http://txlaboragainstwar.org Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:42:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The CAMEOs of UT and Texas State are proud to present: Iraq Veterans Against the War speak out Monday, Nov. 10, 7:00 PM UT Campus, ART 1.110 (http://www.utexas. edu/maps/ main/buildings/ art.html) Hear first-hand accounts from servicemen whose time in Iraq turned them against the war. Speakers: Michael Nordstrom, a Marine ... http://txlaboragainstwar.org/2008/11/04/ivaw-speak-out-at-ut-austin-november-10/ The regular meeting of Texas Labor Against the War will NOT be held Sunday, November 9. Some of our folks will be out of town on that date. http://txlaboragainstwar.org/2008/11/02/no-txlaw-meeting-sunday-november-9-2008/ Our original announcement gave the wrong building for the John Pilger event Tuesday, Oct. 28. It is W. C. Hogg (WCH) 1.120 (map) The event is "Journalism and the War on Terror," an onstage interview with Professor Bob Jensen. We gave Welch (WEL) which is wrong.  Sorry for the error. http://txlaboragainstwar.org/2008/10/27/correction-on-location-of-pilger-talk-at-ut-tues-oct-28/ Jeremy Scahill in Austin! Sunday, November 2nd, 6:30 p.m. Location: UT Campus, FAC 21 (map to FAC: http://www.utexas.edu/maps/main/buildings/fac.html) The U.S. occupation of Iraq won’t end with the election. Even when regular troop withdrawal begins, America’s highly paid mercenaries will remain-- killing civilians, accountable to no one, and lining their pockets with our tax dollars. ... http://txlaboragainstwar.org/2008/10/23/jeremy-scahill-in-austin-journalist-speaks-at-ut-nov-2-on-privatized-warfare/ World-renowned journalist, author and documentary filmmaker John Pilger will discuss the "war on terror," focusing on the gap between the rhetoric in the air and reality on the ground in order to help citizens understand the methods of, and the motivations behind, that war. Pilger began his career in ... http://txlaboragainstwar.org/2008/10/22/john-pilger-at-ut-austin-journalism-and-the-war-on-terror/ This month's Iraq Moratorium event is tomorrow (Friday) on 11th St. in front of the Capitol in Austin, 5 - 6pm. Emphasis is THE COST OF WAR. CODEPINK will bring the "$3 trillion" sign. Bring yourself, bring your own signs . . . http://txlaboragainstwar.org/2008/10/16/iraq-moratorium-friday-oct-17-5-pm-at-the-capitol-in-austin/ Thursday October 16, 7:00 PM University of Texas at Austin, Garrison 0.102 CAMILO MEJÍA Iraq War Veteran and Author of Road from Ar Ramadi: An Iraq War Memoir Camilo Mejía grew up in Nicaragua and Costa Rica before moving to the United States in 1994. He joined the military at the age of nineteen, serving as ... http://txlaboragainstwar.org/2008/10/15/camilo-mejia-speaks-at-ut-austin-thursday-oct-16/ Austin, October 5, 2008. The biennial statewide general assembly of the 12,000 member Texas State Employees Union (CWA Local 6186) passed an antiwar resolution Sunday morning, Oct. 5. TxLAW members and other TSEU activists promoted the resolution, which passed by a voice vote, though not without considerable opposition. We publicized ... http://txlaboragainstwar.org/2008/10/08/tseu-general-assembly-passes-antiwar-resolution-oct-5/ Some of us will be attending the Naomi Klein event Sunday evening, Oct. 12, so the regular second Sunday TxLAW MEETING IS CANCELED. October 12 (Sun.)  A Last Sunday Special Event with Naomi Klein Author of The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism Naomi Klein -- a 38-year-old ... http://txlaboragainstwar.org/2008/10/06/naomi-klein-in-austin-october-12-no-txlaw-meeting/ The biennial statewide General Assembly of the Texas State Employees Union/CWA Local 6186, to be held Oct. 3 - Oct. 5 in Austin, will be presented with an antiwar resolution originated by Texas Labor Against the War activists.  The resolution is co-signed by over 30 TSEU delegates and members from ... http://txlaboragainstwar.org/2008/10/01/tseu-general-assembly-will-consider-antiwar-resolution/