Charles Shaw interviews Max Igan at EntheonGaia
13:29 min
Australian activist, filmmaker and radio producer, Max Igan, founder of TheCrowHouse.com, sits down for this exclusive interview with “Exile Nation” author & filmmaker, Charles Shaw, to talk about freedom, consciousness, revolution, and the trip to the corner that turned into a year-long journey around the world. Shot at EntheonGaia, Queensland, Australia. November 4, 2012. Video by Charles Shaw.
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Charles Shaw at EntheonGaia 2012 – “Consciousness & Revolution”
1:02:31 min
“All revolutions begin as revolutions of consciousness.”
Charles Shaw’s presentation at EntheonGaia 2012 in Queensland, Australia focuses on the repressive forces arrayed against all emergent consciousness movements throughout time. With a special emphasis on the Civil Rights & Black Power movements, the War on Drugs & the Police State, and the methods by which spiritual communities can wage nonviolent, constructive resistance.
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Charles Shaw at Burning Man 2012 – “Living in the Exile Nation: The War on Consciousness”
59:09 min
Charles Shaw gives the 4th talk of the opening day of Palenque Norte at Burning Man 2012.
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LIVING IN THE EXILE NATION: THE WAR ON CONSCIOUSNESS
Charles takes you on a journey through the history of the War on Consciousness and Cognitive Liberty, more commonly known as the “War on Drugs.” Through an examination of the political agenda behind drug prohibition, we will explore the various mechanisms of social control inherent in the prohibition model. Also discussed will be the 40+ year war on psychedelic medicine, the recent sea change in opinion regarding decriminalization, the history of drug trafficking, and the experiences of Portugal as a 10-year world leader in decriminalization.
“Having a felony conviction, and having a drug conviction, essentially makes you a second class citizen.”
“For the lower classes, the poorer classes, which generally in this country are people of color, drug laws have always been used as a way to control them.”
“And if you take away the distinction between tobacco and alcohol and cannabis and cocaine or alkaloids or whatever, what you’ve got is a war against altering consciousness.”
“But what they’re trying to stop more than anything is ideas. Because what it is is a war of ideas. And it is a war of control, a breaking away from an external control factor, like a government, or a religion, or an ideology, or an economy that enslaves you, and thinking outside the box in revolutionary terms to try to solve it.”
“It’s no secret that psychedelics change consciousness. It’s no secret that they’re revolutionary. I mean, we’ve known this for a while. What is absolutely fascinating to me is how easily that culture was dismissed.”
“The true revolutionary leaders, I think, are going to be the ones who figure out how to not go in the street and how to disseminate the revolution by other means.”
“I also think that the real revolution is going to come from women, personally. I think enough guys have tried to lead the revolution, and it’s always the same thing because men have the same intentions, we always enter into a war paradigm. And we’ve gotta stop that war paradigm, and at least the feminine will allow us to get out of that war paradigm and get into something that is a collaborative negotiation of disputes and grievances. But I don’t know what’s that going to look like.”
[NOTE: All quotations are by Charles Shaw.]
Charles Shaw is an award-winning journalist and editor, and the author of the critically-acclaimed memoir Exile Nation: Drugs, Prisons, Politics & Spirituality. His work has appeared in Alternet, Guardian UK, The Huffington Post, The New York Times, Reality Sandwich, and Znet. In 2009, he was recognized by the San Diego Press Club for excellence in journalism.
“Yes, I’m a ‘crack baby.’”
8:36 min
The Land of the Free punishes or imprisons more of its citizens than any other nation. This collection of testimonials from criminal offenders, family members, and experts on America’s criminal justice system puts a human face on the millions of Americans subjugated by the US Government’s 40 year, one trillion dollar social catastrophe: The War on Drugs; a failed policy underscored by fear, politics, racial prejudice and intolerance in a public atmosphere of “out of sight, out of mind.”
This interview clip is from interview #34 of 100 In the Exile Nation Project’s archive, which can be found at
http://www.exilenation.org/interview-archive/
Interviews 1-31 can also be found on Vimeo at
http://vimeo.com/theexilenationproject/videos
NISA BECERKiLSOY
Nisa Becerkilsoy is the daughter of Mary Barr (#33) and a student at Reed College in Portland, OR.
When she was born her mother was addicted to crack cocaine and she was labeled a “crack baby.”
At one point she was taken from her mother and eventually adopted by another family.
Now at age 18 (2010) Nisa actively works to dispel these and other negative stereotypes surrounding drug use and prostitution.
In this conversation with Director Charles Shaw, Nisa talks about overcoming the stigma of being a “crack baby.”
Charles Shaw at Boom Festival 2012 – “Living in the Exile Nation”
46:21 min
Presented in the Liminal Village presentation series at Boom Festival 2012.
“Living in the Exile Nation: The War on Consciousness & Cognitive Liberty”
Charles Shaw takes you on a journey through the history of the War on Consciousness and Cognitive Liberty, more commonly known as the “War on Drugs.” Through an examination of the political agenda behind drug prohibition, we will explore the various mechanisms of social control inherent in the prohibition model.
Also discussed will be the 40+ year war on psychedelic medicine, the recent sea change in opinion regarding decriminalization, the history of drug trafficking, and the experiences of Portugal as a 10-year world leader in decriminalization.
Through Shaw’s own story, chronicled in his memoir, “Exile Nation: Drugs, Prisons, Politics & Spirituality,” we examine the archetypal healing journey and the role of psychedelic and shamanic medicines, and the potentials for organization within the Psychedelic and Neotribal communities.
This is the last 5 mins of the talk, cut off this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMRanlZysV0&feature=share
BIO
Charles Shaw is an award-winning journalist and editor, and the author of the critically-acclaimed memoir “Exile Nation: Drugs, Prisons, Politics & Spirituality,” and director of “The Exile Nation Project: An Oral History of the War on Drugs & The American Criminal Justice System” and the forthcoming documentary, “Exile Nation”, based upon the book, His work has appeared in Alternet, Guardian UK, The Huffington Post, The New York Times, Reality Sandwich, and Znet. In 2009, he was recognized by the San Diego Press Club for excellence in journalism. He lives in Sebastopol, California.
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