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ARTISTS
AGAINST THE WAR
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AAW
STATEMENT
We deplore the death, destruction and lawlessness that the "coalition
of the willing" unleashed with its invasion of Iraq. We
are shamed by our government's contempt for other cultures and
the silencing of dissent in America. We remain deeply concerned
about the threat to human life in the Middle East and to the
world's memory and history embedded in Iraq. We dramatize our
outrage through ongoing visual actions. Sometimes small movements,
a ripple can express the collective indignation of a community.
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WE
WILL NOT BE SILENT
A T-shirt campaign in Arabic, English, Spanish and Farsi.
NEWS
BULLETIN: Raed
Jarrar's JFK Story
To
order a shirt write us: wewillnotbesilent@gmail.com
"We
Will Not Be Silent" is a statement attributed to a student-resistance
movement in Nazi Germany called The White Rose. It
is a statement of purpose, intended to inspire acts of resistance
and dissent against a corrupt government that abuses its power,
and abandons the rule of law.
All
of us who believe in our freedom and that of others, social
justice, and are against a policy of war, torture and lies,
cannot afford to be silent now.
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These
words caused a disturbing incident at the New York Public
Library last Spring. Read
more: whoisafraid
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IF
YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING...
A printing of posters and stickers grew out
of the postcard project below and our continued effort to
subvert the MTA campaign. It was clear that New Yorkers who
were being warned to be suspicious of each other and packages
in the subway, should be reminded of the true culprits perpetrating
crimes in the White House: ifyouseesomething@gmail.com
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On
the first day of the fourth year of the war in Iraq a contingent
of people walked through the streets of new York with an American
flag that read "NO ALLEGIANCE TO WAR, TORTURE AND LIES"
We stood at four locations: The United Nations, in front of
the Stock Exchange, at The World Trade Center, and at the recruitment
station in Times Square. (pictured right.) On our shirts was
the phrase We will not be Silent" and we handed out the
postcards described below.
Coming
soon more images of the flag on March 20th, in Germany, and
Washington DC
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THE
POSTCARD PROJECT 100,000 postcards (in five different
versions) distributed through stealth at strategic locations
within the metropolitan area of New York City and beyond. Each
card addresses the subject of the Iraq War from a different
point of concern—it was an aggressive war, a crime against
peace; the American people were mislead in the reasons given
for the initiation of this war; the indefinite detention, without
due process, and torture of detainees flies in the face of prevailing
human rights laws; the indiscriminate use of weapons (including
chemical) on civilian populations is in direct contravention
to the Geneva Conventions; the attempt to censor information
on the extent of damage and loss of life, sustained by both
the American military and the Iraqi people (both civilian and
military) obscures the true cost of war; the economic reasons
and the projected financial cost of the war have been both misleading
and underestimated; and last, by implication, the media has
failed to look at the reality of these charges. Contact info:
ifyouseesomething@gmail.com
View
PDF of postcards: postcardproject_all.pdf
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DISARMING
IMAGES
The US government's response to September 11, 2001 marked the
beginning of a world-wide grass-roots antiwar movement, unprecedented
in size and power since the peace and civil rights movements
of the 1960-70s. Recognizing the strength of this inadequately
reported phenomenon, NY Artists Against the War initiated an
open call for visual material from both antiwar activists and
artists. The resulting project is representative but not exhaustive
of creative, nonviolent dissent in the US against the Iraq War
and War Against Terror. This uncensored, 3 monitor, multi-faceted
media installation has been edited for a 60-minute time frame.
To receive a copy of the 3-DVD installation, send your $25 donation
for handling and shipping, along with your name and address:US
Artists
Against the War, PO Box 1874
Canal Street Station New York, NY 10013 (Please write tax deductible
checks over $50 to: A.J. Muste Memorial Institute and write
“Disarming Images” on the memo line.)
Study
Guide with more images and text by Max Kozloff
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New
York City
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DISSENT
STICKERS
This project
came out of an AAW website which focused on issues of civil
liberties. The site lists quotes from both the country's founders
and more contemporary figures. They come from a wide swath of
politicians, religious leaders, Democrats and
Republicans. The stickers have been handed out for car windows
and have been seen blending into and subverting the messages
of ubiquitous advertising on the streets of New York.
More
on the Dissent Sticker Project
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THE
BANNER PROJECT
Artists
Against the War launched a vibrant public statement, which
was visible on the facades of buildings and in the streets
nationwide. We designed and mass-produced 25,000 large, rainbow-striped
banners for Americans to unfurl from windows and carry in
demonstrations. Waving in U.S. cities this past summer and
fall, the banners sent a message for change: WE THE PEOPLE
SAY NO TO THE BUSH AGENDA.
More
on the Banner Project
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Above
:some members at PENN STATION before the RNC
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