Category Archives: Politics

More on the Guy Fawkes mask

Posted on November 7, 2011 by stuartelden

At Territorial Masquerades… from V for Vendetta to Anonymous, and from the Occupy protests to the Zapatistas.

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Guy Fawkes mask

Posted on November 5, 2011 by stuartelden

Interesting piece in The Guardian on the contested meanings of the Guy Fawkes mask.

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Doreen Massey at Occupy London

Posted on November 5, 2011 by stuartelden

A report on her speech here.

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Zizek interview and speech

Posted on November 3, 2011 by stuartelden

  Slavoj Žižek interviewed by Al Jazeera. And a speech at at St. Mark’s bookshop. This is transcribed here. Both links via the Verso blog.

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Shock and Awe conference

Posted on November 1, 2011 by stuartelden

To be held in London in just over a week – details here. Derek Gregory is the closing speaker and you can find a shorter version of some of his arguments on this topic at Open Democracy.

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Slavoj Žižek interview

Posted on October 29, 2011 by stuartelden

Video of an interview with Charlie Rose here.

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David Harvey – ‘The Party of Wall Street Meets its Nemesis’

Posted on October 29, 2011 by stuartelden

At the Verso blog.

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Universities under Attack

Posted on October 28, 2011 by stuartelden

Conference in London: Saturday 26 November at 10 a.m. Venue: Edmond J Safra Lecture Theatre, King’s College London The Research Assessment Exercise, corporate sponsorship, ‘impact’, the Browne Report, a 200 per cent increase in tuition fees, the introduction of private … Continue reading →

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John Protevi ‘The Rhythm and Resonance of Occupation’

Posted on October 28, 2011 by stuartelden

At The Contemporary Condition (via Philosophy in a Time of Error).

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‘In praise of borders’

Posted on October 28, 2011 by stuartelden

First of a series in the New York Times. Engaging in its sense of fascination; naïve in its politics. The author’s Strange Maps blog is also worth a look.

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