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Start: Mar 24 2008 7:00 pm
End: Mar 24 2008 8:30 pm
Skotty Kellogg of the Rhizome Collective will be speaking about urban sustainability. | 25
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Start: Mar 26 2008 7:30 pm
End: Mar 26 2008 10:00 pm
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. Start: Mar 26 2008 8:00 pm
End: Mar 26 2008 10:00 pm
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Start: Mar 27 2008 8:00 pm
End: Mar 27 2008 10:29 pm
Spanish Language Film Night 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 MonkeyWrench Books | 28
Start: Mar 28 2008 8:00 pm
End: Mar 28 2008 10:11 pm
Participatory Economics: Alternatives to Corporate Capitalism a Lecture by: Robin Hahnel Robin will speak about Parecon with a specific focus on contemporary examples from Venezuela's Bolivarian revolution. Professor of economics at American University in Washington, DC, and author, with Michael Albert, of Looking Forward: Participatory Economics for the Twenty First Century and The Political Economy of Participatory Economics. He has written three other books analyzing the global economy Panic Rules! Everything You Need to Know About the Global Economy; The ABCs of Political Economy: A Modern Approach; and Economic Justice and Democracy: From Competition to Cooperation Friday, March 28th MonkeyWrench Books | 29
Start: Mar 29 2008 4:00 pm
End: Mar 29 2008 4:30 pm
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. Start: Mar 29 2008 5:00 pm
End: Mar 29 2008 6:00 pm
Mutualism is a school of thought that calls for decentralizing economic and political power through building cooperatives and community financing systems. It is a radical theory that opposes corporate and state power, and instead promotes an economy of small farms, independent business, cooperatives, and self-employed workers. |
