Thursday, Feb. 7: 7 PM, Poppa Rollo’s Pizza/Outback Room, 703 N. Valley Mills Dr, Waco (Complimentary Pizza) Story of Media Spin: How Americans came to underestimate civilian deaths in Iraq by a factor of 100 A Presentation by Les Roberts, PhD, Epidemiologist, Associate Professor, Columbia University * Professor Roberts is the lead author of the 2006 Lancet medical journal study which shook the world, revealing 655,000 Iraqis had died as a result of the U.S. occupation. * His study was … Continue reading →

Friends & allies: Student/Farmworker Alliance – ATX is very proud to host the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) in Austin, Texas from February 7-10, 2008. Please review the schedule below and join us for what promises to be a memorable weekend. In the meantime, don’t miss this strong endorsement from the Editoria Board of the Austin-American Statesman, “Penny pinchers won’t let tomato pickers have it their way” (1/1/08) For more information on the CIW, see the end of this message … Continue reading →

5pm February 5: Alan Pogue, will be at The Twig Bookstore to sign and talk about his new book, Witness for Justice: The Documentary Photographs of Alan Pogue. The Twig is at , 5005 Broadway San Antonio, TX 78209; Tel: 210-826-6411. This book offers a comprehensive visual survey of Alan Pogues’s documentary photography. It opens with images of social protests of the 1960s and early 1970s. Following these are images that record the often hash conditions of farm workers, immigrants, … Continue reading →

Monday, February 4th, 6pm, Gene’s Po Boys, 1209 E. 11th St. (at the Rosewood “Y”, parking behind building) Texas Moratorium Network & ACLU-TX Central TX Chapter invite all interested members of the community to a PUBLIC FORUM with CANDIDATES for TRAVIS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY There are four candidates – all in the Democrat primary – running to replace Ronnie Earle, generally a well-received prosecutor, even a hero to some, especially for the Public Integrity Unit’s indictment of Tom Delay. But … Continue reading →

time TBA — Saturday, February 2, MARCH AND RALLY RODNEY REED IS AN INNOCENT MAN! Rodney Reed is an innocent man sitting on Texas’ death row, the victim of a police and judicial corruption in Bastrop. With his appeal being heard on February 6 at the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, and new revelations emerging about the Bastrop and Gidding police involved in the case, the time is now to raise our voices and say: Rodney Reed is innocent! A … Continue reading →

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