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	<title>The Groundswell Blog &#187; Civil Rights</title>
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		<title>Space Hijackers to be Tried for G20 Protest Performance</title>
		<link>http://blog.groundswellcollective.com/2009/10/02/space-hijackers-to-be-tried-for-g20-protest-performance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:22:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James David Morgan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Space Hijackers pose with their riot tank, used in the performance to protest the oppressive police tactics at the G20 Summit in April. Following their arrest at the G20 Summit in London this April, the same that saw Ian Tomlinson killed by riot cops, the director of public prosecutions recently decided to take the [...]


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		<title>Berkeley&#8217;s Censorship Issue</title>
		<link>http://blog.groundswellcollective.com/2008/11/14/berkeleys-censorship-issue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:37:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James David Morgan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Organizers of Art of Democracy, the national coalition of political art exhibitions, were recently told that their show would not hang at the Addison Street Windows Gallery as planned.  Due to be mounted on October 20, the show was called off by gallery curator Carol Brighton, who cited city guidelines that, according to Mark Vallen, [...]


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		<title>Disaboom and Changing Perceptions</title>
		<link>http://blog.groundswellcollective.com/2008/01/31/disaboom-and-changing-perceptions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:12:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James David Morgan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently read about Disaboom.com&#8216;s advertising strategy that the agency Cowboy put together. The ads feature disabled men and women&#8217;s stories about becoming disabled, and the positive changes brought about in their lives as a result. Cowboy put together video spots, web pages, and banner advertisements to simultaneously promote Disaboom and further the organization&#8217;s mission. [...]


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		<title>Privilege</title>
		<link>http://blog.groundswellcollective.com/2008/01/15/privilege/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:40:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James David Morgan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Privilege is a short animation by Aislinn Dewey that &#8220;explores the invisible system of racism and white privilege which exists in the United States.&#8221;  Inspired by Peggy McIntosh&#8217;s &#8220;White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack,&#8221;  Dewey explores contemporary racial politics through film.  She chose to keep it small and accessible, both in scope and format, to [...]


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		<title>La Vela &#8211; The Candle Project</title>
		<link>http://blog.groundswellcollective.com/2007/11/08/la-vela-the-candle-project/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 18:09:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James David Morgan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our friend Todd from Make Art Like You Care has launched a nationwide protest against Immigrant abuse: Weary and sickened by the growing anti-immigrant hysteria and the multiplying of cases of violence and abuses levied against undocumented immigrants, a grass-roots protest has been launched to spread the word that many American Citizens are against the [...]


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		<title>Is.Man</title>
		<link>http://blog.groundswellcollective.com/2007/10/17/isman/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 19:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James David Morgan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is.Man, Adelheid Roosen&#8217;s latest theatrical effort, unveils the secretive world and complex motivations that underlie the tradition of honor killings in some Muslim societies. Roosen&#8217;s piece is a complex exploration of the motivations of men convicted with crimes in Holland for committing honor killings. It explores &#8220;a family&#8217;s honor in relation to the sexual integrity [...]


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		<title>The Laramie Project</title>
		<link>http://blog.groundswellcollective.com/2007/10/12/the-laramie-project/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 16:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James David Morgan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Laramie Project is a play by Moisés Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theater Project about the reaction to the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard in Laramie, Wyoming. The murder is widely considered to be a hate crime motivated by homophobia. Today marks the nine-year anniversary of Matthew&#8217;s death. The attack took place after [...]


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		<title>Black Panther: The Revolutionary Art of Emory Douglas</title>
		<link>http://blog.groundswellcollective.com/2007/10/05/black-panther-the-revolutionary-art-of-emory-douglas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2007 14:34:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James David Morgan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) presents Black Panther: The Revolutionary Art of Emory Douglas, a compelling exhibition that traces the searing graphic art made by Emory Douglas while he worked as Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party from 1967 until its discontinuation in the early 1980s. Douglas&#8217;s iconic work helped create the [...]


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		<title>Free People Read Freely</title>
		<link>http://blog.groundswellcollective.com/2007/10/01/free-people-read-freely/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 20:06:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James David Morgan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Maine Civil Liberties Union continues to garner our attention with amazing, creative programming. To celebrate Banned Books Week, they&#8217;ve teamed up with SPACE Gallery and Longfellow Books to bring Maine-based authors to the stage for selected readings. Below is a list of participants from MCLU field organizer Rachel Myers: Edgar Allen Beem is a [...]


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		<title>Big Brother State &#8212; An Animated Short</title>
		<link>http://blog.groundswellcollective.com/2007/06/26/big-brother-state-an-animated-short/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2007 19:15:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James David Morgan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[David Scharf and Stephen Taylor believe that people willing to trade freedom for temporary security deserve neither and will lose both. The short animated film they released recently is part warning of the same variety, and part exploration of what the future will look like if those people continue to occupy a majority of the [...]


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