Derek Blackadder from Labourstart.org just sent this along, and I thought I’d spread the word. It’s a cool idea: ask people to send photos of their faces, and then assemble them into a giant mosaic. (There’s an email link below; according to the TUC web site, you can also send your photo by MMS to 0044 7546 229055 – or, if you’re inside the UK, 07546 229055.)
Wellington Chibebe and Lovemore Matombo are the leaders of the Zimbabwean
union federation, the ZCTU. They were arrested for ‘spreading falsehoods
prejudicial to the state’ (ie: telling the truth) and Mugabe is trying to
silence them in the run off of the presidential election, with a trial on
Monday that will certainly go badly for them, and a ban on appearing in
public or making public statements.The British Trades Unions Congress and others have an extremely ambitious
plan to try to make a giant photo mosaic of Lovemore and Wellington, made up
of hundreds and hundreds of tiny pics of supporters’ faces from around the
world. Wellington and Lovemore may be banned from appearing in public, but
this is a nice way for thousands of people to show solidarity and help them
to “appear” at the London demo called to coincide with their trial on
Monday, and in other demos that will be happening around the world. The plan
is to use the picture to get more attention on the issue and demos in the
media.There are only 3 days to get hold of all the photos, so this is going to be
ludicrously difficult. Your face is needed! If you have a mugshot you’d like
to see as part of a giant mosaic, please email it (right now) to zim@tuc.org.uk
