Tuesday, March 30, 7:00 PM, Monkeywrench Books, 110 E. North Loop Blvd. Join a delicious tamale dinner fundraiser, including a report from the Coalition of Immokalee Workers’ “Modern-Day Slavery Museum” tour and a preview of the upcoming Farmworker Freedom March in Florida. The event includes a vegetarian tamale dinner option available via RSVP for a sliding scale cost of $7-$15. Proceeds will help defray travel costs for the fifteen Austinites joining the three-day march in Florida. From April 16-18, farmworkers … Continue reading →

7:00pm – 8:30 pm Tuesday, March 30th, 2010, Resistencia Bookstore, Casa de Red Salmon Arts, 1801-A South 1st Street, Austin, Tejas A film screening of THE LAND SPEAKS ARABIC (Austin premiere) presented by Palestine Online Store & Resistencia Bookstore. Free and open to the public, discussion to follow. March 30th is Land Day in Palestine, a commemoration and tribute to those who have fallen in the struggle to hold onto their land and identity. The date marks events happening in … Continue reading →

Tuesday, March 30th, from 12:00-1pm, Williamson County residents and central Texans will gather for a protest of the Management and Training Corporation (MTC) offices at 2995 Dawn Drive in Georgetown, TX. MTC operates the Willacy County “Tent City” detention center in Raymondville, Texas for Immigration and Customs Enformcent. MTC’s “Tent City”, built largely out of series of Kevlar pods, is nation’s largest immigrant detention center. It holds up to 3,000 immigrant detainees and has been criticized for a series of … Continue reading →

Sunday, March 28, 6 pm, Location: People’s Community Center of Austin, 5604 Manor Rd, Austin Last Sunday special event with Bill Fletcher, Jr., author of “Solidarity Divided: The Crisis in Organized Labor and a New Path toward Social Justice” UT professor Robert Jensen will interview Fletcher onstage, questioning him about the social justice movements that have been the focus of his life and work. What lessons about the today’s crises can we draw from Fletcher’s experience in the struggle for racial and economic … Continue reading →

Sunday, March 28 from 3-7pm, Cafe Caffeine, 909 W. Mary, 78704. Featuring music by Laura Freeman, Matt the Electrician, Libby Kirkpatrick, & Noelle Hampton with Special Guest Grace London Admission $15 non-Co-op-members; $5 members. Sign up to be a member THAT DAY & receive the discounted admission! All proceeds to benefit SAFC & our mission to create a brick & mortar community-owned, worker-run grocery store in the southern part of our city. info@southaustinfoodcoop.org, phone 807-9288

9pm Saturday March 27, 2010, Resistencia Books, 1801-A S. First St. We invite you to a forum for progressive artist/activists: a series of experiments in jazz music, spoken word, and dance. This session will feature: kt shorb and the Generic Ensemble Company & black improvisational music by 3Collective ($5 dollar suggested donation.) Rooted in the tradition of improvisation, revolution, and blues, Conjure is a sovereign site for artistic/exploratory/spiritual collaboration, expression, and rejuvenation. Each jam session will highlight the “Afrological improvised … Continue reading →

Saturday March 27th, 2010 10am-1pm: March begins at 10am – meet @ Terrazas Library, 1105 E. Cesar Chavez St. Cesar E. Chavez is one of the most important leader of the 20th century. His legacy of workers rights, civil rights, environmental justice, equality for all, peace, non-violence, children and women’s rights, deserves national recognition. Cesar Chavez inspired millions of people across the country of all races and nationalities to engage in social & economic justice for farm workers. March ends … Continue reading →

Friday March 26, 2010; Reading: 6:30 pm to 7:15 pm. Signing/Reception: 7:15 pm to 8:00 pm., Resistencia Books, 1801-A South First St. Red Salmon Arts presents Blood Memory: a book reading and signing with Chicana feminists María Eugenia Cotera, author of Native Speakers Ella Deloria, Zora Neale Hurston, Jovita González, & the Poetics of Culture, and Emma Pérez, author of Forgetting the Alamo, Or, Blood Memory: A Novel In her latest book, María Cotera offers an intellectual history situated in … Continue reading →

There will be a fundraiser for Palestine on Friday, March 26, 2010 from 6:30PM to 9:30PM pm at the NAMCC Hall, 11900 North Lamar Blvd. Guest speaker will be Sh. Omar Shahin and Azhar Azeez, National Community Fund Development Islamic Relief USA. There will be an update on the Gaza situation one year after the conflict. Tickets are $10/person and there will be free babysitting. Catered dinner. For more info, please contact Hassan Ali at 512-658-7766 or email hali@austin.rr.com.

(ORDER LIST: 559 U.S.) WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 2010 ORDER IN PENDING CASE 09-9000 SKINNER, HENRY W. V. SWITZER, LYNN (O9A743) The application for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice Scalia and by him referred to the Court is granted pending disposition of the petition for a writ of certiorari. Should the petition for a writ of certiorari be denied, this stay shall terminate automatically. In the event the petition for a writ of certiorari is granted, … Continue reading →

Sun, March 21, 1pm – 5pm, 2200 S. Lamar Austin, TX 78704 Spring Equinox blessing ceremony to welcome the Toltec Center to Austin! A free, open event 1 pm to 3 pm free toltec tarot readings, healings, music, snacks, and more! 3 pm Spring Equinox ceremony followed by a potluck; bring your favorite dish to share! All are invited; bring friends! New Organization of interest to fans of Don Miguel Ruiz, author of The Four Agreements: The Toltec Center of … Continue reading →

Sat., March 20, 2010, Gather at the Capitol at noon. March to City Hall at 2:00 PM. Rally at City Hall 2:30-4:00 PM Musicians, bring your instruments. Everyone welcome. On the seventh anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, make a joyful noise for peace. Sponsored by Instruments for Peace: millionmusiciansmarch.com

Saturday, March 20, Anti-Nazi protesters to gather at 1:00 PM at Heritage Square (near Waco City Hall, South 3rd St. & Austin Ave.) ** This information could change at the last minute–Keep checking the facebook page for latest updates: www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=325365449221 The white supremacist group the “National Socialist Movement” is planning to march on Waco on March 20. A growing list of progressive organizations around Texas are putting the call out to anyone interested in stamping out Nazism before it can … Continue reading →

7pm March 19, 2010, Resistencia Bookstore, casa de Red Salmon Arts, 1801-A South First St., Austin, Tejas 512-416-8885 Red Salmons Arts presents Bitter Tears: a performance reading & book signing with Antonino D’Ambrosio, author of A Heartbeat and a Guitar: Johnny Cash and the Making of Bitter Tears. Music by Martin Perna (Antibalas & Ocote Soul Sounds) and other special guests. Writer, filmmaker, photographer and musician Antonino D’Ambrosio first chronicled the intersection of popular music & social movements with his … Continue reading →

Thursday, March 18, 5:00 – 7:30 PM, Texas State Capitol, South Steps Rally for justice and peace in America . Rally against injustice, racism, corruption and hatred. Guest speakers include: exonerated inmates Shujaa Graham, Curtis McCarty, Ron Keine and Perry Cobb. Also featuring: Bill Pelke (Journey Of Hope), Delia Meyer Perez, Gloria Rubac (Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement), Family Of Clinton Young, attorneys with the Innocence Project, victims of racial profiling, Regina Kelly (subject of the film “American Violet”), and … Continue reading →

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010, 7pm, Resistencia Bookstore, 1801 South 1st Street 7-Year anniversary memorial event with Joe Carr. Austin activist and musician Joe Carr was with Rachel Corrie when she was crushed to death by an Israeli Military bulldozer as they stood nonviolently preventing the demolition of Palestinian civilian homes in Gaza on March 16th, 2003. This Tuesday marks the 7-year anniversary of her murder, and coincides with an ongoing civil trial in Israel for the Corrie family’s wrongful death … Continue reading →

Monday – Friday, March 15-19 The Annual Anti-Death Penalty Alternative Spring Break (see link for info and registration) is an invaluable experience. Participants will come away with firsthand knowledge of the anti-death penalty movement and a new understanding of how they can affect public policy. Guest speakers this year include three innocent, exonerated people who together spent a total of more than 23 years on death row, Curtis McCarty, Shujaa Graham and Ron Keine. Join us for the award-winning Anti-Death … Continue reading →

Sunday, March 14 at 6-9pm, Jovita’s, 1617 South First Street “Featuring Barbara K, Leeann Atherton, Noëlle Hampton, Elizabeth Wills, Karen Abrahams, and Richard Bowden with Instruments for Peace. Suggested donation: $10.” Benefit bash for The Rag Blog, the Austin Based internet magazine featuring progressive news and cultural commentary. The Rag Blog is published by the New Journalism Project, a Texas 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation. “Y’all come y’hear? Look forward to seeing everybody. Party down!” — Thorne Facebook event and RSVP

“Peace of the Action will be setting up Camp Out Now on the lawn of the Washington Monument beginning March 13th and this new peace camp will be the launching pad for daily direct actions against the seat of our government; A government that is involved in so many wars, invasions, bombings and other foreign violence that it is hard to keep track.” There is a new peace coalition in town called Peace of the Action. Peace of the Action … Continue reading →

1:30pm Friday March 12, 2010, Martin Middle School, 1601 Haskell St. Taller De Arte Publico de Austin (Public Art Workshop of Austin) presents Aztec/Cobra Mural Exchange Friendship Ceremony Students from Metz and Sanchez Elementary schools have painted murals at their respective schools and will exchange them. The theme of the murals is friendship and sharing between the schools, neighborhood and most important of children accomplishing a goal together. Painted on panels according to measurements accommodating available school walls the Sanchez … Continue reading →

7pm Friday March 5, 2010, Resistencia Books, 2010-A S First Red Salmon Arts presents Café Libro, a bi-monthly open mike series, featuring Mujeres de PODER Celebrating International Women’s Day with guest artist Natalie Goodnow and the women of PODER: Susana Almanza (Co-Director), Erika Gonzalez (Co-Director), Carmen Llanes (Natural Resources Coordinator/Organizer), Nancy Flores (Volunteer), and Corazon Renteria (Board Member) with guest host PODER Board Chair & community elder Janie Rangel. We invite poet/artistas to come share/enjoy the cantos & cuentos of … Continue reading →

Land stewards, farmers, and ranchers interested in turning wildlife into real wealth on their land will not want to miss Holistic Management Texas’ Spring Conference on March 5 and 6, 2010 at T Bar M Resort in New Braunfels, TX.  This two-day event will provide a variety of information about how to work with wildlife to increase biodiversity and your bottom line simultaneously. For more information and details about pricing, please visit www.hmitexas.org or contact Amy Normand (830-868-2427). Don’t miss … Continue reading →

Rally at UT, Thursday, March 4, 11:30 AM, Gather at UT West Mall steps (west side of Tower) In response to a massive budget shortfall, slashing of funding for public education at all levels, and skyrocketing college tuition costs, students and educators up and down the state of California have been mobilizing, culminating in a call for a day of action on March 4. At the University of Texas at Austin, various colleges and departments have been laying off staff … Continue reading →

March 1, 2010, 6pm-8pm, Council Chambers, 301 W. Second Street, 1st Floor Office of the Police Monitor Citizen Review Panel Regular Monthly Meeting Public Input Agenda The Public meeting of the Citizen Review Panel will be held at City Hall Council Chambers at 6:00 p.m. The following is the agenda: 1) 2009-1235: Citizen alleges that officer was unprofessional and to failed to detach himself in a civil matter. 2) 2009-0953: Complainant alleges officer made an illegal stop and was rude. … Continue reading →

We meet Monday, March 1, and the first Monday of each month from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Below are links to the project website and a map showing the new location at 3121 E 12th, just west of Airport. If you’d like to volunteer, please send an email to jane.chamberlain@gmail.com so I can put you on the update list. (Please note they also have evening sessions available.) I’d like book-loving progressives to know about an exciting volunteer opportunity with … Continue reading →