Please sign email to prevent execution of an innocent man

Hi all,

Please read the Amnesty International email below and seriously consider clicking on the link and signing the email there to urge Georgia Governor Perdue to prevent the execution of an innocent man, Troy Davis.

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The state of Georgia seems determined to kill Troy Davis. Despite the mounting evidence proving his innocence and the rising cries from supporters demanding justice, Troy's life still hangs in the balance. Urge Georgia Governor Perdue to exercise leadership and prevent the execution of Troy Davis! Go to this site and sign the email to Perdue:

http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/siteapps/advocacy/index.aspx?c=jhKPIXPCIoE&b=2590179&template=x.ascx&action=11448&tr=y&auid=4458257

While Troy Davis has sat on death row for the last 18 years, the case against him has completely crumbled. His execution date has been delayed 3 times because the pieces just don’t add up. A new animated video, featuring original music by State Radio, shows that a number of factors have surfaced that strongly suggest the state of Georgia is about to kill the wrong man:

- 7 of the 9 witnesses have recanted their testimonies
- No murder weapon nor any physical evidence has been found to link Troy to the crime
- And if that wasn’t enough to cast a shadow of doubt: One of the remaining two witnesses has actually been implicated as the real killer.

You have the power to help tip the scale in favor of justice.

In Solidarity,

Sue G. Vaughn
Director, Death Penalty Abolition Campaign
Amnesty International USA

Writer's Block: Table for One

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Guerilla Girls - Superheroines of the artworld

Check out the Guerilla Girls website at www.guerillagirls.com/index.shtml. So who are the Guerilla Girls? They're true tricksters, activists, artists, and *hilarious*. You gotta love artists/activists who wear gorilla masks, and take on the names of deceased female artists. The mythology and comics geek in me loved this declaration:

we declare ourselves feminist counterparts to the mostly male tradition of anonymous do-gooders like Robin Hood, Batman, and the Lone Ranger.

I LOL'ed at the last sentence of their answer in one of their interviews:

Q:Why did you write the Bedside Companion to the History of Western Art? Aren't there already lots of books out there about women artists?

The work of feminist art historians over the last 30 years has shown how the means of art production in western cultures was denied to all but white male artists until well into the 20th century. Still there have always been creative and adventurous women who bucked the system and lived creative lives of their own invention. Some achieved success while alive, only to later be written out the history books. Others were unacknowledged in their own lifetime, only to be discovered after death.

In Bedside Companion we wanted to tell the stories of these courageous women artists and also to make fun of the standard art history canon for ignoring them. Another goal was to write the first humorous art history book, mean to be read in the bathroom, and intended to make readers laugh, not put them to sleep. It's also thin, with sharp edges and can be used as a weapon!

Nothing seems to stop them in exposing sexism, racism and corruption in the art world and in politics. They've brought about changes in the art world for female artists and artists from culturally diverse backgrounds.