Homeless group benefit

Wednesday, June 2, help raise funds at a benefit for the Coalition on Homelessness, "Home Street Home," featuring documentary short films, visual arts, and performances addressing homelessness. 8 p.m., Brava Theater, 2781 24th St., S.F. $1-$5 suggested donation. (415) 346-3740.

Protest CACI

Wednesday, June 2, protest CACI International, whose employees are implicated in the Abu Ghraib prison torture scandal. With at least $45 million worth of contracts in Iraq, CACI is profiting from the torture of Iraqi prisoners. 8-10 a.m., 75 Hawthorne, S.F. www.actionagainstwar.org

'The Corporation'

Thursday, June 3, see clips from the documentary The Corporation and hear the directors discuss their strategies as independent filmmakers. The film examines the corporation's inner workings, history, controversial impacts, and possible future. 7-10 p.m., Film Arts Foundation, 145 Ninth St., Suite 101, S.F. (415) 552-8760. $20, $15 filmmaker-level members. www.filmarts.org.

Environmental monitoring

Thursday, June 3, hear about a new environmental human rights campaign against pollution in India that allows communities to monitor their environment. 7-9 p.m., Ecology Center, 2530 San Pablo, Berk. Free. (510) 548-2220, ext. 233.

Reclaim the Commons

Thursday, June 3-Wednesday, June 9, operating under the principle that life-sustaining resources such as air, land, and water should belong to everyone, Reclaim the Commons holds and sponsors biotech and G8 meeting mobilizations. Put theory into practice by joining a food fight in Fort Mason, a truly free market in Union Square, a temporary autonomous zone in Golden Gate Park, and a genetically modified street party in UN Plaza. These events culminate with a shutdown of the BIO 2004 conference, an all-day rally and celebration in the Civic Center Plaza, a breakaway march protesting the G8 meeting on Sea Island, and the "Biodiversity Commoners Ball." For details go to www.reclaimthecommons.net.

Queer Latina/o arts

Friday, June 4, QueLACo launches its Oueer Latino Arts Festival with "Viva la Joteria #2: An Evening of Queer Latino Spoken Word," cosponsored by Ellas en Acción and Queer Cultural Center's National Queer Arts Festival. Enjoy poetry and prose by California-based queer Latinas and Latinos. 7:30 p.m., Modern Times Bookstore, 888 Valencia, S.F. Free. (415) 282-9246.

Emergency protest

Saturday, June 5, march in solidarity with occupied countries to protest the war in Iraq and U.S. involvement in Palestine as the Bush administration calls for more troops in Iraq. 11 a.m., UN Plaza, Market between Hyde and Seventh Sts., S.F. www.actionsf.org.

Right to fight party

Saturday, June 5, enjoy food, drinks, and live entertainment at the fifth annual Socialism conference fundraiser. Help raise money to send activists to the International Socialist Organization's annual conference in Chicago. 8 p.m., Freedom Archives Building, 522 Valencia, S.F. Call for price. (415) 863-9977.

Online activism

Saturday, June 5-Sunday, June 6, learn about online political activism and how to use the Internet for social justice at the Planetwork InterActive conference. 9 a.m., Golden Gate Club, 135 Fisher Loop, S.F. $100. Register at www.planetwork.net/2004conf.

Free-trade film

Sunday, June 6, Activist Media Project Los Angeles and the New College Media Studies M.A. Program cosponsor a screening of the new film about free trade in Mexico, This Is What Free Trade Looks Like, followed by a discussion with David Bacon, author of The Children of NAFTA: Labor Wars on the US/Mexico Border. 7 p.m., New College of California Theater, 777 Valencia, S.F. Free. (415) 437-3425.

America's other war

Monday, June 7, find out what links exist between the torture of Iraqi prisoners by the U.S. military and the oppression of African and indigenous peoples in the United States. Help organize the March to Stop America's Other War. 7-9 p.m., Temescal Library Community Room, 5205 Telegraph, Oakl. (510) 625-1106.

Dialogue on biotech

Monday, June 7, as international biotech industry leaders hold the BIO 2004 conference at the Moscone Center, the Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture, the San Francisco Department of Public Health, and other groups sponsor a forum that invites a diverse group of locals to discuss alternative perspectives on the effects biotechnology has on our city. Reserve early because space is limited. 6-10 p.m., California College of the Arts, 1111 Eighth St., S.F. Free. (415) 643-3434, sfbiotech@hotmail.com (RSVP).

Affordable-housing report

Wednesday, June 9, as part of San Francisco's first Affordable Housing Week (June 6 through 12), community groups report back on possible sites for the development of affordable housing and lead a discussion what steps to take next. 5-6 p.m., St. Boniface Church, 133 Golden Gate, S.F. (415) 452-3700, ext. 4.

Research assistance by Lisa Wong Macabasco.