It was a very good month. Dig in. Every entry is a classic.
I really don’t have time to rant about Burma at the moment even though it is an issue really close to my heart. Read this instead:
THINGS CAN ONLY GET BUDDHA
…AS SchNEWS EXAMINES THE SUDDEN INTEREST IN HUMAN RIGHTS IN BURMA
“I call on those who embrace the values of human rights and freedom to support [...]
A great friend of mine once said that he’ll listen to any music as long as it’s conscious. And I don’t reckon there’s any conscious music more real and true to spirit than the music of indigenous and grassroots resistance. All over the world there is music that unites the people and this [...]
When I first started university I was in one of my tutorials and we had a ‘get to know you’ round. We had to introduce ourselves and tell the group if we could be any other animal what would we be and why. Most of the class said lovely things like lions, dolphins, butterflies and [...]
I finally did it! After months of begrudgingly logging in to Myspace to accept or deny friend requests from people I didn’t know. And nine times out of ten getting some stupid technical error which prevented me from doing so.
I have deleted my Myspace account.
Why did this take so long? you may ask. Well, it [...]
OMG the world is full of synchronisity sometimes. So there’s this amazing woman who makes fantastic recylced clothing and things like this super hot top.
Which I might even buy one day when I get my superhot pre-baby body back…
Anyhoo, it turns out I’m not the only polar bear climate defending needle artist out there. [...]
I’m really busy so apologies for no recent updates. Have this nice piece of news instead:
Electronic waste (e-waste) can seriously harm the environment, wildlife and human health when dumped in landfills.
eDay is a drive-through recycling event which gives you the opportunity to dispose of old computers or mobile phones in an environmentally sustainable way.
eDay [...]
I’m sure you all saw Sally Field and her super fab acceptance speech at the Emmys yesterday.
Well not if you watched it on Fox. Check this out for an amazingly shithouse piece of editing. And when I saw shit house I am referring to both the content and the style.
“If mothers ruled the [...]
This one goes out to the anti-APEC after party. Hope your revolution was fun…
And this one goes out to Rosa, coz she’ll get it.
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Well I don’t, but this crew who’ve been living here for about 80,000 years do. But apparently they don’t figure in the equation too often.
Check this video
Hat tip Ana
And like Rosa I say read this! Now!
I think I saw one land rights flag during the whole APEC ‘resistance’ and certainly didn’t read anything supporting [...]
Little known fact: There is a hormone that is released during pregnancy that compells women to cross stitch. I never would’ve believed it but I know at least two other women that this has happened to.
One of whom is my super friend Lenka in Wellington. When Lenka got pregnant she decided to start [...]
Check out this very good (especially for a politician) article in the Sydney Morning Herald about Aboriginal languages.
I have often been asked about the difference between Aotearoa and Australia in terms of indigenous peoples and why it seems so much harder in Australia to organise against the colonialist oppressor.
The first answer I always give is [...]
S.M.I.R.K. (Sock Monkey Insurgent Revolutionary Kabal) today stood in solidarity with APEC and G20 arrestees in one highly successful action.
The kabal attacked Victorian State Police in an (almost) successful attempt to de-arrest the protester arrested during the most recent G20 court case.
In total resistance to the apparent new laws against the use of tomato sauce [...]
Who would’ve thought he’d have such a turn around in political views. Mind you after all of yesterdays fuck ups I’m guessing the man is on a drug bender.
Props Typing is not Activism
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We had a successful demo on Collins Street today.
Travelled sustainably by public transport and managed to recruit a few people along the way to take photos of me on my big outing.
Arrived to find a shit load of cops, including four on horseback (they obviously don’t have the flu - unlike the Sydney cop horses!). [...]
I thought I was a pretty hard core crafter but after seeing this post at Craftzine I see I have a way to go. These seriously cool ladies are putting their love on their skin!
Then it turns out there’s heaps more out there!
I am sew inspired! I’m thinking a cross stitch tattoo isn’t too [...]
For too long now us sock monkeys have been an ignored entity in the struggle against global capitalism. We have decided to stand up this APEC and demand an end to a world based on neo-conservative, neo-colonial domination of our people, planet and resources.
We do not believe in the farce that is democracy. [...]
Check the new radio show that goes live on 3CR today, called the Renegade Economist. Real economic news that cuts through the lingo and lets you know what’s really going on.
A must listen for any activist, advocate, journalist or politician.
And 3CR streams live so no excuse if you’re not in Melbourne.
For more info check out [...]
Some brilliant wonderful person loaned me their badge maker. This is about the closest to heaven I believe I have ever been.
These are all 35mm button badges made from a broken old 60s sewing book that I picked up second hand. And I’ve got tons more to make just need the time to [...]
I want to pay my biggest respects to the family and friends of Syd Jackson who passed away this evening. Syd is one of the most effective members of the Tino Rangatiratanga movement and is one of my heroes.
He will be sadly missed.
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Just in time for APEC…
Engineered and designed by the White Bread Mexican Production Universe to serve the Australian people with an outlet to take out their anger and frustration on the little man, each little pin prick makes the man squirm. The 100% handcrafted dolls are made from re-used linen and are stuffed with high [...]
"I don't regard myself as an artist. I am a craftsman. Fuck art." - Clifford Harper
