All 12 Atenco Political Prisoners are Set FREE!
June 30, 2010
We just got some great news! By order of the Mexican Supreme Court, all 12 of the Atenco Political Prisoners will soon be freed from their 4-year unjust imprisonment. The…
BP loves art, hates earth?
June 30, 2010
Friends over in the UK have been organizing like mad to call attention to BP’s funding of the Tate Modern Museum, and their use of arts funding to put a…
Pivo in France
June 30, 2010
Street artist Pivo has posted about an interesting new piece she has done in southern France about refugees from Spain in the 1940s. A nice, subtle wheatpaste addressing the troubles…
Justseeds at the USSF 2010/AMC Part 3
June 30, 2010
My third and final “report back” post from the Allied Media Conference and the US Social Forum ends with a series of photographs that I took walking around the D....
Justseeds at the USSF 2010/AMC Part 2
June 29, 2010
One of more memorable experiences for me in Detroit this past week was seeing how people reacted so positively to the mobile screen printing unit that Mary, Heather, and Ashley... ...
12: New World Paperbacks, part I
June 28, 2010
The next couple weeks entries will be focused on the covers of New World Paperbacks, which was an imprint of the Communist Party, USA’s main publishing house International Publishers. I…
Justseeds at the USSF 2010/AMC Part 1
June 28, 2010
Nealy half of the Justseeds Artist’s Cooperative was in Detroit this past week at the US Social Forum and the Allied Media Conference. Both events were incredibly inspiring and will... ...
collage of the week (37)
June 24, 2010
11: Dea Trier Mørch’s Den Indre By
June 21, 2010
This week I’m just going to focus on one book, and actually open the cover! For years I’ve been giving various versions of a talk and slideshow about political printmaking,…
The Missing Menhaden
June 18, 2010
Who’s heard of Menhaden? Anyone? Show of hands? Certainly not me, before a couple of months ago. Now, however, the oily fish that once schooled in innumerable masses on the... ...
2010 London Anarchist Bookfair Poster
June 18, 2010
My friend Edd Baldry from Last Hours magazine and Hey Monkey Riot comic has really put my book fair poster making skills to shame! He’s come up with a totally…
collage of the week (36)
June 17, 2010
Love Is Never Illegal
June 17, 2010
(Trail of Dreams walkers heading to Arpaio’s office, Phoenix, AZ) Just got back from DC where I traveled to after spending week in Arizona, where I was with the... ...
Warning Signs: Awareness Campaign Targets Coal Burning Power Plants in Chicago
June 16, 2010
Check out this project from Chicago that merges a sign action with an environmental awareness campaign. RAN Chicago teamed up with local artists to raise public attention to the Fisk…
Back East in AZ
June 16, 2010
We got a nice email from street artist Back East a couple days back, he sent some flicks of recent work he put up in Arizona criticizing the recent immigration…
Waves of Change
June 15, 2010
Dee Dee Halleck of Paper Tiger TV and Deep Dish TV has been working on a mapping/survey of community media projects from around the world. An interesting and useful project,…
10: Portuguese Modernism
June 14, 2010
I found this nice little collection of Portuguese modernist book covers in a friends academic office. They are from the 30s-60s. They designs are all hand painted, with the type…
Radical America
June 13, 2010
I just ran across a digital archive of Radical America, an SDS associated magazine that began in 1967. I downloaded a pdf of an issue at random and it was…
Plausible Inventions photos
June 13, 2010
Colin and I spent the last week immersed in creating an installation at the 58 Gallery in Jersey City. Here are some photos from “Plausible Inventions: Works by Nicolas Lampert... ...
NYC Artists Respond to Arizona – Exhibit
June 12, 2010
Mexican curator, A. Arroyo, has just put together a fabulous exhibit about Arizona and SB1070. I have one piece in the show which opened June 11 and will run through…
Texas Board Of Education Approves More Conservative Curriculum
June 12, 2010
Ok—more insanity in the news… “The Texas State Board of Education adopted a social studies and history curriculum Friday that amends or waters down the teaching of religious freedoms, America’s…
The Rough Road to San Juan Copala//El accidentado camino a San Juan Copala
June 12, 2010
The Rough Road to San Juan Copala Six buses, several cars and vans, and a trailer truck packed with 35 tons of food, medical supplies, etc. left the Mexico City... ...
Racists in School Tell artists to change the race of a child on a mural
June 11, 2010
Ok—this is insane! Someone forwarded us this article and I am stunned. I understand with the current racist anti-immigration law in Arizona, this sort of racism is not surprising. However,... ...
Video from Panel about Immigration: Arts, Culture, & Media
June 11, 2010
I recently traveled to NYC to participate in a panel discussion about Art & Immigrant Rights organized by the Opportunity Agenda. One of my favorite bloggers, Will Coley, interviewed me... ...
collage of the week (35)
June 10, 2010
Making Images for a Campaign: Bark
June 9, 2010
Bark is an Oregon-based environmental group that is primarily concerned with preserving and protecting the wild areas around Mount Hood. Roger Peet, Pete Yahnke, and I partnered up with Bark... ...
Install Shots: Plausible Inventions: Works by Colin Matthes and Nicolas Lampert
June 9, 2010
Here are a few install photos from “Plausible Inventions: Works by Colin Matthes and Nicolas Lampert” at the 58 Gallery in Jersey City. Show opens Friday,June 11, 7-11. 58 Coles... ...
11 y 12 de Junio; Jornada Ecologica
June 8, 2010
PRIMER JORNADA ECOLOGICA COMUNITARIA EN LA ZAM 11 y 12 de Junio COMPARTIENDO SABERES PARA ENTENDER LOS DEBERES Por un mejor entorno en el que nos desarrollamos y convivimos día... ...
9: Anarchist Books from Norway
June 7, 2010
A quick-y this week, here are three covers of Norwegian-published anarchist titles I found in the shelves at my friend Bergsveinn’s house in Bergen. The Kropotkin book is hilarious, with…
Justseeds New Pittsburgh HQ Housewarming on Friday, June 11!
June 4, 2010
Justseeds has moved our global distribution headquarters! In May, the Portland and Pittsburgh worker-members packed up all our prints, books, shelving, flatfiles, the computer, and the dehumidifier into a truck….
Plausible Inventions: Upcoming show at the 58 Gallery with Nicolas Lampert and Colin Matthes
June 3, 2010
Plausible Inventions works by Nicolas Lampert and Colin Matthes Opening Friday, June 11th 7-11p 58 Gallery, 58 Coles St, Jersey City, NJ 07302 Plausible Inventions is a collaborative installation by... ...
collage of the week (34)
June 3, 2010
Visit Meathenge
Celebrate People’s History in New Zealand
June 3, 2010
I’m excited to share some photos from the first exhibition of the Celebrate People’s History posters in New Zealand. Beyond Resistance and Garage Collective organized the show at the Eastside... ...
Mayday Posters/Image-Shift
June 2, 2010
Every year I’ve been posting photos of the EuroMayday posters that my friends at image-shift have been designing, but this year I’ve been so busy I let it slide…But, they’re…
Firebrands: Portraits from the Americas is now available!
June 1, 2010
We’re very excited to announce the arrival of our first collectively realized book, Firebrands: Portraits from the Americas, on Microcosm Publishing. The book consists of illustrated profiles of 78 courageous... ...