Black Power Book Covers in situ
March 1, 2016
Back in December the Ace Hotel in New York invited Interference Archive to fill a display case in their lobby. We decided we wanted to use the opportunity to place…
231: Insurgency 1971
February 29, 2016
Last month I got to give a talk at the Maine College of Art in Portland, which was great in and of itself, and had the added bonus of giving…
White Canada Has a Black History
February 26, 2016
The later at From subMedia.tv: In this sedition of ITEOTWAWKIAIFF we look at the growing class unrest in Hong Kong that kicked off a massive rebellion in the lunar new…
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Art & Politics, Inspiration, Justseeds Member Projects, Read the Writing On the Wall, Street Art & Graffiti
February 25, 2016
Free Art. Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico. February, 2016. Two things I’ve always loved about art made in public is that it can be produced by anyone, willing to take the…
CPH poster exhibition up at UConn
February 23, 2016
The University of Connecticut recently acquired a complete set of the Celebrate People’s History Posters, and already has them on display! They’re up at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center…
230: Small Press Africa, part VI
February 22, 2016
This week I’m going to close out my sub-series on Small Press Africa with sixteen books from Southern Africa. I hope people have enjoyed checking these books out as much…
We Be Darker Than Blue Mural
February 20, 2016
We Be Darker Then Blue, a mural by Chip Thomas (Jetsonorama) and Jess X. Chen This mural, installed at the BRIC art space in NYC, portrays a poetic sisterhood spanning…
A Day Without Latinos and Immigrants
February 20, 2016
photo by Joe Brusky This past Thursday – February 18, 2016 – Wisconsin witnessed its largest demonstration at the State Capitol Building in Madison since 2011 and the demos against…
Vi Subversa, RIP
February 20, 2016
Legendary punk performer Vi Subversa died today, aged 80. Vi fronted the equally legendary British punk group the Poison Girls, bringing an elder perspective to the turmoil of youth culture,…
Help bring Palestinian Libraries to this year’s ALA Conference
February 19, 2016
Librarians and Archivists With Palestine (LAP) is co-sponsoring a panel on Palestinian libraries at this year’s American Library Association (ALA) conference in Orlando, Florida June 23-28 2016. They are working…
Manta Ray Paste-ups in Yogyakarta
February 18, 2016
I’m just back from Indonesia, and a slew of little art projects there. First up, a paste-up wall of Manta Ray screenprints and papercuts- I made these before I left…
New Project from Jamaa Al-Yad
February 17, 2016
Our friend Jamaa Al-Yad in Beirut just launched a new project: “Boycott, Divest, Sanction: On Campus” Originally designed for a campaign at the American University of Beirut, they’ve uploaded…
3 Steps Notepads
February 16, 2016
Our friend Charles at Eberhardt Press (who prints the fabulous Justseeds Organizers each year, and the new 3-Year Garden Journal) just sent me a small box of cool notebooks he…
229: Small Press Africa, part V
February 15, 2016
This week we’re still in East Africa, with a focus on the dual publishers East African Literature Bureau and Kenya Literature Bureau. In an interesting turn, the Kenya Literature Bureau…
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Art & Politics, Inspiration, Justseeds Member Projects, Read the Writing On the Wall, Street Art & Graffiti
February 14, 2016
No war, Promote Peace and Love. Caye Caulker, Belize. Feb 2016. Belize is a small country, of 300,000 people, on the Carribean Sea bordered by Mexico and Guatemala. It has…
Rent Checks for Beyond Repair
February 13, 2016
Sam Gould, one of the organizers of a new community art space and print shop in Minneapolis called Beyond Repair, recently asked me if I would help launch their new…
Support Our Friend Artnoose on Patreon!
February 13, 2016
Here’s Artnoose, friend of Justseeds and tireless, self-identified over-achiever letterpress whiz. Artnoose worked part-time in the Pittsburgh-based Justseeds office from 2011 through 2014, when she moved back to her native…
Our Comics, Ourselves book available now!
February 12, 2016
Here’s Interference Archive’s youngest volunteer (and Justseeds’ newest sprout) Asa Michigan MacPhee showing off the awesome new book/catalog that came out of the “Our Comics, Ourselves: Identity, Expression, and Representation…
Support Your Local Antifa
February 10, 2016
New piece from subMedia! This week we look at the growing fascist movement in Europe and what the antifa are doing to fight back. On the break we have Sindicato…
228: Small Press Africa, part IV
February 8, 2016
The undisputed center of publishing in East Africa is Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. Kenya is home to the majority of the regions presses, and was a key center for…
Help RAMPS Put Down Roots
February 7, 2016
One of the organizations, RAMPS, represented in our new portfolio We Are the Storm is fundraising to continue their efforts. Check out their campaign, support if you’re able, share cos…
Audio Interference – A new podcast series from Interference Archive
February 5, 2016
Audio Interference is a podcast by Interference Archive in Brooklyn, NY, a volunteer-run archive of material culture produced in social movements. Interested in the capacity of audio to capture oral…
Back in Yogyakarta with Taring Padi
February 4, 2016
Greetings from Yogyakarta, a burgeoning city on the island of Java in Indonesia. I’m here to visit friends in the Indonesian political printmaking collective Taring Padi, legendary agitators in graphic…
Rethinking Sexism, Gender, and Sexuality
February 2, 2016
Justseeds is a big fan of Rethinking Schools. The long-running organization has been a go-to resource for educators who merge teaching with a social justice mission. The Rethinking Schools magazine…
border/arte interview with jetsonorama
February 1, 2016
“What is JustSeeds and why are collectives important?
Justseeds is a cooperative of 30 socially-engaged artists and activists scattered across north America whose work addresses themes of social justice, environmental justice, gender quality, prison reform, veteran advocacy and so on.
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January 28, 2016
You Are Not What You Own. May 2011 You Are Not What You Own. August 2012. Gowanus, Brooklyn, NY. 2011, 2012
168:01 Poetic, Political, & Useful
January 27, 2016
Wafaa Bilal’s new project 168:01 is one of the most poetic, political, and useful artworks of the last decade. Through the project he highlights and acknowledges the destruction of the…
Community Supported Art, shipping out now!
January 27, 2016
Here’s a photo of the first 3 prints from our Community Supported Art project getting ready to be mailed out to our wonderful subscribers. For our January shipment we have…
Sink the Rich! from subMedia
January 26, 2016
“An Uncomfortable History” & The Mine Wars on American Experience
January 25, 2016
[.45 ACP bullet casing, from Thompson submachine gun, recovered from Crooked Creek Gap area of Blair Mountain battlefield, collection of Kenny King] Since early 2014, I’ve worked closely with a small,…
Mine: An Anthology Zines #1 and #2 now available online!
January 24, 2016
In 2002 I published a zine called Mine: An Anthology of Women’s Choices. It was a compilation of stories of people who had had an abortion. In 2004 I released…
Promoting Climate Justice Through Art Activism in Milwaukee & Beyond
January 22, 2016
More reflections on Paris and D12. Here is a link to an interview that I did recently about Climateprints.org and the climate justice art for D12. The interview was by…
Introducing Penny Smasher v.2: Fauna
January 22, 2016
I’ve been scheming with my longtime friend and cohort Stuart Anderson to build a penny smashing machine since some time back in 2007 or 08. At that time, we’d just completed…
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January 20, 2016
REVOLUTION its ready when its ready. Give or take 500+ years. In the Broadway stop of the G train. Brooklyn, NY. December 2014.
Our Comics, Ourselves opens Thursday, Jan. 21st
January 18, 2016
Here’s a teaser video for the upcoming exhibition at Interference Archive! Our Comics, Ourselves: Identity, Expression, and Representation in Comic Art January 21—April 17, 2016 Opening January 21st, 7–10pm Interference…
Jaguar Mural in Tucson: progress!
January 18, 2016
The fifth of the Endangered Species Murals is taking shape in Tucson, on the side of the Solar Culture complex in downtown. The mural is being painted by local artist…
No Justice on Stolen Land from subMedia.tv
January 14, 2016
The latest from the stimulator! 2015 wrapped up with a bang, with dozens of militant actions carried out by anarchists under the banner of “Black December.” In Turkey, aspiring Fuhrer,…
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Art & Politics, Inspiration, Justseeds Member Projects, Read the Writing On the Wall, Street Art & Graffiti
January 13, 2016
1. Create Now Question Later 2. Fortune favors the Bold 3. Do it with Love Seen on a wall in Brooklyn, NY. August 2013.
On the Diggers: Hippie Modernism
January 12, 2016
I recently wrote a short essay on the 1960’s San Francisco-based antiauthoritarian group The Diggers, and how they both relate to my way of navigating the world, but also how…
News from the Malheur Occupation
January 11, 2016
“Despite Oregon’s revolting racist history as a racist white “utopia,” the state comes off as part of the “left coast,” a safe haven for gender, sexual diversity, environmentalism, and…