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y Debora KodishEric Joselyn:“ yougotWhattosay?”PPolitically active his whole life, Eric Joselyn is knownamong an extended community of activists as aninvaluable resource. Rarely credited publicly, he is a prolificworking artist who has been turning peoples’ demandsand dreams into eye-catching (and conscience-catching)physical and visual expressions for decades. Withoutrecognizing it, you may well have seen his work displayedstreet-side: at local demonstrations for immigrants’ rights,at antiwar protests, at street theater against racism.Thousands of Chinatown residents and allies fighting tostop the city from putting a stadium in Chinatown woret-shirts Eric designed. He crafted many of the cardboardbulldozers, puppets, costumes, and signs that local peoplecarried to City Council chambers to protest against thecity’s use of eminent domain to displace poor and workingfamilies from their homes. Aiming to even the odds forsocial justice movements, his deceptively simple arts andcrafts are good tools for popular struggles.Eric Joselyn photo, and photos of his work, courtesy of the artist[Continued on page 18 ➝]2006-2007 Winter WIP 15