Friday, July 31, 6-9 pm, at Maria’s Taco Xpress, 2529 S. Lamar Blvd FEED THE BLOGGER : Thorne Dreyer Birthday Bash and Rag Blog Fundraiser. The Rag Blog, the Austin-based progressive internet magazine, is having a fundraising event that doubles as a birthday party for co-editor Thorne Dreyer. There will be live music and a cash bar. Everyone is welcome but donations are encouraged. The Rag Blog is published by the New Journalism Project, a Texas non-profit corporation, and donations … Continue reading →

Friday at 4:20 p.m., At IH-35 Overpass on 11th and 12th Street Texas Hemp Campaign – Who Needs A Bailout Demonstration: Pro-Hemp forces are gaining strength every day, but this fight will not be easy to win. More than sixty years of lies and deception have done their job. We can and will overturn Hemp Prohibition, so remember that you are working for something historic in its implications for the Earth and the human race, and Truth and Time are … Continue reading →

Wednesday, July 29, 7:00 PM, Carver Library, Rosewood & Angelina PLANNING MEETING FOR UPCOMING ANNUAL MARCH TO STOP EXECUTIONS The March to Stop Executions has been held each October since 2000 in cooperation with several Texas and national anti-death penalty organizations. It is a coming together of activists, family members of those on death row, community leaders, exonerated prisoners and all those calling for abolition. This year’s march is slated for Saturday, October 24 in Austin. Join a planning meeting … Continue reading →

Wednesday, July 29, 7 pm, BookPeople, 603 N. Lamar Blvd. Robert Jensen, Reading from: “All My Bones Shake: Seeking a Progressive Path to the Prophetic Voice” — Robert Jensen, a longtime activist fighting for women’s rights, racial equality, and global justice, reveals with this book the emotional journey that brought him back to the church after an entire adulthood of religious indifference. Our world is perched on the verge of chaos, he warns. As political, economic, cultural, and ecological crises … Continue reading →

July 27th, 7:00 PM, Georgetown Public Library, Hewlett Room, 402 West 8th, Georgetown Please join us at a screening of The Least of These, a remarkable new documentary on immigration that premiered at the South by Southwest (SXSW) film festival this March in Austin, Texas. By telling the poignant and powerful stories of imprisoned immigrants and their American advocates, it draws attention to one of the most controversial aspects of U.S. immigration policy: family detention. The Least of These provides … Continue reading →

Sunday, July 26th 6-8pm, NeWorlDeli 4100 Guadalupe The Melancholy Ramblers play a special benefit show for Under the Hood!! Under the Hood Outreach Center and Café is located near the gates of Fort Hood, the largest military base in the U.S. It is a safe haven for Fort Hood GIs and their families to socialize, speak freely, and access resources. Under the Hood is a project of the Fort Hood Support Network, a non-profit corporation with 501(c) (3) status. Suggested … Continue reading →

8:00pm, Saturday the 25th of July, Begins at City Hall, march on First Street bridge towards Auditorium Shores In solidarity with the Iranian people’s Green Movement and condemning the widespread electoral fraud, the merciless repression of the popular protests, and the illegal arrest and torture of hundreds of citizens and activists in Iran, we ask the citizens of Texas to give the freedom-loving people of Iran their moral support and unite with the other 104 cities worldwide for Iranians and … Continue reading →

6pm – 10pm Saturday July 25, 2009, @ Space12, 3121 E. 12th St. Ave. Young Scholars for Justice (YSJ) & Save Our Youth (SOY) present Summer Jam Session: Benefit Show featuring local hip hop youth projects: The Cipher We treat music as a portal for authentic & empowered hip-hop highlighting both struggle and strength. & Public Offenders Poverty United Building Love in Inner Cities Our Future For Every Nation Does Effect Reality Situations We strive to educate and unite people … Continue reading →

Monday, July 20, 7:00 – 8:30 PM, Carver Branch Library, 1611 Angelina ORGANIZING MEETING: MOBILIZE FOR NATIONAL MARCH FOR LGBT EQUALITY — the weekend of October 10-11 will see a national march in Washington for LGBT Equality. Austin must show up in force! Help organize buses from Austin and help us bring others on board! We need everyone who wants to support this march to be at the meeting to plan our part of it. This will be the march … Continue reading →

7:30pm Friday, July 17, 2009,  Resistencia Bookstore, casa de Red Salmon Arts, 1801-A South First St. Come join us as the traveling caravan of Pastors and assistant citizen volunteers arrive in Austin to speak at Resistencia Bookstore about the Caravan to Cuba. There will be a short reception after the meeting for those who gather. All are encouraged to attend, and are welcome to contribute to those efforts by your presence and donations. Needed items include: Financial donations. Donations are tax deductible. … Continue reading →

Tuesday, July 14, 6:30 – 8:00 PM, Location: Mexican American Cultural Center, 600 River St. (RSVP to Maribel at maribel@workersdefense.org or (512) 391-2305) Sponsored by Workers Defense Project BUILD A BETTER AUSTIN: CELEBRATE AUSTIN CONSTRUCTION WORKERS. Learn about construction working conditions in Austin! Build a Better Austin is a family-oriented event that provides the community with an interactive opportunity to learn more about the results of Workers Defense Project’s study on working conditions in Austin’s construction industry and how you … Continue reading →

Yes… it’s an all female team this year… and how very fitting, in a season dedicated to the memory of Texas Youth Word Collective’s Co-Founder, Shannon Leigh. Also fitting is the return to Chicago, where Shannon served as Team Captain of the Inaugural Austin Youth Poetry Slam Team in 2003 and continued on to become one of the leading spoken word artists in the country. The rest is history! Please help us continue the dream! July 10th, 8 pm, Old … Continue reading →

7pm Friday July 10, 2009, Resistencia Bookstore, casa de Red Salmon Arts, 1801-A South First St., Before she takes off to Minneapolis, Minnesota join us for… ON THE MOVE: an evening of Readings, Celebration and Music featuring Virginia Grise with guest Barbara Renaud Gonalez & music by Alexandro Hernández. Virginia Grise will read excerpts from new work, including her play blu (winner of the Kennedy Center and Kendeda Award for playwrighting). She will also give us a sneak peak of … Continue reading →

8:30pm on Wednesday, July 9th, Congress Bridge on Lady Bird Lake (Bats Bridge), parking: Austin American Statesman parking lot Int’l scroll signing and candlelight vigil, sponsored by Austin for Iran http://www.austinforiran.org July 9, 1999 saw the first widespread and violent public protests in Iran, since the early years of the Iranian Revolution. Moussavi’s coalition has promised a nationwide commemoration of that event this coming Thursday. In many ways, the 1999 crackdown set the background to the uprising we are witnessing … Continue reading →

Thursday, July 9, 7:00 PM, UT Campus, Parlin 306 Iranian society is experiencing its greatest upheaval since the 1979 revolution. What began as anger over election fraud exploded into protests of millions of people in the streets of Iran’s cities, animated by social and economic grievances and raising the possibility of revolutionary change. Come to a forum for presentations and open discussion on the background to the election crisis and the protests — and where the situation might be heading. … Continue reading →

Tuesday, July 7, 4:00 PM RESPECT ON THE RIVERWALK: RALLY FOR HOTEL WORKERS UNION RECOGNITION Join the UNITE HERE union members at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in bringing respect and dignity to the workers on the Riverwalk. UNITE HERE had won a card check campaign to represent workers at the Grand Hyatt — the largest non-union Hyatt in the country) over a month ago but are now facing a hard-fought battle for recognition over their union. Your support is essential … Continue reading →

July 6, 2009, 6pm-8pm, City Hall Council Chambers, 301 W. Second Street,1st Floor Office of the Police Monitor, Regular Monthly Meeting, Public Input Agenda. The Public meeting will be held at City Hall Council Chambers at 6:00 p.m. The following is the agenda: 1) 2008-1589 Complainant alleges discrimination and retaliation. 2) 2009-0240 Complainant questions APD investigative procedures. 3) 2009-0318 Complainant alleges that officers failed to conduct an investigation and file charges. 4) Community Policing Issues Complainants/Citizens may address the Citizen … Continue reading →

Thursday, July 2, 2009, 6:00pm – 8:30pm, Southwest Key Community Center, 6002 Jain Lane (close to Johnston High School) PODER’S YOUNG SCHOLARS FOR JUSTICE INVITE YOU TO THEIR END OF SUMMER PROGRAM GRADUATION!! FOOD & REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED This is a last-minute invite, but if you would like to see what the Young Scholars for Justice have been up to, please feel free to attend our 2009 graduation for this year’s youth. They have been ABSOLUTELY AMAZING and have … Continue reading →

Thursday, July 2, 1:00 PM, Bexar County Court House, 300 Dolorosa, Downtown San Antonio, TX Join march / prayerwalk to demand justice for Reginald Blanton, and innocent man on Texas’ death row. Reginald was wrongly convicted of murdering his friend, but his innocence claims were barred from ever being heard. His case is one riddled with injustices. Reginald’s court appointed attorney refused to represent his legal interest; he did not have any of his peers on the jury; and his … Continue reading →

7:30 PM on Wednesday, July 1st, corner of 6th and Lamar (in front of Waterloo records) Green balloon demonstration in solidarity with the Iranian people. In light of the Iranian peoples’ persistence and continuing defiance against the election fraud committed on June 12th 2009, Please, join us 7:30PM Wednesday July 1st on the corner of 6th and Lamar (in front of Waterloo records) where we will be holding a demonstration to show our support for the Iranian people. The action … Continue reading →