| H.R. 1955 |
[01 Nov 2007|12:50am] |
The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed HR 1955 titled the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007. This bill is one of the most blatant attacks against the Constitution yet and actually defines thought crimes as homegrown terrorism. The Bill passed 404-6.
This Bill criminalizes any act of, or promotion of, anything the Government interprets to be "radical" or "extremist." This may include Animal Rights, Environmentalism, Socialism, Labor Organizing, anything that may upset the status quo, hell anything that may upset a politician. And that's the scary thing here; it's entirely up to State interpretation.
Don't let this Bill pass the senate! Call your Congressperson, tell them you are NOT HAPPY with their vote. Call your Senators, tell them that if they wish to keep their jobs, they had better NOT SUPPORT this bill. Use every means available to you. Phone Calls, Letter Writings, Public Demonstration, Firebombings. Don't Let this Bill Pass. Talk to your friends, CoWorkers, talk to your Parents, your Professors, your Teachers. Talk to EVERYONE.
Educate. Organize. Mobilize. Make It Happen.
Read Up Y'all:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_House_Resolution_1955
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/10/25/18456040.php
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/record.xpd?id=110-h20071023-31&bill=h110-1955
( Here's a Copy/Paste Letter to Give to Media! Or Anyone! )
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[10 Oct 2007|02:27am] |
Fellow autonomous artists, my name is Seelan and I'm from Singapore (South East Asia)
Let's keep in touch.
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| I am proposing a contest! |
[15 Jun 2007|01:06pm] |
AuTonomOUs ARt Competition Announcement!!!
GoaL: to make the most fabulous, the most practical to make, the most acceptable to stupid incarceration rules ARTWORK to send to imprisoned comrades, friends & penpals.
RuleZ: it must be able to be sent to a prisoner under most circumstances, meaning no glue can be used, no hidden pockets which may hide stuff (so nothing like origami with lots and lots of folds), no paint, no cardboard, yada yada, gabba gabba hey , yeah these rules are really terrible and will crimp your style. you will persevere with resourcefulness because you are that rad. It must compose of a single sheet of one-ply letter paper, able to fit within an envelope with a b+w xerox image or black ink pen writing/drawings on it.
The winner is determined by the awesomeness of the art and if it successfully passes through the insane security and scrutiny of gulag officials SCUM to the political prisoner of your choice!
Please put an entry into this community with a picture and a written description of your artwork, as well as if it made it through, and if it didn't, why it didn't get through. Instructions on how to recreate this wonderous artwork of yours will be appreciated and welcomed, and possibly profusely and embarassingly complemented. you can also list your inspirations, heroes, personal mythology and what kind of outfit you'd like to see me in.
Spread teh word aRound and get workinG, even if it means not washiNg yer dishes, else i wILL rEsort to flashing fonts and scroLLing texT! and mOre random capitAlization!
i might be kidding about the threats, and if this is contrary to posting rules, then please look the other way to allow this to continue. thank you!
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| my stationary is so anarchopunk... |
[08 Jun 2007|09:57pm] |
This isn't my art, I haven't been able to track the artist (EM?) down or any of the other art the artist made. I dumpstered this a few years ago, and have only seen the art in one other context- in a poster that a friend made. Anyway, it would be a shame to lose this to history, so, here you go.
Erm, don't send this to anyone in jail. Oh, and sorry about the cropping, it was like that when I found it, really, so I'm... just preserving the xerox artifacts of the copy I found.
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[01 Feb 2007|02:01pm] |
(crossposted to other relevant groups)
If you haven't heard about it by now, 2 guys were arrested in Boston for putting up little electric cartoon character sign things in Boston. They're small, of semi-recognizable characters (the Moonenites from Aqua Teen Hunger Force), and look to me like light-brites.
They weren't really culture jamming or glamour bombing... it was more of a marketing thing. Normally, I'm not too concerned with consumerism backfiring. It's kind of funny. However:
They were charged under a new statute that makes it a crime to place, transfer or possess a hoax device that results in panic.
Hoax devices. That result in panic. They face up to five years in prison for this. The things they put up and around look in no way, even to laypeople, like bombs of any kind. Here in America we seem to have gotten to a level of fear where placing strangeness out and about can have serious legal repercussions.
Thoughts?
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| mask making and graveyard |
[12 Aug 2006|07:24pm] |
i'm doing a workshop for kent ohio's bicentennial parade, masks and costumes representing missing animals of ohio to compliment the memorial installation we've had in our downtown yard. some history, art and spiritualism to tie in what we've lost to preserving what is left.
we'll also have john brown and tecumseh, other local historical luminaries.
( mask making and graveyard )
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| What Oil Crisis? |
[09 Aug 2006|06:31pm] |
(letter to the editor)
As Israel continues it's attack on Lebanon the rest of the world is again left to calculate the war/oil equation.
While the current strife may not be related to oil - a certain product of war (such as the unattended oil spill from Israel's attack on a power plant in coastal Lebanon) is creating environmental damage that environmentalists and local green groups are calling the worst disaster in the country's history. Reports put the spill at somewhere near 15,000 barrels or 15,000 tons of oil along the Mediterranean shores of Lebanon and Syria. It brings to mind the burning oil fields of Iraq.
Humanitarian crisis aside - how much blood and oil need to spill before the hungry war mongers are satiated and have had their toxic fill? As it becomes all too apparent that there is no fixed sum to quantify civilian deaths as war crimes - maybe we global villagers should create a formula to quantify crimes of a global nature. WorldWatch where are you?
As our skies and oceans become increasingly congested with the viscous black death of oil - who will be responsible?
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| aSID mag! |
[04 Aug 2006|06:00pm] |
We are now accepting writing, art, and photography submissions for our September issue.
Come check it out at www.asidmagazine.com!
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| Restrict Your Movement |
[31 Jul 2006|07:18am] |
“Revolution is not something fixed in ideology, nor is it something fashioned to a particular decade. It is a perpetual process embedded in the human spirit.”
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| control-free |
[22 Jul 2006|06:17am] |
Hi everyone
First post of a main topic here. Just wanted to let everyone know about our completely FREE projects and websites - we run the control-free network (http://www.controlfree.net - a network of sites) and we are spreading the word around.
The control-free network is a resource with free information in text, audio and video files, as well as links to a collective and other helpful websites.
The files not linked to from the website can be downloaded from us for free on SoulSeek (download this great file-sharing program for FREE at http://www.slsknet.org) - and to do this, just add our username, freeinfo.
All of the items we share are free and we take careful precautions not to share copyrighted material, as the fucking feds are always watching our shit (and your shit).
Also, this has been crossposted a bit.
So take care, check us out if you get a chance,
Peace, solidarity
-mc nf1
http://www.controlfree.net
http://www.TAKEPOWERBACK.info
http://www.notfooled.com
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| aSID magazine - a segue in the dust |
[14 Jul 2006|01:44pm] |
Welcome to: aSID- a segue in the dust
A brand spanking new amateur arts magazine that focuses on getting your name out there!
We are now accepting submissions of all kinds - poetry, prose, short stories, drawings, paintings, photography, and graphic art - for upcoming issues!
aSID is a bi-weekly publication based out of the Pacific Northwest. We have a small subscriber base (growing fast) and our goal is to bring the spotlight away from generalized, contemporary artists and back to the fresh, edgy, amateur art scene. We want writers, artists, and photographers with hidden talent to come out of the shadows and show the world what they can achieve.
We are accepting submissions at asid.magazine@gmail.com
There is no payment currently offered for accepted pieces except the honorable mention (your name beside your work). In the future, depending on the success of the magazine, we hope to commission work from writers-artists-photographers for actual monetary compensation. All the more reason to spread the word!
Please remember to include your full name. Our staff will reply to you promptly, work with you on your submission (if you'd like), and prepare it for publication with us. Returning writers and faithful contributors may earn paid writing/drawing/creating commissions in the future.
We are always seeking out new talent. Don't be afraid to email us to ask for more information. We are very excited to launch our premier issue. Support amateur art!
Website coming soon: http://www.asidmagazine.com
Lisa Hubert
Editor-in-Chief
aSID magazine
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| prescott bushs' scull |
[02 Jun 2006|03:29pm] |
my new flash animation!
repost and put it up on your pages'! every clik gets me a vote at huffington post! thanks!!!
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| Power Hits 103.3 FM: Legal Pirate Radio? |
[26 May 2006|07:18pm] |
I still get google alerts for "Pirate Radio" (and for KBFR) despite not being juiced in to it for well over a year now. Most of the alerts are articles about the Pirate Radio scene in London (which is massive) with the occasional story about a Pirate Radio station in the United States along the lines of "Pirate Radio station in city X gets shutdown after FCC visit.. blah.. blah.. blah."
BUT THIS IS DIFFERENT...
Yesterday I got an alert from an article appearing in Quad Cities Online about Power Hits 103.3 FM. It's interesting because these Pirates, who are making no attempt to remain anonymous, are citing a federal regulation "granting an emergency broadcast on a temporary basis in extraordinary circumstances, such as when the United States is at war." It seems like they're looking for a legal battle -- which would be an interesting one. I hope it works out for them, but I know the FCC isn't stupid and will try to find a way to ruin their "make the FCC look evil and Pirate Radio look good in court" plans.
Unfortunately, they don't cite the specific federal regulation that gives them this authority in any of the articles on the about the radio station.
I searched the Code of Federal Regulations as near as I can tell they're talking about title 47 part 73 section 3542 of the Code of Federal Regulations. This link will take you directly to legalese on the Code of Federal Regulations website:
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/get-cfr.cgi?TITLE=47&PART=73&SECTION=3542&TYPE=TEXT
The regulation does appear to grant permission to broadcast without a license under some circumstances. Authority may be granted, on a temporary basis, in extraordinary circumstances requiring emergency operation to serve the public interest. such situations include: emergencies involving danger to life and property; a national emergency proclaimed by the President or the Congress of the U.S.A and; the continuance of any war in which the United States is engaged, and where such action is necessary for the national defense or security or otherwise in furtherance of the war effort. However, if you read the text it does say that an informal application may be used, among other things somewhat mitgating their argument.
But, they still have pretty solid ground for stirring up a legal battle with the FCC that would bring the arguments in favor Pirate Radio and against media consolidation in to the main stream press. I really do hope they succeed.
Crossposted to ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=92.1) wholesomedick, ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif?v=92.1) autonomous_art, defcon_defcon, fl_radicals, free_media, g_r_i_m_e, globallbass, houstondiy, lj2600, olywa_activists, penn_anarchy, swallowthisshoe, talk___hard, talk_music, tech_metal, the_real_heat, and weloveukbabes
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