[weekly linkdump, somewhat edited from my diigo]
Zapatismo
º Lead by obeying
º Everything for everyone, nothing for ourselves
º We wish not to seize power, but to exercise it
º Asking questions while walking
º The defense of memory against oblivion
º Our struggle is your struggle
º We want a world where many worlds fit— 🐭 (A)nticapitalist(A) 🐭 (@pieceoplastic) February 1, 2018
#SOTU2018 pic.twitter.com/ZpB7MwLmYM
— Edel Rodriguez (@edelstudio) January 31, 2018
All 14 activists who did civil disobedience in Trump Tower today are out of jail. A big thank you to them, and all of today’s protesters, for fighting back against Trump’s State of Disgrace. pic.twitter.com/Po59DUQesK
— Rise and Resist (@riseandresistny) January 31, 2018
Jordan Peterson: the reason that the west is the only good society is because the west is the only one has overcome the idea of group identity, here in the west pic.twitter.com/VpHlxRnSgy
— Shuja Haider (@shujaxhaider) January 30, 2018
"I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept." —Angela Davis pic.twitter.com/ByIg7Vxzci
— Haymarket Books (@haymarketbooks) January 26, 2018
Someone waited their whole career to write that headline. pic.twitter.com/XHEWT55U4N
— You Had One Job (@_youhadonejob1) January 27, 2018
Zurich, Switzerland: Up to 10 000 people join rally in solidarity with #Afrin. pic.twitter.com/Cl7tFjJXgW
— Fabian Eberhard (@FabianEberhard) January 27, 2018
#ifyouonlyreadone
Red Meat for the Right-Wing Fake-Outrage Machine – “TPUSA and other neo-fascists such as Richard Spencer are using a disingenuous notion of “free speech” as a Trojan Horse to turn universities into platforms for far-right propaganda and organizing, and the result is less, not more, academic freedom as professors and grad students water down or even refrain from producing strong critiques and analyses for fear of being targeted. University administrations have been repeatedly duped or intimidated into capitulating. It is high time for university administrators to realize that, as Howard Zinn taught us, you can’t be neutral on a moving train.” Universities need to start protecting their professors.
#watch,
Fox Puppies!!! – <3 Baby foxes 😉
Dancing in the Street // Silent Music Video – “A “silent” music video for David Bowie and Mick Jagger’s Dancing in the Street.”
Monsters Size Comparison (Movies) – “A comparison of some movie monsters. They are not all.”
listen and
6. On Free Speech | The Sisterhood – “Laurie and Eleanor Penny discuss free speech and trigger warnings, and how these ideas are misunderstood and misused.” The thoughts on the passive aggressiveness of the trigger warning and trauma conversation are fantastically precise.
Hate of the Union – “Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech was a hateful assault. This week on Intercepted: Naomi Klein and Jeremy analyze Trump’s threats toward North Korea, his executive order on Guantánamo, and the attack on immigrants, the poor, and the environment.” All you need to listen to regarding that SOTU speech, the rest of the podcast is also great.
#learn
Julian Assange Offered Hannity Impersonator ‘News’ About Top Democrat – “The head of Wikileaks told @SeanHannity__ to seek ‘other channels’ for information on Sen. Mark Warner of the Trump-Russia investigation. ‘@SeanHannity__’ was a woman in Texas.” A certain stable genius would start calling him Sloppy Julian, if he didn’t help him get elected.
Berlin housing law replenishes housing stock for renters – “Berlin’s rental restrictions have returned nearly 8,000 apartments to the residential market, officials say. Housing costs had spiked in Germany’s capital as speculators and Airbnb entrepreneurs sat on usable residences.” This has to happen in more cities, Paris, London etc.
Life lessons from weightlifting: “strong women” are used to justify inequality – “Today’s young women are absolutely tough enough to tolerate any amount of misogynist bullshit – they just don’t want to and they shouldn’t have to.” “I love yoga as much as the next spiritually etiolated urban white lady, but the chanting wasn’t cutting it for the post-Brexit hunger games.”
Elon Musk sells 10,000 flamethrowers in 48 hours – “The official Boring Company flamethrower – starts shipping in spring.” Can this guy fuck of to Mars soon, please?
#oldiebutgoodie
Der Krieg der Worte – “Die schwarze Redekunst bietet ein ganzes Arsenal von Manipulationstechniken, wie Roger Köppel in seinem aktuellen «Weltwoche»-Editorial vorführt.” When the dark lord starts his own daily video blog, this is a good reminder.
Sterben lassen an Europas Küsten – “An Europas Grenzen und Küsten sterben Tausende Flüchtlinge. Wie ist es zu verstehen, dass Viele in Europa das mehr oder weniger gelassen hinnehmen? 1976 entwickelte der Philosoph Michel Foucault ein Konzept, das eine mögliche Antwort auf diese heutige Frage bereithält.” Another Text by Remo Grolimund that is still sickeningly relevant today.
Browser-Erweiterung liefert mehr Kontext zu Politikern – “Die neue Browser-Erweiterung „Kontext“ fügt Zusatzinformationen zu deutschen Politikern in Webseiten hinzu.” Not the best implication but a great idea.
Der diskrete Charme der #Authentizität – “Mit sich selbst in Einklang, „authentisch“ zu sein, gilt heute vielen als wichtiges Ideal – für das eigene Leben, aber auch gerade für das von Politikerinnen, Führungskräften und Prominenten. Doch was ist Authentizität überhaupt? Und wie die Strahlkraft des Begriffs erklären?” With authenticity into dystopia.
Falsche Aufmerksamkeitsökonomie: Brüllen ist Stärke ist Revolution – “Das demokratischste aller Mittel, die direkte Volksabstimmung, ist also bereits Opfer des neuen finanzgetriebenen Brüll-Populismus geworden.” Can everybody just shut up? Please.
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