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Zizek at #OccupyWallStreet open forum + a Foxnews.com poll
Here are a couple of videos of Slovenian philosopher and critic Slavoj Žižek‘s talk at the #OccupyWallstreet open forum yesterday. Besides Donald Trump’s wife and perhaps a few skiers, he’s probably...
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‘Are we all in the same boat?’– #occupyLjubljana update
That was the title of a talk given last night by Slovenian philosopher and sociologist Igor Pribac, who clearly believes that we’re not. Speaking before a group of some 80 people at the University of...
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#OccupyLjubljana Notebook.
Here’s a few dozen images from today’s #OccupyLjubljana demonstrations in the Slovenian capital, and a few scattered notes: The crowd of some 3000 to 4000, which filled much of Kongresni Trg, or...
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OccupyLjubljana vidblog
Here’s a quick (semi) rough cut of yesterday’s 15 October demonstrations here in Ljubljana, complete with a kick-back-and-relax-perfect-for-a-Sunday-Afternoon/evening soundtrack. Please, do share. If...
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Ljubljana’s ‘Boj Za’ Camp, Day 5 + Occupy Tibdits
Quick update on the Boj Za occupation of the plaza in front of Ljubljana’s Stock Exchange: Demonstrators spent a fourth straight night camped out on Tuesday. Despite the onset of crappy weather –rain...
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#OWS –‘Where do we go from here?’
That’s impossible to predict but the impact has already become quite real. Here’s a beautiful little film, a well-spent 3min13sec, shot a few days ago by Brooklyn-based filmmaker Ed David on OWS’s One...
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Ljubljana’s ‘Boj Za’ Camp, Day 7 (LJ Pics of the Day)
Here are a few shots taken about an hour ago of the gradually growing camp of demonstrators in the plaza in front of Ljubljana’s Stock Exchange. The three large army tents firmly in place likens the...
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Dangerous social media games – Opinion – Al Jazeera English
From Dangerous social media games – Opinion – Al Jazeera English. A recently exposed plan by Israel is the latest example of citizens asked to shill for their governments online, Jillian York notes....
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Slovenia Comes of Age – Government Sites Targeted by Anonymous
When Slovenia signed on to Acta last week, did they actually think nobody would notice? Or maybe just hoping that most of Anonymous’s hackers simply wouldn’t know where (or what) Slovenia was? From the...
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Dam Project Threat Still Looms Large in Chilean Patagonia
I reached the northern terminus of southern Chile’s Carretera Austral last week, just after Tuesday slid into Wednesday. All things considered, it is one of the most profoundly beautiful stretches of...
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Cleveland Rally on the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington – Notebook...
Cleveland, Ohio, USA – About one thousand people gathered for a rally in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, yesterday to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s historic ‘March on...
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Zizek at #OccupyWallStreet open forum + a Foxnews.com poll
Here are a couple of videos of Slovenian philosopher and critic Slavoj Žižek‘s talk at the #OccupyWallstreet open forum yesterday. Besides Donald Trump’s wife and perhaps a few skiers, he’s probably...
View ArticleA Week in the Life of Julian Assange
All things considered, it’s difficult to imagine that any organization, and by default, its face, has ever had such a week. International affairs and diplomacy is now officially in the uncharted waters...
View ArticleMassive protests in Cairo today
And elsewhere around Egypt as well. Very uncommon scenes for Egypt where little dissent is tolerated. The screencap above is of some guys standing down a water canon. Watch the full video here....
View Article#occupywallstreet – Please stop circulating bogus demonstration photos
Friends, I’m with you. And so are lots and lots of others. So please stop circulating bogus photoshopped pics, like the one below, that are spreading around facebook and other corners of the internets...
View ArticleDangerous social media games – Opinion – Al Jazeera English
From Dangerous social media games – Opinion – Al Jazeera English. A recently exposed plan by Israel is the latest example of citizens asked to shill for their governments online, Jillian York notes....
View ArticleSlovenia Comes of Age – Government Sites Targeted by Anonymous
When Slovenia signed on to Acta last week, did they actually think nobody would notice? Or maybe just hoping that most of Anonymous’s hackers simply wouldn’t know where (or what) Slovenia was? From the...
View ArticleDam Project Threat Still Looms Large in Chilean Patagonia
I reached the northern terminus of southern Chile’s Carretera Austral last week, just after Tuesday slid into Wednesday. All things considered, it is one of the most profoundly beautiful stretches of...
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