Come celebrate the 32-page broadsheet featuring a powerful collection of 30 posters for peace.

2–4pm Saturday 31^st July, 2010

Exhibition Launch upstairs at BRUNSWICK BOUND
361 Sydney Road, Brunswick VIC 3056.
This is a FREE event.

Come collect your free copies of the publication!

Show runs until 28th August.
Open: 10am – 6pm Monday – Saturday, 11am – 5pm Sunday

The 2010 Breakdown Poster Series contains 30 new, original and provocative political posters and poetry.

FEATURING POSTERS by Colin Matthes, HA-HA, Ann Newmarch, John Emerson, 7U?, Kathleen McCann, Olaf Ladousse, Lluis Fuzzhound, Marc Martin, Marc de Jong, Caitlin Poduska, M.P. Fikaris, Van Rudd, Iain McIntyre, Stewart Cole, Aris Prabawa, Tom Civil, Rasool Parvari Moghaddam, Mathew Kneebone, Erik Ruin, KA’a, Bretton Bartleet, Arlene TextaQueen, Lou Smith and Tom O’Hern. And poetry by Ocean Vuong, Anwyn Crawford, Mammad Aidani and Opal Palmer Adisa.

Published by Breakdown Press  \\   Printed in Winter 2010  \\   WWW>BREAKDOWNPRESS>ORG

This project has been funded by the Graham F Smith Peace Trust: www.artspeacetrust.org

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Breakdown Press first created a ‘poster series’ in the form of a newspaper in 2006 to coincide with the Indigenous-led protests and convergence at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. The series was titled The Stolenwealth Poster Series, with artists looking at the issues of Genocide, Sovereignty and Treaty.

In 2006, we initiated The Breakdown Posters addressing issues of corporate globalisation, coinciding with the G20 protests in Melbourne. The Nuclear Posters, in 2007, investigated the nuclear industry in the lead-up to the Federal Election that finally kicked John Howard out for good.

Now we’re very proud to be presenting our 4th Breakdown Poster Series – The Peace Posters.

Breakdown Press, a Melbourne-based publishing outfit with a background in zines, street art, and activism has published a free, 32-page broadsheet featuring posters for peace.

The aim of the The Peace Posters, the latest in Breakdown’s ongoing poster series, is to create compelling designs that promote peace and get them in as many bedrooms, offices, and public places as possible. The poster is an enduring art form that continues to capture our imagination.

We are very excited to have been able to include artwork and writing not only from across Australia, but also from Iran, USA, Spain and France, and also by people whose lives cross many borders. We believe there is much hope to be found in playfully creating solidarity around the world, to build peaceful autonomous alliances that traverse governmental borders.

Actions against war and towards the building of a peaceful society couldn’t be more relevant today. Especially considering not only Australia’s involvement in conflicts overseas (the war in Afghanistan has been raging for nine years) but also the involvement of Australia in the manufacturing of war machines, the use of Australia as a centre for US military bases, and the everyday injustice faced by Indigenous Australians particularly in areas under the Federal Government intervention.

One featured poet, Mammad Aidani, says he hopes that people reading his work “reflect deeper that war and hatred are not the solutions for our problems in this violent world, and recognise that peace, human rights for all and freedom are the only ways which can unite us. We need to respect, care, recognise and learn how to live together regardless of who we are, what we believe and where we come from. We have a long way to go, but we must never lose hope and determination and work as hard as we can to make this dream possible.

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We are able to organise high res versions of the images for re-publishing and/or interviews with featured artists.

For media enquiries contact –
Tom Civil and Lou Smith (Project Artistic Directors) on 0405819955 or info@breakdownpress.org

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BREAKDOWN PRESS
http://breakdownpress.org
http://howtomaketroubleandinfluencepeople.org
PO Box 1283, Carlton VIC 3053
http://www.flickr.com/photos/breakdownpress
The imagination, never domination.

FEATURING POSTERS by Colin Matthes, HA-HA, Ann Newmarch, John Emerson, 7U?, Kathleen McCann, Olaf Ladousse, Lluis Fuzzhound, Marc Martin, Marc de Jong, Caitlin Poduska, M.P. Fikaris, Van Rudd, Iain McIntyre, Stewart Cole, Aris Prabawa, Tom Civil, Rasool Parvari Moghaddam, Mathew Kneebone, Erik Ruin, KA’a, Bretton Bartleet, Arlene TextaQueen, Lou Smith and Tom O’Hern. And poetry by Ocean Vuong, Anwyn Crawford, Mammad Aidani and Opal Palmer Adisa.

Published by Breakdown Press  \\ Printed in Winter 2010  \\
Direction by Tom Civil and Lou Smith

The project has been funded by the Graham F Smith Peace Trust: www.artspeacetrust.org

Please help us to cover our international postage costs. Thanks so much for your support! These prices are pay what you can, and are for International Air Mail. For Sea Mail which can take 2-3 months prices are $20 for 5 copies, $35 for 10 copies, $100 for 40 copies. For the moment postage in Australia if free, but if people or organisations can contribute prices are $10 for 5-10 copies, $22 for 40 copies.

Make all cheques payable to: ‘Breakdown Press’, PO Box 1283, Carlton, Vic, 3053
or pay direct to: ‘Breakdown Press’, Bendigo Bank BSB: 633 000  Account No: 127 570 174
PAYPAL address: info@breakdownpress.org

The Peace Posters is going to be a BROADSHEET NEWSPAPER and distributed for FREE. This is a great chance to get a large broadsheet-sized poster (similar to in size to The Age or Sydney Morning Herald) of your artwork printed and distributed widely! If you are interested in distributing the publication through your networks, organisation or on the street please contact us with your details and the amount of copies you would like to receive at: distro@breakdownpress.org.

We are also looking for ARTICLES and POETRY to be included in the publication! Articles on any of the following issues would be great: Peace Building / The Arms Trade / Redirection of Resources Towards a Peaceful Society / Militarisation of Everyday Life / Global Harmony / Human & Environmental Impact of War. Also any up-to-date writing about Australia’s current role in the region and afar would be great to include as well. Please get in touch if you have any questions or would like to run any ideas past us?

This gives you all another 2 weeks to send in poster designs!

Peace.

X Tom Civil and Lou Smith

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http://breakdownpress.org

http://howtomaketroubleandinfluencepeople.org

PO Box 1283, Carlton VIC 3053
The imagination, never domination.
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The Peace Posters

“Hundreds of thousands of lines of movement and history, criss-crossing in every which direction, with the Preston Market sitting square in the middle.” – Victoria Stead

MARKET CROSSINGS is a collection of stories & testimonies by the traders & patrons of the Preston Market alongside researched insights into the social functions of live markets. This publication was developed over two years during the Market Value project, an innovative cultural development project which enabled participants to express shared values.

The documentary film included in the book captures character portraits of small business owners & employees, the figurative economic canaries in the coal mine. During the global financial crisis as the traders struggle to keep their roller doors open, the developers are forced to temporarily suspend their multi million dollar plans.

This new book has been published by Breakdown Press and produced by TRAX Arts. First released paperback, 10 April 2010  ISBN 978 0 64652 753 6

ORDER BOOKS ONLINE through TRAX.ORG HERE!

LAUNCH EVENT & SCREENING
Saturday 10th April

11am : Greeting & Launch
11.30am : Premiere Screening of Market Crossing documentary

Preston Market
Melbourne, Victoria

View Map

For more information contact:
Bindi Green 0466 280 385
or media@trax.org

Market Crossings MEDIA RELEASE (Click to download PDF)

*Starting 12 April, limited copies of the book will be available to order online at www.breakdownpress.org and www.trax.org

Market Crossings Book Credits

Producers: TRAX, Tara Prowse & Brian Cohen
Editor: Lou Smith (Breakdown Press)
Designer: Tom Sevil (Breakdown Press)
Writer & Researcher: Victoria Stead
Project Manager: Emanuela Savini
Photography: Brendon Mikronis, Brian Cohen,
Sophia Di Venuto, Tom Sevil, Lou Smith, Nico Keenan
Contributing Material: Simon Ly, Stuart Liddell,
Charandev Singh, Dona Poon, Ufouk, Gary Edge, Rosemary
Russell, Tara Prowse, Brian Cohen, Emanuela Savini
Illustrator: M P Fikaris

Hi everyone out there … spread the word.

We’re putting together another Breakdown Poster Series! And this time we’re seeking posters about PEACE.

It’s an interesting time to be reflecting on Australia’s role in international politics, particularly in light of the upcoming visit by the US President Barack Hussein Obama. Australia is still involved in wars of aggression in the Middle East where military interventions are still being enacted. Indigenous people in the Northern Territory, where incidentally a US base is located, are also being subjected to interventionist policies.

This is a great chance for designers, artists and writers to work towards creating a peaceful future. Hopefully these posters will end up on bedroom walls, in workplaces, streets, shopfronts and schools!

Artists and designers are encouraged to use writing and statistics from academics, historians, poets, scientists, activists and song writers in their poster designs. We want to see stencils, printmaking, illustration, painting, typography, photography and collage in poster designs. Think handmade.

So get crackin’ and send ya work in before 1st May!

PEACE POSTERS #4 callout (click to download PDF)
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THE PEACE POSTERS

Wanted: Graphic Artists & Writers
to Create Poster Designs for Social Change.

Seeking poster designs to be published on the following fascinating topics:

• Peace Building

• The Arms Trade

• Redirection of Resources Towards a Peaceful Society

• Militarisation of Everday Life

• Global Harmony

• Human & Environmental Impact of War

Submissions due by: 1st MAY 2010

For publication:
Black & White or Colour
Printed A2 Newsprint
(42cm x 59.4cm)

To find out more about this project email us at: info@breakdownpress.org

email: JPGs to design@breakdownpress.org
post: CD or artwork to PO Box 1283 Carlton VIC 3053

Order copies of our 3 previous Poster Series – The Stolenwealth Posters, The Breakdown Posters and The Nuclear Posters. Currently only available through mail order though our website.

With thanks to the Graham F. Smith Peace Trust for financial support for this project!!

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FESTIVAL PROGRAM 2010

STICKY INSTITUTE Inc Melbourne, Australia
Shop 10 Degraves Street subway under Flinders St station.
Open Mon-Fri 12-6pm and Sat 12-5pm
www.stickyinstitute.com

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WEDNESDAY 03 FEBRUARY 6-7PM at STICKY

Zines and the Punk Scene with DX
You want me to talk about zines and the punk scene?
I will talk about the history of the zine in punk, starting
from the early post-glam and proto-punk newsletters
and contemporaries of WHO PUT THE BOMP?, to
today’s similarly isolated and ignored rags. I’ll attempt
to offer ideas of what kinds of reference points the
most notable zines were drawing influence from so
people can do further research, and give some
solid “real” examples of great fanzine writing and
artwork in a “real zine”.

http://distortcult.blogspot.com/

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THURSDAY 04 FEBRUARY 6-7PM at STICKY

Picaresque/YOU split launch
Two long-running Melbourne zines, ‘You’ and
‘Picaresque’, come together to launch a super special
split zine at Sticky as part of The Festival of the
Photocopier. The zine has been three years in the
making and will finally be released into the world on
the night. There will be readings from the zine by
Luke You and Brendan Picaresque as well as music
from Trixie’s Undersea Adventure as well as free
vegan muffins for all zine fans.
[www.myspace.com/trixiesunderseaadventure]

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FRIDAY 05 FEBRUARY 6-7PM at STICKY

Queer Zine Nite
The Festival Of The Photocopier comes together
with Midsumma to present a queer zine night at Sticky.
Bring along your favourite queer zines for a night of
show and tell and discussion around zines and queer
culture with your hosts Esther and The Love Pump.
www.midsumma.org.au

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SATURDAY 06 FEBRUARY 12-5pm at STICKY

Frenzied zinemaking activity:
TARGET 168 Begins
Get cracking on your zine for Sunday.

See more info HERE

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WEDNESDAY 10 FEBRUARY 6-7 PM at STICKY

Happy Times Comics and Stories Issue 6 Launch
After a deal of perplexing anticipation comes the sixth
issue of my zine series ‘Happy Times Comics and
Stories’. It is the follow-up to my fifth issue, produced
after a long zine-making hiatus, which was described
by my father as having “handwriting that’s difficult to
read”. Come welcome the new issue, all based around
the theme of botany, and see how I do this time.

The author as mediterranean fop.

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THURSDAY 11 FEBRUARY at BAR OPEN 9.30pm

Zine rock n roll show
Brace yourself for a night of zinesters stepping away
from the photocopier AND PICKING UP GUITARS!!!!!

The line up for the night features the debut gig of
Melbourne zinester supergroup The Church of
Hysteria who are launching a 12 inch vinyl EP on
the night. The band started life as a split zine
project for Luke from ‘You’ zine and John from
‘Dilettantes And Heartless Manipulators’ zine.
[www.myspace.com/thechurchofhysteria]
Also stepping away from the photocopier on the night will
be comic drawing super-legend Cougar Flashy And
His Spooky Adventures,
[www.myspace.com/cougarflashy]
Pete Davison who has a hot new zine in the can,
and all the way from Newcastle/Wollongong the one
and only ex-director of Bang A Gong Zine Distro
Maddy Phelan who will be strapping on an acoustic
guitar for the night. [www.myspace.com/maddyphelan]

There will also be a big fat zine stall on the night by Sticky.
Entry is free.
Bar Open, Brunswick Street, Fitzroy.
www.baropen.com.au

All kinds of zinesters make music.

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FRIDAY 12 FEBRUARY
6-7 PM at STICKY and in the subway

Exhibition launch of UNDISCOVERED PRESS
with Platform Artists Group
12 zinemakers from all around the country are
unleashing their extreme and slightly undiscovered
zine making practice on to the masses.

Evolving into a pretty eclectic show of the art of
zinesters, the participating zinesters are
Androniki Douramakos, Arlene TextaQueen,
Marc Martin, Brendan Halyday, Fergus,
Mary-Helen Daly, Sarah Foster, On Wednesday,
Cameron Baker, Pat Grant, Michelle Vandermeer
and Mel Stringer.
http://www.platform.org.au/

7-8 PM at STICKY

Susy Pow: How to make zines your entire life
The puppy revolves around my unending
(unplanned) mission to let zines take over my life.
From making zines to organising zine fairs to running
a distro to hosting and running workshops to talking
at festivals like this sucker to running a zine shop, I’ll try
to encompass all it requires to lose your soul to zines.
Take some advice and lose yourself to zines or simply
come to heckle me about being a sellout or being
boring. Whatever you can take from this, I suggest you
take all measures to ensure you’re satiated.

Susy explains how she makes zines pay the
rent. She’s famous even.

www.zines.wordpress.com

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SATURDAY 13 FEBRUARY
3PM – 8PM CITY SQUARE
ZINE FAIR!

The day zines go above ground.

Just wait till zines hit this freaky scene

WHERE IS THE CITY SQ?
It’s between Collins St and Flinders Lane on
Swanston street where the Bourke and Wills
statue is, and the Brunetti cafe, starbucks and the
Westin Hotel. Don’t embarrass yourself rocking up
to fed square wondering where everyone is.

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THURSDAY 18 FEBRUARY 6-7 PM at STICKY
Textazine 5: Perfical launch
TextaQueen is always armed at a minimum with a
sketchbook and a fine tipped felt-tip pen to draw
performers, people and pets when they least expect
to be captured upon the page. Textazine 5 features a
selection of her recent (non-nude) drawings made
live at odd and ordinary locations across Australia,
North America and Indonesia. Across the 24 colourfully
risographed pages you will find subjects including day
old kittens in a closet, Die Roten Punkte, a deflated
balloon, Sonic Youth, a rhinocerous skeleton, Ween,
Texta’s mum and dad, Yana Alana, subway snoozers,
Meow Meow and Kevin Blechdom. Edition of 250.

www.textaqueen.com

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TUESDAY 23 FEBRUARY 6-7 PM at STICKY

Macarons are Not Macaroons launch
Do you know the difference between a macaron
and a macaroon? Did you even know there was a
difference between macarons and macaroons?
Part educational, part entertaining, mostly about
biscuits, this is the zine launch you don’t want to miss
if you are a fan of either baking or eating the things
other people have baked.
Both macarons and macaroons will be provided for
comparison, contrast and scrutiny so bring yourself,
bring a friend and learn about the subtle differences
between almonds and coconuts once and for all.

Macarons are Not Macaroons, it’s an adventure of
gastronomic proportions.

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THURSDAY 25 FEBRUARY 6- 7 PM at STICKY

Cease And Desist
Genial comic dude Alex Pavlotski and Melbourne
legend Luke You swap stories about how their
work has been entangled in legalities – from both
being chased by the law to using the law to chase.
Very Very essential event for zinesters and those
interested in copyright.

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FRIDAY 26 FEBRUARY 6-7 PM at STICKY

I Was A Zinester in the 90s with Ian McIntyre.
Woozy fanzine ran from 1992 to 2001 and encompassed
22 issues in a variety of formats from mini zines to books
as well as a tape and a CD. Bringing together a variety of
DIY currents in music, art, comics and politics Woozy was
a mainstay of the Melbourne zine scene (although issues
were also produced in the UK and Netherlands) involving
over 100 contributors with the majority of issues partially or
wholly laid out by hand. More than 20 launches and
benefits were also organised by the co-editors Iain McIntyre
and Laura MacFarlane who also ran Choozy which
distributed a number of zines and musical works in the late
1990s. Iain McIntyre will talk about the history of the zine and
1990s zine culture in general. He’ll also bring in copies of
Woozy for people to check out.

This man is also called Ian McIntyre.

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SUNDAY 28 FEBRUARY
1 – 3pm
State Library of Victoria

I Was A Spacekid with Lachlan Musicman
Lachlan talks about the Spacekid donation,
maybe the largest singular donation in Australian
history and you get to rummage through these
rare zines as Lachlan recounts zinester hijinks

FREE BUT YOU NEED TO BOOK.
Email us at stickyshop@gmail.com

STICKY INSTITUTE Inc Melbourne, Australia
Shop 10 Degraves Street subway under Flinders St station.
Open Mon-Fri 12-6pm and Sat 12-5pm
www.stickyinstitute.com

Friendly Stores selling “How to Make Trouble and Influence People”.

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STICKY, Degraves St Subway under Flinders St, Melbourne
THE BRUNSWICK STREET BOOKSTORE, 305 Brunswick St, Fitzroy
BRUNSWICK BOUND, 361 Sydney Rd, Brunswick
AVENUE BOOKSTORE, 127 Dundas Place, Albert Park
DYMOCKS CAMBERWELL, Shop 113-114 The Well at Camberwell, 793 Burke Road, Camberwell,
LOCAL and GLOBAL, 1669 Burwood Highway, Belgrave
MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY BOOKSHOP, Baillieu Library Building, Melbourne University, Parkville Campus
THE PAPERBACK BOOKSHOP, 60 Bourke St, Melbourne
POLYESTER BOOKS, 330 Brunswick St, Fitzroy
READINGS, 309 Lygon St Carlton, 701 Glenferrie Rd Hawthorn and 112 Acland St, St Kilda
WOLF AT THE DOOR, 113 Main Street, Hepburn Springs
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH BOOKSHOP, 312 Smith St, Collingwood
THE GREVILLE ST BOOKSTORE, 145 Greville St, Prahran
ARTISAN BOOKS, 159 Gertrude St, Fitzroy
NEW INTERNATIONAL BOOKSHOP, Trades Hall, 54 Victoria Street, Carlton South
COLLECTORS CORNER, 240 Swanston Walk, Melbourne
SUN BOOKSHOP, 10 Ballarat St, Yarraville
ENRIQUE ECOSTORE, 168a Liebig St Warrnambool
MISSING LINK, Basement 405 Bourke Street, Melbourne
SHOP SUI, 227 Gertrude St, Fitzroy

NEW SOUTH WALES:
GLEEBOOKS, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe
BERKELOUW, 6-8 O’Connell St, Newtown
FEMINIST BOOKSHOP, Shop 9, Orange Grove Plaza, Balmain Rd, Lilyfield
MCA STORE, Circular Quay Foyer, Level 1, Museum of Contemporary Art, West Circular Quay, The Rocks
JURA, 440 Parramatta Rd, Petersham North
BRAYS BOOKS BALMAIN, 268 Darling Street, Balmain
BETTER READ THAN DEAD, 265 King Street, Newtown
THE HILL OF CONTENT, 275 Darling St, Balmain

NORTHERN TERRITORY:
ALEC (Arid Lands Environment Centre), 17 John Cumming Plaza, Todd Mall, Alice Springs

QUEENSLAND:
AVID READER, 193 Boundary Street, West End, Brisbane

ACT:
PAPERCHAIN BOOKSTORE, 34 Franklin Street, Manuka
NATIONAL GALLERY OF AUSTRALIA BOOKSHOP, Parkes Place, Parkes
SMITH’S ALTERNATIVE BOOKSHOP, 76 Alinga St, Canberra City

SOUTH AUSTRALIA:
DARK HORSEY, The Lion Arts Centre, North Terrace (West End) Adelaide
IMPRINTS BOOKSELLERS, 107 Hindley St, Adelaide
NEW INTERNATIONALIST, 28 Austin Street, Adelaide (www.newint.com.au/shop)
DYNAMIC DUO COMICS, Shop 15, City Centre Arcade, Rundle Mall, Adelaide

Book launch THURSDAY the 3rd December 2009 -  upstairs at the Berkelouw Cafe and Bookshop Newtown, 6-8 O’Connell St, Newtown, 6pm-8pm. Entry is free and speakers include the book’s author Iain McIntyre as well as Dr Meredith Burgmann, Mother Inferior (Order of Perpetual Indulgence) and Simon Hunt (Pauline Pantsdown).

Launch party SATURDAY the 5th December – at the Red Rattler, 6 Faversham St Marrickville, 8pm-midnight. Entry is $10 and speakers will include Iain McIntyre, Rachel Evans (No To Pope Coalition) and Dave Burgess (who painted No War on the Opera House in 2003) plus projections, DJs and live music from Lee Memorial (Melbourne, ex Sodastream), Bare Arms and NinetyNine (Melbourne). The first 50 payers get a free Rock Against Bullshit XMas CD featuring Yuletide odes from the bands and more.

www.howtomaketroubleandinfluencepeople.org

3CR’s fifth Seeds Of Dissent Calendar looks ahead to imagine a future we want to live in, while also celebrating Australia’s radical history. They asked 12 artists who are part of Australian activist culture to contribute an artwork that reflects their idea of the future. Some artists have created images that imagine the ideal future and some have chosen to depict issues we need to address today in order to achieve it.

Visit 3CR at 21 Smith Street and pay $22 cash eftpos or credit card during business hours. Call us with your credit card details on 03 9419 8377 during business hours. Send a cheque/money order to “Community Radio Federation Ltd” PO Box 1277 Collingwood VIC 3066. Cost for calendars is $22 plus $6 postage.

Or buy your 2010 Seeds of Dissent Calendar from one of these independent bookstores.

Australian history re-envisioned with a cheeky female bushranger, uranium mining and the need to recognise the interdependence of ecology, the tyrannical expectations of female beauty, the return of tumbling as a form of transportation (!), Indigenous people at the heart of popular culture… these are the some of the issues explored by artists such as Arlene Texta Queen, Deborah Kelly, Bindi Cole, Adam Hill, Tom O’Hern, Mitch, Jo Waite, Rayna Fahey, Tom Civil, Mickie Quick, Lachlan Conn and Paul J Kalemba.

Cross-stitched samplers, stencils, felt pen drawings, collages, cartoons, illustration, computer art… these are the media the artists use to take us into the future of the 2010 Seeds of Dissent Calendar.The 2010 Seeds of Dissent! Calendar invited 12 fabulous Australian artists to create their vision for the future.

To find out more about the calendar and to order copies go to: http://www.3cr.org.au/calendar

Design and Art Direction by Tom Sevil. Produced by 3CR Community Radio 855AM Melbourne.

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In 2006 3CR created a Seeds of Dissent! Calendar to celebrate 3CR’s 30th birthday. The full colour, nationally distributed calendar teemed with radical dates, ideas and inspiration for social change. The calendar sold out of its 2000 copies. Since then 3CR’s Promotions Sub Committee’s Calendar Team has produced a yearly calendar, each with a fresh theme.

There has been lots of action here at Breakdown Press and we are so excited to be launching our new book “How to Make Trouble and Influence People” written by Iain McIntyre.

This book is a collected and expanded edition of the publication of the same name, the original version of which came out in 1996 as an 80-page, self-published zine documenting and celebrating Australian political pranking and creative direct action. It proved to be a modest success and was reprinted a number of times by anarchist collective Scam Publications before spawning two sequels, “How To Stop Whining And Start Living” in 1999 and “Revenge Of The Troublemaker” in 2003. With all of these publications long out of print Iain has, with the aid of us here at Breakdown Press Tom Sevil and Lou Smith, brought together the best of the material from the first three books along with hundreds of new listings, interviews, and graphics. “How to make Trouble and Influence People” will be launched in Newcastle, Sydney and Melbourne and more cities soon. Keep an eye on our homepage for details.

Also take a look around a new website for directions on how to order previous publications and for info about our upcoming poster series The Peace Posters. More details coming soon on how to contribute artworks and designs to this new poster series.