Below is the most recent items (Zine and DIY DVD) we received for review.
The FreeRentCommunity takes reviews to the next level.
This zine review is for functionally ill: adventures with mental health recieved...
Twitter promotion - Podcast and Online Radio Promotion (found at the very bottom of this post) - Featured in Film #? (we turn in so many films we lost count) of the Art of Having Fun Film Series and Blog promotion.
Retweet this zine review by going to our twitter account and copying and pasting our tweet that was sent to over 3,600 awesome people following our twitter found by clicking here.
New Review of Zine and D-I-Y DVD and Music Video: The Recidivist DVD and 'Riding on the Rails' Zine.
Listen to the long detailed podcast review below.
Quick Summary.
I rate items received on a scale of 1-10 Clean Socks with 1 Sock being not-the-best (as it often is the case when you only have one clean sock and the other one is lost or dirty, smelly and crusty and the rest of your socks have already been reused so many times that you would rather go barefoot in winter) and 10 Clean Socks being the very, very best situation because it means you get the clean fluffy feeling because you just did the laundry and have 10 fresh days of clean socks at hand and if you recycle you have 20 days of almost clean socks if you don't feel like doing the wash after the 10 days.
Summary review of The Zine 'Riding on Rails'
6 Clean socks for Illustrationsn by Ethan Young - http://youngillustrations.com
Only 2 pages of hand drawn illustrations but they were a very good two pages. if there was more art he would've got a 10.
9 Clean Socks. for the zine layout by Sarah Kriley. She gave a Website address with nasty corporate ads flashing so that can't ever get a 10.
Good layout though. Full color $50 NY subway ticket on front and back for playing music on the train. Very cool and original. Not even a title on front. $100 court judgment inside. Artwork included. Photos. Rock solid 9 clean socks job of layout.
10 Clean Socks for Editing by TLE. No crazy ass typos throughout the whole damn thing (which is how I do my thing actually! *happy laughter* I'm all about typos!). Makes reading it very smooth.
5 Clean socks for James who told the story in the Zine I take it. Not so interesting a story, sorry. I know you think you are sharing your music with people to reach out to them but how can you be sure you're not just irritating people since you have a captive audience on a Subway? Some of the people in the DVD didn't look too happy. Though some folks did give you money. To be honest, I love Subway musicians but you just never know. How about making a song about corrupt BP folks and then going to the BP headquarters in New York and playing there. Or maybe write a song about the racist new laws in Arizona and then go play outside the office of one of the Hate Groups found on the map of Hate groups on the Southern Poverty Law Center Website found by clicking here. If you do it, send it to me and you'll get 4 clean socks review just for doing it. While you probably wouldn't get any tips, it might make for a more interesting story...especially if you get in some interesting lyrics and conversations. Your current zine gets 3 clean socks for including one of my favorite songs in the zine for sure though. But you've got a great layout, editing and art team on your hands. Wow! Now that is what I call an awesome crew! Keep that team and you've got nothing but goodness in your future, homey!
In the future send the form found at www.freerentcommunity.org so I can tell people where to get your stuff. I would have loved to give props and credit and compliments to everybody on your staff but I will not ever type all that stuff out. No way. Sorry. I'm shocked I typed this much. Better for you and me not to type due to all my typos! *happy laughter* :)
Their email address is ghstsnguitars@gmail.com if you want to get their zine and DVD- I had to triple check that email.
Audio,
Podcast review of the other stuff below.
Brought to you by BlackManFluff at http://www.BlackManFluff.org
MP3 File
We are always looking for women's empowerment zines and zines with women on the crew to review.
We will promote your material by our blog, podcast, online radio, Tv show and Film Series (now in it's second season), and much much more! We also promote zine reviews on our Twitter account with over 3,000 followers. Let us use our influence to promote your amazing work for a better world!
We review zines, music, art, short Do-It-Yourself DVD videos and most short creative and short artistic material and items which are directly, indirectly or barely related to love and/or feminism and/or especially about women creating a better world through direct action and/or Civil Disobedience.
To print out the form that you need to submit your material please visit FreeRentCommunity.org
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Thursday, June 3, 2010
Thursday, May 20, 2010
WikiLeaks founder has his passport confiscated
Wikileaks founder has his passport briefly confiscated
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange had his passport confiscated when he returned to his native Australia last week, according to The Age.
Arriving at Melbourne, immigration staff told Assange his passport was looking worn and would be cancelled. Thirty minutes after his passport was returned to him, a police officer then searched his bags and questioned him about his computer hacking offences he committed in 1991 when he was a teenager.
Julian Assange, left, speaking at the 26th Chaos Communication Congress in January this year. Photo by andygee1 on Flickr. Some rights reserved
Despite the search, Assange was then told his passport is still classified as 'normal' on the immigration database and could therefore travel freely.
Speaking on Australia's Dateline show, Assange said he is wary of travelling in Australia, where he was born, because of information that has been published on Wikileaks.
Assange had been told that the publication of a proposed blacklist of banned sites has been referred to the Australian Federal Police, who were investigating how it was leaked and then published on Wikileaks, though AFP told the Sydney Morning Herald yesterday that the case had been dropped.
Looking at the site, it's hard to believe there are many countries where travel is not a problem. Some light reading from the front page:
• CIA report into shoring up Afghan war support in Western Europe
• US Intelligence planned to destroy WikiLeaks
• Cryptome.org takedown: Microsoft Global Criminal Compliance Handbook
Arriving at Melbourne, immigration staff told Assange his passport was looking worn and would be cancelled. Thirty minutes after his passport was returned to him, a police officer then searched his bags and questioned him about his computer hacking offences he committed in 1991 when he was a teenager.
Julian Assange, left, speaking at the 26th Chaos Communication Congress in January this year. Photo by andygee1 on Flickr. Some rights reserved
Despite the search, Assange was then told his passport is still classified as 'normal' on the immigration database and could therefore travel freely.
Speaking on Australia's Dateline show, Assange said he is wary of travelling in Australia, where he was born, because of information that has been published on Wikileaks.
Assange had been told that the publication of a proposed blacklist of banned sites has been referred to the Australian Federal Police, who were investigating how it was leaked and then published on Wikileaks, though AFP told the Sydney Morning Herald yesterday that the case had been dropped.
Looking at the site, it's hard to believe there are many countries where travel is not a problem. Some light reading from the front page:
• CIA report into shoring up Afghan war support in Western Europe
• US Intelligence planned to destroy WikiLeaks
• Cryptome.org takedown: Microsoft Global Criminal Compliance Handbook
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WikiLeaks founder has his passport confiscated
This is a reminder that one can't run around exposing the secrets of the most powerful governments, militaries and corporations in the world without consequences (h/t):
Forcing Assange to remain in Australia would likely be crippling to WikiLeaks. One of the ways which WikiLeaks protects the confidentiality of its leakers and evades detection is by having Assange constantly move around, managing WikiLeaks from his laptop, backpack, and numerous countries around the world. Preventing him from leaving Australia would ensure that authorities around the world know where he is and would impede his ability to maintain the secrecy on which WikiLeaks relies.
Secrecy is the crux of institutional power -- the principal weapon for maintaining it -- and there are very few entities left which can truly threaten that secrecy. As the worldwide controversy over the Iraqi Apache helicopter attack compellingly demonstrated, WikiLeaks is one of the very few entitles capable of doing so and fearlessly devoted to that mission. It's hardly surprising that those responsible would be harassed and intimidated by governmental agencies -- it'd be far more surprising if they weren't -- but it's a testament to how truly threatening they perceive outlets like WikiLeaks to be. I hope to speak with Assange later today and will provide more details as I know them.
The Australian founder of the whistleblower website Wikileaks had his passport confiscated by police when he arrived in Melbourne last week.The Australian document was so damaging because the Australian government claimed that the to-be-banned websites were all associated with child pornography, but the list of the targeted sites including many which had nothing to do with pornography. That WikiLeaks was then added to the list underscores the intended abuse.
Julian Assange, who does not have an official home base and travels every six weeks, told the Australian current affairs program Dateline that immigration officials had said his passport was going to be cancelled because it was looking worn.
However he then received a letter from the Australian Communication Minister Steven Conroy’s office stating that the recent disclosure on Wikileaks of a blacklist of websites the Australian government is preparing to ban had been referred to the Australian Federal Police (AFP).
Last year Wikileaks published a confidential list of websites that the Australian government is preparing to ban under a proposed internet filter -- which in turn caused the whistleblower site to be placed on that list.
Forcing Assange to remain in Australia would likely be crippling to WikiLeaks. One of the ways which WikiLeaks protects the confidentiality of its leakers and evades detection is by having Assange constantly move around, managing WikiLeaks from his laptop, backpack, and numerous countries around the world. Preventing him from leaving Australia would ensure that authorities around the world know where he is and would impede his ability to maintain the secrecy on which WikiLeaks relies.
Secrecy is the crux of institutional power -- the principal weapon for maintaining it -- and there are very few entities left which can truly threaten that secrecy. As the worldwide controversy over the Iraqi Apache helicopter attack compellingly demonstrated, WikiLeaks is one of the very few entitles capable of doing so and fearlessly devoted to that mission. It's hardly surprising that those responsible would be harassed and intimidated by governmental agencies -- it'd be far more surprising if they weren't -- but it's a testament to how truly threatening they perceive outlets like WikiLeaks to be. I hope to speak with Assange later today and will provide more details as I know them.
Monday, May 3, 2010
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Interview with new Freeschool Community and Peace Communities volunteer
Interview with new Freeschool Community and Peace Communities volunteer during a Peace Communities meeting on April 17th, 2010.
Monday, March 29, 2010
ARUNDHATI ROY at Town Hall Seattle, along with ARUNDHATI ROY videos
MP3 File
As many of you know, we currently have one of Arundhati Roy's quotes in the masthead of our blog which is:
"Our strategy should be not only to confront empire, but to lay siege to it. To deprive it of oxygen. To shame it. To mock it. With our art, our music, our literature, our stubbornness, our joy, our brilliance, our sheer relentlessness -- and our ability to tell our own stories. Stories that are different from the ones we're being brainwashed to believe."-Arundhati Roy
So it goes without saying that we encourage you to see her tonight...or forward this to your friends who may be in the Pacific Northwest!
The below Excerpt is from elliottbaybookwebsite:
Co-presented with SEATTLE ARTS & LECTURES. We are delighted and honored to again help present one of the most vital, arresting writers at work in the world today, Arundhati Roy. The Booker Prize-winning author of the 1997 novel, The God of Small Things, and the author, since, of a series of compelling, political non-fiction books, it is with the most recent of these, Field Notes on Democracy: Listening to Grasshoppers (Haymarket Books), that she visits Seattle this evening. "After so much celebratory salesmanship about India the 'emerging market,' Roy draws us into India the actual country, peeling away the gloss until we are confronted with perhaps the most challenging question of our time: who and what are we willing to sacrifice in the name of development? Roy is one of the most confident and original thinkers of our time." - Naomi Klein. "Arundhati Roy, the direct descendant of Antigone, resists and denounces all tyrannies, pleads for their victims, and unflinchingly questions the tragic. Reflect with her on the questions she receives from the political world today." - John Berger. Tickets and information are available via Seattle Arts Lectures at www.lectures.org or (206) 621-2230. Town Hall Seattle is at 1119 Eighth Avenue (at Seneca).
Location:
The Elliott Bay Book Company 101 S. Main St.
Seattle, Washington 98104
End of Excerpt.
Videos
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One of my personal favorites ---> Public Power in the Age of Empire: War, Resistance and the Presidency (Democracy Now! / August 23rd 2004)
Arundhati Roy on India, Iraq, U.S. Empire and Dissent
(Democracy Now! / May 23rd 2006)
Baby Bush Go Home: Arundhati Roy on Massive Protests Against Bush's Visit to India
(Democracy Now! / March 3rd 2006)
(Democracy Now! / March 3rd 2006)
Crashing the Party: Famed Indian Writer Arundhati Roy Goes Inside the RNC (Democracy Now! / September 2nd 2004)
Arundhati Roy and David Barsamian at Seattle Town Hall (August 2004)
Indian Elections, Her Support for the Iraqi Resistance & the Privatization of War (Democracy Now! / January 21st 2004)
Arundhati Roy Addresses Tens of Thousands At World Social Forum in Bombay (Democracy Now! / January 20th 2004)
Speech: “Instant-Mix Imperial Democracy, Buy One Get One Free” (Democracy Now! / October 24th 2003)
Come September: Arundhati Roy Speaks Out On Iraq, U.S. Foreign Policy, Palestine & Corporate Globalization
(Democracy Now! / October 15th 2002)
(Democracy Now! / October 15th 2002)
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
New Zine Review! Reviewing: functionally ill: adventures with mental health
Below is the most recent letter we received. Below the letter is the FreeRentCommunity review of the zine.
The FreeRentCommunity takes reviews to the next level.
This zine review for functionally ill: adventures with mental health recieved...
Twitter promotion - Podcast and Online Radio Promotion (found at the very bottom of this post) - Featured in Film #11 of the Art of Having Fun Film Series and Blog promotion.
Retweet this zine review by going to our twitter account and copying and pasting our tweet found by clicking here.
love, peace and empowerment for all,
-The Freeschool Community and the FreeRentCommunity.org
The below zine features the above cover image by artist Niku Arbabi.
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Dear freerent community,
Hi! I am sending you the latest issue of my mental health zine
functionally ill for review--it's issue 6. I will send that to you in
the mail, but the form asks me to email you the info as well, so here
it is. Thanks very much, and good wishes with all you do.
Laura-Marie
***
Title: functionally ill: adventures with mental health
Issue: 6
Your name (can be made up): Laura-Marie
Address: 1728 Richmond St #9
Sacramento CA 95825
Website: http://functionallyill.blogspot.com
E-mail address: robotmad@gmail.com
price: trade
trades: yes
Free to prisoners? yes
Available in audio versions? no
size: quarter size
Number of pages: 12
Summary of your zine:
I'm diagnosed with bipolar disorder and don't have health insurance.
Functionally ill is about my experiences with mental illness. Issue 6
is a small zine about the logistics of care: losing services, cost of
medication, the quest for refills, and running into a former
psychiatrist at the grocery store.
The Entire Audio Review is Found Below. Thanks.
We are always looking for women's empowerment zines to review.
We will promote your material by our blog, podcast, online radio, Tv show and Film Series (now in it's second season), and much much more! We also promote zine reviews on our Twitter account with over 3,000 followers. Our twitter account currently is #199 on the 'Most Followed' list out of over 3,900 twitter accounts listed in the 'women' category of the We follow International Twitter Directory and we are currrently #145 on the 'Most Influential' list in the directory's women category. Let us use our influence to promote your amazing work for a better world!
We review zines, music, art, short Do-It-Yourself DVD videos and most short creative and short artistic material and items which are directly, indirectly or barely related to love and/or feminism and/or especially about women creating a better world through direct action and/or Civil Disobedience.
To print out the form that you need to submit your material please visit FreeRentCommunity.org
powered by The Freeschool Community and the FreeRentCommunity.org
The FreeRentCommunity takes reviews to the next level.
This zine review for functionally ill: adventures with mental health recieved...
Twitter promotion - Podcast and Online Radio Promotion (found at the very bottom of this post) - Featured in Film #11 of the Art of Having Fun Film Series and Blog promotion.
Retweet this zine review by going to our twitter account and copying and pasting our tweet found by clicking here.
love, peace and empowerment for all,
-The Freeschool Community and the FreeRentCommunity.org
The below zine features the above cover image by artist Niku Arbabi.
==========================================================
Dear freerent community,
Hi! I am sending you the latest issue of my mental health zine
functionally ill for review--it's issue 6. I will send that to you in
the mail, but the form asks me to email you the info as well, so here
it is. Thanks very much, and good wishes with all you do.
Laura-Marie
***
Title: functionally ill: adventures with mental health
Issue: 6
Your name (can be made up): Laura-Marie
Address: 1728 Richmond St #9
Sacramento CA 95825
Website: http://functionallyill.blogspot.com
E-mail address: robotmad@gmail.com
price: trade
trades: yes
Free to prisoners? yes
Available in audio versions? no
size: quarter size
Number of pages: 12
Summary of your zine:
I'm diagnosed with bipolar disorder and don't have health insurance.
Functionally ill is about my experiences with mental illness. Issue 6
is a small zine about the logistics of care: losing services, cost of
medication, the quest for refills, and running into a former
psychiatrist at the grocery store.
The Entire Audio Review is Found Below. Thanks.
We are always looking for women's empowerment zines to review.
We will promote your material by our blog, podcast, online radio, Tv show and Film Series (now in it's second season), and much much more! We also promote zine reviews on our Twitter account with over 3,000 followers. Our twitter account currently is #199 on the 'Most Followed' list out of over 3,900 twitter accounts listed in the 'women' category of the We follow International Twitter Directory and we are currrently #145 on the 'Most Influential' list in the directory's women category. Let us use our influence to promote your amazing work for a better world!
We review zines, music, art, short Do-It-Yourself DVD videos and most short creative and short artistic material and items which are directly, indirectly or barely related to love and/or feminism and/or especially about women creating a better world through direct action and/or Civil Disobedience.
To print out the form that you need to submit your material please visit FreeRentCommunity.org
powered by The Freeschool Community and the FreeRentCommunity.org
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Radiant Amazing World: ‘Tenants Exploited By Landlords…’
Peace Communities Progressive Coalition is happy to feature a project by some of our members:
Radiant Amazing World:
‘Tenants Who Are Exploited By Landlords – Sometimes We Smile and Laugh Through the Pain’
We are offering $10 for each non-fiction description about tenants who experienced unethical or illegal treatment by their official or unofficial landlord. A lease is not required.
Your non-fiction, uncensored description can be in one or more of the following forms: video, audio, original uplifting music, uplifting artwork, poetry, humorous (sometimes you must laugh through the anguish) or non-fiction written stories, photographs or a portfolio combination of any of the these types of descriptions. All material that we accept to publish will be displayed in exhibits worldwide, published in a booklet, CD, DVD as well as broadcast on Mondays and Friday nights at 11:59pm on TCTV Channel 22 on an uncensored Film Series called: ‘The Art of Having Fun.’
We only accept descriptions about incidents that took place within the last 2 years because it is our hope to provide free mediation services, free emergency and housing repair services, referrals to free (pro bono) legal help and maybe even new homes for tenants in emergency situations. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to keep their identity private.
We always need volunteers! Volunteers are Superheroes! Join us. Interns are eligible for college credit.
We are also looking for feminist groups worldwide who desire to exhibit the finished work as fundraisers for your group.
As tenants and artists, our housing crisis stories are ignored by mainstream media and we have few real, legal or housing options.
Together, we have a voice and we have a choice!
Entry forms found below.
* Document version of the entry form found by clicking here.
* PDF version of the entry form found by clicking here.
We have many different amazing flyers for this project which we would appreciate everyone circulating for us. To print out some of our flyers please click below:
Flyer 1. ---- This is the only Flyer with the Word 'Evicted' in large print at the top.
Flyer 2.Flyer 3.
Flyer 4.
Flyer 5.
Flyer 6.
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Learn more about the members of the Peace Communities Progressive Coalition at http://www.peacecommunities.org/
Saturday, January 23, 2010
A World Beyond Capitalism Team Radio [archives] Nov 2005-July 2009
A World Beyond Capitalism Team Radio [archives] Nov 2005-July 2009
Found by clicking here.
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