We made a quick stop by Cooper Union the other night to support the students currently occupying the President’s office!  The protesting students believe that in saving a tuition-free Cooper, they’re saving an idea about what education should be in America, and who it should be available to — everyone.  That’s why the students have set up camp in President Jamshed Bharucha’s office Occupy Wall Street-style, where they’re protesting what they call a trend of school boards being over-compensated, while knowing less and less about students.  Cooper Union students want to keep the college tuition-free, and they say they’re not going anywhere until they’re assured it will stay that way.

https://www.facebook.com/FreeCooperUnion

photos by Kyle Depew

On the night of May 9th, 2013, The Illuminator hit the streets to support Dos Países, Una Voz in their effort to expose Carlos Slim’s new charity as laughable.  Dos Países, Una Voz (Two Countries, One Voice) is comprised of Latino community leaders from across the country that have come together to give a voice to all those who cannot speak out. This coalition is driven by a desire to expose how the richest man in the world, Carlos Slim, continues to amass his wealth on the backs of the Mexican people and how his practices continue to corrode Mexico’s economic development.

http://www.twocountriesonevoice.com/


photos by Kyle Depew

The Illuminator works with KOSID (www.kosid.org)  to project ads on the World Bank headquarters in Washington DC on April 17th, 2013 in protest of the Bank’s support of the proposed Kosovo C coal-fired power plant, despite grave health concerns raised by Kosovars.  Get more info about this fight here

Video of Tax Evaders Action!  To play, go to taxevaders.net!

Before we forget, please save the date:WHAT: A Gathering of Illuminators Past, Present and Future…WHEN: April 7th at 3:00pmWHERE: Top Secret. RSVP to info@theilluminator.org to get the deets.We’ll explain more about this gathering in a moment, but first some good news. Great news, actually. Some of you already know this, but it bears repeating:THE ILLUMINATOR VAN IS BACK IN ACTION!In case any of you may have forgotten our saga, our access to The Illuminator was taken away in October of last year. We were able to recover and get new equipment through our Kickstarter campaign, which is amazing, but nothing couldhave replaced our beautiful Illuminator. There was genuine sadness at that loss.Well, a few weeks ago the opportunity arose for us to get the van back. It’s a long story, and we can’t go into all the details, but the bottom line is that we- The Illuminator Affinity Group- are back in the saddle and can pick up where we left off, utilizing this incredible movement resource! How’s that for a neat little magic trick?But operating The Illuminator itself isn’t the only thing we’re going to be up to in the coming months. We’ll also be designing and fabricating our bike-operated projection rig, The Green Lumen, working on a super secret airborne projection unit (we can tell you more in person), collaborating with a group of artists and art collectives on a project about student debt, building a new website, throwing parties, etc… We’re really excited about all the possibilities, and we’re looking for more people to share it all with. Yes, that’s right:THE ILLUMINATOR WANTS YOU!This is what the gathering is about, more or less. The truth is that we need more cult members if we want to succeed in taking over the world. But you don’t have to be a prospective cultist to come to our little mixer. It’s also going to be an opportunity to just come and hang out with us, get an update, celebrate the return of The Illuminator, watch a video maybe… and THEN we’ll work our mojo on you.So, if you’re in New York City and you’d like to learn how to operate the van and go out on missions, or you’re a metal worker, or graphic artist, electrician, or programmer, or like to help organize actions and parties, and you just generally want to be a hero to the activist world of NYC, come on out on April 7th. Drop a line to info@theilluminator.org and we’ll let you know where it’ll be (which really isn’t top secret, we just don’t know where it will be yet, and we don’t want to send out mass emails like this all the time just to update people with info they don’t really want).That’s all for now. Thanks for reading to the end of this thing, and we’ll see you in the streets.Shine On!The Illuminator Affinity Group
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Before we forget, please save the date:
WHAT: A Gathering of Illuminators Past, Present and Future…
WHEN: April 7th at 3:00pm
WHERE: Top Secret. RSVP to info@theilluminator.org to get the deets.

We’ll explain more about this gathering in a moment, but first some good news. Great news, actually. Some of you already know this, but it bears repeating:

THE ILLUMINATOR VAN IS BACK IN ACTION!

In case any of you may have forgotten our saga, our access to The Illuminator was taken away in October of last year. We were able to recover and get new equipment through our Kickstarter campaign, which is amazing, but nothing could
have replaced our beautiful Illuminator. There was genuine sadness at that loss.

Well, a few weeks ago the opportunity arose for us to get the van back. It’s a long story, and we can’t go into all the details, but the bottom line is that we- The Illuminator Affinity Group- are back in the saddle and can pick up where we left off, utilizing this incredible movement resource! How’s that for a neat little magic trick?

But operating The Illuminator itself isn’t the only thing we’re going to be up to in the coming months. We’ll also be designing and fabricating our bike-operated projection rig, The Green Lumen, working on a super secret airborne projection unit (we can tell you more in person), collaborating with a group of artists and art collectives on a project about student debt, building a new website, throwing parties, etc… We’re really excited about all the possibilities, and we’re looking for more people to share it all with. Yes, that’s right:

THE ILLUMINATOR WANTS YOU!

This is what the gathering is about, more or less. The truth is that we need more cult members if we want to succeed in taking over the world. But you don’t have to be a prospective cultist to come to our little mixer. It’s also going to be an opportunity to just come and hang out with us, get an update, celebrate the return of The Illuminator, watch a video maybe… and THEN we’ll work our mojo on you.

So, if you’re in New York City and you’d like to learn how to operate the van and go out on missions, or you’re a metal worker, or graphic artist, electrician, or programmer, or like to help organize actions and parties, and you just generally want to be a hero to the activist world of NYC, come on out on April 7th. Drop a line to info@theilluminator.org and we’ll let you know where it’ll be (which really isn’t top secret, we just don’t know where it will be yet, and we don’t want to send out mass emails like this all the time just to update people with info they don’t really want).

That’s all for now. Thanks for reading to the end of this thing, and we’ll see you in the streets.

Shine On!

The Illuminator Affinity Group

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