This post actually started as a comment on a friend’s blog, but it turned into a bit of a diatribe that seemed to deserve its own post. My apologies to those of you for whom the references to day-old bagels, cement boats and opportunivores will make no sense. And I …
Tag: capitalism
Surrender is Surrender
A friend of mine handed me a recent (November 15) article by Slavoj Žižek, entitled “Resistance Is Surrender”. It comes from the London Review of Books. This friend wanted to know my opinion. My answer? The short version is not appropriate for a public audience, so I’ll share with you …
Long-Range Resistance at UCSC
I was heartened to hear about this action at my alma mater, the University of California at Santa Cruz. It was a long time in coming. The Long Range Development Plan (LRDP), proposed by the Regents of the university, has long been the subject of considerable ire on the part …
Islam and Capital—الإسلام و الرأسمال
A perhaps too-authoritative title for a post that is much more of the beginning of an exploration than an unequivocal pronouncement. I came across a number of readings over the past weekend that have piqued my interest in the subject. The first was a forthcoming essay (by a for-now-unnamed author) …