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It’s been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; centuries since they wandered, en …
"Mia Alvar's ... debut gives us a vivid ... picture of the Filipino diaspora: exiles and emigrants and wanderers uprooting …
"Mia Alvar's ... debut gives us a vivid ... picture of the Filipino diaspora: exiles and emigrants and wanderers uprooting …
No one is exempt from data mining: by owning a smartphone, or using social media or a credit card, we …
No one is exempt from data mining: by owning a smartphone, or using social media …
A bit liberal and reformist in its approach to the topic. However, this book offers an excellent overview of current surveillance practices, as well as evidence for why those surveillance practices don't accomplish their stated objectives.
With that said, this book doesn't offer an analysis on why surveillance and other counterinsurgency measures occur in this country. I would not recommend this book if you are looking for that deeper analysis.
The Trinity of Fundamentals follows the story of 22-year-old Kan’an during his nine years of hiding from the occupation between …
No one is exempt from data mining: by owning a smartphone, or using social media or a credit card, we …
When the government looks at the Zapatistas and says they're rebels it's really not true. What the people really want is to live without injustice. [Saúl shows a canvas, painted with words and stars beside each word.] These are the Zapatista demands: the earth, education, health, food, life, work, liberty, justice, democracy, independence, culture, information, peace. These basic things are very natural. It's what we need to live. They're the same things that the Black Panthers were asking for. These are what the stars are. If the communities had all of these things, then there would be no reason to protest. There would be no reason to rebel. If the people of Central America already had these basic rights there would not be people trying to emigrate, going on the trains and falling off of the trains, risking their lives joining criminal gangs. If the Black Panthers at that time had these basic rights as well they would not have risen up.
This is what art comes from. It comes from the need to create change. This is what creates Zapantera Negra as well.
— Zapantera Negra by David Tomas, Emory Douglas, Marc James Léger
A quote by Saúl Kak, answering a question on what developed his art practice.
In a world where addictive technology is designed to buy and sell our attention, and our value is determined by …
In an alternate 2020 timeline, Al Gore won the 2000 election and declared a War …
Going into the book, it was really hard to read the story through Maddie's voice. She was incredibly annoying, and reminded me a lot of being in university and meeting white college students who would "invade" local organizing spaces and center movements around themselves. I guess in a lot of ways, she reminded me of a younger version of myself that didn't know how to navigate my (relative) privilege in spaces, and maybe I'm embarrassed for that version of my self.
But somehow this story ended up resonating with me, and revealing a lot of the lessons that need to be learned if you want to try to make change in the world. This book felt very much grounded in Sim's own experiences in organizing, especially how large mass movements can be breeding grounds for conflicts between different (and often legitimate) tactics and approaches.
I think the book ends on …
Going into the book, it was really hard to read the story through Maddie's voice. She was incredibly annoying, and reminded me a lot of being in university and meeting white college students who would "invade" local organizing spaces and center movements around themselves. I guess in a lot of ways, she reminded me of a younger version of myself that didn't know how to navigate my (relative) privilege in spaces, and maybe I'm embarrassed for that version of my self.
But somehow this story ended up resonating with me, and revealing a lot of the lessons that need to be learned if you want to try to make change in the world. This book felt very much grounded in Sim's own experiences in organizing, especially how large mass movements can be breeding grounds for conflicts between different (and often legitimate) tactics and approaches.
I think the book ends on a strong note, and it's a note that I have been reflecting on a lot. Simply, we all need to find joy in struggle, because we can't give up even in the face of staggering loss. The stakes are always gonna be high, and there needs to be a way to live joyously in spite of that.
