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Small: I am Legend musings
Forum Post, January, 12 2010
Brian Small
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Thoughts on watching _I am Legend_
McGehee: The Politics of Batman
Forum Post, January, 12 2010
Michael McGehee
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The Politics of Batman
Green: A Question of Character
Forum Post, January, 12 2010
Matthew Green
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I ask how Chomsky's critics err in their accusations of dishonesty and misqotation of Chomsky?
Albert: ZCom Fund Raising Policy
Forum Post, January, 12 2010
Michael Albert
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Some concerns about the current Sustainer fund raising procedure, and replies...
Brodie: James Bond as John Pilger? The Left in Popular Culture.
Forum Post, January, 12 2010
Paul Brodie
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The latest James Bond film highlights the extent to which leftist critiques of capitalism, in particluar, are a widely held and uncontroversial part of popular culture. This demonstrates the diminishing returns gained from further condemnations of...
Szczepanczyk: Casinos in Spirit: The World Trade Organization and The World Series of Poker
Forum Post, January, 12 2010
Mitchell Szczepanczyk
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In this post, I'd like to draw some comparisons between contemporary political economy and competitive poker. I think it's useful to see political economy through the lens of poker, since (as I'll explain further) I think there's an extraordinary...
Szczepanczyk: Why is there a ZNet blog post about twenty-year-old comic books?
Forum Post, January, 12 2010
Mitchell Szczepanczyk
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When I was growing up, I was interested in comic books. One series of comics which I read was the New Universe, a line of comic books produced by Marvel Comics to commemorate Marvel's 25th anniversary -- in 1986. I read and owned all the books...
Szczepanczyk: Zidane's Cheap Shot Heard 'Round the World?
Forum Post, January, 12 2010
Mitchell Szczepanczyk
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French soccer superstar Zinedine Zidane gave an amazing performance in the 1998 FIFA Men's World Cup championship game to win France's first ever FIFA Men's World Cup. It even inspired the Chicago Tribune to call him "the best thing to happen to ...
Szczepanczyk: Solidarity Poker
Forum Post, January, 12 2010
Mitchell Szczepanczyk
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Technorati Profile I understand that there are folks out there who are playing with Chicago Parecon Poker. This is cool. However, the rules I posted earlier are a bit out of date. The game has undergone some revisions, and even a name change...
Dominick: Artists in Parecon -- a Response
Forum Post, January, 12 2010
Brian Dominick
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This is the aspect of parecon theory where I diverge 180 degrees. I cannot fathom why, or really even how, the work of artists (and I'll include "commentators" and social critics in that realm, just to make sure I'm dragged in as well), are to be ...
Albert: Reply to Brian Dominick's Reaction About Artists and Parecon
Forum Post, January, 12 2010
Michael Albert
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Brian, I am not entirely sure I am understanding your points. I am pretty sure that I haven't heard anyone else say quite what you are saying, and that it is not a set of concerns that are going to arise often. Still, I want to try to reply, if no...
Albert: Parecon and Society: Art
Forum Post, January, 12 2010
Michael Albert
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Here is another chapter in draft for the book in progress. This one does have a section missing on the conditions of artists in the U.S., etc. which will have stats about artists doing ads instead of art, and so on...but otherwise it is ready for ...
Zirin: Al Sharpton Wants Gilbert Arenas Punished. Seriously.
Forum Post, January, 12 2010
Dave Zirin
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Whenever racism rears its head in sports, the Reverend Al Sharpton has usually had something important to say. In the process, he has proudly earned the contempt of the sports radio blabbocracy. But today, Reverend Al is earning their praise. Al S...
Zirin: Tiger's Fall from Grace
Forum Post, January, 12 2010
Dave Zirin
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Tiger Woods's self-imposed exile from golf is the most stunning--and stunningly rapid--fall from grace in the history of sports. Not since Shoeless Joe Jackson was banned from baseball after being dubiously blamed for helping throw the 1919 World ...
Zirin: The People Speak: When Television Makes History
Forum Post, January, 12 2010
Dave Zirin
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On December 13th, a date I’ve basically had tattooed on my arm like the guy from Memento, The People Speak finally makes its debut on the History Channel. This is more than just must-see-TV. It is nothing less than the life's work of “peopleâ€...
Snyder: What Remains for Us on Anarres: The Wall, The Vista and Le Guin’s Vision of a Proto-Parecon
Forum Post, January, 12 2010
Matthew Snyder
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In Ursula K. Le Guin’s short story, “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas,†the science fiction author details a world—much like that of a fine new coat—that is wholesome and lovely along its exterior folds, made from a nice factory in Els...
Engler: Pranksters Fixing the World
Forum Post, January, 12 2010
Mark Engler
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Over the past ten years, the Yes Men have emerged as an infamously daring and creative duo of anti-corporate pranksters. In their new movie, The Yes Men Fix the World, Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno (known in their non-activist lives as Jacques S...
Knight: Anti-Capitalism Goes Mainstream
Forum Post, January, 12 2010
Alexander Knight
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Michael Moore's New Film Names the System and Presents a Radical Democratic Critique
Zirin: Why NFL Owners Must Flush Rush
Forum Post, January, 12 2010
Dave Zirin
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National Football League owners could be on the verge of a catastrophic error in judgment. In a league that is 70 percent African-American, an unapologetic racist is in talks to buy a team. Yes, Rush Limbaugh, along with St. Louis Blues owner Dave...
