Comments for the roving house

Comment on To Aaron; Too late. I am sorry. by Cailin O'Toole

Cailin O'Toole — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 14:43:56 +0000

Thank you for posting this John. I too was overwhelmed by the news of this amazing young person. I wonder even if he did indeed take his own life. My heart is heavy for Aaron and his family. I love his part in the human saga. Blessings, Cailin O’Toole

Comment on Today we visited the National Day of Mourning. Plymouth MA. by Sage Rad

Sage Rad — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 20:09:00 +0000

Audio has moved to:
http://archive.org/details/National_Day_of_Mourning_2012

Comment on We checked out a few bands at the Wreck Center, show put on by the Original Local Collective. on 11-24-12 by john ford

john ford — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 22:29:23 +0000

Feel free. Maybe tag them Via:roving house (we have a facebook, but won’t be hosting the pictures there.)

Comment on We checked out a few bands at the Wreck Center, show put on by the Original Local Collective. on 11-24-12 by Julia

Julia — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 22:21:33 +0000

awesome! Can I steal some of these or will they be on a facebook we can tag them in?

Comment on Chicago, NATO protest, May 17-22 Documentary. Part One;Getting there. by Jason Evan Iarossi

Jason Evan Iarossi — Sun, 27 May 2012 20:33:58 +0000

I would like to add my two cents: the authorities are hell-bent on pushing this movement towards violent confrontation because they feel that, in an end-game scenario (to use your metaphor) it will benefit them.
I hope that it never, ever, comes to a real violent confrontation because this signifies the beginnings of a civil war.
With that said, the people have a right to self-defense.

Comment on Chicago, NATO protest, May 17-22 Documentary. Part One;Getting there. by Sage

Sage — Sat, 26 May 2012 20:48:39 +0000

This is good stuff. Thanks for posting it. It’s like i could sort of be there for a half an hour, and taste the flavor of the whole trip. I wish i could have gone, but i’m the type to stick around home if there’s work to be done, but i am grateful and proud of people who went. Now i am focused on urging us to not just get “free” of charges but to go on the offensive and sue the police, under Section 1983 — within one year of the wrongful arrests or violation of civil rights. I wish to fucking hell that someone told me about that after i was arrested in 2001. What the fuck? Like we had the NLG and the ACLU and a half dozen other pro bono lawyers, and NOBODY thinks of suing the cops for tampering with evidence and bald-faced lying on police reports, and judges setting bail at clearly punitive amounts? Seriously folks, wake the fuck up, i must yell to those people 10 years ago. So NOW, i get to be that person, and YELL to all the people around that we don’t rest once we get cleared of ridiculous charges. We sue, as a deterrent, and to gain money for the movement. We put all the money beyond clearly personal expenses and maybe a bit more if a person has suffered life situation damages, but the rest we put into the movement’s coffers and grow. They will learn that, like Godzilla, whenever they strike against us, we grow stronger. Or else, we prove the fucking lie of the “justice” system — either way, it’s forward movement. Thanks for the videos, post more.

By the way, seems like we keep talking about the same things over and over — the nonviolence versus violence, and “are all cops bastards?” We have dogmatists on either side of each question, but we need to ask, “What works?” We need something between Gandhi and Ward Churchill… because the truth really is between those poles. Pacifism is pathology as Ward Churchill polemicizes it, but the urge to destruction is also a pathology. Always be strategic, and always ask the perception from various standpoints, and really, you have to play it like chess. It’s not less complex.

Comment on On the occupation which has taken up the Massachusettes State House steps. by Jason Evan Iarossi

Jason Evan Iarossi — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:45:13 +0000

Excellent explanation of the reason for the Camp Charlie rally. The MBTA should be ashamed of itself for raising fares and cutting back services!

Comment on A controversial topic. by KC Hoye

KC Hoye — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 08:37:27 +0000

Mr. Ford,
I have to wonder how your idea of throwing together with Occupy isn’t just that, banking on the protest. I’m not saying I have a solution, I don’t think there is any one given solution, rather a hundred things every day that each person does on their own. A hundred things with others each day that will make the difference, hopefully changing the nature of discourse and interaction.
Best,
KC

Comment on A controversial topic. by Deborah Sirotkin Butler

Deborah Sirotkin Butler — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 02:47:52 +0000

In fact, the abandoned properties in my home town are leading to actions like artists buying abandoned homes for $100 or collections of homes. Where? Detroit. Occupy Detroit might be worth your visiting. Mind, I haven’t been back for a while, a long while, but I do pay attention. And yes, real shared endeavors of some kind are critical.

Comment on An Occupier lays on life support tonight. by Theresa

Theresa — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 23:35:22 +0000

Thank you for writing this