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Friday, March 19

Dying Empire: US Imperialism and Global Resistance | Mission Dist.
Friday, March 19 – 4:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Modern Times Bookstore
Dying Empire: US Imperialism and Global Resistance | Mission Dist.

Presenting a wide-ranging synthesis of approaches, the book attempts to shed light on the construction of and challenges to the military, economic, and cultural imperial projects of the United States in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Opposing US imperialism and global domination, Francis Shor combines academic and activist perspectives to analyze the crises endemic to empire and to propose a vision for the realization …

Saturday, March 20

Anti-War March & Rally (Pick Your Protest) | Civic Center
Saturday, March 20 – 11:00 am | Cost: FREE | Civic Center Plaza
Anti-War March & Rally (Pick Your Protest) | Civic Center

On March 20, 2010 – the 7th anniversary of the beginning of the War in Iraq – there will be a massive march and rally in San Francisco at Civic Center Plaza (as well as in Washington D.C. and in Los Angeles) to demand the withdrawal of all U.S. and NATO forces from Afghanistan and Iraq. Expect a march, lots of signs, speeches and calls …

Wednesday, March 24

Lecture: The Politics of Science Fiction | SOMA
Wednesday, March 24 – 7:30 pm | Cost: FREE | CounterPulse
Lecture: The Politics of Science Fiction | SOMA

From H.G. Wells to Octavia Butler, from New Wave to Cyberpunk to the Slipstream of today, SF has been a tool to agitate, organize speculate and explore utopian alternatives. Join a panel of working SF pros in a lively discussion of the perils and possibilities. Co-sponsored by PM Press.
Panelist include

John Shirley – Bram Stoker award winner, cyberpunk pioneer, author of Bleak History , Black …