{"article":{"id":16862,"heading":"write www.indymedia.org on dollars","author":"jmayler","created":"2002-05-28 14:25:05","modified":"2002-05-30 17:03:03","last_modified":"Fri, 31 May 2002 00:03:03","article":"<p>write www.indymedia.org on dollars <br>  <br> For the last couple of months activists in the uk have been writing the URL on five pound notes. how about you do the same on dollars? <br>  <br> If you like the idea spread the word and re-post the idea every couple of weeks,(some international translations would be nice too) <br>  <br> ps. this is not an 'official' indymedia strategy it is my own idea and i am in no way connected to the formal indymedia organisation<\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"For the last couple of months activists in the uk have been writing the URL on five pound notes. how about you do the same on dollars?","numcomment":1,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2002\/05\/16862.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":16885,"heading":"currency jams","article":"I try to jam all my US currency with various crap. some of my favorites include little dialogue bubbles coming out of the prez pictures on the front.  I try to include indymedia.org, corpwatch.org, zmag.org, and other good addresses.  also good for jams are prepaid postage envelopes you get in unsolicited mail.\r\n\r\nhere are some, make up your own and start circulating:\r\n\r\n---\r\nare you happier now than you were before you earned \r\nthis?\r\n--\r\nCAPITALISM DOES NOT EQUAL DEMOCRACY\r\n\r\nYOUR DEMOCRACY HAS BEEN HIJACKED BY \r\nCORPORATIONS\r\n--\r\n\r\ndialogue bubbles from mouth of prez on front:\r\n\r\n\"You call THIS a democracy?!\"\r\n\"Capitalism does not equal democracy.\"\r\n\"TV tells me who to be.\"\r\n\"You are my slave.\"\r\n\"Fuck democracy, Corporations rule!\"\r\n\"Fuck democracy, Capitalism Rulez!!!\"\r\n\"Corporations own your life.\"\r\n\"My media never lies.\"\r\n\"My government never lies.\"\r\n\r\n--\r\n$1 bill:\r\n\r\ntop:\r\nADMIT ONE:\r\n\r\nbottom:\r\na meaningful existence\r\nor\r\nhappiness\r\nor\r\na fulfilling life\r\nor\r\n??\r\n\r\nboth sides:\r\nTICKET\r\n\r\n--\r\n$1 bill:\r\n\r\nONE: World\r\nONE: People\r\nONE: Future\r\nONE: Hope\r\n(middle) ONE: PEACE\r\n\r\nor\r\n\r\n(corners, under \"1\"):\r\nONE: Big Mac\r\nONE: TV\r\nONE: Cel Phone\r\nONE: SUV\r\n\r\n(middle) ONE: SIMULATED LIFE\r\n\r\n(bottom): wake up. see.\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\nmessages for around edge of bill in circle:\r\n\r\nInstructions for use: 1. Exchange for \r\nuseless gadgets, cheap fast food, sweatshop clothing; 2. Perform meaningless tasks to earn more; 3. Repeat until death or happiness, whichever comes first.\r\n\r\n\"Who wants a world in which the guarantee that we shall not die of starvation entails the risk of dying of boredom?\"\r\n\r\nCONSUME--->CONSUMING--->CONSUMED\r\n\r\nWORK TO SURVIVE--->SURVIVE BY CONSUMING--->SURVIVE TO CONSUME--->","author":"counterfeet","parent_id":16862,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2002-05-30 17:03:03","modified":"2002-05-30 17:15:35","fileurl":""}]}