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CULTURE JAMMING - CRITERIA: Criteria to Consider * Non-Violence * Any gun freak can shoot bullets at the White House.. but does it advance society? * * Degree of Difficulty * How hard was it to get to where the attention is? How many miles were traveled by either the Jammer or the Jammee? * * Chance of Arrest * Was the attention area swarming with armed security (ie: Secret Service, FBI, local police, etc.) * * Public Shaming of Political Officials * Will a respected (or revered) leader become publicly embarassed by the culture jammer's actions? * * Upsetting of Planned Events * Did the actions of the jammer throw off an existing schedule or program? * * Personal Danger to Career/Livelihood * Will actions jeopardize the career of the Jammer due to blackballing or jail sentencing? * * Reaching the Masses * Was the activity, or the result of the activity, visible from afar? Did the action break the corporate media barrier and receive mention on the evening news or in the next day's newspapers?

Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern • Directors November 25, 2008 "Appalled by injustice" Cineuropa: What was the starting point for Louise-Michel film?

(Delépine: A short series we made for Canal +: Don Quichotte de la Revolucion, the story of an utterly mad anarchist and a Sancho Panza-style pizza delivery man who set out to attack major multinationals. In the end, they want to kill a company boss, but the real head is in fact at La Défense; then their plan leads them to Brussels and finally a tax haven. Using this framework as a base, we changed everything to create the film Louise-Michel.

What’s the reason behind the reference to historical figure Louise Michel? Delépine: Our friend Noël Godin (author of the Anthology of Radical Subversion) told us all about the great anarchists of the past. Louise Michel – one of the first feminists – perfectly symbolised our story. Even if she wasn’t a transsexual, she disguised herself as a man on the barricades and recounted how she dressed as a woman when she attempted to murder Thiers. http://cineuropa.org/interview.aspx?lang=en&documentID=88103

The Festival Whirl; The utopian possibilities—and dystopian realities—of the modern film festival by Richard Porton posted September 8, 2009 http://www.movingimagesource.us/articles/the-festival-whirl-20090908

Considering the anarchist cinema of the 21st century by Richard Porton posted February 10, 2009 http://www.movingimagesource.us/articles/revolutionary-mode-20090210

Scenes from a revolution Anarchist film during the Spanish Civil War By Marie Trigona The Leopoldo Lugones theatre is showing the retrospective, Anarchist film during the Spanish Civil War: Images from the rearguard, a series of documentary and fictional film reflecting ruffian counter-culture, working class struggles, women’s emancipation and land collectivization during the years 1936-1938. http://www.revolutionvideo.org/alavio/englishhome/publications/anarky%20cinema.htm www.alavio.org

NOEL GODIN Part social philosopher and part guerilla artist, Noel Godin is best known to Americans as 'that guy who threw a cream pie in Bill Gates' face.' Godin lives in Brussels, Belgium and is the author of Anthology of Radical Subversion and Cream and Punishment, the latter his autobiography. He has been "flanning" (pie-ing) celebrities for 20 years. Here are some things others have written about him:

"This provocateur is widely feared in France and Belgium where, under the pseudonym George Le Gloupier, he has taken to assaulting prestigious thinkers, media figures and politicians with cream cakes." "His surprising popularity is the result of his careful vetting of targets, who tend to be figures with a limited sense of irony at their own expense. "I flan people in the spirit of the abusive letters the Dadaists sent to worthless celebrities," he told The Observor magazine. "The aim is always to denounce them in some way. I do not want to slide into facile sensationalism. Every victim has to be thoroughly justified."" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No%C3%ABl_Godin

The Raptorial HOF is dedicated to activists whose actions in support of what they believe in are particularly noteworthy. The Hall of Fame also enshrines artists who succesfully turn a dominant media paradigm upon itself and creative troublemakers who (non-violently) 'fuck shit up'. http://www.raptorial.com/HOF/index.html

CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY' - In Theaters October 2nd "It's a crime story. But it's also a war story about class warfare. And a vampire movie, with the upper 1 percent feeding off the rest of us. And, of course, it's also a love story. Only it's about an abusive relationship. "It's not about an individual, like Roger Smith, or a corporation, or even an issue, like health care. This is the big enchilada. This is about the thing that dominates all our lives — the economy. I made this movie as if it was going to be the last movie I was allowed to make. "It's a comedy." — Michael Moore Check back for updates at http://www.michaelmoore.com