Matriot Day was the 21st-century Woodstock!

September 10th, 2003, Santa Cruz:
Pink prevailed! Dance, Song and Poetry overruled, and a good time was had by all!

NEW (Oct 9): The Making of a Matriot, poetry and prose by Frances Payne Adler, is now available as a book from Red Hen Press!!!

Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy.
--George Bernard Shaw (1856--1950)
Mayor Reilly's official proclamation! (pdf)
(text) Photos from Elaine, of Santa Cruz Indymedia!:

Visit the Corser--Payne-Adler Matriot.org site!
Nationalism is our form of incest, is our idolatry, is our insanity. "Patriotism" is its cult. It should hardly be necessary to say, that by "patriotism" I mean that attitude which puts the own nation above humanity, above the principles of truth and justice; not the loving interest in one's own nation, which is the concern with the nation's spiritual as much as with its material welfare --never with its power over other nations. Just as love for one individual which excludes the love for others is not love, love for one's country which is not part of one's love for humanity is not love, but idolatrous worship.
--Erich Fromm, (1900--1980) The Sane Society (1955)

Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.
--Samuel Johnson (1709--1784)

© 1992 Kira Carrillo Corser

LINKS:

Matriot.org
the original, 1991 exhibition of social activism by Kira Corser and Frances Payne Adler

Matriotism For Mother Earth
Elouise Bell's 2002 column on matriotism on Alternet

Matriot
alternate URL for the matriot.org exhibit

The Making of a Matriot
poetry and prose by Frances Payne Adler

The Matriot* Anthem
song lyrics by Chris Highland

MATRIOT
song lyric by Joe Dolce

Matriots, Patriots and the Family of Peace
essay by Garrett Clevenger 3/28/03

Water Over the Dam
Social-art project protesting the Cachagua dam in Carmel Valley

Welfare Quilt
Stories on grappling with (what remains of) the welfare system in the US

Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy. --George Bernard Shaw (1856--1950) Mayor Reilly's official proclamation! (pdf) (text)	Photos from Elaine, of Santa Cruz Indymedia!:
Visit the Corser--Payne-Adler Matriot.org site! Nationalism is our form of incest, is our idolatry, is our insanity. "Patriotism" is its cult. It should hardly be necessary to say, that by "patriotism" I mean that attitude which puts the own nation above humanity, above the principles of truth and justice; not the loving interest in one's own nation, which is the concern with the nation's spiritual as much as with its material welfare --never with its power over other nations. Just as love for one individual which excludes the love for others is not love, love for one's country which is not part of one's love for humanity is not love, but idolatrous worship. --Erich Fromm, (1900--1980) The Sane Society (1955)
Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. --Samuel Johnson (1709--1784)		© 1992 Kira Carrillo Corser