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Tuesday, April 1, 7 p.m.
Documentary, "USA vs. Al-Arian"
Selected as Best Film at the 2007 New Orleans Human Rights FIlm Festival, "USA vs. Al-Arian" recounts the story of Dr. Sami Al-Arian, a University of South Florida professor who has been active around the issue of Israel's occupation of Palestine. Al-Arian was arrested in Florida and charged with terrorism and has been held now for more than 5 years. This documentary is the story of his 6 month trial, seen through the eyes of his family. After the film is shown, there will be a discussion facilitated by Dr. Melva Underbakke of The Friends of Human Rights.
Location: St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, 14311 Wells Port Drive, west of I-35 off Wells Branch Parkway.

Tuesday, April 1, 8 p.m.
Cristina Tzintzún, "Killing Misogyny: Strategies for Survival"
Cristina Tzintzún will read from her published and unpublished works on love, gender, violence, racism, and alternative forms of community accountability. There will also be opportunities for audience participation. Tzintzún's work has appeared in "Colonize This! Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism" and "The Women's Movement Today: An Encyclopedia of Third Wave Feminism." Tzintzún is currently a staff member of Workers Defense Project/Proyecto Defensa Laboral, an Austin-based community organization that organizes Latina/o immigrants to achieve racial and economic justice in the workplace.
Location: Monkeywrench Books, 110 E. North Loop.

Thursday, April 3,  9:00 AM
VOTING SYSTEM PUBLIC FORUM
Public Hearing to provide interested persons an opportunity to express their views
For or Against the approval of the Hart System 6.2.1 Voting System examined on
January 17-18, 2008.

VoteRescuers:  Several of us will be attending this Public Comment Hearing on the
Hart Voting Systems for the purposes of presenting anti-Hart comments into the record
for the Secretary of State's Division of Elections.  This information will be videotaped
and is supposed to be presented to the Secretary of State before he makes his final
decision on whether or not to certify (or recertify) a voting system.

WE NEED HELP WITH THIS, because each person gets only 3 to 5 minutes to speak
or read their comments.  We have LOTS of material we want to present at this hearing
and could use the help of any of you who can make it.  We will have written statements
prepared, and if one of us gets cut off before we can finish our statement, the next person
can simply continue where the last on left off.  You do not need to have anything prepared,
because we can provide you with a statement (or continuation of a statement).
Location:  208 E. 10th Street, Jefferson Rusk Bldg.,
2nd Floor Conference Room

Examiners reports may be viewed at:
http://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/laws/hart.shtml

Written comments may be send to elections@sos.state.tx.us or mailed to:
Office of the Secretary of State
Elections Division
P.O. Box 12060
Austin, Texas 78711-2060
 

Thursday, April 3, 7 p.m.
Dahr Jamail, "Beyond the Green Zone"
In late 2003, weary of the overall failure of the U.S. media to report on the realities of the war in Iraq for the Iraqi people and US soldiers, Dahr Jamail went to Iraq to report on the war himself. Jamail spent eight months in occupied Iraq as one of only a few independent U.S. journalists in the country. In the Middle East, he has also has reported from Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan. Jamail's dispatches were quickly recognized as an important media resource and he now writes for Inter Press Service, Asia Times Online, and many other outlets. Jamail's reports have also been published in The Nation, The Sunday Herald, Islam Online, the Guardian, Foreign Policy in Focus, and the Independent.
Jamail's book, Beyond the Green Zone: Dispatches from an Unembedded Journalist in Occupied Iraq (Haymarket Books), is a vivid and insightful telling of the reality of life under U.S. occupation, which has won high praise:
"Very prescient; brave." -- Seymour Hersh
"In the face of tremendous personal risk, his commitment to the crucial, principled task of bearing witness has never wavered, and this extraordinary book is the result." -- Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine
Location: UT Campus, Geology (JGB) 2.324, map at http://www.utexas.edu/maps/main/buildings/jgb.html

Friday, April 4, 7 p.m.
"Because Injustice Is Here: The Vision of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Is Revisited"
The Austin Center for Peace and Justice is hosting a program on the vision and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. on the 40th anniversary of his assassination. The program will include music from the Central Time Jazz Group and the University Presbyterian Church choir. Speakers include Dr. General G. Marshall, retired distinguished professor at Huston-Tillotson University; Ms. Kimberleigh Thompson, a.k.a. Strange Fruit, da Poet; and Dr. Jim Rigby, pastor of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. Roscoe Overton, ACPJ Board member, will serve as Master of Ceremonies.  Refreshments and fellowship will follow the one hour program.
Location: University Presbyterian Church, 2203 San Antonio Street. (Free child care and free parking in the garage north of and across the street from the church.)
 

Friday, April 4 - Sunday, April 6
Inside Books Project Spring Work Party
Inside Books Project - http://www.insidebooksproject.com - an all volunteer, non-profit organization providing free literature and educational material to the Texas incarcerated population, is having their Spring work party. This annual happening is when they catch up on thousands of requests from Texas inmates. IBP receives around 900 requests each month and they need help matching the requests with books from their library; and catching up on their backlog of letters. They will open at 7pm on Fri and go to the wee hours each night, starting strong again each morning at 11am with a brunch served. The work party shuts down at midnight on Sunday.
Location: Rhizome Collective, 300 Allen St., 78702

Saturday, April 5, 11:45 AM
MARCH ON AUSTIN
STOP THE TRANS TEXAS CORRIDOR & TOLLS ACROSS TEXAS RALLY
Don't Mess With Texas TURF!

Save the Date and spread the word. Last year, we marched down Congress Avenue on
Texas Independence Day to say NO to the Trans Texas Corridor and tolls. On April 5,
we want to kick it up a notch and have the BIGGEST crowd EVER!

We've invited:
TX Rep. Ron Paul,
VA Rep. Virgil Goode,
OH Rep. Marcy Kaptur,
OK Sen. Randy Brogdon,
(all of whom have introduced and/or passed legislation to stop funding the
TTC, SPP, and NAU)
along with many Texas State Legislators and leaders like
Mayor Mae Smith of Holland, Chair of the first Subregional Planning
Commission putting a roadblock in the path of the TTC-35 and
Michael Quinn Sullivan of Texans for Fiscal Responsibility.
We'll also have
The Texicans singing the Trans Texas Corridor Blues and
Jack Motley whose song was featured in the movie Truth Be Tolled.

CNN's Lou Dobbs couldn't believe Texans would allow Rick Perry and the Texas
Legislature to steal our land and allow the TTC to be built. "What happened to
'Don't Mess With Texas?'" (See it here) Let's show Lou Dobbs and the WORLD:
Don't  mess with Texas TURF! Help us get the crowd, and they'll help us get
media coverage!

Location:  The staging area for the march will be at the parking lots at the corner of
Hwy 343/Ceasar Chavez St. & Red River St. (one block west of I-35).
Begin lining up at 11:45 am.  March down Congress Avenue then rally on the south
Capitol steps in Austin.  Rally from 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Download flyer here

Wednesday, April 9, 7 p.m.
"A Broken System - Crying Out for Justice" - Mothers of Texas Death Row Prisoners Speaking Tour
This speaking tour features mothers of Texas Death Row Prisoners Sandra Reed (mother of Rodney Reed), Anna Terrell (mother of Reginald Blanton), and Lee Greenwood (mother of Joseph Nichols, who was executed on March 7, 2007). The event is chaired by Jeannine Scott, whose husband Michael Scott is in prison for life.
Location: UT Campus, The Texas Union Chicano Culture Room, 4.206, map at http://www.utexas.edu/maps/main/buildings/unb.html

Wednesday, April 16, 7 p.m.
Former Black Panther and political prisoner Robert King of the Angola 3
The Angola 3 - http://www.angola3.org - are three men incarcerated at Angola Prison on Louisiana since the 1970's, Robert King, Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox, who have endured solitary confinement longer then any known living prisoners in the United States. They formed one of the only prison Black Panther Party chapters in history and worked to organize other prisoners for humane treatment and to end segregation. All three were targeted for repression by government and prison officials.
King was falsely convicted of murdering another inmate and spent 29 years in solitary confinement before he was exonerated and released in 2001. Wallace and Woodfox were falsely convicted of murdering a guard based on the testimony of an inmate who received payment for his testimony. They still remain imprisoned, having spent 36 years in solitary confinement, the longest on record. King and the Angola 3 have recently been featured on NBC Nightly News, BBC, and in newspapers across the country and the world. Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee Rep. John Conyers, Amnesty International and the A.C.L.U. have advocated for state and federal investigations into the cases as well as the conditions at Angola.
This event is being sponsored by United Student Activists, a student group at UT that seeks to build bridges between the activist communities on campus and throughout Austin while raising awareness on campus about pressing local and national issues.
Location: UT Campus, JGB 2.324, map at http://www.utexas.edu/maps/main/buildings/jgb.html

Thursday, April 17, 3 p.m.
Brown Bag Talk with Journalist Mark Danner;
Conference: "Image, Memory and the Paradox of Peace: 15 Years After the El Salvador Peace Accords (1992-2007)"
Mark Danner, staff writer for The New Yorker and Professor of Journalism at the University of California at Berkeley, will visit the UT Journalism School to give a brown bag talk for students. Danner will also be one of the keynotes at the conference "Image, Memory and the Paradox of Peace: 15 Years After the El Salvador Peace Accords (1992-2007)" held at UT from April 17 to 18. Conference details are available at http://www.utexas.edu/law/conferences/el_salvador/
Mark Danner has written about foreign affairs and American politics for more than two decades, covering Latin America, Haiti, the Balkans and the Middle East among other stories. His books include The Secret Way to War: The Downing Street Memo and the Iraq War's Buried History (2006), Torture and Truth: America, Abu Ghraib and the War on Terror (2004), The Road to Illegitimacy: One Reporter's Travel's Through the 2000 Florida Vote Recount (2004) and The Massacre at El Mozote: A Parable of the Cold War (1994).
Location: UT Campus, LBJ Room, CMA 5.150, map at http://www.utexas.edu/maps/main/buildings/cma.html

Monday, April 21, 6:30 - 9 p.m.
Women's Community Action Network
Women's Community Action Network (WeCAN) is a new group forming in Austin that will initiate and participate in community projects as well as network with existing organizations to meet the needs of our community. Through the project(s) chosen women will learn the process of research, motivation, developing and implementing an action plan, and project documentation and promotion.
Subsequent meetings will take place on May 12, June 9, June 23, July 7, and July 21.
$35 registration per person to pay for space & supplies
Location: Advanced Holistic Healing Arts, 321 W. Ben White, Ste 203, 78704
Contact: Lynn Kurth, 512-892-7060, Lynn.Kurth@tetratech.com

Tuesday, April 29, 6 p.m.
Robert Jensen, "Israel/Palestine in the News: Facts and Stories"
As part of a lecture series on Palestine at St. John's United Methodist Church, UT Journalism Professor Robert Jensen will speak about coverage of Israel and Palestine in the U.S. media. Refreshments are at 6 p.m. and the lecture begins at 6:30.
Location: Saint John's United Methodist Church, 2140 Allandale Road.

Wednesday, April 30, 7 p.m.
Third Coast Film Night at Alamo Drafthouse Ritz, "We Feed the World"
WE FEED THE WORLD is a film about food and globalisation, fishermen and farmers, long-distance lorry drivers and high-powered corporate executives, the flow of goods and cash flow-a film about scarcity amid plenty. With its unforgettable images, the film provides insight into the production of our food and answers the question what world hunger has to do with us .
Interviewed are not only fishermen, farmers, agronomists, biologists and the UN's Jean Ziegler, but also the director of production at Pioneer, the world's largest seed company, as well as Peter Brabeck, Chairman and CEO of Nestle International, the largest food company in the world.
Location: Alamo Drafthouse Downtown, at the newly renovated Ritz Theater location, 320 E. 6th Street
Tickets - $8.25 general / $6 student, senior - are available at the door or online at http://www.originalalamo.com/

Friday, May 2, 7 p.m.
Human Rights Crisis in Florida's Fields
The Student/Farmworker Alliance-ATX presents an evening of traditional Vera Cruz folk music and a report-back from the historic petition delivery at Burger King's corporate headquarters.
Location: MonkeyWrench Books, 110. E. North Loop.

Saturday, May 3, 7 p.m.
Fausto Valiente Roberto de Leon, "Guatemala, International Mining, and Autonomous Community Resistance"
Fausto Valiente Roberto de Leon represents the Pastoral Commission for Peace and Ecology (COPAE), and will speak about community struggles against gold and silver extraction in San Marcos, Guatemala. COPAE is an organization that has accompanied communities through community consultations in Sipakapa and other forms of resistance. COPAE works to monitor the health, social, and environmental affects of mining and supports community efforts to exert their right to autonomy against transnational corporations and create locally determined economic alternatives for development. In addition to discussing the devastating affects of mining on rural communities, Fausto will address how the international system and the neoliberal model facilitate the entry of Northern mining companies in Guatemala.
Also shown will be part of the short documentary film, Sipakapa No Se Vende (Sipakapa Is Not For Sale) which focuses steep environmental and human costs of gold mining that have lead Maya communities in the Sipakapa municipality of Guatemala to exercise their right to be consulted about the expansion of mining operations into their area.
Location: MonkeyWrench Books, 110. E. North Loop.
Food will be provided. Donations to cover Fausto's travel costs are gladly accepted.

Monday, May 5, 6:30 p.m.
Documentary, "Meeting Face to Face: the Iraq-U.S. Labor Solidarity Tour"
In June 2005 six senior Iraqi trade union leaders toured the United States hosted by U.S. Labor Against the War, visiting 25 cities and speaking to several thousand unionists, peace activists, and others. This 27-minute documentary captures the energy and emotions of the tour while expressing the important substantive message Iraqi workers want to convey to all Americans: end the occupation; oppose the privatization of Iraqi national resources; and support the right of all Iraqi workers to organize free and independent trade unions. Thomas Bacon, coordinator of both the 2005 and 2007 tours, will be at the event for discussion following the film.
Location: Texas State Employees Union, 1700 South First Street.

Thursday, May 8, 7 p.m.
Workers' Defense Project, "Immigration and Its Root Causes"
Workers' Defense Project will host a participatory workshop on neo-liberal economic policies such as NAFTA and structural adjustment policies by the IMF and the World Bank that have helped fuel immigration worldwide.
Location: MonkeyWrench Books, 110. E. North Loop.

Friday, May 9, 7:30 p.m.
Plain View Press Group Reading
Madeleine Mysko will read from Bringing Vincent Home, a Vietnam-era novel told by the mother of a soldier who returns home with serious burns. A real and riviting protrayal of the burn ward vicitms and their families. H. Palmer Hall will read from Coming to Terms, a collection of autobiographical essays with focus on his experiences during the Vietnam War. Susan Bright, the editor of Plain View Press, will read from The Layers of Our Seeing and other poems.
Location: MonkeyWrench Books, 110. E. North Loop.

Saturday, May 10, 7:30 p.m.
Mazin Qumsiyeh, "Restore Human Rights: End the Occupation of Palestine"
Interfaith Community for Palestinian Rights hosts author Mazin Qumsiyeh, who will speak about the Israeli occupation of Palestine.
Location: St. Edward's University, 3001 S. Congress, Ragsdale Center, Jones Auditorium.

Wednesday, May 14, 8 p.m.
Bonnie Tamres-Moore, "U.S.-Supported Torture"
Bonnie Tamres-Moore, a founding member of the National Religious Campaign Against Torture, will speak about torture, the United States, and the rule of law. The event is sponsored by Interfaith Community for Palestinian Rights.
Location: MonkeyWrench Books, 110. E. North Loop.

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