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Reclaim the Commons Photos--Food Fight
FOOD FIGHT shots from Fort Mason...
Posted: Mon, Jun 7, 2004 9:55pm PDT
RTC Racial Justice Rally Photos
As part of Reclaim the Commons week in San Francisco, 200 people rallied for racial justice in front of the SF Federal Building this morning....
Posted: Mon, Jun 7, 2004 9:23pm PDT
Really REALLY Free Market Report
Market report from Reclaim the Commons - DIRECT from SF's Conspicuous Consumption Center...A call to take it to the streets June 8, 6:30 am on...A call for build the gift economy at freecycling.org...And...A Short History of FREE...
Posted: Mon, Jun 7, 2004 6:32pm PDT
80 Cops Watching 40 non-violent demonstrators is no joke; it is a tragic waste of money
The money wasted this morning on the unnecessary heavy police presence could have been spent on programs for the homeless, abused women shelters, senior services etc, etc, etc. The police must not be allowed to use demonstrations as a padding for overtime....
Posted: Mon, Jun 7, 2004 4:42pm PDT
David Bacon: This is What Free Trade Looks Like (audio/mpeg 2.0MB)
David Bacon, a longtime photo journalist and author of The Children of NAFTA: Labor Wars on the US / Mexico Border, spoke briefly on June 6 at New College in SF....
Posted: Mon, Jun 7, 2004 4:10pm PDT
update from todays actions?
can someone please post a _detailed_ update about what has gone on today?...
Posted: Mon, Jun 7, 2004 1:16pm PDT
RECLAIM THE COMMONS: The Garden Lounge in the Convergence Center: 1. Permaculture (video/quicktime 14.1MB)
Starhawk: "(E)verything about our mobilization has a bright, happy though slightly frantic quality. The happiness seems to emanate from the Garden Lounge, the first room you pass by as you enter the convergence space. We've taken twenty-one oak half-barrels and arranged them to define swirling garden beds that define seating areas, some big enough for a small meeting, others good for an intimate conversation. We've filled them with 'guilds', groups of related plants that support each ...
Posted: Mon, Jun 7, 2004 1:06pm PDT
rtc - teach in day 1 . (video/x-pn-realvideo 13.1MB)
teach in segments about nanotech and biotech ocnvergence, and about myths about biotech....
Posted: Mon, Jun 7, 2004 12:40pm PDT
Photos: J5, J6
A selection of photos I quickly threw onto my site; not edited or properly titled, but the images are worthwhile....
Posted: Mon, Jun 7, 2004 10:57am PDT
The Corporation's Interactive Website Launches
Hot on the heels of this weekend's US launch of THE CORPORATION
to packed houses and standing ovations at San Francisco's Castro Theatre, we are
pleased to present the launch of i- Corp http://www.thecorporation.tv/icorp/- our
interactive site...
Posted: Mon, Jun 7, 2004 1:35am PDT
June 5th G8 Breakaway March Photos
I arrived kind of late to the "breakaway," which gathered at the ANSWER rally and marched away, only to be harassed by cops and have 5 people arrested, rather late......
Posted: Mon, Jun 7, 2004 1:03am PDT
Jaime Castillo from Via Campesina (audio/mpeg 9.8MB)
Jaime Castillo spoke on June 5th about fair trade and necessary agricultural reforms in Mexico. 17 minutes...
Posted: Mon, Jun 7, 2004 12:09am PDT
NEW!! book release: Globalize Liberation
JusticeDesign is proud to present a City Lights Books premiere:
** GLOBALIZE LIBERATION **
How to uproot the system and build a better world
Edited by David Solnit...
Posted: Sun, Jun 6, 2004 11:35pm PDT
Vandana Shiva on alternatives and resistance to Biotech (audio/mpeg 18.8MB)
Vandana Shiva spoke on Saturday night, closing out several days of biotechnology teach ins in the San Francisco bay area. She spoke about the importance of solidarity, and about real alternatives to biotechnology. 32 minutes...
Posted: Sun, Jun 6, 2004 11:01pm PDT
Glimpses of the Convergence Ctr
Just a few glimpses from the CC....
Posted: Sun, Jun 6, 2004 1:06pm PDT
Monday protest at Mexican Consulate, Starhawk's Sat. Report
Update and some urgent info!We will have an emergency march from the Convergence
Center to the Mexican Consulate at 4pm on Monday, June 7, after the Challenging
White Supremacy workshop, as part of the Racial Justice Day of Actions!!!!
END the Torture at Home or Abroad!!!! -RTC
Starhawk's report from Saturday follows......
Posted: Sun, Jun 6, 2004 10:26am PDT