On the Frontlines in Iran
June 17, 2009
A friend of mine is currently in Iran, watching and participating in the struggle as it unfolds. Here’s one of their reports: Tehran – June 14, midnight. The streets of…
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George Tiller, Abortion Provider Murdered
June 16, 2009
THERE IS NO REPRODUCTIVE CHOICE WITHOUT PROVIDERS!!! Please read this article about George Tiller, if you aren’t already familiar with the terrorism that abortion providers face…. (they even used one…
Tales from Inside the U.S. Gitmo
June 14, 2009
Daniel McGowen recently had a GREAT piece published on the Huffington Post blog about the new Communications Management Units in US prisons. It’s a must read, check it out here.
The wheels of state justice move slowly
June 5, 2009
Ex-Pinochet army conscript charged with folk singer Victor Jara’s murder José Adolfo Paredes Márquez tracked down to Chilean capital almost 36 years later It was the atrocity which symbolised Chile’s…
Guatemala: Mayan Activists Protest Dirty Deeds of a Canadian Mining Giant
June 2, 2009
From Boing Boing.net. The excellent work of Guatemala-based photojournalist James Rodriguez has been featured on BB a number of times before. The most recent photo-essay on his blog documents a…
Teaching Copyright
June 1, 2009
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has recently launched a website, called Teaching Copyright, helping educators and others mentor youth about their activity online. There’s a lot of misinformation out there about…
“The Financial Crisis is Real”
May 31, 2009
Photo essay on the foreclosures in Detroit
Mural of Police Surveillance Cameras Erased by Bridgeport Alderman in Chicago
May 19, 2009
Chicago has a long, sad history of buffing graffiti brown, but now it seems that political murals are getting the same treatment. Last week, Alderman James Balcer (Ward 11) ordered…
Freedom and Justice for Atenco!!
May 3, 2009
Our comrades in Mexico City just sent this along: FREEDOM AND JUSTICE FOR ATENCO!! By Heriberto Salas and Salvador Díaz (Spanish Translation at the bottom) On May 3, 2006, the…
What is a Pirate?
April 20, 2009
A friend told me about this artist Knaan, a Somali-Canadian who recently made this video. I found his work and political views to be really provocative and interesting. He was…
Victory for SDS Milwaukee: University Apparel to be Sweatshop Free
April 19, 2009
SDS Milwaukee continues to amaze. Below is a post detailing a recent victory to make UWM clothing apparel sweatshop free and how creative resistance and perseverance aided the campaign. “The…
Fortunate News for the Twin Cities’ RNC8
April 13, 2009
Just read this morning that the Terror Enhancement for the RNC8 has been dropped. The RNC8 are a group of Minneapolis people that were organizing protests for the Republican National…
A Different Class War Take on Google Street View
April 11, 2009
A friend brought this to my attention in an email using the title of the post as the subject. It’s not just philandering husbands who fear Google Street View’s roving…
Students Occupy New School University Building
April 10, 2009
A group of approximately 60 people occupied the New School today. The University and NYPD responded with force, arrested and have held many of the participants overnight. The following story…
No More Jaguars
April 8, 2009
That’s all, folks! The last Jaguar in the United States has been killed. The beast in question, a sixteen year old male named “Macho B”, was euthanized by state biologists…
How Many Cameras Does it Take to Break a Window?
April 2, 2009
From the G20 in London (thanks Paolo!)
Our Spring Break
March 13, 2009
I was listening to Democracy Now! yesterday and heard mention of this anti-war campaign: Our Spring Break is a student and youth initiated and led alternative spring break. It is…
Urgent Needs from Austin, TX
March 13, 2009
As a result of some violations of building codes the Rhizome Collective will have to vacate the premises of their warehouse in East Austin, TX. The building houses a handful…
A better “we” through art?
March 12, 2009
Justseeds friend and AREA Chicago editor Daniel Tucker has just published an interesting post on the Art:21 blog. You can read his post “A better ‘we’ through art?” here. Here’s…
The Pirate Bay on Trial!
March 11, 2009
The fight over intellectual property rights, and the demand to keep our ideas in the commons, is one of the most important struggles we face. The Pirate Bay, the world’s…