Archive for October, 2006
October 28, 2006 at 4:29 pm · Filed under Calling All Anarchists, posted by peter p
On Friday, October 27, an incredible indepedent media reporter, environmental activist, musician, and friend was murdered by government-affiliated paramilitaries in Oaxaca, Mexico. His name was Bradley Will, and he was there as an independent journalist supporting the five month-long teacher’s strike and city-wide occupation against the poverty and corruption of that region. He was the most recent of many protesters to be shot down in cold blood by police in the streets of Oaxaca.
To make it worse, Mexican President Vincente Fox is using Brad’s death as an excuse to invade the region with federal forces and crush the rebellion. A national call to action has been made to take action at Mexican Consulates this Monday to demand a halt to this violent invasion, in remembrance of the values our friend and compañero died for.
For more information on Brad and Oaxaca: infoshop.org : indymedia.org
For a listing of all the Mexican consulates in North America, click here.
Some of you may know Brad from the CrimethInc. convergence in Minnesota last summer, at which he presented a workshop on resistance in Latin America. Please accept our condolences. We share your sadness.
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October 18, 2006 at 11:28 am · Filed under Read All About It, posted by peter p
The Complete Dummies Guide to Stocking Your Literature Table
“See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda.”
—George W. Bush
How To Select Effective Literature
The absolute most important part of a literature table is, of course, what’s on it. The effectiveness of the style and voice of the literature you choose to distribute depends on the atmosphere you present it in. The literature available at an event should appear to complement it seamlessly and push it to the next logical step—e.g., an introduction to street art at a gallery opening or a collection of DIY guides at an alternative music club—be relevant, and up-to-date. Don’t waste people’s time with barely readable 8th generation photocopies; if the content is essential, take an afternoon to renovate it with some fresh images and illustrations and correct margins. Speaking of waste, don’t waste paper either: informative literature is like poetry, say as much as you can with as little words as possible.
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October 16, 2006 at 5:15 pm · Filed under From the Trenches, posted by ret marut
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Breaking news! An on-the-spot report from this weekend’s Reclaim the Streets action in Brussels, Belgium, in which squatters made use of a street party for the surprise occupation of an enormous building downtown. Our correspondent reports breathlessly from within the building the following night.
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On Friday, October 27, an incredible indepedent media reporter, environmental activist, musician, and friend was murdered by government-affiliated paramilitaries in Oaxaca, Mexico. His name was Bradley Will, and he was there as an independent journalist supporting the five month-long teacher’s strike and city-wide occupation against the poverty and corruption of that region. He was the most recent of many protesters to be shot down in cold blood by police in the streets of Oaxaca.