Marxxxist Alienation: Sexual Anthropomorphism of Realdolls™ and Construction of Man
Elizabeth Record | Looking at the changing interactions between the organic and inanimate constructions of capitalism.
David Carson | East meets west and on a mountain in Korea.
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Pearl Pirie | we drug the bushel tin out of the cellarwhen we done up the beets last week there.what a job.
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Cultural Shifts and Berrak Kabasakal | The fourth panel of the Institute of Political Economy annual conference.
From Disabled to Dispossessed: CPP Disability Benefits and the Decline of Social Citizenship»Mary Rita Holland | What were formerly considered ‘entitlements’ of highly vulnerable citizens are increasingly viewed as charity
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Periodizing our Current Moment: Work-Well-Fare As a New Mode of Social Regulation»Matthew Lymburner | The title of my paper contains an assortment of words relevant to current labor studies – networks, struggle, unions – but one word, or more aptly, one concept, will certainly stand out as peculiar: work-well-fare. …
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Perilous Light»Fuyuki Kurasawa and Cultural Shifts | A public lecture on the visual representation of distant suffering in various parts of the world.
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Death of a Campaign»Matthew Lymburner | At the risk of revealing my obsession with the presidential primary season in the U.S., I’d like to draw attention to the collapse of Hillary Clinton’s campaign.
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The Seven ‘Social’ Sins —
The Vatican has added seven modern mortal sins to the old list of lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy and pride. According to Bloomberg News, Bishop Gianfranco Girotti says that the new sins, brought about by the phenomenon of globalisation, add a social dimension. A number of media outlets are linking the … |
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The Neoconservative Agenda to Sacrifice the Fifth Fleet —
The Neoconservative Agenda to Sacrifice the Fifth Fleet – The New Pearl Harbor
by Michael Salla… |
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Questioning Boundaries: A Political Economy Conference —
The Institute of Political Economy at Carleton University is holding its 9th annual graduate studies conference this week. In coming weeks, Cultural Shifts will be posting a selection of papers from the event.
If you are in Ottawa, Canada, and would like to attend, the conference details are below. The event is open and free to the general public … |
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Taken For A Ride documentary —
Taken for a Ride whose “point of view” is perfectly clear is a scenic tour of how General Motors, beginning in 1922, dismantled urban mass transit across the United States and made mobility contingent upon the gas engine. By buying up trolley systems through its shadow subsidiary, National City Lines GM systematically gutted those streetcar companies and made … |
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6billion hectares - Brazilian clear cutting. —
This passionate message was posted by “niggaz4ever” on fotolog.net (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
The posted item highlights the issue of Brazilian clear cutting for the production of beef.
In Spain there is little or no mention of this sort of news.
It’s 6 billion hectares!!! How can it be kept quiet?
“Revolta”
malditos comedores de carniça, essa foto mostra outra cidade … |
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The Genetics of Politics —
Some political scientists and psychologists believe that there is a close relationship between the politics that we practice and our genetic makeup. While not entirely disregarding the “non-natural” world in the formation of our political values, they posit that genes may play an important role in determining our politics by driving us towards certain “natural tendencies”. This … |
