Saturday March 28, 2009, 9pm Resistencia Bookstore, casa de Red Salmon Arts, 1801-A South First St.  We invite you to a forum for progressive artist/activists: A series of experiments in jazz music, dance, spoken word, & cinema. This session will feature award-winning author & artist/activist sharon bridgforth. Rooted in the tradition of improvisation, revolution, and blues, Conjure is a sovereign site for artistic/exploratory/spiritual collaboration, expression, and rejuvenation. Each jam session will highlight the “Afrological improvised music” of the 3 Jazz … Continue reading →

Saturday March 28, 2009, Cesar E. Chavez “Si Se Puede!” March and Rally 9:30 am – Assembly and Opening Blessing @ Pan Am Rec Center / 2100 E. 3rd St. 10 am – March begins / Ends at the Mexican American Cultural Center / 600 River Street 11 am – 1 pm – Speakers, Poetry, Music and Dance at Mexican American Culture Center Cesar E. Chavez is one of the most important leaders of the 20th century. His legacy of … Continue reading →

2009 ReEnergize Texas Summit: March 28-30, Huston-Tillotson University, Austin, TX Hundreds of youth from across Texas are descending on Austin to learn, network and act to make Texas a leader in clean and just energy, green jobs creation and climate solutions. Register today: www.ReEnergizeTexas.org The first two days of ReEnergize Texas includes an inspiring and informative array of speakers, workshops, skills trainings and networking sessions (see below) providing solutions that tackle economic failure, environmental and social injustice and climate change. … Continue reading →

Thursday, March 26, 12:00 – 2:00 PM, UT West Mall Originally conceived as a protest of the “Israel Block Party” at UT, a day of action is being planned to call attention to the ethnic cleansing of Palestine since the 1948 Nakba (catastrophe) — the founding of the state of Israel and the dispossession of the people of Palestine. The day’s events feature a mock Refugee Procession. See link below for details. Sponsored by the Palestine Solidarity Committee On Facebook

Wednesday, March 25, 7:00 PM, ACC-Rio Grande campus (W. 13th & Rio Grande), Annex Bldg. room A259 ISO PUBLIC FORUM: UNEMPLOYMENT, DEBT, AND TUITION HIKES: WHERE’S OUR BAILOUT? With each passing day, we hear about and experience more and more bad news about the economy. The U.S. has lost 3.6 million jobs over the last year, and almost 600,000 in the month of January alone. As the economy sours, workers find themselves buried under mortgage and other debt, increasing the … Continue reading →

Wednesday, March 25, 7:00 PM, UTC building (just west of PCL library), room 2.112A Protest John Ashcroft, Former US Attorney General under George W. Bush! Ashcroft’s appearance is sponsored by the College Republicans and the Young Conservatives of Texas. Before leaving the office after four long years, he was instrumental in the passage of the PATRIOT Act and the legitimization of the use of torture. The recent election has shown that the American public is fed up with the infringement … Continue reading →

Tuesday, March 24, 7 p.m., UT campus, Flawn Academic Center auditorium (FAC 21) “Beyond the Walls: The Battle for Iraq’s Future” – a screening and discussion with Rick Rowley, Big Noise Films. Though U.S. news media have reduced their coverage of the U.S. occupation of Iraq, understanding the conflict is as crucial as ever for U.S. citizens. Independent media such as Big Noise Films help fill that gap. Filmmaker Rick Rowley will screen three short films that originally aired on … Continue reading →

Tuesday March 24 at the Texas Capitol Every Texas legislative session since 2003, the anti-death penalty community in Texas has rallied at the Texas capitol to lobby legislators to end the death penalty. In 2009, there have already been several bills filed that we will be lobbying in favor, including a bill to end the death penalty under the Law of Parties, an abolition bill, a death penalty study commission and moratorium on executions bill, and other issues. Activities begin … Continue reading →

Mon., March 23, 2009, 7pm Resistencia Bookstore, casa de Red Salmon Arts, 1801-A South First St. Red Salmon Arts and Indy Media (Houston) present Beyond the Walls: The Battle for Iraq’s Future: a film screening and discussion with special guest Rick Rowley of Big Noise Film. We have elected a new president, but the war in Iraq is not over, hundreds of thousands of our troops and contractors are still on the ground, and Iraq is still occupied and in ruins. … Continue reading →

Sunday, March 22 (1 to 3 p.m.), First Unitarian Universalist Church, Howson Hall, 4700 Grover, Austin PEOPLE’S FORUM with candidates for Mayor and City Council: Wondering why your property taxes rise but your quality of life goes down? Concerned about the shrinking economy? Bothered about rampant growth and it’s threat on our environment? Got questions for the next mayor of Austin and the candidates for City Council? EVERYONE WELCOME. EVERYONE INVITED. Austin is at a turning point. Your future is … Continue reading →

Saturday, March 21, 2009, Capitol Be an instrument for peace! Noon-1, Texas State Capitol: Musical Rally On The Grounds 1-1:45, March and Play Through Downtown Austin with Grand Marshall Wavy Gravy 1:45-4:00, City Hall: Musical Rally for Citizen Action featuring Carolyn Wonderland, Shelley King, & Guy Forsyth millionmusiciansmarch.com/ Endorsing Organizations : Austin Center for Peace and Justice, IconMedia.Org, VoteRescue , CodePink – Austin, Non-Military Options for Youth, Happy Living with Justice , Torture Is Wrong , Texas Labor Against the … Continue reading →

7pm Friday March 20, 2009, Resistencia Bookstore, casa de Red Salmon Arts, 1801-A South First St. (512-416-8885) Red Salmon Arts presents Cafe Libro, a bi-monthy open mike series, featuring activist/writer Samiya Bashir. Samiya’s collection of poetry, Where the Apple Falls, was a finalist for the 2005 Lambda Literary Award. Samiya’s newest book of poetry, Gospel, is forthcoming in March 2009 from RedBone Press. Bashir is the editor of two groundbreaking anthologies: Best Black Women’s Erotica 2 and co-editor, with Tony … Continue reading →

Friday, March 20, 5pm, 11th and Congress in front of the Capitol As we begin the seventh year of the U.S. occupation in Iraq, we must continue to demonstrate to the public and to our elected officials that we want an end to the death and destruction; that we want our troops home now; and that we want our tax dollars directed toward human needs. We will mark the 6th anniversary of the invasion with a solemn visual display. Code … Continue reading →

Friday the 13th, 5-7 p.m., Maria’s Taco Xpress Friends of The Rag Blog (and friends of friends of The Rag Blog): HAPPY HOUR! Leann Atherton performs outside starting at 7.

Wednesday, March 11, 7:00 PM, ACC-Rio Grande campus (W. 13th & Rio Grande), Annex Bldg. room A259 ISO PUBLIC FORUM: UNEMPLOYMENT, DEBT, AND TUITION HIKES: WHERE’S *OUR* BAILOUT? With each passing day, we hear about and experience more and more bad news about the economy. The U.S. has lost 3.6 million jobs over the last year, and almost 600,000 in the month of January alone. As the economy sours, workers find themselves buried under mortgage and other debt, increasing the … Continue reading →

Execution Vigil, March 11, 2009, 5:30 – 6:30 pm, 11th and Congress (in front of Capitol) Also see: KPFT Execution Watch

Execution Vigil, March 10, 2009, 5:30-6:30 pm, 11th St. and Congress (in front of Capitol)

Texas State Capitol. Tuesday, March 10, 2009, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM Please join the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty for our first-ever lobby day! We will gather in the Members Lounge at the State Capitol (Room E2.1002) from 10:00 to 11:30 AM for a training session on House Bill 682, a bill to abolish the death penalty in Texas. After lunch (on your own), participants will meet with their legislators and/or the appropriate staff person. TCADP will … Continue reading →

Join the “Vigil to Free the Families” at the T. Don Hutto detention center this Saturday, March 7th, from 11am-1pm. Immigrant family detention has been made infamous at the Hutto detention center, a private prison operated by Corrections Corporation of America which incarcerates 130 children from birth to age 17 along with their parents. To commemorate International Women’s Day, Grassroots Leadership and other groups from Texas will join the University of Houston Students for a Democratic Society to take a … Continue reading →

6:30pm – 8:30pm Friday March 6, 2009, Resistencia Bookstore, casa de Red Salmon Arts, 1801-A South First St. PODER, Alma de Mujer, and Red Salmon Arts invite you to a Cafe Libro in honor of International Women’s Day. This year, we are honoring women in our lives who have transitioned into the spirit world. The Xicana Chronicles Writing group will open up the evening with spoken word. As a newly formed writing group, Xicana Chronicles was started by a group … Continue reading →

March 5 – 8, Thursday/Friday/Saturday performance at 8pm, Sunday Matinee at 2pm, Santa Cruz Center for Culture, 1805 East Seventh Street (@ Chicon) Don’t miss this one weekend engagement from Aztlan Dance Co. TICKETS: General Admission $13 adults, $10 student/senior/child Tickets available through AUSTIX @ 474-TIXS (8497) www.nowplayingaustin.com CONTACT: admin@aztlandance.com

Execution Vigil, March 4, 2009, 5:30-6:30, 11th St. and Congress (in front of Capitol) AG Summary “I never thought I was retarded,” Morris said last week on death row. “People have said I was. When I went to court, they said I was mentally slow.”–AP 2003

Tuesday, March 3rd, 6pm, UT Austin, Flawn Academic Center (FAC) 21 Facebook Event The Necessity of Action in the Academy and Everyday Life Agenda will include Dr. Shannon Speed, Professor of Anthropology, on Activism and the Academy, Joe Carr, on nonviolent direction action in Palestine, and Ben Snyder on the Boycott Divestment Sanction (BDS) campaign. Following the talks, we will have a WORK PARTY, with tables on: How to Speak to the Media and craft Op-Eds, How to be peace … Continue reading →

“I just played the hand that life dealt me,” Pondexter said in his last statement. “Look at my life and learn from it. I am very remorseful about what I did. I apologize.”

Tuesday, March 3, 7:00 p.m., Rothko Chapel, 1409 Sul Ross, Houston Iraq and Beyond: The Real Story. The independent journalist Dahr Jamail, who has reported from the Middle East for the last five years, will speak about the war in Iraq, the current situation in that region of the world, and the implications for human rights. As well as writing for the Inter Press Service, and Le Monde Diplomatique, among others, Jamail reports on radio for Democracy Now!, and has … Continue reading →