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by deborah giattina

AIDS Health Project gala

Wednesday, Nov. 30, eat well and help raise money for the UCSF AIDS Health Project, which provides counseling, testing, and other support services to people with HIV – at its 10th annual gala. In addition to food prepared by top-rated chefs, the evening includes live and silent auctions and honors Sup. Tom Ammiano and auction house Bonhams and Butterfield for their support. 5:30-9 p.m., UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center, 1675 Owens, SF. $150. (415) 502-5859, www.ucsf-ahp.org.

Palestine's past

Wednesday, Nov. 30, as part of the "Justice Matters: Artists Consider Palestine" series, Mona and David Halaby show slides of their Palestinian family from the early 1900s in juxtaposition to photos of their last excursion to the occupied territories. 7 p.m., Berkeley Art Center, 1275 Walnut, Berk. Free. (510) 644-6893.

Radical book sale

Thursday, Dec. 1, this holiday season, give the gift of radical reading material and shop at the AK Press annual winter sale, which features more than 3,000 books at 25 percent off. 4-10 p.m., AK Press warehouse, 674A 23rd St., Oakl. Free admission. (510) 208-1700, www.akpress.org.

Support Chiapas

Thursday, Dec. 1, show your solidarity with the Zapatistas of Chiapas at a performance by the La Peña Community Chorus and a slide show of the EZLN's Other Campaign, which includes photos of Subcomandante Marcos's only public appearance in the past four years. 7:30 p.m., La Peña Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck, Berk. $7-$25 sliding scale. (510) 923-0676.

Precita Eyes bazaar

Friday, Dec. 2, come to the Precita Eyes Mural Arts and Visitors Center holiday bazaar. Get mural-related gifts for family and friends and enjoy performances by the Go, Going, Gone Girls. 7-10 p.m., Precita Eyes Mural Arts and Visitors Center, 2981 24th St., SF. $5-20 sliding scale. (415) 285-2287, www.precitaeyes.org.

Conference on color

Friday, Dec. 2-Saturday, Dec. 3, attend the two-day conference "Hierarchies of Color: Transnational Perspectives on the Social and Cultural Significance of Skin Color," cosponsored by Boalt Hall School of Law, the Center for Race and Gender, International and Area Studies, and others. Call for times. UC Berkeley, Barrows Hall, Lipman Room, Bancroft at Telegraph, Berk. Free. (510) 643-8488.

Demo for prisoners

Friday, Dec. 2, and Saturday, Dec. 3, participate in a demonstration in support of political prisoners, as part of the International Day of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, being observed all week in the Bay Area. On Saturday, former Black Panther Party leader and current Yale law professor Kathleen Cleaver, and former political prisoner Alicia Rodriguez, speak about the need to form an international movement to help prisoners. Fri/2, noon-2 p.m., Oakland Federal Building, 1301 Clay, Oakl.; Sat/3, 7 p.m., First Unitarian Church, 685 14th St., Oakl. Call for price. (415) 869-8087, intdaysolpp@yahoo.com.

Party at Pinehurst

Saturday, Dec. 3, do your holiday gift shopping at the Pinehurst Open House, an auxiliary of the Salvation Army Women's Adult Rehabilitation. Handmade scarves and hats, toys and books, and homemade cookies and treats are on sale. 1-4 p.m., Pinehurst Lodge Women's Treatment Center, 2685 30th Ave., SF. Free. (415) 642-1184.

Lessons learned

Sunday, Dec. 4, an all-star panel of movement leaders, including Kathleen Cleaver (Black Panther Party), Ward Churchill and Russell Means (American Indian Movement), Bo Brown (George Jackson Brigade), Yuri Kochiyama (civil rights activist), Mike James (Students for a Democratic Society, Rising Up Angry), Barry Romo (Vietnam Veterans Against the War), and Elizabeth Martinez (Chicana activist), discuss what they've learned from the past. 6 p.m., First Unitarian Church of Oakland, 685 14th, Oakl. $15 (tickets available at Cody's, Black Oak Books, and Walden Pond). (510) 208-1700, akpress@akpress.org.

Hayden reading

Monday, Dec. 5, commemorating the publication of a new edition of The Port Huron Statement, Tom Hayden, founder of Students for a Democratic Society, reads from the historic manifesto he penned in 1962 with other students of the University of Michigan. 7 p.m., New College of California, 777 Valencia, SF. Donations accepted. www.newcollege.edu.

On Indonesia

Tuesday, Dec. 6, learn about the history of Indonesia over the past 40 years, since the time the military – with the help of the CIA – first suppressed progressive worker movements in the country, at a forum organized by International ANSWER. 7 p.m., Women's Building, 3543 18th St., SF. $3-$10 sliding scale. (415) 821-6545.

Muslim women's words

Tuesday, Dec. 6, contributors Saleemah and Amina Ali read from Living Islam Out Loud, the first volume of essays by young American Muslim women. 7:30 p.m., Modern Times Bookstore, 888 Valencia, SF. Free. (415) 282-9246.

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