Let’s share occupation experiences, Wall Street and beyond.

October 5, 2011
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Let’s share occupation experiences, Wall Street and beyond.

Hi everyone! I have tried to get this out to as many people as possible, I hope it worked. I was set on traveling to NYC tomorrow (wednesday) for the wall street occupation related rallies. That is, until tonight’s second occupation general assembly (GA) meeting in Philadelphia. It was held in a beautiful methodist...

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Is the US Government Preparing for the Possibility of a Large-scale, Federal Crackdown on Dissent?

December 6, 2011
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Is the US Government Preparing for the Possibility of a Large-scale, Federal Crackdown on Dissent?

Despite an apparent media blackout, the recent passage of the National Defense Authorization Act has managed to capture widespread attention across the country.  While the NDAA itself has been repeatedly enacted over the last 48 years, amendments made to the current proposal effectively redefine the US homeland...

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Black bloc, oakland, and the debates that watch us tear out our own intestines.

November 6, 2011
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Someone asked me about the use of black bloc tactics during the november 2nd oakland events. To me, the question of the ‘validiity’ or potential ‘damage’ done to movements by such behavior is almost logically incoherent. It is a conflation in terms. My perspective...

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Letter: Anandi

October 11, 2011
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Dear Colin. Our demand is for decentralisation of democratic institutions for use of land and right to land, to the third tier (not central level (Delhi), not state level...

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Punk as Public: Finding Radical Publics in Philadelphia Punk Houses (Proposal excerpt)

September 27, 2011
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Punk as Public: Finding Radical Publics in Philadelphia Punk Houses (Proposal excerpt)

The following is a selection from a recent research proposal I submitted. The proposed project aims to draw on ‘publics’ literature in order to ask: Is it possible to...

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Punk as Public, or, Punk Publics

March 6, 2011
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This title represents a new stream in my thinking, heavily influenced by a collection of ideas I have picked up at the new school over the past semester or...

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