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Haiti – How You Can Help
By admin on 01/14/2010 in featured with 3 Comments
The situation in Haiti is horrific. Here are some of the better analyses, by Peter Hallward, Jacques Depelchin, and from Democracy Now! – Naomi Klein’s Shock Doctrine is already being put into practice in Haiti.
Durban’s bedtime stories: Abahlali baseMjondolo’s struggle continues
By admin on 12/27/2009 in Uncategorized, featured with No Comments
Published in Pambazuka News 2009-12-16, Issue 462.
In a house in a leafy Durban suburb, lightly festooned with Christmas decorations, a TV is playing the Adam Sandler movie ‘Bedtime Stories’. Across scenes of gumballs falling from the sky and Roman gladiator races, our hero tries to get ahead through wish fulfilment. Predictably, his dreams don’t come true in quite the way he hoped.
I should have been posting a little more than I have over the past week or so, but I’ve been murderously busy with the UK publicity tour for The Value of Nothing which ended gloriously this morning with a five minute crossing of swords on BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme. I’m heading to Malawi today, which means being offline for a week or two, but when I come back, expect thoughts on Copenhagen, economic recovery, and how much you can eat for $1 a day.
The Value of Nothing – UK Animation
By admin on 11/30/2009 in featured with 2 Comments
Buy Nothing Day
By admin on 11/27/2009 in Stuffed & Starved, featured with 1 Comment
The Friday after Thanksgiving is traditionally the day when US consumers rush to the shops, and spend until their eyes bleed. But tomorrow doesn’t inevitably have to involve running around with a credit card and bags of crap we don’t need.
One man who takes shopping’s stigmata very seriously is the Reverend Billy, preacher at the Church of Stop Shopping.
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The Value of Nothing in the UK
By admin on 11/27/2009 in Stuffed & Starved, featured with 1 Comment
I’m going to be in the UK for the launch of The Value of Nothing next week, and I’ll be giving talks at the London School of Economics on Tues Dec 1, the Bristol Festival of Ideas on Weds Dec 2, and City University on Thurs Dec 3. Keep Reading »
Haiti – How You Can Help
By admin on 01/14/2010 in featured with 3 CommentsThe situation in Haiti is horrific. Here are some of the better analyses, by Peter Hallward, Jacques Depelchin, and from Democracy Now! – Naomi Klein’s Shock Doctrine is already being put into practice in Haiti.
Durban’s bedtime stories: Abahlali baseMjondolo’s struggle continues
By admin on 12/27/2009 in Uncategorized, featured with No CommentsPublished in Pambazuka News 2009-12-16, Issue 462.
In a house in a leafy Durban suburb, lightly festooned with Christmas decorations, a TV is playing the Adam Sandler movie ‘Bedtime Stories’. Across scenes of gumballs falling from the sky and Roman gladiator races, our hero tries to get ahead through wish fulfilment. Predictably, his dreams don’t come true in quite the way he hoped.
I should have been posting a little more than I have over the past week or so, but I’ve been murderously busy with the UK publicity tour for The Value of Nothing which ended gloriously this morning with a five minute crossing of swords on BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme. I’m heading to Malawi today, which means being offline for a week or two, but when I come back, expect thoughts on Copenhagen, economic recovery, and how much you can eat for $1 a day.
The Value of Nothing – UK Animation
By admin on 11/30/2009 in featured with 2 CommentsBuy Nothing Day
By admin on 11/27/2009 in Stuffed & Starved, featured with 1 CommentThe Friday after Thanksgiving is traditionally the day when US consumers rush to the shops, and spend until their eyes bleed. But tomorrow doesn’t inevitably have to involve running around with a credit card and bags of crap we don’t need.
One man who takes shopping’s stigmata very seriously is the Reverend Billy, preacher at the Church of Stop Shopping.
Keep Reading »
The Value of Nothing in the UK
By admin on 11/27/2009 in Stuffed & Starved, featured with 1 Comment
I’m going to be in the UK for the launch of The Value of Nothing next week, and I’ll be giving talks at the London School of Economics on Tues Dec 1, the Bristol Festival of Ideas on Weds Dec 2, and City University on Thurs Dec 3. Keep Reading »
