arts + action

SDS has one place for all DNC/RNC updates

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:28:39 -0700

tacomasds.org has an updated feed of all DNC/RNC updates and links which will remain on the site till they are both shut down.

http://tacomasds.org/

40ft mosaic mural for incarcerated Black Panthers.

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:21:40 -0700

A spectacular mosaic has been unveiled on the outside wall of a house in the west London suburb of Chiswick to raise awareness of African-American men confined in the notorious Angola prison, Louisiana.

The artwork, which took four months to create by a dedicated group of activist artists, decorates The Treatment Rooms, home of street artist Carrie Richards, aka The Baroness, and her partner Mr. Spunky.

The mosaic depicts the so-called Angola 3 – Herman Wallace, Albert Woodfox and Robert King – men wrongfully convicted of murder at Angola prison in the 1970s and who subsequently spent decades in solitary confinement. Though Woodfox’s conviction has been overturned, and Wallace’s recommended for such, both men remain behind bars.

The extensive work is also dedicated to Kenny ‘Zulu’ Whitmore, who has similarly spent 33 years in solitary confinement at Angola, where the majority of inmates are black and will die inside its walls.

The Clown Army is coming to Atlanta !

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:59:30 -0700

The Clown Army (CIRCA) is coming to Atlanta !

Bored with the usual protests ?

Clown Army basic training will take place in Atlanta

in September/October.

Training is a 2 day intensive.

We will cover, safety, the politics/history of clowning and fooling, games,

and more.

We need people to help publicise this event in Atlanta and a space to hold it in.

Can you help ? Want to be a part of the training ?

Already a CIRCA trained Clown ? Want to help run the training ?

Check out www.clownarmy.org

PLEASE email for further information.

drum-core@live.com

The Voice of the Voiceless

coyote — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:16:43 -0700

Start: 07/31/2008 - 7:00pm

Thursday, July 31 at 7:00 pm

$5.00 Donation at the door˜No one turned away!

featuring performances by:

Herman Put Down the Gun, stoni taylor, Stacy Epps, i want whiskey, I-Tegrity, collin kelly, theresa davis, blakkaufi, karen g, stephen wing, richard omar

at Eyedrum
290 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive
Atlanta

Performing and Visual Artists Speak Out to support the defense of Mumia Abu Jamal and Troy Anthony Davis˜And to illuminate the injustices of the Prison Industrial Complex

for detailed directions visit http://eyedrum.org/map.asp

Sponsored by: WRFG's Progressive News Hour, noon-1PM. M-F at 89.3FM, Georgia Peace & Justice Coalition, Village Media Worx, Artemis Productions, International Action Center, A. Lovelace & Associate

the Visionary Report (inaugural post)

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:36:44 -0700

Over and over we are so-called "educated" to believe in and trust a Certain Way Of Doing Things. Chomsky sheds light on this "good education" a little, and decolonizing indigenous folks shed much more light.

You read things like "Just Leave Us Alone!" by a Papua New Guinea tribesman, and you begin to see that there is more to the picture than what has been systematically presented to all of us living uncritically within colonial societies.

That is a first step. A little Chomsky (whatever incites you), then a good dose of pre-and de-colonizing indigenous folks' ways of seeing. The next step is to see how these truths affect you on a personal, day-to-day basis. How are you colonized (i.e. kept reduced from your original intent to truly live)? In what ways are you and yours affected by this reducing of who we are?

The next step after beginning to basically see these truths is to perhaps play more; that is, create yourself and your life (including at work) how you would LIKE to live. And to go through and beyond the belief that such things are "impossible".
This is *the* innaugaration of "the visionary report", a report whose author(s) wish to inspire people, in a regularly appearing way, beyond the same old again and towards evolutionary meaning and living in this world.

POORER AMERICANS NEED WORLD'S COURT HELP !

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:36:21 -0700

POORER AMERICANS NEED WORLD'S COURT HELP !

by Douglas Field | 06.16.2008

WHEN THE WORLD'S INTERNATIUONAL COMMUNITY LEARNED THE TRUTH !

I hate to say it, but I do believe that this injustice that our US judicial system has been inflicting on the tens of thousands of our Middle Class and Working Poor Amercans (who are the least educated US prison inmates) with prolonged incarceration, is a very realistic human rights violation if not a crime against humanity issue.

The International World Court and United Nations should be investigating why only wealthy Americans are able to receive federal retrials using proper legal representation and US poorer prison inmates are forced to be their own best lawyers from prison and failing in mass at their opportunities for federal retrial reviews.

Our judicial system just recently released 360 men who spent 25 to 40 years being incarcerated for rapes they never committed! Had these judicial victims been given appeal attorneys for their federal appeal reviews, just maybe they might have been given retrials and not have had to wait until DNA evidence exonerated them decades later.

Until our judicial system becomes so perfected to always accurately charge and convict the right individuals with crimes,we all have to stay focused on preserving every legal opportunity for the truly innocent to be able to rise up and out of our cold hearted prison system that treats everyone in their grasp as guilty equals.

Southern Nuclear Company Seeks Early Site Permit for Georgia Power's Two New Nuclear Reactors at Plant Vogtle

diannevalentin — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:45:26 -0700

The first step Georgia utilities are taking to try to get federal approval to build new nuclear reactors along the Savannah River is to apply for an “early site permit.” If the permit is issued, concerns such as water, land, public health, and safety cannot be brought up again even if we learn new information. For example, the new reactors will require tens of millions of gallons of water above and beyond the tens of millions Vogtle is already pulling from the Savannah River—this issue cannot be revisited again if the “early site permit” is granted. If approved, this permit essentially allows the Southern Company and its utility partners in Georgia to use the permit at any time for up to 20 years in any future applications with the NRC. Together, Atlanta WAND, Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League, Center for a Sustainable Coast, Savannah Riverkeeper, and Southern Alliance for Clean Energy legally challenged the permit.

The Savannah River basin and nearby communities are already suffering; building more nuclear reactors will only make this situation worse. Since the Early Site Permit (ESP) process allows a company to potentially ‘bank’ a site for up to 20 years, the NRC should have to look not only at Georgia ‘today,’ but the Georgia we are likely to live in several decades from now.

Water Use & Supply:

Public Comment on Plant Vogtle's Two New Nuclear Reactor Early Site Permit Application

diannevalentin — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:11:06 -0700

Start: 04/28/2008 - 7:00pm

End: 04/28/2008 - 9:00pm

Atlanta Women’s Action for New Directions

Community Action is Needed

This is a Request for Your Support

!A Call-Out to the Community!

Tell the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board that you have concerns about the proposed expansion of Plant Vogtle from two nuclear reactors to four. Tell the Board that you are concerned about water use, accident risks, security, nuclear waste, and health impacts.

The Action: Email, fax, or postal mail the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board by noon, April 25^th to register* to speak at the public hearing being held at the DoubleTree Hotel in Augusta on Sunday, April 27^th or Monday, April 28^th.

Atlanta WAND Presents Mother's Day for Peace 2008 Honoring Alice Walker

diannevalentin — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:50:50 -0700

Start: 05/06/2008 - 6:00pm

End: 05/06/2008 - 9:30pm

Atlanta Women’s Action for New Direction (WAND) Presents Mother’s Day for Peace 2008

On Tuesday, May 6, 2008 at 6 pm, Atlanta WAND will be holding its annual Mother’s Day for Peace event at Sisters Chapel on the campus of historic Spelman College.

Our Keynote Speaker and 2008 Honoree will be Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner Alice Walker.

We will also be honoring local activists for peace; Alice Lovelace and Jackie Adams.

The reception will take place from 6 pm to 7 pm in the Cosby Center Lobby.

The program will begin at 7:15 in Sisters Chapel.

Event tickets are available for purchase online at www.atlantawand.org, or you may contact Atlanta WAND at 404.524.5999.

Contact for this event: Darci Rodenhi

Contact Phone: 404.524.5999