“¡Peligro Papa/ Watch out Pope” art competition

favourite from 50 competition entries

Finaliza el concurso gráfico de la CNT Madrileña.

Anti Pope Art Competition concludes

Por fin se fue su ridícula santidad, y con él las hordas de devotos, pijos, fascistas y demás ralea que inundó Madrid durante la Jornada Mundial de la Juventud (y de la represión policial). La CNT madrileña da, por razones evidentes, por concluida su campaña que, por desgracia, se ha quedado corta: ni los 1500 carteles, ni los 4000 comunicados, ni las 5000 pegatinas editadas para la ocasión han sido suficientes para satisfacer a los muchos simpatizantes de esta campaña que se han acercado a nuestros locales en la última semana para llevarse unos pocos y se han encontrado que ya se habían gastado.

another entry in the CNT anti pope competition

ver todas aquí  ..See all entries HERE

http://peligroquevieneelpapa.wordpress.com/2011/08/04/participa-en-la-eleccion-del-concurso-de-disenos-ateos/

En otro orden de cosas, no nos cansamos de felicitar a todos los participantes en el concurso de diseños ateos que nos han enviado cerca de 50, y que han conseguido la simpatía de miles de visitantes a nuestro blog. A todos ellos/as trasladamos la invitación de Tinta Negra anARTchist blog a unirse a este proyecto. De las propuestas enviadas, habéis mostrado vuestras preferencias por el diseño “Noconmisimpuestos” enviado por Ángel desde Murcia, al quele llegará ese obsequio pobre en lo material pero rico en lo espiritual que le tenemos reservado.
Desde aquí debemos dar las gracias a los participantes y colaboradores en esta campaña que han contribuido a difundir carteles, pegatinas, comunicados, el blog, proponer iniciativas o que han acudido a la Semana de Cine Ateo, etc. y que han hecho posible que tome forma un mensaje humanista integral, la de aquellos que no queremos que nos gobierne ni un Dios, ni un viejo disfrazado, ni nadie, porque queremos gobernar todos los ámbitos de nuestra vida en sus vertientes tanto individuales como colectivas, y no nos cansamos de repetir:
“La religión dejará de ser necesaria cuando el hombre sea lo suficientemente inteligente como para gobernarse a sí mismo”.
Francisco Ferrer Guardia

“¡Peligro, que viene el Papa/ Watch out for the Pope”

favourite from 50 competition entries

Finaliza el concurso gráfico de la CNT Madrileña.

Anti Pope Art Competition concludes

Por fin se fue su ridícula santidad, y con él las hordas de devotos, pijos, fascistas y demás ralea que inundó Madrid durante la Jornada Mundial de la Juventud (y de la represión policial). La CNT madrileña da, por razones evidentes, por concluida su campaña que, por desgracia, se ha quedado corta: ni los 1500 carteles, ni los 4000 comunicados, ni las 5000 pegatinas editadas para la ocasión han sido suficientes para satisfacer a los muchos simpatizantes de esta campaña que se han acercado a nuestros locales en la última semana para llevarse unos pocos y se han encontrado que ya se habían gastado.

another entry in the CNT anti pope competition

ver todas aquí  ..See all entries HERE

http://peligroquevieneelpapa.wordpress.com/2011/08/04/participa-en-la-eleccion-del-concurso-de-disenos-ateos/

En otro orden de cosas, no nos cansamos de felicitar a todos los participantes en el concurso de diseños ateos que nos han enviado cerca de 50, y que han conseguido la simpatía de miles de visitantes a nuestro blog. A todos ellos/as trasladamos la invitación de Tinta Negra anARTchist blog a unirse a este proyecto. De las propuestas enviadas, habéis mostrado vuestras preferencias por el diseño “Noconmisimpuestos” enviado por Ángel desde Murcia, al quele llegará ese obsequio pobre en lo material pero rico en lo espiritual que le tenemos reservado.
Desde aquí debemos dar las gracias a los participantes y colaboradores en esta campaña que han contribuido a difundir carteles, pegatinas, comunicados, el blog, proponer iniciativas o que han acudido a la Semana de Cine Ateo, etc. y que han hecho posible que tome forma un mensaje humanista integral, la de aquellos que no queremos que nos gobierne ni un Dios, ni un viejo disfrazado, ni nadie, porque queremos gobernar todos los ámbitos de nuestra vida en sus vertientes tanto individuales como colectivas, y no nos cansamos de repetir:
“La religión dejará de ser necesaria cuando el hombre sea lo suficientemente inteligente como para gobernarse a sí mismo”.
Francisco Ferrer Guardia

TinTin’s riot class..Freedom Press

Tintin the responsible Rioter

Freedom Press is in the process of re-printing The Adventures of Tintin: Breaking Free that perennial anarchist classic.

It features our hero, a ordinary working class lad from the inner cities, at the centre of political demonstrations, wildcat strikes, street riots, and eventually a revolutionary uprising.

It graphically depicts scenes of social unrest, workers solidarity and people looting the local Tescos.

» Introduction by the original authors
» Available for this year’s London Anarchist Bookfair: http://anarchistbookfair.org.uk/

‘The Free’ get your free,462 page,copy HERE

The Free.   E-book now

available

free DOWNLOAD page, click

https://thefreeonline.wordpress.com/testing-downloads/

about the book

Adventure/Thriller.. Maxie rebels and runs away, with anarcha feminists, squatters and gays.. Capitalism goes bottoms up. The climate is revolting.. our heroes live the social and permaculture revolution, and the dawn of a money-free world….The E Book came out on Mayday…. as a FREE  pdf download

ACTIVE anarko-punk, gigs,action,Catalogue

News

Updated 13/8/11

Both Active workers will be out of the UK from the 17th to 29th of August so please don’t expect a response during this time.
The new shop is open again, a few people are having trouble with disappearing “Next” buttons in the shopping cart section, if this happens, try using a different browser and please email us.

In the last few months we have had a large amount of mail go missing so from now on (for UK customers only) we will not refund or replace missing orders unless you pay for Recorded Signed For which is 75p extra see webshop for details.

NEW ON-LINE SHOP!

Its active! All new stock from now on will only go on the new catalogue site. Please continue to check the old site for as long as it takes us to transfer all our stuff to the new site (probably a year or two!). Email us with your order first if possible if you use the old catalogue because we’ll probably just transfer those items across to make things easier.
We are now deleting items from the old catalogue once they are on the new one.

Our next Active stall will be at the event below, click on image for more info;

Mail order email list updates have collapsed of late, until we sort it out you may like to follow our new arrivals on Twitter

EMAIL!We get a lot of email so please be patient if you do not get a quick response

PLEASE MAKE ALL ORDERS THROUGH THE NEW WESHOP!
If you see something in the old catalogue please email us first before ordering it and if we still have it we will add it to the new catalogue.
If you live outside the UK please email us first to see if some alternative payment arrangement can be made! If you’re not sure how much to send in currencies other than Uk Sterling try this currency converter!

NO MORE AK
OR FREEDOM PRESS TITLES
Active works out of a very small space and has reached a point where we need to create some space for new items. Therefore we are going to stop distributing AK Press and Freedom Press titles. Both these organisations now have their own efficient mail order operations and we trust you will continue to buy stuff from them direct.

New Stuff in Stock

PLEASE GO TO OUR NEW WEBSHOP TO SEE OUR LATEST OFFERINGS




A great comic telling of Emma G’ extraordinary life. (For pricing see new catalogue)


We have the 250g bags of Zapatista coffee available. See new catalogue for prices. Email us for wholesale enquiries.

Events, Gigs etc.

Eroding Empire used to list all the interesting events and places to be seen at in London online at www.eroding.org.uk. but it’s got really crap of late. More punk info is at the Reknaw site, also try London punk gigs. For other events, demo’s, reports and political stuff we couldn’t recommend schnews too highly!



Active Releases


CULTURE SHOCK the band that entertained the “protestors” at Stonehenge after it became illegal and many more besides. All their tracks in one new package. Active 25 AVAILABLE now!


LEFT FOR DEAD’s excellent new album brings more tuneful rough punk rock sweetened with the Gaelic tones of Magali from La Fraction on four tracks. Active 24 / Dead 5. Available now send us £5 if you live in the UK, 7 euros for Europe and 9$ for the US to get a copy.


KISMET HC, first full album after 15 years of tireless political HC punk. Active 23 is available now!


Spanner, Crisis CD. angry ska punk crew from Bristol UK release a new 13 track album with us and others.


A Prisoner Support benefit compilation cd featuring new, unreleased and rare stuff from 22 bands including Oi Polloi, Cress, Anthrax, Burnt Cross, Doom, Eastfield, Active Minds, Trauma Unit and more. Things don’t get much more anarcho-punk than this release!.


Moral Dilemma’s first -and best- re-released by Active and the band! Considered one of her top ten punk rock records of all time by Laura of Rabies Babies!. Active 22


Viva Zapata, Viva EZLN, VIVA Coffee a unique mug from Active! (For pricing see new catalogue)


Another Dinner is Possible is Back!! The new updated US friendly version co-published with AK Press. (For pricing see new catalogue).


4T2UDE is the latest album from the Slaughtered Active lads. (For pricing see new catalogue)

For more information on our other releases including music, books and pamphlets such as; Left For Dead, Cross Stitched Eyes, Active Minds, Contempt, Virus, REFUSE ALL, The Profits , SORB , The Restarts, Zegota or go to Active Releases!

Most of our CD releases are available in the U$A from Alternative Tentacles!

DIY, Politics, Action














Most of our catalogue and more is available at the 56@ Infoshop. So come and visit London’s best infoshop and if you want to get involved and help please do!


We’d also like to point you in the direction of the wombles who have a variety of imaginative suggestions & demonstrations for you to consider!

Interesting










Most of our shirts were printed by the wonderful Jen at Sunrise t-shirts

Other Recommended Links!
The Active website hopes to inspire your mind and body to revolutionary actions. It was built by the genius of internetartizans, and the Image Surgery much praise to them!
Feel free to send stuff in!

Gay and lesbian albatrosses share ‘chick care’!

Gay and Lesbian birds are just as attached and faithful to each other as those paired with a member of the opposite sex.

lesbian albatrosses mate with any male and raise the chicks together

The insight comes from a study of zebra finches – highly vocal, colourful birds that sing to their mates, a performance thought to strengthen the pair’s bond.

Scientists found that same-sex pairs of finches sang to and preened each other just like heterosexual pairs.

Bonded birds, Dr Elie explained, perch side by side, nestled together. They also greet each other by “nuzzling” beaks.

There are many other examples of same-sex pairing in the avian world.

In monogamous gulls and albatrosses, it gives females the chance to breed without a male partner.

“Female partners copulate with a paired male then rear the young together,” Dr Elie explained.

Gay Emperors flirt with other males.

In captivity, there have been at least two cases of male penguins forming long-term bonds when there are females available.

Perhaps the most famous of these was two male chinstrap penguins in Manhattan’s Central Park Zoo, named Roy and Silo. They bonded and paid no attention to females in their enclosure for at least a year. They even built a nest together and incubated and hatched a fertilised egg donated to them by one of the keepers.

nudismo: 500E fine for taking off T Shirt

nudism now banned

Barcelona has followed other Spanish cities in banning nudism, or even ‘partial nudism’.. ie.. you can be fined up to 500 euros ($700) for  Taking off your t shirt.. boys included. The ‘socialist’ party also supported the new law, which then proved impossible to enforce during the mass Take The Streets demos, camps and street assemblies. While the 15M movement demands revolution the far right corrupt Partido Popular is sweeping towards power.

‘Barcelona era la única ciudad española donde no estaba prohibido pasearse desnudo por las calles. Estaba planificado que la decision de si se aprueba o no la ordenanza que lo prohíbe, e incluso sanciona y multa a quienes no la respeten, se tomase en marzo de 2011, pero aún no se tienen noticias al respecto.’

Ir desnudo o semi desnudo (con el torso desnudo o en bañador) se sancionará con multas de entre 300 y 500 euros (el más alto se reserva para los reincidentes). Aunque el texto establece, que antes de multar, la guardia urbana avisará.

La nueva ordenanza municipal que persigue el nudismo y el seminudismo -concepto cuyos límites parecen vascular dentro de la subjetividad de la policía- ya ha generado las dos primeras multas  Las sanciones, que oscilan entre los 120 y los 500 euros, se han impuesto en dos distritos cercanos a las playas