Class War

Homeless Hearing Stinks Up Council Chambers

"...council chambers last week were the makings of a class war. Crisply dressed businesspeople sporting newly printed "Keep the..."

Aug. 8, 1997 News Column by Kayte VanScoy

The War Within

This fiction film, in which the lead character is but one cog in a plot to detonate a series of bombs in New York City, portrays a terrorist’s point of view in a jarringly matter-of-fact manner.

"...once a nonpracticing Muslim but now an anonymous holy warrior who unrolls his prayer mat five times daily and..."

Oct. 14, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Woman at War

Saving the world, one wry laugh at a time in this Icelandic eco-comedy

"...same time, the immensely likable Icelandic film Woman at War is a human-scaled superhero story. In his second feature..."

April 5, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Merry War

"...self-deluding twit. His pathological hatred of all things middle class is so extreme it causes him to fixate on..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Telling War Stories

National Book Award winner and SWT professor Tim O'Brien is real. He's blunt. But he's also, according to Chronicle editor Sarah Hepola, responsible for her hangover.

"...Prize nominee, Washington Post reporter, recreational gambler, National Book Award winner, Harvard student -- but most people associate Tim..."

April 28, 2000 Books Feature by Sarah Hepola

War Made Easy

New echoes of Vietnam: 'Withdrawal would cripple U.S. credibility'

"...been frequent in the Oval Office. During the Vietnam War, such fixations were indifferent to the fact that the..."

July 15, 2005 News Feature by Norman Solomon

Welcome to Our War

Letters at 3AM

"...dread became unavoidable in daily life during the Vietnam War. More than guilt, it is this dread that has..."

April 28, 1995 Column by Michael Ventura

Fighting the War: Wilkerson sentenced, activists press Congress

Soldier faces seven months in prison for refusing Iraq service

"...discharge, for going absent without leave from the Iraq war. He will join more than 25 other soldiers nationwide..."

March 2, 2007 News Feature by Justin Ward

Inside the Council Campaign War Chests

"...R: Raised   L: Loaned   T: Total  ..."

Dec. 11, 2015 News Feature

Point Austin: Act Against the War

Doggett:"We have to do everything we can"

"...way, step by arrogant step, into an even wider war. Certainly they are capable of much worse than they've..."

Jan. 19, 2007 News Column by Michael King

Anti-War Dad Comes to Austin

Bob Watada, father of Lt. Ehren Watada – who refused to go to Iraq and who has publicly denounced the war repeatedly – comes to Austin as part of national speaking tour

"...to refuse to be deployed to Iraq, because the war is illegal and immoral," Bob Watada says proudly of..."

Oct. 27, 2006 News Feature by Diana Welch

Bringing the War Home

No More Victims works for peace, one wounded child at a time

"...study broadly estimating 100,000 excess Iraqi deaths since the war began in 2003, most of those attributable to the..."

Dec. 30, 2005 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Point Austin: Another War for Sale

NPR covers 'Iran and the Bomb' – from A to B

"...You might think fighting two major wars in the middle of a worldwide economic recession would..."

Aug. 28, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Scripting the War

Susan O'Connor's journey to game writing

"...types, writing and rewriting the script for Gears of War, Microsoft's newest game venture for the Xbox 360...."

Sept. 8, 2006 Screens Feature by Carson Barker

Oh, What a Lovely War Protest!

The Accidental Activist tells how the Lysistrata Project became a global anti-war phenomenon, from the perspective of Kathryn Blume, who co-founded and lived it

"...largest theatre event ever: 1,029 simultaneous readings of the anti-war comedy Lysistrata in 59 countries and all 50 states...."

April 23, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Middle Class Drives the Economy

"...Dear Editor, The only class of people which really creates jobs is the middle..."

Aug. 21, 2011 Postmarks

Love in the Time of War

Nanci Griffith returns after a four-year absence, heart, mind, and activism in hand

"...In fact, the album's major themes are love and war, two ideas inextricably linked throughout the centuries. In Griffith,..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

UT’s War on Students

A peaceful protest spiraled when law enforcement showed up. Now the university has doubled down.

"...29, another day of protest at UT-Austin against Israel’s war on Gaza was beginning. After the previous week’s show..."

May 3, 2024 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Twitter Flame War Fires Up Austin FC Supporters to Help the Unhoused

For Los Verdes, y'all means all

"...While social media flame wars happen every day, this one placed a spotlight on..."

Feb. 25, 2022 News Feature by Kit O’Connell

Yes Yes: Sundance Announces 2014 Class

Austinites a-plenty in Competition and NEXT slates

"...earmarked for “pure, bold works distinguished by an innovative, forward-thinking approach to storytelling” – includes Michael Tully’s Ping Pong..."

Dec. 4, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

War-on-Drugs Style Bill Won't Help Fentanyl Crisis, Advocates Say

Meanwhile, a fentanyl test strip bill has stalled

"...for its continuation of the massively expensive and unsuccessful war on drugs, state troopers removed protesters from the gallery..."

May 1, 2023 News Post by Lina Fisher

On the Lege: House GOP Goes to War – With Itself

Even in victory, Republicans are divided

"...its legislative agenda, the GOP is embroiled in a war over the fate of Speaker Joe Straus, and party..."

Nov. 19, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

War Photographer

Christian Poveda documented the gangs of El Salvador, until they turned on him

"...Algerian-born and French-raised, Poveda was a world-class photographer, working for Time magazine and Paris Match in..."

April 16, 2010 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Ye Olde Witch Hunt Tactic Makes a Comeback in Right-Wing War on Public Education

Which course is witch?

"...mill Texas Scorecard is trying its hand at the classic application of the "common enemy" effect, with the apparent..."

June 30, 2023 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

How I Won the War Against Stress With A Little Help From Vinyl & Tequila

Giving praise before the altar of the turntable

"...while cool kids obsessed over Record Store Day variations, classic country platters sold for a song: Patsy Cline, Loretta..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Features Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Fred Lewis, Friends of “the Poor” Go to War on Central Health

Is there a doctor in the house?

"...2012, the vote was widely heralded as a step forward toward improving health care in Travis County and Central..."

Dec. 2, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Range War at the Dobie Ranch

A bulldozer's intrusion onto 'enchanted' property uncovers the struggles of UT's historic retreat for writers

"...A. Michener Center for Writers, has won multiple teaching awards in his 30-plus years teaching undergraduates. Growing up in..."

June 21, 2013 News Feature by Amy Gentry

Awesome Overload: Alamo Does the Kobayashi Maru Class of '82

Alamo Drafthouse screens 1982 30 years later

"...the Barbarian, Gary Sherman's rarely re-screened Vice Squad, Cold War overview Rocky III, and our all-time personal favorite, George..."

April 16, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Texas Trademark War

A new app makes life easier for UT students – but not for UT's lawyers, apparently

"...campus, tallies students' dining-card and Bevo Bucks balances, delivers class schedules, shows campus maps, and more. By scrubbing the..."

Feb. 12, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Page Two: Civic War

Can a city so dedicated and so divided endure?

"...claimed that I am unusually observant or demonstrate much awareness of what is going on around me. But even..."

Nov. 13, 2009 Column by Louis Black

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