We Are Called to Be a Movement
September 9, 2020
We Are Called to Be A Movement by Rev. Dr. William J. Barber This summer Rev. Dr. William Barber of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call For Moral Revival…
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The Art of Protest
May 5, 2020
A small glimmer of hope and enjoyment arrived in the mail a little while back, a copy of the new political poster book by Jo Rippon and Amnesty International, The…
The Warden Game
December 29, 2018
I came across this on Twitter last week: a newly compiled version of Ed Mead’s 80’s text adventure “The Warden Game“. Ed was a member of working-class anticapitalist urban guerrilla…
Commonwealth review on Hyperallergic
June 26, 2017
“…two series of prints from the Justseeds Artists’ Cooperative evidence smart and stylish design sensibilities.” The Justseeds/Interference Archive exhibition Commonwealth: Water for All, which is currently on display at the…
Shieko Reto’s GIFS
September 15, 2016
Colleague Shieko Reto has been making some awesome retro GIFs addressing aspects of trans life and everyday politics in Malaysia. Here’s a selection of some of my favorites along with…
Earth First! The Musical!
March 16, 2016
Colleague Maren Ward has been putting together a musical celebrating 30 years of Earth First!– the radical, no-compromise environmental movement that brought direct action to the forests, mountains and deserts…
Bill Ohrmann Paints It How He Sees It
September 3, 2013
I spent two weeks in August traveling around Montana. My friend Elizabeth and I hiked to hot springs in the Bitterroot Wilderness, counted Golden Eagles and Nighthawks in the Paradise…
Margaret Rozga review of the Justseeds show “Uprisings: Images of Labor”
April 1, 2013
Margaret Rozga – one of Milwaukee’s great activists for the past five decades – wrote the following review of the recent Justseeds show in Milwaukee. She writes: “Uprisings: Images of…
Wisconsin Uprising(s)
October 15, 2012
Dylan A.T. Miner recently wrote a short catalog essay for the work that I created in collaboration with Paul Kjelland for the 2011 Mary L. Nohl Fund Fellowship for Individual…
REVIEW: Propaganda Prints
July 17, 2012
Propaganda Prints by Colin Moore (London: AC Blackwell, 2010) Propaganda Prints is an ambitious project, attempting to present the full scope of “art in the service of social and…
REVIEW: Walking Shadows
July 10, 2012
Walking Shadows: A Novel Without Wordsby Neil Bousfield (San Francisco: Manic D Press, 2010) Walking Shadows is an impressive volume of work. Following in the footsteps of Frans Masereel…
REVIEW: Marshall Law
July 3, 2012
Marshall Law: The Life and Times of a Baltimore Black Panther by Marshall “Eddie” Conway and Dominque Stevenson (Oakland: AK Press, 2011) AK Press’s recently published memoir by Marshall…
What is Planet of the Apes in a World without Black Power?
August 12, 2011
I must admit, I ran out to see Rise of the Planet of the Apes the day it came out. I’ve been a life long fan of Planet of the…
In the News & New Reviews, Summer 2011
August 3, 2011
Here’s another short round-up of recent news and reviews: UK’s Huck Magazine has printed an excerpt of Dara and my intro to Signs of Change: Social Movement Cultures 1960s to…
The Graphic Impulse at MoMA
July 6, 2011
I finally made the trip up to the Museum of Modern Art for German Expressionism: The Graphic Impulse. The exhibition will only run until July 11th. The Neue Galerie has…
In the News & New Reviews, Spring 2011
May 6, 2011
It’s been a little while since I posted a collection of reviews and such, so here’s a recent batch, plus some old ones that slipped through the cracks: 1) Signs…
Recent Press: Carlos Cortéz and Allied Artists
April 20, 2011
print by Lampert/Matthes Third Coast Digest has a great review by Jackelyn Wicklund about the Carlos Cortéz show in Milwaukee at WPCA that includes a number of prints by Justseeds…
In the News & New Reviews
February 2, 2011
There is an article about Colin Matthes’ Carlos Cortez mural at OnMilwaukee.com: Mural project is a work of admiration and kindred consciousness “The campaign increased my desire to make something…
Print: How You Can Do it Yourself!
January 12, 2011
A few months ago I picked up an amazing book called Print: How Your Can Do it Yourself by Jonathan Zeitlyn. It was first printed in 1974, in the heyday…
Press Roundup, December 2010
December 18, 2010
Some great recent press: 1) Peter Linebaugh does a duel review of Signs of Change and Celebrate People’s History for Counterpunch HERE. It’s a great long-format review, and well worth…
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