Mapoon
#circa 1995. From the look of Daniel I knew that he had been away too long. -Maaaate, how are… His cutting off grunt and wave of shaky hand…
Tag: capitalism
Chilli box by Jinan Farming Star import and export. HCMC food & bev trade fair 09.08.24.
Good teh tarik too.
Long Live Queer Nightlife: How the Closing of Gay Bars Sparked a Revolution – review
In Long Live Queer Nightlife, Amin Ghaziani charts the transformation of LGBTQ+ nightlife in recent decades amid venue closures and gentrification, focusing on London. Through a blend of personal anec…
Can you be a parent and an activist?
I am consumed by a difficult realization I’ve come to lately. The care my children need to be as protected as possible under the conditions of capitalism outstrips…
Annual Billionaire Challenge
Annual Billionaire Challenge / Local council administered: Every year all billionaires have a two-week window to file public exemptions before they are taxed half a billion for every…
Review: Castoffs of Capital: Work and Love among Garment Workers in Bangladesh, by Lamia Karim, University of Minnesota Press, (2022)
by Shormila Akter Castoffs of Capital: Work and Love among Garment Workers in Bangladesh examines the lives of female garments workers, shaped by “a state that colluded with…
Review: ‘Reclaiming the discarded: life and labour on Rio’s garbage dump’ (2018)
by Holly Cawsey In June 2012, Rio de Janeiro saw the close of Jardim Gramacho, one of the largest landfills in the world. At its height, Jardim Gramacho…
A Theory of Everyone: Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We’re Going – review
In A Theory of Everyone: Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We’re Going, Michael Muthukrishna contends that the core issue affecting Western societies is increasing energy…
Intravenous ideological global apparatus – IISAs
I am holding out for the new intravenous culture industry critique. Cannot get students to leave their screen devices alone even if they are banned in the classroom.…
Wells. The future society as an investment opportunity.
1895. The Time Machine discussing the prospect of time travel: “Then there is the future,” said the Very Young Man. “Just think, One might invest all one ‘s…
30 Minute Methods
30 Minute Methods TDTU, VSA (Sth) and TARN 2023-3024 The 30-minute Methods seminar series invites noted scholars to present their insights on new and pressing sociological approaches. In…
Book Burning
Are we living in the greatest ever era of incineration? Add your favourite book burning quotes here. Bradbury’s F◦451, Maugham’s Razors Edge, Umberto Eco’s name of the Rose,…
180 years of fashion. RIP Mary Anne Walkley.
as reported in the Sterling Observer (2 July 1863).
Special Issue: Robinson Crusoe
Free to download in 2023. Click the TOC below and download each as a PDF or EPUB from T&R. #robinson #crusoe #Journal of Postcolonial Writing
If we had time to study, we might study this…
I was asked yesterday how I might explain the attraction of current right wing ideas and autocracy…: >> How do you explain the attraction of current right wing…
NIAS gone!
This is not at all good. Announcement: NIAS is closing down! Courage, cleverness and tenacity have not been enough. After years of spirited resistance, it is now time…
Can we talk about race and inequalities without talking about racism?
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Can we talk about race and inequalities without talking about racism?
INTRODUCTION Can we talk about race without talking about racism and inequalities? To answer this question, we must first understand what ‘race’ is. To understand what race is…
John P. O’Regan on his book, Global English and Political Economy
Interview by Bonnie Urciuoli https://www.routledge.com/Global-English-and-Political-Economy/ORegan/p/book/9781138811126 Bonnie Urciuoli: Can you say a bit about how your Marx reading group …
Riotinto – multi-scalar defeat, yaay!
This one is a welcome defeat for the mining corp… See more on riot Tinto on this blog here: https://hutnyk.wordpress.com/?s=Riotinto (note, reposting this article is not meant to…
Rosa on opium
Rosa Luxemburg The Accumulation of Capital, ch 18 “Consequently, a stricter law was passed [by the Chinese] in 1833 which made every opium smoker liable to a hundred…
FocaalBlog: Eric Wolf, Europe, Histories, Capitalism. Where are we now?
This panel was convened by Ida Susser at the American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting 2022 – Unsettling Landscapes. It builds on the workshop Vision and Method in Anthropology:…
Targets for pollution
If we are going to do maps, some sort of campaign aspect is implied. Here are ten areas of geocide to consider (a Daly is years of life…