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)