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its here… at long last! The video of the CISPES/Haiti Reborn 2008 Solidarity Cyclers bike ride. It happened 3 weeks ago and was truly a triumph.

go here for the Quicktime version: http://cispes.org/cyclers2008.mov

and here for the low-quality Youtube version

On October 13-14 myself and 7 other people did a 110-mile bike rdie fundraiser for CISPES and the Haiti Reborn program. 

check out the quicktime video here or (if you must) the flash youtube version here.

More info about the ride and the work of CISPES and Haiti Reborn here: www.cispes.org/cyclers.php.  Thanks for those who have already pledged and donated generously to the cause (you can make a donation in the name of one of the heroic riders by going here)

Take action to support the struggle of the Red Hook food vendors! Tome accion para apoyar la lucha de los y las vendedores de Red Hook.

view the quicktime video here or here for the flash youtube version
ver el video en “quicktime” aqui o aqui para la version de youtube
[special props to Daniella Ponet for an amazing job editing this video!]

A few images of the more than 10,000 people that marched for immigrant rights on May Day in New York.  drums, horns, lots of flags…

sigue la lucha!

click here for the quicktime version or here for the flash Youtube version

an early March gathering on Shaw Island brought together old friends for kelp wars, log tossing, and a little early morning polar bear swim in the puget sound.

click here for the quicktime version or here for the flash video on youtube

May Day in El Salvador 2005 (used for as delegation CISPES promo)

click here to view as a quicktime video or here as a flash youtube video

Brooklyn rings in the new year with a celebration at Pratt University, where steam whistles once powered the campus. this year’s celebration included lots of spilled champagne and a hand plant in dog shit as I sought out the perfect shot…

click here to view the video as a quicktime movie or here to see it as a flash video

a kite flies as the sun sets over the beautiful gowanus canal

click here to view “Piscucha” as a quicktime movie or here to see it as a flash video