I was having a conversation with my best friend yesterday about the Occupy protests that have been spreading across the globe, and we talked about how scary it must be for those in power that these protests have gone global. For generations now, humans have been divided (often purposely) by sometimes artificial constructs like race, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Capitalism’
Occupy the World
Posted in America, Capitalism, Class, Economics, Global, Identity, Inequality, Modernity, Neo-liberalism, Others, Politics, Power, tagged Capitalism, Occupy on October 18, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Posted in Capitalism, Class, Economics, Modernity, Neo-liberalism, tagged Capitalism, Crisis, Economics on September 29, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I had dinner with one of my favourite Dutch people last night, a woman who is one of the most interesting people I’ve met so far. We were discussing the economic crisis and she brought up a really interesting point. She said that people have been working non-stop since WW2, literally round the clock, constant [...]
London & global capitalism
Posted in Capitalism, Economics, Global, Power, Revolution, tagged Capitalism, London Riots on August 10, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Watching the London “riots” has been an interesting experience. My first instinct was that capitalism was at the bottom of this: people were sick of austerity measures, lack of opportunities, cuts in social spending, job losses, and a media that is shoving consumerism down their throats 24/7. What apparently started out with the police shooting [...]
Brown skin, white masks
Posted in Capitalism, Colonialism, Economics, Modernity, Neo-colonialism, Racism, tagged Capitalism, Dabashi, Native informer on May 23, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I just began reading Hamid Dabashi’s book Brown Skin, White Masks, which is a fascinating analysis of the role of native informers in the imperial project of the US and Europe. The best way to extend Fanon’s revolutionary legacy into the contingencies of our own time is to remain awake to the way the ideological machinery of beleaguered [...]
The financial crisis
Posted in Capitalism, Economics, Global, Power, tagged Capitalism, Economics, Financial crisis, Power on April 28, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I just went to a fascinating talk about the current financial crisis by one of my professors, Howard Nicholas. I think he is one of the most influential professors I’ve had, especially in terms of understanding economics and the global financial system. Some of his main points: We will see a major shift in global [...]
The revolution needs to go global
Posted in Capitalism, Global, Neo-colonialism, Politics, Revolution, West, tagged Capitalism, Global, Neo-colonialism, Revolution, The system on March 28, 2011 | 2 Comments »
So I just had a long conversation with one of the most inspiring, intelligent people I’ve ever met. We were talking about Libya, Egypt, Iran, and the demonstrations that have been happening here in Europe (UK and Germany). He mentioned the fact that he didn’t think chance was possible in the Arab world unless change were also to [...]
