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The Mad Hikers

By David Carson — Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 (Posted in Poetry & (non-)Fiction)

… Mountain
Korea is a country blessed with natural beauty. Its landmass is predominantly mountainous and there are many National Parks for hikers of every level. The Federal Government has done a surprisingly good job at maintaining vast areas of untouched wilderness and countless nature enthusiasts delight in the joys of ascending craggy peaks that tower over fields of cherry blossoms, …

Comment by David Carson: … wrappers, soju bottles and all …




work in freefall: a deconstructive landscape painting by Holly Friesen

By Jim Larwill — Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 (Posted in Audio & Visual Studies, Reviews)

… exploitation of the environment. Paintings of Canada’s natural beauty opened up our land culturally to the phenomenon of real-estate development; from sea, to sea, to sea. The CNR and CPR as major early patrons of the arts set this trend and painting’s landscape trajectory has followed those tracks up until this very day. The message of grand vistas framed was to create …

Comment by Holly: … web for Omnigothic Neofuturism, but …




Server migration and co-authors

By Cultural Shifts and Eliot Che — Saturday, March 8th, 2008 (Posted in X-Internal News)

… functioning of the site (but if you do, please contact us ). The main purpose of the migration is to make the site a little more future-proof.
We’ve also been working on implementing a co-authorship capability (as you can see here). From now on, after you make a post, you can contact us if there is also a co-author. After the editors add the co-author to the post, it will show up …




Bruto Tio Pepe

By mejuan — Thursday, March 6th, 2008 (Posted in Audio & Visual Studies)

… Candela Raval Barcelona group show. Series:

Comment by Archie Techne: … photos?




Piracy, Copyright and Entertainment in a Digital Age

By Eliot Che — Wednesday, March 5th, 2008 (Posted in Editorials & Interviews)

… 2008 Digital Entertainment Survey results (PDF). Most of the results aren’t too surprising, but there’s a lot of information here. The results are based on interviews with 1608 respondents, and the sample was weighted to reflect the national demographics of the United Kingdom.

At the top of the list, 73% of people own digital cameras, while 62% own mobile phones that have …




got it all away again

By Pearl Pirie — Tuesday, March 4th, 2008 (Posted in Poetry & (non-)Fiction)

… bushel tin out of the cellarwhen we done up the beets last week there.what a job. i warshed the counter all.what a mess. the ones we grewpickled up fine. only a few come up.too dry, or something got at them.we had to get more. the boughten beetsthey were hard as anything. bad yearfor sugar beets. see my nailsstill stained all. your aunt, the same.

Comment by Environmentalist: … a name for the style of poetry …




near 5 Irma Bombeck books

By Pearl Pirie — Monday, March 3rd, 2008 (Posted in Poetry & (non-)Fiction)

… requestedbranch-to-branch transfersthe other lady and Iour names, our booksbehind his white headone eye on not disturbinggingerly she reaches firstpast his sleep, succeedswhen away exhales, opensthe covers




The Neoconservative Agenda to Sacrifice the Fifth Fleet

By mejuan — Thursday, February 28th, 2008 (Posted in Notes & Asides)

… Neoconservative Agenda to Sacrifice the Fifth Fleet – The New Pearl Harbor
by Michael Salla *

The U.S. plans for an attack on Iran envision to sacrifice the Fifth Fleet in order to justify a nuclear retaliation. This is not a hypothetical scenario, but a real option being discussed within the U.S. Joint Chief of Staff cabinet. According to our sources, admiral …




From Guerillas to Gangsters: Neoliberalism, Transnationalism, and the Rise of Mara Salvatrucha

By Matthew Lymburner and Eliot Che — Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 (Posted in Abstracts)

… focus on the “gang epidemic” that prevailed in the latter decades of the twentieth century. However, since 2005, law enforcement agencies and media organizations have sparked a renewed interest in gangs such as Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13), dubbed “the world’s most dangerous gang” by the FBI. Thus far, the few existing investigations of MS-13, mostly in government …

Author: Matthew Lymburner




Questioning Boundaries: A Political Economy Conference

By Cultural Shifts, Daniel Tubb and Elui — Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 (Posted in Notes & Asides)

… Institute of Political Economy at Carleton University is holding its 9th annual graduate studies conference this week. In coming weeks, Cultural Shifts will be posting a selection of papers from the event.
If you are in Ottawa, Canada, and would like to attend, the conference details are below. The event is open and free to the general public.

QUESTIONING BOUNDARIES: The




Taken For A Ride documentary

By mejuan — Monday, February 18th, 2008 (Posted in Notes & Asides)

… in 1922, dismantled urban mass transit across the United States and made mobility contingent upon the gas engine. By buying up trolley systems through its shadow subsidiary, National City Lines GM systematically gutted those streetcar companies and made efficient, reliable, clean transportation a endangered species.
Directed by Jim Klein and Marcy Olson, Taken for a Ride tells a story …

Comment by Concerned Individual: … documentary “Who Killed the




Skipping Over the Bourgeoisie Moment of Expropriation

By Armagan Teke — Sunday, February 17th, 2008 (Posted in Essays & Articles)

… Bourgeoisie Moment of Expropriation: Who is the Neo-Expropriater?
Primitive accumulation - a concept Marx previously used for addressing the initial inhumane stage of capitalism at which both the expropriation of the producers from the means of production and transformation of them into wage-labourers took place - has long been an absent reference point within the social sciences. Given …

Comment by Spritzer: … difference between today’s …




6billion hectares - Brazilian clear cutting.

By mejuan — Wednesday, February 13th, 2008 (Posted in Notes & Asides)

… posted item highlights the issue of Brazilian clear cutting for the production of beef.
In Spain there is little or no mention of this sort of news.
It’s 6 billion hectares!!! How can it be kept quiet?
“Revolta”
malditos comedores de carniça, essa foto mostra outra cidade de outro estado de outro pais,,,,,,,,, e outro otario pos-fogo…….. talvez nós não …




The Genetics of Politics

By Matthew Lymburner — Monday, February 11th, 2008 (Posted in Notes & Asides)

… is a close relationship between the politics that we practice and our genetic makeup. While not entirely disregarding the “non-natural” world in the formation of our political values, they posit that genes may play an important role in determining our politics by driving us towards certain “natural tendencies”. This approach, of course, is not without its critics …

Author: Matthew Lymburner




Rats, Snakes and Capitalists

By mejuan — Monday, February 4th, 2008 (Posted in Audio & Visual Studies)

Ibie, EDjinn and Royal, Barcelona.

Comment by Impersonal: … muted colors. It’s fresh and …