Link to an article by Noam Chomsky:
“Paris Attacks Show Hypocrisy of West’s Outrage”
Bonus links: “Juan Cole’s Anti-Communist Rant” and “Sandbox Security”
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NYPD Work Stoppage
Links to articles on the NYPD’s work stoppage protest:
Ross Caputi – American Sniper?
Link to a review of the film American Sniper (2014) by Ross Caputi:
Bonus links: “Zero Dark Thirty: Hollywood’s Gift to American Power”, “‘American Sniper,’ Clint Eastwood and White Fear” and “War Porn: Hollywood and War from World War II to American Sniper”
Neil Demaus – The Case for Buying Sports Teams, Not Stadiums
Link to an article by Neil Demaus:
“The Case for Buying Sports Teams, Not Stadiums”
Bonus link: “The NFL’s Anarchist Success Story”
James O’Neill – Why the Secrecy on the Mh17 Investigation
Link to an article by James O’Neill:
“Why the Secrecy on the Mh17 Investigation: A Wider Geopolitical Agenda”
Sam Gindin – When History Knocks
Link to a review of Naomi Klein‘s book This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate by Sam Gindin:
Film Review Links
Matt’s review of Zabriskie Point
Slavoj Žižek: “The Politics of Batman”
Gregory Elich – Who Was Behind the Cyberattack on Sony?
Link to an article by Gregory Elich:
“Who Was Behind the Cyberattack on Sony?”
Bonus link: “WikiLeaks, Sony, and the Transparency Dilemma”
Miya Tokumitsu – In the Name of Love
Link to an article by Miya Tokumitsu:
This reminded me of Slavoj Žižek’s observation that it was an obscenity for the Nazis to place “Arbeit macht frei” (“Work makes you free”) on or above the gates to concentration camps like Dachau and Auschwitz.
See also The End of Dissatisfaction?: Jacques Lacan and the Emerging Society of Enjoyment
Sam Mitrani – The Police Were Created to Control Working Class and Poor People
Link to an article by Sam Mitrani:
“Stop Kidding Yourself: The Police Were Created to Control Working Class and Poor People”
Bonus links: The Truth About Crime: Sovereignty, Knowledge, Social Order (plus interview) and “Police and the Wealth of Nations: Déjà Vu or Unfinished Business?” and “Police and Plunder” by Peter Linebaugh and “New York City: Aggressive ‘Broken Windows’ Policing but Carte Blanche for Banksters” by William K. Black and Alain Badiou Quote