Annoucements

The Radical Readers Book Club welcomes readers, writers and book lovers of all kinds to join us for a discussion of Eduardo Galeano's "Open Veins of Latin America."

"Open Veins of Latin America" has set a new standard for historical scholarship of the continent. Rather than chronology, geography, or political successions, Eduardo Galeano has organized the various facets of Latin American history according to the patterns of five centuries of exploitation. Thus he is concerned with gold and silver, cacao and cotton, rubber and coffee, fruit, hides and wool, petroleum, iron, nickel, manganese, copper, aluminum ore, nitrates, and tin. These are the veins which he traces through the body of the entire continent, up to the Rio Grande and throughout the Caribbean, and all the way to their open ends where they empty into the coffers of wealth in the United States and Europe.

MonkeyWrench presents the 2010 documentary "Promised Land," in partnership with the award-winning documentary series P.O.V.

"Promised Land" tells the story of two bellwether legal struggles over land in today’s South Africa. With behind-the-scenes access to landless blacks, white landowners and beleaguered government functionaries, Promised Land is a gripping insider’s account of the social and human stakes in South Africa’s struggle over land. An impoverished community seeks the return of 42,000 acres of rich farmland now in the hands of white farmers and developers; in the other, an extended, middle-class black family claims 3,800 acres owned by a few white farmers.

The Radical Readers Book Club welcomes readers, writers and book lovers of all kinds to join us this Monday January 3rd at 7pm for a discussion of Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Left Hand of Darkness"

We will be discussing Chapters 1 - 7. Bring questions, favorite passages and refreshments if you like! In "The Left Hand of Darkness," Genly Ai's mission is to bring the planet Winter back into the fold of an evolving galactic civilization, but to do so he must bridge the gulf between his own culture and prejudices and those that he encounters. On a planet where people are of no gender--or both--this is a broad gulf indeed.

The Radical Readers Book Club welcomes readers, writers and book lovers of all kinds to join us for a discussion of Alan Weisman's "The World Without Us."

Feel free to come even if you weren't present at our first meeting. We will be discussing the first two parts of the book.

"The World Without Us" reveals how, just days after humans disappear, floods in New York's subways would start eroding the city's foundations, and how, as the world’s cities crumble, asphalt jungles give way to real ones. Drawing on the expertise of engineers, atmospheric scientists, art conservators, zoologists, oil refiners, marine biologists, astrophysicists, religious leaders from rabbis to the Dalai Lama, Weisman illustrates what the planet might be like today, if not for us.

*Save 15% if you buy the book at MonkeyWrench!

FloodlinesThe Community and Resistance Tour seeks to communicate about current struggles for justice and liberation, from the current BP Oil Drilling Disaster devastating the Gulf Coast to nooses hung in the northern Louisiana town of Jena. From women organizing inside prisons to cultural resistance. The tour also seeks to connect communities of liberation, and to build relationships between grassroots activists and independent media. This tour is for anyone interested in issues of health care, education, criminal justice, housing, or the ways in which systems of racism, patriarchy and other forms of oppression intersect with these struggles.

Join members of the Inside Books Project Sunday November 14th at 7pm for a discussion on the organization's work bridging prisoners and the outside community in a way that both enrich their lives, empower, strengthen and educate.

The all volunteer, non-profit organization sends free books and educational materials to people in prison in the state of Texas. It is the only project in the state offering this vital resource to Texas' prisoner population, which now exceeds 171,790.

The group is hosting a fall work party Friday November 5 to Sunday November 7th. They'll have free food, music, and thousands of letters from Texas inmates ready to be answered! This is the work party where volunteers get as much done as possible in time to mail thousands of packages for the Holidays.

The monthly MonkeyWrench Meet a Community Group series is put together to help bring supporters and community members together with local organizations working on various issues in the Austin area.

The Mexico-US Solidarity Network presents:
"The Bracero Story: Stolen Wages and the Struggle of Mexican Guest Workers"

The Bracero Program spanned 22 years, 1.5 million guest workers, and 5 million contracts, making it the largest binational labor agreement in world history. The program shaped US agriculture and US immigration policies for decades to come, and the government-sponsored wage theft suffered by the Braceros is a testament to the predatory potential of future guest worker programs.

Shhhh. It's a Secret Cafe fundraiser for the newly revived Austin Indymedia!

Join us for a delicious vegan dinner served by the Austin Indymedia collective. Austin IMC is part of a global, grassroots media collective committed to providing an outlet for the circulation of voices and messages that are systematically marginalized by mainstream media. IMC allows for open publishing, encourages community collaboration, and helps open access to the tools necessary to engage in grassroots media-making.

This Saturday 9/25 at 2105 Comal Street. Dinner will be served at 7 pm and is donation-based.

Please RSVP for yourself and your guest by emailing recognizeyourchains@riseup.net

Luchar para estudiar; Estudiar para luchar (Struggle to learn; Learn to struggle)

Join us for a screening of the documentary "¡Palante, Siempre Palante!"

The film chronicles the Puerto Rican and Latino/a communities fight for economic, racial and social justice
in the midst of the African American liberation struggle, protests to end the Vietnam War and the women's movement for equality. From Chicago streets to the barrios of New York City and other urban centers, the Young Lords emerged to demand decent living conditions and raised a militant voice for the empowerment of Puerto Ricans and other Latino/as in the United States and for the independence of Puerto Rico.

When: Thursday, Sept. 9th, 8pm