… individual.  However, if history is governed by rational laws, then human agency is meaningless.
O’Neill asks if those currently name-dropping Marx have read Chapter 32 of Capital.  This is a puzzling question, given that it is precisely the chapter in which Marx offers one of his most widely quoted phrases about the inevitability of capitalism’s collapse: “The knell of …

… by Canada, which placed emphasis on the rights of minorities. Indeed, Quebeckers did not want to be perceived as antidemocratic and ethnocentrist (Beauchemin 2002, 263-4). Moreover, because of the lowering birth rate of former French-Canadians and the boost of the economy, the need for immigrants increased (Beauchemin 2002, 165).  The majority tried to assimilate them, which failed as …

… to their co-workers, subordinates and bosses. While this paper does not purport to be an exhaustive account, it intends to offer steps towards theorizing about queer women in the workplace; and hopes to raise the relevant questions that will inform further analysis into the experiences of these women. Using the Foucauldian notions of the “normalizing gaze” and …

… relationships between humans, it is generally held that as long as such interactions occur between consenting adults they are “healthy.” Of course, one could speak of traditional-religious conceptions of heterosexual, monogamous and procreative sexual partnerships as being the only virtuous expression of love; however an increasing number of individuals reject this assertion, instead …

… friendly. To begin with, Asian women need to put tons of sun block before daring an outdoor pop event.
2/ unique position of Hong Kong Coliseum. It’s not only a public space, but also a factory (literally, a production site) of collective memory and a temple of affect and identity. Among all venues, Hong Kong Coliseum has not only the mechanics but also the magic to invest those …

… market capitalism—particularly to the instability of international commodity markets and to human and environmental problems of monocultural production for export. The established body to certify fair trade products, Fair Trade Labeling Organizations International (FLO), seeks to regulate trade in certain commodities, such as coffee and bananas, by setting minimum prices and promoting …

Comment by Gerald Jeffreys: … trade vs. fair trade. Thank …

… morality and motherhood and by limiting the economic opportunities accessible to London women. Negative female imagery is explored as a source of inspiration and tool of reformers who sought to restrict gin and female gin consumption in particular.

THE GIN CRAZE: KEY FACTS
Prior to the eighteenth century, alcohol consumption in England was for the most part restricted to ale, …

… from exploitation has never been an easy task, most obviously because exploiters have appropriated and built up a power they don’t want to lose. In Argentina the fight to win back old jobs under new management often took months, and in some cases more than a year. To this day, many of these factories struggle against corporate interests, powerful politicians, and the daily grind of a …

… that reigned in the US” (White 2003: 58).
Yet tensions between individual and collective interests remained and have become most noticeable in recent decades with the challenge of neo-liberalism in the realm of public policy. The Canadian government is increasingly fraught with contradictions as it maintains that Canadians are bound together by their commitment to the common good (in …

… enterprise more than I do, and capitalism. But if we allow unfettered capitalism…” to reign free, then a crisis will be the least of our worries. (Feb. 9th, 2008).
This cursory discourse analysis demonstrates that even finance capitalists at the helm of the World Economic Forum and reactionary nationalists, though they do not buy into work-well-fare as I would hope to see it come to …

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Comment by Anonymous: … as a poem in terms of …

… trade agreements and fuller integration into the global economic sphere for its prosperity. The second narrative is the familiar configuration of spatially bound vulnerability and uncertainty in which the safe interior must be protected from the dangerous exterior. This paper is an attempt to unpack some of the significances associated with the stories told by the CBSA, the methods of risk …

… life which could not be found in Algeria due to poverty, the heritage of French colonialism, and ethnic segregation. In The Suffering of the Immigrant, Abdelmalek Sayad presents a series of interviews with Algerian immigrants who arrived in France with similar hopes. One man from Kabylie, who arrived in France in the 1970s, contemplates on his immigration dreams, “The only door that …

… turn towards further elitism.

Comment by Matthew Lymburner: … from the antagonistic framing of …

… Dolls

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