What can you do? Join us at Senator John Cornyns’ office at 221 W 6th St, located in the Chase bank building between 4-6 PM on the day before the President announces his decision! Please, come downtown on Monday, November 30th and add your Voice for Peace, to the national dialogue… If you support a end to both of the Wars of Occupation, we are calling for your personal participation – your Body ! The President will make a announcement … Continue reading →

Saturday, November 21st , 2009, 4 pm, The Independent 501 Studios, 501 Brushy Street November is best known for giving thanks, watching football, and tryptophan naps. Professional taste testers, when comparing different foods or drinks, use a palate cleanser. It just so happens that the weekend before Turkey Day, we have just the thing: The They Speak Youth Poetry Slam. After listening to the words and works of these teenagers, you will go home with one more really big thing … Continue reading →

As in the past, the tour provides the opportunity to visit Artists Studios in East Austin, 154 in total, which will be open: Saturday 14th – Sunday 15th & Saturday 21st – Sunday 22nd 10 am – 5 pm each day Find EAST on facebook and follow EAST on twitter we will be highlighting some of our favorite Artists Studios, Happenings, Exhibition Spaces and Programs.

Friday, November 20, 8:00-10:30 PM, Monkey Wrench Books, 110 E. North Loop Blvd. Local anarchist and socialist folk and folk punk acts unite in a benefit for the newly formed Austin Anarchists for Autonomy. With Asthma Attack, Aaron Goldman, Carter Space, and Bobby Whittenberg. $5 suggested donation.

Friday-Monday, November 20-23 Act to change foreign policy — protest at Ft. Benning, Georgia! School of the Americas Watch brings musicians, activists, students, educators, unionists, and all those from around the world who will not allow the continued torture and killing for greed. A bus from Austin to the protest leaves on Friday, Nov. 20 for rallies and a vigil the weekend of Nov. 21-22. Trip cost for an individual = bus seat + his/her portion of a room. For … Continue reading →

For those of you who can make it to Austin, please consider joining our press conference on the plaza in front of the Federal Building (300 East 8th Street) at 10, the morning of November 20th, the 20th anniversary date of the UN’s Rights of the Child. Right after, we will present our petition, prepared with the help of Amnesty International, to Senator Hutchison and Congressman Doggett, whose offices are inside said Federal Building, then over to Senator Cornyn’s office … Continue reading →

Thursday, November 19, 12:00 – 1:00 PM, Location: UT campus. Texas Union Patio Sponsored by Burnt Orange Benefits: RSVP on Facebook Did you know UT is BYOB? As students, we pay thousands of dollars in tuition and we demand an end to a bad management policy that keeps quality faculty and staff away, and as a result reduces the value of our degrees. Not offering domestic partner benefits is simply a bad management policy! President Powers wants UT to become … Continue reading →

Thompson, who converted to Islam while in prison, opened his final remarks: “I bear witness that there is no God, but Allah. From Allah we come and to Allah we return.” He thanked his mother and friends for their support. “We all have to walk this path,” he said. “Smile, be happy, don’t cry.” Thompson then apologized for his crime. “I never meant any of your family to get hurt,” he said to an empty chamber normally occupied by the … Continue reading →

Tuesday, November 17, 5:00 – 7:00 PM, UT campus, Painter Hall 3.02 The Stop the Cuts Teach-In is for all interested and concerned UT employees, students, and community members. We will be sharing information, followed by an open discussion, on the university-wide budget cuts and layoffs. We must get the word and motivate discussion about the drastic and unnecessary proposed budget cuts to undergraduate and graduate courses, layoffs of instructors and staff, and overall degradation of the teaching and learning … Continue reading →

Saturday, November 14th , 2009, 3pm, The Carver Library, 1161 Angelina St, Austin, TX 78722 In our continuing effort to share the love of reading, writing and public speaking/performing with and from youth, The Texas Youth Word Collective, in cooperation with the Texas Commission on the Arts, the City of Austin and the East Side’s historic Carver Library, offers up a free monthly writing workshop for young people to hone those skills with the help of some of nation’s most … Continue reading →

CRISIS AND RESISTANCE November 14-15, 2009 University of Texas at Austin http://TexasSocialism.org Capitalism isn’t working. Socialism is the alternative – a world organized for human need, not profit, where resources are controlled by and for the vast majority, instead of by a tiny rich minority. Real change depends on struggle and action by our side. The Texas Socialist Conference is dedicated to arming a new generation of rebels, activists and organizers with arguments and ideas for a revolutionary socialist alternative; … Continue reading →

Civilians are welcome anytime, but, the workshop is only open to GIs. After the workshop there will be a candlelight vigil and open mic. We will pass the hat for donations to Under the Hood. See our website www.underthehoodcafe.org for a map. WARRIOR WRITERS: Veterans Day November 11, 2009 GI and Veteran Writing Workshop 4 – 7PM Open mic and fundraiser 8 – 10PM November 12, 2009 Extended writing workshop 4 – 8PM At Under the Hood: 17 S. College … Continue reading →

Monday, November 9, 7:00 PM, Moose Lodge, 2103 E. EM Franklin Ave. KOOP Radio begins a new period of training for volunteers wishing to become potential radio hosts over the next six months, beginning with an orientation on the second Monday in November, this time at the Moose Lodge. If you think that certain kinds of news, analysis, culture and music are underrepresented on the radio, here is your chance to change the media by becoming involved with a volunteer-run … Continue reading →

Sunday, November 8, 6 pm, St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, 14311 Wells Port Drive, west of I-35 off Wells Branch Parkway. Last Sunday Special Event with Chris Hedges, author of “Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle.” In his new book, Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges charts the dramatic and disturbing rise of a post-literate society that craves fantasy, ecstasy and illusion. He argues … Continue reading →

Saturday, November 7 This year’s National Peacemaker Award Recipient and Keynote Speaker is Helen Thomas, doyenne of the White House Press Corps.

7pm Friday November 6, 2009, Resistencia Bookstore, 1801-A South First St. CineResistencia presents ¡No Marcharan!: documentary film screening & photo exhibit of The Day the Klan Marched (Sol Rojo Productions) Original uncut documentary of the day the Ku Klux Klan marched to the Texas State Capitol Building in Austin, Texas on February 19, 1983. Includes footage of the Brown Berets call to action and the Austin City Council meeting vote giving the KKK permission to march. The documentary also shows … Continue reading →

Joint Statement from Under the Hood Café and the Fort Hood Chapter of Iraq Veterans Against the War Our community is distraught by the tragic shooting at Fort Hood yesterday. We extend our condolences to the families and friends of the victims. As upset as we are about this incident, this shooting does not come as a shock. Eight years of senseless wars have taken a huge toll on our troops and their families. It’s time to admit that the … Continue reading →

Conference: November 4-6, 2009 Scholars and legal experts will address immigration policy issues and migration trends affecting Russia, France, Germany, Spain, Turkey, Peru, Mexico, and the United States Wednesday, November 4 5:00 p.m. Governors’ Room, Texas Union 3.116 Startup: UT Graduate Student Refereed Presentation Panel Followed by reception

FREE SHOWING 7:30 P.M. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1, Hyatt Regency Hotel 208 Barton Springs Rd ABOUT THE PLAY AA Award-winning playwright Andrew Case stages a drama that depicts the fatal shooting of a teenager in a crime-ridden neighborhood in New York City. Mr. Case weaves a tale of grief and solidarity that brings accusations of racism and sexism to the forefront in the play “The Rant.” Prior to writing plays, Mr. Case served as an investigator and later as Director of … Continue reading →