UPCOMING EVENTS:

09/15 GRIID CLASS: MAKING SENSE OF US FOREIGN POLICY: A 6-WEEK WORKSHOP
MONDAYS 7-9M @ THE BLOOM, 1134 WEALTHY SE.

Do you want to make sense of what the US is doing globally? What motivates US policy in Iraq, Israel and Venezuela? Discuss US foreign policy since WWII, politically, economically and militarily. Decide what kind of actions can be taken to resist those policies. To sign up contact Jeff at jsmith@mediamouse.org.

09/22 CATCHING OUT
8 PM @ THE DAAC, 115 S. DIVISION AVE. $3

Contemporary hobos dissent against mainstream American consumer culture by traveling for free on freight trains. The film follows a seasoned eco-activist named Lee, a young nomad named Jessica, and a tramp couple known as Switch and Baby Girl navigating between the constraints of society and the freedom of the road.

10/TBD RNC REPORT BACK & FILM SHOWING
7 PM @ THE DAAC, 115 S. DIVISION AVE. $3

Hear how the actions at the RNC went down from local activists who were on the scene. See documentary footage of the actions how they really happened–not how they were reported by corporate media.

10/19 ELECTORAL POLITICS DISCUSSION & VEGAN POTLUCK
3 – 5 PM @ THE BLOOM, 1134 WEALTHY SE.
Can voting really change things? What do the candidates really stand for? Who’s financing them? Who will they really be working for after the election?

NEW MATERIALS:

Savage Mules: The Democrats and Endless War by Dennis Perrin. Americans consider Democrats the “anti-war party,” yet they have supported the surge and continue to approve spending on the was in Iraq. “Savage Mules shows a party at odds with its public image on this key issue in the race for the white house.”

How Shall I live My Life? On Liberating the Earth from Civilization by Derrick Jensen et al. “Discusses the destructive dominant culture with tenpeople who have devoted their lives to undermining it.”

Disaster and Resistance Comics and Landscapes for the 21st Century by Seth
Tobocman. A visual storytelling that outlines pressing social and political struggles at the dawn of the 21st century.

Toolbox for Sustainable City Living by Scott Kellogg and Stacy Pettigrew. Step by step instructions for city dwellers on producing one’s own food, collecting water, managing waste, reclaiming land and generating energy. Burning the Future. DVD. Documents how West Virginia is being devastated by mountaintop removal coal mining and shows how some West Virginians are trying to stop the resulting flooding, water contamination, illness and death. Michigan’s existing and proposed coal energy plants depend on this coal for operation.

Catching Out. DVD. Contemporary hobos traveling for free on freight trains navigate between the constraints of society and the freedom of the road.

REFER A NEW MEMBER. RECEIVE A PASS TO A FILM SHOWING!

As a Bloom Collective member, you know what a wonderful resource The Bloom Collective is for anyone involved in social change issues–whether that involvement is learning the basics or finding the materials you need to sustain success.

Please tell your friends! We will give you a free film showing pass for every new member you refer.

NEW VOLUNTEER POLICY

Would you like to volunteer at The Bloom but thought the requirements were too much for your schedule? Our new volunteer policy makes it easier if you’d just like to flier, help at an event or do an occasional shift at the Bloom. Stop by and ask us how you can help!

MALLORY KNOEDEL COLLECTIVE ORGANIZING WORKSHOP DRAWS CROWD FROM GR, TOLEDO

It was a full house Aug. 3 for this workshop which shared valuable insights on how to run an organization collectively, by consensus. Mallory tailored the workshop to meet individual needs of those in attendance, which included Bloom Collective members, folks from Toledo’s October Fifteenth Anarchist Collective, representatives from some GR nonprofits and more.

BENEFIT THE BLOOM COLLECTIVE

The Bloom Collective does accept donations, from people like you and from benefit events. One small point: we can’t accept checks or credit cards. Want to support radical social change? Contact us for more information on how you or your organization can benefit The Bloom Collective. We’re also looking for tabling opportunities so we can invite even more people to become a part of The Bloom Collective

GONE PROTESTING!

Closed Aug. 29 through Sept. 5

The Bloom Collective will be closed from August 29 through September 5 because many of our collective members will be taking action at the RNC in the Twin Cities, MN. Watch for RNC updates on mediamouse.org.