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And I had a great time at All Tomorrow’s Gardens exhibition opening and closing party this past weekend in that city of New York and neighborhood of the Lower East Side now called the East Village for real estate marketing purposes. And according to George’s Facebook page, this event was:
A Celebration of NYC Community Gardens
Presented by EV Gallery
621 East 11th St. NYC
August 4-13, 2023
Curated by
George Hirose & Kerri Lindström
Opening Reception: August 4, 6-9pm
Special Performances:
6:45pm Adam Ende / Jawbone PuppetTheater “The Turnip
7pm Rude Mechanical Orchestra
With Sidewalk Tape Art Installation
by Kuki Gomez
Featuring work by
Vera Alexandrov Nora Balaban
Lois Bender Melinda Billings
Elisa Blynn Leilah Cohen
Carla Cubit Lane Diko
Eileen Doster Joan Dworkin
Carmen Einfinger Adam Ende
Kyle Ericksen Kuki Gomez
Ken Hiratsuka Ryoko Hirose
George Hirose Je’Jae
Aresh Javadi MJ King
Michael Koster Elizabeth Kresch
Sally Lelong DD Maucher
Joan Elizabeth Meyer Esther Mizrahi
Bill Morrison Laurie Olinder
Rochelle Pashkin Gilda Pervin
JenniferPodIsDead Rolando Politi
Daniel Polnau. Carolyn Ratcliffe
Reynolds Daniel Root
Bonnie Rosenstock Lee Ruelle
Nick Savides Annie Shaver-Crandell
Marie Suchan Gretchen Van Dyk
Margie and Jenny Wardlaw – CashmerePunk
Lili White Sally Young
Felicia Young Donna Zimmerman
and
Closing Party 5:00 pm – Creation of a community “Living Willow” portal/sculpture led by Aresh & the soulful sounds of Shona mbira music played by MAPUTI -Nora Balaban & Susan Rapalee – mbira, vocals& Scott Latzky – cajon, percussion.
These gardens grew out of burnt out and abandoned lots after years of neglect, quite often due to the purposeful destruction of properties by unethical landlords. In marginalized areas of the city, people banded together to reclaim unused land for the betterment of their communities. They created beautiful and safe spaces for children to play and learn about nature, and for neighbors to plant, grow a garden, and gather together. Every year there are hundreds of events, educational workshops, and food distribution initiatives in the many gardens that dot our urban landscape.
Community gardens by nature are activist spaces and the fight continues to protect and preserve these spaces that are constantly under threat by urban development. This show is an artistic exploration and expression to celebrate what is possible through solidarity, commitment and love.
ALL TOMORROW’S GARDENS is co sponsored by LUNGS, Art Loisaida Foundation, Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space – MORUS and More Gardens….
Have a great All Tomorrow’s Gardens day and more here on planet earth.
The 8 Ball Community, Printed Matter St Marks, East Village Zine Fair happened indoors at PS 122 Community Center this past weekend after being postponed from a rain date outdoors on St Marks Place in that city of New York in that neighborhood of the Lower East Side, now called the East Village for real estate marketing purposes maybe.
And I had a great time vending #blacklivesmatter #nopolicestate #occupywallstreet #sh*tjustgotreal #washingtonsquarepark #unionsquarepark #morus #theshadow #yoga #music #brooklyn #eastvillage #lowereastside & #iloveny necklaces, magnets, key chains & pins $2 each & Tompkins Square Park t shirts for $10 each outside on the sidewalk next to Chris Flash of Shows in Tompkins Square Park, The Shadow Newspaper and indoors with Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space – MORUS at East Village Zine Fair at 8Ball Community Printed Matter Zine Fair/ St. Marks this past weekend.
And with over 70 exhibitors at this zine fair, if I were to copy and paste part of Printed Matter’s website description of this event, (because hey, it’s less writing sometimes….) it would read something like:
“Printed Matter / St Marks and 8-Ball Community are excited to welcome you to the third annual East Village Zine Fair, a celebration of NYC’s zine-makers, independent publishers, and the East Village’s history of DIY culture past and present.
Though originally planned for June 24, due to rainy weather the EVZF will now take place Saturday, July 8th AND Sunday, July 9th at Performance Space New York, 150 First Ave.
Saturday, July 8th 11AM – 7PM (11AM – 1PM are mask mandatory hours, register here*)
Sunday, July 9th 11AM – 5PM
For our new venue, we cannot imagine a better alternative than Performance Space New York, a fellow arts non-profit in the heart of the East Village. We are so grateful for their support and generosity in hosting the EVZF this year 📚🎱
*Saturday will begin with two mask-mandatory hours and a reduced visitor capacity to ensure that those who are immunocompromised and/or disabled have a chance to browse the Fair. To ensure entry during this time, register via the link above or through tinyurl.com/EVZFMASK.
For the rest of the Fair masks will be available and highly encouraged.
We’re so excited to welcome everyone to the fair, and since we are not outside on St Marks Pl this year, we Are working with a much more limited visitor capacity. As such, we encourage you to arrive early and be prepared for potential wait times to enter the fair. Once inside, we are asking that guests try to keep their visit limited to 2 hours so that as many people as possible get to experience the EVZF.
The EVZF and its programs are free and open to the public. Details about fundraising editions, musical performance and more are forthcoming!Stay up to date via Instagram Printed Matter, 8-Ball Community) and by subscribing to Printed Matter’s mailing list “
And those are the words I find myself typing on this blog the day after that Memorial Day weekend of events that has since come to pass in that City of New York.
“For the 36th Annual Loisaida Festival, we’re taking it back to our streets! Join us for a day of community on Sunday, May 28th on Avenue C!
We are gearing up to celebrate the The 36th Annual Loisaida Festival, every year on the Sunday before Memorial Day, Loisaida, Inc. celebrates our Latino and Hispanic culture, heritage, food, music and art by turning the Avenue C – Loisaida Avenue corridor into a one-of-a-kind block party spanning across 14th Street to 5th Street inside the historic district known as the East Village/Alphabet City/Loisaida neighborhood.
Main Stage
DāSo+ DJ Drestar, Batalá New York, Dorill Initiative Teens, Eljuri Power Rock Trio.
12:00 pm – The Island School (short play) 1:00 pm – Brentwood High School Bilingual Theater – (short play) 1:45 pm – Westbury School Bilingual Theater – (short play) 2:00 pm – DJ Sunny Cheeba (music) 2:30 pm – Alejandra Rosa (poetry, performance) 3:00 pm – Adriana Devers (poetry, dance, stories) 3:30 pm – Teatro Yerbabruja (short play) 4:00 pm – Teófilo Torres con Pateco (performance) 4:30 pm – Jota Erre (music)
Street Level
5th Street – 12th Street
Conjunto, Los Fascinantes, Casa Adela Rumba with Jip Jop Jibarito, PRIDA Artisan Block, Charlie Rosario Exhibition, Bouncy Houses, Bio Bus, Pony Rides, Thrive Collective * Community Mural Painting in honor of Jean Michel Basquiat, LES Sports +, PSA – 4, Kids vs Cops, Basketball Game, Loisaida Inc. & Listening Lab Activation”
And then there’s MORUS, that Lower East Side radical history museum that finds itself in that city of New York, whose Facebook event invite reads something like as follows:
“Come celebrate the The 36th Annual Loisaida Festival. Join us for a day of community on Sunday, May 28th, 11:30 am – 5 pm, an all day festival of food, music artists, activists and vendors on Avenue C. MORUS will be tabling outside our space between 9th and 10th Street.’
And if I were to copy and paste their May/June mailing list , their upcoming events are:
DESIGN WITHOUT AUTHORITY
Pop-up design exhibit at the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space
155 Ave C, NYC
May 19 through June 11
Opening: Friday May 19, 6-9pm Viewing Hours: Fri-Sun, 2-6pm
“Design Without Authority” speaks to autonomous action, and building without authority in architecture and design. The project borrows lessons from an ad hoc approach often seen in the urban environment, where an abundance of improvised decisions, broken rules, unauthorized additions and constructions participate in the realization of the built environment. Can tacit architectural knowledge become ubiquitous, entering everyday life?
Featuring Work by Catherine Grau + Nathan Kensinger, Fly, George Bliss, John Szot, Kotti & Co, LOT-EK, Marwan Kaabour, Mohamed Nahleh, Nina Cooke John, Nof Nathansohn, Ross Martin and Xavier Delory.Curated By Renan Teuman.& ABC No Rio In Exile
Screening: Saturday May 27 at 7:00Pm DEVASTATING SOUNDWORKS Presents SQUAT or ROT
HONEY BEE WORKSHOP
Sunday, May 21…………12:00pm
Green Oasis Community Garden, 8th St between Avenues C and D Come learn the basics of beekeeping for city honey bees and their importance to the urban environment. From pollination to good tasting honey, learn from bee expert Dan Rothschild of City Bees and Peas.
One of the cleanest forms of transportation is the wind. Come learn how to sail and let the world be your new home! Once you complete your free sailing classes you will have the opportunity to sail you own boat on the East River.
THE 36TH ANNUAL LOUSAIDA FESTIVAL
May 28…………11:30am-5pm
Come celebrate Latino and Hispanic culture, heritage, food, music, and art by turning the Avenur C – Loisaida Avenue corridor into a one-of-a-kind block party spanning across 14th Street to 5th Street inside the historic district known as the East Village/Alphabet City/Loisaida neighborhood. Mesuem of Reclaimed Urban Space with be tabling outside our space between 9th and 10th Street.
FULL MOON CELEBRATION
Saturday, June 3…………8:00pm
Wednesday, July 5…………8:00pm La Plaza Community Garden, SW corner of 9th St & Ave C NYC
Celebrate the light of the full moon in La Plaza. Pause and be guided into unconscious bliss under the healing light of the moon with a meditation. Then reconnect sonically with ourselves and the planet. Get up and move with the moon in a moon circle of healing, sounds and higher consciousness. Release your limitations and step into nature.
COMMUNITY GARDEN VOLUNTEER DAYS
Help local communities as we help cultivate these beautiful community gardens
PROSPECT PARK MOON AND MAGIC HOUR RIDE
Last Saturday of the Month
May 27…………7:15pm.
June 24…………7:15pm.
Grand Army Plaza Entrance to Prospect Park, Brooklyn
Meets at 7:15pm at Grand Army Plaza entrance to Prospect Park, Brooklyn, across the street from the arch where the Saturday Greenmarket takes place. Discover Prospect Park at night with a peaceful ride that visits the park’s little-known treasures. Bicycle lights are recommended.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT SKATE NYC
Meet every Wednesday at the south side of Union Square, 8pm, April through October. Weekly social skate through the streets of NYC, since 1996.
THURSDAY NIGHT SOCIAL BIKE RIDE
Every Thursday 7pm meet at Columbus Circle entrance of Central Park.
Hosted by Social Cycling NYC.
CRITICAL MASS – MANHATTAN
Last Friday of the Month
May 26…………7pm
June 30…………7pm
Union Square Park-North
This Critical Mass bike ride will be a celebration of future renewable energy and non-polluting transportation. Critical Mass meets the last Friday of every month in over 200 cities around the world. NYC’s Critical Mass and group bike rides increased bike riding and created the sustainable, safe infrastructure that we now enjoy today in NYC.
8-Ball Zine Collective Outdoor Zine Fair
St. Marks Place between 1st and Avenue A
Saturday, June 24th…………..12pm
MoRUS and Time’s Up! will be tabling and leading a free radical outdoor walking tour starting at 2pm, meeting at our table.
NEW TIME’S UP LOCATION
626 E 14th St between B & C Manhattan.
FIX YOUR OWN BIKE WORKSHOP
Sundays at 4:00pm-8:00pm & Wednesdays at 4:30pm-8:00pm. New indoor space will open after Easter.
Come check out the new TIME’S UP space: 626 E 14th St between B & C Manhattan
Open shop – you use our tools and stands to work on your bike. Experienced mechanics will be present to answer questions but you do the work. Bike workshops are free but we strongly encourage you to make a donation or become a Time’s Up member to help support our efforts. If you have a big project in mind please be considerate of the time and plan ahead.
OUTDOOR BIKE REPAIR CLASS
La Plaza Community Garden. 9th St & Ave C, East Village
Come and learn how to fix your bike and do simple maintenance and tune-ups. This is a class, not a workshop, so you do not have to bring your bike. If you want to repair your bike you should be attending the indoor bike repair workshop which is every Wednesday and Sunday.
First and Third Saturday of the Month.”
And in the midst of reading headline news of the day, some stories do not end as you expect and the only thing constant is change. Have a great Loisaida, Lower East Side Festival, Memorial Day weekend and more.
It was also an attempt to have a MoRUS Fly & Carla Holiday Art Market on the coldest day in New York City in three years at the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space, that radical history museum that finds itself in that City of New York, where I attempted to vend that Black Lives Matter jewelry, those Tompkins Square Park T – Shirt ‘s with Fly Orr and lots of Fly hand stamped holiday cards and more. And if I could just copy and paste that MORUS mailing list information for this holiday market and other events at morus, because hey, it’s less writing sometimes… And that Bill TIME’S UP events mailing list would read something like as follows:
Join us at a Rally to save CHARAS/El Bohio Community Center
CHARAS has served the Lower East Side for over 20 years, providing artists space, educational programs, and meeting space for countless neighborhood organizations. For the past 21 years, a coalition of community organizations have fought to landmark the building, enforce the use restriction, and return the building to community use. The developer is now in foreclosure and it is time to return CHARAS to the community!
‘STOP THE INVASION! An Exhibit of Artists Protesting the Russian Invasion of Ukraine
pop up show Thursday,Friday, and Saturday DEC 22,23,24
At the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space- 155 Ave C, , NYC.
Free / Suggested Donations strongly recommended to benefit charities helping people in Ukraine.
Seth Tobocman and Tamara Wyndham are co-curators of this International art show condemning the Russian Invasion of Ukraine. This is a travelling exhibit which was first shown in New York at the First Presbyterian Church on 12th Street and then again at the Unitarian Church of Staten Island.
This art show includes artists holding many different political and philosophical beliefs, working in different styles, from graphic novels to photo-journalism, from Fusionism to fashion design, and more abstract pieces. The artists come from many different countries including Ukraine, Russia, Italy, France, the UK, the USA, Israel, and Palestine.
The purpose of the show is to demonstrate that all over the world, people of good conscience condemn this invasion.
This art show originated with artists sending each other jpegs that were printed and shown in numerous locations around the world — so that this exhibit has had various manifestations. Versions of this exhibition have been shown so far, in Manhattan, Staten Island, Prague, Berlin, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yerevan-Armenia, Paris-France, Easton-PA, and Miami-Arizona.
MORUS Holiday Market
THURSDAY DEC 22ND- SATURDAY DEC 24TH 1-6 PM
Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space- 155 Ave C, first floor, NYC.
Winter Solstice is upon us and we are having a Holiday Market.
Handmade items by MoRUS volunteers.
Zines, Postcards, Art Prints, Hand-Made Holiday Cards, Patches, and More!! by Fly Orr
Holiday themed jewelry, hand stenciled t-shirts, hand knitted hats and ornaments by Carla Cubit
Customers can purchase handmade, local, artisan and vintage gifts for your holiday shopping.
Check out our tote bags, t – shirts, zines, books and other merchandise we have for sale.
Our exhibitions will be open for viewing and our radical history walking tour will take place at 3pm. We will have food, refreshments and holiday music. Come and hang out even if you can’t buy anything. We hope to see you there.
Happy New Year 2023
FREE
Additionally “Stop the Invasion” will have extended viewing hours during the holiday market. The hours are below:
Thursday, 3-6pm Friday, 1-6pm Saturday, 1-6pm
TIME’S UP! Annual Future Positive New Year’s Eve Bike Ride
SATURDAY DECEMBER 31ST
Start the year off right- on your bike or skates!
Feeder Bicycle rides Four meet-up locations:
9:00pm at Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn 9:45pm at the Brooklyn-side entrance to the Williamsburg Bridge 10:00pm at Washington Square Park Arch, Manhattan 10:20pm at Madison Square Park, 23rd & Broadway, Flatiron side
Come celebrate a future positive New Year’s Eve in the great outdoors. We’ll be riding up to Belvedere Castle in the middle of Central Park for the best (and free)! New Year’s Eve dance party in town, with fireworks!
Dress festive- don’t forget your noisemakers and party favors.
This year’s Annual New Year’s Eve bike ride and after party will be focusing on positivity and bring people together in the future.
Let’s stop the division and create a positive future.”
The only thing constant is change and some stories do not end as you expect. No one is free when others are oppressed. Have a great end of the year holiday event and more.
The holidays are upon us again this year as I type this blagh post here on planet earth in an attempt to maintain web 2.0 user generated content for this blagh and my other blagh whenever blaghers block possible.
And in other rambling thoughts again, for whoever may be reading this blagh, in the midst of battling Murphy’s Law, It was an attempt to vend Union Square Park, Washington Square Park and Tompkins Square Park T – Shirts for $10 each and #blacklivesmatter #S#!tJustGotReal #notmypresident #nopolicestate #occupywallstreet #yoga #morus #theshadow #squat #tompkinssquarepark #unionsquarepark #washingtonsquarepark #eastvillage #lowereastside #brooklyn & #iloveny necklaces, magnets, key chains & pins for $2 each at the Union Square Holiday Market, that cool holiday market in Union Square Park in New York City whose website reads something like:
“Named one of the best holiday markets in the entire United States, the Union Square Holiday Market welcomes 185 vendors featuring unique gifts created by local craftsmen, artists, and entrepreneurs. We are looking forward to an incredible 2022 Holiday season! See you in the market.”
MORUS , is now 10 years old special thanks to all the volunteers and all the volunteer run reclaimed spaces that we’ve used and promoted to bring about more community and urban sustainability.
For ten years, the Museum Of Reclaimed Urban Space has worked to preserve the history of grassroots activism. Since the museum’s foundation by volunteers from Time’s Up environmental organization with the generous donation of their archives, we have continued to thrive and grow. In addition to hosting workshops, collaborating with schools and colleges, and working with other museums, MORUS has inspired a younger generation to create a new revolution of reclaiming their history and recreating their public urban space in a more sustainable, community-oriented way. Join us to celebrate 10 years of direct action with a party at Nublu on September 11, 2022 from 5-9pm.
Film festival Thursday, Sept 8 LaPlaza garden 7pm
Film festival Friday Sept 9 Green oasis garden 7 pm
Anarchist book fair Saturday, Sept 10 la Plaza garden 11:30am
Anarchist film Festival Saturday 10 Tompkins Square,Park 7pm
MORUS 10 year party Sept 11 @5 NUBLU Pinc Louds
Save the date for our 10th Annual Film Festival! Join us to watch films such as Your House is Mine, Takeover, Still We Ride, and 1971 in some of the East Village’s beautiful community gardens
The NYC Anarchist Book Fair brings hundreds of anarchists, anarchy supporters and curious visitors together in New York City (on Lenape land). The book fair and related events offer a space for the anarchist community, bringing together anarchx-feminists, activists, scholars, workers, immigrants, queers, trans, artists and multi- racial individuals. It also offers an opportunity for the curious to learn about anarchism tradition, philosophy, praxis and the anti-capitalist struggle.
Each year, the NYC Anarchist Book Fair hosts over 60 exhibitor
16th Annual Emma Goldman Film Festival (9/10) (7:30pm until late)
Tompkins Sq. Park and La Plaza Community Garden
Saturday, September 10…………11am
La Plaza Community Garden, East Village- E 9th St & Ave C
An awesome exhibit of anarchist cultural materials plus festivities, from films, books, and zines to art, performances, and bikes.
Join us to celebrate 10 years of direct action at Nublu nightclub. Music from DJ Dany Johnson, former resident DJ at Club 57, and the band Pinc Louds.
And those above event descriptions are just a few of the words that I have come across on morus’s Facebook page for their 10th Anniversary party that Bill, a co founder of morus, who is also the founder of Time’s Up! , and volunteers, seem to single handedly put on,
And in between battling murphy’s law and not being able to actually make it to any of these above events, and reading world news of the day , this blog post is yet another attempt to maintain web 2.0 user generated content whenever blaghers block possible.
With a full schedule of programming at neighborhood community gardens East Side Outside Garden, First Street Garden, Green Oasis Community Garden, La Plaza Cultural and Le Petit Versailles as well.
And then it was the lakes and parks of Sussex County and Buttermilk Falls in Stokes State Forest near the Delaware Water Gap where I found myself in search of New Jersey’s highest waterfall.
And as a result of going to that Zine Fair in that city of New York and that waterfall in that state of New Jersey, I found mself taking a bunch of photns and wind up posting them on this blog in an attempt to maintain web 2.0 user generated content for this blog and my other blagh whenever possible because, hey, it’s less writing sometimes.
And so as I attempt to recap these Worldwide Demonstration, New York Freedom Rally, We Will Not Comply and Covid Vaccine Victims events that I have found myself going to the past few months or so in an attempt to stop the virus, or at least in an attempt to stop the global tyranny, police state and martial law that is taking place in the name of a virus. And I thought I would also throw in a few George Washington Bridge sightseeing photos that find themselves posted above because hey, it’s less writing sometimes, and also I can’t figure out where to post all of those photos I take sometimes except here on this blog.
1. Worldwide Rally For Freedom 5.0, November 20th, 2021. Save the date. #wewillallbethere
2. October 16th. 1PM. Times Square Rally For Freedom. Robert F Kennedy Jr – Childrens Health Defense. Dr Christine Northtrip, Mary Holland JD, , Dr Larry Palovsky, Dr Reverand Tom Mahairas, Reverend Kevin McCall, Kevin Jenkins, Jason Shurka.
3. Harlem to Gracie Mansion. Sunday October 10. 12PM music. Harriett Tubman Memorial. 1PM March @newyorkfreedomrally2
4. Teachers March 10.4.21 Brooklyn Bridge. City Hall.
5. March For The Childrem with Jimmy Levy
6. NYC Walkout 2. No Mandates. No Passports. Foley Square. Monday 9/27.
7. NYC Walkout 2. We’re breaking the matrix with Jimmy Levy. No mandates. No passports.
8. Workers March For Medical Freedom. Park Row @ City Hall. Monday. Noon. 9/20
9. World Wide Rally For Freedom. New York. Together We Are Free. September 18th. 2021. Columbus Circle. #wewillallbethere
10. We “love” “vax” New York. Outdoor, Vaxxed Onlyl Homecoming Concert. Central Park. Great Lawn. Saturday, August 21st. 2021. Silent Protest. March. Freedom Festival. Suggested Attire Brown or Black. Button Down T-Shirt & Khaki Pants.
11. Walkout Wednesday. August 11th. 12 noon. Your Time Zone. No Forced Shots. I Am Not An Experiment.
12. October 23. 2021. Save the date! Shedding light on covid vaccine deaths, injuries and saying no to vax deaths. Covid Vaccine Victims. @ Worldwide Wakeup event.
13. The World Needs To Know. Covid Vaccine Victims. According to Vaers, There have been hundreds of thousands of reported deaths and injuries. The media is silent. We will bring the truth to the streets. March with us. September 4 – Madison Square Park. For all the lives lost & those injured from the covid vaccines. – Speakers-
14. And ditto. a few days later after I copied and pasted this text from my other blagh post. New York Freedom Rally has added another event to their Facebook page on this day with text that reads like: Sunday, October 24th. 12PM. “Break The Matrix”. Rally with Jimmy Levy // March to Barclays Center. And he seems to be wearing a shirt that reads “No Sheep In My Circle” in that Break The Matrix photo.
15. We The People Will Not Comply. Rally for Medical Freedom, Saturday, October 23rd. 1:00PM City Hall, NYC. Speakers and Rappers.
13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
And big tech, Twitter, Facebook, Google, Youtube, Reddit, TikTok and other social media platforms that do not come to mind, are still censoring anything that goes against the vaccine narrative that the vaccine is good for you as fake news, false information, going against community guidelines or criminal something, as free speech has gone out the window, the constitution is going up in flames and big tech is helping to bring in the new worl order, or at least helping the Chinese Communist Party rule the world.
And ditto, a few days later after I copied and pasted this blog post from my other blog. That number 2 October 16th Times Square Rally for Freedom event with Robert Kennedy Jr. and other speakers has come to pass as I type this blagh post, in that I find myself posting that above YouTube video titled “Robert F Kennedy Jr. at Times Square Rally for Freedom” with text that reads something like:
“Seen while vending Black Lives Matter necklaces, magnets, key chains & pins for $2 each @ Times Square @timessquarenyc . Robert F. Kennedy Jr. @ Childrens Health Defense @childrenshealthdefense spoke @ a New York Freedom Rally @newyorkfreedomrally2 Times Square Rally For Freedom today. 10.16.21″
And Elliot Crown also had one of those flyers at this event that read something like:
Volunteers Needed. The creator of Uncle Sam is pissed, and “the Kill Shot” invites you to be part of a 40 person anti – vax Halloween parade ensemble. Date: Sunday, October 31st from 5pm until 11:00pm. (elliotcrown.com) To join the adventure, email cat@catmcguire.com and leave your name and phone number. We have a comfortable, one size fits all mask for you. reach out to 2 million viewers with us.
And even in the midst of when that Google page rank update still wants to send me in search of a fifth full time job for when that get rich internet quick does not get rich internet quick, and it seems as if the world around me could be going to hell in a hand basket, I still find myself blaghing on this blagh and my other blog in an attempt to maintain web 2.0 social media user generated content whenever blaghers block possible. And on this day finds itself as Occupy Wall Street Day one thousand and something, I think. And Occupy Wall Street and that all things police brutality and beyond movements Black Lives Matter are still moving fast. And so that Black Lives Matter Art Show at Chashama has come to pass that I blogged about a few weeks ago on my other blog. And so I thought to post some of those “Your Thoughts On Black Lives Matter” comments that were written on those banners to be found at that Chashama space, for when the prevailing thought seems to be All Lives Matter, followed by the color of ones skin with a few quotes from Dr. Martin Luther King thrown in as follows:
1. My Life Matters
2. Listen, do you want to know a secret? All Lives Matter. Stop the hate.
3. (in response to #2), yet this totally disarms #blacklivesmatter and continues the hate. Ironic.
4. Let’s be clear. Black llives have always mattered. What the Black Lives Matter is saying is that black lives in the judicial system are not being recognized as life lost. Legally we stopped being property less than 200 years ago. So since we are free black & magical – are we less protected by law because we are no longer property. Black Lives Matter is all you ever need to know. #______ my life matters.
5. If we don’t get justice they wont get no peace.
6. Love your blackness.
7. I love black people
8. We are one. No one is different. All the same. Same love.
9. Fight the good fight.
10. Keep fighting. Keep loving. Freedom is the soul of equality. Do not rest until we are all equal.
11. The people united will never be defeated.
12. You are my brother. You are my sister.
13. Jesus Loves Black Lives.
14. Focus on the progress. Not hate. Otherwise they win.
15. It’s so sad that even in 2016 we are still living in a white supremacist capitalist colonial patriarchy where people of color are routinely silenced and murdered.
16. A white male police officer told Karyn Gains “I can’t believe you’re raising your kids this way”, meaning raising them to defend themselves and resist police violence. 5 months later, she was murdered in her home and her son was shot by police. When will we stop blaming people of color for their own victimization under white supremacy.
17. We are a billion cells of pure knowing.
18. Black Lives Matter
19. All Lives Matter (in response to #18).
20. Together we can
21. Jesus
22. No God. No Peace. Know God. Know Peace.
23. There’s history, power & strength of my skin color. Always love your black in all ways.
24. Step the fuck up white people.
25. My life does matter and my skin is beautiful and important.
26. My skin color is beautiful.
27. Black is beautiful.
28. Silence is not an option, but listening is just as important.
29. Race is a social constraint that we reaffirm everyday. It is in out power to change the status quo. Love is love is love.
30. The color of my skin does ot make me inferior. It makes me beautiful.
31. We all feel and feelings have no color.
32. The skin i’m in is beautiful, bold, black.
33. All people of color should be treated fairly.
34. Color is just a refraction of lights, length received by our eyes, what should count is what’s in our souls.
35. Black Love Matter
36. Every place where you set your foot will be yours. – Deut 11:24
37. A 5 year old child understands this you would think all adults would.
38. If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.
39. The character of a man is now where he stands in times of peace, but where he stands in times of strife & turmoil. Where do you stand?
40. Under skin we all bleed red.
41. Jesus is love. Dwell on this notion!
42. Skittles + hoodie = armed + dangerous. R.I.P Trayvon
43. Inequality is a historical & social product of society, classified by color. It is out moral obligation to keep fighting until we truly reach equality & justice. A revolution has to happen now. Keep fighting.
44. We are people. We have families. We exist.
45. Let’s keep the fight against injustice.
46. our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. MLK Jr.
47. Be kind to yourself, and others! racism.
48. Just like black is the combination of all colors of the spectrum. So are black lives. So when we say black lives matter we are saying black trans, black gay, black women, black children, black men, my black is all of that.
49. “March through the streets”. I’m willing and I’m able. Categorize me and I defy every label. #blackgirlmagic, #carefreeblackgirl, #blacklivesmatter
50. Fight the power! Transform the people for revolution.
51. #Hands Up Don’t Shoot!
52. Let us remember that Dr. King was hated by the government. Be flexible.
53. ONE LOVE
54. Change!
55. Justice
56. It’s not about the color, its the character.
57. 1 world, 1 race, 1 life, 1 death, 1 eternity.
58. 500 years later and we’re still trying to make this point?! We need to come together and heal now. Educate about the true history. Share stories. Work for change.
59. All lives can’t matter until black lives matter.
60. Petty crimes = death penalty.
61. Stop racist police.
62. “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice anywhere”. – MLK Jr. #blacklivesmatter
63. #Latinx4blm
64. We all belong
65. (In response to #1) All lives can’t matter until black lives matter
66. The voices of the oppressed matter most. If you are white you don’t have the authority to speak over black people regarding black issues.
67. Another white anti – racist for black lives matter
68. #peace
69. (In response to #1) true but right now we are talking about black lives
70. We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. – Letter from Birmingham. MLK JR.
71. Today it might be me, tomorrow it might be you! Think about it.
73. CHANGE!
74. The struggle continues
75. Once upon a time there was my grandfather. Today he is alive in my heart. An african descent slave
76. Look at me, not my skin color
77. F*ck cops
78. Love always
79. In a country run by bigotry + racism the black lives matter movement has succeeded in bringing the people of color together to educate those who wish to be enlightened and to promote the love between all people of color we must all love one another.
80. Read your history. 3/5 of a human being. U.S. Constitution!
81. It’s the content of your character, not the color of your skin. God bless my brothers & sisters of color. I stand with you.
82. Out of many we are one.
83. You are my brother you are my sister. God intended us to treat each other as such.
84. There’s no color between people. We all human
85. I can’t breathe. BLACK LIVES MATTER
And I am not sure if there are any other words to say about this art show except to say thank you Chashama for giving me that opportunity to take the artwork out the closet to say #blacklivesmatter, Black Lives Matter. And what, if anything, does this have to do with a No Police State. Occupy Art. Occupy Wall Street Worldwide.
–The place was martiallawville two thousand and one and everywhere I looked I saw people with guns standing on the corner in uniforms full of torture devices for if you stray from the norm they’ll stop you over here and they’ll stop you over there they’ll stop you anywhere and they won’t even care as they shake you down and throw you on the ground put their foot on you and then kick you around they’ll punch you and they’ll beat you till you’re almost dead I couldn’t take it no more and so I said No Police State. yeah, that’s right, no policy state. I screamed No Police State. No Police State.
And so, I left the street and then I went to the store but as I walked through the metal detector I could not get through because this man at the door in a uniform called security with a criminal record worser than you and me he took my bags and my belongings too and he said the words we are surveiling you with plain clothes spies and close circuit cameras inspection devices and ten way mirrors and so I started shopping from aisle to aisle but I could hear them all the while they murmured, they whispered and then they said come with us your time is at hand to be mocked, scourged, tried, tempted and afflicted and crucified and persecuted in this wilderness I said to them deliver me I did not do a thing they said I did and that was it and so I screamed No Police State. yeah, that’s right, no policy state I screamed No Police State. No Police State.
And so, I went home and I felt secure until the evil knocked at my door it was a legion of men it was an army and they called themselves the authority who were concerned for my safety so they said to me can we see some ID to use against you as you will see our king he owns the land and he even owns you so this is what we’re gonna do they trashed my place, they tore it upside down they took everything and then they threw it around then they wanted to put me under their care cause it looked like I could not take care of my affairs so I took no further thought for what I was gonna say cause they were gonna search and seize me anyway and so I screamed, No Police State yeah that’s right, no policy state I screamed No Police State. No Police State.
And so I found myself attempting to sing part of that above No Police State Song at another one of Chris Flash’s The Shadow and Iconicide’s 2016 Tompkins Square Riot Reunion concert in Tompkins Square Park the other day, which was actually about a week ago, as it was that concert time of year again. And it was mostly a punk rock concert with a few other speakers like Paul DeRienzo, Jerry Trudell, Warcry Priya and Father Patrick Moloney thrown in. And I vended those DecorForU #blacklivesmatter, #occupywallstreet, #berniesanders and #theshadow necklaces, magnets and key chains for $1 each alongside those The Shadow t shirts and other merchandise as well. And the Facebook event invite for that 2016 Tompkins Square Riot Reunion concert read something like:
TWENTY EIGHT YEARS AGO
The environment in NYC, and especially AlphaBet City and surrounding areas, was drastically different. The city had made it clear, its underclasses were to be disowned. Tent Cities had sprung up in local parks. Warehoused and abandoned buildings were siezed and turned into squats by neighborhood residents who had had enough with the empty myth of Upward Mobility and Trickledown Economics. People carved out livings for themselves, however spartan, to a degree and scope that today would be seen as unfathomable.
It was “necessary,” then, for the city to at once save face, and to punish such outright acts of autonomy. And so, after a “mini riot” staged by the NYPD in order to gauge public opinion, the full force of the Men in Blue was let loose on denizens of Tompkins Square Park, who had commited the unforgivable crime of having nowhere else to go, and, by default, on every human being found out past an arbitrary midnight curfew.
The tidal wave of subsequent complaints against the 9th Precinct, who had conscripted personnel from other precincts throughout the city, pale in comparison the the actual bloodshed of that long, hot night. Police on foot, on horseback, and in helicopters descended on the homeless, on visitors to the area, and on those who had just stepped out for some fresh air, Batons were swung, bones were broken, and many were bloodied by individuals who feared no reprisals for their actions, because their badges and identification had been blacked out. Imagine a sea of faceless blue berserkers, issued a simple order to use whatever force deemed necessary to cleanse the late night city streets, and you will only come close to the reality.
The Tompkins Square Park Police Riots were but one in a series of falling dominoes in a process of econimic and cultural whitewashing, which continues, in earnest, to this day. The shortsighted will say, what else is new; neighborhoods always change. But this change is far from organic. When an invading “culture” displaces the life’s blood of a formerly vibrant, inclusive and diverse community, it is nothing short of an act of War.
COME ON DOWN to Tompkins Square Park on August 6th and 7th, and shake hands with the ghosts of those who bled on these streets, and with those who STILL will not be moved.
PERFORMANCES BY
August 6: Saturday (2:00-7:00pm)
> Simon Chardet
> The Coffin Daggers:
> ISM
> Iconicide
> Nihilistics
August 7: Sunday (1:00-6:00pm)
> Jennifer Blowdryer Punk Soul
> Rockaway Bitch
> Love Pirates
> Sewage
> Hammerbrain
Brought to you by The SHADOW, Chris Iconicide, the undying spirit of Uncle Don Yippie and…. THOSE FUCKING ANARCHISTS!!
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