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.
Student/Farmworker Alliance • http\://sfa-atx.blogspot.com
MonkeyWrench Books
110 E. North Loop (53rd St. at Ave. F)
for info or directions call 512-407-6925
Guatemala\, International Mining\, and Autonomous Community Resistance
Saturday\, May 3rd\, 7\:00pm
MonkeyWrench Books\, 110. E. North Loop
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.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T091039Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080507T013000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080507T033000Z UID:http://www.monkeywrenchbooks.org/node/634 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.monkeywrenchbooks.org/node/634 SUMMARY:Amnesty International China/Tibet Forum DESCRIPTION:In China and Tibet the upcoming Summer Olympics casts a spotlight on a
brutal government and occupying force. The speakers are from the Tibetan
Association of Austin &\; Falun Gong (Austin).
Amnesty International • www.amnestyaustin.org
MonkeyWrench Books
110 E. North Loop (53rd St. at Ave. F)
for info or directions call 512-407-6925
Immigration and its Root Causes
A participatory workshop facilitated by members of the Workers' Defense Project 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.
Monkey Wrench Books
110 E. North Loop
Thursday\, May 8
7 pm to 8\:30pm
(Outside in the backyard--weather permitting--indoors if it's raining)
Plain View Press Group Reading
MonkeyWrench Books is pleased to announce a reading of works by three Plain View Press authors.
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 riveting portrayal of the burn ward victims 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 will read from The Layers of Our Seeing and other poems.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T091039Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080513T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080513T040000Z UID:http://www.monkeywrenchbooks.org/node/639 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.monkeywrenchbooks.org/node/639 SUMMARY:PermaCulture in a West African Eco-Village DESCRIPTION:PermaCulture in a West African Eco-Village
Learn about permaculture at Xofa Eco-Village in Ghana\, West Africa
from Cudjoe Exah\, one of Xofa's founder and permaculture farmer\, and Vicki
Wolf\, environmental writer and eco-happy traveler.
They will also present a video of interviews at the eco-village.
Monday May 12th
8\:00 pm
MonkeyWrench Books
110 E. North Loop
512-407-6925 for more info
Fraude\: México 2006 (105 min.)
IN SPANISH. NO SUBTITLES. SORRY ABOUT THIS
This documentary was directed by Luis Mandoki as a response by
Andrés Manuel López Obrador\, the declared loser in the 2006
Mexican presidential elections. El Fraude covers Mexico's illustrious
history/tradition of electoral fraud\, the illegal media attacks orchestrated
by the elite\, atttemps to disqualify López Obrador\, cheating on election
day\, and López Obrador's post-election response.
Tuesday\, May 13th
8 PM.
The Nuremburg trials represented what Justice Brandeis called \\"The sanitizing
effect of sunlight\\" and the triumph of justice over vengeance. Sixty-three
years later\, we conduct trials behind closed doors at Guantanamo\, where the
chief military prosecutor has resigned in protest and we have deeply compromised
the rule of law. What has changed? The world is watching. Bonnie
Tamres-Moore is a human rights activist working on the issue of US-supported torture.
She is a founding member of the National Religious Campaign Against Torture.
Interfaith Community for Palestinian Rights • www.icpr-austin.org
MonkeyWrench Books
110 E. North Loop (53rd St. at Ave. F)
for info or directions call 512-407-6925
Author Event\: Amanda Marcotte and It’s a Jungle Out There\: The Feminist Survival Guide to Politically Inhospitable Environments
Drawing on her personal experiences of dealing with anti-feminists—from her years of blogging about feminism and living in the woman-unfriendly state of Texas—Marcotte brings her wit and distinct lack of patience to the topic of surviving while feminist. She doles out priceless advice along the way on how not only survive but also thrive\, and even how to carve out a space for your feminist self in these oft-times hostile environments.
About Amanda Marcotte
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T091039Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080517T210000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080517T230000Z UID:http://www.monkeywrenchbooks.org/node/653 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.monkeywrenchbooks.org/node/653 SUMMARY:My Mother Wears Combat Boots\: A Parenting Guide for the Rest of Us DESCRIPTION:My Mother Wears Combat Boots\: A Parenting Guide for the Rest of Us
Jessica Mills will read from her new book\, My Mother Wears Combat Boots ( AK Press\, 2007)
Sunday\, May 18th\, 2pm
First monthly story time!
Hang out and relax while MonkeyWrench volunteers read rad books to
your kids.
Snacks provided\, feel free to bring more to share.
1968\: 40 Years Later
A Film Series
Can Dialectics Break Bricks? (1973\, 90 min. French with English subtitles) is a Situationist film by director René Viénet which uses an older martial arts film (\\"The Crush\\" from Doo Kwang Gee) for its visuals. This film was then dubbed over by the filmmakers in a detournement. The idea was to adapt a bourgeois film into a radical critique of cultural hegemony.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T091039Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080529T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080529T040000Z UID:http://www.monkeywrenchbooks.org/node/662 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.monkeywrenchbooks.org/node/662 SUMMARY:Ecovillage Reading Group DESCRIPTION:discussing chapters 1-3 of The Humanure Handbook
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T091039Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080530T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080530T044500Z UID:http://www.monkeywrenchbooks.org/node/670 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.monkeywrenchbooks.org/node/670 SUMMARY:Spanish Language Film Series\: En el País de No Pasa Nada DESCRIPTION:Spanish Language Film Series
En el País de No Pasa Nada
En el País de No Pasa Nada (2000\, 91 min.\, México\, in Spanish with subtitles in English)
Maricarmen de Lara\, best known for her feminist documentaries\, directs this comedy about a corrupt philandering businessman and his wife and the class conflicts created when Enrique is kidnapped by a band of incompetent kidnappers
This film uses humor to describe the social problems facing Mexico and the role of women in society.
Thursday\, May 29th
8\:00 pm
MonkeyWrench Books
110 E. North Loop (53rd St. at Ave. F)
for info or directions call 512-407-6925