Won via a competition, a lovely new Rock Against Racism T-shirt dropped through my mailbox this morning. The t-shirt commemorates the 30th anniversary of the legendary anti-racist carnival in Victoria Park headlined by the Clash, and was produced by the fine people at Philosophy Football. Somewhere I still have the ‘No War’ t-shirt they did which I wore on the early Iraq War demos. Anyway, they’re running another competition for t-shirts featuring Angela Davis, the Black Panther and Communist activist who in 1970 was framed by the police, placed on the FBI’s most wanted list, captured in a manhunt and later acquitted of all charges.
Before anyone gets smarmy, I’m well aware of the contradiction in celebrating a revolutionary movement with a commodity. I just thought I’d throw it out there, given that entering only costs an email and you have a reasonable chance of winning. And they’re very nifty t-shirts.
Angela Davis teaches at UC Santa Cruz. She’s badass, but unfortunately I could never get into her classes cause they were always full. I think I’d like to sit in on some of her lectures sometime though, you are more than welcome to join me if you want to.
Sorry, I realize I talk to you all the time, but still like to leave comments on your posts…