May 2012
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April 2012
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Philip Pilkington: Econ for Pirates – Rescuing Art... →
A Beautiful Anarchy →
March 2012
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House votes to limit FCC's power to make rules,... →
because nothing is more democratic and conducive to a well-functioning democracy than giant, faceless corporations that are even larger and more faceless than the current crop of giant, faceless corporations that control virtually all of our media and entertainment.
Brilliant.
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February 2012
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Humanizing the World... →
January 2012
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WatchAn Unfinished Revolution.
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“It will be necessary that the denunciation and refusal of our insupportable...”
– Raoul Vaneigem, from an interview with Siné Mensuel, collected by Jean-Pierre Bouyxou, and published on 24 November 2011 by Siné Mensuel. Translated from the French by NOT BORED! 23 December 2011.
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December 2011
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Dinner, most nights...
alesserphotographer:
Life happens between frames. If you don’t put down the camera to experience your subject, how can you bring anything uniquely personal to the subject?
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The Cult of Done Manifesto →
November 2011
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October 2011
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September 2011
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August 2011
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The Insurrection of the English Underclass →
“The rich run a global system that allows them to accumulate capital and pay the lowest possible price for labour. The freedom that results applies only to them. The many simply have to work harder, in conditions that grow ever more insecure, to enrich the few.”
That pretty much sums up my whole neurosis. In Britain, the top 10% have 100 times more household wealth than their...
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WatchAmong other things, Nouriel Roubini claims that Marx was right: Capitalism will destroy itself. Watch it!
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Dylan Ratigan is mad as hell...
From the Dylan Ratigan Show, with apologies for the yelling:
So what’s the problem? The Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches have been bought and paid for by corporations and bankers. Ummm… #No5hi7
So what’s the solution? For Dylan, it’s for the President to give a speech that lays out the connections between money and politicial power, and urges citizens to change the...
July 2011
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WatchBarton Biggs—a ludicrously wealthy hedge fund manager—advocates a job guarantee program (think WPA) to rebuild and upgrade US infrastructure, increased taxes on the rich, investment in companies and products with actual use-value, and a bunch of other stuff I never thought would come from someone in his class. GoGo. He remains wedded to neoliberalism, but has taken some surprising steps towards...