(Austin, TX) On Friday April 19th, over a hundred students and workers gathered to protest unfair working conditions at the University of Texas and West Campus.?
Thirty construction workers walked off the job after going unpaid building student housing in West Campus and in San Antonio. These low-wage workers had over $33,000 stolen from their wages.

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The Iraq war is not over for Iraqi civilians and U.S. veterans
who continue to struggle with various forms of trauma and injury.

On the tenth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq,
Iraqis and U.S. military veterans came together to hold the
U.S. government accountable for the lasting effects
of war and the rights of veterans and civilians to heal.

Right To Heal Initiative
Iraq Veterans Against the War
(www.ivaw.org)

The Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq
(www.equalityiniraq.com)

Federation of Workers Councils and Unions in Iraq
(www.wcui.org)

Source of birth defect image:
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2013/03/2013315171951838638.html

A ZGraphix/Austin Indymedia Production.
Produced/Edited by Jeff Zavala.
Filmed by Grace Alfar & Nathan Blond.

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On March 21, 2013 Activists gathered for the "Stop the Frack Attack" rally and march at the Texas State Capitol to demand an end to dirty and dangerous fracking and accountability from the oil and gas Industry.

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On February 24, 2013 Robert Jensen spoke on "We Are All Apocalyptic Now: Moral Responsibilities in Crisis Times" at the First Unitarian Universalist Church Public Affairs Forum. Jensen is a professor in the School of Journalism at University of Texas.

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On February 7, 2013 James K. Galbraith spoke on the link between the growing inequality and economic instability at 5604 Manor. He focused on his new book, "Inequality and Instability: A Study of the World Economy Just before the Great Crisis." Galbraith is a professor in the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas and has served in several positions on the staff of the U.S. Congress, including Executive Director of the Joint Economic Committee. He is also the author of "The Predator State: How Conservatives Abandoned the Free Market and Why Liberals Should Too" and "Created Unequal: The Crisis in American Pay."

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