Silver’s Huffington Post article on the Google-Verizon Deal
CONVENIENCE IS THE ENEMY + a special message from Buenos Aires NI UN PASO ATRÁS
Implicit in the surging forth of the indigenous people is their demand to be approached with the respect due to all human subjects. As Subcomandante Marcos wrote over a decade ago, “The powerful with all their money don’t understand our struggle. The power of money and pride cannot understand, because there is a word which does not walk in the understanding of the great sages who sell their intelligence to the rich and the powerful. This word is dignity.”
—Jeff Conant, from “What the Zapatistas Can Teach Us About the Climate Crisis“, published in Foreign Policy in Focus, August 3, 2010
Josh Hart works another important issue!
See the website of the Scotts Valley Neighbors Against Smart Meters
Market Fatigue - Dan & Cheryl
Dan Spencer and Cheryl Meeker lie in bed in public due to credit and employment exhaustion, and to protest the proposed sit/lie law. Yerba Buena Gardens, noon, August 4, 2010
For information on the proposed sit/lie law, see sidewalks are for people
Beginning August 3 thru August 15 from 8pm to 6am EVERY NIGHT check out CIO’s Public Projection series in collaboration with the Luggage Store (1007 Market Street – located at Market and 6th in the bugeoning area of the Mid-Market – aka Central-Market area)
From Market St., through the Luggage Store Gallery’s Mezzanine Window, viewers will be able to experience a compilation of videos from artists around the world addressing the issue of capitalism. Through August 15.
Looped DVD Program:
1. B: Doma:Do Me 03:43
2. Oddball Film and Video: Marilyn for Union Oil Company 00:37
3. Stephanie Ellis and Serena Wellen: Staging Abu Ghraib 10:16
4. TWCDC: Che Guevara for Citybank 00:13
5. Valerie Soe: Art Film Revolution 01:26
6. TWCDC: Will Work to Defeat Capitalism 05:52
7. TWCDC: The Terminator for Citybank 00:15
8. bantercut: Stupid People 03:38
9. Heartland Productions: What a Day to Be Alive 01:52
10. Sean Fletcher and Isabell Reichert: Death and Taxes 13:32
11. Michael Zheng: cioiywl 00:16
12. Oddball Film and Video: Esso – A Century of Achievement 26:15
13. Paz de la Calzada: Shopping Cart Soldiers 05:34
MALA PRENSA NUNCA MUERE
changed it up alittle so the messages are @ 2nd & Market (south side) – by PEETs and Cyril Magnin & Market (north side) – by Carl’s Jr + Payless shoe source
Read the article here
“The demonstrations have been eye-catching. During an event at the Tate Modern gallery to mark 20 years of BP sponsorship, protesters spread oil and feathers across the entrance just before the VIP guests turned up.
At the Tate Modern Gallery, they released black helium-filled balloons with dead fish attached to them. Gallery staff were forced to shoot down the balloons with air rifles.”
Falling prey to the able hands of TWCDC & the Socialist Butcher – the Capitalist Pig is turned into Ham sandwiches for ALL (CIO wishes to thank Marina Perez-Wong and Gordon Winiemko)
Tues. August 3
11:30 am – 1:30 pm– Please join the organizers of CAPITALISM IS OVER! If You Want It for a LUNCH-IN and informal discussion/panalogue about the project, the current state of capitalism, and new visions for the future. At the UC Berkeley Extension Art & Design Center Gallery, 95 Third St., San Francisco, CA (between Mission and Market Streets)
11:30: Performative preparation of the Lunch
12:00 Lunch is served (ham, cheese, and cucumber sandwiches)
12:15 Discussion/Panalogue
1:15 Wrap Up
Wed. August 4 –
by 10 am – along Market and Montgomery Street: Daily Slots (Eliza Barrios and Paz De la Calzada) re purposes news stands with alternative messages focusing on the economy, consumerism and the un-sustainability of the capitalistic culture.
Noon – at Yerba Buena Gardens: Market Fatigue (Dan and Cheryl) Dan Spencer and Cheryl Meeker lie in bed in public due to credit and employment exhaustion, and to protest the proposed sit/lie law.
Fri. August 6 –
By 10 am – along Market and Montgomery Street – Daily Slots (Eliza Barrios and Paz De la Calzada) (see Aug 4 description)
Ongoing projects:
Sapare aude (Guy Overfelt): The term autonomia/Autonome is derived from the Greek “auto–nomos” referring to someone or something which lives by his/her own rule. Autonomy, in this sense, is not independence. While independence refers to an autarcic kind of life, separated from the community, autonomy refers to life in society but by one’s own rule. Aristotle thus considered that only beasts or gods could be independent and live apart from the polis (“community”), while Kant defined the Enlightenment by autonomy of thought and the famous “Sapere aude” (“dare to know”).
HOW TO PARTICIPATE:
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CAPITALISM IS OVER! MURAL– (Mural on view at 95 Third Street through August 3rd) at UC Berkeley Extension Art & Design Center Gallery painted by youth in the Meridian Interns Program, an arts education and empowerment program for at-risk youth offered through Meridian Gallery. The mural offers passersby an alternative message that speaks to the current oppressive economic system.
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PROJECTIONS:
Nightly 8pm – 6am -. At 1007 Market Street (corner of 6th Street)
The Luggage Store Gallery in collaboration with CIO is hosting nightly public projections. From Market St., through the Luggage Store Gallery’s Mezzanine Window, viewers will be able to experience a compilation of videos from artists around the world addressing the issue of capitalism. Through August 28.
Looped DVD Program:
1. B: Doma:Do Me 03:43
2. Oddball Film and Video: Marilyn for Union Oil Company 00:37
3. Stephanie Ellis and Serena Wellen: Staging Abu Ghraib 10:16
4. TWCDC: Che Guevara for Citybank 00:13
5. Valerie Soe: Art Film Revolution 01:26
6. TWCDC: Will Work to Defeat Capitalism 05:52
7. TWCDC: The Terminator for Citybank 00:15
8. bantercut: Stupid People 03:38
9. Heartland: What a Day to Be Alive 01:52
10. Sean Fletcher and Isabell Reichert: Death and Taxes 13:32
11. Michael Zheng: cioiywl 00:16
12. Oddball Film and Video: Esso – A Century of Achievement 26:15
13. Paz de la Calzada: Shopping Cart Soldiers 05:34
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Secrets of the Silent Mountain (Matthew Rana): Access artwork by calling 510-283-1375. Secrets of the Silent Mountain is an audio book and short story written by corporate employees. Over 20 days, artist Matthew Rana will make a series of phone calls to bankers, technical support staff and customer service representatives, interrupting their workday with idle conversation. Drawn from narratives used in corporate team-building exercises to enhance productivity, these phone calls will form the basis for a short story and audio book. Hear new chapters daily by calling 510-283-1375.
