http://www.stevebozzone.com sharing information, creativity, social outrage Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:08:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Off and on, I've been reading wonderful, radical, and humbling writings put together by INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence, entitled The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex.  I found some resources on their site which help simplify their argument: non-profit/non-governmental organizations often enable the systems ... http://www.stevebozzone.com/83 Shout Magic is wrapping up our 20-track full length album and playing our last show this Friday in West Philly. Check out this amazing cover art from Alina Josan! http://www.stevebozzone.com/75 When moving a great distance, it helps to not have excess stuff.  When you're paying for every pound, lots of things start looking like excess.  Cd's, furniture, DVD's, cables, books, appliances - get it out of here! I have really enjoyed purging my materials, and digitizing allows us to hold onto ... http://www.stevebozzone.com/72 Don't ask, don't tell?  Looks like it's more than just abhorrent, hateful policy for our military. John Leslie forwarded this piece from CNN: 'My jaw dropped when the doctors told me that 41 percent of the female veterans seen there say they were victims of sexual assault while serving in the military,' ... http://www.stevebozzone.com/70 Whether embedded in Iraq, or traveling on a New York City subway, photographers are increasingly under pressure to put the camera away and shut up.  Our world has become less democratic, our Constitutional rights to free speech and a free press have dwindled.  I recall the outrage over Al-Jazeera's airing ... http://www.stevebozzone.com/68 In the week leading up to our CD release, Make An Animal Noise, Grubstake has had some fun! This past Sunday, we played a live set and had an interview with Jake Rabid and John Viteese from Y-Rock.  I'm working on getting an MP3 of the show up soon.  Grubstake also ... http://www.stevebozzone.com/66 After for working in Camden, NJ for the past year, I've had the experience of visiting an impoverished, third-world country right across the Delaware river.  It is hard to describe it's condition, but two recent local media pieces have tried: From a recent Philadelphia City Paper article: Most of Camden looks like ... http://www.stevebozzone.com/64 John Leslie writes: This is close to Jena, and also is the close to the area where Marquee Haspeth was 'shot 48 times' by cops a few years ago (you can read about that here. ) CNN reports: Man dies after cop hits him with Taser 9 times WINNFIELD, Louisiana (CNN) -- A police officer ... http://www.stevebozzone.com/62 After spending time in Portland and London, I'm convinced Critical Mass is unproductive and reduces respect for bicyclists on the streets.  HOWEVER, the type of state-sponsored violence depicted in this video, is completely unnecessary. It offers further proof the NYPD, and police agencies around the United States, are a ... http://www.stevebozzone.com/61 Lawrence Lessig defends Barack Obama's vote to support WARANTLESS WIRETAPPING and RETROACTIVE IMMUNITY FOR CORPORATIONS WHO FAIL TO DEFEND THE PRIVACY OF U.S. CITIZENS: Obama is no (in the 1970s sense) "liberal" Obama has not shifted in his opposition to immunity for telcos: Obama's shift was in his promise, as relayed by a ... http://www.stevebozzone.com/59