Wednesday, April 15, 1:30 pm
Metropolitan Council Chambers (390 Robert St. North in downtown St. Paul)
The meeting begins at 1:30 and public comment will likely begin around 2:00 pm

Join Transit for Livable Communities for a very important meeting on Wednesday afternoon as the Transportation Advisory Board (TAB) hears public testimony on how the region should spend $230 million in federal stimulus dollars. Should the priorities be:

National Lawyers Guild - Hamline Chapter

Walker Art Center is screening the film "Hunger" about Irish Republican Army protest movement leader,Bobby Sands, who undertook a hunger strike to his death to protest British rule of Ireland in 1981.

Have an upcoming event to announce? an issue to talk about? an idea for
"Catalyst"? Email or call independent journalist, Lydia Howell:
lydiahowell@visi.com or 612-338-3407

Friday, April 18 & 24, 11am:KFAI Radio
"Catalyst:politics & culture" Your FREE SPEECH in action @SPRINGPLEDGE DRIVE
live-streaming/archived for 2 weeks after broadcast on "Catalyst" page
at http://www.kfai.org

DTV Day of Action
Midtown Global Market, 920 E. Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN
(Main Community Plaza).  Friday April 17th 2009 (2pm-3pm)

As part of the kickoff to the Guatemala film festival at the Resource Center of the Americas on Friday, April 17 at 7pm, Mr. Domingo Tum Mejia will be speaking as a member of Historical Memory ("Memoria Histórica"), a grassroots organization from Nebaj, Quiché in Guatemala's central highlands. This will follow the screening of the film, Voices of a Mountain.  You are also welcome to join us at Glacier's Cafe on the main floor for Happy Hour before the film at 5:30.  (3019 Minnehaha Ave. South, Mpls.

National Lawyers Guild - Hamline Chapter

Saturday April 18th at 2pm at Sabathani Community center
310-E. 38th street.
 
Neighbors and friends will be asked to sign a pledge of non-violence and they
can either choose to play the role of a witness or to participate in non-violent civil disobedience. Please attend this very important training and bring a friend.

National Lawyers Guild - Hamline Chapter

"CAPITALISM IS ORGANIZED CRIME"

Irish republican Commemoration of the 93rd Anniversary of the 1916 Easter Uprising

SUNDAY APRIL 19th, 2009
Noon - 3:00pm

Abbey Pub
3420 W. Grace, Chicago IL

Traditional ballads by Irish Uilleann piper PAT CANNADY

Easter Statements from Irish Republican Political Prisoners and the Republican movement

in Ireland

Greeting Card signing for Irish Republican Political Prisoners

Raffle Drawing to directly benefit the families of Republican POWs

Monday, April 20
3:00 to 5:00 p.m.
MinnesotaState Capitol

Your presence at the HIRE Minnesota Capitol Day will send a strong message to our legislators. The federal stimulus money coming into our state right now can be spent one of two ways—either we can perpetuate the status quo or we can ensure everyone in Minnesota has access to green jobs, infrastructure jobs, and hiring and training opportunities.  Your presence helps ensure our voice is heard.

Tuesday, April 21, 7 p.m.
Macalester College, Weyerhaeuser Chapel, 1600 Grand Avenue

Jeremy Brecher is a historian whose books include Strike!, Globalization From Below, and, co-edited with Brendan Smith and Jill Cutler, In the Name of Democracy: American War Crimes in Iraq and Beyond. He has received five regional Emmy Awards for his documentary film work. Co-sponsored by the Minnesota Fair Trade Coalition.

Part of the Untold Stories Labor History Series:
http://www.thefriends.org/untold.htm

Neighbors, friends and community organizations
Rally & Intervene in Court on Rosemary Williams Eviction Case.

Wednesday, April 22, 9:30 a.m.
Outside Hennepin County Government Center

Rosemary Williams, a 55-year resident of the Central Neighborhood, in south Minneapolis will be going to court the morning of April 22, where she will face evictions proceedings from her foreclosed home. Rosemary’s decision to fight the eviction and stand up to foreclosures has drawn broad community support.

Climate Justice Workshop with Evan Greer

Free and open to the public

April 22nd (earth day)

4:30pm-7:00pm

4th Floor Old Main Macalester College

1600 grand ave. st. paul 55105

It's the premier quick techie presentations. Get yr guru on... (w.

On Wednesday, April 22, the Woodbury city council is expected to vote, and
pass, an ordinance banning residential picketing in the city of Woodbury.

This ordinance is being proposed in response to a half dozen pickets that
happened at the homes of 3M executives this past summer because of 3M's
connection to an animal testing company called Huntingdon Life Sciences.
The police themselves have stated that no laws were broken, the protesters
were peaceful, and the protesters even cooperated with the police when
asked to leave.

raw video here of the press conference in front of the Hennepin County Government Center 4-22-09...

CRASS AND EWOK! BENEFIT SHOW
Thursday April 23rd
7:00pm in Kagin Commons
Macalester College
1600 Grand Ave. St.

The MN Immigrant Rights Action Coalition and the May 1st Coalition are planning the 4th Annual March for Immigrant Rights on May 1st, 2009. We have solicited permits for a march down Lake St. and a rally on Nicollett Ave, and they have both been denied.

Just as we did two years ago, we are asking the Minneapolis City Council to pass a resolution to support our march on Lake St. PLEASE CALL today to let your city council member, they mayor and the chief of police that we have right to march for immigrant rights on International Workers Day.

CONTACT: Jon Schober (612) 655-7499 // Nikki Bowman (952) 486-1178

This is a call out to all Anarchists to help the residents near Dinkytown to clean up the mess from riots and cops.

Nothing like Bro Solidarity.

There will be a free screening of Burning the Future:  Coal in America, written and directed by David Novack.  The documentary examines coal from cradle to grave, taking a look at its extraction through brutal mountaintop removal and the pollution caused by coal-fired electrical generation and its impacts on our air, soil, water and climate.  It is also a story of struggle between the coal industry and the residents of West Virginia, who are trying to save their mountains, forests, streams and the hollows in which many families have lived for generations,

Defend the RNC 8!
The Struggle for Justice After the RNC

Wednesday, April 29 - 7pm
Coffman Student Union Room 324
University of Minnesota
300 Washington Ave. SE, Minneapolis

at the Blue Nile Restaurant
2027 Franklin Ave E, Mpls

CRASS Zine Project

Never mind the scenesters. The revolution needs zinesters!

The CRASS Zine Project is looking for graphic artists, writers, illustrators, editors and contributors of all kinds.

The Starbucks Problem:
Renewing the Labor Movement in the Economic Crisis

THURSDAY
April 30th
7:00pm
Carnegie 006
Macalester College
1600 Grand Ave.
St. Paul 55105

In the aftermath of the police riot in Dinkytown last weekend, a dozen people were arrested, one house is being evicted, and scores more are suffering the after-effects of injuries inflicted by police.  The University is setting up a website asking students to turn snitch, and the police and corporate media are - just like after the RNC - acting as if minor property damage justifies as full-on violent police attack of our neighbors and friends.

Teatro del Pueblo Presents...

May Day For Ray!

Protest the ongoing involuntary outpatient electroshock of Ray Sandford wherever you are.

But if you can join us in Minneapolis/St. Paul that would be best!

• Friday, 1 May 2009 we will be in State Capitol Rotunda, St. Paul, Minneapolis, from 10 am to 2 pm. News conference at 11 am.

• Saturday we will have a strategy workshop, please e-mail for information about that to action@mindfreedom.org.

• Sunday we will use theater to leaflet at the enormous May Day Parade.

¡Únete con el bloque anticapilatista en este primero de mayo!

Marcha para derechos inmigrantes y trabajadores
Viernes, primero de mayo; 3pm Lake St. y Bloomington Ave, S. Minneapolis
debajo de las banderas rojas y negras 5-8 Festivo de la calle a Nicollet Ave y 28º St. Minneapolis.

Por más que un siglo, se celebraban el primero de mayo como un dia festivo de los
trabajadores. El día internacional de los trabajadores es una
celebración de nuestra fuerza y nuestras luchas, un día para

All Out for the Anti-Capitalist Bloc MAY DAY 2009! 

March for Immigrant and Workers Rights

Friday, May 1^st 4pm Lake St. and Bloomington Ave. S. Minneapolis

Look for the red and black flags!

5pm-8pm Street Festival at Nicollet Ave. & 28th St. Minneapolis 

Because of a firecode problem at the original space, the show has been moved to another location in South Mpls and will start at 7:00pm.  Email kkohlhase@gmail.com for the new location.

Teatro del Pueblo Presents...

Exciting news!  The RNC 8 have been asked to carry the lead banner at the head of Heart of the Beast's 25th annual Mayday parade.  In both a solidarity and fashion statement, the 8 will be decked out in matching Defend the RNC 8 t-shirts.

Thursday, May 7, 2009 - 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Room 125,  Nolte Center for Continuing Education, University of Minnesota Minneapolis Campus

Cost: Free and open to the public; refreshments will be served!

Reading and Concert:
Poet Mark Nowak, Coal Mountain Elementary, with a performance of labor songs by the Twin Cities Labor Chorus

Thursday, May 7, 7 p.m.
Rondo Community Outreach Library, 461 North Dale Street

Come to the next Coldsnap open meeting! Learn more about how we go about providing legal support to the radical community, and how you can get involved.

Thursday, May 7, 7pm
Blue Nile Restaurant
2027 Franklin Ave E, Mpls

For more information about us, check out http://www.coldsnaplegal.org or email us at coldsnap@riseup.net. For more information about yourself, request your file from the FBI.

love and solidarity,

Coldsnap Legal Collective

On Saturday, May 9th local Somalis are organizing an event in response to the FBI's targeting of their community.  It is critical that othere attend in solidarity with them.  The FBI's racist profiling of Somalis is unjust and we have an important role to play.  Come to this event as an act of solidarity and to learn what you can do to support our Somali sisters and brothers. 

Voices from Somali Minnesotans:  A Community Response
Saturday, May 9th from 4- 8pm @ Minneapolis Convention Center, 1301 2nd Ave. S.

5:00pm -- Performances by Teresa Ortiz, Kyle "Guante" Myhre, Juliana Hu Pegues, Tatiana Ormaza, Grupo Quetzal, AB Capoeira Senavox,  Fire Dancer

On Mothers day May 10^th at 2:00 pm a press conference will be held to announce that several south side residents are pledging to fight to keep their homes, and resist evictions brought on by the current foreclosure crisis. 

With the support of Minnesota Poor Peoples Economic Human Rights Campaign

RALLY FOR JUSTICE FOR FONG LEE
Unarmed man killed by Minneapolis cops

Monday, May 11, 8:45 a.m.

Federal Courthouse

316 N Robert Street, St. Paul

Parking/transportation

Shuttle buses will be available starting at 8:00 a.m. from

Lao Family Community of Minnesota,

320 W University Ave, St. Paul

OR meet at 8:00 a.m. at

Joseph’s Grill,

--Please post widely--Last Minute Support Event Tonight

That's right, it's never to early to press the flesh for your campaign, so

WED. MAY 13, 7:30 pm Bollier discusses his book Viral Spiral: How the Commoners Built a Digital Republic of Their Own
at Magers & Quinn Booksellers, 3038 HENNEPIN AVENUE SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS MN 55408