On practices
Todd May, in his book ‘Our practices, our selves – or, what it means to be human’ (OPOS), argues that this question is best understood through the concept of practices and as such one of the first...
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With new protests against the fees and cuts being made to Higher Education planned for this Wednesday on what’s being called ‘Day X’ (more information here) it’s necessary to avoid getting drowned in...
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The opening line of Capital begins like an axiomatic that will subsequently orientate the work, stating the relationship between wealth in capitalist societies and the role of the commodity. Wealth...
View ArticleDon’t let it fade away
Where did they find you? They found me in New York…I enjoy what I see, it reminds me a lot of the mid west. Every new boy that you meet…here she comes again. Dancing beneath the starry sky. The...
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Left wing alternatives, Left Unity and thoughts on the failures of the radical left.
View ArticleNotes for a talk
I spoke at a conference recently, drawing in part on the work I've been doing in teaching and organising at the Free University of Brighton. The conference was aimed in part at thinking through the...
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