Wisconsin is weird and incredible
September 18, 2009
After our justseeds retreat in Pittsburgh in August I took a trip to my homeland of Wisconsin. Now I am sure most people don’t daydream of Wisconsin imagining how amazing…
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Guatemala
September 4, 2009
This Summer has been crazy, it started in May with a three week trip through the U.S. with Latino and Indigenous artist from New York, Oaklahoma, Guatemala, Colombia, Bolivia and…
Digger Papers
August 18, 2009
The folks over at Arthur Magazine are building a cool online archive of printed papers created by the Diggers back in the mid-60s. For those new to them, the Diggers…
Ghost Bike Memorial in Pittsburgh
August 6, 2009
Tonight, several folks organized a Ghost Bike installation and memorial service for Rui Hui Lin, 38, who was killed while returning from a delivery on his bicycle Monday in the…
Digital Security for Activists
August 4, 2009
I don’t know where Justseeds would be without Riseup.net. Using the beta version of Riseup’s Crabgrass software, sort of like a car crash of a wiki, facebook and google apps,…
Chris Stain is Somebody Else’s Favorite (too!)
July 20, 2009
Artwork Inspired by 21st Century Breakdown Green Day commissioned artist Logan Hicks to assemble a group of artists to create works of art based on each song from 21st Century…
Two Hundred and Seventy Seven Streetfights
July 13, 2009
The insurrection in Greece in December was a visible and mass expression of the social war that rages at all times and will continue until the destruction of all domination….
We Can’t Buy Our Way Out of Environmental Destruction
July 10, 2009
I’ve had the discussion about my frustration with the saying “vote with your dollars”. Thats not voting, its consumerism. Its an economic relationship and system that denigrates activity and participation…
New CD from Venezuela
July 2, 2009
Just got this package in the mail. Awhile back Kristine Virsis and I had been contacted about having our art used on this benefit CD put out by the anarcopunk…
Cat and Girl-choices choices choices
June 2, 2009
Head over to Cat and GIrl for another good comic
Bogside Artists Collective – Northern Ireland
May 30, 2009
Riffing off Kevin’s post about art and resistance in Northern Ireland, I thought I would post some photos of murals by the Bogside Artists’ in Derry, Northern Ireland. I took…
Culture Production About Resistance-Bobby Sands
May 30, 2009
I was looking thru old posts from the C-monster blog and came across a link to the Magnum photography site. The link led me to a set of images titled…
Our Lenin: kid’s book from the USA, 1934
May 19, 2009
I can’t remember where I found this book, but this is a children’s biography of Lenin published in 1934 by the CPUSA press. The writing is a basic heroic summary…
Fed Up with the Crisis in BCN
May 13, 2009
Some friends in Barcelona decided they were “fed up with the crisis, were tired of the fear that mass media communicate everyday, and sick of suffering in silence at home,…
Portraiture
May 11, 2009
Everyone in Justseeds has been cranking out illustrations for a collaboration with Microcosm to do a series of books about influential radical people/groups in the Americas. I had to make…
Rebellion and Graphic Art in Oaxaca
May 11, 2009
I came a cross some really beautiful images while looking for some visual references for a comment I wanted to post on Josh’s review of Protest Graffiti Mexico: Oaxaca. Photographer,…
BATHAS INTERNATIONALE
April 28, 2009
Friend of Justseeds Brandon Bauer is a part of the project, Bathas Internationale, which now has a public access television show. BATHAS Internationale is a Milwaukee, WI based American art…
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…
John and Ruth Vassos
April 19, 2009
I found this book called Humanities nestled into the Social Science section in a used bookstore in Pittsburgh a few years ago. A thin handsome old spine, I pulled it…
In Memoriam: Franklin Rosemont
April 14, 2009
Sad news from Chicago. Franklin Rosemont passed away this week and will be greatly missed. His profound legacy as an artist, activist, historian, IWW scholar, and co-editor of the Charles…