Presentations by local leaders on investigations, latest moves by Blackwater and the growing resistance to their plots. Join the discussion about building the Blackwater Backlash.

Joyce Beers Center in the Hillcrest's Uptown Shopping Center Across from Trader Joes - on Vermont St. Park in Ralph's parking lot.

The SDCPJ and ASD members will be among those who will descend on the City Council and Mayor Sanders to ask how Blackwater's "private vocational school" application was kept below the radar and secret from the public.

Reception 5:30, Panel 6:30pm. SD County Bar Association, 1333 Seventh Avenue. Hosted by: The American Constitution Society Lawyer's Chapter of San Diego.

Please join us for a discussion on how organizing works, how it can be improved and how the current law benefits and burdens efforts to organize.

The panel will examine the challenges facing the right to organize in San Diego, and what legal, tactical and policy tools can be brought to bear to protect that right. Free and open to the public. RSVP here.

"THIRST", the movie. Join the Green Party of San Diego County (GPSDC) for a viewing of the movie "THIRST" and a discussion about water privatization. "THIRST" tells the stories of communities in Bolivia, India, and the US that meet at the World Water Forum in Kyoto as part of a new movement against global water privatization. As the Forum reaches its final day, no one anticipates the explosive outcome. (Donations for GPSDC accepted)

Joyce Beers Community Center on 1010 Vermont Street, San Diego. Suggested donation $5-$10.

John Pilger's first major film for the cinema explores the historic and current relationship of Washington with countries such as Venezuela, Bolivia and Chile. Archival footage demonstrates how democracy has been wiped out in country after country in Latin America since the 1950's.

Joyce Beers Community Center 1090 Vermont, one block north of University, next to Trader Joe's Hillcrest Shopping Center. * please park in Ralph's underground parking. Wheelchair Accessible. Free/ Donations accepted.