Oct/090
Grassroots Activism is Dead
Grassroots activism is dead right? Been swallowed up by a big pit of self loving, consuming, Gen X/ Y apathy… right? Us younguns have nothing worth fighting for, all the good battles have already been waged. Struggles for free love, nuclear free and feminism were sorted out by our parents (and their parents) right before they created this whole user pays debacle, ruined the environment and let capitalism take over democracy.
Or so I thought until a couple of weeks ago- when suddenly everyone started organising and attending events about Climate Change. It was awesome to catch up with Lizzie and Ruby- they’re part of an umbrella organisation which is a collective environmental of student groups at Victoria University. Proving students still have a heart and rebellious fighting spirit, they’ve organised huge marches under their new brand- 10- 20% Pure NZ.
It was also the two year anniversary of the State Terror Raids- Explosive Expression is an incredible, commemorative exhibition- over 60 NZ artists have come on board to help support those grassroots activists who were labelled as terrorists. Robin popped in to tell us more about creative resistance.
Also in was Tony from the Italian Film Festival and Sylvia who’s organising a unique Belly Dancing fundraising event.
350 kiwis form a human kiwi on Global Day of Action for Climate Change
00.05 Robin about Explosive Expression
13.30 Lizzie and Ruby talk student activism
20.00 Robert from the Italian Film Festival
31.35 Sylvia and Belly Dancing
Jun/095
First show with Laura and Yenping
The first show with Laura and Yenping was aired last week!
We learnt a lot about the history of Che Guevara from Jorge and found out about a new website called http://www.issues.co.nz from Fraser. Then, we had a chat with film reviewer Hannah about "Angels and Demons", and with Molly about Refugee Awareness Week. We ended it off with Tim, a local graffiti artist who is exhibiting some of his work at the Baobab Cafe in Newtown, sharing his views on public art.
It made me wonder: are we making a kind of "public art"? To answer that question, we decided we had to have a blog so that we can have a better way to listen to the people who are listening to us.
Also, we have some gifts, like People's Coffee, that we can't wait to give away!
We're still tidying up the blog, but check out the podcast and let us know what you think.