Groucho Marx: What this country needs
This is an excerpt from Groucho Marx and Other Short Stories and Tall Tales: Selected Writings of Groucho Marx, edited by Robert S. Bader. During the 1940s Groucho would often…
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Call for artists in support of ‘Occupy’ movement – Online, international platform for performances, installations, actions in real time
Project Lowlives is seeking artists for a global online live presentation of artistic work in support the Occupy movement. Lowlives: Occupy! will take place on March 3, 2012. From the…
Let’s do this – Book review of Making is Connecting
The optimism in David Gauntlett’s Making is Connecting (published by the fantastic polity) is difficult to escape. Much like the plethora of networks, groups, clubs and civil society manifestations he…
23 political art stories from 2011
Washed Up by Alejandro Durán The New Year is officially upon us, but we want to take one last opportunity to look in the rear view mirror. Here are 23…
Persistence: All Ways Butch and Femme
On a recent visit home I stopped to visit my Aunt. Her partner of 23 years, my other aunt, had passed away suddenly in January and it was the first…
Understanding the Crash illustrates resistance to capitalism
Graphic novel Understanding the Crash features stories of struggles against speculative economics are skillfully outlined. From the Miami housing market bubble burst that ignited housing rights struggles, to community struggles…
3D Hitler photo album launched in Germany
"The Face of the Dictatorship: the Third Reich in 3D" contains roughly 100 images of the dictator shot in 3D, originally used as Nazi propaganda beginning in 1936.
Paying for It – prostitution minus gender – A review of the new comics memoir by Chester Brown
A new comics-memoir from the author who brought us Louis Riel looks at the benefits of paying for sex.
Cultivating Canada – New book looks at reconciliation by way of cultural diversity
A new book about reconciliation and cultural diversity in Canada is FREE for your summer reading list.
Walk the line in Palestine – Explore the West Bank perimeter through Mark Thomas’ gonzo rambling and Francis Alÿs’ action painting
It is possible to experience aspects of the Palestinian political drama through complementary events on both sides of the Atlantic; through the work of the British comedian and activist, Mark…
New Orleans and the culture of resistance – Interview with Floodlines author Jordan Flaherty
Over five years since the catastrophe of hurricane Katrina, communities in New Orleans are still struggling to rebuild and return. Shocking images of Katrina broadcast globally continue to communicate the…
Poet and performer Kaie Kellough on language, poetry & power – Art Threat TV celebrates National Poetry Month
Art Threat TV caught up with Kaie in his home where he gave Art Threat exclusive performances from his new book.
Surviving car culture – Friday Film Pick: To Costco and Ikea Without a Car
A film, and a book, about that ubiquitous four-wheeled monster...
Dialogue in bite sized pieces – Speak in Images embarks on a national participatory photo project
This is you receiving an invitation. An invitation to participate in a project just recently born in Vancouver called Speak in Images / Parler en Images. An invitation to speak…