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Interview with Lioness Filmmakers on MediaRights.org
By Shira | Jul 28, 10 01:29 PM
We've been working with Room 11 Productions, the team behind the documentary Lioness for a few years now, having designed their website, poster and DVDs. I recently interviewed Meg and Daria about the film's impact for MediaRights.org.
Check out the article:
LIONESS Outreach Journal: Engaging Americans Around the Changing Role of Women in Combat
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Upcoming Events: Freeskool Workshops and Happenings, DIY Movie-Making, and another Really Really Free Market
By Ari | May 26, 10 04:22 PM
Here are some classes and other events we're involved in that are coming up in Ithaca and the surrounding area:
- June 5 - Theodore Case Film Festival is showing Frac Attack (thanks to the festival and to Marina for making this happen!)
- June 7 - Friendface 101: Intro to Social Networking
- June 8 - DIY Movie Making II- Writer's Meeting Where We Write (organized by Lea!)
- June 10 - DIY Movie-Making III - The Musical (More info in Freeskool Calendar)
- June 15 - Animal Rights Sharing Circle
- June 25 - Share Tompkins Really Really Free Market, 4-8pm at Southside Community Center in collaboration with the weekly summer Congo Square Market
- June 29 - Really Easy Blogging with Wordpress
- July 17 - Sing-A-Long II (More info in Freeskool Calendar)
- August 17 - Your Name in Print: Press Release Skillshare (More info in Freeskool Calendar)
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Ithacans: Vote on May 18th in the Ithaca City School District election
By Ari | May 12, 10 08:09 PM
There's an upcoming Ithaca City School District election. The polls are open noon-9pm on May 18th. This is a very important election and we need the community to come out and vote for candidates who will help ensure equity remains a top priority for our district. Please spread the word and bring your friends to vote.
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How To Make Your Own Shampoo
By Ari | May 12, 10 07:30 PM
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Fun with Powerpoint - Share Tompkins Presentation at Ignite Ithaca
By Shira | May 1, 10 04:59 PM
A few weeks ago, we were invited to do a 5-minute presentation about Share Tompkins at the first ever Ignite Ithaca. Check out the video below and watch some of the other awesome powerpoints on YouTube.
IGNITE ITHACA is a high-energy evening of 5-minute talks by people who have an idea and the guts to get onstage and share it with their hometown crowd. Run by local volunteers who are connected through the global IGNITE network, IGNITE is a force for raising the collective IQ and building connections. Via streaming and archived videos of local talks, local Ignites share all that knowledge and passion with the world.
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A Lesson from Jon Voight, Tool of Capitalism
By Ari | Apr 22, 10 09:14 AM
I try to only post positive things but I had to make an exception this morning: Jon Voight on Obama via Huffington Post
The American People are witnessing the greatest lie that is cleverly orchestrated by President Obama and his whole administration. President Obama feeds people poison, giving them the idea that they are entitled to take from the wealthier who have lived and worked in a democracy that understands that capitalism is the only truth that keeps a nation healthy ... [Obama uses] a socialistic, Marxist teaching, and with it, he rapes this nation...
A dude can not use the word "rape" in this way and not be oppressive. Let's leave that word for real rape, okay? That quibble aside, I just want to make sure that everyone knows that it is not socialism but CAPITALISM that is sucking the blood out of the world's people like a giant parasite.
If capitalism is "the only truth that keeps a nation healthy" why are so many people suffering for want of money in this country? Because capitalism is a mechanism for moving money from workers into the pockets of rich people. Where do you think all the money goes? Why doesn't all of our hard work pay off? Because the owner of the coal mine, and the stockholders in the coal company, make astronomically more money than the miners - labor is being exploited. Voight reveals this in his quote - he's essentially saying, "protect me from mean Mr. Obama, I'm a rich person who's profited from the exploitation of workers and I want to keep profiting."
Capitalists want us to believe that capitalism is our friend, that it's how people get rich, and that getting rich is desirable. But it is a lie. Capitalism is doomed to failure. If you read Marx, you'll see why. Marx was not some devil out to destroy our righteous system, he was a humanitarian looking for ways to liberate the masses. WE ARE THE MASSES. Jon Voight is not the masses. Goldman Sachs is not the masses. WE THE PEOPLE ARE THE MASSES. We are the ones being exploited so that people like Jon Voight can jet all over the world spreading lies and misinformation to maintain their power.
This is our world, these are our lives. Capitalism was not made for us, it was made to exploit us. The sooner we can all see that its supporters have bamboozled us, the sooner we can reclaim our freedom and our planet from these thieves.
I am a pacifist and advocate non-violence. I believe the means are the ends in progress (thank you Gandhi). So I believe the solution here is to create positive, non-exploitative alternatives to capitalism. There are beautiful alternatives, and we have our whole future to find even better solutions than those we've already tried. I believe in human kind. I believe that if we put our heads together we can come up with something better than capitalism. Because no joke, capitalism is going to fail again and again - if it doesn't destroy our planet first.
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Ithaca Freeskool: We Are All Teachers - New Video!
By Shira | Apr 21, 10 04:32 PM
We just finished making this video to promote the Ithaca Freeskool. Stay tuned for a longer film...
Ithaca Freeskool: We Are All Teachers from Shira Golding on Vimeo.
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Drunk History: Nikola Tesla
By Ari | Apr 17, 10 11:54 AM
Crispin Glover (Thomas Edison) vs. John C. Reilly (Nikola Tesla), electric anti-capitalist. Warning, this is told by a narrator so drunk he throws up halfway through. Which kind of makes it even more memorable, as a history lesson.
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Rabbity websites are on the way (for reals)
By Ari | Apr 17, 10 10:36 AM
Shira and I are planning a new website that will replace this one - a shiny new redesign that will not only transition us from Movable Type to Wordpress (finally!), but which will explain and show what we do much more effectively. I can't tell you how incredibly out of date this site is. I look forward to being more up to date and more interactive!
Now, I know I've been saying "we're working on a new site" for some time but I really mean it, and it's coming soon! Have you heard that saying, "you're your own worst client"? It's true. Take my usual copy writing and organizational perfectionism and multiply it by ten thousand.
Our new design will have rabbits, of course. Which brings me to another website - Pinkrabbitsays.com. Does anyone reading this blog remember my old blog? I used to do more activist rambling, and I think I need a place to do that again. Props to my friend and colleague Tricia Wang for setting such a great example of online representation. I like the idea of compartmentalizing my audiences. (That's just a painfully geeky thing for me to say, isn't it?) So that's coming soon as well.
Stay tuned for updates... more soon, I hope!
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Boycottez les oeufs à Pâques!
By Ari | Apr 4, 10 10:43 AM
Here's the original poster (in English).
If you don't know why you should boycott eggs, please educate yourself so you can be sure you're making an informed decision about your food choices.
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