Posts filed under “democracy”
Apple’s Devices Are Made of Blood and Misery. As Are All The Rest. So Do Something About It.
I’ve been following Mike Daisey’s work for quite some time, and was bummed that I missed his one-man show, The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs, when I visited New York this past November. Despite my weariness with This American Life, this week’s Daisey-centric episode is a must-listen. It includes an interview with Daisey, as well as [...]
Life in the Salton Sea, A Uniquely Southern California Wasteland
Bombay Beach // Trailer (by Alma Har’el) I’m watching Bombay Beach, an experimental doc by Alma Har’el about the denizens of Bombay Beach, near the Salton Sea, the epically-failed attempt from the ’20s through the ’50s to establish a resort in the middle of the desert. The area now ranks among the most impoverished areas [...]
A Voice For The Rest of Us: Why Occupy Wall Street Matters
There are a number of good critiques of the establishment left’s responses to Occupy Wall Street, most pointedly and effectively being this one from Glenn Greenwald, but I’ve been surprised to note that some of the activists in my timelines have also looking askance at the occupation. They have good reasons: for the past decade, [...]