Sporeprint Infoshop

The Becoming Vegan discussion group explores the vast range of issues around becoming and living as a vegan. We address everything from racism, feminism, food politics, spirituality, consumerism/classism, identity,
ethics, activism, etc. Join us this month in analyzing the relationships between veganism and pet ownership/guardianship. Should vegans have pets? Should they not? What can you feed a pet? (taste-testing included!) Is a vegan pet a form of unethical "experimentation"? Would you save your child
from danger before your pet? "For more information: http://becoming-vegan.info"

This monthly series will explore the heritage of the radical labor movement through film. Films will tend to focus on the Industrial Workers of the World, but will not exclusively feature the IWW. The first film will be "The Wobblies" (1979) which is a documentary that interviews the radical labor activists of the 1920s.

Saturday April 4, Noon-3p

Introduction to creative guitar stressing balanced educational initiatives.
Child safety first, communication, grown-up involvement/participation,
community sponsored, and free! All skill levels welcome! See
http://www.cellslam.com for more info.

We believe that people sharing rather than competing can find their own. The RRFM is created out of many people giving and sharing. It isn't just about getting free stuff, although that's an awesome part of it -- but it's about the opportunity in a stifling world to think creatively about the ways in which we can share ourselves with each other without the intrusion of capitalism and money -- goods, services, skills, performances, stories, crafts, food, games, music, clothing, plants, all free. Really? Really! You've got something to share.

This movie deals with every historical and contemporary aspect of hemp usage and cultivation (mainly in the U.S.), which turns out to be a lot. From describing the production of a fibre much more durable and economic than wood, the documentary discusses hemps multilateral uses as e.g. food products, as a non-polluting fuel and as a pharmaceutical product with much less griveous side effects than chemical pharmaceutical products. The film also investigates why America went from a country which produced vast quantities of the non-narcotic industrial hemp, to the complete ban on hemp production in 1938. This story in particular is interesting, and it points out that the large oil-based industries actually had a key role in the aforementioned ban. Food for thought!

Show yer skills or learn from another!

Come on out and help us plan and plot a sweet garden design.

This workshop will present an overview of the basic theoretical and economic concepts of the paradigm that has most influenced the history of socialist thought. Drawing upon both the early and late periods of Marx's writings, the presentation will provide an expansive and easily accessible introduction to the core concepts in Marxian philosophy and political economy. Concepts that will be covered include: dialectical and historical materialism, self-activity and species-being, individuality and social relations, alienation and objectification, political and human emancipation, modes of production, the state and superstructure, ideology and consciousness, the labor theory of value, use and exchange value, commodification and exploitation, necessary and surplus labor time, commodity fetishism, overproduction and overaccumulation, the falling rate of profit, imperialism and war, socialist remuneration and stages, and the relevance of Marx's predictions today.