ALABAMA
Birmingham
It's not who you are against, but what you are for:
A Socialist view of the Republican convention and New York protests.
Speaker: Janine Dukes, Socialist Workers candidate for Senate from Alabama.
Sun., Sept. 12. 4 p.m.
3029A Bessemer Rd. Donation: $5/$2.
Tel: (205) 780-0021.

NEW YORK
Manhattan
How Social Security Was Won and How it Will be Defended
Fri., Sept. 17. Dinner, 7 p.m.; program, 8 p.m.
307 W 36th St., 10th Floor (use north elevators).
Suggested donation: $5 for dinner, $5 for program.
Tel: (212) 629-6649.

PENNSYLVANIA
Pittsburgh
Support striking nursing home workers.
Speakers: Linda Nakutis, LPN and SEIU 1199P strike leader; Jay Ressler, Socialist Workers Party and UMWA Local 1248.
Fri., Sept. 17. 7:30 p.m.
5907 Penn Ave., 2nd Floor. Donation: $4.
Tel: (412) 365-1090.

AUSTRALIA
Sydney
Participant's report from New York: Socialist Workers campaign for the only working-class alternative in 2004
Speaker: Alan Donald, Young Socialists.
Fri., Sept. 17, 7 p.m. Donation: $4/$2.
3/281-7 Beamish St., Campsie (upstairs in arcade near Evaline St.).
Tel: (02) 9718 9698.