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Groundswell Issue 00: Crisis Folklore

Issue 00 contributors respond to the inherent and overlapping crises that form the surface of our smoothed-out world, from the climate to vacant land and home foreclosures.

In places, we imagine the post-capitalist future of the cultures and (infra)structures we're building, while elsewhere we recount the stories we know we'll tell.

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Published March 21, 2012 Artists, Events, Works, Exhibitions, Features
Julie Gueraseva

Occuprint & OWS: Notes on Art as a Weapon for Non-Violent Insurrection

They great are only great because we are on our knees. Let us rise!
Occuprint & OWS: Notes on Art as a Weapon for Non-Violent Insurrection

Among the thoughts of Occuprint designers, Julie Gueraseva writes, a few stand out: “This poster must be of tremendous urgency and relevance; it must agitate and disturb; it must stop you dead in your tracks; it must enlighten and inspire you to act. This poster must be so compelling that distributing it becomes essential. This poster requires courage.”

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Published March 7, 2012 Artists, Events, Works, Exhibitions, Features
James David Morgan

Worker Power and Pleasure: Robby Herbst’s New Pyramids for the Capitalist System

Worker Power and Pleasure: Robby Herbst's New Pyramids for the Capitalist System

Socialist acrobatics channel class dynamics in Robby Herbst’s “New Pyramids for the Capitalist System” at Dumbo Arts Center. On display are two shows, one of his grandfather’s collection of beach and socialist acrobat photos, and the other is Herbst’s own work, including large-scale drawings, installations, and performances of human pyramids done collaboratively with Occupy LA.

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Published November 16, 2011 Artists, Events, Works, Exhibitions, Features
Dara Greenwald

Does Corporate Culture Still Suck?

Does Corporate Culture Still Suck?

Part of the ideals of independent and DIY culture is both access to the tools/means of production and to free spaces for creativity and communication. Are these corporate ventures really giving us a gift? Or are these poison gifts—and at what cost and to whom—since we know corporations main goals are their bottom lines?

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Published November 4, 2011 Features
Kenneth Bailey

Who Shall Occupy Make Demands Of?: The Modern Case of the One-Eyed Monster

Who Shall Occupy Make Demands Of?: The Modern Case of the One-Eyed Monster

One of the biggest critiques being made of the Occupy movement is that it has no demands. If, however, we take the standpoint that Occupy functions in an interventionist mode—if we see it as an Occupy moment rather than an Occupy movement–we see that its refusal to issue demands is part of the beauty of it.

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Published November 1, 2011 Artists, Events, Works, Exhibitions, Features
Mallory Knodel

Art from the 99%

Art from the 99%

#OccupyWallStreet is an ever-changing cultural expression, cycling through memes and overlapping fights against various injustices. Throughout, cultural producers have sought ways to turn this moment into a movement.

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