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Located in the East Village, the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space is a living archive of urban activism. As a living history of urban activism, the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space (MoRUS) chronicles the East Village community’s history of grassroots action.
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It celebrates the local activists who transformed abandoned spaces and vacant lots into vibrant community spaces and gardens. Many of these innovative, sustainable concepts and designs have since spread out to the rest of the city and beyond. Museum entry is free. For more information, please visit: Website: http://www.morusnyc.org Twitter: http://twitter.com/MoRUSNYC Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/reclaimedurbanspace
Mission: The mission of the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space (MoRUS) is to preserve history and promote scholarship of grassroots urban space activism by researching and archiving efforts to create community spaces. We will also exhibit materials that document these actions, to educate people on the political implications of reclaimed space.
Operating as usual
02/07/2021
Wooden shoe bookstore and activist Center Philadelphia South Street #books #activism #patches #Revolution

02/06/2021
Ken Saro-Wiwa - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Saro-Wiwa
Kenule Beeson "Ken" Saro-Wiwa (10 October 1941 – 10 November 1995) was a Nigerian writer, television producer, environmental activist, and winner of the Right Livelihood Award for "exemplary courage in striving non-violently for civil, economic and environmental rights" and the Goldman Environment...

02/04/2021
Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space - MORUS
Join MoRUS for a virtual Lower East aside Art + Activism Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon!
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Sunday 2/7 from 2pm-4pm (ish).
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Register at https://bit.ly/3cCXMDG
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Help the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space expand knowledge of the Lower East Side at the museum’s first ever virtual Wikipedia edit-a-thon. In keeping with our mission to preserve the history of grassroots activism & promote community-based urban ecologies, we will expand Wikipedia’s coverage of the community gardens, community centers, grassroots movements, galleries, clubs, squats and homesteads that have contributed to our neighborhood's oversized cultural impact.
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No experience needed!
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#wikipedia #editathon #opensource #opencontent #communityknowledge #morusnyc #lowereastside #les #eastvillage #squatmuseum

02/04/2021
Dinosaur Footprints on a Cave Ceiling
Dinosaur Footprints on a Cave Ceiling
The footprints of sauropods, thirty-metre-long herbivorous dinosaurs, have been found on the roof of a cave located beneath the Causse Méjean plateau, in southeastern France. CNRS News talked to the palaeontologist Jean-David Moreau, who has published an article about this astonishing discovery.
02/04/2021
Urbanist
https://www.facebook.com/UrbanistLive/videos/1115803228875090/
New York City LIVE: Wandering the East Village

02/03/2021
Join us Sunday for a virtual LES Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon!
Register here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lower-east-side-art-activism-wikipedia-edit-a-thon-tickets-139812337465?fbclid=IwAR1H878MaU2Vc4fi_TVZZsrOqlfQdMhT1pQTGfyrMMaYdqXbbRiB450vrz8
Join MoRUS for a virtual Lower East aside Art + Activism Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon!
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Sunday 2/7 from 2pm-4pm (ish).
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Register at https://bit.ly/3cCXMDG
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Help the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space expand knowledge of the Lower East Side at the museum’s first ever virtual Wikipedia edit-a-thon. In keeping with our mission to preserve the history of grassroots activism & promote community-based urban ecologies, we will expand Wikipedia’s coverage of the community gardens, community centers, grassroots movements, galleries, clubs, squats and homesteads that have contributed to our neighborhood's oversized cultural impact.
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No experience needed!
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#wikipedia #editathon #opensource #opencontent #communityknowledge #morusnyc #lowereastside #les #eastvillage #squatmuseum

02/03/2021
Join MoRUS for a virtual Lower East aside Art + Activism Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon!
•
Sunday 2/7 from 2pm-4pm (ish).
•
Register at https://bit.ly/3cCXMDG
•
Help the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space expand knowledge of the Lower East Side at the museum’s first ever virtual Wikipedia edit-a-thon. In keeping with our mission to preserve the history of grassroots activism & promote community-based urban ecologies, we will expand Wikipedia’s coverage of the community gardens, community centers, grassroots movements, galleries, clubs, squats and homesteads that have contributed to our neighborhood's oversized cultural impact.
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No experience needed!
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#wikipedia #editathon #opensource #opencontent #communityknowledge #morusnyc #lowereastside #les #eastvillage #squatmuseum

02/01/2021
Freegan Events in New York – freegan.info
Monday, February 1st, 7:30pm • Freegan Meeting
Help make freeganism happen in NYC! At our organizational meetings we discuss and decide on future activities and group direction. Participants are encouraged to step up and introduce new freegan projects with the support of the group or take roles such as facilitating meetings. We welcome both those with experience taking part in non-hierarchical, consensus-based groups and those participating for the first time
Join Zoom Meeting
https://freegan.info/calendar/
Freegan Events in New York Februrary 2021 More info? [email protected] * freegan.info Coming to an event to document, film, photograph or study?Ask yourself: am I media or not? Monday, February 1st, 7:30pm • Freegan Meeting Help make freeganism happen in NYC! At our organizational meetings we discu...
01/31/2021
Urbanist
https://www.facebook.com/UrbanistLive/videos/877117626422603
New York City LIVE: Exploring Freezing Lower Manhattan 🥶
01/31/2021
Touring the current exhibit at the Museum of reclaimed Urban space 1:55 Avenue C. NYC come by and check it out
01/28/2021
Urbanist
https://www.facebook.com/UrbanistLive/videos/3662018067207965
New York City LIVE: Coney Island Secrets with @Dutchmazz 🎡

01/25/2021
'The problem is Putin': protesters throng Russia's streets to support jailed Navalny
More than 2,500 are arrested at rallies across the country as cities see huge turnouts in support of opposition leader

01/25/2021
Pictured: The eye-popping design for a new 688ft New York skyscraper
Pictured: The eye-popping design for a new 688ft New York skyscraper
It has been dreamt-up by Turkish architecture firm Hayri Atak Architectural Design Studio, which described the structure as 'amorphous' and having a 'transparent, ghostly stance in the city skyline'.

01/24/2021
The week hundreds of Native Americans took over D.C.’s Bureau of Indian Affairs
The 1972 occupation, born out of frustration with the government’s ‘Trail of Broken Treaties,’ lasted for six days

01/23/2021
Welcome to Metro Area Governors Island Coalition (M.A.G.I.C.) - Metro Area Governors Island Coalition (M.A.G.I.C.)
Get involved help save Governors Island
NEW! super-quick-one-click letter! CLICK HERE to send an email to public officials telling them to reject the rezoning (essentially repurposing) currently proposed for Governors Island. Please fill it in and share! M.A.G.I.C. Press Release Jan 19, 2021 – click HERE Also sign the petition: https://...

01/22/2021
Times-Up! on "YES Network" ( NY Yankees channel )
Check out this video and see how TIME'S UP! environmental organization helped create more cyclists and put pressure on the city to create safe sustainable infrastructure. Which helped change New York City And Led to other East coast cities. Sustainable urban design help save lives decrease traffic protected pedestrians and cyclists and increase nonpolluting transportation .
for more info visit Time's Up! Environmental Organization http://www.times-up.org

01/21/2021
MoRUS After Sandy Making Electricity and Feeding People
After Hurricane Sandy volunteers from MoRUS and C-Squat fed the community and made pedal-powered electricity for cell phone emergencies
After Hurricane Sandy community members, Times Up!, and MoRUS volunteers worked together with C Squat to make electricity with the Times Up! Energy Bicycles ...

01/21/2021
Liquid Denial
Liquid Denial
"Liquid Denial." Community Activists and Environmentalists Protect Waterways and Rivers. Presented at the Liquid Denial film festival put on by The Museum of...

01/21/2021
Times Up x CANVS | Jersey City Street Art Ride | September 2019
Times Up x CANVS | Jersey City Street Art Ride | September 2019
TIME'S UP! and CANVS joined forces on September 15th for a tour of Jersey City's vibrant street art offerings.TIME'S UP! is a grassroots environmental group ...

01/20/2021
You Can Now Walk or Bike From New York City to Canada, Thanks to This New 750-mile Trail
The 750-mile Empire State Trail connects New York City to Canada, and serves hikers, cyclists, runners, skiers, and more.

01/19/2021
Gothamist on Twitter
https://twitter.com/Gothamist/status/1351543720643092480?s=19
“At least two people were hospitalized and 29 protesters were arrested in the NYPD's crackdown on an MLK Day march Monday night. The aggressive show of force comes one month after Mayor de Blasio vowed to reform the department's policing of protests. https://t.co/QtdGrbU39H”

01/18/2021
MLK/FBI - Official Trailer | HD | IFC Films
Celebrate MLK and learn how cointelpro has been used as sexual propaganda for years to break up community and activist groups.
https://t.co/pgEU2q91Ob
Opening in theaters and on demand January 15 Director: Sam PollardStarring: Martin Luther KingDr. Martin Luther King Jr. is remembered today as an American ...

01/18/2021
FBI audio of plans to destroy MLK will be released by National Archives - TheGrio
https://thegrio.com/2021/01/17/martin-luther-king-jr-fbi/
MLK/FBI, directed by Sam Pollard, explores the FBI's mission to destroy the life of civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

01/15/2021
Community Gardens as Green Infrastructure
This StoryMap shows the history of activism and green infrastructure in the Lower East Side. The interactive map of community gardens lets viewers explore the different features and sustainable benefits of each garden.
Have a look at a story of space: space alive, space rooted, space transformed.
A story of community-based risk resilience through activism in the Lower East Side, NY

01/15/2021
New York City radical spaces guide making a difference and mostly run by volunteers #volunteering #Map #activism #NYC

01/15/2021
Sylvain Sylvain, showboating guitarist of New York Dolls, dies aged 69
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/jan/15/sylvain-sylvain-guitarist-of-new-york-dolls-dies
Billy Idol among those to pay tribute to ‘all-time great’ whose flamboyance paved the way for New York’s punk rock scene
01/12/2021
NYC’s Ambitious Composting Initiative Has Decomposed - Gothamist
https://champ.gothamist.com/champ/gothamist/food/nycs-ambitious-composting-initiative-has-decomposed
By 2017, the program was serving 300,000 households, 722 schools, agencies and institutions, and 80 drop-off points. In 2019, the city collected 50,000 tons of compostables from curbside service alone. What happened?

01/08/2021
Quote from the DC Police Department:
" DC Police Department
@DCPoliceDept
· 20h
On January 7, 2021:
MPD made 68 arrests
56 officers injured – 2 hospitalized
6 firearms recovered
2 pipe bombs recovered
Unrest-Arrest Data updated daily @ 9 am: https://bit.ly/38ly8Rd "
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For people who haven't been to a demonstration before these are very unusual numbers below. The arrest numbers are way too low the police injuries are way too high and two pipe bombs and five people are dead.
Crazy things can happen when your actions are based on unchecked propaganda and lies. Whether you're on the left or the right critical thinking and proper intelligence gathering is very important before you take direct action.
01/07/2021
UPDATES: Cuomo To Send 1,000 National Guard Members To D.C.
Extremist supporters of President Donald Trump have stormed the Capitol building and disrupted the vote in Congress that would certify the election of President-elect Joe Biden.

01/07/2021
Kid glove treatment of pro-Trump mob contrasts with strong-arm police tactics against Black Lives Matter, activists say
The impunity with which the president’s supporters were able to storm the Capitol startled and frustrated activists who protested police violence.

01/04/2021
UK judge denies US request to extradite Julian Assange
A British judge has rejected a US request to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to America, ruling that such a move would be "oppressive" by reason of his mental health.

01/04/2021
Leonard Peltier Is My Father and He Deserves Clemency
'My family has lived with this injustice for far too long'

01/03/2021
Is the pandemic being used to create a surveillance state?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMFylHz8RF4
The pandemic has taken surveillance of workers to the next level – but with existing data showing that working from home already achieved better productivity...
01/02/2021
Future positive 2021 New Year's Eve bike ride
Getting rid of Trump is one thing but even harder to do to get rid of the negative Divisive climate that created him make your New Year's resolution To support a future positive relationship with your community and planet .
1. Don't spread negative/divisive comments
2. If you want to get involved, don't join or start a new group, that just further divides. Join an existing group that has been around for a while!
3. Support & volunteer in local positive community groups!
4.Support family or community run businesses and organizations
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155 Avenue C
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Tuesday | 11:30 - 18:00 |
Thursday | 11:30 - 18:00 |
Friday | 11:30 - 18:00 |
Saturday | 11:30 - 18:00 |
Sunday | 11:30 - 18:00 |
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As a living history of urban activism, the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space (MoRUS) chronicles the East Village community’s history of grassroots action. It celebrates the local activists who transformed abandoned spaces and vacant lots into vibrant community spaces and gardens. Many of these innovative, sustainable concepts and designs have since spread out to the rest of the city and beyond. Museum entry is free. For more information, please visit: Website: http://www.morusnyc.org/
Instagram: http://instagram.com/morusnyc
Twitter: http://twitter.com/MoRUSNYC
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