Monthly Archives: November 2007

PROTEST TUITION HIKES AT UT

Tuition Policy Advisory Committee forums will be on Wednesday, November 28, 3:00 PM, and Thursday, November 29, 4:00 PM, and will be held in the ACES Building, Avaya Auditorium. Call to action from the Tuition Accountability Coalition: We are students … Continue reading

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Hurricane Relief for Nicaraguan Indigenous Communities

Tuesday, November 27th, 8:00 pm, MonkeyWrench Books, 110 E. North Loop, 512-407-6925 for more info Melesio Peter, who recently returned from the coastal communities, will provide a brief presentation on the current state of relief efforts in the region. On … Continue reading

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AUSTIN SINGLE PAYER COALITION MEETING

Tuesday, November 27, 8:00 PM, Carver Library, Rosewood and Angelina Health Care for All Texas will convene the first ever Austin single payer coalition, to form a citywide movement for real health care reform. More info: richardfralin@yahoo.com

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Frida

Tuesday, Nov. 27th, 6:30 p.m. in CAL 100 The Center for Women’s & Gender Studies invites you to a film screening with popcorn and discussion to follow. Free and open to the public. Co-Sponsored by The Mexican Center of LLILAS … Continue reading

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Police Review Panel

Regular Monthly Meeting, November 27, 2007, City Hall Room 1034, 301 W. Second Street,1st Floor, Austin, Texas 78701, 6pm-8pm Public Input Agenda 1. 07-322-Allegation of Excessive Use of Force 2. 07-300-Allegations of Neglect of Duty and Honesty 3. 07-341-Allegation of … Continue reading

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Cars on Cooking Oil

Monday, November 26, 7pm, MonkeyWrench Books, 110 E. North Loop. How to Run a Car/Truck on the Used Oil Outside of the Donut Shop! An informative video presentation/lecture will be offered by Dr. Craig Sommers who will explain how to … Continue reading

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Last Sunday at Ruta Maya

Sunday, November 25, 6:30 p.m., Last Sunday at Ruta Maya Coffee House The “Last Sunday” event in November, with host Sean Tate, will focus on progressive responses to the often reactionary hysteria around immigration issues. The gathering will feature speakers … Continue reading

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AUSTIN CITY-WIDE UNDER 21 POETRY SLAM

Saturday, November 24th, 2007 3pm, Ruta Maya World Headquarters, 3601 S. Congress, Austin, Texas AUSTIN CITY-WIDE UNDER 21 POETRY SLAM KICKS OFF SEASON #6! Presented by the Texas Youth Word Collective, $5 cover, free for slam participants and under 5 … Continue reading

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Thanksgiving at Camp Casey

Saturday about 2 we will have a Potluck Thanksgiving Dinner. Other plans are for Roundtable, Stump Speaking, Political Speeches, Music, and a Party. Dear Camp Casey friends: For the past two years, many Camp Casey folks have spent their Thanksgiving … Continue reading

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Whose Thanksgiving? Women of Oaxaca Speak Out

Monday November 19th 7:30 pm, Resistencia Bookstore, 1801-A South First St. Women of Oaxaca Speak Out on the 1st Anniversary of the Popular Uprising Join La Otra ATX and Resistencia Bookstore on the anniversary of the November Rebellion in welcoming … Continue reading

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HOUSTON: March to Stop the War

Saturday, November 17, 1:00 PM, HOUSTON MARCH: STOP THE WAR ON IRAQ! BRING ALL THE TROOPS HOME NOW! Join a march to raise our voices and demand: Stop the war on Iraq! Bring all the troops home now! Hands off … Continue reading

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East Austin Studio Tour

November 17th & 18th, Saturday & Sunday 10:00 am – 5:00 pm a TOTAL blast complete…find out why East Austin is called the `new south Austin’. Free and open to the public For more info, see the E.A.S.T. website http://www.eastaustinstudiotour.com/ … Continue reading

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ACPJ Neworking Brunch

Austin Center for Peace and Justice Invites You to our Community Networking Brunch and Outreach Planning Meetings Sat, Nov 17th, Central Presbyterian Church, 8th and Brazos Streets (enter from 8th Street in the center of the block – lots of … Continue reading

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BASTARDS of the PARTY

Thursday, Nov. 15, 7-9 pm, MonkeyWrench Books, 110 E. N. Loop. Directed by a former “Blood,” “Bastards of the Party” chronicles the rise of gangs in L.A. from “out of the ashes” of the Black Panther Party and similar grassroots … Continue reading

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Weir & Pogue: Uncensored Report from Palestine

Come Hear What the Mainstream Media Refuse to Tell Us Thursday, Nov. 15, 7: 00 PM, Univ. of Texas, ETC 2.108 Friday, Nov. 16, 7:00 PM, St. Ignatius Martyr Catholic Church, 126 W. Oltorf St. Alison Weir, journalist, human rights … Continue reading

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Anti-Racist World Cup Slideshow

Wednesday, November 14, 8 p.m. Austin Anarchist Soccer presents: The 2007 Anti-Racist World Cup Slideshow, MonkeyWrench Books, 110 E. North Loop. The Mondiali Antirazzisti (Anti-Racist World Cup) – http://www.mondialiantirazzisti.org – is an annual tournament in Italy that celebrates football — … Continue reading

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KRUGMAN

Tuesday, November 13, 7:00 PM, UT Campus, UTC 2.102 PAUL KRUGMAN SPEAKS ON “THE CONSCIENCE OF A LIBERAL” Krugman joined the New York Times in 1999 as an op/ed columnist and continues as a Princeton professor of economics and international … Continue reading

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Texas Youth Commission

Tuesday, Nov. 13, 6-8pm, Conley Guerrero Center, 808 Nile St. A community conversation about improvements in the Texas Youth Commission (TYC). TYC is a center run much like a prison for youth. The majority of youth in TYC are youth … Continue reading

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TORTURE AND THE SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS

Monday event is at 5 pm at UT, Benedict Hall, room 2.104. Prof. Carlos Mauricio, a survivor of School of the Americas-graduate abduction and torture, will speak about the movement to close the SOA. SOA Watch-Austin is preparing for the … Continue reading

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ISRAEL AND OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES

Sunday, November 11, 12:45 PM, St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, 14311 Wells Port Dr. A JEWISH-AMERICAN’S EXPERIENCE TRAVELING THROUGH ISRAEL AND THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES Nova McGiffert, a Jewish preschool teacher from Minnesota, will deliver a report on human rights abuses … Continue reading

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