Category: Anti-Neoliberalism
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Bacon Sheds Light on Pork
One of the ironies of teaching students to read on their own initiative outside of school is that the heavy work load of teaching can make it hard for teachers to do just that themselves. This is something I try and resist as much as possible, and it gets easier when I have some time…
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New Cassette Released Today!
If you’re into hypnosis, you might like a minimal instrumental piece I just released on cassette and digital download from Unread Records this very day. It’s a 45 minute long instrumental version of a song from my forthcoming record called We’ll Teach Them How to Privatize. The cover of the cassette features degraded xeroxed pictures…
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Pretty Bubbles Turning Into Grime
Michael Hudson has a new book out so I thought it was high time I posted some thoughts I’ve been meaning to write up about his last one, The Bubble and Beyond. I’ve posted before about Hudson’s 1973 classic Superimperialism, whose analysis of the economic strategy of American Empire was followed by a terrific 1977…
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Organize 2020 and Durham’s Tipping Point
I’m posting today to ask folks to consider supporting an Indie Go Go campaign currently heading into its final week by Organize 2020, the social justice caucus of the North Carolina Association of Educators. As an active member of this group, I have been impressed by the commitment, vision and integrity of people involved in this…
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Monsanto in the Classroom?
I spent the weekend editing vocals after reading an article that bore close relation to the subject matter of one of the songs I was working on. The track is called Contamination in the Grass and it deals with Monsanto and other similar agribiz corporations such as Dow Chemical and Syngenta. The lyrics takes many…
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Coca-Cola loses one in India
One of the songs on my forthcoming record is called simply “Coca-Cola.” Mark Pendergrast’s book For God, For Country and For Coca-Cola reveals that this is the most widely recognized group of syllables on the planet, except for OK, which holds onto the top spot for now, but perhaps not for long. Back in 1971,…
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24 hours till Kickstarter ends…how long until everyone has health care in the US?
With less than 24 hours left, there’s only $135 to until my Kickstarter hits its goal! Please help out if you can, either by contributing or spreading the word. You might end up being the one who puts us over the top! It ends at 12:28 pm on Tuesday, September 2nd. One of the things…
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Algebra: The Root of All Evil?
As the deadline for my current Kickstarter campaign draws near, math is on my mind. We’ve got until noon on Tuesday to raise another $650. Math has also been on my mind as the school year has started up in my work as a teacher. Two weeks ago, I attended a workshop for teachers who…
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Corporate Welfare.10: Wrestelmania
I just read an incredible article by Dan O’Sullivan in Jacobin magazine about the abuse of wrestlers by their promoters, and in particular, by Vince McMahon and the WWE, (World Wrestling Entertainment.) I recently wrote about the film The Wrestler as a depiction of how wrestling performs the abuse of workers outside the ring by amplifying…
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