January 2012
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“So, how do we change the world? Persuasion is for liberals, so I’ll leave that...”
– Aric McBay (via cultureofresistance)
December 2011
6 posts
A letter from Mumia Abu-Jamal →
My Friends of OWS,
My message will have to be brief. But let not this brevity take from it, its strength.
You are the central movement of the hour. You’re raising questions that are in the hearts of millions. Your motto, “We are the 99%,” has been heard, heeded, and responded to by millions. You can be certain that the 1% have heard you clearest of all.
Your work, however, is just beginning....
Apparently a civilization known for the corruption... →
thenoobyorker:
In The Size of the Economy and the Distribution of Income in the Roman Empire, a careful paper published in the Journal of Roman Studies in 2009, Walter Scheidel and Steven Friesen estimate the size and distribution of the Roman economy at its demographic peak around the middle of the 2nd century c.e.
We conclude that in the Roman Empire as a whole, a ‘middling’ sector of...
“Since 1972 when Nixon went off the gold standard, the world reserve currency has...”
– David Graeber (via cultureofresistance)
“The tradition of the oppressed teaches us that the “emergency situation” in...”
– Walter Benjamin, On the Concept of History (via cultureofresistance)
November 2011
17 posts
“If wealth was the inevitable result of hard work and enterprise, every woman in...”
– George Monbiot
(via thenonviolentcommunist)
“Who does vote for these dishonest shitheads? Who among us can be happy and proud...”
– Hunter S. Thompson (via cultureofresistance)
Did a Harvard Economics Class Cause the Financial... →
Harvard grads frequently go on to highly influential jobs on Wall Street, at think tanks, and in government. Did the principles they learned in their alma mater’s most popular class cause America’s financial crisis and growing wealth gap? That’s the view of a group of approximately 70 students who walked out of professor N. Gregory Mankiw’s Economics 10 class this week in solidarity with...
Israel Facts: Anonymous threatens cyber attack... →
israelfacts:
International hacker group says will disable government computer systems after Israel Navy interception of 2 Gaza-bound vessels on Friday; calls interception ‘an act of war.’
The international cabal of hackers known as Anonymous is threatening a cyber-attack on the Israeli government’s computers…
G20 - People in, corporate sponsors out →
suzywire:
It’s unbelievable. The G20 - the most powerful summit of world governments - meets tomorrow to discuss the global economic crisis, and who is sponsoring the meeting? Banks and corporations! No wonder the site of the meeting - the French city of Cannes - is completely locked down to any ordinary citizens, while banks and large corporate CEOs have all access passes to tell our...
Goldman Sachs To Be (Mock) Tried By People's Court... →
cultureofresistance:
Goldman Sachs will be tried this Thursday, November 3, for crimes against the American public. Cornel West, noted civil rights activist, and Chris Hedges, Pulitzer Prize winner, will be among those presiding, and testimony for the prosecution will include individuals who have been directly affected and harmed by the actions of Goldman Sachs. The trial is open to the public,...
October 2011
8 posts
Solidarity Statement From Cairo →
occupywallstreet:
Posted Oct. 25, 2011, 2:39 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt
To all those in the United States currently occupying parks, squares and other spaces, your comrades in Cairo are watching you in solidarity. Having received so much advice from you about transitioning to democracy, we thought it’s our turn to pass on some advice.
Indeed, we are now in many ways involved in the same...
Time has told me You’re a rare rare find A troubled cure For a troubled mind.
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“Remember, the problem is not corruption or greed, the problem is the system....”
– Slavoj Zizek at Open Forum, Occupy Wall Street, October 9. (via domesticterrorism)
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“Art” has always been useful to someone. When i tbecomes a commodity-object,...”
– Gilles Deleuze
September 2011
2 posts
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“I used to think I was the strangest person in the world but then I thought,...”
– Frida Kahlo (via suzywire)
August 2011
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saudades
Its been six hours since I’ve been on this computer. Restless. Checking all my favorite news websites. Hearing what I want to hear. The Guardian, The Economist, the BBC. Blogs. Music. Art. Am I an orientalist for doing this? For reading the regurgitation of sound bites in the English language, mostly from Englishmen who are a part of the subject, the university knowledge, and never the...
April 2011
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slavoj zizek on cultural capitalism →
March 2011
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February 2011
5 posts
“in other words
magic persists
without us
no matter what
we may try to do
to...”
– Charles Bukowski (via suzywire)
January 2011
4 posts
December 2010
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