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Greenpeace Arctic Sunrise
We had the thrill of touring the Greenpeace Arctic Sunrise ship on Sunday. I am holding the “Wave of Resistance #stop the pipelines Orca solidarity bracelet they gave us. It has just come back from Antarctica where it took scientists to study the way to create a marine protected area in the midst […]
This entry was posted on June 27, 2018 and is filed under ecology, economic imperialism vs democracy, Uncategorized. -
“In the Fields of Empty Days: Intersections of Past and Present in Iranian Art,”
“In the Fields of Empty Days: The Intersection of Past and Present in Iranian Art” at The Los Angeles County Museum is a show on a crucial topic. Although much of the work is contemporary, note that the title does not say that. Tirafkan’s image speaks volumes of the intersection of past and present that […]
This entry was posted on June 25, 2018 and is filed under Art and Politics Now, art criticism, Contemporary Art, Iran, Iranian protests, Iranian Women, Uncategorized. -
Art and Politics in films at the Seattle International film Festival
Warrior Women is a gripping documentary about radical activist leader Madonna Thunder Hawk, and her daughter Marcy Gilbert. Thunder Hawk ran a school for youth that educated them about Native History in the early days of the Civil Rights movement. Thunder Hawk’s own story spans from the era of native boarding schools that stripped indigenous […]
This entry was posted on June 19, 2018 and is filed under Uncategorized.
