Saturday, July 31, 7 pm, 5604 Manor Road Mamas of Color Rising and Third Coast Workers for Cooperation Celebration. Join Third Coast Workers for Cooperation on Saturday, July 31, at 5604 Manor to congratulate the first Cooperative Business Institute graduating class! Over the course of 16 weeks, we worked with a dedicated group of women from Mamas of Color Rising who will now move on to form “Yo Mamas Catering Cooperative,” Austin’s first worker-owned catering business. During the CBI, participants … Continue reading →

While community movements against oil and coal are growing the Obama Administration is quietly waging a nuclear renaissance in both weapons and power! Not only are there around 20 permits for new nuclear reactors, there are dozens of new permit requests for uranium mining and the US government wants to spend $80 Billion desperately needed tax dollars to build three new nuclear bomb making plants – in Los Alamos, Kansas City, MO and Oakridge TN. Think Outside the Bomb, the … Continue reading →

Friday, July 30, 4:00 – 6:00 PM, Under the Hood Café, 17 College St, Killeen, TX ANTIWAR PROTEST IN KILLEEN: 3RD ACR DEPLOYMENT PROTEST — 3rd ACR, an Army unit at Ft. Hood, Texas, is up for deployment to Iraq again. 3rd ACR is a unit notorious for repeatedly deploying wounded soldiers. We are demanding the end to these occupations and the repeated deployment of soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain disorder, military sexual trauma, and physical trauma. We … Continue reading →

Thursday, July 29th – 8:30 PM, South gates of the Capitol On July 6th, the Justice Department filed a lawsuit that challenges Arizona’s SB 1070, which essentially legalizes racial profiling and demands the increased collaboration between ICE and local law enforcement. The Justice Department has also asked for a court injunction so that SB 1070 does not go into effect on July 29th. Regardless of whether SB 1070 does indeed go into effect on the 29th, it is important to … Continue reading →

Thursday July 29, 11:45am, City Council, RALLY FOR REFORM with Austin Police Accountability Coalition. Press conference and then 1 speaker at 12:20pm in Citizens Communication. Then later in the day…item 105…can sign up to speak on the Sanders settlement, and the need to settle with the people of Austin! (sign up at City Hall before it takes place, by 3pm–?–hard to tell)

Thursday, July 29, 9:00 AM, Austin, City Hall, Cesar Chavez and Lavaca The Austin City Council will be making a critical decision on this day. Austin could make history by finally standing up to protect construction workers’ right to a rest break during work. Unscrupulous employers continue to risk the health and lives of construction workers by denying them regular rest breaks and drinking water. Come tell the City of Austin that the time for waiting is over: we must … Continue reading →

Wednesday, July 28, 6:30 PM, Carver Library, 1161 Angelina Following a series of scandals relating the use of capital punishment in Texas, local activists from many organizations will be pressing a campaign to end the pursuit of death sentences in Travis County. The use of the death penalty is seriously being questioned right now, let’s start an aggressive campaign to hasten its end. More info: lily (at) nodeathpenalty.org

July 23–25, 2010, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Albany, New York In these troubled times, Washington’s wars and occupations rage, resulting in an ever increasing number of dead and wounded and the destruction of countries posing no threat to the U.S. Trillions are spent on seemingly endless conflicts in pursuit of profits and global domination, while trillions more are lost by working people in loss of jobs, homes, pensions, health care, and cuts to social programs and public services. The U.S. goes … Continue reading →

¡Únete a nosotros! Asamblea General de AIRC jueves, 22 de julio, 7-8:30 p.m. ACC Riverside 1020 Grove Blvd. Austin, TX 78741 Sala 8100 ** Habrá Cuidado de Niños y Traducción (Español-Inglés)** ¡Ven aprender acerca de las actividades de la coalición y cómo te puedes involucrar! * * * * * * * * * * ** * * Join us! AIRC General Assembly Thursday, July 22nd, 7-8:30 p.m. ACC Riverside Building G, Lecture Hall Austin, TX 78741 Room 8100 **Childcare … Continue reading →

Sunday, July 18, 6 pm, 5604 Manor Road Confronting Collapse through Art: A Conversation with Eliza Gilkyson. In June we kicked off a new series of gatherings to explore the question, “What does it mean to be human?” One of the topics that emerged in that discussion was our struggles to confront the ecological crisis, honestly but without going crazy. Those struggles are made easier when we engage our creative capacities and storytelling abilities, and find grassroots projects that provide … Continue reading →

7:30pm Saturday July 17, 2010, Resistencia Bookstore, 1801-A South First St. “As people of faith and conscience, it is our duty to resist and condemn this cruel US policy,” declared Rev. Lucius Walker, Jr., Executive Director & founder of Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO), a 42-year old ecumenical agency. “IFCO/Pastors for Peace rejects this licensing system as both immoral and illegal. It is immoral because it endangers the lives of millions of Cubans and inflicts suffering on innocent children,mas … Continue reading →

Saturday, July 17, 6:30 pm, 5604 Manor Road 5604 Manor Summer Film Nights: “Rize.” 5604 Manor is a new space on Manor Road dedicated to making a better community and a better world. Austin Voices and the Third Coast Activist Resource Center are combining this summer to offer free Saturday night screenings of great films that show what is possible when people use their creative talents to achieve a goal. The film screenings are open to the public with free … Continue reading →

Friday, July 16, 6:30 pm, St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 14311 Wells Port Drive (exit off I-35, west on Wells Branch Parkway) St. Andrew’s Summer Film Series: “The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez.” This 1982 film, starring Edward James Olmos and directed by Robert M. Young, is based on the book “With His Pistol in His Hand”: A Border Ballad and Its Hero by the late University of Texas professor Américo Paredes. Based on a popular “corrido” depicting an incident inGonzales, Texas, … Continue reading →

Opening Reception: Friday, July 16, 2010, 6:00 – 9:00 PM Mexic-Arte Museum 419 Congress Avenue

Thursday, July 15, 7:00 PM, UT campus, Parlin 206 The BP / Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has horrified the world. Adding to the sheer scale of the environmental disaster — the worst in US history — is the sense that it was completely avoidable, had BP heeded multiple warning signs about the safety and stability of the operation. Instead, the drive for profit ensured that the economic, governmental and political actors in this catastrophe felt … Continue reading →

Tuesday, July 13, 8:30 PM, Cheer Up Charlie’s, 1104 E 6th St. New documentary of the (pre-Stonewall) Compton’s Cafeteria Riot. On a hot Summer’s night in 1966, in the San Francisco’s Tenderloin district, a group of transgender women and gay street-hustlers fought back for the first time in history against everyday police harassment. This act of resistance was a dramatic turning point for the transgender community, and the beginning of a new human rights struggle that continues to this very … Continue reading →

Sunday, July 11th, at 5:00pm, MEZ 1.306, UT Campus Ann Wright and Joe Meadors will present a lecture titled: “Freedom Flotilla Attack – A Report from Survivors” Both Ann Wright and Joe Meadors were passengers on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla that was carrying humanitarian aid for the people of Gaza and was attacked by Israeli forces on Monday, May 31st in international waters killing 9 civilians and wounding dozens of others. They will be speaking on their experience as passengers … Continue reading →

Saturday, July 10th. Doors at 7:00PM, Under the Hood Cafe, 17 S. College Street, Killeen, TX 76541 Under the Hood Cafe, Iraq Veterans Against the War and the UXO Collective Present, ROCK THE HOOD: A CONCERT FOR TROOPS AND MILITARY FAMILIES, featuring performance by Travis Bishop, Ryan Harvey, R.A.S. and more… Suggested donation: $5 (FREE WITH MILITARY I.D.)

Friday, July 9, 7 pm, 5604 Manor Road Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) is holding its 2010 national convention July 9-11 in Austin, and supporters of IVAW will have a chance for informal discussion and socializing with the group’s members. Tickets for the event, which will include a buffet catered by Mamas of Color Rising, will be $15 at the door. In addition to an awards presentation, the evening will feature a talk by Antonia Juhasz, director of the … Continue reading →

July 8th, 2010, 6pm-8pm, Council Chambers, 301 W. Second Street, 1st Floor Office of the Police Monitor Regular Monthly Meeting Citizen Review Panel 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. 2010-0289: Complainant alleges that officers responding to a domestic disturbance were insensitive and biased in their comments and approach. 2. 2010-0304: Complainant alleges officer used excessive force during her … Continue reading →

The Waco Friends of Peace will bring activist and flotilla member Ann Wright to Waco on July 7 to provide a firsthand account of the recent raid on the flotilla by Israeli soldiers. The public lecture will be held at 6 p.m. at Poppa Rollo’s Pizza, 703 North Valley Mills Drive. Come and hear for yourself what actually happened.

Monday July 5th, 8:00 pm, Monkeywrench Books, 110 East N. Loop A concert by Gilad Atzmon; Some of the best JAZZ music to ever emerge from Britain is heading over to Austin! Gilad Atzmon’s album ‘Exile’ won the BBC award for best jazz album of the year in 2003; his latest CD is “In Loving Memory of America.” Playing over 100 dates a year, he has been called “surely the hardest-gigging man in British jazz.” Being a devoted political artist, … Continue reading →

July 4, 4:00 pm, Under the Hood Cafe Please join us! *BBQ *Ice Cream *Children’s wading pool and water games

Friday, July 2nd, 7:00 PM, 5604 Manor Road Victor Agosto will speak on his refusal to deploy to Afghanistan and other experiences as a war resister while stationed at Ft. Hood. He will also discuss his experiences at “Under the Hood” Café & Outreach Center. Victor is on the boards of both Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) and “Under the Hood” Café & Outreach Center After Mr. Agosto’s presentation, the film “Rethink Afghanistan” will be shown in its’ entirety. … Continue reading →

June 17-20 in Chicago • July 1-4 in Oakland With the economy in shambles and with wars and occupations continuing, the challenge to change these conditions confronts us all. More than a year ago, millions placed their hopes in Barack Obama and the Democrats to solve these problems. But after months of broken promises and concessions to conservatives, jobs are scarce, the banks are unregulated, and full equality for LGBT people remains elusive. Socialism 2010 — to be held in … Continue reading →