http://radicalblogs.org/joshrussell Mon, 28 Jan 2008 03:46:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en dear radicalblogs, i've found another blog site. sorry. its not you, its me. from now on you can get me here: http://joshuakahnrussell.wordpress.com/ love, josh http://radicalblogs.org/joshrussell/2007/06/18/ive-moved/ we may face a scorched and lifeless earth. but they're accountable to their shareholders first. thats how the world works. - Propagandhi I got to spend the last week touring with a band called Propagandhi. ( check out some video clips here: ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMYXXg3lffc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1nh_1dKQ5g They just released a DVD to benefit an indigenous community in Canada struggling ... http://radicalblogs.org/joshrussell/2007/06/01/on-tour-with-propagandhi/ This morning we shut down the port of Oakland. The ships that had supplies bound for Iraq sat idle. At 6:30 am group of various antiwar activists, teachers, and union members went to the SSA Terminal at the port of Oakland. Lucky for me, it was only a 10 minute bike ... http://radicalblogs.org/joshrussell/2007/05/20/port-of-oakland-shut-down-we-won-twice/ After feeling victorious from shutting down the port this morning, someone in our affinity group got a call that a group of racists were harassing the Woodfin Workers picket. Woodfin is a hotel in Emoryville, about 15 minutes from my house. Last Christmas, several immigrant workers were unjustly fired without notice ... http://radicalblogs.org/joshrussell/2007/05/20/defend-woodfin-workers/ We have been getting a slew of coverstories and feature articles in the media lately. Here are some recent ones. Punk Planet and The Nation and Left Turn http://radicalblogs.org/joshrussell/2007/05/06/sds-in-the-media/ Happy May Day! In case you are curious, here is the Incomplete, True, Authentic and Wonderful History of MAY DAY http://www.midnightnotes.org/mayday/green.html Yesterday I found myself in San Francisco's Dolores park, marching behind the "gringos para la justicia inmigratoria" banner. Thousands marched in the Bay - in SF, Oakland, and San Jose. For more ... http://radicalblogs.org/joshrussell/2007/05/02/may-day/ At the end of June, something amazing is happening. It's going to be the largest gathering of U.S. based grassroots social movements and organizations in recent history. It's called the US Social Forum (www.ussf2007.org). USSF organizing is being led by people of color, women, queer, and poor folks. Over 10,000 ... http://radicalblogs.org/joshrussell/2007/04/29/ran-action-camp-before-the-us-social-forum/ The Department of Justice plans to build power plants on the sacred Natural Medicine Lake Highlands near Mt. Shasta. These are spiritual places for the Native peoples of California, and are just another instance of the colonialism and genocide that continues to this day against Indigenous people in the U.S. ... http://radicalblogs.org/joshrussell/2007/04/11/native-peoples-protest-department-of-justice/ My neighborhood is struggling for something most folks take for granted: a place to buy food. West Oakland has no grocery store. But not because grocery stores don't want to be here. There's actually an Oakland Food Justice collective called Mandela Foods that wants to start an organic, affordable, community cooperative ... http://radicalblogs.org/joshrussell/2007/03/28/oakland-food-justice/ Youtube Video Here: http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdJJq9lXdCU The sun hadn't risen yet. After circling once under the cover of darkness, our van and truck pulled up to Chevron's world headquarters. Our affinity group (Bay Rising Affinity Group aka BRAG!), burst out of the van and deployed our barrels, lock boxes, and bodies. The cops ... http://radicalblogs.org/joshrussell/2007/03/21/lockdown-at-chevrons-world-headquarters-2/