Doug Zachary\, Viet Nam War resister and President of the Austin chapter of Veterans For Peace (VFP)\, will share the music and prophecy of recently deceased VFP Lifetime Member Utah Phillips and open a discussion concerning the relationship between Militarism and Anarchy. Utah was a world-renown singer-songwriter and a long-time member of the Catholic Worker and the Industrial Workers of the World. As an enlisted soldier in the United States Army\, he deserted while stationed in Korea and sought out the Korea House\, where progressives of many stripes were working to humanize the relations between Koreans and United States military personnel. His exposure there led him into a lifetime of enquiry into the nature of patriarchal and capitalist oppression and into his struggle for peace and justice. Come and honor Utah and help us to imagine better relations between ourselves\, the means of production\, and the Earth.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120522T155859Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080711T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080711T040000Z UID:http://www.monkeywrenchbooks.org/events/spanish-language-movie-night-de-la-calle URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.monkeywrenchbooks.org/events/spanish-language-movie-night-de-la-calle SUMMARY:Spanish Language Movie Night--De La Calle DESCRIPTION:Spanish Language Film Series
De La Calle (2001\, 90 min\, In Spanish with English subtitles)
The award-winning Mexican movie \\"De la Calle\\" presents an engrossing\, contemporary look at the life of teenagers and young children living on and under the streets of Mexico City. Although not a documentary\, the film is able to create a gritty\, realistic atmosphere. It manages to evoke a bleak beauty and some sense of hope amid the squalor and depravity.
\\"De la Calle\\" follows 15-year-old Rufino and his girlfriend\, Xochitl\, as they try to escape from the poverty of the urban sprawl of the capital for a new life in the port city of Veracruz. They dream of gazing at the sea. Rufino is a charismatic youth and natural born leader\, but he is not the upstanding hero of romantic films of yore\: He is a drug runner who fearlessly scams dealers and tries to outwit his connections.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120522T155859Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080718T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080718T010000Z UID:http://www.monkeywrenchbooks.org/events/tech-night URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.monkeywrenchbooks.org/events/tech-night SUMMARY:Tech Night DESCRIPTION:This is a discussion group that meets monthly to talk about radical applications of technology. This month we will start by talking about interesting things going on with Peer to Peer.
Previous discussions have included 3D printers\, local mesh networking\, the consequences of metered bandwidth\, and creative commons.
Bring a laptop if you'd like to participate peer-to-peer file sharing and DJing!
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120522T155859Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080731T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080731T040000Z UID:http://www.monkeywrenchbooks.org/events/ecovillage-reading-group URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.monkeywrenchbooks.org/events/ecovillage-reading-group SUMMARY:Ecovillage Reading Group DESCRIPTION:Discussing The Humanure Handbook and other ecovillage topics.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120522T155859Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080803T140000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080804T020000Z UID:http://www.monkeywrenchbooks.org/events/monkey-wrench-book-and-yard-sale URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.monkeywrenchbooks.org/events/monkey-wrench-book-and-yard-sale SUMMARY:Monkey Wrench Book and Yard Sale DESCRIPTION:Monkey Wrench is having a book and yard sale!
Come by and buy a book for some summer reading! Many titles will be discounted. We are also having a yard sale\, so if you have any items to donate please come by to drop them off starting August 1st.
The fun starts at 8am Sunday August 3rd and will last all day. Come out and support your friendly\, local\, all-volunteer bookstore!
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120522T155859Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080805T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20080805T020000Z UID:http://www.monkeywrenchbooks.org/events/beyond-bars-local-struggles-against-prison-industrial-complex-august-4-25th URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.monkeywrenchbooks.org/events/beyond-bars-local-struggles-against-prison-industrial-complex-august-4-25th SUMMARY:Beyond the Bars\: Local Struggles Against the Prison Industrial Complex (August 4-25th) DESCRIPTION:Campaign to End the Death Penalty.
Family members of death row inmates tell their stories about the criminal injustice system. Featuring Sandra Reed\, mother of Rodney Reed\, innocent on death row\; Lawrence Foster\, grandfather of Kenneth Foster Jr.\, who came within hours of an execution before winning a commutation of his sentence\; Jeannine Scott\, wife of wrongly convicted Yogurt Shop defendant\, Michael Scott\; and Delia Perez Meyer\, sister of falsely accused death row inmate\, Louis Castro Perez