Dieselgeddon and Black Lives Matter jewelry at Tompkins Square Park

 

Dear Blogger. And it is the death of a squatter scene happening in real time on Facebook as I type this blagh post. First it was John the Communist Potak, then it was Kirk the hippie, those two friends from those East 13th Street squats that I found myself hanging out in that neighborhood of the Lower East Side, now called the East Village for real estate marketing purposes. And then Chino Garcia who ran that now abandoned community school CHARAS. Save Charas. And now John Penley and Karl the commie, another squatter related death that I read on Facebook, a website that is becoming an online obituary for a host of people passing away. And the deaths are becoming unbearable, all in one day, in one week, in one month, in one year. And I hate it that death is a part of life, that we are all born to die. We are all falling into the river and those are people who died.

And there is no remembrance of former things, neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.

One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth forever.

And so it begins. It is also starting to look like Death to America as dieselgeddon and dieselpocalypse famine, empty shelves, food and fuel riots start to set in with diesel and gas that runs the world, prices are soaring through the roof at an all time high as a result of that Gog and Magog, Iran, Israel war and Christmas is cancelled as refineries and gas stations are starting to run out of fuel and are shutting down across the country and the world as truckers and truck drivers who ship everything, are staging boycotts, planning to strike and are parking their rigs as a result of high diesel prices and all hell is starting to break loose to the point of no return. 

And then there is AI is going to kill us all headlines that have been in the news on this day this past week. Something about ai or artificial intelligence is going rogue on big tech and beyond and are going to make humans extinct in 2030 and China's humanoid terminator robots with those red eyes from that science fiction film The Terminator and drones are going to kill everybody, I guess during the ai beast system powered by 5g straight from the book of Revelations or something.

And so enough about those catastrophic, dark winter and doomsday topics on this blog for the moment. It is that Black Lives Matter jewelry at Tompkins Square Park title for this blog post being the reason that I attempted to drag that jewelry out the closet on this day with a Facebook event invite that reads something like:

Planning to vend #blacklivesmatter #notmypresident #nopolicestate #occupywallstreet #sh*tjustgotreal #yoga #brooklyn #eastvillage #washingtonsquarepark #unionsquarepark #tompkinssquarepark #music #morus #theshadow & #iloveny necklaces, magnets, key chains & pins for $3 each @, well during, the next Shows in Tompkins Square Park September 12th, 2-6pm.

"Saturday, September 12 2–6 p.m. New York Hardcore Chronicles presents Bad Luck 13 Official Band Page Silence Equals Death TREE Fuggitt RBNX free show all ages at Tompkins Square, Park nyc part of the “ Back to the NYHC Roots” music series! Thank you Drew Stone. We’re calling out all our New York , New jersey family and fans to come and support Punk Rock Hardcore in the park. We’re really looking forward to play in Tompkins Square Park. See you there, Never forget. "  

And so I thought to post those photos from that park on that day on this blog. And I am not exactly sure how to end the ramblings on this blagh post except to say what, if anything, does this have to do with a No Police State. Peace on earth and goodwill to all mankind.

Tompkins Square Park t shirts at a Riot Reunion Concert

 

 

Hey again bloggers or whoever could be reading this blagh. And do I even remember how to sign into this blog being that it was eight months ago since I last posted anything on this blagh.

And there has been a host of headline news of the day of that Iran/Israel gog and magog war, ICE and the police state, ai data centers bringing in the beast system and the new world order powered by 5g, robots on the streets everywhere, hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, tornadoes and other natural and man made haarp disasters, that alien invasion that never happened and other current events have since come to pass since I last rambled anything on this blagh. And sometimes reading the news makes me wonder if the apocalypse is going to take place as planet earth seems as if it's becoming a dystopian nightmare and going to hell in a hand basket.

And so another year of one of those many spring and summer events that take place in that neighborhood of Loisaida, the Lower East Side or the East Village for real estate marketing purposes in that city of New York has rolled around. 

And this is the story of another attempt to vend those banned Tompkins Square Park t shirts at, well during, another one of those Shows in Tompkins Square Park concerts with a Facebook event invite that reads something like:

The New York City Parks Department has banned these Tompkins Square Park t - shirts because of the logo on them.

 

And I am planning to vend banned Tompkins Square Park t - shirts for $10 each at, well during, the 38th Annual Tompkins Square Park Riot Reunion concert Sunday, August 2nd, 3 -7pm. 

 

And this concert was part of a two day show with ABC No Rio August 1st with a bunch of punk rock bands to commemorate the 1988 Tompkins Square uprising.

 

And Food Not Bombs was serving some really cool free vegan food near the corner of 7th Street & Avenue A in the park on this day as well.

And there are always the coolest stories about those Tompkins Square Park t shirts from people who have bought those shirts. And if I could interpret some of those stories of people who have bought those shirts from those photos that find themselves posted above, it would be the story of  technologyartist. Andreas, who has that really cool Tompkins Square Park photo book and has more than a few Tompkins Square Park t shirts by now. And it would be the story of chililovesobituary who is the drummer in that band Disassociate who bought a shirt and played later that day, and the story of copper_and_wool_films who actually had a Tompkins Square Park t shirt with him that was washed so many times that the black shirt was faded grey and the threads of the shirt were starting to wear out, but the stencil was still holding up. And it is the story of Ilhan from that really cool club nublu on Avenue C in the East Village who bought one of those Tompkins Square Park t shirts also. And then there was Mathias, someone from the squatter scene in the nineties who helped John the Communist make those posters and flyers for those Tompkins Square Park protests and Squatter May Days from long ago who bought a t shirt. And John's banners remain. And though he didn't buy one of those Tompkins Square Park t shirts on this day, there was Ellis Roberts who was at the riot reunion concert with a memorial for John the Communist who passed away this year with his memorial on Facebook saying something like:

We will set up a small memorial for John The Communist Potak at the Tompkins Square Riot Reunion Concerts on Saturday and Sunday. 

 

John was a controversial figure in the neighborhood but in my estimation he made the movement more radical and as one of the originators of the Tompkins Square Gatherings (Squatter May Day 1986) he should be remembered as the struggle continues.

 

And there is Chino Garcia from that neighborhood of Loisaida who has since passed away a few weeks ago, who's abandoned community cultural building from the nineties, CHARAS, still sits there in Loisaida. Save Charas!

And a host of people have passed away since I last posted on this blog. 

One generation passeth away and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever and the only thing constant is change and some stories do not end as you expect. Peace on earth and goodwill to all mankind. And what if anything, does this have to do with a No Police State.

An end of a Year 2025

 

 

 

Dear internet, it's a few days after that holiday of Christ and the end of a Gregorian calendar year 2025 has rolled around and the beginning of a new year 2026 here on planet earth has arrived that I am able to sign into this blog and post another blagh post in the age of big tech algorithms and social media censorship where I have found a couple of my social media pages banned, suspended or shut down in the name of community guidelines or modern day book burning as both the UK and Australia are both now under a massive censorship regime. And sometimes I wonder if I should call this blagh pro police state instead of no police state for it to last a little longer. 

And so there was a Tompkins Square Park t - shirt Holiday Sale that I attempted to vend those banned Tompkins Square Park t - shirts at in Tompkins Square Park during SantaCon, that day when thousands of Santas descend on New York City that was a week before that annual MORUS Holiday Market of Fly and Carla handmade items where I attempted to vend black lives matter jewelry at in this holy day season in New York City.

And thank you Jeff Stark, Nonsense NYC and Eden for helping to get a few people to these events. 

And that comet 3I/ATLAS alien invasion that I have been blaghing about for the past few months never happened as it passed by planet earth during it's closest approach December 19th on its way to Jupiter.

 

 

And it's been another year of more people passing away here on planet earth. So many that I found myself posting this passage on Facebook a few weeks ago:

dear facebook, i turn on facebook once a day to see that once a day someone I know of from my generation has died, or their parents have passed away. facebook has replaced myspace for online obituaries. i hate it that death is a part of life. and death has replaced birth for being the first post i see at the top of my facebook feed. this has been the worst year ever for deaths. one generation passes and another one comes but the earth abideth forever.

And if you have been on the Lower East Side or East Village it is called for real estate marketing purposes, squatter scene in the late 80's or early 90's, you may have heard of or came across John "The Communist" Potak, a squatter revolutionary and one of those 13th Street squatters who plastered his posters everywhere on light poles and beyond in that East Village neighborhood and went to countless demonstrations and marches with his class war on the poor spray painted on a sheet banners during those Tompkins Square Park police riots, homeless encampments and Squatter May Day concerts against police state repression, gentrification and war.

The if you need a home, take one, squatter community, is saddened to hear that John the Communist passed away December 16th. He was a prolific propagandist  And his banners remain. The only thing constant is change and some stories do not end as you expect.

Auld Lang Syne 2025