Category Archives: Politics

Exterritory project event on Extraterritoriality

Posted on September 12, 2011 by stuartelden

Interesting and intriguing invitation to speak at an event on extraterritoriality by the Exterritory Project. The project is run by two Israeli artists – Ruti Sela and Maayan Amir. They’ve done things like project art works onto the sails of … Continue reading →

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Verso on the last ten years

Posted on September 10, 2011 by stuartelden

There are retrospectives on the last ten years everywhere you look – and I’m flying to the US today so I expect tomorrow will be overwhelming. I have no intention of linking to most, or even a few, but the … Continue reading →

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Foucault, Fossils and Leibniz

Posted on September 7, 2011 by stuartelden

Three good days in the British Library rare books room. First up was Daniel Defert, Philippe Artières, Laurent Quéro and Michelle Zancarini-Fournel, Le groupe d’information sur les prisons: Archives d’une lutte, 1970-1972, so that I can offer some thoughts on … Continue reading →

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‘I am an American’

Posted on September 6, 2011 by stuartelden

Cynthia (Cindy) Weber’s ‘I am an American’ project website is now launched, including the films. A book of the same title is also available. Here’s the publisher blurb: From Samuel Huntington’s highly controversial Who Are We? to the urgent appeal … Continue reading →

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Afghanistan and the War on Terror – Ten Years On

Posted on September 6, 2011 by stuartelden

Wednesday 5th October – public meeting Afghanistan and the War on Terror – Ten Years On 7pm, Herschel Building, Lecture Theatre 1 Newcastle University, UK SPEAKERS Lindsey German – National Convenor of Stop the War Coalition since 2001, co-author of … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, Politics, Terror and Territory | 1 Comment

Policing the Crisis reissue

Posted on September 6, 2011 by stuartelden

Nina Power has the news that Stuart Hall et. al.’s classic Policing the Crisis is to be reissued with new material.

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Histories of Violence

Posted on September 2, 2011 by stuartelden

That Massumi lecture is part of a series, including pieces by Bauman and Chomsky, which is itself part of a wider project run by Brad Evans at University of Leeds on ‘Histories of Violence’. The project has a website here, though … Continue reading →

Posted in Michael Hardt, Noam Chomsky, Politics, Simon Critchley, Stephen Graham | 1 Comment

Brian Massumi on anticipation and action in the Bush era

Posted on September 2, 2011 by stuartelden

Short video here.

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Background reading on the English riots

Posted on August 26, 2011 by stuartelden

Two of the best pieces I read on the recent English riots were by Owen Hatherley and Owen Jones. Their recently published books (both with Verso) are really worth reading as background to the context in which these events took … Continue reading →

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Bomb in UN building in Abuja

Posted on August 26, 2011 by stuartelden

Breaking news of a bomb at the UN building in Abuja. BBC News and The Guardian, for instance. Susan works in the UN building in Kano, which has been closed as a precaution. She’s regularly in the Abuja one too, … Continue reading →

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