The Art of Insurrection: An #OWS Creative Roundup
At the heart of insurrection, beneath both good and ugly, is something eerily beautiful. This beauty sits with the unbridled passion of the insurrectionaries. With such passion creativity explodes …on canvasses, in printed materials, on film, scrawled on the walls of public places, etched across ad-spaces, or braided into songs. The exponential growth of the […]
My Father Will Not be Forgotten: Noor Elashi on The Holy Land Five Appeal Ruling
What has happened to Noor’s father and the other defendants in the Holy Land Foundation case is a threat to our constitutional freedoms, a glaring example of prosecutorial bias towards Muslim communities, and an example of the judicial over-reach that has come to define the decade following 9/11. Below is Noor’s comment about the superior […]
Help us on Kickstarter as we Publish 100,000 Copies of the Declaration of Occupy Wall Street
With a generous outpouring of support from activists, artists, and occupiers The Sparrow Project was able to print the first print-run of 10,000 copies of The Declaration of the Occupation of New York City and now we are going to need your help to reach our goal of printing and distributing another 100,000 copies! We […]
Capitalism and Resistance in the 21st Century
CrimethInc Presents: Capitalism & Resistance in the 21st Century two discussions drawing on their new book, Work Can capitalism survive another century of crises? After so much technological progress, why do we have to work more than ever before? Why is the old labor movement powerless to stop the new assault on workers? Can capitalism survive […]
The Declaration of the Occupation of New York City
Help print 100,000 copies of the Declaration of the Occupation by donating at THIS LINK. With a generous outpouring of support from activists, artists, and occupiers The Sparrow Project was able to print the first 10,000 copies of The Declaration of the Occupation of New York City but we are going to need your help to reach our […]
Show Your Support for the Galapagos Preservation Society
A few weeks ago we logged edited the footage below that our good friends The Galapagos Preservation Society (GPS) gathered on one of their recent trips to the region. GPS as well as Darwin Animal Doctors (DAD) are providing a very important service in one of the world last ecosystems that has yet to feel […]
Occupy Wall Street & the Legacy of Martin Luther King
I’ve been pondering a lot about Martin Luther King, lately; more than usual. Every day, down at Liberty Plaza, I can’t help but think that, had he not been murdered, he would be with us. This was especially salient on Tuesday night, October 18, when I did the People’s Mic with Jesse Jackson. Whatever […]
Hipster Cop & the Repression of Occupy Wall Street Protests
There is no question that the relationships law enforcement bodies have developed with activist communities has been a pervasive and chilling one. US history has shown time and time again that those who have chosen to speak truth to power are often faced with ridicule, coercion, intimidation, and out-right violence. The Occupy Wall Street movement […]
Please Help the Sparrow Project Print the First Declaration of the #OccupyWallStreet Movement
Help us print the People’s Declaration of the Occupation of Wall Street on 10,000 booklets by donating at THIS LINK. Please help The Sparrow Project print tens of thousands of pocket-sized booklets of the first declaration of the Occupy Wall Street movement. We have access to a terrific offset printer, recycled paper, and soy inks, […]
Activist Repression & Secretive Prisons Make International Headlines
In the past few weeks the prosecution and incarceration of activists, direct-actionists and philanthropists as terrorists has seen a resurgence in media attention. It’s never too little or too late… Last week The Wall Street Journal took a critical look at the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA) citing that the law was both irresponsible and […]
NYHC Makes Call to Occupy Wall Street This Friday at 3pm!
A CALL TO ACTION, FOR 3PM ON FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2011 LIBERTY SQUARE AT BROADWAY & LIBERTY STREET (DIRECTIONS) Its not often that everything seems to fall right into place, but Tuesday marked one of those synergistic moments for the Sparrow Project as Andy Stepanian was asked to join Black N’ Blue Productions on East […]
Troy Davis: A Circle of Prayer
Motivational posters line the hallways en route to the visitation room. Images of rock climbers, an eagle soaring over clouds, a collection of hands of all pigmentation on a basketball, each with an inspirational one-word message: LEADERSHIP, OPPORTUNITY, ACHIEVEMENT, FOCUS, TEAMWORK. Opportunity? Achievement? The irony was almost outrageous. The hallway was in the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification […]
Activists Vow To #OccupyWallStreet
A national call to action for an impromptu mobilization to reclaim Wall Street on September 17th is currently underway. Taking inspiration from the Arab Spring affinity groups aligned with decentralized groups like Anonymous as well as more mainstreamed outlets like Adbusters are taking to the streets with myriad demands ranging from Wall Street reforms to a […]
Join Alia Malek for a Discussion of PATRIOT ACTS: Narratives of Post-9/11 Injustice
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 13TH, FROM 7PM – 8:30PM AT NEW YORK UNIVERSITY 1 Washington Place, New York, NY, Gallatin Theater (Jerry H. Labowitz Theatre for the Performing Arts) POWERFUL ORAL HISTORIES DOCUMENTING EXPERIENCES OF POST-9/11 BACKLASH Presented by NYU Gallatin & Project Palestine* ABOUT THE BOOK A groundbreaking collection of oral histories, Patriot Acts tells the stories […]
Echoes of Korematsu: The Holy Land Five Case by Noor Elashi
As we approach the tenth anniversary of 9/11, and my father remains incarcerated in a modern-day internment camp, the time in which we live begins to feel less like 2011 and more like 1942. But this week could determine whether today’s justice system is capable of rewriting the sad chapters of our history. I say […]
ACLU Infographic Raises Questions About Prison Industrial Complex
Although it may be hard at times to compartmentalize the work that we here at Sparrow do, avid readers of our blog and followers of our work will see some re-occuring themes. One theme is that we are critical of capitalism, another is that we are critical of the military & prison industrial complexes. With […]
Unity Production’s Creative Video Response to Islamophobia
From Unity Productions comes a powerful testimonial of the 1.8 million Muslim Americans who are as “every-day” as the rest of us. All cliches aside, they’re our doctors, our police, our teachers, and our first responders. To paint this diverse constituency of millions with a broad brush of prejudice because of the actions of a […]
Join Pamela Olson for a Discussion of ‘Fast Times in Palestine’ at Bluestockings Books 8/15/2011
Fast Times in Palestine, tells the story of Pamela Olson, a young woman from small-town Oklahoma whose political innocence was shattered when she wandered into the West Bank in late 2003. Her fellow travelers and young Palestinians introduce her to a world of soul-destroying injustice that outsiders seldom hear about. With new knowledge and dizzying […]
Remembering Danny Bobis: A Life of Wealth, Weighed in Spirit
Danny Bobis was a fellow activist, a drummer, a husband, a surf coach, a math teacher, and a friend to countless people. Danny went missing almost two weeks ago while surfing in Indonesia and after an almost week-long search his body was discovered by a local fisherman. Our greatest fears were confirmed. Danny’s right arm […]
New York Magazine Interviews Andy Stepanian About The CMU
Q. You were a “balancer.” What exactly did that mean, and when did you come to this realization? A. I was actually doing my laundry, and a guard comes up to me and says, “You’re not like all the other Muslim guys, you’re going to go home soon. Keep your head up, you’re only […]
The Financial Institutions Fight Back
A Look at the Unapologetic Greed of the Financial Sector by Stephanie Basile: After causing the largest economic collapse in recent memory and taking our taxpayer dollars to help themselves (but no one else) weather the storm, the financial institutions have somehow decided that the financial laws in this country are too strict! Two recent news […]
New York Magazine Investigates CMU Program & Deceptive Sting Used to Entrap Yassin Aref
This week New York Magazine‘s Christopher S. Stewart published a hard-hitting and deeply personal investigation into the secretive federal prison programs known as Communication Management Units. The units have been given nicknames like “Little Gitmo” and “Guantanamo North” because of the glaring ethnic and racial disparity of inmates designated to these units. 62% of inmates designated to […]
Help Chef Ayinde Spread His Vegan Message on Bravo Television!
Ever since Chef Ayinde Howell partnered with Sparrow Media to bring us his Wildflower Vegan Pop-Up, there has been a groundswell of press attention highlighting Ayinde’s cruelty-free contribution to the grassroots pop-up phenomena. From write-ups in The New York Times, to features on New York Magazine‘s “Grub Street”, this recent press push has helped to […]
Join us This Thursday at 7pm for the Launch of ‘Fast Times in Palestine’
Project Palestine is an organization aimed at illustrating the Palestinian condition through films, music, literature, poetry and art. Join us this Thursday July 7th, at 7pm for a book launch celebrating the release of Fast Times in Palestine and a very special conversation with author Pamela Olson and Noor Elashi. Admission is free and open to the […]