The Anti-Corporate Ideas Newsletter, Issue 7
THE A.C.I. NEWSLETTER
from the myspace profile ACIN
(click on the above image for more information)
(Untitled) by Spencer
The raspiness of the portable fan pouring warm air across my fingers reminds me of the steady traffic of shuffling feet in the streets of Austin, Texas. Marketing glamour and give-a-damns and sharp, blistered hands of music band members. An entire crop surrendered, for a fix, for the steadiment of the trembling issue of the conscious predictions, illustrated and elaborated by the diligent army of pixels in formation-performing for legal tender. A pogo stick, a magnadoodle, and the tick tick pop pop of my favorite childhood roller toy defines my coming and conditioning.
(The growth is a madness)
Social Responsibility is the new black.
By Seanorr
You are what you eat…
- Christopher Heimarck
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(click on the above image for more information)(Untitled) by Spencer
The raspiness of the portable fan pouring warm air across my fingers reminds me of the steady traffic of shuffling feet in the streets of Austin, Texas. Marketing glamour and give-a-damns and sharp, blistered hands of music band members. An entire crop surrendered, for a fix, for the steadiment of the trembling issue of the conscious predictions, illustrated and elaborated by the diligent army of pixels in formation-performing for legal tender. A pogo stick, a magnadoodle, and the tick tick pop pop of my favorite childhood roller toy defines my coming and conditioning.
(The growth is a madness)Social Responsibility is the new black.
By Seanorr
You are what you eat…
…And drink. And wear. And buy. And read. And listen to. And watch on TV, and drive. Our identities have become commodities. Our commodities are our identities. You work to afford the things you pay them to tell you to buy. It’s an endless loop. You drink your morning coffee, which is probably farmed by farmers living in poverty who strip all the land of natural habitat so they can harvest the latest cash crop. You open your daily paper, which is probably owned by the same company that owns your favourite TV channel, radio station, the national paper, and community weekly. You make some toast, in a toaster made by some huge appliance company who are probably in the arms trade, with bread that’s probably made from genetically engineered wheat, which put the local farmer out of business, and top it off with some hormone filled butter. You put on your clothes for the day, which are probably made using harmful chemical processes by workers in sweatshop conditions halfway across the world. You put on your shoes, which are probably made by a huge corporation that influences the trade policies of the country in which they are made. You haven’t even left your house and your moral fiber is starting to fray. Corporations have clearly become the dominant institution which defines our lives; from global war to global warming.
We have become jaded and cynical of the world’s problems. We are helpless individuals in a society of helpless individuals. Meanwhile our government bickers over imaginary lines of left and right, speaking a language we don’t understand. Economists tinker with an imaginary system of counting which is based on numbers which have no root in reality; which ignore the true environmental and social costs of commodities. And to top it all off, the corporate media either dumbs us down, hypes us up, or scares us to death. Is it any wonder obesity, anxiety, and depression are so ubiquitous?
So, what do you do? Put your faith in the all mighty market and believe the trickle-down tenet of the tax-cut gospels? Continue to emulate Europe’s more Keynesian approach of spend-and-regulate welfare states? Write letters and petitions in vain to politicians? Bitch and moan? One thing is certain - you gotta live. You gotta buy shoes and eat and well, look good. So seeing as we’re in the information age, why don’t we do it responsibly? Are we so cynical that we’ve ruled out social and ethical responsibility in a corporation? Or is it that corporations are manipulating these concerns for their bottom line? Is consumer power a myth?
On one hand, you have multinational corporations seemingly exploiting our values with massive advertising campaigns attempting to remake a tarnished image- a practice coined “greenwashing”. Take Starbucks’ “More Than Our Logo Is Green” campaign, trumpeting their social worth by proclaiming the importance of Fair Trade and their commitment to coffee growers, when the reality is that Fair Trade constitutes less than .1% of their total sales (organicconsumers.org). Or take British Petroleum’s Beyond Petroleum advertisements. According to Paul Driesen of the Centre for the Defense of Free Enterprise, BP’s total six-year investment in renewable technologies was US$200-million – the same amount it spent on its “Beyond Petroleum” ad campaign. Or take the catch line to Ford’s new Escape Hybrid SUV, “Finally, a vehicle that can take you to the very places you're helping to preserve", when the Environmental Protection Agency recently found that Ford Motor Co. had the worst fleetwide fuel of any major U.S. auto manufacturer for the fifth consecutive year. The examples continue, from Shell to Philip Morris (now conveniently renamed Altria). Geoffrey Johnson of the L.A. Times writes that greenwashing succeeds by “dealing in lies of omission. The claims made aren't false exactly - but they're only a tiny portion of the truth. Ford is making a hybrid vehicle. BP is investing in alternative energy. But when considered in the context of the company's other endeavors, emphasizing those things presents a highly skewed picture.”
“Corporate executives often lament that they would gladly supply greener products if only there were sufficient demand. It's Economics 101, they say. But their logic neglects an essential lesson from the same course: Unless consumers have access to accurate information about products, such as their environmental and social costs, then the market will not reflect people's true considerations.”
Another piece of conventional economic wisdom is that consumer demand creates the marketplace. But as Betsy Barnum poignantly points out, this logic “leads directly to the ludicrous idea that consumers have "demanded" things like genetically modified organisms in our food or baby toys made of toxic materials like PVC, to say nothing of leafblowers, jet skis, botox, and--add your list of useless, destructive, outrageous products that no consumer ever thought up and demanded.”
On the other hand, there appears to be a visceral reaction to the endless parade of mass produced gizmos, gadgets, fads, and must-haves. Epitomized by the current craze for organic produce, the success of the fair trade movement, and the ever growing popularity of Buy Nothing Day; people are beginning to crave a more authentic and responsible market. This is evident in the affection for all things independent: small budget film, alternative media, Indie music, off the beaten path tourism, and local DIY fashion. Companies such as the non sweat-shop American Apparel appear to be cashing in on this trend. Nevertheless, one must be wary of sub-cultural cooptation. Of course this is nothing new. We’ve seen it with the commodification cultural trends for decades: In the 60’s with swinging London, Mods, and Hippies; In the 70’s with Glam, Disco, and Punks; In the 80’s with Hip Hop and New Wave, in the 90’s with Grunge, skateboarding, ‘Exteme sports’ and now in the 00’s with a sort of pseudo-activism.
But what we are now experiencing is different. It is genuine, and authentic. People crave community; vibrant neighbourhoods rich in culture, before our Main Streets were converted into massive malls and parking lots. We don’t want to see the same stores in every country we travel to; a reality of the monoculture created by corporate Globalism. People are realizing the extent at which goods, especially foodstuffs, travel to get to the major stores, so are opting to buy local; get their coffee at a Mom and Pop café; buy their beer from a micro brewery. People want to look different, they want something that can’t be found in every city in North America, and they want to support local artists and designers. Craft fairs are seeing a resurgence among young urban bohemians. Of course, big business will do their best to usurp this popularity, as seen with Adidas’ takeover, but not assimilation of Arc'teryx, and Nike’s purchase of Converse. But in the information age, consumers are savy, and besides, you can’t fake local.
One of the most powerful developments of late is the Blackspot Sneaker, a no sweat, no logo, organic canvas shoe, and the Blackspot Anticorporation that makes the consumer the a shareholder, able to participate in design and marketing. The company, started by Adbusters, is looking to branch out to restaurants, bio-diesel, culture shops, music, and even vodka.
Their manifesto captures the zeitgeist of the growing grassroots movement: “While giant corporations run roughshod over our lives, we whine and complain, protest and boycott. In vain, we even ask our governments for help. But the one thing we've never done is fight the corporations head on. For too long we've ignored the market, written it off as enemy territory. Yet, what do mega-corps like Walmart and Coke fear most? Competition. Let's start putting our creative juice and energy into building real alternatives. We're talking about a new breed of bottom up enterprise that does things differently: promotes ethics over profit, values over image, idealism over hype.”
Bold words indeed. Yet there must be a deeper examination into the structures that reward sweatshops and clearcut logging, toxic pollution and child labor, destruction of indigenous cultures and privatizing of water. We need to place rewards on those corporations which have a minimal impact on our pysical and mental environments. There must be a proper system of accounting the true price of goods; their social and environmental costs. Combined with socially responsible consumers and companies, we can proud that we are what we eat. And drink. And wear.
Published on Monday, September 29, 2003 by CommonDreams.org
Let's Act Like Citizens, Not Consumers
by Betsy Barnum
Published on Sunday, August 22, 2004 by the Los Angeles Times
'Greenwashing' Leaves a Stain of Distortion
by Geoffrey Johnson
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"Where's Your Life At?" by Zeo
This is not a polemic against the wealthy, nor is it an act of evangelism to turn people towards Christianity's message of salvation, nor is it an attack upon American society. This is only a plea, a call for all of us to consider the Christian values our society is supposedly based upon (if the Right is to be believed, anyway).
Jesus Christ was not just a charismatic man and a great religious leader. He was also one of the finest teachers on what I think of as the human spirit, that foundation of human nature. Many have claimed from his Gospel and from other works of the Bible that Christ and his forebears promoted exorbitant wealth, that it is a sign of God's favor.
But let us look at what Christ himself said:
"Blessed are the poor; for theirs is the kingdom of God." (Luke 6:20) Clearly, God has special consideration for the poor and the destitute, but this goes against the idea that the wealthy are the favored people of God.
"But woe unto you that are rich! for you have received your consolation. Woe unto you that are full! for you shall hunger." (Luke 6:24-25) Here, the rich are scorned because they took all they needed to satisfy themselves, while others went hungry and poor.
"Give to every man that asks of you." (Luke 6:30) Those in power ask of us our labor and our support in helping raise up our society, which we give. In return, we ask for protection from abuse and reward for our service, but they do not give it to us.
"It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven." (Mark 10:25) A priest that my dad knew once gave a great explanation of this line. The reason a rich man cannot enter heaven is because, like the camel, he is carrying too heavy a load, his burden being materialism and clinging to the world. Once he has let go of these things, heaven will be open to him.
If we are truly good and honorable people, we will think upon these words and what they mean. Wherever there is an injustice in society, the balance must be kept. Where there are poor, we must raise them up. Where there is abuse and gross wealth above us, we must bring some down. A great tree will fall over if its head of leaves is too big for the trunk to support, just as a tree will wither if its water-absorbing leaves do not nourish the roots at the bottom.
We restore these basic principles to government and what we'll have is a revolution.
TRUTH: NO MORE LIES.
PEACE: NO MORE NEEDLESS WAR.
JUSTICE: FOR CRIMES AGAINST THE PEACE AND AGAINST HUMANITY.
LOVE: ACCEPTANCE AND TOLERANCE OF EVERY HUMAN BEING.
After hearing these words I thought to myself about how powerful they were, and how true
they rang. To realize that there are people who still give a damn and are willing to work towards a better tomorrow I can honestly say I was touched. But I am not so ignorant as to not see that it would take more than a revolution to change not only political structure, but also the superficial ideas many have implanted in their minds. This is a battle we all should be taking part in; making an effort to stand up for morals, showing the world our ideals on a daily basis. My mouth waters at the images this lyrical content engraves in my mind. The Crimes Against Us profile alone is enough to proclaim the sense of awareness they have of current political issues. Not only do they look deeper into the system than most could ever begin to comprehend but they look for a way to better the lives we live. I am truely awaken by the interview I was able to hold with the flag burning Chris Crimson.
the Crimes Against Us interview
now Chris, you and I have gotten to know each other and I've gotta say you have some amazing ideas. i want you to tell our subsribers about your ideaology.
i believe the current government is tyannical and genocidal.
Strong yet completly agreeable words. What do you think of the anti-terror global war?
9-11 is the new reichstag fire. People give up their liberties in the name of security and abuse is the predictable result.
There ya go... how secure are we?
Less safe than we were pre 9-11, far less safe. More people want to kill us now than ever before.
So you feel the patriot act doesnt really do anything for us except for open the blinds to our homes a little more?
The patriot act is a tool for the powerful to cement their police state.
I see the patriot act as being about nothing but control , keeping the masses under lock and key.
The oil, energy, and defense industries have a vicegrip on Washington DC and the relationship between politician and industry is so corrupt in its nature that these companies support policy that profits them and leaves millions far less safe.
left or right?
so far left i'm off the scale.
Tell me about a moment of movement.
This past protest in DC... as literally thousands upon thousands flooded the streets I climbed a pillar that marked an intersection just off the washington monument. There were people as far the eye could see in every direction. it was amazing the next day there was a pro-war rally literally 1/1000th the size of ours, even smaller, maybe 200 people total. G. Gordon Liddy comes over to our side of the street, where stragglers form the day before matched the size of the pro-war contingent.
I'm throwing a benefit concert, "Not One More: A Concert for Peace" at a club in downtown Orlando
called the Backbooth. Also Esoterica will be released by the end of the year locally, and more if i can.
OK, anything to your following?
Brothers and sisters, stay strong in the face of unwaivering opposition. The fight has only barely begun.
What we need is truth, peace, love and justice.
Check him out... http://www.myspace.com/thecrimesagainstus
Notes:
We have very important news for you regarding the direction that the ACI movement is going.
We now have a forum. Independently run by Moderator And I, the group is now the general discussion board for the ACIN.
But The Anti-Corporate Ideas General Discussion Group is only the beginning. Soon we will have ACI groups that are specific to the AC topic of your choice. "ACI Environmental", "ACI Economics", "ACI Music". . . . you name the anti-corporate idea and there will be a forum about it. Join the group and let's change a few things about how things are done around here. If you're interested in being a moderator for one of our other ACI specific topic forums please contact us. We want all perspective mods to know that it isn't gonna be easy work, so if you have a couple myspace friends that would like to co-moderate that would be fine as well.
-Clay for the ACIN
-----------------------------------
Thank you so much to the 141 people who have hit subscribe. Last week we only had 120. The week before was 83.
We have become jaded and cynical of the world’s problems. We are helpless individuals in a society of helpless individuals. Meanwhile our government bickers over imaginary lines of left and right, speaking a language we don’t understand. Economists tinker with an imaginary system of counting which is based on numbers which have no root in reality; which ignore the true environmental and social costs of commodities. And to top it all off, the corporate media either dumbs us down, hypes us up, or scares us to death. Is it any wonder obesity, anxiety, and depression are so ubiquitous?
So, what do you do? Put your faith in the all mighty market and believe the trickle-down tenet of the tax-cut gospels? Continue to emulate Europe’s more Keynesian approach of spend-and-regulate welfare states? Write letters and petitions in vain to politicians? Bitch and moan? One thing is certain - you gotta live. You gotta buy shoes and eat and well, look good. So seeing as we’re in the information age, why don’t we do it responsibly? Are we so cynical that we’ve ruled out social and ethical responsibility in a corporation? Or is it that corporations are manipulating these concerns for their bottom line? Is consumer power a myth?
On one hand, you have multinational corporations seemingly exploiting our values with massive advertising campaigns attempting to remake a tarnished image- a practice coined “greenwashing”. Take Starbucks’ “More Than Our Logo Is Green” campaign, trumpeting their social worth by proclaiming the importance of Fair Trade and their commitment to coffee growers, when the reality is that Fair Trade constitutes less than .1% of their total sales (organicconsumers.org). Or take British Petroleum’s Beyond Petroleum advertisements. According to Paul Driesen of the Centre for the Defense of Free Enterprise, BP’s total six-year investment in renewable technologies was US$200-million – the same amount it spent on its “Beyond Petroleum” ad campaign. Or take the catch line to Ford’s new Escape Hybrid SUV, “Finally, a vehicle that can take you to the very places you're helping to preserve", when the Environmental Protection Agency recently found that Ford Motor Co. had the worst fleetwide fuel of any major U.S. auto manufacturer for the fifth consecutive year. The examples continue, from Shell to Philip Morris (now conveniently renamed Altria). Geoffrey Johnson of the L.A. Times writes that greenwashing succeeds by “dealing in lies of omission. The claims made aren't false exactly - but they're only a tiny portion of the truth. Ford is making a hybrid vehicle. BP is investing in alternative energy. But when considered in the context of the company's other endeavors, emphasizing those things presents a highly skewed picture.”
“Corporate executives often lament that they would gladly supply greener products if only there were sufficient demand. It's Economics 101, they say. But their logic neglects an essential lesson from the same course: Unless consumers have access to accurate information about products, such as their environmental and social costs, then the market will not reflect people's true considerations.”
Another piece of conventional economic wisdom is that consumer demand creates the marketplace. But as Betsy Barnum poignantly points out, this logic “leads directly to the ludicrous idea that consumers have "demanded" things like genetically modified organisms in our food or baby toys made of toxic materials like PVC, to say nothing of leafblowers, jet skis, botox, and--add your list of useless, destructive, outrageous products that no consumer ever thought up and demanded.”
On the other hand, there appears to be a visceral reaction to the endless parade of mass produced gizmos, gadgets, fads, and must-haves. Epitomized by the current craze for organic produce, the success of the fair trade movement, and the ever growing popularity of Buy Nothing Day; people are beginning to crave a more authentic and responsible market. This is evident in the affection for all things independent: small budget film, alternative media, Indie music, off the beaten path tourism, and local DIY fashion. Companies such as the non sweat-shop American Apparel appear to be cashing in on this trend. Nevertheless, one must be wary of sub-cultural cooptation. Of course this is nothing new. We’ve seen it with the commodification cultural trends for decades: In the 60’s with swinging London, Mods, and Hippies; In the 70’s with Glam, Disco, and Punks; In the 80’s with Hip Hop and New Wave, in the 90’s with Grunge, skateboarding, ‘Exteme sports’ and now in the 00’s with a sort of pseudo-activism.
But what we are now experiencing is different. It is genuine, and authentic. People crave community; vibrant neighbourhoods rich in culture, before our Main Streets were converted into massive malls and parking lots. We don’t want to see the same stores in every country we travel to; a reality of the monoculture created by corporate Globalism. People are realizing the extent at which goods, especially foodstuffs, travel to get to the major stores, so are opting to buy local; get their coffee at a Mom and Pop café; buy their beer from a micro brewery. People want to look different, they want something that can’t be found in every city in North America, and they want to support local artists and designers. Craft fairs are seeing a resurgence among young urban bohemians. Of course, big business will do their best to usurp this popularity, as seen with Adidas’ takeover, but not assimilation of Arc'teryx, and Nike’s purchase of Converse. But in the information age, consumers are savy, and besides, you can’t fake local.
One of the most powerful developments of late is the Blackspot Sneaker, a no sweat, no logo, organic canvas shoe, and the Blackspot Anticorporation that makes the consumer the a shareholder, able to participate in design and marketing. The company, started by Adbusters, is looking to branch out to restaurants, bio-diesel, culture shops, music, and even vodka.
Their manifesto captures the zeitgeist of the growing grassroots movement: “While giant corporations run roughshod over our lives, we whine and complain, protest and boycott. In vain, we even ask our governments for help. But the one thing we've never done is fight the corporations head on. For too long we've ignored the market, written it off as enemy territory. Yet, what do mega-corps like Walmart and Coke fear most? Competition. Let's start putting our creative juice and energy into building real alternatives. We're talking about a new breed of bottom up enterprise that does things differently: promotes ethics over profit, values over image, idealism over hype.”
Bold words indeed. Yet there must be a deeper examination into the structures that reward sweatshops and clearcut logging, toxic pollution and child labor, destruction of indigenous cultures and privatizing of water. We need to place rewards on those corporations which have a minimal impact on our pysical and mental environments. There must be a proper system of accounting the true price of goods; their social and environmental costs. Combined with socially responsible consumers and companies, we can proud that we are what we eat. And drink. And wear.
Published on Monday, September 29, 2003 by CommonDreams.org
Let's Act Like Citizens, Not Consumers
by Betsy Barnum
Published on Sunday, August 22, 2004 by the Los Angeles Times
'Greenwashing' Leaves a Stain of Distortion
by Geoffrey Johnson
--------------------
"Where's Your Life At?" by Zeo
Working hard for nothing and whats my life worth
Like an aborted baby never geting a chance at birth
Cut off from life wating for my soul to be bought
For equality is not the most impossible thought
Yet our minds only think of our monitary class
Trying to crawl our way up only to end up last
Never looking for a better system
Give into conformity when you must
Having capitalistic thoughts giving into greed and lust
Power and money can corrupt the the strongest hearts
Because capitalism and democracy have no common parts
lies we are feed seem to desensitize the mind
turning us against one another all it takes is time
Like an aborted baby never geting a chance at birth
Cut off from life wating for my soul to be bought
For equality is not the most impossible thought
Yet our minds only think of our monitary class
Trying to crawl our way up only to end up last
Never looking for a better system
Give into conformity when you must
Having capitalistic thoughts giving into greed and lust
Power and money can corrupt the the strongest hearts
Because capitalism and democracy have no common parts
lies we are feed seem to desensitize the mind
turning us against one another all it takes is time
The Kingdom of Heaven: No Rich Men Need Apply
By The Slam
By The Slam
This is not a polemic against the wealthy, nor is it an act of evangelism to turn people towards Christianity's message of salvation, nor is it an attack upon American society. This is only a plea, a call for all of us to consider the Christian values our society is supposedly based upon (if the Right is to be believed, anyway).
Jesus Christ was not just a charismatic man and a great religious leader. He was also one of the finest teachers on what I think of as the human spirit, that foundation of human nature. Many have claimed from his Gospel and from other works of the Bible that Christ and his forebears promoted exorbitant wealth, that it is a sign of God's favor.
But let us look at what Christ himself said:
"Blessed are the poor; for theirs is the kingdom of God." (Luke 6:20) Clearly, God has special consideration for the poor and the destitute, but this goes against the idea that the wealthy are the favored people of God.
"But woe unto you that are rich! for you have received your consolation. Woe unto you that are full! for you shall hunger." (Luke 6:24-25) Here, the rich are scorned because they took all they needed to satisfy themselves, while others went hungry and poor.
"Give to every man that asks of you." (Luke 6:30) Those in power ask of us our labor and our support in helping raise up our society, which we give. In return, we ask for protection from abuse and reward for our service, but they do not give it to us.
"It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven." (Mark 10:25) A priest that my dad knew once gave a great explanation of this line. The reason a rich man cannot enter heaven is because, like the camel, he is carrying too heavy a load, his burden being materialism and clinging to the world. Once he has let go of these things, heaven will be open to him.
If we are truly good and honorable people, we will think upon these words and what they mean. Wherever there is an injustice in society, the balance must be kept. Where there are poor, we must raise them up. Where there is abuse and gross wealth above us, we must bring some down. A great tree will fall over if its head of leaves is too big for the trunk to support, just as a tree will wither if its water-absorbing leaves do not nourish the roots at the bottom.
Music:
TRUTH, PEACE, JUSTICE, AND LOVE.
TRUTH: NO MORE LIES.
PEACE: NO MORE NEEDLESS WAR.
JUSTICE: FOR CRIMES AGAINST THE PEACE AND AGAINST HUMANITY.
LOVE: ACCEPTANCE AND TOLERANCE OF EVERY HUMAN BEING.
After hearing these words I thought to myself about how powerful they were, and how true
they rang. To realize that there are people who still give a damn and are willing to work towards a better tomorrow I can honestly say I was touched. But I am not so ignorant as to not see that it would take more than a revolution to change not only political structure, but also the superficial ideas many have implanted in their minds. This is a battle we all should be taking part in; making an effort to stand up for morals, showing the world our ideals on a daily basis. My mouth waters at the images this lyrical content engraves in my mind. The Crimes Against Us profile alone is enough to proclaim the sense of awareness they have of current political issues. Not only do they look deeper into the system than most could ever begin to comprehend but they look for a way to better the lives we live. I am truely awaken by the interview I was able to hold with the flag burning Chris Crimson.
the Crimes Against Us interview
now Chris, you and I have gotten to know each other and I've gotta say you have some amazing ideas. i want you to tell our subsribers about your ideaology.
i believe the current government is tyannical and genocidal.
Strong yet completly agreeable words. What do you think of the anti-terror global war?
9-11 is the new reichstag fire. People give up their liberties in the name of security and abuse is the predictable result.
There ya go... how secure are we?
Less safe than we were pre 9-11, far less safe. More people want to kill us now than ever before.
So you feel the patriot act doesnt really do anything for us except for open the blinds to our homes a little more?
The patriot act is a tool for the powerful to cement their police state.
I see the patriot act as being about nothing but control , keeping the masses under lock and key.
The oil, energy, and defense industries have a vicegrip on Washington DC and the relationship between politician and industry is so corrupt in its nature that these companies support policy that profits them and leaves millions far less safe.
left or right?
so far left i'm off the scale.
Tell me about a moment of movement.
This past protest in DC... as literally thousands upon thousands flooded the streets I climbed a pillar that marked an intersection just off the washington monument. There were people as far the eye could see in every direction. it was amazing the next day there was a pro-war rally literally 1/1000th the size of ours, even smaller, maybe 200 people total. G. Gordon Liddy comes over to our side of the street, where stragglers form the day before matched the size of the pro-war contingent.
I'm throwing a benefit concert, "Not One More: A Concert for Peace" at a club in downtown Orlando
called the Backbooth. Also Esoterica will be released by the end of the year locally, and more if i can.
OK, anything to your following?
Brothers and sisters, stay strong in the face of unwaivering opposition. The fight has only barely begun.
What we need is truth, peace, love and justice.
Check him out... http://www.myspace.com/thecrimesagainstus
Notes:
We have very important news for you regarding the direction that the ACI movement is going.
We now have a forum. Independently run by Moderator And I, the group is now the general discussion board for the ACIN.
But The Anti-Corporate Ideas General Discussion Group is only the beginning. Soon we will have ACI groups that are specific to the AC topic of your choice. "ACI Environmental", "ACI Economics", "ACI Music". . . . you name the anti-corporate idea and there will be a forum about it. Join the group and let's change a few things about how things are done around here. If you're interested in being a moderator for one of our other ACI specific topic forums please contact us. We want all perspective mods to know that it isn't gonna be easy work, so if you have a couple myspace friends that would like to co-moderate that would be fine as well.
-Clay for the ACIN
-----------------------------------
Thank you so much to the 141 people who have hit subscribe. Last week we only had 120. The week before was 83.
Letters to the Editor:
I think if we move beyond "Corporations", we need a different group name or a different way of doing things. A different legal definition of what is permitted to exist as a group. In other words, its great to be against corporations, but what are you in favor of?
In the 60's from what I hear, there were communes. For example, could we imagine a world without money? Can we imagine a one world government? I would like to see people come up with ideas of an alternative to corporate power. It seems to me that there should not be people in Africa dying of polluted water or malnutrition/hunger while there are billionaires enjoying their wealth in America. What is money? We need to focus on that question. I am loyal to humanity in general, the one human race. We need to look at the possibility of a one world government.
In the 60's from what I hear, there were communes. For example, could we imagine a world without money? Can we imagine a one world government? I would like to see people come up with ideas of an alternative to corporate power. It seems to me that there should not be people in Africa dying of polluted water or malnutrition/hunger while there are billionaires enjoying their wealth in America. What is money? We need to focus on that question. I am loyal to humanity in general, the one human race. We need to look at the possibility of a one world government.
- Christopher Heimarck
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I really like the fact that myspace is so corporate, yet you use it to promote the anti corporate ideas newsletter. sadisticly ironic... i love it!
- Anomie101
- Anomie101
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