ACTION MAIL - 8.7.2008

+Unionists...
News and bits and pieces for your glorious knowledge...

Peace Sign Competition...

sugarpop is the managing editor of arabad magazine, Beirut – Lebanon... They are kicking out to the audience a celebratory competition offering cash prizes... the theme "Peace poster design contest at the occasion of the 50 years of the peace sign".

More information below...
flickr: www.flickr.com/groups/arabadpeace
blog: http://arabadvertising.blogspot.com
facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=14760881596

Interesting Interviews of Interesting Interest

Just posted my latest interview with aid-worker/photographer Jacob Simkin...

1001 - Jacob Simkin Is In Afghanistan Interview

You may also enjoy... Chris Barker Interview

Facebook Stuff...

Art For Awareness Gift Application Update...

Since the release of the little Art For Awareness Facebook Gift Program the stats are (at last count):

Sent: 2073 times...
Total Users: 160...

I think this is a great effort for just over a week of circulation... and there has been more awareness of our groups, our action, our artists and our art brought forward, this group has swelled greatly with membership in recent weeks... You can still contribute art as a gift image if you wish, send a URL of your activist piece to me in a bubblemail...

Facebook Application _Art for Awareness_ Fan page

Group posts...

Been putting links up for anything relevant that casually comes my way about activism in the news and the arts, please feel free to contribute but I must stress relevance... thank you...

Facebook Art Action Union Group

The Gift of Art

A collective of photographer's that are promoting their effort through RedBubble and everywhere else possible to raise money for charity... Read it all here and see the artists involved and their charitable contributions...

Promotional Materials & Street Teams...

A few people have decided to add our banner...










{For information on how to insert images into your Redbubble profile click here}

... in their profile pages...

when there is more time to focus on pretty graphics, I will be making a whole heap of graphics, gifs and things for us to spread around the net like a virus.... in the meantime though, please feel 100% free to take this graphic and promote it wherever the hell you can...

The idea of having Art Action Union Street Teams is one I have been floating around for ages now... it basically involves recruiting dedicated active members to take these promotional tools and materials, all the web URL's, emails and newsletters and whatever other promotion you need or want, and start actively going to other sites to spread the word, sending it to friends and handing out pamphlets in the street... maybe we can even make merch and fundraise for something significant one day... ahhh a dream... but one worth sending you all anyway... If you are interested in petitioning for the Union as an active outlet and network for creative activism... please add your name to this list in the forums.

Orphans in North America

North American Artists need to take ACTION NOW to protect their property...

Read more from these contributions...

ORPHAN WORKS ACT?!!!!!?!? - justjason

April's Blog Announcement

Our Independent Protest Portal

And the exciting news is that, we are hopefully nearly at the end of the website project... just gotta get the stuff sorted better and then Faizan needs to do it... but he is doing it for free so please CONSIDER PURCHASING SOMETHING OF HIS WORK that would be lovely for him... but not till he finishes the site haa ha ha...

Find a glimpse of how it will look:
Art Action Union Website Sneak Peak


Lastly... some topics of interest for discussion in the forums

I wish there was oil in Zimbabwe
Gangs
mohawk indians - land takeover?
Carbon Trading

All campaigns are always current (unfortunately)...
Aspire To Inspire!!!
kath

ANTI-RACISM CAMPAIGN is doing great...

BELOW IS THE ACTION PUT OUT ON THE 16th JUNE

ANTI-RACISM CAMPAIGN LAUNCH

ACTION !!!
RACISM SUX!!!

Gather your creative and social conscience powers, make a t-shirt, piece of art, write a poem or a journal and upload it. Express your story and yourself in a positive and outward way. Not only can you provide another voice to create a better force, but you might help someone else (and yourself) feel better.

BELOW IS THE EXCELLENT RESPONSE TO THE ACTION PUT OUT ON THE 16th JUNE

Here are some of the incredible thoughtful and positive pieces...


There are also a number of great expressive written pieces in the writing and journal section of the Art Action Union Group

ANTI-RACISM CAMPAIGN LAUNCH

ANTI-RACISM CAMPAIGN LAUNCH

ACTION !!!
RACISM SUX!!!

It's plain and simple.

Racism is an evil that is degrading moral judgment in communities locally and globally. With all the information available, there are many who still choose to create marginalisation through discrimination based on the triviality of culture and skin.

ART WANTED
TO ACTIVELY PROMOTE
DIVERSITY AND ACCEPTANCE
IN ALL COMMUNITIES

Campaign initiator is Art Action Union member littleredplanet, he aproached the AAU with this idea:

Racism is the belief that a particular race is superior or inferior to another, that a person’s social and moral traits are predetermined by his or her inborn biological characteristics. Racial separatism is the belief, most of the time based on racism, that different races should remain segregated and apart from one another.

We would like to encourage the public and the Red Bubble Community to reflect on the numerous forms that racial discrimination can take in society. In addition, we invite our RedBubble Community to join forces in the fight against racism.

This event not only acknowledges the potential of peoples from around the world. It also represents a tangible effort to build a society characterized by harmony, equality and respect for diversity.

Gather your creative and social conscience powers, make a t-shirt, piece of art, write a poem or a journal and upload it. Express your story and yourself in a positive and outward way. Not only can you provide another voice to create a better force, but you might help someone else (and yourself) feel better.

ACTION NEWS - APRIL 14 2008

ACTION !!!
ACTION NEEDED NOW BY NORTH AMERICAN ARTISTS

Your rights as a creative are under threat! A bill is being promoted whereby artwork, animations or anything creative made by YOU will be FREE PUBLIC DOMAIN UNLESS you pay $5 per piece to register your copyright. ACT NOW to protect your intellectual property as artists (the starving ones need you most!) IF THIS BILL IS MADE LAW, WILL LEGALISE ART THEFT AND EXPLOITATION OF ARTISTS IN THE US!
Article Link
Other ACTION links to help you find VOICE...
United States House of Representatives
United States Senate
Open Source Letter Posted by Helen Bascom, copy and adapt to suit, permission granted! For more links and info. you can also visit Helen's Journal.
Here is the letter I faxed to my Representative and sent via email. Feel free to adapt this letter for your use - Helen Bascom

Congressman Baron Hill
279 Quartermaster Ct.
Jeffersonville, IN 47130
Phone: (812) 288-3999
Fax: (812) 288-3873

Re: The Orphan Works legislation

Dear Congressman Hill:

My name is Helen M. Bascom and I live in Jeffersonville, Indiana. After reading about the Orphan Works bill, I am outraged that this could happen in my country.

This Orphan Works legislation, if passed, will severely impact my income and life as an artist/photographer. Not only will it give license for others to legally steal and use my work for free, it will be virtually impossible for me to afford the time and money to register my creations in all the potential new registries. Commercial registries will be the only organizations that will profit from this legislation.

I have thousands of photographs and works of art and I simply can not afford to register my works, even at a few dollars each. This bill, if passed, will force me to close my on line galleries which will destroy my business. Should someone consider my work to be orphaned and take my work for their own use, I can not afford the legal fees to protect my copyright.

I demand that you to vote AGAINST the Orphan Works bill and protect my rights, my copyrights, to all that I have and will create.

Thank you.

Regards,

Helen M. Bascom,
Bascom Digital Art

REDBUBBLE DISCUSSION LINK

Create ART in your ANGST!

ACTION !!!
CONTINUING CREATIVE PROTESTS FOR TIBETAN LIBERATION DURING THE OLYMPICS IN BEIJING - 2008

Some of the recent contributions available at RedBubble.com, wear your conscience on your chest, let people know that YOU are in support of Human Rights in Tibet by creating a statement or buy one!



ACTION !!!
CHEMTRAILS


The discussion about the validity of chemtrails continues in the forums, contribute to the education, brought to you by trickyruby.


UNION ACTIVITY !!!

NEW AIMS NEW DIRECTION
To move this idea forward, it's gonna be necessary to streamline organisation and publishing HEAPS more. With a growing network, to reach as many people as possible, I am working as hard as time permits to grow the potential of the group and it's aims. That's why it was necessary to implement some new organisation and rules into the groups overview, please make sure that you take a close look at these documents, they affect every member of the group from here on in...
NEW! Overview - now provides clearer aims and an overview for the group
NEW! Mission Statement - linked in the forums from the overview page
NEW! Rules - necessary to cover our bases
NEW! Terms and Conditions - you agree when you click 'join', link from the Rules
NEW! Disclaimer - just some minor but important legal stuff, link from the Rules

ART ACTION UNION PROTEST PORTAL
An independent website is in production for the Art Action Union Group on RedBubble.com. It is intended to be a primary promotional point that allows more control and integration with activist artists and existing activist activities, I hope! More news about this as things develop.

NEW GOOGLE AUSTRALIA RANKING
Due to the mind-boggling wonders of key word search database technology, a little tweaking of the wording on a particular page and a little adage to the title and the Art Action Union Group now gets a number one rank on my Google Australia search when I type in ACTIVIST ART... perhaps a small and petty feat, but something to spur things on. Looking at the web in general, the concept we have going in partnership with RedBubble is quite unique I think. Ideas are welcome on how we can spread the word to like minded activist artists and thinkers, add any brain storms to the forums.

HELEN BASCOM ON BOARD AS HOSTESS
Read about Helen in "Current Issues Feature Artist - April 2008" a rich addition to the AAU plan, she is also the co-host of the Current Issues group and forms a great partnership with me. Honestly, she is one of the most passionate people I know!

I Would Die 4 U by Helen Bascom

ASPIRE TO INSPIRE!!!


kathleen

ACTION MAIL - MARCH/APRIL 2008

WHICH DO YOU FEEL MORE PASSIONATE ABOUT...

OR DO YOU CARE FOR ALL... THESE ISSUES ARE WIDESPREAD AND ACUTE...

BEIJING OLYMPICS PROTEST ABOUT THE TREATMENT AND CONTINUED OPPRESSION OF THE TIBETAN PEOPLE.
(Initiated by Ross Robinson)

Add you voice to THIS PETITION
IT'S MASSIVE BUT NEEDS MORE AND MORE NAMES....

Express your feelings about how the Upcoming Olympics in Beijing is an insult to the Dali Lama and the the many Tibetans who are experiencing blatant oppression of their rite to belief and freedom! CREATE SOME ART THAT WE CAN EDUCATE AND CREATE AWARENESS AND UPLOAD IT NOW!!!


The Olympianks - tshirt on sale at www.redbubble.com

Please remember that the Olympic Rings are under strict copyright

Forum for this topic

SPIRITUAL FREEDOM

In compliment to the above mission, please consider adding to the Spiritual Freedom forum in the Practising the Dark Arts Group or the complimentary Action Union Forum for this topic.

You may also like to participate in the Group challenge-spirituality in another dimension in the Parallel Dimensions group.


CHEMTRAILS

TrickyRuby has suggested that we raise awareness about the lurking and hazy poisons and dangers surrounding Chemtrails from Aircraft if you know stuff about this and have opinions and knowledge to share please consider ACTION ADDING THEM TO THE FORUMS AND MAKE SOME PROTEST ART ...

ALSO IN THE FORUMS WE ARE GATHERING INFORMATION FOR FUTURE AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS FOR:

BIO-FUELS - NOT SO GOOD

AND

CARBON TRADING

PLEASE ADD EDUCATION AND NEWS LINKS TO INFORMATIVE SITES AND OTHER ACTIVIST/PROTEST ART...

ADD ANY TOPICS YOU ARE CONCERNED WITH TO RAISE AWARENESS IN THE

CONCERNED PERSON'S REGISTER


ASPIRE TO INSPIRE
:-) kathleen

Action for Sorry...

CO-ORDINATED ACTION

The active and passionate artists at RedBubble have co-ordinated in the past to flood the site and their audience with social awareness.

Some outstanding examples are shown here.

Sorry Australia - 13th February 2008
Providing a voice for everyday Australians to Say Sorry to Indigenous Australia

Collective Collected Sorry's - a forum dedicated to National Sorry Day



Sorry by Helen McLean




SORRY - AT LAST by Melinda Kerr

Anti-Whaling Protest Art 2008

CO-ORDINATED ACTION

The active and passionate artists at RedBubble have co-ordinated in the past to flood the site and their audience with social awareness.

Some outstanding examples are shown here.

Action Whaling 08
In response to the Japanese Whaling Activities in the Southern Oceans


Save the Whales by tori r



Whale by Sam Mortimer


Written protests...

Senseless Slaughter by Darren Stones

Hope For Our Whales by Shayne 2011