New Year's Eve
Party for Peace

Join other peace activists for an evening of relaxation,
friendship, and gathering strength for the new year.

It's safe to talk politics at this party! Other conversations are welcome, too, of course.
If you are reading this on the PAA home page, click on the event title for details.

Attend the regular monthly meeting of the Progressive Action Alliance Thursday, Jan. 10. Come early (about 6:45PM) to visit; meeting is from 7-9 p.m. Bring something non-messy to eat or drink and share if you wish. If you are reading this on the PAA home page, click on the event title for more info.

Wednesday, January 16 Houston Indymedia Presents: Films Beyond Borders

Houston Indymedia is proud to continue our series of progressive documentary
films at Rice Cinema this January the 16th at 8pm, with 5 short films on
struggles for human dignity and freedom of movement. From Indiana, California
and Texas, the experiences of immigrant youth, anti-border activists and
detained migrants tell stories that can break through the systems of exclusion
and give a glimpse of our common humanity. The films include:

Claiming our Rights, Envisioning our Future:
Communities Organizing for Justice

Believing that 2008 - and beyond -- holds great promise and great peril for those who organize and advocate for an immigration policy based on human rights, dignity and justice, the National Network on Immigrant and Refugee Rights is convening a national conference in Houston Texas on January 18-20, 2008. Join us in Houston to:

Claiming our Rights, Envisioning our Future:
Communities Organizing for Justice

Believing that 2008 - and beyond -- holds great promise and great peril for those who organize and advocate for an immigration policy based on human rights, dignity and justice, the National Network on Immigrant and Refugee Rights is convening a national conference in Houston Texas on January 18-20, 2008. Join us in Houston to:

In a performance by The New Zulu Mardi Gras Indians, Houstonians will have a rare opportunity to experience the unique rhythms, chants and elaborate costumes on New Orleans' Black Indians during Martin Luther King weekend.

Claiming our Rights, Envisioning our Future:
Communities Organizing for Justice

Believing that 2008 - and beyond -- holds great promise and great peril for those who organize and advocate for an immigration policy based on human rights, dignity and justice, the National Network on Immigrant and Refugee Rights is convening a national conference in Houston Texas on January 18-20, 2008. Join us in Houston to:

In a performance by The New Zulu Mardi Gras Indians, Houstonians will have a rare opportunity to experience the unique rhythms, chants and elaborate costumes on New Orleans' Black Indians during Martin Luther King weekend.

Join thousands of others in the Houston area, who value what MLK stood for, at the ORIGINAL Martin Luther King, Jr. parade, in downtown Houston.

This is the parade that was originated 30 years ago by Ovide Duncantelle, tht is coordinated by the Black Heritage Society, and which remains true to MLK's legacy.

(The other so-called MLK parade, organized by Charles Stamps, is the one that is filled with ROTC groups and other militaristic entries.  It is also on the same day, but don't be confused even though it has a bunch of corporate sponsors.)

Don’t Let Coal Choke Our Future

What do climate change, asthma, cancer, and toxic slurry all have in common?
COAL- FIRED POWER PLANTS- and there are alternatives!
Join us to take action for a clean energy economy

7:00 - 9:00 PM
Susan Hayward in “I want to live!”
Angelika Film Center
510 Texas Ave, Houston, 77002
Hosted by Mike Farrell
Pre-screening reception - 6 pm
fundraiser; to purchase tickets, see
special TCADP web page below

The annual conference of the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty will be held in Houston this year.

Keynote Speaker: Mike Farrell, President of Death Penalty Focus (also a star of M*A*S*H).

Houston community organizations and activists are mobilizing to demand removal of Chuck Rosenthal and his senior staff at Harris County's District Attorney office. A broad multi-ethnic coalition will hold a Townhall meeting on January 29th at Good Hope Missionary Baptist Church and a protest rally on January 31st in front of the Harris County Criminal Courthouse.

February 20th-- Manufactured Landscapes
Description: Manufactured Landscapes is the portrait of one man's voyage as it follows celebrated still photographer Edward Burtynsky on a tour of Asia. Burtynsky takes large-format stills of industrial landscapes: factory workers lined up to infinity, giant ships eviscerated, massive recycling dumps, expansive strip mines. His goal is to portray humanity's relationship to nature as we pursue progress. Director Jennifer Baichwal makes insightful choices. The film perfectly balances the images of Burtynsky with those of talented cinematographer/creative consultant Peter Mettler And when Burtynsky speaks, he neither celebrates nor condemns but simply explores who we are in relation to our planet. We extract things from the environment to survive, and that is damaging the world

Citizens League for Environmental Action Now (CLEAN) presents a film screening of Green: The New Red, White and Blue as part of our ongoing Environmental Film Series.

Synopsis: In Green: The New Red, White and Blue, New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman looks at various "green" technologies - hydroelectric, solar, wind, and nuclear power, hybrid, electric, and hydrogen fuel-cell cars, clean-coal, biofuels, and energy-conservation methods - being adopted by American businesses and families today, to reduce the output of the greenhouse gases and help ensure greater political stability throughout the world.