Monday, July 30, 6pm To close out the month of July is a Fest of sorts with a bunch of really good bands and performers from all over. *Show is 5 bucks and starts at 6PM.* That’s for real time, the show has to be over by a decent hour so work folks fret not. O’ Pioneers!!! Sex Advice The Gaslight Anthem (NJ) Signal To Noise (CO) Che Arthur Down In The Dumps (NY) Micah Omega and The Mutations The … Continue reading →

Office of the Police Monitor, Citizen Review Panel Monthly Meeting, July 30, 2007, City Hall, City Council Chambers, 301 W. Second Street,1st Floor. Austin, 6pm-8pm Public Input Agenda 1) 06-571- Involves an Allegation of Excessive Use of Force. 2) 06-187- Involves an Allegation of Excessive Use of Force that was previously investigated. 3) 06-540- Involves an Allegation of Dishonesty by an APD Officer related to case 06-187 above. 4) 07-121- Involves an Allegation of dissatisfaction of on scene investigative process … Continue reading →

It Came from Austin ! A Benefit for Texas Moratorium Network and the Save Kenneth Foster campaign, Saturday, July 28, 8:00 PM, The Scoot Inn, 1308 E. 4th St. (21+), $ 5-10 sliding scale The Texas Moratorium Network Benefit is contributing half of the proceeds from their upcoming benefit to the Save Kenneth Foster Campaign! The other half of the proceeds will be used for the 8th Annual March to Stop Executions in Houston on October 27. There will be … Continue reading →

Fundraiser for SOS at Ruta Maya with BROWNOUT! on July 26th Join us for a fundraising concert at Ruta Maya on South Congress with BROWNOUT!, one of Austin’s hottest funk bands, and the Djembabes, an all women African drum ensemble, and Larry Lange and His Lonely Knights. The new Save Our Springs Puppet Show will start things off at 8pm. Tickets are available online and at the door the night of the event. If you would like to sponsor the … Continue reading →

Thursday, July 26, 7:00 PM NEXT ISO PUBLIC FORUM: CHAVEZ AND VENEZUELA: SOCIALISM FOR THE 21ST CENTURY ? Location: UT campus, Parlin Hall, room 101

Meeting on July 25 is being held at 7 pm at the University Hills Library, 4721 Loyola Ln. For more info: cedpaustin@gmail.com ORGANIZING MEETINGS IN AUSTIN EVERY WEDNESDAY KEEP CALLING GOVERNOR PERRY Tell him: “Don’t let Texas execute Kenneth Foster for driving a car!” In Austin or from out of state: (512) 463-1782 Calling from Texas: (800) 252-9600 Fax: (512) 463-1849 Email: send message from the website: www.governor.state.tx.us/contact RESOURCES ON THE WEB Latest news and updates: savekenneth.blogspot.com www.freekenneth.com/kennethsblognewsflashe.htm Kenneth’s web … Continue reading →

Tuesday, July 24, 2007 * 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m., Congregational Church of Austin * 408 West 23rd Street * Austin, TX You’re Invited to Help Stop Hunger in Texas! A Special Presentation on the Farm Bill and Food Stamp Program by CPPP Senior Policy Analyst Celia Hagert More than 68,000 people in Travis County rely on Food Stamps to put a decent meal on the table. Statewide, 2.3 million Texans (more than the entire population of Houston) use Food … Continue reading →

Hello everybody, Friday evening, the day the front page story in the Austin American Statesman ran I was cowardly attacked with a sucker punch to the back of my head after talking to a twenty-something-old couple who obviously came up for trouble and to vent their rage. We are organizing an impromptu small peace rally at Ruta Maya Coffee House at 3601 S. Congress for tomorrow night, Tuesday. This rally is in protest of the cowardly and violent hate crime … Continue reading →

July 24, 2007 The state of Texas is set to execute Lonnie Johnson on July 24, for the August 1990 murders of Gunar Nelson Fulk and Leroy McCaffrey. The state of Texas should not execute Lonnie Johnson for his role in this crime. Executing Johnson would violate the right to life as declared in the Universal Declaration of Human rights and constitute the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment. Furthermore, Johnson claims that he only killed Fulk and McCaffrey out … Continue reading →

Panel Discussion: Immigration Issues Round Rock Reads! Time: 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Date: 7/23/2007 Location: Robert G. and Helen Griffith Library Building 216 E. Main St., Round Rock, Texas 78664 Cost: FREE The Devil’s Highway The Round Rock Public Library will host a panel of immigration and cross-border experts to discuss current citizenship and immigration issues facing the United States. from 7 to 9 p.m Monday, July 23. The panel is part of Round Rock Reads, the Library’s city-wide … Continue reading →

Sunday, July 22, 7pm, MonkeyWrench Books Show! Featuring: The Teeners, Dear Landlord, and Des Ark. $3 will get you in the door.

Sunday, July 22, 2007 at 03:00 PM, Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Arboretum Description: Summoned by his dying mother, Palestinian-born Aziz Shihab returns to the homeland he and his family fled as refugees decades earlier: to a Palestine reclaimed by Israelis and to a country no longer that of his youth in a nation whose estate has been challenged by history. This gripping book chronicles that month-long journey. Part memoir, part travelogue, it reveals the complexities of leaving behind such the … Continue reading →

Saturday, July 21, 5:00 PM, RALLY AND MARCH: SAVE KENNETH FOSTER, State Capitol, South Steps (please note revised time) The State of Texas intends to execute Kenneth Foster on August 30, despite the fact that he did not murder anyone. Unlike any other state in this country, Texas utilizes a unique statute which allows the State to subject a person to death even though he did not kill, intend to kill, help or encourage anyone to do so. Join Kenneth’s … Continue reading →

Saturday, July 21 Return to Hutto Taylor, TX: Free the Children, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. 1001 Welch Dr. Join us in demanding, “No Child Left Behind Bars! What: Hutto Round 2 with the Texas Indigenous Council, CAFHTA and more! When: Saturday, June 23, all day, with speakers from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Where: Hutto Detention Facility, 1001 Welch Rd, Taylor, TX, 76574 (South on I-35 and East on Highway 79; about 30 minutes NE of Austin) Whether your … Continue reading →

10am to Noon – Saturday, July 21, 2007, Central Presbyterian Church (8th and Brazos Streets, enter from 8th Street in the center of the block) Austin Center for Peace and Justice‘s monthly brunches create a space for Austin peace and justice groups and individuals to network. Please send someone from your group or come yourself prepared to speak for 3 minutes about your work. Each month we focus on one group or project with a 20 minute presentation.

Friday, July 20, 7:30 pm, MonkeyWrench Books Learn Something Awesome! Free Public Workshop on: Book-binding Zine folding Jewelry making Screen printing Personal multimedia production How to make $4 solar LED lights Scooters: An Introduction Come out and learn something awesome! Find out more about this workshop http://actlab.tv.

Location: CCA office at 8015 Shoal Creek Blvd. Friday, July 20, 12:00 noon – 1:00 PM Corrections Corporation of America is the world’s largest and most notorious private prison corporation, operating more than a dozen prisons and immigrant detention centers in Texas alone. Demonstrators will protest CCA’s profiting from immigrant detention expansion around Texas, including the T. Don Hutto detention center in Taylor which holds migrant families and asylum seekers, about half of whom are children. More info: Rebecca at … Continue reading →

Thursday, July 19 – Beyond Blood Ties: For those generations gone before us, for the generation yet unborn: Save Our Youth (SOY) Fundraiser. 9pm -1:30am @ Ruta Maya Headquarters, 3601-D, South Congress. The event will feature music by Cerronato, an authentic yet innovative version of Colombian vallenato & cumbia with a mix of traditional & original tunes, Ocote Soul Sounds (solo) aka Martin Perna (Antibalas, TV on the Radio) sometimes psychedelic latin funk, sometimes 21st century digital trova and nueva … Continue reading →

Thursday, July 19th is Bush “Movin’ Out” Day in Austin.. this is a campaign organized by Military Families Speak Out (www.mfso.org) If you haven’t seen their YouTube video yet, check it out!!! Here is what you do: 1. Take a moving box and tape it flat like a postcard 2. On one side – address it to George Bush 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington DC 20500 3. On the other side – add your message (see video for examples) 4. … Continue reading →

Report Back From the G8 Protests in Heilingendamm, Germany from June 2007: A Presentation and Slide Show by Lisa Fithian, Wednesday, July 18th, 8:00 pm, MonkeyWrench Books, 110 E. North Loop The recent protests against the G8 in Germany were a huge resurgence of energy for global justice activists and movements–north and south. There were two major German movements that influenced the mobilization–the autonomen, an anti-fascist, autonomist movement that gave rise to the black bloc tactic in the 1980′s and … Continue reading →

Tuesday, July 17, taping 4-5 PM (note corrected time), Conference room, 1210 Rosewood, ACLU Andrea Marsh, who monitors the Fair Defense Act in Texas, will be our forum guest to discuss the pros and cons of a salaried Public Defender system for Texas and local counties. Audience participation encouraged. Open to the public.

Proposals July 15 / Conference Oct. 13 Every year, Texans for Peace holds an educational conference we call “Teaching Peace in Texas.” Aimed primarily at educators, it disseminates information that they need–and aren’t getting through the conventional channels–about teaching peace-related subjects in their public and private schools. Previous workshops have included such topics as “Anti-gang Initiatives, ” “Nonviolent communication for high-school students,” “Teaching Peace through Storytelling, ” and so on. This year’s conference will take place in Houston, with classes … Continue reading →

Birthday Party and Benefit for DJ-RJ Featuring: DJ’s, Live Reggae Music, Silent Auction, Caribbean and Vegetarian Food, and Healing is Believing Wristbands., Sunday July 15, 2007 5:00-10:00 p.m., Flamingo Cantina 515 E. 6th Street This benefit is to raise money to help pay for DJ-RJ’s medical bills which include surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy from a recent diagnosis of cancer. A true renaissance man – DJ-RJ is best known for DJ-ing Reggae and R&B on KAZI 88.7 F.M. ,running TexasReggae. org, … Continue reading →

Panel Discussion: Immigration Issues Round Rock Reads! Time: 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Date: 7/23/2007 Location: Robert G. and Helen Griffith Library Building 216 E. Main St., Round Rock, Texas 78664 Cost: FREE The Devil’s Highway The Round Rock Public Library will host a panel of immigration and cross-border experts to discuss current citizenship and immigration issues facing the United States. from 7 to 9 p.m Monday, July 23. The panel is part of Round Rock Reads, the Library’s city-wide … Continue reading →

Sensory Explosion Bon Voyage Party, Presented by the Texas Youth Word Collective, Saturday, July 14th, 5-8 pm, Ruta Maya World Headquarters, 3601 S. Congress, D-200 Question: What do you get when you mix spoken word with tap dancers, a blind, one man funkmaster playing the bass, drums, and keyboard simultaneously who can only be described as a Stevie Wonder on steroids, and a hip hop DJ that will mix James Brown and Mozart in a heart beat? You get the … Continue reading →