Ron Finley

Jul 17, 2023 | citywatchla.com | Ron Finley

CITYWATCH RECALLS - In 2003, long before a warrant was issued for my arrest for the crime of planting vegetables, I remember going to a store in South Central L.A. and picking up some tomatoes. The stickers on them read: “Coated with shellac.” I thought to myself: Isn’t that the stuff we used to coat wood in my high school woodshop? Why is it on these tomatoes? That’s when it really hit me. There was a complete lack of healthy food in my community.

May 8, 2023 | shado-mag.com | Ellen Miles |Tinuke Fagborun |Ron Finley |Jay Griffiths

Looking for hands-on, feel-good direct action that supports people and planet? Welcome to the growing movement of wholesome botanarchy. What is guerrilla gardening? Guerrilla gardening is the act of planting in public places, in a radically grassroots fashion. In other words: it’s when residents take urban greening into their own hands, with total independence from the council or other civic authorities.

Feb 21, 2023 | shado-mag.com | Ellen Miles |Heedayah Lockman |Ron Finley |Jay Griffiths

“There have existed men who had the power to hold or to give exclusive possession of portions of the earth’s surface, but when and where did there exist the human being who had the right?” Henry George, Progress and Poverty (1879) “As long as you respect that this is Mother Nature’s home: feel free to wander; you have the Right to Roam” Right to Roam campaign poster (2021) Stuck over “No Trespassing” signs across England Though we don’t acknowledge it, there’s no mistaking that our innocent...