Call For Decentralized Audio Installations During the G-20 Resistance in Pittsburgh

Call For Decentralized Audio Installations During the G-20 Resistance in Pittsburgh

James David Morgan

The charming rascals at Silent City Distro are circulating a proposal that collectives, groups, and individuals publicly stream G-Infinity – Pittsburgh Indymedia’s coverage of the G-20. The installations will be points of contact for people to learn about the G-20, the IMF and World Bank, learn how to help with jail support and would serve [...]

Groundswell Weekly Review: August 16 – 22, 2009

Groundswell Weekly Review: August 16 – 22, 2009

James David Morgan

This week’s review is a pop quiz! Sharpen your #2 pencils, open new browser tabs, and breathe a sigh of relief because we’re giving you the answers. Q: Do you know where Marx wrote Capital? A: In a museum. Q: What does anti-fascist photomontage look like? A: This is what anti-fascist photomontage looks like. Q: [...]

Impressions for Change: A Red Sun Press Retrospective

Impressions for Change: A Red Sun Press Retrospective

James David Morgan

Members of the Red Sun Press Cooperative Our favorite local print shop, Red Sun Press, is celebrating thirty five years as a movement printer with a retrospective of works they’ve published. The show is offered in conjunction with Jamaica Plain Open Studios and higlights “progressive activism . . . focusing on peace, justice and a [...]

Call for Participants: HONK! 2009 Parade

Call for Participants: HONK! 2009 Parade

James David Morgan

This year’s festival will converge in Davis Square, Somerville, MA on October 9-11, 2009. The HONK! Festival is rapidly approaching; just less than two months time remains between now and the start of festivities on Friday, October 9th. Groundswell officially kicks off its festival preview (see last year’s coverage here), with a call for participants [...]

Yael Bartana’s “Wild Seeds” at Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art

Yael Bartana’s “Wild Seeds” at Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art

James David Morgan

Filmed before the 2005 Israeli evacuation of the West Bank, Wild Seeds (2005) offers a parodic simulation of the conflict within Israel over its relationship to Palestine and its occupation. Still from Yael Bartana’s Wild Seeds, via As the Israeli government prepared to remove its citizens from occupied lands, video artist Yael Bartana staged a [...]