Monday, Oct. 30 – Red Salmon Arts presents a reading and book signing of Malinche’s Daughter by anti-violence activist/writer Michelle Otero. This astounding debut collection of essays limns the author’s journey to Oaxaca, Mexico to guide a writers’ workshop for women survivors of sexual assault. In the process, Otero confronts the pain of her own childhood as well as cultures-north and south-which have been deaf to women’s voices. 7pm. Michelle Otero was raised along the US-Mexico border in Deming, New … Continue reading →

11am, Mexican Consulate, 800 Brazos St This is a call to action against mexican consulates all over the country for Monday Oct. 30. Yesterday, as many who are reading this probably already know, an amazing companero, journalist, anarchist, freedom fighter, earth firster, musician, and human being was shot down and killed in cold blood, along with three other companeros, by officials employed by the Mexican Government. His name was Bradley Will, and he was shot at the barricades of Santa … Continue reading →

5-7pm: Sun., Oct. 29, Cafe Caffeine, 909 W. Mary St. Putting the War on Trial – National Speaking tour by the Father of Lt. Ehren Watada There will also be music and a free screening of the documentary, Sir, No Sir!” immediately following the talk. Mr. Watada’s talk will touch on his sons path from enlistment after 9/11 to his realization that the basis for the invasion of Iraq was fraudulent, to his decision to follow his conscience and refuse … Continue reading →

Sat. Oct. 28, beginning at 6:00 p.m. at Saltillo Plaza at 4th and Comal St. is the Dia de los Muertos parade that winds up at Mexicarte Museum at 5th and Congress.

Saturday, October 28th, 2006 – 3 PM Meet at Texas Governor’s Mansion ( between 10th & 11th Streets on Lavaca) “Innocent People Have Been Executed” 3:30 March down Congress Ave to Austin City Hall for a Rally Against the Death Penalty In the last two years, there have been reports that Texas executed three people who were innocent, Ruben Cantu, Cameron Todd Willingham and Carlos De Luna. Meet at the Texas Governor’s Mansion on Lavaca at 3 PM on Oct … Continue reading →

Sat., Oct. 28, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Inside Books Project Annual Pancake Brunch and Book Sale Blow-out Enjoy delicious homemade pancakes, including vegan options and the return of the famed Pumpkin pancake. Coordinated with the March to Stop Executions, the brunch is a great place to gather before the march, and offers free parking and easy bus access to downtown. Admission is only $5 for adults and kids eat free. Or just skip the brunch and hit the book … Continue reading →

NO BORDERS / Sin Fronteras Hip Hop & Puppet Show Benefit Friday Oct. 27th 8:30 pm at the Rhizome Collective 300 Allen St. (2 blocks southeast of 5th & Pleasant Valley) Featured Artists: * Climbing PoeTree (NYC Spoken Word: Alixa & Naima) * Afro-Cuban/Hip-Hop (Wanda Krudas & Sevilla del Mazo) * Nagavali (India vocals) * Cycle Circus Puppet Show “Migration of the Monarch Butterfly” * Leonel Rojas w/ Puppet Show “Al Son de La Mateodora” * Leo Guevara Poetry * … Continue reading →

Wednesday, October 25, 8pm, MonkeyWrench presents our Halloween benefit zine… …the latest installment of our MonkeyBites Zine series. We’ll be having a zine release party this night, and… …if you’ve got any Halloween-related artwork, writings, recipes, or pictures, call Dave at 567.0694 or email surpriseautopsy@hotmail.com to submit your work.

The state of Texas is scheduled to execute Gregory Lynn Summers on Oct. 25. Summers was convicted of murder for his role in allegedly conspiring to kill three family members for money. Summers allegedly hired Andrew Cantu to kill his adoptive mother, father, and uncle for financial purposes. Cantu entered the home of the Summers family, where he fatally stabbed Mandell Eugene Summers, Helen Summers, and Billy Mack Summers. During the trial, the prosecutors called William Spaulding to testify, an … Continue reading →

Tuesday, October 24th, at 7 pm at Brave New Books http://www.voterescue.org/

TUESDAY, October 24th, 7pm, BookWoman Soul Sisters: an evening of Spoken Word, featuring Heather Christian (LA), Poet On Watch (TX) and Climbing PoeTree (NY) Climbing PoeTree is on a mission to reshape the world through evolutionary art that speaks truth to power, Alixa & Naima employ poetry as their weapon, their medicine, their voice, and their vision. Delivering explosive lyrics that leave listeners outraged and inspired, Alixa & Naima perform nationwide and abroad, and work with prisoners and young people … Continue reading →

A fundraiser supporting Proposition 4 will be happening this Tuesday, October 24th from 6-9 pm at Matt’s El Rancho (2613 S Lamar). Proposition 4 is part of the upcoming bond election that will go towards $31.5 million for the cultural arts in Austin. The groups benefiting from the bond are MACC – Mexican American Cultural Center, Mexic-Arte Museum, African American Heritage and Cultural Society, Asian American Resource Center, Austin Film Studios, and Zachary Scott Theater. For more detailed information on … Continue reading →

Tues., Oct. 24, 3pm: Wal-Mart Workers Speak Out STITCH – http://www.stitchonline.org/index.asp – along with the Campaign for Labor Rights, and the International Labor Rights Fund are co-sponsoring the 2006 Wal-Mart Worker Tour, which will pass through the UT-Austin campus on October 24. This special event will feature workers from Colombia, Nicaragua, China and the United States who are producing goods for Wal-Mart. Come hear workers share their personal stories and discuss how Wal-Mart’s business model impacts them, their families, their … Continue reading →

Monday, October 23rd, 8 pm, MonkeyWrench Books Film Screening of “Ladies and Gentlemen, The Rolling Stones” in Support of KOOP Radio KOOP Radio continues its Monthly Film Benefit at MonkeyWrench Books, the fourth Monday night of every month at eight. On Monday, October 23rd, KOOP Radio presents an eight o’clock screening of “Ladies and Gentlemen, the Rolling Stones,” the rarely screened concert film that catches the group at its peak during its 1972 tour. With Mick Taylor, Bill Wyman, Charlie … Continue reading →

Austin Voices for Education and Youth and the School of Social Work at The University of Texas is pleased to announce the commencement of the Social Justice Saturday School on October 21, 2006 (10:00am to 1:00pm @ Texas Union – UT Campus). This program is a follow up to the very successful 6 week Social Justice Summer School that was held at Lanier High School in Austin, Texas earlier this year. In this Social Justice Saturday School, high school and … Continue reading →

PSYCHOANALYTIC PERSPECTIVES ON FUNDAMENTALISM presented by Marsha McCary Friday Evening October 20th, 2006 from 7:30 to 9:30 PM. Lecture to be held at the Isis Institute, 130 0 W. Koenig. Cost: $12 members, $15 non- members, CEU’s available. Pre-registration: JungSociety. com or call 305-6386. Marsha D. McCary, Ph.D. is a native Texan and a clinical psychologist who has been in practice over 25 years uses her expertise in psychoanalysis, attachment theory, and object-relations to discuss the complex issues involved in … Continue reading →

October 20: Award-winning journalist Amy Goodman, host of the daily, grassroots, global, radio/TV new hour Democracy Now! will be at the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center (San Antonio) on October 20 at 7:30 PM. This main event (with live Spanish translation) is free; a reception from 6-7 pm is $50. For more information, contact Graciela Sanchez at 210-228-0201 or graciela@esperanzac enter.org.

Texas Bioneers Conference – Friday, October 20 – Sunday, October 22 Since 1990, Bioneers has brought together people at the junction of ecological restoration, human health, social justice, democracy to seek holistic approaches to social change. Education, networking, organizing. Full conference $200; $100 for one day (students/seniors pay $155 or $50). Event is at University of Houston’s main campus. For information and registration, go to www.texasbioneers.org. Or send check made out to Texas bioneers Conference c/o Blackwood Educational Land Institute, … Continue reading →

Thursday, October 19, 8:00 pm, MonkeyWrench Books, 110 E. North Loop Ann Fagan Ginger, Executive Director of the Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute Author of ‘Landmark Cases Left Out of Your Casebooks: A collection of short, sharp descriptions of how 43 human rights cases were won­from the Haymarket Martyrs of May Day, 1886 to Katrina refugees in 2005!’ & ‘Challenging U.S. Human Rights Violations Since 9/11′ Ann Fagan Ginger is a lawyer, teacher, writer, and political activist. She is a founder … Continue reading →

Email your protest today! Michael Johnson, now 26 years old has been sitting on Texas’s death row since 1996 for a crime, which he did not commit! Not only does Michael claim his innocence but also more importantly he can prove it. His provable factual innocence comes in the form of a signed confession from the real murder. The Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty holds vigils across the state on days when executions are scheduled. In Austin the … Continue reading →

Equality Texas is a proud sponsor of IDKE 8: The 8th International Drag King Extravaganza. IDKE 8 is a four-day extravaganza of gender performance and drag king culture. The convention is Thursday, October 19th through Sunday, October 22nd at various locations around Austin. This year’s theme is “Uncharted Territory: Gender Exploration Down South”.

Thursday, October 19 Choose one or all three: 9am-noon • First United Methodist, Georgetown,TX Corner of University Ave. and Ash St; Please call (512) 863-2370 to register for free presentation. To reserve free but limited-space childcare, contact (512) 863-2370. 3:30pm to 6pm • University of Texas at Austin sponsored by UT Students for Nonviolence (Location: Texas Union Building , Asian Cultures Room on 4th floor, off Guadalupe between 22nd and 24th St .) 7pm to 9:30pm • St. Andrews Presbyterian, … Continue reading →

What: Town Hall meeting on the use of racism against Arabs and Muslims as a means to sell the US wars abroad. Iftar (dinner) provided by Kismet Cafe $5 donation requested. Where: UTC 4.104 When: WEDNESDAY OCT 18th 7:00 pm Arabs and Muslims across the US and around the world are finding themselves the target of brutal racism. By invoking the war on terror abroad, Bush has emboldened the cause of racial profiling against Arabs and Muslims at home. If … Continue reading →

Wednesday, Oct. 18th, 6:30 – 9:00 PM Texas Campaign for the Environment Earth Night The Lodge above Buffalo Billiards, 201 E. 6th St. Concert by Bruce Robison ? Honoring Leroy Smith & David Ritter ? ? Featuring dishes from Austin Restaurants ? ? Book signing for 2 new books on high tech trash ? Click here for Ticket & Sponsorship Information (512) 326-5655 or email Barbrush@gmail.com TCE’s 2006 Earth Night Celebration & Concert 2006 marks TCE’s 15th anniversary of protecting … Continue reading →

October 17 (Tue) 7 pm St. Andrew’s Contemporary Politics Series, Donna DeCesare, “Understanding Latin America and U.S. Policy” UT Journalism professor Donna DeCesare’s photographs have been published in the New York Times Magazine, Life, Newsweek, and Aperture, and she has been a video journalist and producer for documentaries on The Learning Channel. DeCesare is also a board member of Third Coast Activist Resource Center. Location: St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 14311 Wells Port Drive, west of I-35 off Wells Branch Parkway.