FLORIDA
Tampa
Chechnya's Independence Movement vs. Moscow.
Sat., Oct. 2, 7:30 p.m.
1441 E. Fletcher Ave. at 15th St. (2nd floor, entrance in rear of shopping center).
Donation: $4, students and unemployed: $2.
Tel: (813) 910-8507.

Miami
Sudan: U.S. gov't uses Darfur crisis to threaten intervention.
Speaker: Alex Alvarado.
Fri., Oct. 8, 7:30 p.m.
8365 NE 2nd Ave., #206. Donation requested.
Tel: (305) 756-4436.

ILLINOIS
Chicago
Meet the Socialist Workers Party candidates.
Speakers: Arrin Hawkins, SWP candidate for U.S. vice president. Rebecca Williamson, SWP candidate for Congress in 4th C.D.
Fri., Oct. 8. Dinner, 6:30 p.m.; program, 7:30 p.m.
Suggested donation, $5 dinner, $5 program.
3557 S. Archer Ave.
Tel: (773) 890-1190

MICHIGAN
Detroit
Venezuela: Defeat of Proimperialist Recall Aids Confidence of Workers and Peasants
Speakers: Osborne Hart, Socialist Workers Party candidate, Michigan 13th C.D.
Fri., Oct. 1, 7:30 p.m.
Hurricanes: Cause of death toll 'natural disaster' or capitalism?
Speaker: Ilona Gersh, Socialist Workers Party
Fri., Oct. 8, 7:30 p.m.
4208 W. Vernor St. (Between Scotten & Clark, southwest Detroit).
Tel: (313) 554-0504.

NEW JERSEY
Newark
Chechnya and the fight for self-determination.
Speaker: Sara Lobman, Socialist Workers Party.
Fri, Oct. 8, 168 Bloomfield Avenue, 2nd Floor.
Tel: (973) 481-0077.

NEW YORK
Manhattan
Haiti floods: A social, not a 'natural' disaster; Immediate U.S. aid to Haiti with no strings attached!
Speaker: Dan Fein, Socialist Workers 2004 New York campaign director
Fri., Oct. 1. Dinner, 7 p.m.; program, 8 p.m
Why do capitalist politicians in European Union want to stop 'river of Islam' into Europe by preventing Turkey's entry into EU?
Fri., Oct. 8. Dinner, 7 p.m.; program, 8 p.m.
Both programs at 307 W. 36 St., 10th floor (use north elevators).
Donation: $5 for dinner, $5 for program.
Tel: (212) 629-6649.

PENNSYLVANIA
Hazelton
'Farmingville' Video documentary on the resistance to 2000-2001 attacks on immigrant workers in Long Island, New York.
Sat., Oct. 2, 7:30 p.m.
69 N. Wyoming St.
Tel: (570) 454-8320.

AUSTRALIA
Sydney
Asbestos Kills! Make James Hardie Industries Pay!
Speakers: Barry Robson, president Asbestos Diseases Foundation of Australia; Ron Poulsen, Communist League Candidate for Watson, House of Representatives
Fri., Oct. 1, 7:00 p.m.
Donation: $4, students and unemployed: $2.
Election night social with Ron Poulsen, Communist League Candidate for Watson, House of Representatives, in 2004 elections.
Sat., Oct. 2, 7 p.m.
3/281-7 Beamish St., Campsie (upstairs in arcade near Evaline St.)
Tel: (02) 9718-9698

NEW ZEALAND
Christchurch
As rents, house prices soar: Affordable housing is a right!
Speaker: Annalucia Vermunt, Communist League.
Fri., Oct. 15, 7:00 p.m.
The Gloucester Arcade, 129 Gloucester St.
Tel: (03)365-6055.