Events

You are invited to the Republican National Convention Welcoming Committee Roadshow, as they stop in Austin to spread anti-RNC fervor!

Tuesday, February 26th
8PM
MonkeyWrench Books
110 E. North Loop (Ave F with 53rd St) # 7 bus
calll 407-6925 for more info

Our dreams will never fit into their ballot boxes! Neither docile street marches nor electoral campaigns are effective means of opposing war and oppression. The RNC presents a tremendous opportunity for anarchists and other radicals to put our politics into action! ----

Come to network, learn the lay of the land, and get the lowdown on the plans and logistics already in place to crash the convention this summer in Minneapolis!

* The RNC Welcoming Committee is an anarchist / anti-authoritarian organizing body preparing for the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota. http://www.rncwelcomingcommittee.org/

Discuss various aspects of ecovillage organization and sustainability.

Celebrate the non-day that is February 29th with a laid-back folk show from Nic Walker and Devon Grobert. Sit-in musicians welcome.

You can hear some of Nic's music at his myspace, LaLaQuarry.

The Austin Time Exchange Network (ATEN) is a local program that enables individuals to provide and receive skills and services within a network of people and organizations in Greater Austin. Similar to concepts expressed in bartering and alternative currency systems, this grassroots initiative lets members exchange labor and assistance without using the U.S. Dollar. Launched in April of 2006, ATEN currently has over 60 members and invites new participants to join by attending any of our upcoming introduction meetings.

Learn Something Awesome!
The next Learn Something Awesome! public workshop event will be held on Friday, March 7th at Monkey Wrench Books at 7pm.

The workshops will include: crocheting plastic bags into useful items, acupuncture and Chinese medicine, yoga with a radical perspective, and designing a basic web site with Adobe Dreamweaver.

This is a laid-back, conversational event designed to connect and educate members of the Austin community. Come out and Learn Something Awesome!

The Austin Time Exchange Network (ATEN) is a local program that enables individuals to provide and receive skills and services within a network of people and organizations in Greater Austin. Similar to concepts expressed in bartering and alternative currency systems, this grassroots initiative lets members exchange labor and assistance without using the U.S. Dollar. Launched in April of 2006, ATEN currently has over 60 members and invites new participants to join by attending any of our upcoming introduction meetings.

Discussing:
Creating a Life Together
Electric Water
Land Trusts

Carlos' brother is in Dead Legs and is travelling from Florida to be here for you. You should come hang out!

Audrey Ryan (3:00PM)
http://www.myspace.com/audreyryan
Dead Legs (2:00PM)
http://www.myspace.com/deadlegs
All The Saints (1:00PM)
http://www.myspace.com/allthesaints

Punk Rock Breakfast II
Bryan Ohio's leaving town bonanza with free food and juice!

@ ROOM SERVICE VINTAGE
THE VALLEY ARENA 3:00
THE PHARMACY 2:30
SHINOBU 1:45
SIRHAN SIRHAN 1:00

@MONKEY WRENCH BOOKS & SCOOTER REVOLUTION
DEBATE 12:30
PRETTY AND NICE 11:30 am
CALL IT RADAR 10:45am
BIRDS AND BATTERIES 10am

The Valley Arena (Long Beach )
http://www.myspace.com/thevalleyarena
The Pharmacy (Seattle)
http://www.myspace.com/thepharmacy
Pretty & Nice (Boston)
http://www.myspace.com/prettyandnice
Call It Radar (Miami Florida)
http://www.myspace.com/callitradar
Shinobu (San Jose)
http://www.myspace.com/shinobu
Birds & Batteries (San Francisco)
http://www.myspace.com/birdsbatteries
Debate (Brazil)
http://www.myspace.com/debaterock

The Political Party and He Said She Said Presents

Fest By No Fest
Saturday March 15th @ 10am

@MONKEY WRENCH BOOKS
SHINOBU 4:30PM
WESTERN FRONT 3:45pm
WE VS THE SHARK 3:00pm

@ ROOM SERVICE VINTAGE
TEENAGE BOTTLEROCKET 2:30
THE FEMURS 1:45
LOW RED LAND 1:00pm

@MONKEY WRENCH BOOKS
MATT KURZ ONE 12:30pm
SCOUTS HONOR 11:45am
THE MONOCLES 11am

Teenage Bottlerocket (CA)
http://www.myspace.com/teenagebottlerocket
The Femurs (WA)
http://www.myspace.com/thefemurs
We Versus The Shark (GA)
http://www.myspace.com/weversustheshark
Low Red Land (SF)
http://www.myspace.com/lowredland
Shinobu (San Jose)
http://www.myspace.com/shinobu
Western Front (CA)
http://www.myspace.com/westernfrontmusic
Matt Kurz One(Brazil)
http://www.myspace.com/mattkurzone
Scouts Honor (Chicago)
http://www.myspace.com/scoutshonor
Monocles (Houston)
http://www.myspace.com/themonocles

Four on the Floor Party Benefiting MonkeyWrench Books
Saturday, March 15th, 11am-10pm at Parts and Labour (1604 S. Congress)

MonkeyWrench Books would like to invite you to a FREE (but please tip your bartender!) show at Parts and Labour (1604 South Congress) this Saturday. Featuring free tamales from Fancy Pants Tamales and great bands from 11:00am-10:00pm. The schedule is as follows: Caitlin Rose (11:45am), The Mean Us (12:45pm), The Mediums (1pm), David Israel (1pm), The Nobility (2:30pm), Your 33 Black Angels (3:15pm), The Vivian Girls (4pm), So Many Dynamos (4:45pm), AM Syndicate (5:30pm), Black the Dynasty (6:15pm), Astronautalis (7pm), The Show is the Rainbow (7:45pm), Burning Hotels (8:30pm), The Always Already (9:15pm), De Nova Dahl (10pm).

More Info Soon!

The Austin Time Exchange Network (ATEN) is a local program that enables individuals to provide and receive skills and services within a network of people and organizations in Greater Austin. Similar to concepts expressed in bartering and alternative currency systems, this grassroots initiative lets members exchange labor and assistance without using the U.S. Dollar. Launched in April of 2006, ATEN currently has over 60 members and invites new participants to join by attending any of our upcoming introduction meetings.

The EZLN and The Other Campaign/La Otra Campaña in the USA

Juan Haro of the Movement for Justice in the Barrio will discuss the Zapatista's Other Campaign both in Mexico and the USA. He will focus on how it has influenced the work that the MJB does around anti-gentrification organizing in New York City.

The Movement for Justice in El Barrio was founded by immigrants and low-income people of color. For the past three years, this 400-member strong tenant rights organization has successfully staved off the gentrification of Spanish Harlem. Movement for Justice in El Barrio will be coming to Austin to share their successes and discuss their organizing strategies.

Friday, March 21st
7:00 pm
MonkeyWrench Books
110 E. North Loop
512-407-6925 for info or directions

The Austin Time Exchange Network (ATEN) is a local program that enables individuals to provide and receive skills and services within a network of people and organizations in Greater Austin. Similar to concepts expressed in bartering and alternative currency systems, this grassroots initiative lets members exchange labor and assistance without using the U.S. Dollar. Launched in April of 2006, ATEN currently has over 60 members and invites new participants to join by attending any of our upcoming introduction meetings.

Skotty Kellogg of the Rhizome Collective will be speaking about urban sustainability.

NAFTA FROM BELOW: Maquiladora Workers Speak Out on the Impact of Free Trade in Mexico

Join MonkeyWrench Books and the Coalition for Justice in the Maquiladoras at A Presentation in Solidarity with the Key Safety Systems’ Workers struggle.

Key Safety Systems is a leading global producer of airbags and other auto safety systems, which has sent its production to maquiladoras such as Valle Hermoso, Mexico, just south of Brownsville, Texas, in search of cheap workers. Two workers organizing at KSS’s Valle Hermoso plant, Perla Cruz and Israel Monroy, will speak on the human costs of NAFTA-style free trade. CJM coordinator Martha Ojeda, a former maquila worker and veteran organizer, will also be present.

villages
electric water

Spanish Language Film Night
El Violin (Mexico, 2005, 98 min) (In Spanish--no subtitles available--sorry!)

The quietly dignified Don Plutarco, his son Genaro and grandson Lucio make a humble living as travelling musicians. They also collect supplies and ammunition for the guerrilla movement that has arisen in response to the tyrannical regime. Upon returning to their hometown after one journey, they find it has been occupied by the army and their fellow villagers have been forced into hiding. Genaro leaves to find a way to salvage the supplies. Meanwhile, unbeknownst to his son, Plutarco attempts to recover the ammunition himself and courageously approaches the squad captain.

Thursday March 27th
8:00pm

MonkeyWrench Books
110 E. North Loop
512-407-6925 for more information or directions