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We cover artists from around the globe whose work explores and realizes social change. Our goal is to provide a narrative about these activist efforts while simultaneously participating in them. Maintained by The Groundswell Collective since 2007.

WAR HAS STARTED

James David Morgan wrote this post at 1:57 pm on November 29th, 2008.

Peter Fuss - War Has Started

New work by Peter Fuss, WAR HAS STARTED, brings the war home – not unlike IVAW’s Operation First Casualty.

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Buy Nothing Day 2008: Reverand Billy, Adbusters, and you do Black Friday

James David Morgan wrote this post at 1:52 pm on November 27th, 2008.

Buy Nothing Day 2008

Tomorrow, November 28, is the global, annual Buy Nothing Day.  Participate by not participating in Black Friday.  Instead, join New York City’s Rev. Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping to Dance Your Debt Away in Union Square, or find a pair of scissors and a zombie outfit and join Adbusters-coordinated events in your town.

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Blood Diamonds and Free Speech: DeBeers Goes After nytimes-se.com

James David Morgan wrote this post at 12:01 pm on November 26th, 2008.

Remember the New York Times Special Edition?  The faux-Times was distributed in print November 12, and its headlines were echoed on nytimes-se.com.  The site is now under attack by the South African Diamond conglomerate, DeBeers, for carrying the ad below.

DeBeers Parody Ad from nytimes-se.com

Steve Lambert, one of the artists behind the spoof, reports from the Anti-Advertising Agency website:

in an attempt to sidestep the First Amendment and other legal protections for parody, DeBeers is trying to intimidate the domain name registrar into shutting down the nytimes-se.com domain name. It’s already a stretch, as DeBeers has no connection to the nytimes-se.com name, which may be why they didn’t use the standard protocol of the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy and went straight to bullying the registrar.

The organizers now have the backing of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, who have responded to DeBeers’ complaint [PDF], and informed the registrar of its rights.

While the dispute is being mediated, please take the time to spread the news.

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Power to the Poster

James David Morgan wrote this post at 11:13 am on November 26th, 2008.

Bomb by Joe Hardy

Above, Joe Hardy’s “Bomb”

Very impressive work available for download at Power to the Poster.  Artists, please submit yours.

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Bushwhacked: A Presidential Send-off

James David Morgan wrote this post at 11:30 am on November 25th, 2008.

While transition teams and stock market crashes capture the public’s attention, Kelly Jo Shows has pieced together a farewell to the man still running the show. Believe me, I’m as tired as you are of Bush graphics, but rather than focus on the work here, I want to point out that Shows has a boldness unforeseen in her context.

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