Events

Dirty Fist, the Florida banjo and accordion duo, will play at the store. Accompanied by Nick Walker and friends' acoustic madness.

Stories and activities for your youngsters.

Taxi to the Darkside (2007) is an excellent Academy Award winning documentary film that explores detainee policy and torture at the Bagram Theatre Internment Facility in Afghanistan through the story of an innocent Afghan taxi driver. As the Obama Administration looks to significantly expand the Bagram Internment Facility and continues to deny many detainees captured in the War on Terror their due process rights this film and discussion become all the more relevant.

We meet every-other Tuesday at 8pm and will next be discussing Hakim Bey's Immediatism.

Come for juicy a discussion of radical theory!!

We will be screening this two-part documentary on two consecutive Wednesdays this month. During the Cold War, as African nations struggled for independence from European colonialism, revolutionary Cuba came to the aid of three countries: the Congo, Guinea-Bissau, and Angola. First Che Guevara came to the Congo with a small number of Cuban troops, and later in Angola thousands of Cubans came to fight against South African forces. Filled with first-hand accounts and period footage, this documentary is an excellent examination of South-South efforts to liberate themselves from First World imperialism.

Come see Chicken Little (http://chickenlittlemusic.com), Jordan Moser (http://www.myspace.com/jordanmoserct), and That Damned Band (www.thatdamnedband.com/). Show starts at 8pm and we'll ask for a $5 donation to help the touring band get down the road, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds.

Film Screening: "Cuba: An African Odyssey"
At MonkeyWrench Books, 110 E North Loop, Austin, TX 78751
Wednesday, June 10, from 8-10pm, and Wednesday, June 17, 2009 from 8-10pm

During the Cold War, as African nations struggled for independence from European colonialism, revolutionary Cuba came to the aid of three countries: the Congo, Guinea-Bissau, and Angola. First Che Guevara came to the Congo with a small number of Cuban troops, and later in Angola thousands of Cubans came to fight against South African forces. Filled with first-hand accounts and period footage, this documentary is an excellent examination of South-South efforts to liberate themselves from First World imperialism.

What daily personal lifestyle decisions can we make to inspire, motivate, and challenge ourselves and our community into creating a truly sustainable future? Jesse James will be presenting “Sustainability Now”, a presentation he made at the Canyon de Guadelupe Convention in Mexico which focused on gardening, alternative energy, healing arts and local economy.

We will next read selected chapters from 1000 Plateaus by Deleuze and Guattari:
-Author's Note
-Introduction: the Rhizome

Join us and more on June 23rd @ MonkeyWrench!! 8pm-10pm-ish

If you're a visual learner....
check out a graphic representation of these tangly theories at: http://www.bumblenut.com/drawing/art/plateaus/index.shtml

Also, come with suggestions about what books you would like to be discussed.

On July 27, beginning at 11am, Monkey Wrench will play host to Austin's contribution to the World Wide Vegan Bake Sale. Come share vegan treats with Food Not Bombs, Austin Pets Alive, and the Monkey Wrench Collective. For more info on the bake sale worldwide, go here: http://www.veganbakesale.org/veganbakesale/index.html

Afghanistan war resister Victor Agosto will be speaking at Monkey Wrench with Cindy Thomas, manager of Under the Hood, an anti-war coffee house outside Ft. Hood in Killeen, Texas. Victor has publicly refused to deploy to Afghanistan on the grounds that the war is unjust. He has also refused conscientious objector status stating that he supports wars of resistance--just not wars of imperialism. Victor still resides in the barracks at Fort Hood in hopes that his regular refusal to obey orders will inspire other troops to resist.

"The only way to make politicians responsive to the needs of the people is if soldiers won't fight their wars, and if soldiers won't fight their wars, the wars won't happen. I hope I'm setting an example for other soldiers," says Victor.