Everytime I read about the war in Iraq my stomach hurts so much I have to skip the reading. Same thing with images about Iraq. Same thing, no. It is worse with images. Can't face it. I know I've been negleting a very important charpter of our sinister history but hey, can't handle it. But apparently a conscious child in Alabama can, and very well. Ava Lowery is only 15 years old but she's an outstanding peace activist who made her first animation in Mid-March 2005 and since then has made over 70 … [Read more...]
We Will Not Be Silenced
Rowly recently posted this link on the Synergy list... Check it out: https://www.djpauledge.com/wewillnotbesilenced/ … [Read more...]
Mucha Marcha in conjuction with Peace Not War at Cargo
via Peace.fm Bank Holiday Sunday 28th May 2006 Mucha Marcha in conjunction with Peace Not War @ Cargo Club 83 Rivington St, Shoreditch EC2A 6pm - Midnight : £5 When you've got a Monday buffer zone to recover, you can sack in the Sunday roasts and visits to granny and come down to Mucha Marcha for some Bank Holiday skanking. This is a night for folks who love good music of all kinds - people whose iPods are populated with everything from Al Green to Elephant Man, to Arctic Monkeys to Jay … [Read more...]
Invisible Children
I came across this via this, though I'm not sure how I ended up there... It is a film about childen who are abducted from their homes to become soldiers in Uganda. Made me think Gloria (and Martin?) could try to do something similar for the girls at Maasai Education Discovery in Kenya. Afterall, the Maasai art's and crafts that the girls make in the MED's Arts Center (which Gloria will be helping to get up and running) look a lot more interesting and useful than the Invisible Children … [Read more...]
Peace Not War @ Cargo, Sept 11th 2005
THE FUTURE OF PEACE NOT WAR A new collective of musicians, activists and techies has formed. 45 people attended the inaugural meeting of the Peace Not War Collective, held on July 30th at St George's Circle Community Centre, London. Many Londoners are concerned that the July 7 bombings will be used as an excuse to invade another oil-rich country, and are building a peaceful resistance to Blair's propaganda. Inspired by the G8 Dissent in Scotland, Peace … [Read more...]