HCL 7

From the Autonomen of Germany and Europe to the DIY punk and anarchist movement(s) of North America to the radical movements of the Philippines and many other regions of the world, autonomous/independent radically-oriented spaces of one sort or another, many of which fit under the general rubric of "infoshops", are essential to building and maintaining radical communities of resistance for the long haul. Some long-lived and well-rooted examples here in the u.s. of a.

Bridges Across Borders works to dissolve the imagined and imposed borders between us. We work on the borders of Colombia, Panama, and Mexico.

This weekend we are presenting with Debora Barros Fince, Indigenous Wayuu from La Guajira, Colombia. In 2004, her clan suffered a massacre at the hands of Colombian paramilitary. Bridges Across Borders has brought Debora here to speak at the SOA demonstration and we have collaborated to bring attendees to their annual Yanama, a gathering and return to the massacre site to continue to lay claim to their land.

The key part of our presentation will be an active/non-disruptive listening exercise, in which participants will be invited to critically consider their own listening patterns and develop strategies for active and non-disruptive listening. Active listening is an essential skill for developing and refining critical perspectives.

David Banks

Thomas "Chap" Hereford (Catholic priest and former Federal Prison Chaplain), Anthony "Amp" Peterson (small business owner and former Federal Inmate) and Reginal "Reggie" Hardy (minister and former federal inmate) will present on the reasons for and the effects of the "War on Drugs."

The workshop style discussion emphasizes three main points What is food? What has it become? and How do we establish our relationship with food today? what people can do in order to help bring our food systems to a healthier place through thought, action, and language re-programming. The workshop will include examples such as home cooked, home fermented, home brewed, and home grown food stuffs to illustrate how we can take back our food.

Leandra Argyros

Sara Henry will perform and discuss Woody Guthrie songs.

Alexa's presentation is about how the dramatic conflict between different perspectives on graffiti in New Orleans, documented in her ethnographic work, is a microcosm of the larger interplay between the different perspectives on public space.