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Tuesday, September 23, 2003
Activist Art Triumphs Over Police Harassment
While the Sept. 11 terrorists were busy finalizing their plans to destroy America, police in Washington, D.C., were actively attempting to destroy local activists’ organizing for the scheduled World Bank and IMF meetings by tearing down posters on lampposts and threatening to fine protestors. These severe violations of First Amendment rights are documented in a video shot by renowned activist artist Mike Flugennock.
This video presentation is part of a celebration of Flugennock’s activist art and the public release of “Mike Flugennock’s 2004 Protest Poster Art Calendar,” produced by the Mintwood Media Collective, a progressive, worker-owned and -operated D.C. public relations firm.
See the video and meet the artist, who will be signing copies of the calendar and discussing his work, at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 25, at Idle Time Books, 2467 18th St. NW. More information is available online.
DC Metro Action is published by Michael Schlesinger, a 32-year veteran of electoral and issue organizing who is committed to social justice and to increasing participation in the political process.
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