Ruta Maya 3601 S. Congress ( Behind Opal Divine’s ) 7:00 Potluck – ( Bring Food Only ) 9:30 Dance- Live Rock and Roll Cover Band til 2 a. m. when we Fall Back one hour ! Note: This party is NOT at Leighton’s house!! ! Larger dance floor @ Ruta – Same Friendly, Interesting People. Wonderful Costumes. Open to the public – invite your friends.Forward this emai. One Night Only ! Saturday Oct 31st. Wear your best costume. Invite … Continue reading →

Saturday, October 31, 2009 — 2:00 – 3:00 — Capitol Extension Room E2.028 CodePink co-founder Diane Wilson will take part in a panel discussion this Saturday, October 31st at the Texas Book Festival. Here is a bit about the panel from the festival website: My Most Unforgettable Character: Me with Nadine Eckhardt, Diana Welch, and Diane Wilson Writing about yourself when someone is actually going to read your writing is trickier than it may seem. Which aspects of your life … Continue reading →

As the Obama Administration, military planners and Congress debate the future conduct of the war in Afghanistan, the Dallas Peace Center will mark the beginning of the ninth year of the war with vigils at Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison’s North Texas office every Saturday in the month of October. The vigils will call on Obama to reconsider policies that have cost more than 1000 Afghan civilian and more than 200 U.S lives in 2009 alone. Since October 2001, when the … Continue reading →

OCT 31 – NOV 3: THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement (NACOLE) invites you to the Fifteenth Annual Conference (2009), an opportunity for community members, civilian oversight practitioners, government and law enforcement officials to dialogue and exchange information about policing and civilian oversight of law enforcement. NACOLE encourages you to participate in the dialogue with the growing community of individuals effecting change in policing and oversight. Please visit www.nacole.org or call the … Continue reading →

Thursday, October 29, All tickets are Orchestra Level and start at $14. The talk will begin at 7:30 pm in the Cullen Theater at the Wortham Center. PROGRESSIVE FORUM: Climatologist Dr. James Hansen will be in Houston to deliver a presentation titled, “Threat to the Planet, Implications for Intergenerational Justice.” James Hansen was the first to create broad awareness of global warming in his Congressional testimonies in the 1980s. His recent research has made the public aware that the climate … Continue reading →

7pm Thursday October 29, 2009, Resistencia Bookstore, 1801-A South First St., 416-8885 Red Salmon Arts presents a performance reading of Chicana Lives and Criminal Justice: Voices from El Barrio featuring Vicki Grise, Lilia Rosas, and other Xicana artist/activists. Drawing on Dr. Díaz-Cotto’s research, performance artist Vicki Grise, historian Lilia Rosas, and other Xicana artist/activists will breathe life into the oral histories in Chicana Lives, crafting a riveting performance from the life histories of incarcerated Chicanas. Juanita Díaz-Cotto is the director … Continue reading →

Wednesday, October 28, 6:00 PM, UT campus, Texas Union Theater “American Radical” is a documentary portrait of academic and activist Norman Finkelstein. A devoted son of Holocaust survivors, ardent critic of Israeli and US policies, and author of The Holocaust Industry and Beyond Chutzpah, Finkelstein has been at the center of many intractable controversies. Called a lunatic and a self-hating Jew by some, and an inspirational revolutionary by others, Finkelstein is a polarizing figure whose struggles arise from core questions … Continue reading →

Dear Friends, As you know, our Rejecting Violence, Imagining Alternatives community conversation series will be holding its final session Wednesday, October 28 from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. at the Rev. Marvin C. Griffin Building, 1009 East 11th Street. Cosponsors for the event include the Texas Inmate Family Association, Texas Jail Project, allgo: A queer people of color organization, La Voz de Austin, Texas Civil Rights Project, and at the University of Texas, the Center for Mexican American Studies (CMAS), the … Continue reading →

Tuesday and Wednesday, October 27 and 28, 5:15 PM: UT campus, Tuesday meeting in Texas Union building, Chicano Culture room 4.206; Wednesday meeting in RLM 7.112 UT administrators are slashing the jobs of instructors and staff workers in colleges and departments across the campus. There is, however, no great budget crisis at UT that would mandate such cuts. Nevertheless, the administration is pressing forward with what is described by the Chief Financial Officer as a “new business model” — refashioning … Continue reading →

The Bus Riders Union will present our plan at the monthly Capital Metro Board of Directors meeting on October 28, 2009 at 4PM at Metro HQ (5th & Pleasant Valley) The Bus Riders Union-ATX proudly announces the release of our plan for a transit grid bus route system for Austin, Texas. The Bus Riders Union-ATX is a collective of bus riders organized to push for a better, more accessible transit system in Austin, Texas. In 2008 we proposed a fare … Continue reading →

6:30pm Tuesday October 27, 2009, UT Austin Community Engagement Center, 1009 E. 11th St. Red Salmon Arts presents: Chicana Lives and Criminal Justice: Voices from El Barrio: Lecture, Book Signing, & Performance with scholar/activist Juanita Díaz-Cotto (Director of the Latin American and Caribbean Area Studies Program at SUNY-Binghamton) This first comprehensive study of Chicanas encountering the U.S. criminal justice system is set within the context of the international war on drugs as witnessed at street level in Chicana/o barrios. Chicana … Continue reading →

Reginald Blanton, in his final words, thanked his supporters, told his victim’s family that he understood their pain and decried the drugs used to put him to death. Blanton was condemned to die for the robbery and shooting death of his acquaintance Carlos Garza, 22. “Believe me, I shed plenty of tears behind Carlos,” he said, looking towards five of Garza’s relatives, including the victim’s mother. “Carlos was my friend.” Irene Garza cried the moment she looked at Blanton strapped … Continue reading →

Saturday, October 24, 2:00 – 5:00 PM, Gather at 2 pm at the southside steps Texas State Capitol Building. MAKING THE DEATH PENALTY HISTORY: The March to Abolish the Death Penalty 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. Each year, people from all walks of life … Continue reading →

Sunday, October 18, 11am, Café Caffeine, 909 W. Mary, Austin Please join CodePink Austin as we welcome Medea Benjamin, co-founder of CodePink and Global Exchange. Medea recently traveled to Afghanistan with a CodePink led delegation. She will speak about the realities of the U.S. occupation, especially as it relates to the daily lives of Afghan women. Medea Benjamin and Jodie Evans were in Kabul for ten days; they spoke with journalists, doctors, activists, NGOs, members of government and average Afghan … Continue reading →

Saturday, October 17th, 2009, 7 pm, The Independent 501 Studios, 501 Brushy Street They Speak Youth Poetry Slam Presented by the Texas Youth Word Collective. Finally, after a summer of sweltering heat and a September that saw both the start of school and some heat and humidity that had us all confused, the air is crisp, the wind is blowing and it is time to enjoy all of the benefits that fall has to offer. On of those benefits is … Continue reading →

Oct 17, 2009, 3-6 pm Rally at City Hall UPDATE: From 2:30 to 3:00 p.m., come join us for a teach-in on Afghanistan. Also from 2:30 to 3:00, we’ll have children’s sign-making activities. Sign-making materials will be provided. The rally will begin at 3:00 p.m. www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=74986729956 Texans will rally on the 8th anniversary of the invasion and occupations of Afghanistan/Iraq to challenge the government to end those wars and focus on national priorities such as healthcare and the economy. The … Continue reading →

On Friday, October 16, two dynamic personalities will come together on the SMU campus to participate in “A Humanitarian Forum on Gaza.” Both are committed to bringing to the Western world the truth about conditions in the Middle East. One is a veteran organizer, dedicated to direct action in order to impress her message on those in power. The other works through academia and conventional media outlets to help Westerners better understand the Middle East. Medea Benjamin is co-founder of … Continue reading →

Friday, October 16, 7 pm, First Unitarian Universalist Church, Howson Hall, 4700 Grover Ave., Austin 78756 Interfaith Community for Palestinian Rights is hosting a screening of “Encounter Point,” a documentary film which follows a former Israeli settler, a Palestinian ex-prisoner, a bereaved Israeli mother and a wounded Palestinian bereaved brother who risk their lives and public standing to promote a nonviolent end to the area’s conflict. This riveting documentary is guardedly optimistic with its message of hope through peace and … Continue reading →

Thursday, October 15, 7:00 PM, UT Campus, Parlin 201 STUDY GROUP: We’ll be discussing the book Black Liberation and Socialism (Ahmed Shawki, Haymarket Books 2005), a sharp and insightful analysis of historic movements against racism in the United States — from the militancy of Malcolm X and the Black Panther Party, to the eloquence of Martin Luther King Jr., and much more — with essential lessons for today’s struggles. We’ll be focusing on the latter half of the book, which … Continue reading →

Wednesday, October 14, 6:30 – 9:00 PM, Mercury Hall, 615 Cardinal Ln. Celebrate the PDL’s seventh anniversary with a silent auction, food, and live music. This years honoree is Tate-Austin-Hahn for their generous help in producing our groundbreaking study “Building Austin, Building Injustice.” Tickets are $25 per person. To learn how to be a sponsor in the event program or reserve your ticket, please call 391- 2305 or email maribel@workersdefense.org

Sunday Oct. 11, 6- 8 PM, Jovita’s, 1619 South First St. Free show, featuring Daniel Llanes with vocalists Carmen Llanes & Saffron Parten. Come have dinner and enjoy our offerings. www.earthculturedancer.com

October 11th: KUT cut the schedules of longtime legendary DJs Larry Monroe and Paul Ray. Twang Dang Doodle is a 3-venue bash to raise funds and energy for the fight to save our DJs. The lineup is outstanding. Get tickets at saveKUTAustin.com Antones 7 to 7:30 Trio del Rio 7:40 to 8:10 Van Wilks 8:20 to 8:50 Bruce Robison 9 to 9:40 James Cotton, Malford Milligan w/Chris Layton, Derek O’Brien, Roscoe Beck and Riley Osborne and special guest Toni price … Continue reading →

Sunday, October 11, 12:15 pm, St. Andrew’s Presbyterian, 14311 Wells Port Dr., Austin, 78728 St. Andrew’s Fall 2009 Film Series: “The Corporation” – Part 2: Corporate Control: The Land and Our Minds. Is the current crisis of capitalism a temporary problem or do we face more fundamental flaws in our economic system? The documentary film “The Corporation” investigates that question through a detailed examination of that institution that structures contemporary economic life. Provoking, witty, stylish and sweepingly informative, “The Corporation” … Continue reading →

Saturday, October 10, 2 – 5:30 pm, 1143 Northwestern Avenue ChannelAustin, a non-profit contracted by the City of Austin, is hosting a celebration of their upgraded digital HD media center with digital fusion fest. Bands and spoken word artists will perform and their will be opportunities for newcomers to learn how to begin producing, airing, and distributing their own media. Kids activities include free videos workshops all day, a moonbounce, clowns, and fire truck tours. Information at www.digitalfusionfest.org

October 10, 2009, 2-4 pm, Columbus Park, W Martin/San Saba, San Antonio Human Rights March: This event promotes Indigenous Human Rights through awareness of indigenous identity. Indigenous peoples ancestral land rights an issue when indigenous populations from South,Central America & Mexico(North ) America have their Indigenous identity negated by nationality. Hispanicised Indians have the right to cross this continent at will in search of better living standards. No to I.C.E. Raids, Detention Centers, Denial of Education, Medical , No to … Continue reading →