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More on the revolutionary vandalism of the Stalinist Spanish Civil War Artwork in S.F. This excerpt from an article in 'The Situationist International Anthology' gives the recent July 19th graffiti attack on the monument to Stalinist lies about the Spanish Civil War on San Francisco's Embarcadero some deeper context....
Posted: Mon, Jul 21, 2008 7:24pm PDT
Screen Actors meeting in Los Angeles: still no way forward Monday, July 21, 2008 :On July 19 about 700 actors from the Hollywood division of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) packed the Empire Room of the Sportsmens Lodge in Studio City. The meeting was called by the guilds leadership in celebration of SAGs 75th anniversary. The Hollywood branch has approximately 72,000 members, or about 60 percent of the national membership....
Posted: Mon, Jul 21, 2008 7:21am PDT
Stalinist Spanish Civil War Artwork Vandalized on San Francisco's Embarcadero Direct Action to commemorate the beginning of the Spanish Civil War the right way......
Posted: Sat, Jul 19, 2008 6:01pm PDT
Spike Lee to Film Tony Award-Winning Musical "Passing Strange" as Show Comes to a Close on Broadway Thursday, July 17, 2008 :The rock musical Passing Strange closes on Sunday after a six-month run on Broadway. The show won a Tony Award for best book. It was co-written by its star, longtime recording artist Stew and Heidi Rodewald. It was nominated for six other Tony's including best musical. Acclaimed filmmaker Spike Lee is planning to film the musical this weekend to bring it to a wider audience. We speak to Stew, the playwright, composer and narrator of Passing Strange....
Posted: Thu, Jul 17, 2008 6:12pm PDT
“Subjective Atlas for Palestine” wins prestigious Dutch award Thursday, July 17, 2008 :Last year Palestinian artists, photographers and designers mapped "their" Palestine in the Subjective Atlas of Palestine. The atlas offers a picture of Palestine that differs from the images the public generally receives through the mass media. Dutch designer Annelys de Vet of the the International Academy of Arts in Palestine and the Dutch Interchurch Organization for Development Cooperation, joined forces with a group of Palestinian artists to realize a moving, beau...
Posted: Thu, Jul 17, 2008 6:54am PDT
Burners without Borders Fundraiser and Celebration of our Final Month in Peru You are Invited to Burners without Borders Celebration and Fundraiser!...
Posted: Wed, Jul 16, 2008 9:03pm PDT
War Inc.: Strengths and weaknesses of the Hollywood left Saturday, July 12, 2008 :Directed by Joshua Seftel, screenplay by Mark Leyner, Jeremy Pikser and John Cusack At its best, War, Inc. reaches the level of a bitingand courageouspolitical satire. The film, directed by Joshua Seftel and co-written, produced and starring John Cusack, one of Hollywoods most vocal opponents of the Iraq war, is a dystopian work about the first war to be 100 percent outsourced to private enterprise....
Posted: Sat, Jul 12, 2008 10:54am PDT
American Federation of Radio and Television Artists approves new contract on terms set by media conglomerates Wednesday, July 9, 2008 :Officials of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists announced Tuesday that their membership has ratified the tentative contract reached with the Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP)....
Posted: Wed, Jul 9, 2008 10:10pm PDT
Arkansas Fight Fans Angered Over Caged Male Combatant Kissing Tuesday, July 8, 2008 :(Little Rock, Arkansas) Crowds in Arkansas came for the lure of cage fighting and $1 beer, but police say what they got instead was men ripping each others' clothes off and kissing - a stunt suspected of being orchestrated by Sacha Baron Cohen of "Borat" fame....
Posted: Tue, Jul 8, 2008 8:01am PDT
What Bastille Day means in America A cultural perspective of the great national holiday of France and what it means to America....
Posted: Sat, Jul 5, 2008 8:07pm PDT
Algae Overload Threatens Olympic Sailing Course Thursday, July 3, 2008 : A vast amount of stinky green algae is threatening the Olympic sailing course in China; more than 14,000 workers are rushing to remove it all before the competition starts in five weeks. Olympic officials are confident the algae will be removed, but competitors are finding training difficult....
Posted: Thu, Jul 3, 2008 7:47am PDT
Conglomerates present Screen Actors Guild with their "final" offer Thursday, July 3, 2008 :US entertainment conglomerates organized in the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) made their final offer to the Screen Actors Guild on Monday, only hours before the expiration of the present contract at midnight. SAG has not asked its 120,000 members nationwide to authorize a strike....
Posted: Thu, Jul 3, 2008 7:33am PDT
Acclaimed Actor and Playwright Anna Deavere Smith on Art in a Time of War Wednesday, July 2, 2008 :Anna Deavere Smith has been hailed as the most exciting individual in American theater. She has won numerous awards including two Obies, several Tony nominations, and a MacArthur genius grant. She is best known for two plays examining race relations, "Fires in the Mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and Other Identities" and "Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992." Her latest solo show is called "Let Me Down Easy."...
Posted: Wed, Jul 2, 2008 7:37am PDT
Screen Actors Guild negotiations continue in secret: The need for socialist politics in the film and television industry Sunday, June 29, 2008 :As the July 1 expiration date for the contract of 120,000 members of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) looms, union leaders continue to negotiate in secret with the American Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). Many television and film productions have shut down over fears of an actors walk-out....
Posted: Sun, Jun 29, 2008 10:03pm PDT
7/20 in Oakland: Salsa By the Lake SALSA BY THE LAKE
8 man live Salsa band, and salsa lessons by the water and under the sun....
FREE to everyone!...
Posted: Sat, Jun 28, 2008 10:19pm PDT
REBEL DIAZ MEMBER G1's APARTMENT STORMED BY NYPD DAYS AFTER BRUTALITY INCIDENT Early this morning, at around 2am, I, Gonzalo Venegas aka G1 of Rebel Diaz, was in my home in Harlem, working on my computer in the living room, when several police officers burst into my unlocked apartment, with guns drawn, ordering us to get down and put our hands up....
Posted: Wed, Jun 25, 2008 3:40pm PDT
From Political Prisoner to Cabinet Minister: Legendary Brazilian Musician Gilberto Gil on His Life, His Music and the Digital Divide Wednesday, June 25, 2008 :Forty years ago, the legendary Brazilian musician Gilberto Gil was a political prisoner. Today, he is a cabinet official in the Brazilian government. As protests raged across the globe in 1968, Gil was at the center of a cultural and political revolution in Brazil known as Tropicalia. The movement was seen as such a threat to Brazil's military dictatorship that Gil was jailed, then forced into exile, where he would become one of the world's most celebrated musicians ...
Posted: Wed, Jun 25, 2008 7:39am PDT
George Carlin (1937 - 2008): Legendary Comedian Challenged Status Quo Throughout 50 Year Career Tuesday, June 24, 2008 :Legendary comedian George Carlin died of heart failure on Sunday evening at the age of 71. Carlin was one of the most-well known comedians of the past 50 years and was widely considered one of the top standup comics of all time. We play some of Carlin's memorable routines and look at his legacy with Richard Zoglin, author of, "Comedy on the Edge: How Stand-Up in the 1970s Changed America."...
Posted: Tue, Jun 24, 2008 8:04am PDT
Comedian George Carlin Dies in Los Angeles at 71 George Carlin, 71, the much-honored American stand-up comedian whose long career was distinguished by pointed social commentary that placed him on the cultural cutting edge, died last night in Santa Monica, Calif....
Posted: Mon, Jun 23, 2008 8:00am PDT
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