Events

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!

Discussing The Humanure Handbook and other ecovillage topics.

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!

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

Immigration, Detention, and Deportation.
Film screening of Hutto: America’s Family Prison with film-maker Matthew Gossage; organizers from Grassroots Leadership will speak about organizing against private immigrant detention centers. Also, members of the Austin Immigrant Rights Coalition will speak on the issue of ICE in the Travis County Jail.