SAVE THIS DATE: Saturday, February 4, time TBA, Tentative location: Saltillo Plaza Parents, students, teachers and East Side community members who fought the AISD board’s decision to impose a charter school operator in Allen Elementary and Eastside Memorial HS will rally. Speakers will include parents of former IDEA Schools students from the Valley. The newly formed PRIDE of the East Side group will announce plans to boycott IDEA and other actions. More info @ Facebook

Friday, January 27th at 7:00 p.m. at 5604 Manor “Hidden Battles”, a feature length documentary, is a dramatic and deeply personal film about the psychological impact of killing on the lives of five soldiers. Representing a cross section of nationalities, gender, class and race, these soldiers reveal intimate memories about the central act of war, the killing of another human being. How do these individuals make sense of what they have done? What happens when time challenges their carefully constructed … Continue reading →

Thursday, January 26, 7-9 pm, 5604 Manor, 5604 Manor Road, 78723 – Dana Cloud on “We Are the Union: Democratic Unionism and Dissent at Boeing” University of Texas professor Dana Cloud’s new book analyzes the opportunities and forces at play in modern unions. “We Are the Union” explains how workers at Boeing plants in Wichita and Seattle attempted to take command of their futures by chipping away at the cozy partnership between union leadership and corporate management. Focusing on the … Continue reading →

Tuesday January 24, 7:00 PM, Congress Avenue bridge While the media looks to cash in on the evening’s ratings bonanza and the political establishment gathers for the annual dog and pony show, come out to the Congress Avenue bridge with your signs and slogans giving voice to the 99% and showing Austin what the State of the Union really looks like. At 7 PM we will have a presence and brief speak-out on the sidewalks of the bridge before we … Continue reading →

January 19, 2012, 6 pm – 8 pm, Council Chambers, 301 W. Second Street, 1st Floor Austin, Texas 78701 The Public meeting of the Citizen Review Panel will be held in Council Chambers at 6 p.m. The following is the agenda: 1. 2011-0964: Officer-involved shootings at the 3400 Blk of S. Congress Ave. 2. 2011-1092: Complainant alleges that he was falsely arrested. 3. Public Comment. Complainants/citizens may address the Citizen Review Panel about the above items. If you wish to … Continue reading →

The MLK Community March kicks off on Monday, January 16, 2012 at 9 a.m. with a short program at the MLK Statue on the University of Texas campus. We will then march to the Capitol for Gospel music and then on to historic Huston-Tillotson University, where exciting activities are planned. In previous years, the march has drawn up to an estimated 15,000 people and we are anticipating even more individuals to unite for this special occasion in January 2011. All … Continue reading →

Sunday, January 15, 6-9 pm, 5604 Manor, 5604 Manor Road Celebrating Progressive Politics and Radical Roots: Across the country and around the world, people are rejecting old systems of concentrated wealth and power, and calling for a more just and sustainable world. This radical spirit has created new connections and reinvigorated groups that have long been fighting for progressive social change. That same energy is pulsing through Austin, opening up new opportunities for collaboration on analysis and action. In this … Continue reading →