(1) Team Colors Projects:
WHIRLWINDS
- In the Middle of a Whirlwind: 2008 Convention Protests, Movement and Movements
A one-off online journal - www.inthemiddleofawhirlwind.info - of theory, art, activist and organizing coordinated and edited by Team Colors Collective and published by The Journal of Aesthetics and Protest Press. In the Middle of a Whirlwind inquires into current organizing efforts in the United States. Through that process the collection aims to provide a strategic analysis of current political composition as a tool for building political power. Contributions are needed and encouraged, and will be matched dollar-for-dollar up to $1,500.00 toward our fundraising goal of $3,000.00 to cover project expenses. Of Friends & Whirlwinds Events are taking place all around the country, media from many of these events will be posted shortly, and if you would like to host one at your space contact the collective. (Journal of Aesthetics and Protest Press; Spring & Summer 2008)
- Introduction: Will you join us in the middle of a whirlwind?: Movement, Movements and Mapping Our Current Cycle of Struggle (August 2008)
- Acknowledgments: Of Whirlwinds: Metaphor, Purpose, Intersections, Acknowledgments, Background & Dedication (July 2008)
- Cover Artwork: Whirlwinds Cover & Poster by Kristine Virsis of Justseeds Art Collective (May 2008)
- Announcement for the Initial Release: Whirlwinds is go! (June 2008)
- Initial RFP & Open Call: Whirlwinds Request for Proposals (February 2008) & Call for Artwork (March 2008)
- Whirlwinds Surveys: Readers & Participants & Contributors & Authors (October 2008)
OF FRIENDS & WHIRLWINDS EVENTS
- Lecture: Of Friends and Whirlwinds: Movement, Movements and Creating Communities of Care and Self-Reprodution A talk given by Kevin Van Meter | Team Colors at the Red & Black Cafe in Portland, Oregon. (August 2008)
- Video: Of Friends and Whirlwinds: Movement, Movements and Creating Communities of Care and Self-Reprodution; A series of presentations by Kevin Van Meter (of Team Colors), Kristi (of Counterbalance Zine), Esteban Lace Kelly (of Philly Stands Up), Stevie Peace (of Team Colors) and Kristyn Leach (of Stonewall Youth) held at the Red & Black Cafe in Portland, Oregon. (August 2008)
- Radio Interview: Listen to Kevin Van Meter | Team Colors speak about the Whirlwinds Project on KPFA's Against the Grain Radio Show in Berkeley, California. (August 2008) Boomp3.com
- Radio Interview: Listen to Craig Hughes | Team Colors speak about the Whirlwinds Project on WFHB's Daily Local News for Bloomington, Indiana. Edited from the original broadcast by Team Colors. (July 2008) Boomp3.com
- Events Poster: 'Of Friends and Whirlwinds' Poster by Brett Bloom of Temporary Services (May 2008)
- Additional lecture notes, audio, video and other event materials from 'Of Friends & Whirlwinds' Events will be posted shortly.
TEAM COLORS WORKSHOPS
- Workshop: Kevin Van Meter (of Team Colors) & Julie Perini (co-facilitators), Maps, Drifts, Interventions and Inquiries: What (Else) Can Independent Media Do?; Workshop Materials: What (Else) Can Independent Media Do? Power Point Presentation What is Militant Research? A Lecture by Kevin Van Meter, and Informational Packet (13 September 2008 as part of the Portland Grassroots Media Camp; Portland, OR)
(2) Team Colors Statements:
- About: Team Colors (forthcoming) & A Series of Concepts informing the work of the collective (2007)
- Gathering Storms: A Team Colors Statement on the Upcoming 2008 Convention Protests (August 2008)
- Team Colors Welcomes a New Member: Stevie Peace of the Twin Cities joins the collective (August 2008)
(3) Articles and Materials by Team Colors Members:
Team Colors:
- Book Chapter:"Do It Yourself and the Movement Beyond Capitalism" in the collection edited by David Graeber, Stevphen Shukaitis with Erika Biddle titled Constituent Imagination: Militant Investigations // Collective Theorization. Craig Hughes & Kevin Van Meter appear with their friend and co-author Benjamin Holtzman. Visit the website for the collection. (AK Press; Spring 2007)
- Article: Decomposition and Suburban Space (September 2008)
- Article: The Uses of a Hurricane (September 2008)
Craig Hughes:
- Article: "A Discussion of Chronic Pain, Support, Lacking Support, Radical Culture, and Life" which appears in when language runs dry: a zine for people with chronic pain and their allies (Summer 2008)
Stevie Peace:
- Article: The Desire to Heal: Harm Intervention in a Landscape of Restorative Justice and Critical Resistance, "In the Middle of a Whirlwind: 2008 Convention Protests, Movement & Movements" (Team Colors Collective & The Journal of Aesthetics and Protest Press; Summer 2008)
- Article: "What Answers Deceive Us, What Memories Forget, Who Lives Here?", appearing in Borderlands: Tales from Disputed Territories Between Races and Cultures (Winter 2008)
- Article: "The Browning of America and the Questions We Don't Ask", appearing in Borderlands #2: It's a Family Affair (Summer 2008)
- Article: "History Will Not Let Go: Letter to My Nieces", appearing in AZine (Spring 2008)
Kevin Van Meter:
- Article Review: A Response to Ben Trott's "Obama: Less Imperialist, More Imperial" posted on ZNet. Trott is a member of Turbulence: Ideas for Movement (UK). (Article July 2008; Response August 2008)
- Pamphlet Review: Becoming Other Media: A Reading and Review of Becoming the Media (June 2008).
- Essay & Article: The Moment I Cannot Escape: Care, Death, Mourning and the Struggle Against It All (January 2008) & an except of the essay appears in "The Worst Compilation Zine" (Summer 2008)
- Essay: Of Floods and Flows in New Orleans: Self-Activity, Struggle and 'the Commons' After the Storm(Spring 2006 / February 2008)
- Article: Reclaimed Freedom: Activist Community Beats FBI Repression (Earth First! Journal; Lughnasadh 2004).
- Article: Fireflies in the Night (Perspectives; Spring 2002) & Original Version (Spring 2002)
- Memorial: Weapons Against Forgetting: An Open Letter Among Friends on the Year Anniversary of Jodi Tilton's Passing into the Unknown (July 2008), "Cooking With Ole Ma' Tilton" Memorial Vegan Cookbook (Winter 2008) & Jodi Tilton: A Life (July 2007)