Honoring Yuri Kochiyama and Puerto Rican history
I write this post in memory of Yuri Kochiyama, who passed just over three years ago on June 1, 2014. Yuri’s legacy of organizing should be an inspiration to anyone…
I write this post in memory of Yuri Kochiyama, who passed just over three years ago on June 1, 2014. Yuri’s legacy of organizing should be an inspiration to anyone…
Impeach . . . These Christian Fascists
Please Sound Horn Private Road in Orange County, NY. It is my understanding, on roads that have no jurisdiction by the State, County, Town, City or Village, are “controlled” by…
Steven Heller interviewed Justseeds member/Interference Archive co-founder Kevin Caplicki, along with archive members Jen Hoyer, Bonnie Gordon and Louise Barry, for PRINT Magazine’s website. The Interference Archive in Brooklyn, New…
Gratitude
Healing
Daniel Drennan, a talented artist and founding member of Jamaa Al-Yad a Lebanese art collective, is requesting support for his Mothers’ Voices: A “Rematriated” Adoptee’s Art Residency. My goal for…
Hey folks! I have just launched a kickstarter to turn the “Universal Declaration of Human Rights” print series into an offset printed booklet. Here is the link!
Like Goliath They Will Be Conquered
Hey all, another year has gone by and the Certain Days collective is looing for your writing and art for their 2018 calendar. Its a great project supporting political prisoners…
Democracy . . . Dark Money
A couple months ago I stumbled onto twenty Dutch mass market paperbacks scattered across the $.50 and $1 racks at the Strand here in New York. Although I can’t read…
A guest post by colleague Amy Harwood, of Signal Fire and the Gloo Factory. I think I might have the most interesting comment thread going on Facebook today. No, really….
While working a shift at Book Thug Nation a couple years back, I stumbled across a couple really nicely designed hardbacks of Sartre’s philosophy. They’re interesting because they simultaneously have…
“Oceans Do Rise. . . Empires Do Fall.”
World Water Day focuses attention on the importance of universal access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene facilities in developing countries. The day also focuses on advocating for the sustainable…
1. Community The successful projects, organizations, and movements for justice that I know of have been deeply rooted in community. Communities defend, sustain, grow, inspire, and transform movements just as…
The people at Creative Commons do good work- promoting a healthy relationship to copyright and intellectual property, and working to ensure that a public domain stays public in the most…
“Use Your Words.”
Political art is a powerful tool, but not every work penetrates the public imagination, and most fall far short. Sometimes, however, a single timely image captures precisely the attention of…