Everyone is coming to town this weekend: anti-war, anti-World Bank, anti-IMF and just about anti-anything which is unholy about America. The amazing thing is the infighting stoped. United for Peace and Justice is actually talking with ANSWER! Even MoveOn.org got into the action, encouraging its membership to participate (with a little prodding from DAWN). Be sure to check out September Action for up-to-the-minute information and volunteering opportunities.

To whet your appetite for action, here's a lineup of some of the week's events. Use that comment box below to leave info about anything I may have missed, 'k?

Welcome Center
Mobilization for Global Justice is running a welcome center to serve as a source for basic information about the city (such as maps and Metro guides) as well as information about the IMF, World Bank and protest plans. The center is open now through Saturday, Sept. 24, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., at St. Stephen's Church (1525 Newton St. NW, Columbia Heights Metro).

Teach-In: The Global War on the Poor
Speakers will make connections between military, economic and environmental violence against poor people and people of color here in the US and throughout the world. Come hear about and discuss the connections between New Orleans and Sri Lanka, Iraq and Haiti, and Soweto and Washington, DC. It's on Thursday, Sept. 22, at 6:30 p.m., at St. Stephen's Church (1525 Newton St. NW, Columbia Heights Metro).

Movies to Inspire Confidence, Action and Hope
Movies to Inspire Confidence, Action and Hope (MICAH)and Nonviolence International presents two evenings of films highlighting action for peace and global justice. "Hidden in Plain Sight" examines the controversy around the US Army School of the Americas and the movement to shut it down. "The Ambassador" presents Ambassador John Negroponte's ongoing role in US counterinsurgency activities, from Latin America to Iraq. "Something's in the Air/But It's Not on the Airwaves" features recent protest demonstrations and the media blackout against covering them. Screenings are on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 23 and 24, at 7:30 p.m., at All Souls Church (1500 Harvard St. NW, Columbia Heights Metro). The suggested donation is $10.

Candlelight Vigil and Meditation
Join the Washington Buddhist Peace Fellowshipon Friday, Sept. 23, at 7 p.m., at St. Stephen and the Incarnation (1525 Newton St. NW, Columbia Heights Metro).

A Night of Anti-War Music
A night of music will be held to benefit United for Peace and Justice on Friday, Sept. 23, at the Oneness-Family School (6701 Wisconsin Ave., Chevy Chase). The music starts at 8 p.m. The suggested donation is $10, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds.

Massive March and Rally
United for Peace and Justice and the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition have planned a joint march and rally on Saturday, Sept. 24. Gather at 11:30 a.m. on the Ellipse (near the White House, Mall side).

Feeder Marches
Global Justice
11:30 a.m. at Dupont Circle

Pro-Palestine
11 a.m. at Farragut Park (K Street and Connecticut Avenue NW)

Gays Against the War
11 a.m. at 14th and F Streets

DC Labor
10 a.m., inside the AFL-CIO headquarters (16th and I Streets NW)

Closing Rally and Concert
Operation Ceasefire is a free 10-hour concert starting at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 24, at the Washington Monument. The concert will feature Joan Baez, Steve Earle, Thievery Corporation, LeTigre, Head Roc, Sweet Honey in the Rock and other performers, and is hosted by Jello Biafra with special guest Cindy Sheehan. Operation Ceasefire is a collaboration of ESL Music, the Mintwood Media Collective, United for Peace and Justice, Catalyst Campaigns, BellVisuals and the DC Anti-War Network.

The Nuclear Horror Continues: Human Impact of Radioactive Weapons, 1945 to 2005
Sixty years ago this August, the United States waged nuclear war against a defeated and virtually defenseless Japan, annihilating in an instant the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and killing hundreds of thousands of civilians. Since then, the world has somehow avoided the use of nuclear weapons, but worldwide, many millions have been exposed to ionizing radiation from fallout from bomb tests and nuclear reactor accidents with countless casualties. More recently, the United States has used depleted uranium munitions against the people of Iraq and Bosnia, Afghanistan and Kosovo, creating a whole new generation of Hibakusha (radiation survivors), including American GIs.

Now the US seems hell-bent on using nuclear weapons for the first time since 1945. Bush wants to resume nuclear testing and begin production of new nuclear weapons. His Nuclear Posture Review calls for preemptive nuclear strikes against non-nuclear states. It also calls for integrating nuclear capability into conventional weapons systems. Not since the dawn of the nuclear age at the end of World War II has the danger of nuclear war been greater. Join Richard Falk for a discussion about Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Iraq and Afghanistan on Saturday, Sept. 24, from 7 to 9:30 p.m., at the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church (1313 New York Ave. NW).

DC Poets Against the War Open Mic
Sunday, Sept. 25, from 3 to 5 p.m. at Busboys and Poets (1390 V St. NW, U Street/Cardozo Metro).