The Getaway Vehicle - Das Vegetal - Ready to Go!
Capitalist Piggy is Hogtied and Pignapped!
Capitalist Piggy is Paraded as the Crowds Cry for Bacon
Piggy Escorted Back to The Day Job In Disgrace
The Crowds Rejoice - Capitalism Is Over!
our beloved building security guard there at McKesson “Tyrese” is graciously kicking Piggy off the steps.
Success!!: CLAIM YOUR POWER NOW!
Wed. July 28
By 10 am Daily Slots (Eliza Barrios and Paz De la Calzada)
Daily Slots repurposes newsstands with alternative messages focusing on the economy, consumerism and the un-sustainability of the capitalistic culture. Find messages in the newsstands along Market St. Beginning at Embarcadero then heading west towards to Powell St. with the complete message at Market & Montgomery (by the BART station) AND Powell & Market (by the Trolley turnaround).
8pm – 6am Projections
The Luggage Store Gallery in collaboration with CIO is hosting nightly public projections from July 23 – August 13. 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. At 1007 Market Street (corner of 6th Street)
Artists include: Stephen Parr/Oddball Films; B from Buenos Aires; Adriana Varella (NY); Valerie Soe (SF); Ella Delaney (IL); Serena Wellen (SF), Paz De La Calzada (SF), bantercut (SF) Eliza Barrios (SF) and MANY MORE.
This blog post is first on Google for s sesrch for “capitalism is over” – The Time of Capitalism Is Over by Michael Laitman – Actually pretty interesting apart from the debunked quote from Marx….
Together We Can Defeat Capitalism (TWCDC) & This Little Piggy Goes to Market (Megan Wilson)
check out Piggy’s schwag!
Thurs. July 29:
Who:
Together We Can Defeat Capitalism (TWCDC)
This Little Piggy Goes to Market (Megan Wilson)
What
The guerrilla art group Together We Can Defeat Capitalism (TWCDC) has been fighting capitalism since 1996. As part of CIO they will take to the streets in “Das Vegetal”, a repurposed 1985 Mercedes 300TD Marxist stock car that runs on waste vegetable oil. With new members B (6) and J (2) making their debuts as TWCDC operatives, all will proclaim into megaphones that Capitalism is indeed Over (if you want it).
If they happen to encounter the Capitalist Pig (a bright pink pig wearing a big grin and pushing a cart of gifts for all) that they hear has been wandering the streets of San Francisco for some of America’s richest companies, they will be forced to take the pig captive to dialogue about capitalism and its discontents.
When
Thursday, July 29, 2010. 12-1 pm
Where
Downtown San Francisco in the Commercial and Financial Corridors. Union Square to Montgomery.
Why
This is another vehicle for TWCDC and the organizers of Capitalism Is Over! to get the word out that we the people have the power to create change in all areas. It is truly up to us and the next generation to right this economic and environmental mess and we hope that witnesses young and old take inspiration from this action and take matters into their own hands to better protect the future for everyone.
For more information contact:
Amy Berk
amy@amyberk.com
415/420-1267
At Ocean Beach today, “placing needles in the sand at the water’s edge. … In acupuncture, the needles are seldom placed directly into the troubled area, but where the energy flows… To increase the flow of people and ideas between nations divided by borders, our treatments add to the dialogue of this need.”
Lowell Darling talks about the project and its context.
Leah Garchik writes about Darling’s piece, happening today at NOON at the water’s edge near the end of the N Judah line, and about 2 other CIO pieces that will be happening next week:
“Lowell Darling‘s acupuncture of the shoreline, mentioned herein last week, is just one part of a series of actions/events that began July 18 and runs through Aug. 28, in a project called Capitalism Is Over If You Want It. A full calendar is available at www.capitalismisover.com, but the project examples also include proof that arguing is the new political action (well, maybe not new) and lying around at home is the new demonstration.
— “Sean Fletcher and Isabel Reichert loudly argue about money, honesty, infidelity or getting lost as they travel between different companies related to oil.” More information about this Aug. 10 “Blow-Out Odyssey,” including an interactive map, is at www.life-art.org.
— And in “Market Fatigue,” “Dan and Cheryl stay in bed because they have run to the end of their credit limits, are exhausted by looking for jobs, and to protest the proposed sit-lie law.” Organizers say it will be at Yerba Buena Gardens, but the artists “so far … have been too tired to decide upon a date.”
— One thing more: Darling isn’t planning to leave those needles in the sand. His acupuncture ceremony will take place at noon today at the beach adjacent to the end of the N-Judah line.”
