January 2011
54 posts
December 2010
79 posts
“The state is the coldest of all cold monsters. Coldly it lies, too; and this lie...”
– Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra (via fuckyeahanarchism)
“Consumer-led industrial capitalism necessarily creates huge social divisions and...”
– From “The Humanization of the Cosmos—To What End?” by Peter Dickens. We promise it to be one of the most interesting articles from a Marxist publication all year. (via utnereader)
Hacker Culture: A Response to Bruce Sterling on... →
'Capitalism and the assault on reason' by Slavoj... →
“In May 2010, large demonstrations exploded in Greece after the government announced the austerity measures that had to be adopted in order to meet the conditions of the European Union for the bailout money to avoid the state’s financial collapse. One often hears that the true message of the Greek crisis - and that of the more recent protests in France - is that not only the Euro, but the entire...
“The people who run our cities don’t understand graffiti because they think...”
– Banksy - The full quote. (via therecipe)
State doing what states do made all the more... →
28 Die in Factory Fire Making Clothes for the Gap... →
padaviya:
Whether you go more highscale at Banana Republic or casual at Old Navy, all these store chains (and Piperlime and Athleta) are owned by Gap, Inc., which just doesn’t seem to care much about the lives of its workers. The Hammem factory also provides clothes to other recognizable brands in America, such as H&M, Walmart, Sears, JC Penny, and Target, though Gap is the chief buyer....
http://www.workersassembly.ca/callout2011/callout20... →
Buy Nothing Christmas
unconsumption:
Culturejamming with the Adbusters gang [from the site]:
“With catastrophic climate change looming, we the rich one billion people on the planet have to consume less! And if that’s too extreme for grandma and the kids, try for a Buy Less Christmas. And maybe a buy local, buy fairer, buy indie Christmas. Whatever you decide, ‘tis the season to reclaim our year-end...
No Fair is Fair! Photos of, and story on, the... →
http://georgiasolidarity.tumblr.com/ →
“Arresting Julian Assange will definitely stop the leaking of classified...”
– (via shitnoonehaseversaid)
Free and Accessible Transit for All!
GTWA Free and Accessible Transit Campaign
Transit Picket!
Monday, December 20 2010
Yonge & Bloor, North East Corner TTC Entrance
11: 30 AM – 2:00 PM
Demanding free and accessible transit for all!
This year, the Free and Accessible Transit Campaign of the Greater Toronto Workers’ Assembly has been a growing force for a free, accessible, expanded and democratic transportation...
“//STFU Gladwell… “Easier for activists to express themselves and harder for that...”
– (via lukesimcoe)
Touché.
(via towerofsleep)
The Tyee – The New Class Warfare over Bicycles →
lukesimcoe:
This is a must-read.
The poor purchase cars because there is no other option in a society built to serve the needs of the automobile. If you want to work, you need a car. If you want to visit your friends, you need a car.
NewsOne: New Word on GA Prisoner's Strike →
The December 9 Strike became the biggest prisoner protest in the history of the United States. Thousands of men, from Augusta, Baldwin, Hancock, Hays, Macon, Smith and Telfair State Prisons, among others, initiated this strike to press the Georgia Department of Corrections (“DOC”) to stop treating them like animals and slaves and institute programs that addresstheir basic human...
“Inmates in at least seven Georgia prisons have used contraband cellphones to...”
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Inmates in Georgia Prisons Use Contraband Phones to Coordinate Protest - NY Times (via enumerate)
pieto:
chufffedlittlemuffaletta:
If, on page 50 of your book, you are still telling me what you are going to argue, I am going to be extremely annoyed and start reading a fiction book.
And then there was harold innis who wrote with a telegraph
“We wish, in a word, equality - equality in fact as a corollary, or rather, as...”
– Mikhail Bakunin (via revolutionnow)
GA Prisoner Strike Continues a Second Day,... →
Too busy reporting on Xmas buying season and deciding how best to execute Julian Assange.
Six Anti-Theses on WikiLeaks →
“Canada is often described as a “nation of immigrants.” This telling of history...”
– The “White Canada” Policy | Race Talk (via first-taste)
“Canada is often described as a “nation of immigrants.” This telling of history...”
– The “White Canada” Policy | Race Talk (via first-taste)