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The Blankest Canvas: On Art, Opportunism, Erasure & Whiteness

“An empty canvas is full.” – Robert Rauschenberg   1951 was a big fucking year for whiteness. The United States, the last scion of both Western Imperialism and the white supremacy at its core, would finally fight to a stalemate … Continue reading

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Sex Work & Social Change: Confront Your Prejudice Because We Aren’t Leaving

(ed. Originally published October 23, 2013 – here!) Submitted by members of SWOP-LA and also featured in the October-December, 2013 (Vol. 26, No. 4 in .pdf) print edition of Turning The Tide. Back in 1997, a group of radical activist sex … Continue reading

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The Lonely Dissonance of the Long Distance Liberal

(ed. Originally published July 23, 2013 – here!) Those ‘Outside Agitators’: Red Baiting, “Black” Baiting, State Collaboration and Liberalism After #Crenshaw’s #J4TM Anti-Racism Uprising Liberalism  Collaboration: here and here Red-baiting Anarchist-baiting: here and here and by this PSL-affiliated “rapper” here:  

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#M1GS Media Alert: CNN Lies to the People

(ed. Originally published April 29, 2012 – here!) On April 27th, 2012, CNN published a misleading, inaccurate and damaging article entitled ‘LA May day observances split immigration’. While the various immigration groups who have traditionally marched on May Day have … Continue reading

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What is Hegemony? And the Risks of Dissent

WHAT IS HEGEMONY? AND THE RISKS OF DISSENT (ed. Originally published Feb. 8, 2012 – here!) Today we revisit the basic issue at hand in every post on this site: dissent within the movement. What are the risks of dissent … Continue reading

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