Archive for the ‘ Neoliberalism ’ Category

Economic state of exception

The following quote from Bush in a CNN interview brings to mind Agamben’s state of exception: “I’ve abandoned free-market principles to save the free-market system,” Bush told CNN television, saying he had made the decision “to make sure the economy doesn’t collapse.” In order to preserve the state, the state must be suspended and raw force [ READ MORE ]

Peter’s conference on radical urbanism

Here are a selection of quotes and ideas from Peter’s conference: “Acquiescence is the art of the day.” -Lionel McIntyre Grassroots activists have to adopt a “Lilliput strategy” in regard to global coroporations and governments, in which we use thousands of tiny strings to effectively bind corporations to our needs and goals. -Jeremy Brecher Manning Marabel called for [ READ MORE ]

Socialist perspective on the current crisis

Leo Panitch and Sam Gindin of York University (CA) have a very interesting and (necessarily) long article tracing the hundred year history of the current financial crisis. It was this long chain of events that led to the massive funding of mortgages, the hedging and default derivatives based on this, the rating agencies AAA rating of [ READ MORE ]