Local Activists Call Out Police and Find Themselves Flagged as Threats

Doesn't take much to get on the watchlist

"...Mon­civias as having "an extensive history of ideologically inspired activism that includes engaging in unlawful and disruptive tactics to..."

Aug. 28, 2020 News Feature by John Anderson

50 Years Black & Queer at UT's Black Studies Biennial Conference

Historical analysis of the Caribbean’s queer, black activism

"...– offering a historical analysis of queer and black activism in the Caribbean – especially caught Qmmunity’s eye...."

March 13, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Alex Puente

Workers of the World, United in Time

UT Lecturer Anne Lewis on her new doc, A Strike and an Uprising (in Texas)

"...home since the Nineties) and films about trade union activism. She concedes that it's a little bit strange that..."

May 4, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Chronicle Endorsements

Recommendations for the county, state, and country

"...Joi Chevalier We appreciate Tim Mahoney's longtime local Democratic activism, but small-business owner Joi Chevalier is better qualified to..."

Feb. 16, 2018 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

Reproductive Rights Advocates Prepare for the Fight

Groups, lawmakers relaunch "Trust. Respect. Access." campaign

"...to the high levels of renewed civic engagement and activism since the election of President Donald Trump. An estimated..."

Feb. 9, 2017 News Post by Mary Tuma

Plain Speaking About Complex Things

Robert Jensen on his book Plain Radical and the friendship that inspired it

"...pornography and inequality, racism and white privilege, the religious activism of a nonbeliever – but all, as he says,..."

June 17, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

The Gay Place Guide to a Kweer SX

LGBTQIA SXSW and why queering SXSW is a big f-ing deal

"...Dolce Vita considers her site’s panel, Queer Style: Visual Activism & Fashion’s Frontier, to be quite political. “Queer style..."

March 9, 2016 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

OUTside In

After a tumultuous year in LGBTQ, it's time for an emotional check-in

"...Twitter and Tumblr are a vital part of her activism...."

Aug. 28, 2015 Arts Feature by Kate X Messer

Oligarchy Is the Problem

"...the rest of us. And herein lies hope. An activism based on a vision of current trends resulting not..."

July 12, 2014 Postmarks

Point Austin: Stayed on Freedom

Considering the LBJ legacy

"...laws are American landmarks of 100 years of social activism and social change. A Complicated History..."

April 11, 2014 News Column by Michael King

AFS Doc Nights: 'How to Survive a Plague'

When desperate times called for desperate measures

"...people undertook then, and of their victories. Without AIDS activism, without groups like ACT UP and Treatment Action Group,..."

May 10, 2013 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

High School Stakes

Austin ISD election could shape a new direction for the district

"...talk among the campaign pros. District 2: Experience and ActivismSam Guzmán vs. Father Jayme Mathias Elementaries: Allan, Allison, Brooke,..."

Oct. 5, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Page Two

The right's most troubling victory may be its brilliant subversion of the language of political debate

"..."Judicial activism" has come to mean nothing more than judges reaching..."

Nov. 26, 2004 Column by Louis Black

The Ballad of Joe Hill

Get up, stand up – stand up for your rights

"...A year later, the Boss takes up the activism stick once again. Along with Springsteen, the recently completed..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Comedy Is Not the Enemy of Seriousness

Author-activist Robert Newman at the Drafthouse

"...The intersection of stand-up comedy and social activism is hardly what you'd call crowded, and in the..."

March 5, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Greening It Up

The Texas Green Party holds its convention in San Marcos.

"...delegates from various counties, who delivered reports on local activism. Most of the smaller and western county chapters are..."

June 14, 2002 News Feature by Michael King

About AIDS

The United Nations puts AIDS in the crosshairs.

"...it was like the (not-so-good) old days when AIDS activism moved virtual mountains. Profiteering drug companies were the primary..."

July 13, 2001 Column by Sandy Bartlett

Writer/Folklorist Kay TurnerBetween Us

"...I come from. I've been doing lesbian and feminist activism for 25 years almost. That's at the root of..."

Jan. 17, 1997 Books Feature by Robin Bradford

Ten Defining Moments of Austin's Intense Year of Police-Community Conflict

We Fought the Law

"...Want Jus­tice First" Floyd's killing moved Austin's own police-reform activism into the streets, including direct action by leftists calling..."

Dec. 18, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

A Long Activist Legacy Survives on the Eastside

Holding on to El Barrio

"...two years thereafter. "Those were the beginning embers of activism," he said. "Even as a young kid you could..."

Nov. 20, 2020 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

I Am Greta

New documentary on Greta Thunberg's climate activism

"...how Greta Thunberg became the face of young climate activism, and the bane of eco-recidivists...."

Oct. 23, 2020 Movie Review

allgo Celebrates Milestone 35th Anniversary

Honoring grassroots org's past, present, future serving QPOC

"...diverse queer communities. At a time when mainstream queer activism did little to include non-white communities and mainstream Latinx..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Qmmunity Post by Lilli Hime

John Lewis: Good Trouble

The life of the indefatigable civil rights champion

"...and “gentleman”) has always fervently embraced non-violence in his activism. As a college student in Nashville who co-founded the..."

July 3, 2020 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Faster Than Sound: New Cocktail Lounge Takes Over Ex-Sidewinder Space

Run by former Scoot Inn and Longbranch owner James Stockbauer, Birdie Num Nums maintains the outdoor stage.

"...that all into making music, as a form of activism."..."

July 3, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

The Infiltrators

Reckless, heroic, or both? Immigration center story told through reconstruction and fly-on-the-wall footage

"...goes to provoke ICE into arresting her, passes beyond activism and out of common sense. Yet that’s the root..."

April 3, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Papi Churro’s BDE in a Queen-Dominated Scene

Drag king aims to be a voice for the voiceless through performance art

"...each one of these rituals is a message of activism against issues including xenophobia, sexism, and racism to ultimately..."

Jan. 22, 2020 Qmmunity Post by A. Micah Mills

Black Christmas

Redo of horror classic rejects subtext for political message

"...sorority and working behind the scenes to help the activism of her close friend Kris (Shannon). When Hawthorne breaks..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Casey Suchan Follows The Animal People

Documentary shows how anti-terror laws targeted animal rights groups

"...Hennelly and Suchan have tackled issues of animal activism before, in 2010 political comedy Bold Native, yet even..."

Oct. 24, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: From Earth Day to Climate Strike

In a dark time, it's worth recalling decades of progress

"...that I've been engaged in and reporting on environmental activism at least that long (that first year, at Indiana..."

Sept. 27, 2019 News Column by Michael King

Long Gone Wild

New film asks, what happened after Blackish brought orca torture to light?

"...the success of Gabriela Cowperthwaite's heartrending work of essential activism. His film is a tribute to her efforts, as..."

Aug. 2, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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