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Brainless, Impersonal, Implacable

Dark clouds over the Caribbean, Chicxulub beach July 21, 2021

No common is possible unless we refuse to base our life and our reproduction on the suffering of others, unless we refuse to see ourselves as separate from them. Indeed, if commoning has any meaning, it must be the production of ourselves as a […]

July 28th, 2021 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Category: Book Reviews, History, Nature and Me, Technology?, Work and The Economy | One comment

Recapping the World Social Forum

The World Social Forum celebrated its ninth reunion in Belem, Brazil in the Amazonian state of Pará from January 26 to February 1, 2009. A lot of expectations are piled on to this peculiar event. 91,000 delegates registered, a majority from Brazil, and probably a majority well under 35 years old. But there are hundreds […]

February 11th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Category: History, Nowtopia, Public Space, Travel report, Work and The Economy | Leave a comment

Soggy Socialists”¦ and Everyone Else Too!

I have way too many photos from the Opening March day before yesterday. I didn’t find anyone I knew until it was nearly over, though I had a very fun time regardless. I made my way through the crowd several times in search of good signs and interesting moments and out of 250 […]

January 29th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: General Musings, Nowtopia, Public Space, Travel report | Leave a comment