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FILM THE POLICE ! music video

DOWNLOAD THIS MP3 FOR FREE on the homepage of http://StrangeFamousRecords.com right now!

Learn How to LIVE STREAM The Police here
http://www.mobilebroadcastnews.com/NewsRoom/Forum/How-Set-Live-Streaming-Cell

The Legacy of Tactical Media

Yo, scholars;  tactical media has been in effect in one incarnation or another for a long time.  Now technology is making it much easier for us.  So these kind brains from Amsterdam put together a little history to date of the Media that Uses "Any Means Necessary".   Click the Expand Button to read the full pamphlet on line.

Paulette Giguere's "SafeHouse" lives on at OSBG

above:  Student & Teacher rejoice at the empowerment of SafeHouse. 
The signs say Thank You Paulette Giguere, OSBG Loves You, and ...heart Archy

Just over 5 years ago I sat where I now sit, at Mojo's in the French Quarter, gazing deeply into the screen of my newly donated computer "SafeHouse".  I would oftren come to Mojo's to get away from the voluteer camps so I could work online undisturbed.  At the time there were very few places open, even fewer with food;  Mojo's became my SafeHouse from post Katrina hardship.  When I arrived in New Orleans shortly after Hurricane Katrina I began shooting footage immediatly but lacked a computer that was capable of editing video.  My hero Paulette Giguere recognized a need and donated my first Mac to the cause of supporting the New Olreans Anarchist emergency response efforts and allowed me the tools necessary to cover this important period in our history.

4 long hard road years later SafeHouse was just not keeping up with my media demands and I upgraded.  I've been carrying SafeHouse around for about a year, loaning it out to varioous events and causes.  Today SafeHouse found it's new home and casue, also here in New Orleans.  Our School at Blair Grocery is an alternative school and urban farm in the lower 9th ward .  At OSBG they are teaching at risk lower 9th ward youth not only the answers to the tests they'll need to take to graduate but more importantly they are teaching the youth to think and giving them the skills to feed themselves and orgainze within their neighborhood to thrive against the challenges present here.  The gangs, unemployment, violence and police state that threatens at time to take over these blighted blank slabs and falling down 'hoods are an easy trap for youth with  few alternatives.  OSBG gives these alternatives and is creating the space for these youth to grow healthy in mind and body by employing them in the gardens and empowering them to be the next generation of leaders.

why police arrest journalists

An award winning film showing the number of journalists being arrested for merely reporting the news. We investigate why
Distributed on Undercurrents

NOmadjik Bus Plays a Cruel Joke

If you missed the previous RIP NOmadjik Bus post, here's the back story on this. Part#1, Part#2

In classic Monty Python style, the bus just raised it's fist and cried "but I''m not dead yet!"

Shortly after being told the estimate was 5,768 dollars; which was a death blow to the bus, no brainer... I got another message from the shop but since I was downing beers I turned my phone off for awhile. 

The NEW Message:  They were real sorry, someone else's estimate had accidentally been stapled to my ticket.

The bus only needs a new oil cooler assembly, related items and services.

The Actual Estimate is $1,575.00
Now, while this estimate is at least feasable; it's not like I got an extra dime laying around.
I'll be focusing on paying jobs for awhile. 
If you have a paying job for a webmaster or video producer, I'm all ears.

If you feel compelled to donate for the cause
I'd love you forever and will send you a DVD of anything I've produced, just name it.
However, I need to say that the bus will No Longer be traveling back an forth across the country All The F'n Time as it has been for the last 3 years.  The remainder of it's life will consist mostly of regional use for off grid film screenings, music and guerilla 1st ammendment covered activist video projections (like this on a smaller scale).

Blast Furnace Radio 10 Years Strong

Vincent Eirene & Lenny Flatley started the first internet
radio station 10 years ago this month. Vincent shares his reflections
and experiences mobilizing live internet to mass convergence protests
and other large events that typically go under or mis reported. ~ download

http://NoToWar.com/blastfurnace.html

My Current Gig

During the winter of 2003 I embarked on a roadtrip to cover the Dennis Kucinich for President campaign, on my dime, for the now defunct KucinichWatch.com. Shortly before the California Primaries I returned home, bought a van, gave up "normal" life in LA and hit the road again.. to document end of the facade of democracy. This video deals with the logistics as well as the motivation behind this commitment.

March 2006
I'm still on the road. Though many of the initial tools of the trade have been upgraded and I rarely stay at truck stops these days; I'm still usually a little road weary. Keeping up with the work load is often completly impossible; but somehow I get by. My "home" is a smiley face coffee mug in search of a kitchen.

Related Links ::: WiFiFreeSpot, FluxRostrum.com, 911 truth,
911 Media, Vote Fraud, Clint Curtis, Dennis Kucinich, SOA Watch, Reasons Against G8

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