Events

Come grab your copy of Ben Snakepit’s new compilation of years 4-6. and find out what Snakepit has been up to lately.

An interactive presentation on the Association for Justice and Reconciliation – a multi-ethnic coalition of Mayan massacre survivors demanding justice for genocide in Guatemala. Despite the continued threats they face, the AJR organizes to end the impunity enjoyed by the politicos and military brass that reigned over one of the hemisphere's bloodiest genocide in modern times.

The key target of AJR's organizing, Efrain Rios Montt - the coup-launching, evangelical dictator who ruled over the murder of an estimated 70,000 indigenous people from 1982-1983 - is poised for election to Congress in September. The AJR is clamoring for Guatemala to try Rios Montt on charges of genocide - a trial in which the AJR would provide the critical testimony as witnesses and survivors of his crimes.

Austinite Jordan Buckley will reflect on ten months of living in AJR villages as an accompanier with the Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala (NISGUA), during which time he also published interviews and stories online (under the name Elias Lawless) for Austin IndyMedia, WireTap Magazine, the Nation, Proper Gander, and Upside Down World, among others.

He will discuss the role of US politics, evangelism and neoliberalism as they relate to the genocide, as well as how North American allies can respond to the AJR's call for international solidarity.

For more information, please visit nisgua.org.

Black Star Co-op’s monthly beer social returns to the backyard of
MonkeyWrench Books on Saturday, June 16th. Come out to relax in the
backyard, enjoy a pint, and learn more about the Co-op.

What: June Beer Social
Where: 110 E North Loop
When: Saturday, June 16th, 7-10PM
What to bring: Chairs, Friends, and Thirst!

Note: Please do not park on the North Loop strip.

Boogdish returns to Monkey Wrench with a barrel full of his fellow folk friends. Mostly acoustic to lo-fi music this evening. Free Show, All Ages-8PM

Looking for an alternative July 4th event?

Join CAMEO* in Zilker Park at the Peace Grove for an anti-war picnic to support independence for occupied countries and from a two party political system!

Contact: antiwarcampus@yahoo.com

*UT anti-war group