December 2010
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“You didn’t come into this world. You came out of it, like a wave from the ocean....”
– Alan Watts  (via soul-surfer) This is because our consciousness is social. We do not enter into society pre-formed. We instead come into being within society.
Dec 28th
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As someone that studies nation and nationalism, the notion of ‘national interest’ is something that is very telling. You do not hear the politicians of capitalist countries say that it is in the national interest that everyone has access to clean drinking water. Instead, they say it is in the national interest to grow the national economy. You don’t hear them say that it is in...
Dec 26th
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“Today’s deviance may be tomorrow’s norms.”
– Emile Durkheim (via edmundsyuzon) (via fuckyeahsociology, edmundsyuzon-deactivated2010031)
Dec 25th
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“The State is the coldest of all cold monsters, and coldly it tells lies, and...”
– Friedrich Nietzsche (via ifoundareason)
Dec 25th
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“Mass education was designed to turn independent farmers into docile, passive...”
– Noam Chomsky (via illuminatedbeing)
Dec 22nd
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Dec 21st
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Dec 16th
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Peer Review Gets Catty →
A hilarious behind-the-scenes look at the peer review process.
Dec 16th
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Dec 15th
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Dec 12th
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“Never give children a chance of imagining that anything exists in isolation....”
– Aldous Huxley, Island (via universoul)
Dec 12th
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“It is immoral to use private property in order to alleviate the horrible evils...”
– Oscar Wilde The Soul of Man Under Socialism
Dec 11th
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Dec 11th
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“It is important to note, however, what Assange and wikileaks do not do. They do...”
– American Leftist (via newleft)
Dec 10th
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Dec 10th
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Spanish government uses martial law to force... →
newleft: …the response to this strike is ominous for all of us. For the government, determined to crush the strike, declared a state of emergency and imposed martial law. And under martial law, the strikers could be subject to prison sentences for up to six years for sedition if they didn’t return to work. Quelle surprise, the workers have felt compelled toreturn to work. In fact, just in case...
Dec 10th
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“For only so long can the threat of terror veil the lack of democracy, obscure...”
– Gary Teeple, from The Riddle of Human Rights.
Dec 8th
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“The modern bourgeois society that has sprouted from the ruins of feudal society...”
– Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels
Dec 7th
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Dec 4th
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“The system filters out the thoughtful and replaces them with the faithful. When...”
– George Orwell (via philphys)
Dec 4th
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“If we could shrink the earth’s population to a village of precisely 100 people,...”
– (via discordandriot)
Dec 4th
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“Wikileaks is not attacking the US government; rather, it’s acting to degrade the...”
– Julian Assange, defending our democracies (despite their owners’ wishes)  (via azspot)
Dec 3rd
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Noam Chomsky: WikiLeaks Cables Reveal "Profound... →
Dec 2nd
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WatchWatch
Student Protests in London.
Dec 2nd
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WatchWatch
Marxist Sock Puppets
Dec 2nd
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“Feminism is not a dirty word, it does not mean you hate men, it does not mean...”
–  Kate Nash (via belluslatina)
Dec 2nd
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Dec 2nd
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