Events

Join us for a screening of the documentary film "Anarchism in America!" A colorful and provocative survey of anarchism in America, the film attempts to dispel popular misconceptions and trace the historical development of the movement. The film features rare archival footage and interviews with significant personalities in anarchist history including Murray Boochkin and Karl Hess, and also live performance footage of the Dead Kennedys.

Bring your favorite vegan dish and graze, chat, and share with other female-identifiers. Yum!

Masked Mexico In the Age of Anxiety
Two Films by Greg Berger on Swine Flu Hysteria and Paramilitary Violence in Chiapas

Director Greg Berger in attendance to lead Q&A

Amor en Tiempos de Influenza (Love in Times of Influenza) 15 minutes
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Written, shot, and edited in the heat of Mexico's 2009 swine flu scare, this fictionalized documentary combines historical narrative and absurdist Mexico City street theatre to unmask the political interests behind Mexico's flu scare, particularly the role that U.S. agribusiness corporation Smithfield Foods may have played in the mutation of the H1N1 virus.

La Rebeldia Bajo Sitio (Rebellion Under Siege), 35 minutes

Monkeywrench Books hosts Fair Food Austin as part of a monthly "Meet a Community Group" speaker series. This series is put together to help bring supporters and community members together with local groups and organizations working on various issues in the Austin area. Fair Food Austin organizes with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) for an end to poverty wages and human rights abuses in the U.S. agricultural industry. The CIW is a farmworker organization headquartered in Immokalee, Florida which has aided in the prosecution by the Department of Justice of six slavery operations and the liberation of well over 1,000 workers as part of their struggle for the right to work with dignity.

Dr. Ben Brower discusses his book, A Desert Named Peace: The Violence of France's Empire in the Algerian Sahara, 1844-1902.

In the mid-nineteenth century, French colonial leaders in Algeria started southward into the Sahara, beginning a fifty-year period of violence. Lying in the shadow of the colonization of northern Algeria, which claimed the lives of over a million people, French empire in the Sahara sought power through physical force as it had elsewhere; yet violence in the Algerian Sahara followed a more complicated logic than the old argument that it was simply a way to get empire on the cheap.

Becker's new book, Palestine, Israel and the U.S. Empire, provides a sharp analysis of the struggle for Palestine—from the division of the Middle East by Western powers and the Zionist settler movement, to the founding of Israel and its role as a watchdog for U.S.
interests, to present-day conflicts and the prospects for a just resolution. Join us for a presentation and discussion on Palestine. It promises to interest both long-term Palestinian rights activists and those who are new to understanding the issue.

All those who identify as a woman are invited to join us for a meeting to discuss our upcoming events: a bellydancing workshop, a self-defense class, film screenings and events just waiting to be planned!

To honor the memory of influential historian and activist, Howard Zinn, Monkey Wrench will be screening "Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train."

"This acclaimed film looks at the amazing life of the renowned historian, activist and author. Following his early days as a shipyard labor organizer and bombardier in World War II, Zinn became an academic rebel and leader of civil disobedience in a time of institutionalized racism and war. His influential writings shine light on and bring voice to factory workers, immigrant laborers, African Americans, Native Americans and the working poor."
-First Run Features

Featuring rare archival materials and interviews with Zinn and colleagues such as Noam Chomsky, You Can’t Be Neutral captures the essence of this extraordinary man who has been a catalyst for progressive change for more than 60 years.

Narrated by Matt Damon • Featuring music by Pearl Jam, Woody Guthrie & Billy Bragg!