Monthly Archives: November 2009
Proud to be Flesh: a Mute Magazine Anthology of Cultural Politics after the Net
Proud to be Flesh: a Mute Magazine Anthology of Cultural Politics after the Net Edited by Josephine Berry Slater and Pauline van Mourik Broekman with Michael Corris, Anthony Iles, Benedict Seymour and Simon Worthington *-*-* Nearly five years in the … Continue reading
Filed under activism, contemporary art, critical thought
Occupy California
http://occupyca.wordpress.com/ A short film on the occupation of Wheeler Hall, at University of California, Berkeley: Why occupation? Why barricades? Why would an emancipatory movement, one which seeks to unchain people from debt and compulsory labor, chain the doors of a … Continue reading
An Appeal for Solidarity from Dutch Squatters
[Thanks to Reclaiming Spaces for sending this down the line.] We are squatters from the Netherlands. We are asking you to organize a protest (for example by dutch embassy) in your country against squatting prohibition in the Netherlands. We suggest … Continue reading
Chto Delat in London/Alexei Penzei: “Under Suspicion”
First, an important announcement: Dmitry Vilensky & Alexei Penzin from Chto Delat/What Is to Be Done? Lecture: Tuesday, December 1st at 6.00 pm Small Hall / Cinema (to the side of Loafers) Richard Hoggart Building Goldsmiths College, New Cross, London … Continue reading
Ljubljana: Radical Education (Conference)
RADICAL EDUCATION: CONFERENCE Moderna galerija / Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana Concept by REC 28 – 29 November 2009 Imagination is not just a composition of thoughts and projections; it is undepictable. The border is not an edge, but the horizon beyond. … Continue reading
Filed under activism, alternative education, contemporary art, critical thought
Speech of Moscow Antifascists at Berlin Memorial Demo for Silvio Meier
Thanks to Vlad Tupikin for this. You can see his photo reportage from the Berlin action in memory of Silvio Meier here. Vlad writes that 3,000 people attended the Saturday demo in Berlin. Typically, the Moscow authorities forbid a memorial … Continue reading
Californication, Part 2
We got this through the grapevine. Thanks to the comrade who sent it. This week, 2000 students and workers from across the state converged on UCLA’s campus to demonstrate against 32% tuition increases imposed by the UC Regents. Students and workers from … Continue reading
Filed under activism, international affairs, protests, student movements
Gazprom Tower: Fools Rush In
The St. Petersburg Times November 20, 2009 TV Campaign Against Gazprom Tower Mounts By Sergey Chernov The controversial Gazprom Tower found itself under harsh attack last week on Russia’s main state television, Channel One, for the third time in the … Continue reading
Filed under Russian society
Copylefter: “They Killed Vanya”
The following text appeared yesterday in the LiveJournal blog of copylefter. According to several folks on our platform, it is the most thoughtful response to the murder in Moscow of Ivan Khutorskoi, an antifa activist. As such, it is less … Continue reading
Antifa and Leftist Activist Ivan Khutorskoi Murdered in Moscow
www.ikd.ru/node/11658 Yesterday evening at around 9:00 p.m., 26-year-old Ivan Khutorskoi was shot and killed in the stairwell of his apartment building (Khabarovskaya, 2) in Moscow. While the greater public might not know his name, this is a truly enormous loss … Continue reading
