Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Today is “PALM TREE DAY!” marking the anniversary of the day Fox News used footage of "rioting in the streets” with palm trees in the background IN Madison, now symbolizing corporate media's anti-labor agenda. Wear Hawaiian shirts and sun-glasses and display palm trees up State Street steps of the Capitol at 5:00PM weather permitting. For more information, call 609-2793.

Tonight at 6:30 pm, the 99% Film & Discussion Forum presents, “The Shock Doctrine: Disaster Capitalism in Action” This is at the Wilmar Center, 953 Jenifer St. Call 442-8399 for more information.

Dana Priest, Pulitzer prize-winning reporter and author who writes about intelligence and counterterrorism, will speak will speak about post-9/11 security. This at 6:30 p.m. in Howard Auditorium of the Fluno Center, 601 University Ave. The talk is free and open to the public. Call 262-0930 for event information.

A reading of “It Started in Wisconsin: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the New Labor Protest Words” with, contributors Mary Bottari, John Nichols, Matthew Rothschild is at 7pm at the Goodman Center, 149 Waubesa Street. This is a free event. Contact the Center for Media and Democracy at 260-9713 for more information.

Sustain Dane hosts a showing of the film, "Dive", examining America's wasteful food habits through dumpster diving. Director Jeremy Seifert will be in attendance for a question and answer session. This is at 8pm at Redamte Coffee House, 449 State St. Contact Sustain Dane for event information at 819-0689.