The 17th Annual Philosophy Born of Struggle Conference with the theme, “Struggle in the House of Life: Equality, Education, and Economic Empowerment,” will convene on October 22 & 23, 2010 at Austin Community College, Austin, Texas at the Multipurpose Hall of the Eastview Campus. Please visit pbos.com for local arrangements and schedule updates.

Sunday Oct. 17, 2010, 7pm, Jovita’s Restaurant & Live Music Venue, 1619 South First St., Austin, Tejas Somos Fuerza: Un “Conjuntazzo” para las mujeres y jovenes featuring Grammy-winning duo Joel Guzman & Sarah Fox with special guests Tradizion and Chicano poetry by award winning writer Jorge Antonio Renaud. A fundraiser for Save Our Youth (SOY) & the Ex-Pinta Support Alliance (ESA), projects of Red Salmon Arts. Join us as we continue to honor the prison abolition work of our elder, … Continue reading →

Friday Oct. 8, 2010, 7 pm, Resistencia Bookstore, casa de Red Salmon Arts, 1801-A South First St. The Mexico-US Solidarity Network presents: The Bracero Story: Stolen Wages and the Struggle of Mexican Guest Workers with guest speakers Norberto Flores of the National Assembly of Braceros & Stuart Schussler of the Mexico Solidarity Network. Come hear them speak about this landmark labor agreement and how Braceros and their families are currently organizing to raise awareness of their contributions to the war … Continue reading →

September 24th and 25th, 1505 Broadmoor Dr, Austin TX For more information contact us at palestinesolidaritycommittee@gmail.com. We’re looking forward to starting off another packed full semester. We hope you can be part of the work we’re doing this time around.

Sunday, September 19, 6 pm, 5604 Manor, 5604 Manor Road Aviva Chomsky is a history professor and coordinator of Latin American, Latino and Caribbean Studies at Salem State College in Massachusetts. Her 2007 book “They Take Our Jobs!” And Twenty Other Myths about Immigration provides a careful analysis of the overheated rhetoric around immigration policy in the United States, debunking the 21 biggest myths and stereotypes in today’s debate. In her talk, Chomsky will sketch the outlines of a sensible … Continue reading →

Sunday, September 19, 12:30 pm, Congregational Church, 408 West 23rd Street Social and Economic Justice Series: Prisons, Profits, and Texas Death Row. The Congregational Church of Austin will host the first forum in a quarterly series on social and economic justice. In September the focus will be on the Texas criminal justice system. Speakers Kristin Houlé of the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, Diane Claitor of Texas Jail Project, and Bob Libal of Grassroots Leadership (organizing to eliminate … Continue reading →

Saturday Sept. 18, 2010, 6pm, Resistencia Bookstore, 1801-A South First St. Experiments in a Jazz Aesthetic: Art, Activism, Academia, & the Austin Project: Book Release Celebration with performances by the Austin Project women artists/activists. Sponsored by the John L. Warfield Center for African & African American Studies.

Wednesday, September 15, 7:00 PM, UT campus, Parlin Hall room 105 Everybody’s talking about socialism — but what is it really? Come to a presentation and discussion on why we need an alternative to a world of war, environmental ruin, exploitation, racism and oppression. Instead of spending trillions on destructive wars and bailing out the people who wrecked the economy — while ordinary people are left hanging amid economic hard times — we could use the resources we have now … Continue reading →

Monday, Sept. 13th 5-9pm., Texas State University. Derrick Hall, Room 329 Student Issues Awareness Network (S.I.A.N.) Invites You To Come Watch and Discuss the Groundbreaking Documentary, “The Corporation.” Why? Because we want to live in a better world and make a difference. We’re having this screening and discussion because corporations permeate and infiltrate every aspect of our lives, from the foods we eat, to the ways we communicate, and even in our most intimate moments. How do we resist the … Continue reading →

Sunday, September 12, 8:00 PM – 2:00 AM, Momo’s, 618 W. 6th St. Help us launch the new Austin Tan Cerca de la Frontera with a party and fundraiser. Music by Os Alquimistas and more acts TBA. For ten years, Austin Tan Cerca de la Frontera (Austin So Close to the Border) has sought to educate Austinites about labor and human rights, fair trade, and the hidden costs of US trade policy. Our trips to the Mexican border provide a … Continue reading →

Sunday September 12, 2010, 6:00 to 10 pm, Jovita’s Restaurant, 1619 S. First Street, Austin, TX 78704 Joel Guzman & Sarah Fox, Los Pinkys and more. Austin Musicians Throw Benefit Concert for Accordion Queen Eva Ybarra Austin, Texas – A star-studded line up of Austin musicians will gather to help a queen of Conjunto – Eva Ybarra of San Antonio. Joel Guzman and Sarah Fox, Bradley J. Williams (Los Pinkys, Polkasonics, Gulfcoast Playboys), Clemencia Zapata (Cerronato, Conjunto Aztlan), Bubba Hernandez, … Continue reading →

Sunday, September 12, 12:00 – 5:00 PM, Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival (12 noon, Alamo Drafthouse S. Lamar, $10) “March On” documents the 2009 National Equality March through the lives of five families who put aside their daily routine, packed up their hopes and went to Washington DC to demonstrate that they believe in Equality. Along with footage from past marches, interviews and powerful speakers, “March On” takes you to this fantastic and historic event. Watch the debut … Continue reading →

Thursday Sept. 9, 2010, 7pm, Resistencia Bookstore, casa de Red Salmon Arts, 1801-A South First St. People in Defense of the Earth & her Resources (PODER) presents 30 Days to Save 300 Acres: a presentation on reclaiming indigenous ancestral land in Ecuador with special guest Flavio Santi, Shuar/Quichua healer and leader of the Amazanga people. Flavio Santi is a Shaman of the Amazanga community from the central Amazonian jungle in Ecuador. He has worked to protect over 300 acres of … Continue reading →

September 9th, 2010, 6pm-8pm, Police Monitor Citizen Review Panel Regular Monthly Meeting, Council Chambers, 301 W. Second Street, 1st Floor 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. 2010-0599: Officer is alleged to have declined multiple subpoenas which resulted in dismissed cases for the court. 2. Community Policing Issues. Complainants/Citizens may address the Citizen Review Panel about the above items. … Continue reading →

Tuesday, September 7, 2010, 9 a.m., Travis County Commissioners Courtroom, 314 West 11th Street, Austin, Texas, 78701. Join VoteRescue at Travis County Commissioners Court this Tuesday, 9.7.10 To our valued VoteRescue Coalition Partners: Please read the press release below and come join us at Commissioners Court this coming Tuesday, September 7th, for Citizens’ Communication as we go to demand hand-counted paper ballots for the voters of Travis County for the upcoming elections. Sign up to make a brief statement on … Continue reading →

Sunday, August 29th 5pm, Texas State Employees Union, 1700 South 1st Street Dr. Dahlia Wasfi was born in the United States to an American Jewish mother and an Iraqi Muslim father. She lived in Iraq as a child, returning to the U.S. at age 5. She earned her medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1997. Dr. Wasfi has made two trips to Iraq to visit her extended family since the 2003 “Shock and Awe” invasion, including a three … Continue reading →

Saturday, August 28, 6 pm, 5604 Manor, 5604 Manor Road Screening of “Nero’s Guests: The Age of Inequality,” documentary featuring journalist P. Sainath. The new documentary “Nero’s Guests: The Age of Inequality,” directed by Deepa Bhatia, tells the story of India’s agrarian crisis and the growing worldwide inequality through the work of award-winning journalist P. Sainath. For the past decade, Sainath has been reporting on the epidemic of farmers committing suicide in India as a result of the collapse of … Continue reading →

Friday, August 20, 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 – “Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story”. This 1996 film starring Moira Kelly and Martin Sheen tells the story of Dorothy Day, a New York journalist who along with Peter Maurin established the Catholic Worker Movement and the activist newspaper “The Catholic Worker.” Controversial for her support of the economic system called “distributism,” she … Continue reading →

Thursday, August 19, 7:30 pm, Texas State Employees Union Assembly Room, 1700 South 1st St. Were you at the U.S. Social Forum? Do you wish you had been? In June, thousands of social justice activists met in Detroit at the USSF to discuss, plan, and organize the struggle for a more just, equitable, and sustainable world. It was the second of these vibrant, cross-issue social change gatherings. In what we hope will be one of many USSF programs, members of … Continue reading →

August 15: 8:00pm – 10:00pm, Dub Academy, 906 East 5th St Come out for the official screening of the indie short film “EAST OF THE HIGHWAY.” Screening will be followed by live soundtrack performances. Synopsis: In an East Austin neighborhood struggling in the eye of gentrification, neighborhood youth start a crime wave to save their homes from being lost to greedy developers. Created by Will Martin Trailer: http://vimeo.com/5868290 Facebook

Sunday, August 15, 6 pm, 5604 Manor, 5604 Manor Road 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, which we discussed in July. Another theme has been the injustice and unsustainability of our economic system, the predatory corporate capitalism that dominates the global economy. In … Continue reading →

Saturday, August 14, 6:30 pm, 5604 Manor, 5604 Manor Road 5604 Manor Summer Film Nights – “Walkout”. 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 … Continue reading →

Monday, Aug. 9, 12:00pm – 4:00pm, Gregory Gym, UT campus President Obama graces Austin, TX with his presidential presence on Monday, begging us for more money to elect more warmongers to the United States Congress. Let’s take a stand for the people of Afghanistan and Iraq! We start at noon for our friends who are employed and have a lunch break. We will stay until after the speech is over and the spectators leave. GET OUT OF AFGHANISTAN! GET OUT … Continue reading →

Monday, Aug. 9 at 9:00am until August 25 at 5:00pm, Fort Hood, TX Created By UnderThe HoodCafe: The 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment is preparing to deploy later this month. Among the 5K troops they are sending to the “winding down” war in Iraq are hundreds of wounded warriors! These Soldiers have already survived the fight, but Col. Allen, the Regimental commander, will put them back in harms way unless YOU ACT NOW TO STOP HIM! Call and Harass the 3rd … Continue reading →

Sunday, August 8, 2010, 2:00 PM to 10:00 PM, Moose Lodge, 2103 E.M. Franklin Ave, Austin, Texas My brother Arturo is having a fundraiser for the non-profit organization National Puro Conjunto Music Association (NPCMA) he founded and I am helping him. Our family comes from a long line of musicians and our uncle’s band, El Conjunto de Pete Morales is in the Buddy Holly Hall of Fame in Lubbock, Texas. My brother is really wanting to preserve the music we … Continue reading →