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After the Alberto Gonzales hearing the front page of the Washington Post announced: “The Senate Judiciary Committee goes CODEPINK on Gonzales”! Going CODEPINK now means exposing the wrongdoings of the powerful, giving them a public dressing down, holding them accountable. This summer CODEPINK will continue to bust through our nation’s inside-the-beltway politics with a refreshing dash of people power. Come join us on “The Hill” and help us paint the town PINK!
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Code Pink
Event Website:
www.codepinkalert.org//article.php?list=type&type=302
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**First Day to file for Place on General Election Ballot for cities and schools ONLY (filing deadline for other political subdivisions may vary)
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1-7 p.m. sunday, july 29, 2007 Sedition Books will host a Food/Book drive to benefit Houston Food Not Bombs and the Inside Books Project. Food Not Bombs feeds the hungry every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 8:00pm, and Sunday at 7:00pm in front of the Downtown Library (Smith @ Mckinney). http://www.fnbhouston.org The Inside Books Project sends books to Texas prisoners. Based out of Austin, they sent out over 18,000 books last year, and hope to augment that number with your help. The project is totally independent of the "correctional system", and needs books, volunteers, and donations. http://www.insidebooksproject.org Sedition Collective Members will be hanging out from 1pm to 7pm. Please stop by with non-perishable vegan food and books. Feel free to browse our library and merchendise as well! (if you have something that is perishable - i.e. fresh fruit, veggies, a prepared dish - just bring it by anyway and we'll try to bring it to Food Not Bombs that evening).
Event Website:
houston.indymedia.org/news/2007/07/60015.php
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After the Alberto Gonzales hearing the front page of the Washington Post announced: “The Senate Judiciary Committee goes CODEPINK on Gonzales”! Going CODEPINK now means exposing the wrongdoings of the powerful, giving them a public dressing down, holding them accountable. This summer CODEPINK will continue to bust through our nation’s inside-the-beltway politics with a refreshing dash of people power. Come join us on “The Hill” and help us paint the town PINK!
Event Sponsor:
Code Pink
Event Website:
www.codepinkalert.org//article.php?list=type&type=302
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Texas Nurses Association are providing at least one guest; we met them tabling at Angelika Theatre at the opening of Michael Moore's latest move, SICKO. Take part in local, progressive television every other Wednesday, 9-10 PM; public access cable TV inside Houston city limits (TimeWarner 17, er, Comcast 17; Kingwood 98, CableMax 95). THE CALL-IN NUMBER DURING THE SHOW IS 713-807-1794. You can participate in building opinions in our city. GreenWatch TV has been showing for over seven years! You can help. See our website for how to contact us.
Event Sponsor:
Harris County Green Party
Event Website:
www.hcgp.org/getinvolved/greenwatch/greenwatch.htm
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This is a fundraising event for Cynthia and for Alfred Molison, candidate for the Houston City Council. Alfred is running for Houston City Council, District C, working for Healthy People, Healthy Jobs, Healthy politics. He'd like to hear your ideas on making Houston a healthy community. Cynthia McKinney, former congresswoman from Georgia, was one of the few in Congress to oppose giving war powers to the Bush administration prior to the invasion of Iraq, and for her integrity and honesty she has, unfortunately, since been effectively targeted politically by the Big Money interests. Now she has debts to clear up before she takes her next steps. Come hear what Alfred and Cynthia have to say and help them plan what to do and how to do it. And bring your checkbook, credit card, or ATM card!
Event Sponsor:
Harris County Green Party
Event Website:
www.hcgp.org
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Veterans For Peace Chapter 12, the local chapter of MFSO (Military Families Speak Out), and the Houston Peace & Justice Center will protest Hillary Clinton's tepid stand on bringing the troops out of Iraq when she visits Houston on 11 August and holds a rally at the IBEW Hall on the north I-610 Loop in Houston. Please note that this is a LOCATION CHANGE from what was prevously announced.
Event Sponsor:
Veterans for Peace, Military Families Speak Out, Houston Peace & Justice
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WHAT: Howard Zinn, professor emeritus of political science at Boston University and author of the bestseller, A People's History of the
United States, and Karl Marx meld in a one-person play Zinn wrote that
conjures Marx's return to life.
WHO: Marx in Soho by Howard Zinn with Jerry Levy as Karl Marx;
directed by Michael Fox Kennedy
WHEN: 7 p.m., Thursday-Friday, August 16-17, 2007
WHERE: Havens Center, 1827 W. Alabama, west of Woodhead
BACKGROUND: A 19th century philosopher, political economist, and
revolutionary, Marx addressed a wide range of issues but is most famous for his analysis of history, summed up in the opening line of the Communist Manifesto: "The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles." In explaining his motivation for the play, Zinn writes in the forward "I wanted to show Marx as few people knew him, as a family man, struggling to support his wife and children." Zinn elaborates that he wished to show Marx's involvement in revolutionary politics, not just as a thinker but as a doer. And he wanted to make it clear, in the wake of communism's fall, that Marx's critique of capitalism "remains fundamentally true in our time."
Further, the conceit of the play, Marx's return to life, allows Marx
as channeled by Zinn, an opportunity to defend himself against modern-day critics who claim that his theories led to the atrocities of state capitalist regimes.
Jerry Levy, who teaches sociology at Marlboro College in Vermont and
plays Marx, asserts the one-man show examines not only the political
issues of Marx's day, but also his interpersonal ones with his wife
and daughter. Michael Fox Kennedy directs the play.
COST: $10 advance tickets; $12 at door. Open to the public. Limited seating.
INFO: Don Cook 713-705-5594;
Parking and Accessibility
Havens Center is located about 1/4 mile east of Shepherd on W. Alabama
Street, on the south side of the street at 1827. Parking is available
at St Stephens Episcopal Church (on the south side of the street near
Woodhead and Alabama) or in the parking lot directly across the street from Havens Center (on the north side of Alabama). Additional parking is available at the St. Stephens School, Woodhead and Sul Ross.
Havens Center is accessible.
Event Sponsor:
PAA, Harris County Green Party, Intergalactic Artists for Peace
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WHAT: Howard Zinn, professor emeritus of political science at Boston University and author of the bestseller, A People's History of the
United States, and Karl Marx meld in a one-person play Zinn wrote that
conjures Marx's return to life.
WHO: Marx in Soho by Howard Zinn with Jerry Levy as Karl Marx;
directed by Michael Fox Kennedy
WHEN: 7 p.m., Thursday-Friday, August 16-17, 2007
WHERE: Havens Center, 1827 W. Alabama, west of Woodhead
BACKGROUND: A 19th century philosopher, political economist, and
revolutionary, Marx addressed a wide range of issues but is most famous for his analysis of history, summed up in the opening line of the Communist Manifesto: "The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles." In explaining his motivation for the play, Zinn writes in the forward "I wanted to show Marx as few people knew him, as a family man, struggling to support his wife and children." Zinn elaborates that he wished to show Marx's involvement in revolutionary politics, not just as a thinker but as a doer. And he wanted to make it clear, in the wake of communism's fall, that Marx's critique of capitalism "remains fundamentally true in our time."
Further, the conceit of the play, Marx's return to life, allows Marx
as channeled by Zinn, an opportunity to defend himself against modern-day critics who claim that his theories led to the atrocities of state capitalist regimes.
Jerry Levy, who teaches sociology at Marlboro College in Vermont and
plays Marx, asserts the one-man show examines not only the political
issues of Marx's day, but also his interpersonal ones with his wife
and daughter. Michael Fox Kennedy directs the play.
COST: $10 advance tickets; $12 at door. Open to the public. Limited seating.
INFO: Don Cook 713-705-5594;
Parking and Accessibility
Havens Center is located about 1/4 mile east of Shepherd on W. Alabama
Street, on the south side of the street at 1827. Parking is available
at St Stephens Episcopal Church (on the south side of the street near
Woodhead and Alabama) or in the parking lot directly across the street from Havens Center (on the north side of Alabama). Additional parking is available at the St. Stephens School, Woodhead and Sul Ross.
Havens Center is accessible.
Event Sponsor:
PAA, Harris County Green Party, Intergalactic Artists for Peace
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Harris County Green Party holds a General Membership Meeting on the third Monday of each month from 6:30-9:00 p.m. We meet in the upstairs meeting room of Central Market on the southwest corner of Westheimer and Weslayan. Changes to this schedule or meeting location will be posted on the HCGP calendar. Everyone is welcome to attend the General Membership Meeting. Only active members are allowed to vote at the meeting. To be considered an active member, you must have attended at least two other General Membership Meeting in the last 12 months. You can see a typical agenda at the web site by clicking More Info. Harris County Green Party (TX)
Event Sponsor:
Harris County Green Party
Event Website:
www.hcgp.org
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The death of Johnny Connor is scheduled for tonight.
If there is no stay, this will be the 400th execution in Texas since resumption of the death penalty in 1982. This milestone in Texas history must be condemned!
Event Sponsor:
Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement
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Nick Lampson voted for the "Protect America 2007" bill that allows the executive branch, with no judicial oversight, to intercept and record all electronic communications between people abroad and here in the US. This de facto gives them the right to listen to anyone, anytime for any purpose with no need to justify or even acknowledge that they are doing it. It is absurd to think that this administration will not use that power for its own political ends. It will not prevent communication between people who have something to fear from the government hearing what they are saying, as e-mails can always be encrypted, and encryption is legal in Europe. We wish to put some public heat on Lampson for this vote, and ask all who are appalled by the cave in of the Democrats to this totally unnecessary violation of our rights to privacy to join us, in a picket in the street outside his office in Clear Lake.
Event Sponsor:
Harris County Green Party
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"Friends of God: A Road Trip with Alexandra Pelosi”
A documentary film screening followed by a
conversation with producer Alexandra Pelosi
HOUSTON
August 23 | 7:00 PM (free admission)
Christ Church Cathedral
(1117 Texas Ave)
Event Sponsor:
Texas Freedom Network
Event Website:
www.tfn.org
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Community Forum with Kenneth Foster's Family in NE Houston 2:00-4:00 PM at St. Saviour Baptist Church, 5202 Tronewood at Peachtree. Meet Kenneth’s family – his father, grandfather, and his wife. Hosted by the Rev. Earnest Charles. Sponsored by the 8th Annual March to Stop Executions Committee. see www.freekenneth.com Kenneth Foster is scheduled for execution Thursday, August 30, the third day in a row that Texas will kill premeditatedly. Kenneth was convicted under the Law of Parties. The killer in his case has already been executed, and said that Kenneth had no prior knowledge that a murder would take place. This community forum is sponsored by 8th Annual March to Stop Executions Committee (meets 2nd and 4th Mondays at 7 PM at the S.H.A.P.E. Communtiy Center at 3815 Live Oak at Alabama). Get involved in the struggle for justice. Help abolish the racist and anti-poor death penalty. We need your help, your participation, and your energy. Join us, please. For more info: Brother King at 713-521-0384 or Gloria at 713-503-2633.
Event Sponsor:
8th Annual March to Stop Executions Committee
Event Website:
www.freekenneth.com
Event Description:
5:30-6:20 PM - Execution vigil The death of Daroyce Mosley is scheduled. Three in a row this week, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. There will be a vigil from at St. Anne's Catholic Community, corner of Shepherd and Westheimer. Parking is available off Westheimer just west of Shepherd. Please participate and bring your friends with you. You may call Burnham Terrell at 713-921-0948 until 5:00 on Tuesday to find out if a stay as been granted.
Event Sponsor:
Many
Event Website:
www.tcadp.org
