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On Friday August 16th Internationalist Books  in Chapel Hill will host a debate/discussion at 6 p.m. regarding the new zine “The Issues Are Not The Issue” with the author (a former environmental activist)  and current organizers from Katuah Earth First! and Panagioti from the Earth First! Journal Collective.

Panagioti Tsolkas New father and current editor on the EF! Journal collective and EF! activist organizer since 1997. From 2000-2004 he was a trainer for the Ruckus Society. In 2004 he ran for the Mayor of Lake Worth, Florida. Since 2005, Tsolkas has been co-chair of the grassroots Palm Beach County Environmental Coalition, a group which files litigation regarding development issues in the Everglades and has been on the planning committee for 3 national Earth First! Organizers Conferences (2000, 2006 and 2008). In 2009, Panagioti spent 5 months traveling with the Earth First! Roadshow group. In 2010 Panagioti co-founded Uncivil Landscapes, a work collective which creates part-time income opportunities through native landscaping for local activists in South Florida. He is presently on the steering committee for the Night Heron Grassroots Activist Center in Lake Worth. Tsolkas was named ‘Troublemaker of the Year’ in 2009 and ‘Activist of the Year’ for 2010 by New Times magazine (Broward/Palm Beach edition). He has no formal education past 10th grade; he is diploma-free and proud.

It’s time to replace our do-nothing Senator Dole with a hard-working Democrat!  Come hear NC Senator Kay Hagan and Mr. Jim Neal, Democratic candidates for US Senate next Sunday, and make an informed choice in the May 6 Primary.

The Orange County Democratic Party and the UNC Young Democrats present the US Senate Candidate Forum on April 13 in the auditorium of the Tate-Turner-Kuralt Building of the UNC School of Social Work, 325 Pittsboro Street, Chapel Hill. 

The event starts at 2:00 pm.  Each candidate will speak and then answer questions from the audience.  You are invited to meet the candidates before and after the event.

Public parking is available in a parking deck underneath the Global Education building next to the Tate-Turner-Kuralt building and on side streeets.

For more information about other Democratic candidates’ events, click Campaign Clearinghouse.