Wednesday, August 5, 8:00 PM, MonkeyWrench Books, 110 E. North Loop Blvd. Jonathan Demme’s “The Agronomist” tracks the life and work of Jean Dominique of Haiti, who studied agronomy before starting the radio station Haiti Inter in the 1960s. While the station was attacked and shut down several times by the Duvaliers and later military governments, Dominique, joined by his wife, always returned to broadcast again with the same courageous and critical tone.

We are calling for a Town Hall Meeting for August 5th, at 7:00 p.m. at Threadgills South, 301 W. Riverside Dr. in the Beer Garden to discuss what actions we may need to take to restore Paul and Larry fully on our radio station. Please come help us return KUT to the public that owns it. * * * * From: Cleve Hattersley cleveandmary@austin.rr.com Subject: Urgent – Help Save Austin’s Community Public Radio! Urgent! Date: Thursday, July 23, 2009, 9:26 … Continue reading →

Victor Agosto, who has refused all orders related to deployment to Afghanistan is preparing to be court-martialed on Wednesday morning, Aug. 5. Supporters plan to rally near the East gate of Fort Hood that evening at 7pm. Please consider joining us to show your support for Victor’s courageous actions. Below is a press release written by an IVAW member at Fort Hood. Visit Under the Hood’s website for a Killeen map. The rally site is at the corner of Ft. … Continue reading →

August 3, 8:00 PM, MonkeyWrench Books, 110 E. North Loop Si Kahn, musician, social justice organizer, author, speaker and the founder and executive director of Grassroots Leadership will perform a concert benefiting Grassroots Leadership’s Campaign to End Immigrant Family Detention. Si has worked for over 40 years as a civil rights, labor and community organizer. His songs of family, community, work and freedom have been recorded by many artists. A $7-$10 suggested donation will be collected at the door, though … Continue reading →

Monday, August 3, 7:00 PM, Terrazas branch library, 1105 E. Cesar Chavez 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 of … Continue reading →