{"article":{"id":4569,"heading":"THE SIMPLE TRUTH","author":"ART FOR A CHANGE","created":"2000-11-13 23:06:09","modified":"2005-08-15 00:30:24","last_modified":"Mon, 15 Aug 2005 07:30:24","article":"

The T-shirt worn by this Pro Democracy demonstrator at the Westwood Federal Building in Los Angeles pretty much sums up the entire Election... no matter which of the two party candidates you voted for... the Corporations win.

At this critical time, all Americans should join the growing national demonstrations to defend democracy.

Details on where to demonstrate can be found at http:\/\/geocities.com\/countercoup<\/a>

For more socially conscious Artworks and Photographs, please visit the ART FOR A CHANGE Web site at;

www.primenet.com\/~mvallen

The ART FOR A CHANGE Web site is dedicated to activist art and it's role in transforming society, from my own socially conscious paintings and drawings to the works of other like-minded Artists who possess a critical vision.

Mark Vallen

ART FOR A CHANGE!

mjvallen@earthlink.net<\/a>

www.primenet.com\/~mvallen\/

\"Art is not a mirror held up to reality, but a hammer with which to shape it.\"<\/p>\n","contact":"mjvallen@earthlink.net","link":"www.primenet.com\/~mvallen","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","summary":"Democracy is not only putting an \"X\" beside a candidate's name once every four years... it's also about organizing our neighborhoods, workplaces, and schools on a daily basis.","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2000\/11\/shirt.jpg","filesize":"10.9 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2000\/11\/4569.php","image":{"original":"\/uploads\/2000\/11\/shirt.jpg","small":"\/uploads\/2000\/11\/shirt.jpgthumb.jpg"}},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}