ALERTSBy Deborah Giattinaalerts@sfbg.com WEDNESDAY, FEB. 1Free tax assistance Save your time and money by going to the United Way for free tax advice. If you made less than $38,000, more than 105 tax sites around the Bay Area can help you file your returns. Through April 15 1-800-358-8832 John Harrington talk John Harrington, one of the first people in the movement to divest from South Africa, discusses his latest book, A Challenge to Power, which encourages shareholders to hold corporations responsible for the environment and treatment of employees. 7:30 p.m. Modern Times Bookstore 888 Valencia, SF (415) 282-9246 Revisit 9/11 Join Gypsy Gypsy in the viewing of Painful Deception, a film that explores the collapse of both the Twin Towers and nearby Building 7. Learn about misrepresentations of the facts and an overlooked coincidence in a production based on Eric Hufschmid's book, Painful Questions. 7:00 p.m. Humanist Hall 390 27th St., Oakl. Free, $5 donation (510) 704-0268 Volunteer at Streetside Become a volunteer for Streetside Stories, a nonprofit arts education organization that helps middle school students become storytellers through exercises in creative writing, theatrical improvisation, and digital arts. 6-7:30 p.m. Streetside Stories Office 1360 Mission, Ste. 200, SF RSVP to tara@streetside.org www.streetside.org/volunteer.html WiFi and democracy Come to the monthly San Francisco for Democracy meeting to discuss bringing free Internet access to San Francisco through WiFi, with Media Alliance executive director Jeff Perlstein and District 10 supervisor Sophie Maxwell. 7-9 p.m. Schroeder's 240 Front, SF THURSDAY, FEB. 2Allison campaign launch Help Aimee Allison, resident of Oakland and longtime activist, run for Oakland City Council in District 2 by attending her campaign launch party. 6:30 p.m. La Estrellita Café 446 E. 12th St., Oakl. $10 (510) 575-8052 Black power film Attend a screening of Negroes with Guns, a documentary sponsored by International ANSWER about Robert F. Williams, forefather of the black power movement. 7:30 p.m. Artists' Television Access 992 Valencia, SF $5 donation (415) 824-3890 For women with AIDS Starting off with a party and dance performance by South African troupe I-themba, this conference sponsored by UC Berkeley, California Microbicides Initiative, the Hesperian Foundation, and others features lectures and panels on developing treatments for women with HIV and advanced AIDS. A photo show, "In Her Mother's Shoes," runs throughout the four days of panels. Kickoff party, 4 p.m. UC Berkeley International House 2299 Piedmont, Berk. Free FRIDAY, FEB. 3Comics with books Rusty Mahakian hosts "A Bookburning Comedy Showcase," an evening of political comedy with Will Franken, John Hoogasian, Phillip Watson, and Samantha Chanse. 7 p.m. AK Press 674A 23rd St., Oakl. $5 (510) 208-1700 Forced labor symposium Discuss how to combat human exploitation in the sex trade, at sweatshops, and on farms through such laws such as the California Trafficking Victims' Protection Act, at a panel with Marianne L. Barrett, from the California District Attorney's Office, Kay Buck, from the Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking, and other experts. 2-5:30 p.m. University of San Francisco School of Law Kendrick Hall, Rm. 100, 2130 Fulton, SF $10, free for students (415) 422-6304 SATURDAY, FEB. 4Against CAFTA Hear firsthand accounts of the adverse effects of the Central American Free Trade Agreement on El Salvador from Marina Preza, cofounder of El Salvador Radical Women, and Salvador Duarte, former general secretary of the National Union of Transport Industry Workers in El Salvador, at an event sponsored by Radical Women and the Bay Area Freedom Socialist Party. 7:30 p.m. New Valencia Hall 1908 Mission, SF $2, dinner $8.50 (415) 864-1278 Frances Albrier history Learn about West Berkeley's multiracial activist history at a talk given by historian Donna Graves on Frances Albrier, an African American woman who lived in the Longfellow/San Pablo Park area. Bring your own photos and memorabilia of community spirit and activism in the area for the Berkeley Historical Society archives. 2-4 p.m. Francis Albrier Community Center, San Pablo Park 2800 Park, Berk. Free (510) 981-7533 Feinstein contender Green Party US Senate candidate Todd Chretien, who hopes to unseat Diane Feinstein in the next election, and Peter Camejo, 2004 Green Party candidate for US vice president, discuss alternatives to Feinstein's positions on capital punishment, gay marriage, and the war. 5:30-7 p.m. Women's Building 3543 18th St., SF Donations accepted 888-532-8347 TUESDAY, FEB. 7Paglia in person Hear counterfeminist Camille Paglia stir up another controversy with her latest book, Break, Blow, Burn. Reception 5:45 p.m., program 6:30 p.m. Commonwealth Club of California 595 Market St., second floor, SF $18, $12 for members SFBG Mail items for Alerts to the Guardian Building, 135 Mississippi St., SF, CA 94107; fax to (415) 255-8762; or e-mail alerts@sfbg.com. 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