The Art in Action Camp is a ten-day summer camp for 16 to 25 year-olds that brings together poets, singers, dancers, artists and other young visionaries to create a vision of freedom and hope for the future—while voicing opposition to corporate war abroad and the criminalization of youth at home.

Art in Action took place this year from August 16 through August 25 at the Quaker Center in Ben Lomond, on an 80-acre redwood forest just twenty minutes north of Santa Cruz. Art in Action's final day, August 25, concluded with a 7:00 pm evening public performance in the Santa Cruz Veteran's Hall at 846 Front Street, Santa Cruz.

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Audio collage from a Free Radio Santa Cruz interview with participants on the DNC2RNC, portland indymedia's call to media arms, along with music from David Rovics and Against Me!
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When Erin Siegal heard that Johnny Cash's name would be tied to the 2004 RNC, her blood boiled. "It was just too offensive, too outrageous... Johnny Cash is a people's hero." So, acting like any reasonable activist would, she organized a Man-And-Woman-In-Black Bloc.

A high-octane pulse-pounder driven by style, speed, deviously clever flourishes, and a driving techno-beat--a film that moves so fast it almost breaks free of its limited orbit. Hosted by Grant.