Neue Serie: Politischer Stadtrundgang in Marburg

Nach meiner langen Reise ohne allzuviel politische Einflüsse war es richtig komisch, die ganzen Sticker, Plakate, Graffiti usw. hier in Marburg zu sehen. Um diesen Aspekt meiner Unistadt etwas näher zu beleuchten, habe ich mich entschlossen, dies in meinem Blog vorzustellen. Das soll anhand der besten Fotos, die ich von dieser politischen Artikulationsform mache, geschehen. Hier nun die ersten Ergebnisse dieser "Forschungsarbeit".

Coming back to Marburg I got struck by the amount of posters, stickers, the graffitti and so on that I did not see during my journey. Now I will start a photo serial to show this aspect of the political life in "my" town in the middle of Germany.


"Black red gold" does not feed me


Block G8 - Appeal to block the G8 summit in Germany


Privatisation is theft of public belongings


Prevent the nazi demonstration in Rüsselsheim (near Frankfurt)
One barricade says more than a 1000 words...


Official graffiti wall...


...and an unofficial graffiti wall ;-)


On a cigarette distribution machine:
Capitalism can lead to a slow and painful death


I answer back - Stop everyday sexism


Minimum wage now - No G8: People before profit


A squirrel - a logo of a local activist group


There is enough for everyone

And to conclude let's have a look on this series where the ad of a club called "Rockbar" has been altered:

Socialism is "rockbar" (which means you can rock it)


Anarchism is "rockbar" (which again means you can rock it)


Communism is "rockbar" (which again means you can rock it)

To be continued...

Video from a Jazz Club in Harlem

Here is the first of some music videos from New York.
The guy at the beginning has a really great voice!
(The quality is quite bad, sorry, I recorded it with my mobile...)


www.myspace.com/thevoiceofgregoryporter

Letztes Wochenende im Ruhrpott...

...hab ich an einem TeamerInnen-Seminar der DGB-Jugend zur Vorbereitung auf Berufsschulbesuche, bei denen andere TeamerInnen und ich den Azubis erklären, was Gewerkschaften sind, was Tarifverträge enthalten und wie sie entstehen und was ihre Rechten und Pflichten im Betrieb (und in der Schule) sind. Außerhalb des sehr anregenden Seminarprogramms haben wir neben Volleyball und Tischtennis spielen auch gekickert (Tischfußball gespielt), aber an einem besonderen Kicker, wie ihr hier sehen könnt:


Außerdem hab ich auf der Rückfahrt ein sehr interessantes Reiseziel am Bahnhof entdeckt:

Wer möchte da nicht gern hin...

Let's face it: smash G8

Ein kurzes Mobilisierungsvideo von attac zum G8-Gipfel in Heiligendamm Anfang Juni.

A short but nice mobilizing video clip from attac Germany for the upcoming G8 summit in Heiligendamm, Germany.

Sorry, only in German...
Main slogan: "Join us - The world needs you!"

Am morgigen Freitag abend gibt's übrigens ne Party unter dem Motto "Zone rebelde" im Marburger Trauma mit den Djs Carambolage und luchaamada.
Und diesen Samstag sind alle (potenziellen) GipfelstürmerInnen zu einem informativen und an den beim Gipfel relevanten Dingen orientierten Workshop von der Heidelberger Gruppe "Block8Aid" in die Waggonhalle eingeladen. Das Ganze beginnt um 11 Uhr.

Last photos from New York (mainly Central Park)

So liebe Leute,
nun gibt's endlich die versprochenen Bilder aus New York, nochmal mit englischen Beschreibungen, damit auch die Menschen, die ich unterwegs kennenlernen durfte, etwas davon haben...

Here now the promised photos from New York which were mostly taken in or near Central Park during my last day in the United States of America. Enjoy!


Sculptures in front of the Southern entrance of Central Park


No money left, not even for some water...


And I thought tuk-tuks would just exist in Asia...


Baseball in Central Park


"Please do not feed" or: A very modern zoo ;-)


Prices that are way too expensive for me...


...but not for those guys


Musicians in Central Park


A lot of people in Central Park


Welcome dear spring :-)


A small lake in Central Park


A musician playing saxophone in Central Park


Musicians near Central Park


There were some nice pictures with interesting explanations in the exibition "Europe and the Islamic World" in the Metropolitan Museum


A hall with sculptures in the Metropolitan Museum


Spanish sculptures in a beautifully designed room in the Metropolitan Museum


A musician in front of the Metropolitan Museum


Environmental activism near Central Park I:
it was impressive to see the ice melting away on the sidewalk


Environmental activism near Central Park II


Me in Central Park


Typical buildings in Harlem


Rats are everywhere in the subway of NY


Go it? "Push Bush" ;-) Nice idea, isn't it?


Just a "No Parking" sign?


No, it was being improved to "No G8" fitting well to the upcoming G8 summit in Germany in just a few weeks from now.

That was it concerning the photos. If I find the time, I will add some videos of the really nice musicians I could listen to on my last day in New York...