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Tag Archives: neoliberalism
A Eulogy for The Ghost of Tom (Geode) Pt.1
“The Tom Morello” Can’t Save Us All & Maybe Music Itself Is The Savage Beast I wasn’t born with perfect politics and I certainly don’t presume to embody 0r espouse them even today. I’m fucked up – I’ll be the … Continue reading
Posted in Action, California, culture industry, Liberalism, Los Angeles, Media, occupy, Patriarchy, Prisons, Uncategorized, War on the Poor, white supremacy
Tagged Adorno, bullshit, calle 13, counterrevolution, Culture Industry, gramsci, individualism, neoliberalism, posing, posturing, preening, tom morello
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Kill the Tom Morello In Your Head
(ed. Originally published December 20, 2013 – here!) The very first frame reveals a rainbow, arcing triumphantly across an otherwise bleak, almost-monochromatic sky. We quickly zoom into a dusty, hillside village. Then – with another frenetic cut – we see a … Continue reading
Posted in Archival, California, culture industry, Liberalism, Los Angeles, Media, occupy, Patriarchy, Uncategorized
Tagged Adorno, art, artists, calle 13, criticism, critique, Culture Industry, ego, exceptionalism, fame, idolatry, idols, individualism, music, music video, neoliberalism, palestine, petit bourgeois, privilege, review, rock gods, self, solidarity, stardom, tom morello
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Solidarity With resISTANBUL
(ed. originally published June 2, 2013 – here!) This video stands out among all the so-called ‘riot porn’ I’ve masturbated vigorously to seen since Spring 2011, because it highlights the small victories that take place on the streets instead of reaffirming … Continue reading
Posted in ACAB/FTP, Archival, Chris Hedges, Liberalism, Media, occupy, War on the Poor
Tagged acab, capitalism, Erdogan, ftp, global revolt, globalization, Istanbul, neoliberalism, occupy, Occupy Gezi, occupy wall street, ola, ows, resISTANBUL, resistance, revolution, solidarity, Taksim, Turkey
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On Bill “Fucking” Bratton
(ed. Originally published January 23, 2013 – here!) I watched the marathon, 9+ hour Oakland City Council meeting last night – attended by hundreds of well-informed, passionate Oaklanders who stridently covered every single potential concern (and statistical reality) about Bill … Continue reading
Posted in ACAB/FTP, Archival, BRLP, Liberalism, occupy, Prisons, War on the Poor, white supremacy
Tagged "cops count", acab, Antonio Villaraigosa, Bill "Fucking" Bratton, Bill Bratton, Black Riders Liberation Party, BRLP, broken windows, carceral state, Charles Murray, CIA, city council, consultancy, fallacy, ftp, George Kelling, Heritage Foundation, James Wilson, jean quan, Kroll, lapd, Loic Wacquant, Manhattan Institute, meeting, neoliberalism, NYPD, Oak Mtg, oakland, occupy, opd, post hoc ergo propter hoc, public, racism, Ray Kelly, Robert Wasserman, stop and frisk, theory, think tanks, white supremacy, William Bratton
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Why Self Help Actually Hurts the Movement
SELF HELP AND OCCUPY (ed. Originally published Feb. 24, 2012 – here!) Welcome to another excoriating edition of Occupy LA AntiSocial Media. The target today—self-help culture and the noxious influence of a mind-boggling array of bad books , talk show … Continue reading
Posted in Archival, Liberalism, occupy
Tagged communism, I, identity, individualism, neoliberalism, self help, United States, us, we
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