MEET YOU AT THE CROSSROADS: WEEKLY PUBLIC IMAGE FROM THE GLOBAL STREETS
The aim of Meet You At The Crossroads is to circulate, document, provoke, inspire and support. It is a library of public images of resistance, rebellion, revolt and rebuilding occurring in cities right across the globe, often on the streets; in the public realm. You are invited to send in your images and sign up to receive a weekly public image.
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2011 is likely to be the year when 'Who Dares Wins'. There are attempts throughout the globe to quickly dismantle equality and social justice policies/ideas. Resistance and refusal is everywhere. Moreover people are working to move beyond the status quo and build something anew; a year of the possible.
The name for this library arrived as a result of discussions we were having around how everything (democratic deficit, financial deficit, confidence deficit, equality deficit etc) is seemingly at a ‘crossroads’. This year every idea, every concept, every policy is a battleground and ‘who dares will win’. 2011 is likely to be a crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point.
Further references for the title include: Abdoumaliq Simone’s recent book City Life from Jakarta to Dakar, Movements at the Crossroads, the Red Shirts protest movement that occupied the main crossroads in Bangkok’s Central Business District, the physical crossroads where police in London have kettleld student demonstrators, Public Image Ltd (This Is Not A Love Song), the saying "I’ll see you at the crossroads", the metaphorical possibility for crossovers at crossroads, and of course Situationist International.
Since General Public Agency closed in 2010 we have missed receiving their weekly image email, so we thought we should set about doing it for ourselves. Submit your image from anywhere in the world or join the mailing list via the links above.
This Is Not A Gateway
ANOTHER (PISSED!) NEW YORKER AGAINST BANKER GREED
Tuesday 27 September 2011
Occupation of Wall Street | New York | Day 11
Image by Giles Clarke
THIS SFSS IS NOT MY SFSS
Wednesday 14 September 2011, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Image contributed by Trenton Oldfield
At the start of the 2011 Summer holidays the staff of the Simon Fraser University Student Services (LGBT, Women's Centre, Free Legal Services) have been locked out of their offices. More information
BLOOD NATION WOMEN
Friday, September 9th, 2011
Image contributed by Arnell Tailfeathers
"Three Blood Nation women (Louis Frank, Jill Crop Earred Wolf and Elle-Maija Tailfeathers) were arrested, Friday night, Sept. 9, while blockading oil and gas fracking on Blood Nation land in southern Alberta Canada, near the Montana border. Maija Tailfeathers said in a text message, "Just got arrested. In the back of the cop car with Lois Frank. Texting with handcuffs. 3 Blood Tribe women."
PLANNED LABOR ACTIONS
5 September 2011
American Federation of Labor - Congress of Industrial Organization
ABORIGINAL TENT EMBASSY
19 August 2011, Capital Hill, Canberra, Australia
Image submitted by Axelle Bergeret-Cassangne
40th Anniversary -Thursday 26th Jan 2012
WE WILL NO LONGER REMAIN IN THE SHADOWS
LIVE- Undocumented youth sit-in @ ICE headquarters in LA in protest of "Secure Communities" & Police/ICE collaboration: http://bit.ly/orrwOa
Submitted by @brownisthecolor
'CALAIS' July 30th 2011
Activists and radical kitchen collectives set up clandestine vegan kitchens and guerrilla feeding stations using ethically sourced food to feed the north African migrants freshly cooked meals, resisting unrelenting pressure from CRS and PAF (French immigration forces) to prevent 'unauthorised' civil assistance to undocumented migrants.
Photo contributed by Siraj Izhar
TRIUMFALNAYA SQUARE, MOSCOW, 31 JULY 2011
Photograph contributed by Yuri Timofeyev
Strategy-31 is series of civic protests in support of the right to peaceful assembly in Russia guaranteed by Article 31 of the Russian Constitution. Since July 31, 2009, the protests are held in Moscow on Triumfalnaya Square on the 31st of every month.
ADIOS GRAINER
"North London - Wood Green civic centre. People from the Wards Coalition Corner celebrating the success of their campaign against the developer who wanted to knock down their market."
Photograph contributed by Martine Drozdz
POSCO OUT
"People in Singur, India celebrating the return of their land, acquired for Tata's automobile project, Nano."
Image contributed by Joe Athialy
FREEDOM FOR PALESTINE
Image contributed by @taniaelk
Image taken onboard a motor vessel on the River Thames, London. Passengers were demonstrating their support forwww.freedomflotilla.eu on the 29th June 2011.
BLOOMBERVILLE, NEW YORK, JUNE 2011
Image contributed by Shameel Arafin
More information on 'Bloombergville'
WILL MY BLOOD BECOME WATER IN YOUR EYES,
WILL YOU FORGET MY BLOOK-SOAKED ROBE
Photo submitted by Nada Amin, Taken 06 June 2011, Cairo, Egypt
The stencil is of Khaled Mohamed Saeed
#WOMEN2DRIVE
Manal Al-Sharif is a woman who was arrested on Sunday (22nd May) as a result of posting this video of herself driving (English subtitles) in a small Saudi Arabian city. There is no law against women driving in Saudi Arabia, however only men drive. Manal Al-Sharif is also one the organisers of #women2drive set to occur on June 17th. It is understood Manal Al-Sharif is still in police custody.