Author: patches

Stop Scripps in 2012

For years the communities of Palm Beach county, along with many determined environmental activists, have stood in front of many of South Florida’s worst developmental excesses. This has included campaigns against the expansion of nuclear and natural gas plants and…

And Now…The Forums

forum.foodnotbombs.net is now available! We’ ve got sections for chapters to discuss and post their news, and most importantly a tab for planning for the 2012 Gathering in Tampa! It’s new and small and won’t stop crying at the moment…

Peace City, Miami, Days 1 & 108

For some reason, the weekend of October 15th was the weekend all the cool kids decided to Occupy stuff in Florida. It didn’t seem to rely on this new “direct democracy” or on people’s actual ideas on how to change…

Occupying the barracks: make art, not war

[Reposted with permission from the writer, Lily Lynch, see original article here. Thanks Lily!!!] When former socialist military spaces become new temples of alternative culture, not everyone is happy about it. Whereas in Slovakia the art squatters become institutionalized, in…