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public words and private language
And to borrow a line from Ron Popeil, “but wait, there’s more!” ….. One good thing about WikiLeaks is that it seems to reinforce what many already knew, had reservations about, or deeply suspected; when it comes to talking the … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged Abu Ala, Al-Quds cement company, Alice Rothschild, Finmeccanica in Syria, Jamal Shati, Julian Assange Syria, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, nick squires, Prime Minister Qurei, Roger Waters, Ron English, Ron Popeil, saif al-islam gaddafi, Sarah Harrison WikiLeaks, Selex Elsag Syria, SNC Lavalin, WikiLeaks Syria Files
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safe harbor for captain broke
Mitt Romney under siege for not having the common touch. For not paying sufficient taxes. For not appearing to have any interest in the poor and their sort. There is a tug of war between what economist Schumpeter termed the … Continue reading
final sale: everything must go!
Just make sure you win the last game.Under new management. Oh yeah. Remember: nice guys finish last. Wailing not whining. Its called the wailing wall; a cry of anguish of the forsaken, and not a whining of the comfortable piqued … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media
Tagged Adbusters, amelia earhart, Amy Goodman, Billboard Liberation Front, bob marley, Bombing Science, cornel west, debbie melnyk, Edward S. Herman, Eli Siegel, Fernand Leger, Gustav Landauer, Jack Napier, John Heartfield, John Lennon, leo durocher, louis durocher, mark coop, Martin Buber, Michael Moore, New York Dolls, Noam Chomsky, ralph kercheval, rick caine, Ron English, Shepard Fairey, Steve Jobs, steve jobs death, stuart manley, trade mark direct
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I’m lovin’ it: burger all dressed with guilt
Is McDonald’s the ultimate symbol of imperialism? It seems to be a composite symbol of many factors. Sometimes what we think it is acts as a facade, a narrative of disavowal that is a bit superficial since these stories are … Continue reading
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Tagged Billboard Liberation Front, christianity and capitalism, Max Weber, mcdonalds marketing, mcdonalds marketing europe, Ron English, Sigmund Freud, steve easterbrook, steven shapin, Tristan Tzara, tristan tzara lenin chess, Walter Benjamin
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a million bash: erasing the debt
A million people march on september 3 to demand social justice in Israel. Well a bit less than half presented themselves. A lot of folks equivalent to about 20 million in Washington. The two state solution is actually justice and … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged #j14, daphni leef, denis goldberg, Helen Mirren, helen mirren the debt, hirsch goodman israel, israel apartheid, israel occupation, israeli elections, itzhik shmuli, J14 march israel, john madden director, john madden the debt, Jonathan Kay national Post, march of a million israel, marton csokas the debt, Ron English, sam worthington the debt
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Is advertising destructive? Its an almost half-a-trillion dollar a year business. All for the sake of peddling goods and services. When you think about the societal allocation of resources; basically to reinforce and expand consumerism and establish rank and status … Continue reading
culture jamming lineup at the cash
Is culture jamming a trademark? A commodity that is more in the domain of an Adbusters and Naomi Klein and Michael Moore and perhaps even Noam Chomsky as popular tastemakers? I doubt Naomi Klein is going to be seen in … Continue reading
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Tagged Adbusters, Arthur Miller, bill schmalz, Consumerism, Culture Jamming, Grace Lee Boggs, Jean Jacques Rousseau, John Stuart Mill, kalle lasn, Michael Moore, Naomi Klein, Noam Chomsky, pierre bourdieu, Ron English, Shepard Fairey, Thomas Frank, thomas frank the baffler, Walter Benjamin
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bursting into now time: a visual wash
Acts of bursting into now time. Penetrating the vain progress of time as the catastrophic. Creating a point where time ceases to flow; a redemptive space where time is truly green. Its the moral struggle for the good life by … Continue reading