Category Archives: Politics

Verso’s reading list – ‘Against Patriotism, Against Monarchy’

Posted on June 1, 2012 by stuartelden

Are you drowning in deluded celebrations of a reactionary political system, a country facing economic collapse and a sporting spectacle sucking funds from our welfare system? Are you disgusted by pleas for everyone to ‘pull together in this time of … Continue reading →

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David Harvey: ‘The financial crisis is an urban crisis’

Posted on May 31, 2012 by stuartelden

Short video piece on The Guardian website.

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Designing Geopolitics conference

Posted on May 31, 2012 by stuartelden

In San Diego this weekend, but with live stream. D:GP is a think-tank focused on how planetary scale computation transforms political geography and models of sovereignty, as seen through the lens of speculative art and design. D:GP collaborates directly with … Continue reading →

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Judith Butler interview

Posted on May 24, 2012 by stuartelden

Interview in advance of her talk ‘A Politics of the Street’ in Vancouver.

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Observer editorial on British economy policy

Posted on May 20, 2012 by stuartelden

Powerful piece here: The economic conditions through which Britain is living reflect a disgraceful abdication of responsibility by a government that has consigned millions of lives to unnecessary and avoidable hardship and great anxiety about their future prospects. It is … Continue reading →

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Alexandra Hall – Border Watch

Posted on May 20, 2012 by stuartelden

And via Carceral Geography (also mentioned by Peter), news that my former Durham colleague Alex Hall’s new book Border Watch is listed on the Pluto website – due out in July. Questions over immigration and asylum face almost all Western countries. … Continue reading →

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C.L.R. James’ Beyond a Boundary – 50th Anniversary Conference

Posted on May 18, 2012 by stuartelden

First Call for Papers C.L.R. James’ Beyond a Boundary. 50th Anniversary Conference. University of Glasgow. Friday 10th and Saturday 11th May, 2013. Regularly cited as one of the great sports books of the twentieth century, C.L.R. James’ Beyond a Boundary … Continue reading →

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Jeremy Waldron – inaugural Chichele Lecture

Posted on May 18, 2012 by stuartelden

“Political Political Theory” – text available here (via Clive Gamble, Thom Brooks, etc.) I am conscious that for most of this lecture I have run the terms “political theory” and “political philosophy” together: my suggestion has been that if there … Continue reading →

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Borderscapes in Trieste

Posted on May 15, 2012 by stuartelden

very interesting looking conference coming up in June. details here.

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Nakba – Manual of Return and Reading List

Posted on May 15, 2012 by stuartelden

May 15th is the anniversary of the 1948 Nakba, ‘the catastrophe’, for Palestinians. The Funambulist site has linked to the fascinating ‘manual of return’, with English translations, that is distributed to those who make their way to the borders of Israel … Continue reading →

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