Commentary
Selected speeches and writings by Mike Alewitz on censorship, labor history, agitprop art and political action.
Academe Blog (The blog of Academe Magazine published by the AAUP):
INVOLUNTARY PHILANTHROPY // Supporting the Rich through Concession Bargaining. July 25, 2017.
DEFENDING TENURE & OUR UNION // October 19, 2015.
WHY BUREAUCRATS FEAR ART // May 21, 2014.
TOOTHLESS PETITIONS OR A GENUINE FIGHT-BACK? // Or, Eight Reasons Why the Education Petition is Inadequate, Misguided, and Generally Useless. September 19, 2013.
Dedication & Anti-War Speeches:
Fight for Our Class, Not for Our Boss // Speech an anti-war rally at Trinity College in Hartford CT, 2008
Kent State Memorial Speech // Speech at the site of the 1970 Massacre, 2005
Demons and Monsters // Monument to Rachel Corrie Mural Dedication at the Beit Arabiya Peace Center, Israel, 2003
The Resurrection of Wesley Everest Mural, Centrailia, WA // Mural dedication speech, 1997
An Injury to One is an Injury to All // Mural dedication in Los Angeles for the Communications Workers of America, 1993
Censorship & The Role of An Artist:
Cartoons, Caricatures and the Myth of Artistic Freedom // On questions of censorship, artistic freedom and the responsibilities of artists, 2005
TATLIN GROANS Art at the Crossroads of Fear, Hypocrisy & Hope // On Artistic Freedom and Censorship, Published in Red Wedge magazine, March 9, 2015
Art Can Help Create a New Labor Movement // to The Collective Bargaining Convention of the American Association of University Professors, Washington, DC, 2002
Artists after 911 // Article for Mass Dissent, National Lawyers Guild, 2002
IN UNION: Teamster Reminiscenes // Mike Alewitz contributed his reflections on meeting the strike participants, other connections and his own development as a young activist.
City at the Crossroads of History // from Re-examining Marxism: A mural that was censored by The Museum of the City of New York, and the Puffin Foundation. A discussion about why. 2022. (seen below)
