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OCTAVIA'S BROOD: "REMEMBER TO DREAM"
Okay, then, week number three for Scission's new Cultural Mondays is underway.Speculative fiction has always been of interest to me. It has the potential to lay out things political in a way that...
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SCISSION GOES WITH GOOGLE FIBER
I just got Google Fiber installed which changed my internet provider and my cable TV. I plan to spend some time the next few days figuring out how it all works, running errands, and catching up on...
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IN THE HALLS OF JUSTICE THE ONLY JUSTICE IS IN THE HALLS, JUST ASK JEFFERY...
Who is Jeffrey Deskovic? I had no idea until about five minutes ago. Jeffrey, it turns out is a guy who served sixteen years in prison for a crime he did not commit. Jeffrey wasn't political or...
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CAPITALISM AND REPRODUCTION BY MARIAROSA DALLA COSTA
It is Theoretical Weekends and we are going back almost twenty years to 1994 and a bit of analysis from Mariarosa Dalla Costa.Rather than write my own introduction, I will just copy a bit about this...
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JUST PLAY THE DAMN MUSIC ALREADY
Cultural Monday has arrived again and we cross the Atlantic and land in the British Isles for the piece to follow.The thing is entitled "Marxism and Art," but I am not sure that is really apropos....
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THE REPUBLICANS ARE SOMEWHERE TO THE RIGHT OF MARIE ANTOINETTE
I don't usually write about Republicans and Democrats, but this Republican drive to cut food stamps makes me so sick to my stomach that I just can't avoid doing just that. Cut food stamps...NOW...are...
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SEEDS OF EMPIRE VS SEEDS OF THE MULTITUDE
Seeds. Strange things, these seeds. They look like, well, seeds, and then one day they are plants. Seems simple and natural, but capital never leaves well enough alone. Global Capital and the...
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MARISSA ALEXANDER TEACH-IN CURRICULUM (AND NEWS)
Some good news. Marissa Alexander is going to get a new trial. An appeals court judge ruled that the trial court had essentially forced Marissa to prove her innocnese as opposed to the state proving...
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THE 43 GROUP: FIGHTING FASCISM AND CHANGING THE TIDE OF HISTORY
As stated in my previous post, a group of National Socialist (nazis) and their friends plan a rally in Kansas City this weekend. I plan to join many others at the Jackson County Courthouse where white...
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NO FREE SPEECH FOR NAZIS/NO PLATFORM FOR RACIST HATE
There are those who defend the rights of nazis to free speech. These include the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights and others who are organizing the shindig at the Liberty Memorial...
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A NOTE TO THE INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ON HUMAN RIGHTS, INC
Sorry folks. There was no time this weekend for Theoretical Weekends or anything else theoretical for that matter. If you have been following this blog, you know I was out confronting and helping to...
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ZAPATISTAS, STORYTELLING AND RESISTANCE: A TALE FROM OLD ANTONIO AS TOLD TO...
Last week I simply forgot Cultural Monday, but this week here it is.Resistance and culture. Revolution and culture. Nowhere does any of this come together in a closer relationship than amongst the...
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TYPHOON HAIYAN: NO MORE BUSINESS AS USUAL
A thousand people rallied in front of the US Embassy in Manila on November 11 to demand climate justice in the aftermath of Super Typhoon Yolanda/Haiyan. The protesters from various sectors — farmers,...
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ANTI-CATHOLIC, ANTI-ABORTION WACKS, AND KIDNAPPING ALL ROLLED UP INTO ONE STORY
Then there is this anti-abortion group out there that calls itself "Abolish Human Abortion," and likens itself to the abolitionists who opposed slavery. I'll leave that one for you to mull over for a...
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"WE HAVE THE POWER TO SURVIVE"
Okay, it is Prison Friday and I have a long one for you, so I won't take up much of any space here. I just want you to know this is an important and fascinating read for many reasons, but you need to...
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"THE WORKERS' INQUIRY: WHAT'S THE POINT?" BY JOE THORNE
"Workers’ inquiry is an approach to and practice of knowledge production that seeks to understand the changing composition of labour and its role within processes of social transformation. It is the...
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PUSSY RIOT: REVOLUTION GROWING OUT OF THE BARREL OF A GUITAR
First off, I want to say that I would have liked to post Dan Berger's rather remarkable piece "Marilyn Buck's Playlist" here, but it probably just a bit too long even for Scission. However, I very...
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WHITE SKIN PRIVILEGE: THIS TIME HE IS ARRESTED, BOOKED, AND HELD WITHOUT BAIL
It isn't even about George Zimmerman anymore. Yeah, the guy should have already been serving a life sentence for the murder of Trayvon Martin...or desperately trying to avoid execution. Hopefully,...
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TERN ISLAND IS CALLING ON YOU TO SAVE THE EARTH
Has it really come to this? Should we just go ahead and declare a Pacific Ocean island a Superfund site. It may just be happening actually. Tern Island. Ever hear of it? Tern Island is a remote...
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"WE HAVE IMAGINATION, THEY ONLY HAVE PLANS WITH TERMINAL OPTIONS"
Here is something I don't think I've done before, but I'm reading this book about the Zapatistas and have this sudden urge to be of more assistance. The book itself is a description and disucssion...
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