ace band yo

as i am on the band suggestion kick i will also say that the twin cities group: the nancy drew crew is really worth listening  to if you dig wack political white hip hop. 

listen to "college inc."

  http://www.myspace.com/nancydrewcrew  

two films that must be watched

SHELTER: A SQUATUMENTARY

"With skyrocketing property values, rent and home ownership have become unaffordable at best, and impossible at worst. Thus people all over the world are reclaiming housing as a basic human right by continuing the tradition of squatting. This documentary film explores the squatting movement in the East Bay from 2004 to 2007."

 

SURFING THE WASTE

A musical documentary about dumpster diving. so darn funny. and reminded me of my pals in nyc. look for the bike powered blender.

both of these should be available at your local info shop/interesting persons house. and you should borrow them.

old health

I was reading some articles on Irish health care. it is such a messy issue but in the 1970s the Catholic Church still controlled much of the system; they set up and ran most of the country’s hospitals and clinics.  They ran it as a private system that a citizen could voluntarily join.  In 1971, the Republic of Ireland created a system of eight health boards.  These boards were responsible for operating in specific areas; Ireland was divided into regions and put under jurisdiction of a chief executive officer of the board.  Reform of this system was needed due to the politicization of the appointment of its members. Officers were chosen based on their political affiliations and as a result medical decisions were often weighed on how they affected parties rather than their benefit to the community and patients.

 

who needs health

The Adelaide Hospital Society, published a report in april, which suggested the development of a “carefully-designed comprehensive social health insurance system in Ireland [that] would provide equal access to medical care for every citizen in Ireland based on need and not financial means,” Hunter, Niall. “Call for new health funding scheme.” 16/04/2008

The government would have a separate tax for this program, and the amount required by each citizen would be based on income. If an individual were unable to pay, the government would subsidize them. 

i dont like communism but this is interesting

propaganda posters are a far better way to convey messages. i guess we sort of have them- billboards. but i really wish there were still such amazing political posters, particularly like the soviet ones. It is hard to motivate a struggling and dilapidated country.  the graphic posters, with bright colors, showing the resilience of the Red Army and idealized images of Russian workers rising above capitalism, were motivational to the workers and the soldiers. 

some thoughts on red

i really am interested in color effects in propaganda. 

“In the 1940s, the Russian scientist S V Krakov provided support for Lüscher's theories by establishing that the colour red stimulates the sympathetic part of the autonomic nervous system, while blue stimulates the parasympathetic part. These findings were confirmed in 1958 by Robert Gerard of the USA, who found that red was disturbing to anxious or tense subjects, while blue had a calming effect. Red produced feelings of arousal and blue produced feelings of calm, tranquility and well being.”

1936 El pueblo se alza como un vendaval

please read this website. http://sindios.info/iniciosin.html

more importantly listen to the magnificent music that is my life's distraction.