Category Archives: X-Events

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 … Continue reading →

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 … 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 … Continue reading →

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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … Continue reading →

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 … 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 … 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 … Continue reading →

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 … 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 … Continue reading →