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December 13, 2004 - 3:15pm -- nolympics
Culture

Solution to a Stalled Revolution: Write a Mystery Novel

New York Times

What should a rebel leader with a little extra time on his hands do to get attention? Subcommander Marcos, the elusive and charismatic leader of the Zapatista movement in southern Mexico, has apparently decided the answer is to write a crime novel.

Two weeks ago, Pablo Ignacio Taibo II, a successful writer of detective stories set in Mexico City, received a clandestine letter from the guerrilla leader. In it, Subcommander Marcos, the rebel leader who made wearing a black ski mask sexy, proposed that they team up to write a detective story, alternating chapters.

"I thought about it for 10 seconds and said 'No, not right now. I'm very happy with my Pancho Villa book, which I'm writing, and this new project will drive me crazy," Mr. Taibo recalled. "Then rapidly, 10 seconds later, I said yes. It had the enormous attraction of insanity. For a writer like me who is always bordering on insanity, it was part of my, shall we say, greatest obsessions to do something like that."

December 12, 2004 - 4:28pm -- nolympics
Announcements
Culture

CadmusOnez writes A Holiday Appeal From Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping...



I know for sure that GOD IS THE ABSENCE OF GENTRIFICATION. Yes I'm looking for the spark of light called the winter solstice to actualize our community center. I'm talking about that spark of light that is usually pawned off on the wrong God, and made safely apolitical. The most famous representation of the sunlight that starts growing again during the winter of discontent is Jesus -- but we steal him back, because JESUS WAS NEVER A CHRISTIAN! Amen?


December 10, 2004 - 11:27am -- jim
News
Culture

Jackson Mac Low (1922–2004)

Jackson Mac Low died in New York on December 8. This
profound loss will take many years to properly
register, but since the New York Times has only
summarized his literary contributions, it is important
to note
other dimensions of his life, especially his political
involvements.

December 9, 2004 - 5:28pm -- hydrarchist
Reviews
Culture

It's easier to download a copy of "The Yes Men" than find a perceptive review of the work. Please find the review from In These Times underneath.

You can download The Yes Men by clicking here for the torrent. In order to download it you will have to install the foxy little program called Bit Torrent. All details and additional information required reside in the Fahrenheit 911 thread.

Oh and be warned that the scum from the Motion Picture Association of America have recently started legal action against people sharing movies, and undoubtedly suprnova is one of the places they'll be fishing. If you can, look around and you'll find it in less exposed torrent communities as well.Enjoy.
Any questions? I'm all ears;)

When Yes Means No

Into a season packed with political documentaries comes 'The Yes Men' ushering in a new and savvier era of protest.

The worst of times, the best of times: Sure, our nation is in the hands of a federal cabal to which nothing – lives, rights, nature, language, science, sovereignty – is sacred. Except profit. But as a result the popular culture is rousing from its inoculated slumber as it hasn't in 35 years.

December 6, 2004 - 10:29am -- jim
News
Culture

Baltimore Anarchists Rally for Red Emma's Bookstore

Annie Linskey, Baltimore Sun

On a recent Sunday night, three men sat at Red Emma's
Bookstore and Coffeehouse, Baltimore's newest anarchist
infoshop. They were there to see a screening of several
films produced by the Independent Media Center.


The organizer of the evening's activities, John Duda, seemed
disappointed with the turnout. "Was anything else going on tonight?" he asked.

One customer, with a mop of brown hair, volunteered a reason
why so few comrades-in-arms turned out for the event: "The
Anarchists Union and the Women's Healthcare Collective meet
on Sunday nights," he said. A-ha.

December 6, 2004 - 10:17am -- jim
News
Culture

"Subcomandante Marcos to Pen Political Fiction"

E. Eduardo Castillo, Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — Leftist Zapatista rebel leader Subcomandante
Marcos, who slipped largely out of the public eye three
years ago, plans to re-emerge in fiction as the co-author of
a police/political novel that will appear in excerpts in a
leftist newspaper, his collaborator announced Friday.


The book, to be titled The Awkward Dead, will appear in La
Jornada each weekend beginning Sunday, co-author Paco
Ignacio Taibo II, a well-known writer of police novels, told
W Radio.

November 28, 2004 - 10:25pm -- jim
News
Culture

Nobel Laureate Saramago Warns of Danger After Bush Reelection

Humberto Márquez, Inter Press Service

CARACAS — U.S. politics over the next four years will be
rooted in patriotism and religion, an 'explosive combination'
that will require Latin Americans to 'arm themselves with
strength, courage and bravery,' according to Portuguese
writer José Samamago, winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize for
Literature.

November 20, 2004 - 10:33am -- jim
Analysis & Polemic
Culture

"Central Europe: 'Ostalgia' for the Communist Past"

Victor Gomez, Transitions OnLine


Why Central Europe’s young are dancing, dressing, and drinking as their parents did before 1989.


When they were young, they longed to wear real Levi’s blue jeans and thirsted for Coca Cola. Today, many East-Central Europeans are switching back to the brand names of their youth. They wear communist-era sneakers, dance to the synth-sounds of aging 1980s pop bands, and drink cheap Coke imitations.


A wave of nostalgia for the cheap and often shoddily made consumer products of the long-gone communist era is sweeping across this region. In eastern Germany, they call it Ostalgia, a play on the German word Ost, for East. But the trend is obvious in practically every country of the region.

November 17, 2004 - 2:25pm -- jim
Announcements
Culture

Melody Parker-Carter writes:

Soundlab Channel Seeks Contributions

Musee Divisinisteis currently preparing its 2nd edition to be launched on 8 February 2005.

SoundLabChannel is a joint-venture between [R][R][F]2004--->XP global networking project, New Media Fest and Le Musee divisioniste and is focussed on soundart and its various forms.

November 15, 2004 - 5:12pm -- nolympics
Announcements
Culture

erika writes
SEATTLE PRINT ARTS

Call for Participation


Paper Politics (West)

A Show of Socially Engaged Printmaking
to be held in April 2005 at Phinney Neighborhood Community Center

6532 Phinney Avenue North

Seattle, WA 98103


Entry Deadline: January 15th, 2005

Notification of Acceptance: Early February 2005

Work Sent By: March 1st, 2005

Opening Reception: Friday, April 1st, 2005, 7-9 PM

Exhibit Dates: April 1st - 29th, 2005


In April 2005, Seattle Print Arts will hold a juried exhibit of socially engaged printmaking at Seattle's Phinney Neighborhood Community Center. The exhibit will showcase print art which uses themes of social justice and global equity to engage community members in political conversation. Because of its accessibility and reproducibility, print art has long been used by activists as a communication tool in struggles for freedom and social equality. The bold graphic qualities made possible by printmaking techniques are used to communicate with and educate broad audiences all over the world.

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