COMMUNITY MEETING with the OFFICE of the POLICE MONITOR, Wed.7pm http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/news/2007/opmmeet.htm Community Meeting Wednesday, February 28, 2007, 7:00 p.m. Pickle Elementary School Library 1101 Wheatley Ave–next to St. John Community Center (on Blessing) Meet the new Police Monitor and learn about the services of the Office of the Police Monitor, which aims to: * Promote mutual respect between the police and the public. * Receive complaints from the public regarding the Austin Police Department. * Oversee the investigation of complaints. … Continue reading →

WEDNESDAY, February 28th, 7pm, Reading + Signing, African Intimacies: Race, Homosexuality and Globalization, Neville Hoad, BookWoman, 918 West 12th St South African, Texas resident, and literary scholar Neville Hoad traces connections between the subjects of his subtitle. Hoad begins with a look at the 1886 execution of thirty Bugandan men when “bodily practices” were “recoded as ‘sex’” and defined by Catholic missionaries and the Imperial British East Africa Company. By focusing on Africa, Hoad tracks an important historical narrative situated … Continue reading →

Lobby Day, on Wednesday, February 28th, brings together hundreds of pro-choice volunteers from all over Texas. You will meet your legislators (or members of their staff) face-to-face at the Capitol, and share Planned Parenthood’s legislative priorities with them. This is a day when Planned Parenthood supporters tell our elected officials about the vital health care services that our clinics provide, as well as other issues important to Texas families. No background or experience is required! The only requirements are that … Continue reading →

Art Reach Café, Tues. Feb. 27th 8pm, Café Mundi (1704 E 5th St East Austin) Listen to live Cuban Conga Music from “Buscando El Monte” Afrocuban Percussion View the closing show of “The Life Cycle of the Monarch Butterfly” Hand Colored Linocut prints by Beth Ferguson & Juan Martinez. See Slide Show & Video of The Cycle Circus First Night Austin Bicycle Insect Parade & Cuban Street Theater with Tropazancos Cubensi & Las Krudas Cubensi. Learn about Art Reach’s After … Continue reading →

TUESDAY, February 27th, 7pm, Reading + Signing, Grrl Talk: Sass, Wit and Wisdom. Austin WriterGrrls, BookWoman, 918 West 12th St Get your Grrl Talk On! Official Book Launch & Party for Grrl Talk: Sass, Wit and Wisdom from the Austin WriterGrrls. Readers include: Julie Sucha Anderson, Robin Bradford, Cindy Huyser, Jennifer Marine, Bernadette Noll, and Beth Strout. Connect up with real women; women who’ve marched fearlessly through the muddy waters of life and emerged more powerful, passionate, and present; women … Continue reading →

On Feb. 27, The state of Texas is scheduled to execute Donald Miller for the 1982 murders of Dennis Mozingo and Kenneth Whitt near Houston. Miller and two others shot them after kidnapping and robbing them. Executing Miller would constitute the ultimate cruel, inhuman, and degrading punishment. Furthermore, this sentence demonstrates the arbitrariness of capital punishment. Neither of Miller’s accomplices received death sentences. Furthermore, the main witness and codefendant recanted his original statement, that he did not, in fact, see … Continue reading →

When: Friday, March 2nd @ 7:00 pm or Saturday, March 3rd @ 7:00 pm Where: UT – Burdine, 106 How: $8 Tickets can be purchased: a) at the Gender and Sexuality Center (Student Services Building, G1.408, 100 West Dean Keaton Street) b) on the West Mall from 11:00 – 2:00 pm on Monday, February 26th thru Friday, March 2nd c) at the door on the nights of the event. Seats are limited, so buy your tickets early!! This is UT’s … Continue reading →

FROM THE BOTTOM! JOHN ROSS REPORTS BACK FROM THE MEXICAN UPHEAVAL Author/correspondent/poet/and globetrotting troublemaker John Ross delivers a report from the social upheaval in Mexico that followed the stealing of the 2006 presidential election, and its message for frustrated U.S. voters. Ross will also discuss the months-long popular uprising in Oaxaca and the Zapatista Army of National Liberation’s Other Campaign and the challenges this nation-wide grassroots campaign presents to in-coming president Felipe Calderon. John Ross will also be reading excerpts … Continue reading →

Sunday, Feb. 25 – Red Salmon Arts presents Una Tardeada Con Los Tres Veteranos: John Ross, Roberto Vargas and raulrsalinas. Join us to honor and celebrate the insurgent voices/poetry of three veteran writer/activists who play major roles in the artistic, political, and social struggles of the Sandinistas, Zapatistas, and the American Indian Movement. 4pm. Author/correspondent/poet/and globetrotting troublemaker John Ross is the author of eight volumes of fiction and non-fiction including the recently released Zapatistas! Making Another World Possible – Chronicles … Continue reading →

A Conversation With Miriam Miranda, Garifuna Land Rights Activist, Black Fraternal Organization of Honduras (OFRANEH), Sunday, February, 25 @ 1pm, Rhizome Collective, 300 Allen St Miriam Miranda is a key figure in the struggle to defend Garifuna territorial rights and an organizer with the Garifuna Confederation OFRANEH. The Garifuna are an afro-indigenous people dispersed along the Caribbean coast of Belize, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. Recent state sanctioned “development” efforts in Honduras have threatened to depose Garifuna coastal residents from their … Continue reading →

Saturday, Feb. 24 – Sisters en Resistencia presents Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier directed by Suzie Baer. The film highlights the circumstances surrounding the incarceration of Native American activist Leonard Peltier who was wrongly convicted for the deaths of two FBI agents who died during a 1975 shoot-out on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. A discussion of the film will follow the screening. A discussion of the film will follow the screening. $2 dollar suggested donation. 6pm. Resistencia Bookstore … Continue reading →

Friday, Feb. 23, 8pm, Rhizome Collective (Bring a chair if you have one and warm clothes if you need them) 300 Allen Street What started out as an annual teachers strike in the south-eastern Mexican town of Oaxaca has become the largest popular rebellion in Mexico in over a decade. To date, human rights organizations report that there have been hundreds of illegal detentions, disappearances and injuries, and at least eighteen documented deaths. Join three long-term activists and filmakers as … Continue reading →

Friday, February 23 and Saturday, February 24 St. Andrew’s Presbyterian 5th Annual Activism and Spirituality Conference and Phyllis Bennis Keynote Dinner Friday, 2/23, 6 p.m.: Author and Institute for Policy Studies fellow Phyllis Bennis will give a talk on “The New Internationalism: Strengthening the United Nations and Ending US Domination” at Wells Branch Community Center, 2106 Klattenhoff. Tickets are $35 and available at www.staopen.com. Saturday, 2/24, 11:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.: Workshops featuring Phyllis Bennis, Dr. Robert Jensen, Bonnie Tamres-Moore, … Continue reading →

Sen. Barack Obama, Candidate for President of the United States, Rally with live music from Ed Jurdi & Cyril Neville, Friday, Feb. 23; Gates open 12:30pm; Program begins at 2:00pm Auditorium Shores, Town Lake (Riverside Dr. & South First St.) Free, but tickets required, sign up below. http://action.barackobama.com/page/s/austinvid ********** Campus Antiwar Movement to End the Occupations- – * Please forward and circulate * Presidential-hopeful Barack Obama will be speaking in Austin this Friday, February 23, at Auditorium Shores. Join CAMEO … Continue reading →

Newton Anderson is scheduled to be executed by the state of Texas on Feb. 22, 2007. Anderson was convicted of murdering Frank and Bertha Cobb after they discovered him burglarizing their house. The state of Texas should not execute Newton Anderson. Executing Anderson would constitute the ultimate cruel, inhuman, and degrading punishment. Please write to Gov. Rick Perry on behalf of Newton Anderson!

LLILAs is organizing a Bi-National conference on NAFTA, Feb 22 & 23 (see complete schedule below). The conference includes several panels but we would like to ask your help to advertise one specifically: The Panel: NAFTA, Labor Relations, and Immigration which will include distinguished demographers and labor rights specialists will analyze the impact of NAFTA on immigration from Mexico. Prof Andres Villarreal will moderate this session. Friday, February 23 9:00–10:30 a.m. Panel: NAFTA, Labor Relations, and Immigration * Agustin Escobar … Continue reading →

SUPPORT WAR RESISTERS! Thursday, February 22, 2007, 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., Fort Hood (Outside East Gate) Join us at the corner of Tank Destroyer Blvd and Fort Hood Street in Killeen, Texas for a rally in support of Fort Hood GI War Resister Mark Wilkerson. Mark has pled guilty to missing troop movement and desertion. His court martial at Fort Hood is scheduled to begin that morning, February 22nd. He is facing up to 10 months in prison. Directions: … Continue reading →

Late breaking news…Ann Wright will also be speaking. Ann is a retired US army colonel and career diplomat who resigned from the State Dept. in 2003 in protest of the war. Please join us! Support GI War Resisters! Wed., February 21, 2007 @ 7PM Café Caffeine 909 West Mary Join us to hear from GI Iraq war resisters and for music by Barbara Kooyman and Richard Bowden Fort Hood GI war resister Mark Wilkerson will be present to speak about … Continue reading →

WEEK OF ACTION to DE-FUND THE WAR! Code Pink – Austin, Instruments for Peace, Texans for Peace, local representatives of The Occupation Project and United for Peace and Justice, The Green Party Peace Action Committee and members of the Campus Anti-War Movement to End the Occupation and others are calling for a WEEK OF ACTION to DE-FUND THE WAR. This week (February 19-25), it is critical to communicate with our Congresspeople – while they are IN AUSTIN on recess – … Continue reading →

CAMEO will be showing the excellent documentary “Sir No Sir!” at UT. The movie will be followed by a discussion with local antiwar vets from the wars in Iraq and Vietnam. Below are the details and text from the flyer. Please invite your friends and allies! SIR! NO SIR! The hidden story of the GI Rebellions that helped end the Vietnam War Monday, February 19, 7:00 PM (note new date and location) UT campus, Parlin 1 (Parlin is located in … Continue reading →

Sunday, February 18, 6 – 8 p.m. Last Sunday For the SECOND-TO-THE-LAST SUNDAY in February (sorry for the scheduling shifts; the hall wasn’t available on the last Sunday this month), the “Last Sunday” gathering will focus on war and empire, featuring Butch Hancock, Jim Hightower, and Ana-Maurine Lara, along with regulars Gilkyson, Rigby, and Jensen. Our goal is to examine not only the current war in Iraq and the ambitions of this administration, but the larger project of dominance that … Continue reading →

SUNDAY, February 18th, 3pm, Reading + Signing, Connie Biewald. Digging to Indochina: a Novel, BookWoman, 918 West 12th St In this emotionally charged tale, 17 year old Ivy Mackenzie, the child of a Viet Nam veteran, desperate to break free of a family that doesn’t understand her and a small town that suffocates her, runs away with a stranger who shows her a passion she’s never known and a violent danger she never saw coming. Ideal for teens, parents, teachers, … Continue reading →

Poetry Circle & “Citizenship Potluck” with Sekou Sundiata, The Austin Project, & Las Crudas Dear Citizen-Scholar, , Please distribute widely CHANGE OF VENUE: Poetry Circle and “Citizenship Potluck” with Sekou Sundiata, The Austin Project, and Las Crudas Nationally acclaimed poet and performer Sekou Sundiata hosts an exploration of community and citizenship through the sharing of poetry, music, and ideas. He will be joined by the Austin-based Cuban hip-hop sensation, Las Crudas, and the poets of The Austin Project. The audience … Continue reading →

ACPJ Peace & Justice NETWORKING BRUNCH, 10am to Noon, Saturday, February 17, 2007 Central Presbyterian Church , 8th and Brazos Streets(enter from 8th Street in the center of the block) *lots of parking on 7th in the church parking lot and on the street All are welcome for networking, bagels, coffee and juice. For more information: contact@austinpeace center.org or 512-799-5117 go to www.austinpeacecenter.org to sign up for email announcements for future events! ACPJ’s monthly brunches create a space for Austin … Continue reading →

FRIDAY, February 16th, 7pm, Once-A-Month Music, Sharon Bousquet + Chris Gage, hosted by Nancy Scott and Lisa Rogers, BookWoman, 918 West 12th St Help us celebrate the release of Sharon¹s new CD ‘Temple’! Sharon Bousquet (‘boo-skay’) is an award-winning singer-songwriter and a skillful acoustic guitarist, writing songs that bridge the spiritual and the life of the senses. “Think a hippie-fied Alanis Morissette, ‘unplugged.’ Her voice is strong, while her message is earthy and inspirational. “- Good Times Weekly