Wednesday, March 19: 6 p.m. in Shell Oil Auditorium in the Jones Graduate School of Management followed by a reception in Farnsworth Pavilion in the Rice Student Center. In 1967 Cleaver became the first female member of the Black Panther Party’s Central Committee. She served as the Panther’s Communications Secretary and spokesperson, eventually organizing the historic “Free Huey” campaign on behalf of Panther’s founder Huey P. Newton. Cleaver spent a large part of the early 1970s in exile in France, … Continue reading →

Tuesday March 18, 10:00 AM,

Monday – Saturday, March 17 – 23 WEEK OF ACTION AGAINST THE WAR AT TEXAS STATE U. With tables, displays, music and more on the LBJ Mall from 11 am – 1 pm. Featured event is a panel with veterans of the Iraq war speaking out. Plus a fundraiser party on Saturday. More details TBA. Sponsored by Campus Antiwar Movement to End the Occupation-TSU. More info: silas_hendit@yahoo.com

SATURDAY, MARCH 15th, from 1 to 8 pm, at The Rhizome Collective, 300 Allen St. (3 blocks east of Pleasant Valley and East 5th) come join us for a FREE non-SXSW event with: – 1 pm – Hypernova (from Tehran, Iran www.dartmusicinternational.org) – 2 pm – Wino Vino (gypsy folk from Austin) – 3 pm – Men Who Pause (from Dehli, India, www.dartmusicinternational.org) – 4 pm – Las Macinas Ocultas (experimental Proggressive music from Houston) – 5 pm -Zona Tango … Continue reading →

Saturday, March 15, 2008, 12:00pm-4:00pm Come One, Come All: bring your buckets, bells, and kazoos! Everyone Can Be An Instrument For Peace! Noon Rally at State Capitol 1:00 March to City Hall 1:30-4:00 Concert & Speakers http://instrumentsforpeace.org/

Saturday, March 15th, 11am-10pm at Parts and Labour (1604 S. Congress) Four on the Floor Party Benefiting MonkeyWrench Books MonkeyWrench Books would like to invite you to a FREE (but please tip your bartender!) show at Parts and Labour (1604 South Congress) this Saturday. Featuring free tamales from Fancy Pants Tamales and great bands from 11:00am-10:00pm. The schedule is as follows: Caitlin Rose (11:45am), The Mean Us (12:45pm), The Mediums (1pm), David Israel (1pm), The Nobility (2:30pm), Your 33 Black … Continue reading →

March 14, at 7pm, Enchanted Forest, Oltorf and Lamar 10th anniversary performance of The Vagina Monologues with playwright and V-Day founder Eve Ensler The global movement to stop violence against women and girls known as V-Day is a catalyst that promotes creative events to increase awareness, raise money, and revitalize the spirit of existing anti-violence organizations. V-Day generates broader attention for the fight to stop violence against women and girls, including rape, battery, incest, female genital mutilation and sexual slavery. … Continue reading →

March 14, 7 pm, Brave New Books, 1904 Guadalupe, Ste. B, downstairs Author and anti-war activist Mike Palecek tours with new books Sheldon, Iowa — From Tulsa to Denver, noted author and activist Mike Palecek hits the road this spring with two new books: Iowa Terror and Cost of Freedom: The Anthology of Peace and Activism. Described by Howard Zinn as a writer with “passion, wit,” and “a profound social conscience,” Palecek has been writing antiwar, political novels for over … Continue reading →

CDF’s Cradle to Prison Pipeline® TEXAS SUMMIT – Friday, March 14 A Black male born in 2001 has a 1 in 3 chance of going to prison in his lifetime, and a Latino male born in 2001 has a 1 in 6 risk of the same fate. Last year the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) released its report called the Cradle to Prison Pipeline® and initiated a campaign with the same name to generate a national effort to stop the funneling … Continue reading →

Thursday, March 13, 5:30 PM, Gather at 5:30 PM at 11th and Congress, in front of the gates to the Capitol We have been fighting for a new trial for Rodney Reed, an innocent man on Texas’ death row. Rodney’s case is at the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, which will hear oral arguments on the case next Wednesday. Join a march and protest calling for a NEW TRIAL FOR RODNEY REED! This protest is also part of the Anti-Death … Continue reading →

TWO SCREENINGS: (1) Thursday, March 13, 4 p.m., Paramount Theater, 713 Congress Avenue. + tickets available at the theater around 3 PM + www.bodyofwar.com (2) Fri, March 14, Landmark Dobie Theatre, 2025 Guadalupe Street in the Dobie Mall Q&A Both Nights with Donahue, Spiro, and Young “Best Documentary of the Year” – National Board of Review True Story of an Anti-War Hero From Austin Filmmaker Ellen Spiro and Phil Donahue “Soldiers voting for President Bush are like chickens voting for … Continue reading →

Wednesday, March 12, 7 p.m., Live Oak Unitarian Universalist Church, 3315 El Salido Pkwy, Cedar Park. This award-winning documentary, filmed in Tampa, Florida by Norwegian filmmaker Line Halvorsen, chronicles the effects of a terrorism trial on the family of the accused. The film will be presented by Friends of Human Rights, and followed by discussion.

Noon on March 12 at the Miraflores Restaurant, 1827 Mesa Drive, Austin,78759 Ann Wright will be speaking about her new book “Dissent: Voices of Conscience” to a group of retired US diplomats in Austin. Please email John Wood (jsw69intadv@ hotmail.com) if you wish to come to that talk. The lunch is $19.

Peace Organizations Plan Week of Actions for 5th Anniversary of Occupation of Iraq Numerous peace and justice organizations, including student groups taking advantage of Spring Break, are making plans for a week of actions from March 12th to 19th to mark the end of the fifth year of U.S. occupation in Iraq. Events will culminate in a national day of actions on March 19th, the fifth anniversary of the invasion. Congress members will be home on break, and activists hope … Continue reading →

Monday, March 10, 8 p.m., MonkeyWrench Books (110 East North Loop) (Peace without Justice), Film Screening and discussion with filmmaker Simon Sedillo Since the intervention of the Federal Prevention Police in Oaxaca City after the several month long popular uprising, the mass media and government have been saying that law and order has been restored in Oaxaca. “Paz Sin Justicia,” a 41 minute film by Simon Sedillo, examines what this peace looks like today, and what it really means for … Continue reading →

Monday, March 10th, time TBA, Hilton Austin, 500 East 4th Street, 78701 Whole Foods Shareholder Meeting — Save the Date! Join CIW & allies for education and action outside Whole Foods annual shareholder meeting. For more information, visit: http://sfa-atx.blogspot.com/ En solidaridad, Student/Farmworker Alliance – ATX

March 10 – 14 Students come to Austin for five days of anti-death penalty activism, education and entertainment. This is the place to be if you want to become a part of the next generation of human rights leaders. Participate in workshops led by experienced, knowledgeable presenters who will teach skills you can use. Events include: a workshop hosted by the Campaign to End the Death Penalty on “How to Debate the Death Penalty” (Tuesday at 2:30 PM) taught by … Continue reading →

Sunday, March 9, 5:30 p.m., Ruta Maya Coffeehouse, 3601 S. Congress Rodney Reed Documentary and Music Exhibition This special free screening of the SXSW 2006 documentary and musical performance is aimed at raising public awareness for the upcoming March 19th hearing for current Texas Death Row inmate Rodney Reed. On March 19th, at the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, Reed faces a crucial appeal hearing that could determine his fate. With the other suspect, whom Reed’s supporters point to as … Continue reading →

World Premier at the SXSW Film Festival, March 9, Sunday at 4:00 pm at The Paramount in Austin, TX . Without a wrist band, tickets are $10, no advance sales, no guarantees. In production for The Independent Film Channel…At the Death House Door is the story of the wrongful execution of Carlos DeLuna and the Death House Chaplain, Pastor Carroll Pickett, who spent the last day of DeLuna’s life with him. The feature documentary, currently in production, follows the remarkable … Continue reading →

The chapter has been on hiatus. Please help us resurrect it on Sunday, March 9 3-5 pm at Austin Theological Seminary, 100 E 27th. This is about 1 block north of UT. The Student Life building is just past the chapel on your right. Look for all the vehicles with peace signs. Hope to see you there. Call for questions (after 9 pm) 512-909-3139.

SXSW Film Festival World Premiere: March 9, 10 & 14, Austin Convention Center On Feb. 12, 2005, Sister Dorothy Stang, a Catholic nun from Dayton, Ohio, was shot six times and left to die on a muddy road in the Brazilian Amazon. Sister Dorothy was a member of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur. They Killed Sister Dorothy, a new feature-length documentary following the incredible events in the wake of Stang’s murder in Brazil, will premiere in competition at … Continue reading →

Saturday, March 8th, 9pm – 1:30am at the Rhizome Collective Son Armado (son veracruzano) Till’ We Die or Destroy (indy rock) Wino Vino (pirate gypsy) Las Krudas (Cuban feminist hip hop) Buscando el Monte (Cuban Conga Jazz) AND a slideshow from our latest bike caravan to Mexico! Please drop off donations to our shop at the Rhizome Collective, at 300 Allen St. before March 22nd. For more info: bikesacrossborders@riseup.net

KOOP Radio’s Woman’s Day Party 8 p.m., Mother Egan’s, 715 W. 6th St., Austin with Musical Guests Megan Tubb, Larissa Ness & Fine 15 Local Activist Marguerite Jones Vagina Monolgues Organizer Sascha Tunney & Circle of Health Representatives + Community Orgs & More $5 suggested donation ALSO Listen to RadioLadies’ Music & Herstory 9 a.m. – 10 p.m. on 91.7 f.m. Brought to you in part by these generous sponsors: Planned Parenthood of the Texas Capitol Region CodePink Austin – … Continue reading →

Roma to Brownsville, March 8 – 16 See story

Friday, March 7, 7pm, Resistencia Bookstore, casa de Red Salmon Arts, 1801-A South First St. Red Salmon Arts presents Café Libro, a bi-monthy open mike series. To inaugurate the first Café Libro of 2008, and in memoriam of our elder/revolutionary poet raulrsalinas, Café Libro will host an Open Mike featuring womyn’s voices honoring his legacy. Hosted by Carole Metellus. Please come lend your poetic prose, your sonorous voices, your musical intstrument, and your dance steps to the celebration of raul’s … Continue reading →