In the essay “1968 and After,” Katja Diefenbach outlines the post-60s arc of minor politics by pointing to its “attribut[ing] too much significance to the de-territorializing, unleashing, progressive element of capitalism” and to its “merging [with the] cadre model of discipline, [which] led to a mobilization of life at every level.” (more…)
We have been traveling for a week, thus no posts, and will be for another week or so, thus no posting in that time, probably. But I’ve got pictures. (more…)
The Austin Police Department has started the summer off with a bang. On June 3, the day after the federal Justice Department, in an almost unprecedented action (and one pushed by black groups in Austin), announced that it would investigate the department’s use of excessive force in minority communities, a police officer shot to death Kevin Brown, an African American, after “an incident” outside of a club in East Austin. The man was shot in the back at a distance of 30 yards. (more…)
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