Fair Use and Social Justice – Grace Lee Boggs and MLK Jr. -v- EMI
So I ran into one of those ironies of ironies this evening while working on a project. I pose this to my readers as a question: what would you do? So here’s...
prison-industrial complex
Latest NYPD Outrage – Forced Iris Scans
The latest scandal involving the NYPD, which seems to have an unlimited ability to do whatever they want with no accountability and total immunity, was reported over the weekend by the Village...
Three Strikes You’re In – Website Archive
For those wondering, this is related to an earlier post here about an e-mail I got this morning about a new Stop and Frisk campaign between McDonald’s and the NYPD. Turns out...
NYPMcD – Is Three Strikes You’re In For Real?
[!Update 1pm!] Since I posted this article earlier this morning, BlueHost has shut down access to this domain (threestrikesyourein.org), I’m guessing due to a lawsuit or threat of lawsuit from either McDonalds or...
Power, Vision, Knowledge – Statistical Sight, Criminal Visuality and Disciplinary Power
Some resources reflecting on Teddy Bear Patriarchy by Donna Haraway and The Body and the Archive by Allen Sekula. How does the history of natural dioramas, depictions of animals in Africa, the construction...
Troy Davis and the Trouble with Progressives
“I ask my family and friends to continue to fight this fight” As most people are now aware, Troy Davis is dead, legally murdered by the state of Georgia on the...
