One of the things that members of UFPPC have been doing for years in Pierce County is vigiling on the street.  --  On the whole the reception has been pretty good, but now and then there are tense incidents, like the ones Joe Thompson describes here....

On Jun. 30 & Jul. 7, UFPPC's Monday night book discussion group, Digging Deeper, will discuss Philip Bobbitt's Terror and Consent: The Wars for the Twenty-First Century (Alfred A. Knopf, April 2008).[1]  --  Digging Deeper meets Mondays from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Mandolin Café (3923 S. 12th St., Tacoma)....

On Jun. 2 & 9, Roger Erickson will lead UFPPC's Monday night book discussion group, Digging Deeper, in a discussion of two books by investigative reporter extraordinaire David Cay Johnston, Perfectly Legal and Free Lunch.[1]  --  Digging Deeper meets Mondays from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Mandolin Café (3923 S. 12th St., Tacoma)....

Two well-informed debaters will face off at King's Books (218 St. Helens Ave.) in Tacoma at 7:00 p.m. on Fri., May 23, on whether the U.S. should leave Iraq immediately or remain in Iraq indefinitely.  --  Arguing for remaining in Iraq will be Floyd "Chip" Churchill, who has degrees in Government, Military History, and Crisis Management and teaches at Pierce College.  --  Arguing for withdrawal will be Steve Niva, who has degrees in Political Science, International Politics, and Middle East Studies and teaches at The Evergreen State College in Olympia.  --  More information below.[1]  --  NOTE: This event is being widely posted on the internet; among others, News Tribune reporter Mike Gilbert has given the event a plug on his FOB Tacoma blog, and it's also been posted on Craig's List.  --  Better come early to get a seat....

On Jun. 16 & 23, Dr. Ron Boothe will lead UFPPC's Monday night book discussion group, Digging Deeper, in a discussion of two recent books that shed light on the growing importance of genetics: J. Craig Venter's A Life Decoded: My Genome, My Life (Penguin, October 2007), and Ronald M. Green's Babies by Design: The Ethics of Genetic Choice (Yale UP, November, 2007).[1]  --  Digging Deeper meets Mondays from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Mandolin Café (3923 S. 12th St., Tacoma)....

On the last two Mondays in May, United for Peace of Pierce County's Monday night book discussion group, Digging Deeper, will examine two books on revitalizing American democracy:  Naomi Wolf's The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot (Chelsea Green, 2007) and Thom Hartmann's Cracking the Code: How to Win Hearts, Change Minds, and Restore America's Original Vision (Berrett-Koehler, 2007).[1]  --  Digging Deeper meets Mondays from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Mandolin Café (3923 S. 12th St., Tacoma)....

On the first two Mondays in May, United for Peace of Pierce County's Monday night book discussion group, Digging Deeper, will examine two books on the current crisis of financial capitalism: Kevin Phillips's Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics, and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism (Viking, April 2008), and Charles R. Morgan's The Trillion Dollar Meltdown: Easy Credit, High Rollers, and the Great Credit Crash (PublicAffairs, March 2008).[1]  --  Digging Deeper meets from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Mandolin Café (3923 S. 12th St., Tacoma)....

Jane Guskin, coauthor of The Politics of Immigration: Questions and Answers (Monthly Review Press, 2007) will speak at 7:00 p.m. on Tues. evening, Apr. 22 , at King's Books in Tacoma (218 St. Helens Ave.).  --  Historian Howard Zinn had this to say about the volume:  "We desperately need to put aside false information about immigrants, to see them as we see ourselves with honesty and compassion.  This book gives powerful meaning to the slogan ‘No Human Being is Illegal.’  I hope it will be widely read.”  --  This event is sponsored by United for Peace of Pierce County as part of its 2007-2008 speaker series....

On the last two Mondays in April, United for Peace of Pierce County's Monday night book discussion group, Digging Deeper, will examine two books by historian Howard Zinn: a recent collection of several dozen essays entitled A Power Governments Cannot Suppress (City Lights, 2006), and Zinn's autobiography, You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train (Beacon, 1994; new ed. 2002).[1]  --  Digging Deeper meets from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Mandolin Café (3923 S. 12th St., Tacoma)....

On Apr. 7, 2008, Digging Deeper XLV will discuss Daniel Pink’s A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future (Riverhead Books, 2005; paperback 2006) at the Mandolin Café in Tacoma.  --  There is no charge for participation and anyone interested is welcome.  --  Digging Deeper meets Mondays from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Mandolin Café in Tacoma.  --  NOTE:  Author Daniel Pink will make a personal appearance at the Mandolin on Mon., Apr. 14....