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By: H

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 17:35:52 +0000

housing boards? interested in coming but i need a place to stay!!

By: Tucker Waterson

Tucker Waterson — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:46:55 +0000

My brother and I are coming from Pennsylvania for the 21st. We’re brining 3 or 4 friends and may need a place for for them to stay. My brother and I have a friend with a small apartment in Arlington but he may not have room for everyone. I know St Stephs is an option but is there anything else available?

Thanks and as far as JP”s and Nic’s comments above; I think it is a good idea to keep these actions seperate but on the same date as ANSWER’s activities. ANSWER for better or worse will draw media and public attention. I also do nto believe this should be a black block action but I do believe in direct action.

We voted for the President on the basis of a number of promises. So far, it does not look like he is making good on those promises. If he intends on leaving 50,000 troops in Irag indefinatley then this in not “change”. Thousands more to Afghanistan? What is that?

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 18:25:18 +0000

And looking beyond the March 19 and March 21 actions, anyone who is in D.C. to protest the WB/IMF’s spring meetings in April should take time out to attend “Earth 911: A Wake-up Call for Obama Nation” at 6 p.m. on Saturday, April 25. Derrick Jensen and Mickey Z. will be speaking at the event, which will take place in the Rosslyn section of Arlington, Va., one Metro stop across the Potomac River from D.C. Here’s a link to info on the event: http://www.pressaction.com/news/weblog/earth911

By: Nic

Nic — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 01:37:36 +0000

I do like the idea of having action separate from ANSWER but do not understand 2 main points of this group: 1-why have the action on the same weekend, I understand that it is going to be a relatively large march, probably smaller than in past years, but why not organize an entirely separate weekend of action. 2nd- the construction of the group as “closed” is a bit disturbing. It seems like this will turn in to, the pardon the negative tone, a typical anarchist demonstration of direct action that leads to a few broken windows and some arrests, at least at the past DC anti-war protests that I have been at. I hope the word can spread and I will do my part but a more inclusive organizational model may be needed. Good luck and I hope to see many represented in DC next month!

By: J.P.

J.P. — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 15:45:19 +0000

I think you should make clear that this is NOT a call for a black bloc.

Also, I assume this April you will be working against the IMF/World Bank.

By: Jesse

Jesse — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 01:52:48 +0000

Will there be housing boards for out-of-town activists? I’d love to come out and bolster the ranks (still itching after last summer’s action) but I don’t have a place to stay out there for four+ days.

By: Liam

Liam — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 05:17:43 +0000

Re: fliers & posters
Perhaps this is weird, and I’m sorry if it comes off harsh but your promotional material is not going to work well as it is currently. It would be cool to have all the fliers as 8.5×11 (and/or 11×17) PDF’s available for download, because gifs can do weird things. Also there is a lot happening on them and it behoove the designer to rethink the layout of the text and graphics, “splashy,” graff stuff is cool and all but don’t sacrifice readability and meaning for subcultural capital. Also, a lot of the greys will become totally black duing the print and reprinting process.

If you have the typeface helvetica, the easiest thing to do is use the grid on illustrator or indesign or photoshop (or whatever you’re working with–a lot Universities have open-access labs) and make the heading enormous. Something in 89 or 155 saying “DAWN (shift + enter) OF A (Shift + enter) NEW ERA” all justified left. and then your following text, possibly 34, 21, or 18 as the tag line of “anti-capitalist bloc” or whatever and then the dates either in a new block of text that repeats the same shapes and grid lines (think of squares inside of squares) or immediately flowing the first heading and tag line in a different way that stands out but does not immediately disrupt you from seeing the heading first” going from Black or Bold to Medium or Roman and then Light tends to work well.

Overall, the posters look pretty good but would really benefit from being refined.

Check out the site: http://www.papress.com/other/thinkingwithtype/index.htmm

it’s the online version of the book thinking with type by Ellen Lumpton. It’s incredibly helpful.

kisses,
-Liam