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Post-race, post politics: the paradoxical rise of culture after multiculturalism - Alana Lentin 23 Aug 2013 | 03:38 pm
multiculturalism1.jpg Declarations of the end of race ignore the continuing impact of racism upon socio-economic inequality in ‘racial states’. Nevertheless, the idea of post-racialism has gained gro...
Czechoslovakia 1968: What socialism? What human face? - Petr Cerny 23 Aug 2013 | 03:52 am
solidarity-55.jpg Excellent pamphlet from Solidarity with a critique of the myth of the Prague Spring. It recounts the internal struggles in the Czech Communist Party as the technocrats outmanoeuvre ...
One hundred years of workers' solidarity : The history of “Solidaridad Obrera” 21 Aug 2013 | 03:45 am
So.jpg “Solidaridad Obrera” (Workers’ Solidarity), founded in Barcelona in 1907, is the voice of Spain’s Anarcho-syndicalist Confederacion Nacional del Trabajo (CNT: National Confederation of Labour)...
Workers' councils and the economics of self-managed society - Cornelius Castoriadis 20 Aug 2013 | 10:48 pm
cover.jpg Cornelius Castoriadis/Paul Cardan's concrete proposals for the workings of a libertarian socialist society based on the principle of self-management by workers' councils. Originally publish...
On the phenomenon of bullshit jobs - David Graeber 20 Aug 2013 | 10:35 pm
bad-job-china.jpg David Graeber traces the 20th century promise of a 4 hour day and how we got unproductive labour instead. How can one even begin to speak of dignity in labour when one secretly fee...
Social cleansing in Tower Hamlets: interview with Balfron Tower evictee - James Butler 20 Aug 2013 | 09:22 pm
tower.jpg James Butler interviews Sara, a single-parent in Tower Hamlets, East London, which illustrates the impossible situation especially social housing tenants are being put in, squeezed on both ...
Thinking about Egypt: between cynicism and wishful thinking 19 Aug 2013 | 02:58 am
brotherhood.jpg On the developments in Egypt, on the framework in which people talk about the developments, and a bit on that attitude to take. read more
Workers & peasants demand a kingdom of heaven on Earth: a review of 'Q' 18 Aug 2013 | 10:37 am
Q.jpg A review by John O'Reily of Q by Luther Blissett. read more
Upcoming book from Recomposition and Black Cat Press 17 Aug 2013 | 11:51 am
998740_192632017571758_2064067336_n.jpg Announcement of a forthcoming book titled Lines of Work: Stories of Jobs and Resistance, from Recomposition and Black Cat Press. read more
1 in 2 and 77.7p - gender, disability, violence and pay gaps 14 Aug 2013 | 05:15 pm
talking about you.jpg This post is the first in a series briefly looking at feminism and disability, analysing the impact of disability on gendered pay gaps and domestic abuse. Trigger warning: disc...
