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T-shirts Update
Finally printed my first test shirt and they are great...
I'll be selling them by taking orders.
Contact me if you want one.
I think I'll keep them simple light tan shirts with black 
image, but any size.

You can email me at:  barr.colin.t@gmail.com
08/15/2010 2 Comments | Add Comment
 
The Good Fight
From Democracy Now:
The legendary activist Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United 
Farm Workers of America with César Chávez, is celebrating her 
eightieth birthday this year. A veteran of the labor, civil rights, 
immigrant rights, and feminist movements in this country, she 
was instrumental in passing the Seasonal Agricultural Workers 
Bill, which resulted in the legalization of 1.3 million farm workers. 
To celebrate her birthday, Huerta is holding a benefit concert in 
Los Angeles Friday with guests including the guitarist Carlos 
Santana and Zack de la Rocha of Rage Against the Machine. Calling the event "Weaving Movements Together," Huerta saysshe wants to join up immigrant rights, LGBT, feminist,environmental and labor activists.

<http://www.democracynow.org/2010/8/11/legendary_activist_dolores_huerta_celebrates_80th>

But are we still fighting the same fights as 40 years ago and if so, then what does this mean?

The Florida Modern-Day Slavery Museum consists of a cargo truck outfitted as a replica of the trucks involved in a recent slavery operation (U.S. v. Navarrete, 2008), accompanied by displays on the history and evolution of slavery in Florida. The museum toured the state intensively for six weeks in the lead-up to the 2010 Farmworker Freedom March and is currently on a three-week tour of the northeast United States.

http://www.ciw-online.org/museum/index.html
08/11/2010 0 Comments | Add Comment
 
Art

Art exists because reality is neither real nor significant.

                                               J. G. Ballard

08/09/2010 0 Comments | Add Comment
 
T-Shirts

Have just finished a project collaborating with the talented 

illustrator, Meagan O'Brian, on a series of icon illustrations 

showing the areas of community organizing for the local 

Somerville Community Corporation. Thought this specific 

image would make a great T-Shirt design so working with 

Meagan to screen a few shirts. My hope too is that they 

will sell so I can make a little money. 

Let me know what you think...


t-shirt final

 

08/08/2010 0 Comments | Add Comment
 
Photos of Public Garden, Boston

Walking through the Public Gardens in Boston today 

taking photos and thinking about how I'm looking forward 

to getting out of the city for a while. I think every creature 

needs to reconnect with the forest and oceans. I usually 

find it a rejuvenating experience. It also got me thinking 

about whether humans are really meant to live in cities. 

Indigenous peoples live in villages, tho some have lived in 

larger cities like the Incas, but I wonder if villages are better 

for the sharing of resources, for example. Also thinking about 

building relationships with others and how much harder it is to 

do in cities. If it's true that part of being human is building 

relationships with other humans, then why not live in a way 

to maximize this? Just thinking...

08/08/2010 2 Comments | Add Comment
 
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