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METRO EVENT | Walking the walk for immigrant families
Action: Three-Day Pilgrimage for Immigrant Families Event: Rally for Immigrant Rights Date: Saturday, November 21, 2015 Time: Noon Where: Across the street from the Governor’s Mansion Address: 1106 Lavaca Street, Austin, Texas 78701 Admission: Public welcome AUSTIN — A three-day … Continue reading
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Tagged Family Detention, Greg Abbott, Immigrant Rights, Metro, Social Action, Workers Defense Project
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METRO | Halloween at Hutto
It’s more trick than treat for the hunger strikers at this Texas immigrant family detention center. By Elaine J. Cohen | The Rag Blog | November 5, 2015 As we sat in the waiting area of the Hutto “Residential” Center, … Continue reading
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Tagged CCA, Elaine J. Cohen, Family Detention, Halloween, Hutto Hunger Strike, Hutto Prison, Immigration Detention, Metro, Rag Bloggers
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METRO EVENT | Remi Kanazi, Palestinian-American poet and human rights activist
Event: A Night with Remi Kanazi What: Poetry and conversation Date: Friday, October 30, 2015 Time: 6:30 p.m. Where: ART 1.102 in the School of Art, UT-Austin Address: San Jacinto and 23rd Street, Austin 78712 Admission: Free and open to … Continue reading
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Tagged Houston Demonstration, Metro, Palestinian Solidarity, Poetry Reading, Remi Kanazi, UT-Austin
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We must act on Islamic State genocide
There should be little doubt that the Islamic State has committed genocide; its leaders regularly admit to that continuing war crime. By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | October 25, 2015 “This is genocide.” Every time I read … Continue reading
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Tagged Genocide, ISIS, Islamic State, Lamar W. Hankins, Radical Islamists, Rag Bloggers, United Nations, War Crimes
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METRO EVENT | The ‘New Greek Tragedy’ is focus of panel in Austin
Event: “A New Greek Tragedy? Inequality, Human Rights and Democracy” What: Panel discussion Date: Monday, September 28, 2015 Time: 4:00-6:00 p.m. Where: Sheffield Room (TNH 2.111), University of Texas School of Law Address: 727 E Dean Keeton St, Austin, TX … Continue reading
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Tagged Economic Austerity, Greece, Human Rights, James Galbraith, Metro, UT School of Law
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METRO EVENT | New documentary about the Black Panthers screens in Austin
By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | September 14, 2015 Event: “The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution” What: Film showing Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 Time: 7:30 p.m. Where: The Marchesa Hall and Theatre Address: 6406 North IH35 … Continue reading
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METRO EVENT | Documentary film about ‘The Rag,’ Austin’s pioneering underground newspaper, to screen in September
The showing will be followed by an open meeting to start planning a 2016 Rag reunion and celebration. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | August 17, 2015 Event: “The Rag: Austin Underground Press 1966-1977” What: Film showing and … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin History, Documentary Film, Metro, People's History in Texas, Rag Film, Rag Reunion, Rag Reunion 2016, Sixties, The Rag, Underground Press
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METRO | Jefferson Davis has no place on
UT’s Main Mall
Students and the public are making their voices heard at forums on the UT campus. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | July 7, 2015 What: University of Texas at Austin Public Forum Date: Wednesday, July 15, 2015 Time: … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Embree, Confederate Symbols, Jefferson Davis, Metro, Rag Bloggers, UT-Austin
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METRO EVENT | Wake Up*Dead Men
Bruce Jackson will be joined by the ‘San Antonio Four’ at La Peña’s opening of his Texas prison photography retrospective. By Beverly Baker Moore | The Rag Blog | May 18, 2015 Event: ‘Wake*Up, Dead Men: A Retrospective of Bruce … Continue reading
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Tagged American Photographers, Beverly Baker Moore, Bruce Jackson, La Peña Gallery, Metro, Rag Bloggers
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METRO EVENT |Author Smadar Lavie speaks on the Israeli elections and the Mizrahi predicament
By The Rag Blog | The Rag Blog | May 12, 2015 What: Smadar Lavie discusses her book, ‘Wrapped in the Flag of Israel’ Date: Sunday, May 24, 2015 Time: 4-6 p.m. Where: Resistencia Bookstore Address: 4926 E. Cesar Chavez, … Continue reading
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Tagged Jewish Voice for Peace, Metro, Misrahi, Palestinian Jews, Palistinian Solidarity, Resistencia Books, Smadar Lavie
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METRO EVENT | ‘Black Out’: A documentary on gentrification in Austin
By The Rag Blog | The Rag Blog | April 30, 2015 Event: Screening of ‘Black Out’ What: Documentary on gentrification in Austin Date: Thursday, April 30, 2015 Time: 7 p.m. Where: UT-Austin Student Activities Center (SAC) Auditorium 1.402 Address: … Continue reading
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Tagged Association of Black Journalists, Black Out, Documentary Film, East Austin, Gentrification, UT-Austin
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