Tag Archives: Reclaim the Streets

running on almost empty

It’s an interesting proposition. Getting rid of cars period would be a huge leap in changing our sense of consciousness. The debate has been quarantined and hi-jacked by discussion about national security and ecology, but smaller and more fuel efficient … Continue reading

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

road weary

It is the triumph of capitalist rationality. Call it Fordism. The dark side, apparent from the beginning, is the dangerous temptation of an inhuman but very rational drive toward profit. Fascism. There is no doubt that the landscape created by … Continue reading

Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

war on wheels: unhealthy at any speed

The war on cars. reclaim your streets. From the outset the car was associated with stardom, wealth and the American Dream. From the outset it was a fetish object initially associated with the upper classes in the first decades of … Continue reading

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment