Hey, all you revolution hungry radicals!
There has been a lot of great energy in the shop today. As some of you know, the president was in town this morning for Talent. Some kids went down and protested, even dropping a large “pink slip” from the parking garage. Revolution in our own backyards.
On to Radish things. There is going to be a shmeeting on Tues. at 7pm, on Nov. 7th. These are the organizational and idea forums that fuel this community space. They are completely consensus driven, so it is a great way to get involved in the Radish. At this next shmeeting, we will be discussing the upcoming art and fashion show.
The Radish art and fashion show is going to be on the 16th, beginning at 7pm. Vintage Vic Boutique is showing some of their outfits. Jesse Cox and Sara of Wicad Imagery Studio are going to be showing their work. We are also going to have acoustic performers Patrick Houtz, Midge Potts, and Mark Staudte. We are considering hosting a monthly art show within a space. (If you know someone who would like to show their stuff, or who would be interested in playing, let us know.)
There is going to be a silent auction during the event, with profits benifiting the Radish. There is going to be an outfit from Vintige Vic Boutique, as well as some of the radical books from the Radish. If anyone has any other ideas for silent auction items, just let us know.
Also, we are going to be auctioning local artists work, with 50% of the profits going to the Radish and 50% going back to the artist. If any local artists would like to participate, just let us know. We would love to get local artists more involved in the space.
We have Open Mic nights every Fri. at 7pm except for the second Friday of the month, when G.L.O. is having their own Open Mic. That means that there's an Open Mic tonight - so grab your guitar, (or harmonica or drum or poetry) and head on down to the Radish! After Open Mic some of the kids are going downtown to flyer artwalk for the art and fashion show.
Keep up the good work kids.
Yours for the revolution,
Amber & Justin
c/o The Radish
1 comment:
Radishals,
This past Saturday I visited your infoshop. I found it to be a quaint and friendly hub of radical activism. So far so good. I've been looking for like minds for some time now. (My heart jumped for joy when I saw the red and black anarchist flag hanging on your wall.)
I find myself agreeing with much of the positions you are trying to push. Many of the stickers and slogans plastered around the shop express my beliefs; one that sticks in my mind is "Urban Sprawl: Cut Down All the Trees and Name the Streets After Them." I love it. And I also love the fact that you carry The Catholic Worker newspaper. That was quite a pleasant surprise.
Not all my findings and thoughts were pleasant, however. I found--as I somewhat suspected I would--that most of those folks who agree with my anarchist, environmentalist, pacifistic, anti-capitalist views don't agree with me on some other key issues. It's seems the same is true with The Radish.
You see, I'm a Consistent Life Ethic advocate. In other words, I'm against war AND I'm against abortion. Does this reactionary radical position place me on the outside of your thought? I'm afraid it does (?). Just when I thought I found kindred souls, I'm let down by what I find to be inconsistency. I understand all the arguments regarding choice and what not: I'm not interested in debating that, really. I just want a place to fit but find it nearly impossible. The political right, who shares my belief on the sanctity of life for the unborn, doesn't hold that same thought when it comes to war. And the left, who usually hold the same belief as I regarding war, doesn't when it comes to abortion.
So what is a guy like me to do?
I'm an agrarian distributist. A Jeffersonian decentralist. An isolational localist. A Franciscan pacifist. An E.F. Schumacher environmentalist. A Catholic Worker anarchist. And I have no intellectual home.
My stance on nonviolence spreads as thoroughly as possible, extending even to unborn children. Why can't we focus on what we agree on? Not all pro-lifers are fascist, Big Business litterers. I'm certainly not. And I know many folks who would join your ranks if they didn't feel ostracized by adamant pro-abortion stances--as well as other issues that would distance them from their Christian tradition. It's the same with the Green (or Progressive) Party: they could accomplish so much more with the environment if they'd adapt a more life-friendly view when it came to humans.
Let's face it, we're in a predominantly Christian region. But we can make that work to our advantage by emphasizing our similarities. For instance, I'm a Christian, but I sometimes feel more at rest with your kind of thoughts on capitalism and Big Government than I do in most churches.
Long email, I know. Sorry. Anyway, what'dya think?
Thanks for hearing me out,
Jeremiah
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