Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Tuesday evening Madison Area Peace Coalition (MAPC) holds their monthly meeting. Featured will be excerpts from Michael Moore's film, “Sicko”. It will be followed by a discussion about the need for single payer national healthcare. This is at 6:30 in the Wilmar Neighborhood Center, 953 Jenifer Street. Call 855-7501 for details.

Wednesday morning sponsors “Planet Bike” and the “Wisconsin Bike Federation” have their third annual “Bacon on the Bike Path”. This is part of “Bike to Work week.” Fruit, donuts, juice, coffee, and Nueske’s bacon will be served and there will be an inflation station and tech support. The morning commuter station will be located on the bike path along the shores of Lake Monona between the Monona Terrace and Broom Street. This is from 7:00 to 10:00. Call 256-8510 for details.

Wednesday afternoon there is a protest against alleged crimes in Palestine and Israel. This is at the Caterpillar shareholder meeting. Participants may engage in creative street theater and leafleting to educate shareholders and passersby about Caterpillar. This is at 12:30 at the Northern Trust Bank Building, 50 South LaSalle Street in Chicago. Those interested in a day trip to Chicago from Madison please contact Davis Williams at 608-442-8399 for details.

Wednesday at noon there is a single payer healthcare rally. This is at the Madison City County Building, 215 Martin Luther King Junior boulevard. Call 442-0030 for details.

Wednesday at noon on WORT’s A Public Affair host Tonya Brito speaks with Jerome Gold, author of "Paranoia and Heartbreak: Fifteen Years in a Juvenile Facility." Call 256-2001 for details.

Through June tenth this station is having the “WORT Summer pledge drive.” This listener sponsored community radio station gets the majority of its budget from its listener’s donations. Participants may donate time or money. Call 256-2001 or log on to http://www.wort-fm.org for details. And tell ‘em those nice people at the Kiosk sent you.