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zinedistro is a part of the resistance army.

i know, exciting isn’t it. have a seat, catch your breath, calm down.

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better? good.

no, seriously, though. this has been the plan all along with theresistancearmy.com; to use it as an umbrella for other projects that were being done by me and my friends / comrades. for awhile it was just a pretty link to my personal blog and my now defunct podcast [1].

its been kind of up and down with its direction, but we’ve decided on a vision for the resistance army that is a little clearer now, at least for us. that vision is basically making a home for a our projects that are otherwise disconnected. here’s the current resistance army project line up:

• z!nedistro
• web based library of downloadable print zines.
• ListYourList
• a site for making lists. about anything. eli blogs about it.
• Sweat Shop Free Printing
• just like it sounds. sweat shop free garments printed with eco-friendly inks and chemicals. bookis’s blog. brooke’s blog.
• the resistance army shirts
• i’ve been designing shirts printed by friends for a couple of years that are fairly political. there will be more of that happening soon.

there are plans for some others that are top secret right now. [2] some of them have already shown their face a little, but are still being developed. [3] the main thing that ties them all together is the people working on them. we’re all friends and we all care about each other and each other’s projects. stay tuned for more.

1. it was called ‘a liberation frequency’. i only ever released one show. that first show was about liberal/progressive failures to see that having bush is not the problem; having a president at all is the problem. the second show that i had recorded, just not edited down, was about the history and origins of the FBI and COINTELPRO and their significance in modern radical politics. it was basically a summary of a talk that i heard Ward Churchill give a few years back at NCOR (national conference on organized resistance). then i realized that i should have just rereleased his talk, since he did a much, much better job than i ever could. [return]

2. as the old Frenchman counseled, you must always have a secret plan. [return]

3. for the fourth time in my life, i’ve decided to run a small record label. this time the plan was to do just an internet record label. everything for download for free with nice downloadable booklets and cover images. just only on the internet. no ‘real stuff’. but then james was playing a show with southerly at kilby court in salt lake city on valentine’s day 2006 and i couldn’t say no to that face. so we put together a sweet little cd and booklet. we still need to build out the resistance army audio project (T.R.A.A.P.) site out, but the music is already up if you want it. two records by james miska. live at boing 9.9.2005 and saol, ceol [return]