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A limited edition of thirty? Seems rather capitalistic.
I’m hoping Anarchist Press Conference puts on a benefit show.
When children grow up they learn that just whining ‘down with bad things we don’t like’ is not a solution to a problem.
It’s about resource efficiency and effective growth management. Not ‘social equity’ and stopping NAFTA. Good luck with that.
When the anarchist posers get out of engineering school with a bag of solutions I may start to care what they say.
Errrgh, I hate that the anti CRC movement uses the phrase “A 1950’s solution to a 21st century problem” when their grassroots efforts are still clearly stuck in the the 50s/60s/70s mindset as well.
Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate the effort and like the poster, it just isn’t going to help anything.
Well if there’s any better way to get your message out than with an extraordinarily rare poster sold only in ultra-leftist cafes, then I haven’t heard it.
I don’t want the poster, but I will pay $13 at the door for the show that Andy Mesa mentioned above.
Todd,
They’re selling 30 to raise money to do a larger run of a couple hundred prints at some point in the future. And it’s donation based! On sale from $5-50. Does sliding scale still = capitalist?
“This is not a bridge.” Duh, it’s a snake.
This poster offends me, it’s so blatantly snakeist.
Sarah,
No, you have a point, and I know it takes money to do (most) things in this society, though I think just getting as many copies of the image…perhaps not nearly as nicely printed…out there FAST would be the priority. But they got a little publicity out of it in any case.
It was a bit of kneejerk snark on my part–I still have a soft spot for the ol’ R&B, though I’m not in agreement with these groups on this particular issue. If you’re building a bridge that may last 100 years, across a major river, build it big. Most of the cars will be electric in a decade or two anyway, and you don’t know what other unforeseen uses there may be for those lanes. I know it’s a complicated issue, but that’s my take.
I don’t want to see our tax dollars being spent on a project that doesn’t improve traffic. All the bridge project seems to add is a train tracks and bike lanes for 18th century transportation. Since when does the Red & Black sell something for profit? Isn’t that evil?
Really doesn’t matter what you label it, S. Mirk, anarchist posturing is what it is.
I do not generally comment to the Mercury blog (in part because I find many other comments disgusting)–but I do think it important that folks understand the purpose of the CRC & of this poster.
CRC=I-5 interstate expansion–a $10 billion handout for international freight import/export companies, depleting jobs in most of the US, extorting cheap labor & resources abroad, & poisoning our kids (not to mention ourselves), while cheating ourselves out of numerous better approaches to creating jobs & improving transportation
This Poster=first step in a visibility campaign to show a spectrum of reasons why various communities stand against the CRC. Not the last. Not the whole story.
Pinning opposition to the CRC on a small, minority, or “anarchist posers” does not undermine solid arguments & a history of Portlanders (& community-minded folks around the country) shutting this nonsense down.
As for BS comments about fundraising sales=profit=evil, go tell that to any cooperative, non-profit, or radical organization & people will stare at you like lobsters are crawling out of your nose. I am not going to waste my time arguing against intentionally stupid comments.
“This Poster=first step in a visibility campaign to show a spectrum of reasons why various communities stand against the CRC. Not the last. Not the whole story.”
@ Some body, you mean there’s a SECOND poster in the works?
I find the medium of art a very effective advocacy method. Furthermore I support civic engagement at any level – grateful to see this grassroot work. The poster tells a different story than the $4.9 million PR campaign being shoved down my throat by “team CRC”. In my eyes, it’s the real story:
Of Portlanders standing up against DOT expansion agendas. The poster shows that this project is not a bridge – it’s so much more. It’s livable cities, mobility for all people, clean air and water. It depicts a snake made of money. Reminds me of the origins of this project, “Corridors to the Future” – a federal plan to de-clog major trade routes between Mexico and Canada for NAFTA. Show me one city that built itself out of traffic!
This poster is all about moving into 2011 and acknowledging what we all already know: we can’t go on this way. Let’s start creating the world we can live in before we can’t live in this one.
@Some body – How can you physically type out paragraphs like that, and not realize you’re the crazy guy yelling “Wake up to the secret truth the gubmint doesn’t want you to know, sheeple?!” I mean, you ARE the cliche. Doesn’t that seem at ALL familiar?
No one would seriously suggest selling a hand printed poster that is 100% a fundraiser for a non-profit, all volunteer organization is hypocritical and “capitalist,” that’s about the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard in 2011. (The year is young, I can say that honestly.)
These are at best people without the ability to read a blog post, and at worst just trolls, best ignored.
Okay, so you’re all telling me that you don’t wish you had picked up a handmade poster created by the grassroots group opposing the Mt. Hood Freeway? I sure do.
I’ll probably make my first ever entrance into Red & Black to buy one. Better take off my uniform, first.
I’m still amazed that people are spouting off isolationist anti-NAFTA rhetoric. Might as well argue against gravity at this point.
@stopfeedingtrolls: A limited edition poster for a campaign like this just seems a little odd. Maybe if there hadn’t been a specific number printed, it wouldn’t have seemed so. It seemed too much like an “activist trophy” of some kind, hence my comment. Maybe I’m wrong…I’ve never said that I’m always right.
@Oregometry: Yes, things can be cool and collectible, but the best of them are not designed specifically to be so.
@Todd: Fair enough!
@Some body: Let’s be clear. You’re horribly late to the party. The “first step in a visibility effort” was over a year ago when people were showing up en masse to protest and comment at Project Sponsors Council meetings.
Glad you made it, though! Get those CA license plates off your ’92 Camry yet?
Yup! Our visibility efforts have been underway for over a year and a half at this point. However, we really wanted to see a unified “front” of businesses and organizations that will unabashedly promote our efforts in their windows/on their bulletin boards. Since we are a small, meeting-in-each-other’s-living-rooms sort of group, and we have funded all of our efforts through small donations at events we’ve tabled and our own funds, we came up with this idea to create some great art and make some money while we’re at it. We realize that the image won’t agree with many proprietors, and so with the money we make from our hand-printed limited edition run (it’s limited edition because we made it ourselves, and don’t have the time/resources to create hundreds by ourselves) we will be able to print other posters, with varying phrases and images, that we can then distribute for FREE. By doing so, we will also be able to integrate more volunteers into our efforts, as they poster with us around town we’ll be able to really solidify our network of supporters, and hopefully finally get a bigger PUSH in our visibility and member-base. We feel that this is the year that the CRC, as planned, will really be pushed through, or we will succeed in garnering enough support to successively demand a “back-to-the-drawing-board” approach to create something better for all of us.
Thank you, everyone, for engaging in this discussion. It really is the most important first step.
Thank you SARAH MIRK for ALWAYS giving excellent coverage to this issue. Next time, maybe include the website, though, please.
http://www.stopthecrc.org
I can’t wait for APC’s next limited edition press of their new album, “Lobsters are coming out of your nose”.
I didn’t really mean for my comment to sound so critical. I like the poster, but I’m not the target audience.
Stopping the CRC has a huge backing, but very little action, mostly because people don’t know how to contribute. I think the political activism spectrum has evolved greatly over the past few decades and instead of being “anti” people need something to be “pro” for. For instance the alternatives proposed in Nick Falbo’s and Spencer Boomhower’s videos. (http://vimeo.com/5419575 & http://vimeo.com/16020066) Or the expert panel event put together by PNCA. (http://untitled.pnca.edu/articles/show/900…)
This poster doesn’t fall in line with that approach, but that’s fine because it is meant as a fundraiser targeted at current supporters.
Oh, and I think the new Stop the CRC website looks great!