Monthly Archives: April 2016

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor on Black Lives Matter and Black Liberation

Originally posted on Who Makes Cents:
Few social justice struggles have captivated recent political history like the broad Black Lives Matter movement. From the streets of Ferguson and Baltimore to campaign rally interruptions of leading politicians, we have seen people…

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Download 834 Radical Zines From a Revolutionary Online Archive: Globalization, Punk Music, the Industrial Prison Complex & More

Originally posted on synthetic zerØ:
http://www.openculture.com/2016/04/download-834-radical-zines-from-a-new-online-archive.html

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Erik Swyngedouw – Design after planning: examining the shift from episystemology to topology

Originally posted on the anthropo.scene:
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Show #142 Architects for Social Housing

Originally posted on The Circled A:
On this show is Simon Elmer who’s a housing campaigner and founder member of (ASH) which stands for Architects for Social Housing. We talk about the current New Liberal agenda for social cleansing particularly in…

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CIA investing in Silicon Valley data mining

https://theintercept.com/2016/04/14/in-undisclosed-cia-investments-social-media-mining-looms-large/

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Lectures on Gramsci

Originally posted on Bob Jessop:
This module introduces the work of Antonio Gramsci and its relevance to the arts, humanities and social sciences. It deals with the life and work of Gramsci, outlines the principal influences on his intellectual and…

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Beyond Cities as Factories of Experience?

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Theory of the Firm

“The problems surrounding the central institution of capitalism—the corporation—are so widespread and enormous they’ve even provoked concern in sympathetic quarters, such as the Harvard Business School. This past November, Harvard hosted a conference during which participants attempted to grapple with … Continue reading

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Algorithm as a Scientific Weltanschauung -Christos Papadimitriou

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Steel to Slots: Casino Capitalism in the Postindustrial City

“American studies scholar Chloe Taft examines the transformation of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania from post-industrial decline to casino profit-fuelled stability, and finds another city in America struggling to balance the rewards of short term stability with the risks of increased corporate influence … Continue reading

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