My favourite addiction at the moment is bleach stencilling. Not sure if it’s the smell or not, but it’s tons of fun. You can get instructions on how to do bleach stencilling here.
It seems to work best on plain cotton tshirts with a reasonably light colour (not black!). I’ve made a few, [...]
I actually finished this a little while ago but it’s taken me ages to get my a into g. I’m still not happy with the photos but I really want to get this out there now all the crew are out of lock up. Hopefully someone near them will bring it to their [...]
If you owned all the land and I owned all the money, how much money would you charge me to live on your land?
I was absolutely astonished to see the NZ Reserve Bank Chairman Arthur Grimes floating the idea of a 1% land tax and a cut of tax rates to 0-20%. This is [...]
About a week ago we got out on a hot Sunday night to engage in a bit more fence art. I decided to try a different technique and did a bit of weaving, I suppose you would call it. It was a bit quicker - so this only took two and a half [...]
An article was published today in the NZ Sunday Star Times. It’s an opinion piece by former NZ Police and Member of Parliament, Ross Meurant.
And it’s brilliant. But before we get to it, I want to share a wee story.
I remember when I got arrested as an activist, explaining the ridiculousness of arresting [...]
“Democracy hasn’t always been kind to minorities.”In Maoridom it’s not democracy that we strive for. It’s really tino rangatiratanga, the absolute individual’s rights within the collective.”
Kingitanga kaumatua Hare Puke
Don’t forget to make yourself heard on Saturday. If there’s nothing on in your area, organise something!
I’m baking, stitching and painting!
Everywhere: Any letters emailed to lettersforprisoners[at]riseup[dot]net will printed out and distributed to arrestees. Obviously don’t write anything that could negatively impact on you or anyone else! If you can help with processing these letters, [...]
Ever since I started cross stitching I always look at the world searching for square grids. Anything with a square grid can be a cross stitch canvas if you try hard enough.
So of course fences are the obvious ones. Fences have long been canvases, anything from your standard teenage boy territorial tagging through [...]
I’ve been meaning to post about this one for far too long now. I keep seeing all these great posts and going ooh I need to write about that but then I get distracted and the moment passes. But I procrastinate no longer!
This website is herlefteyeislazy.blogspot.com but changes name semi-regularly, currently it appears [...]
Goodness there’s so much happening in support of those arrested last Monday, it’s just awesome to see. Go over to Aotearoa Indymedia and see all the reports from recent demos. Quite a lot of video too which is nice (cause I can see my friends and give them virtual cuddles!). And there’s [...]
Normally, I’d be giving Australians a hard time for living in a police state, but after hearing the news this morning, it definitely sounds like New Zealand should be getting that criticism.
In a nationally coordinated raid, Police have searched residences across the country, made at least 16 arrests and many more have been taking in [...]
With much excitement I present the beautiful wee things I made for my first ever craft swap! I’ve looked at them before and been tempted. but this one had such an obvious theme for me, I couldn’t help but get involved.
The idea of a craft swap is that you are connected with someone else [...]
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.
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 [...]
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!). [...]
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 [...]
We bought the book The Gift of Nothing for Tara for her six month birthday (yes it’s been that long!). This is a truly gorgeous book which celebrates how special the present of our time can be for our friends and loved ones.
I really liked this book as it tells the story beautifully, and [...]
I am an anarchist
My partner is a georgist
We bought land
IRONY!
We acknowledge that we live, eat, play, dance and sing on Aboriginal land. (Up Yours John Howard)
"I don't regard myself as an artist. I am a craftsman. Fuck art." - Clifford Harper
