Dedicated to clever and innovative trends of art and design in activism.

More than the worst despots in history, more than the wars raged between nations, cigarettes take their toll on human life. Brazil’s Cigarro Mata Mais brings these facts to life with several animations and installations - all made from cigarettes. Below is their video WAR:

These anti-smoking artists/activists are funded by the Brazilian insurance company Unimed.

Osocio has more visuals, and a video of the street installation done in April of 2008.

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More pointedly activist than other guerrilla gardeners, a crew of bicyclists hit the streets of Santa Cruz on August 1, to reclaim their surroundings from a deteriorating economy and to spread hopes for a greener, wilder future.  With flower seeds and other decorations, they turned former gas stations, drive-thrus, and car dealerships into public art and impromptu gardens.

Signs that read “My heroes carry guns in the their minds,” and “Community Garden Coming Soon!” were posted, and riders reported that their ride was a response to an open letter from the Corporate Rulers of America.

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At Groundswell, we have frequent discussions about the shape of things to come.  In order to continue growing, and to fund the projects that have sat in the wings for far too long, we’ve decided to take on an intern grantwriter for this fall.

Be a key player in Groundswell’s sustainability and long-term success by volunteering your grant writing and research skills.  We are in need of an ongoing volunteer to handle research of available grants and to prepare applications.  Ideally, this person would be willing to initiate discussion about the organization’s financial sustainability, and to propose new models.

If you’re able to solve problems with limited direction, work independently, and take initiative with your research, you might just be the right person for the job!

Send us your cover letter and resume, and let’s talk.

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Love Just Seeds as much as we do?  Then you’ll find this article about their history and impact fascinating.  Written by Daniel Tucker for the upcoming issue of Alarm Magazine, the article celebrates more than a decade of work by Josh MacPhee and friends, and details their experiences as a political artists’ cooperative.  Enjoy!

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In the Middle of a Whirlwind (Whirlwinds)  is a one-off online journal of theory, art, activism and organizing that inquires into current organizing efforts in the United States, and through that process, assembles a strategic analysis of current political composition as a tool for building political power.

Whirlwinds’ strategic context is this summer’s RNC and DNC protests; through these documents and the discussions that erupt from them they hope to directly impact the anti-Convention organizing. In a larger sense, and in the long-term, Whirlwinds is intended to provide a set of useful documents for contemporary radical organizing. Each essay and interview addresses the issues of movement, working class power and composition, and/or gives strategic insight into organizing, and the strengths and weaknesses of current movement/s in the United States.

Interested in contributing?  See their call for art.

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