Author Archives: Brooklyn Culture Jammers
If you are free next Monday, come by and see my play
I will be performing my famous play HOW TO STOP THE EMPIRE WHILE KEEPING YOUR DAY JOB this MONDAY, October 21, as part of the Theater for the New City Scratch Night Festival. This will be the full version of the play, incorporating both information about the second anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street Movement […]
Fukushima in focus–this week’s Sex and Politics
This Thursday on Sex and Politics, We’ll be speaking to Karl Grossman. Grossman has spent the last few decades writing about all things nuclear–everything from nuclear power to nuclear weapons to NASA’s use of plutonium power to drive its satellites. He’s a frequent citation in Project Censored, which tries to share stories that are well-researched […]
TNP statement on Judge’s denial of Rule 29 motion to dismiss sabotage charges
Originally posted on Transform Now Plowshares:
Dear friends and supporters of the Transform Now Plowshares, We continue to ask for your support and help. On October 1, we received word that Judge Amul Thapar denied the motion to dismiss the sabotage conviction as well as denied the motion for a new trial.…
Does the Tea Party WANT a default?
(warning–conspiracy theory ahead) I’ve been watching the clownies in DC dance the debt ceiling dance. What supposedly started as a fight over Obamacare (which more properly should be called ‘Romneycare‘ or even ‘Heritage Foundation care‘) has now morphed into a battle over government size. The Tea Party types, spurred on by ideologues with lots of […]
How to stop the Empire–the Government Shutdown edition
Yesterday the Republicrats managed to shut down the government. While I’d agree with many of my friends that this piece of political theatre is largely the province of the GOP and the Tea Party, there’s more than a bit of blame going for the Dems. Some thoughts: 1. I tour a play about a priest […]
The Clown Archive
This weekend (9/28–9/29) I performed my play A CLOWN, A HAMMER, A BOMB AND GOD at the Figment Festival in Washington DC. For those of you who don’t know, the play is based on the actions of one Father Carl Kabat. On Good Friday 1994 (which fell on April Fool’s day), Kabat dressed in a […]
You will never retire
One of the things that happens with FaceBook (besides the fact that they don’t pay taxes) is that the people you choose as friends act as a sort of filter for your news. You might know this by accidentally logging onto FB as someone else. I was at a cybercafe recently, and the person using the […]
Sentencing for Transform Now Plowshares rescheduled: Now Jan 28, 2014
Originally posted on Transform Now Plowshares:
Judge Amul Thapar has reset the sentencing date for Megan, Michael and Greg at the request of the defense attorneys. All three are currently scheduled for sentencing on Tuesday, January 28, 2014 in federal court in Knoxville, Tennessee. They remain incarcerated at the Irwin County Detention facility in Ocilla,…
The Brooklyn Culture Jam 