Saturday, October 10th, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Ruta Maya Import Company, 3601 S. Congress Ave. On October 10th, there will be hand-counted paper ballot Delegate Elections across the country for the 2009 Continental Congress. Texas will have EIGHT “Voting Centers”!!! (Amarillo, Austin, Plano, Farmers Branch, Lubbock, McQueeney, Texas City, and Tyler!) VoteRescue is proud to have been the organizer of this election, and Karen Renick and I co-authored the Election Handbook being used as the protocol to run these … Continue reading →

Friday, October 9, 6 pm, University of Texas at Austin, Welch Hall (WEL 2.224) “The Future of Food: Science and Politics of Corporate Farming” – a talk by Devinder Sharma. Devinder Sharma, an award-winning Indian journalist and researcher, will speak about the global food crisis of 2008, which led to increased food prices, decreased availability and widespread social and political unrest, particularly in poor and developing countries. Experts worldwide have speculated on the causes and long-term effects of this crisis, … Continue reading →

Thursday, October 8, 8:00 PM, MonkeyWrench Books, 110 E. North Loop Former Black Panther and Angola 3 political prisoner Robert Hillary King speaks on his new book From the Bottom of the Heap: The Autobiography of Black Panther Robert Hillary King. In 1970, a jury convicted Robert Hillary King of a crime he did not commit and sentenced him to 35 years in prison. He became a member of the Black Panther Party while in Angola State Penitentiary, successfully organizing … Continue reading →

Thursday, October 8, 7:00 PM, UT Campus, Parlin 201 What’s the alternative to capitalism? Michael Moore’s new documentary “Capitalism: A Love Story” is the latest in his popular exposures of the absurdities of our system. According to Moore, the new film is about “the disastrous impact that corporate dominance and out-of-control profit motives have on the lives of Americans and citizens of the world. But this time the culprit is much bigger than General Motors…” See the movie, then come … Continue reading →

7pm Thursday October 8, 2009, Resistencia Bookstore, 1801-A South First St. Red Salmon Arts presents a reading & book signing with Thomas Glave, Author of The Torturer’s Wife (City Lights Books) Nominated for the 2010 Stonewall Book Award, the oldest book award given for outstanding achievement in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Literature. Author of the acclaimed story collection Whose Song?, award-winning Thomas Glave is known for his stylistic brio and courageous explorations into the heavily mined territories of race … Continue reading →

Thursday, Oct. 8, 5:30 — 7:30 p.m at Maria’s Taco Xpress, 2529 S. Lamar Blvd. Dennis Fitzgerald — a founding editor of The Rag and Space City! will be the guest of honor. But if you don’t know him, that’s ok too! Please come, one and all… theragblog.blogspot.com

Tuesday, October 6, 7 pm, 610 E. 45th St. (Hyde Park Christian Church) “Worker Ownership in the Green Economy” – a talk by Omar Freilla, founder of Green Worker Cooperatives in NYC. Omar Freilla grew up in the South Bronx and returned home after earning a master’s degree in environmental science from Miami University in Ohio. He worked as transportation coordinator for the New York City Environmental Justice Alliance and program director for Sustainable South Bronx before founding Green Worker … Continue reading →

Saturday, October 3, 8:00 – 11:00 pm, Thunderbird Coffee (formerly Clementine), 2200 Manor Rd. The Campaign to END the Death Penalty, a grassroots organization dedicated to the abolition of the death penalty will be hosting a benefit show to raise some cold, hard cash needed in the fight against the death penalty. Featuring: Carter Pagel, Bobby Whittenberg, and Asthma Attack. The show will be donation based, so come out and spend some money to help say goodbye to a very … Continue reading →

5pm Saturday October 3, 2009, Resistencia Bookstore, 1801-A South First St. Red Salmon Arts presents a reading and chapbook signing with Native American poet and short story writer Joe Montoya (Albuquerque, NM) author of Children of the Desert Mountains (A joint Red CalacArts Publications & Red Salmon Press onda) Winner of the 2009 raúlrsalinas Guerilla Chapbook Poetry Contest with special guest cover artist Gerardo Quetzatl Garcia (San Antonio) Vernon “Joe” Montoya was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico and raised on … Continue reading →