Events

A Conversation on Global White Supremacy, Activism and Grassroots Alternatives to Neo-Liberalism

Charles R. Hale, professor of anthropology at UT-Austin and author of Mas Que un Indio: Racial Ambivalence & the Paradox of Multi-culturalism in Guatemala, will begin with a reflection on his work on race and ethnicity in Guatemala and Nicaragua.

Joao Costa Vargas, ass't professor of anthropology at UT-Austin and author of "Catching Hell in the City of Angels: Life and Meanings of Blackness in South Central Los Angeles will talk about the organized efforts of African-diasporic anti-racists in Los Angeles and Rio de Janeiro.

Both speakers will be available to sign books after the talk.

"Gold and Greed: North American Mining in Central America"
A Rights Action Speaking Tour with Carlos Amador Aleman and Sandra Cuffe

Carlos is a community organizer, educator and leader of the Siria Valley
Environmental Committee in Francisco Morazan, Honduras. His work includes working to expose the multiple violations and damage being caused by cyanide-leaching, open pit gold mining practiced in the region by the Vancouver-based Goldcorp (formerly Glamis Gold) mining company, and to promote and work for community controlled alternative development projects.

Sandra works with Rights Action and has lived and worked in Honduras for over three years, working on a wide range of development, environment and human rights issues with community organizations in Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador; Sandra has investigated and written extensively about the widespread environmental and human costs of North American mining operations in Honduras.

For more information contact Christopher Loperena at 512-300-3685
For directions to MonkeyWrench, call 512-407-6925

Just how free are we? According to Adam Curtis (The Century of the Self,
The Power of Nightmares) - we're not. In fact, he says that in an attempt
to liberate us, Western governments have simply narrowed our choices and created a system where class and money means everything. In a series of three films, Curtis finds out how we got where we are today, and how our system of governance has led to chaos abroad.

Amnesty International - Austin will show 'Dangerous Living: Coming out in
the Developing World' at Monkeywrench Books, 110 E. No. Loop, 407-6925, at 7:30pm on Wed., April 11. This film, presented in association with Amnesty's GLBT human rights network OUTFRONT, documents the tremendous changes and challenges that the GLBT community has faced in the developing world in the past decade. Your $5 suggested donation will go to the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission.

Children of Heaven (1997, 88 mins) Persian with English subtitles
Directed by: Majid Majidi

In this simple family drama from Iran, two children invent an intricate
plan to conceal the loss of a pair of shoes. Ali (Amir Farrokh Hashemian)
and his sister Zhara (Bahare Seddiqi) are living in a poor neighborhood.
Their mother is suffering from illness and their father is overworked and
underpaid. When Ali is sent out to pick up his sister's shoes, a blind
street peddler accidentally swipes them. Afraid that he will get a beating
if his parents find out, he and Zhara concoct a plan by which she will
wear Ali's sneakers to school in the morning and he will wear them to
school in the afternoon. But the plan has its flaws because Ali is late to
school everyday and his principal threatens to expel him. In a final act
of determination, Ali enters a race to win the third place prize, a new
pair of sneakers. Majidi's acclaimed film is an example of a current trend
in Iranian cinema where children are used as central characters in order
to circumvent censorship issues. CHILDREN OF HEAVEN received an Academy Award Nomination in 1998 for Best Foreign Film

For info about cine adictos film series:
call 750 5050 or email:
cineadictos.filmclub@gmail.com

a punk rock show for all ages featuring two stars on the rise with The Swellers and Alucard from Search and Rescue Records. Recently returning from tour in Japan, The Swellers promote positivity through their lyrics and have a sound very remincisent of early No Use For A Name. Alucard wails, like totally. $5 or donation at the door. www.thepoliticalparty.net for music and info

The Dissent! G8 Infotour is coming to Austin on April 16th. People are
preparing in Germany for large scale protests against the G8 meeting this
June 6-8, 2007, and are coming to Austin to tell us about what is going on
there.

After the presentation, there will be an open discussion on any number of
topics: Why protest the G8? Would the resources for such a big
mobilization not be better used for local projects? Coalitions? Concrete
action plans and ideas? Possibilities to work together from across the
pond? How to build/support Austin's anti capitalist structures.

Bring some money to help the Dissent folks make it to their next stop!

La Vendedora de Rosas (The Rose Seller) ((1998, 116 mins) Spanish with
English subtitles
Directed by: Victor Gaviria

In the two days leading up to Christmas, a thirteen year-old Monica, a
Colombian street kid, tries to sell roses for money. Surrounded by a group
of fellow runaways and orphan who all get by through robbery,
prostitution, and drugs--mainly sniffing glue, Monica anticipates the
holiday, hoping that there will at least be some sort of party to attend.
Victor Gaviria's look at life on the streets of Latin America is
fascinating, bleak, and uncompromising look at an often forgotten
population.

For info about cine adictos film series:
call 750 5050 or email:
cineadictos.filmclub@gmail.com

KOOP Radio (http://www.koop.org) presents an eight o'clock screening of the documentary film ZIZEK!, Astra Taylor's affectionate look at Slovenia's leading Lacanian philosopher on politics, culture and representation. Suggested donation is five dollars.
More information: info@koop.org or (512) 407-6925

Steve Arceri appears with a plethora of guest musicians. Also appearing are the Real Live Tigers. Show starts at 8PM and is ALL AGES. Donations will be accepted at the door

Celebrate MonkeyWrench Books' 5th Anniversary

Come on out and celebrate five years of all-volunteer, collectively-organized non-profit radical book-selling and community space providing!

Join us for a great show with five great bands:

Attic Ted,
Perennial Tuesday
Yatsuzaki [2012]
Many Birthdays
Wax Museum Pandemonium

Thursday, April 26th
Doors at 7pm
at
The Carousel Lounge
1110 E. 52nd Street (Corner of Cameron & 52nd just east of I-35)

5$ donation requested at the door

Al Otro Lado (To The Other Side) (2005, 90 min.)
Director: Gustavo Loza

For info about cine adictos film series:
call 750 5050 or email:
cineadictos.filmclub@gmail.com

The Post-Katrina Portraits book reading
Editor and artist Francesco di Santis stayed after the “mandatory
evacuation” and documented the stories of those affected by Katrina and
Rita for 13 months. He will read a selection of stories from this
awe-inspiring project.

Girls Make Media:
Zines, Films and Websites
a critical discussion of the rise of girls' media production in contemporary U.S. society.

Girls Make Media analyses girls' films, zines, and websites, as well as girl media-makers and the various social sites where their work is supported. This book explores how media production enables girls' creative expression while also facilitating experimentation with their identities and access to the public sphere.

Girls Make Media reclaims the marginalized history of girls' cultural practices by concentrating on the connections between various forms of media produced by female youth today and girls' historical involvement in domestic arts and written culture.

Mary Celeste Kearney is Ass’t Professor of Radio-Television-Film at UT- Austin. She specializes in girls' media culture. She is author of Girls Make Media (Routledge, 2006), and her essays have appeared in Cultural Studies and Feminist Media Studies. She is also director of Cinemakids, a program for inspiring young filmmakers.

a Show featuring The Pharmacy from Seattle, an eclectic indie rock band with synths and catchy tunes. Bring Your Dancing Shoes

Also Appearing, Fires In Roam, Foolproof from LA, and Hey La La from here, in Austin, yes.

www.myspace.com/pharmacy
www.myspace.com/politicalparty