Tour Flyers Now Posted!!

NEW SEATTLE SHOW INFO ADDED:

SEATTLE - JULY 3 - AT THE FUNHOUSE
SEATTLE - JULY 3 - MR SPOTS (ALL AGES) UPDATE - THIS SHOW NOT HAPPENING!
SEATTLE - JULY 5 - GALWAYS ARMS
PORTLAND - JULY 6 - BLOWBACK LIVE ON KPSU
PORTLAND - JULY 7 - 7-7-7 PC-PDX PUNK BBQ BLOWOUT AT BRAINSTAINS

SHOW DETAILS

NW Bar-B-Tour 07

BLOWBACK is hitting the Pacific Northwest!!

UPDATE - MORE NORTHWEST SHOW INFO ADDED!
SEATTLE - JULY 3 - FUNHOUSE w/CLR and LADY ELAINE
SEATTLE - JULY 3 - MR SPOTS (ALL AGES)
PORTLAND - JULY 6 - BLOWBACK LIVE ON KPSU
PORTLAND - JULY 7 - PC-PDX PUNK BBQ BLOWOUT AT BRAINSTAINS

SHOW DETAILS

Of note: a nation-wide project organized by the National Religious Campaign Against Torture (NRCAT). 1000 congregations will show the film "Ghosts of Abu Ghraib," an 80-minute HBO film, features the familiar and disturbing photos of torture at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison. Screenings are being organzied June 10-17 and October 21-28.  Acclaimed filmmaker Rory Kennedy digs beneath the headlines to investigate the psychological and political context in which torture occurred and to ask critical questions about how it happened and how it affects America's credibility as a defender of freedom and human rights. Learn more: http://www.tortureisamoralissue.org/spotlight.aspx

We’d also like to call your attention to a new initiative called FIESTA! that looks at the intersection of politics and culture...Since we’re more than a little interested in that. Check out this link from FPIF (Foreign Policy In Focus). BLOWBACK's For Whom The Bells Toll is linked at the end of the article.

READ HERE:   http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/3869

"Diary of a Massacre" to Air on Al Jazeera International

A 20 minute documentary on the February 2005 massacre in the Peace Community of San Jose de Apartado in Colombia will air today Monday May 21, 2007. The community was nominated earlier this year for the Nobel Peace Prize and the Colombian Attorney General's office in February called on 69 military soldiers to testify in connection to the massacre.

The documentary entitled "Diary of a Massacre" is scheduled to air on the program "Witness" at 12:30pm and 7:30pm EST but you may want to check the schedule at: http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/9ACBA90A-7036-44F4-87C0-754AE9ABA44E. htm?
depending on where you are in the world.

Since Al Jazeera English does not have a broadcast channel in the US it will air on line at: http://www.relavista.tv/ by clicking on the Al Jazeera Icon in blue font and you should be able to watch it.

Some of the footage is very graphic and the documentary as a whole is difficult to watch.

Two new postings in The BLOWBACK Files:

An essay by Sam Smith, one of BLOWBACK's longest standing friends and supporters, on the challenges of enacting social change.

A statement from survivors of torture, and action to repeal the Military Commissions Act of 2006.

CLICK HERE to read them both.

BLOWBACK is proud to be a part of the latest compilation from Love and Rage Records, 'A Poke In The Eye With a Burnt Stick', featuring some great bands like The Oppressed and Anti-Flag. Ordering info on the MUSIC page. Here's the track list:

The Oppressed - Fuck Fascism
Che Chapter 127 - Ashes of Hiroshima
Autonomia - Mundo Enfermo
Anarchoi - Pigs In Their Troughs
Zemezluc - System Kanibal
Naked Aggression - Right Now
The Bakunins - Black Flags
Blowback - No Nos Moveran
Ginger Tom - Hey Hey USA
Rusty Barnacles - Rats in the Race
Anti-Flag - 911 For Peace
Criatura - A Tu Maner A No
Mischief Brew - Roll Me Through the Gates Of Hell