Cultural Criticism

original article: http://jayceland.com/blog/archive/2013/12/08/let-the-fire-burn/

I got to see Let the Fire Burn at the Little on November 12. It's been a while, but I did want to give it a bit of a review.

It's an impressive document of the misguided actions of the Philadelphia government and police against the MOVE organization that led to them bombing and burning a house in 1985 containing 13 members, eleven of whom perished. In a way, it's a microcosm of war: both are avoidable, expensive, and deadly acts.

Rochester had the honor of screening the film "The Throwaways", which documents the life of Ira McKinley, an ex-felon and homeless man as he attempts to show the viewer "the throwaways" in our society.

original article: http://rocredandblack.org/occupy-wall-street-and-anarchism/

On September 29th, Rochester Red & Black hosted a discussion about the influences that Anarchist ideals had on the Occupy Wall Street Movement. The talk was led by two authors that have recently written on the subject, Mark Bray and Nathan Schneider.

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Calling all Radical Mycologists, mycophiles, citizen scientists, and land stewards!
The Radical Mycology Collective is excited to officially announce plans for the 3rd ever Radical Mycology Convergence (RMC)! If you haven´t heard of the RMC before, you can read reportbacks about the two Convergences here:
http://radicalmycologyconvergence.wordpress.com/past-rmcs/

What is the RMC?

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Abusing Prisoners Decreases Public Safety

--An interview with educator, author and former prisoner Shawn Griffith

By Angola 3 News

May 21, 2013, Rochester, NY; the full, unedited press conference.

original article: http://upandrise.tumblr.com/post/49938349690

The NY Women’s Equality Agenda is a policy initiative that NYS Governor Andrew Cuomo announced early in 2013. NY Women’s Equality just unveiled this new video. I invite you to watch the video, read my response below, and share your own response.

From: Christopher Jordan Dorner /7648

To: America

Subj: Last resort

Regarding CF# 07-004281

I know most of you who personally know me are in disbelief to hear from media reports that I am suspected of committing such horrendous murders and have taken drastic and shocking actions in the last couple of days. You are saying to yourself that this is completely out of character of the man you knew who always wore a smile wherever he was seen. I know I will be villified by the LAPD and the media.

Yes that's right! The leader of the Church of Life After Shopping (formerly the Church of Stop Shopping) himself turned up at OWS and my pal (Elaine) and I had a nice chat with him about things. Then, a week later, I went down to NYC and OWS and got video of an awesome impromptu jazz band! See the results. These events occurred in October of 2011!