forming), 232-0321.
Asheville Prison Books, davewreckoning@hotmail.com.
Blue Ridge Equality Alliance, 236-2033 or leestin@cs.com.
Canary Coalition, clean air group, PO Box 1556, Whitier, NC 28789-1556.
Carolina Animal Action, PO Box 19242, Asheville, NC 28815. meatstinks@aol.com. 298-4647.
Carolina-Chiapas Connection, 675-5525 or jmorgan@yancey.main.nc.us.
Carolina Farm Stewardship Association, 919-542-2402.
Clean Water Fund, 29 1/2 Page Ave., Asheville, NC 28801. 251-1291 or 1-800-929-4480. www.cwfnc.org or cwfnc@main.nc.us.
CLOSER gay and lesbian group, CLOSERmail@aol.com Community of Compassion, 251-0343, herbmercy@aol.com.
City Seeds, 70 Woodfin Pl. #237, Asheville, NC 28801. 236-2299.
Direct Action Network, Sharon 828-251-1782.
Environmental and Conservation Organization (ECO), 119 3rd Ave. West, Hendersonville, NC 28792. 692-0385.
The Exchange barter network, Kathleen Stith, 626-2955.
Food Not Bombs • Feeding the hungry and building community, call Abe @ 281-0313 or Nina @ 250-9882.
Free Radio Asheville, PO Box 1485, Asheville, NC 28802. radioasheville@hotmail.com.
International Link Community Center, 87 Patton Ave., Asheville, NC 28801. 255-9104.
Just Economics, 45 Sardis Rd., Asheville, NC 28806. 665-2198. Katuah Earth First!, PO Box 1485, Asheville, NC 28802. 285-0631.
Leonard Peltier Support Group, PO Box 2584, Asheville, NC 28802. anarchist_17@hotmail.com 232-0951.
The Mediation Center, 189 College St., Asheville, NC 28801-3030. 251-6089. tmc@buncombe.main.nc.us or www.main.nc.us/tmc
Mosaic Vortex youth center (forming), Call Breanna Leslie at 258-9395.
Nuclear Information and Resource Service Southeast, P.O. Box 7586, Asheville, NC 28802. Contact: Mary Olsen, 828-251-2060. nirs.se@mindspring.com or www.nirs.org.
People of Faith Against the Death Penalty, 274-8798.
PFLAG, gay and lesbian family group, 277-7815.
PFLAG Hendersonville, 696-8250.
Physicians for Social Responsibility, Lew Patrie at 299-1242 or Terry Clark at 667-0287.
Quality Forward, volunteer stream clean up. Call Gretchen at 254-1776. P.O. Box 22, Asheville, NC 28802.
Socialist Action contact: George Robinson, 232-4922.
Southern Appalachian Biodiversity Project, PO Box 3141, Asheville, NC 28802. 258-2667.
Southern Appalachian Center for Cooperative Ownership, 12 1/2 Wall St. Ste. D, Asheville, NC 28801. 232-0632.
Town Hall Project, P.O. Box 2463, Asheville, NC 28802. 271-1032.
Voices for Peace, c/o Brevard College, Box B-5649, 400 N. Broad
War Resisters League, 277-0758. War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee, 1-800269-7464. 285-0010.
Western Carolina Women’s Coalition, PO Box 402, Asheville, NC 28802. 251-5986.
Western North Carolina Alliance, 70 Woodfin Pl. #326, Asheville, NC 28801. 258-8737.
WNC Citizens for an End to Institutional Bigotry, PO Box 18640, Asheville, NC 28814. 669-6677.www.main.nc.us/wncceib.
WNC Green Party, meeting info: 254-5195.
WNC School of the Americas Watch, 254-5195.
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, 255-8065.
YWCA of Asheville, 185 S. French Broad Ave., Asheville, NC 28801. 254-7206.www.main.nc.us/ywca.
Zero Population Growth of Asheville, 31 Overlook Drive, Candler, NC. Greg Wilcox, 665-7531, gwilcox@ioa.com
Zim-Zam Eco-House, 277-0758.

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Mobilization for Global Justice: a call to action

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank will hold their Joint Annual General Meetings in Washington, DC from September 28 to October 4, 2001.

We call on people from all over the world to come to Washington to expose the illegitimacy of these institutions, to stand in solidarity with peoples in the global south, and to claim our right to determine our future and the course of the world economy.

A 10-day convergence filled with teach-ins, workshops, trainings and actions begins on September 23rd.

Globalize justice! Another world is possible!

If you are saddened by polluted land, water, and air

If you have grown weary of representatives that do not represent and institutions that do not serve people

If your heart has grown heavy in the face of distinctions based on power over others -- sexism, racism, classism, homophobia

If you are dismayed with participation in a system that brings untold wealth to the doorsteps of a few by stealing bread from the tables of many

If you are appalled by excuses that place profits before the lives of millions of people living with HIV

If you know in your heart and mind that a just and nonviolent world is possible, and you want to help create it

Join us in Washington

We call upon all people concerned for justice in their communities to join with others around the world in shaping a different globalization: a globalization of our rights to life, to speech, to thought, to religion, to assembly, to a clean environment, to food and medication, to freedom from fear and freedom from poverty. We stand for the rights of indigenous peoples, of women, of people with HIV, affordable health care, strong labor rights and social and economic policies that put people before profits. This is not the globalization being forced upon us. To that other globalization —the globalization of greed — we stand chanting:

Another World Is Possible.

The IMF and the World Bank meetings in Washington are the most significant gathering of the proponents of corporate-led globalization in the US in 2001. It is imperative that supporters of global economic justice send a clear message: the movement for global justice continues to grow, and will not stand for continuing efforts by these institutions and the G-8 governments to structure the world for the benefit of corporations and the wealthy and to deny basic justice to the majority of the world’s people.

We demand that the World Bank and International Monetary Fund:

* Open all World Bank and IMF meetings to the media and the public.
* Cancel all impoverished country debt to the World Bank and IMF, using the institutions’ own resources.
* End all World Bank and IMF policies that hinder people’s access to food, clean water, shelter, health care, education, and right to organize. (Such “structural adjustment” policies include user fees, privatization, and economic austerity programs.)
* Stop all World Bank support for socially and environmentally destructive projects such as oil, gas, and mining activities, and all support for projects such as dams that include forced relocation of people.
* We furthermore demand that the United States government, the largest shareholder and most influential government in the World Bank and IMF, adopt the above demands, and work vigorously to compel the World Bank and IMF to implement them.

Continue the struggle for global justice!

For more information, or to endorse the Mobilization for Global Justice, go to www.globalizethis.org