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 committed to standing up for students and opposing the latest proposed 15 percent tuition increase. Our goal is simple — to do what Student Government and the Tuition Policy Advisory Committee don’t do — to represent middle and lower income … Continue reading →

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 September 4th, Hurricane Felix, a Category 5 storm, made landfall on the northern stretches of the Nicaraguan Atlantic Coast. The storm killed more than 100 people and devastated the town of Puerto Cabezas and smaller outlying indigenous Miskitu and Mayangna … Continue reading →

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

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 and The Center for Mexican American Studies

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 Responsibility to the Community 4. Community Policing Issues If you wish to address the Citizen Review Panel please sign up 30 minutes in advance of the Public session. For additional information on any agenda item, please contact Office of the … Continue reading →

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 collect and use waste cooking oil for fuel in a diesel engine. This presentation is not about how to make biodiesel, but rather how to use straight vegetable oil as fuel. Craig’s book/DVD combo that explains how to do the … Continue reading →

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 from the Workers Defense Project – www.workersdefense.org , an Austin worker center that helps low-wage immigrant workers who face unsafe working conditions and predatory employers. Maria Duque, an immigrant worker and WDP board member, and Project Director Cristina Tzintzún will … Continue reading →

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 CONTACTS: Ron Horne (512) 632-5033, Co-Dir. Dr. Siobhan (512) 422-6653, Co-Dir. E-Mail: u21slam@yahoo.com Website: www.txywc.org The new season of the Austin City Wide Under 21 Poetry Slam has FINALLY arrived! And just in the knick of time. Take a break … Continue reading →

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 at Camp Casey . We are going to continue the tradition this year!!! I know that many of you have had a busy September and October full of events all over the country to end the war on Iraq , … Continue reading →

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 two speakers from Oaxaca: Melina Hernández Sosa and Julia Feliciana Sosa Vásquez. Melina works with the Unión de Organizaciones de la Sierra Juarez, in the Zapotec communities of of Oaxaca. She has participated in conferences all over the world and … Continue reading →

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 Iran! End the occupation of Afghanistan and Palestine! Stop the war on immigrants, people of color, and workers! Defend the civil liberties and civil rights of all! March gathers at 1 PM at Ervan Chew Park (4507 Dunlavy). At 1:30 … Continue reading →

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/ E.A.S.T. 2007 is the sixth annual arts event that celebrates the visual arts in east Austin. This year, more than 200 artists will be opening their studios throughout the east side for a free two-day event. E.A.S.T. will take place … Continue reading →

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 parking on 9th street behind the church in its parking lot – bagels and coffee served!) ACPJ’s monthly brunches create a space for Austin peace and justice groups and individuals to network. Please send someone from your group or come … Continue reading →

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 power-building movements. Billed as “the history of the longest war in U.S. history,” this award-winning documentary, which ran this spring on HBO/not released in theaters, gives powerful insight into gang culture while exploring how failed “gang war” law enforcement policies … Continue reading →

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 activist & founder of the organization IF AMERICANS KNEW, will bring her powerful, well-documented & first-hand observations to Austin audiences. She has traveled independently throughout the West Bank and Gaza Strip, having recently returned from Nablus, Palestine. Alan Pogue, award … Continue reading →

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 — as it’s known in the rest of the world — in its purest form: non-commercial, anti-competitive, bringing people together and not causing division through racism, nationalism and sexism. It’s a really fun time as well. In 2006 Austin Anarchist Soccer … Continue reading →

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 affairs. He is the author or editor of 20 books and more than 200 scholarly papers, specializing in international trade and finance. His current academic research is focused on economic and currency crises. Krugman also writes for a broader public … Continue reading →

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 of color. TYC has had a history of verbally and physically abusing these youth. Come hear recommendations and give your input on what needs to change! Refreshments provided. For info: 472.9921 or visit www.poder-texas.org / www.myspace.com/poder_austin_texas Sponsored by PODER and … Continue reading →

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 annual protest at the School of the Americas on November 16-18. For information visit http://soaw-austin.org Sunday and Monday, November 11 and 12 Sunday event at 1 pm at the Live Oak Unitarian Universalist Church, 3315 El Salido Pkwy

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 she witnessed on recent tours of Israel and the Occupied Territories. McGiffert recently returned from a three-month journey to Palestine, where she embarked on educational tours of both sides of the Separation Wall and volunteered with the International Women’s Peace … Continue reading →

Saturday and Sunday November 10-11, 10am-7pm, Dominican Joe Coffee Shop – 515 South Congress Ave. The American Friends Service Committee, Austin Office presents its annual Women and Fair Trade Sale and Fashion Show Come to our fourth annual Fair Trade Craft Sale. Just in time for the holidays, learn about fair trade and shop at the same time! Cooperatives comprised of women affected by globalization will come from all over the world to tell their stories and sell beautiful, handmade … Continue reading →

Friday, November 9, 6-9 p.m. Benefit for Student / Farmworker Alliance: Indy Short-Films, BK Brand-Busting, and Son Jarocho, MonkeyWrench Books, 110 E. North Loop. The Student/Farmworker Alliance will present a night of multimedia and culture in solidarity with Florida farm-workers. Recently returned Austinite, Brent Perdue, will screen short-films about the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and SFA produced during his time in Immokalee, Florida. Local youth from area high schools will break down Burger King’s branded image in an interactive presentation. … Continue reading →

Lions for Lambs, scheduled for release in the US on November 9, is not a documentary nor an art house film nor even a Michael Moore-style piece of agitprop. It is mainstream Hollywood, starring Tom Cruise, Meryl Streep and Robert Redford, who also directed it. It is one of about a dozen Hollywood films due for release or being made that deal with America divided, the national debate over Iraq and Afghanistan, and other consequences of 9/11. This is a … Continue reading →

Thursday, November 8 (9 p.m. – Midnight) Benefit for Community Radio in Mexico, Carousel Lounge, 1110 E. 52nd St. (52nd and Cameron Road). La Otra ATX is an Austin collective that participates in local organizing, as well as supporting struggles in Chiapas, Oaxaca, and other parts of Mexico. This benefit – with music from DJ Eye-One and Ocote Soul Sounds – is for a community radio station in Blanca Navidad, a squatted settlement outside of Nuevo Laredo. La Otra ATX … Continue reading →

Thursday, Nov. 8, 6:30 p.m., AFL-CIO Bldg., 1106 Lavaca Fighting to End Racial Profiling: Bringing Human Rights into the Struggle: The ACLU of Texas and its Central Texas chapter host a presentation and discussion on racial profiling and human rights with Rebecca Bernhardt, Interim Policy Director, ACLU-TX. Refreshments provided. http://www.aclutx.org