Radical media, politics and culture.

Culture

October 21, 2010 - 9:48pm -- jim
Analysis & Polemic
Culture

"Why I Got Fired From Teaching American History"Thaddeus Russell

Five years ago, I had every reason to believe that my job as a history professor at Barnard College was secure. I had been teaching there for four years, I had published my dissertation with a major publisher, and because I had tripled the sizes of the introductory US history course and the American Studies program, colleagues told me they "would be shocked" if I were not promoted to a tenure-track position.

October 18, 2010 - 1:18pm -- jim
News
Culture

Chevron Deplores Subterfuge, Investigates Options

Chevron has added a news release to its Investor Relations website

SAN RAMON, Calif., Oct. 18, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Earlier today, a group of environmentalists cyber-posing as Chevron officials illegally spoofed Chevron's just-launched “We Agree” advertising campaign, confusing reporters (link). While such a campaign does exist, its official URL is Chevron.com/weagree. The advertisements released earlier today, at Chevron-weagree.com, were an elaborate subterfuge and must not be mistaken as real.

October 18, 2010 - 1:10pm -- jim
News
Culture

Chevron's New Ad Campaign Is a Slick Yes Men Hoax David Zax, Fast Company

Part of the genius of the Yes Men is that they really know when to pull the trigger on a good prank. To wit: They fired off a press release, which we were initially fooled by, to us in the wee hours, before anyone from Chevron could actually respond to real questions for verification (this is an edited version of our original post). And of course, in the wake of the BP disaster, lots of oil-related stories that once seemed unbelievable are now much more plausible.

October 16, 2010 - 6:40pm -- jim
News
Culture

Fractal Mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot Dead at 85

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 16 (UPI) -- Benoit Mandelbrot, a pioneer in fractal mathematics and the person who coined the term, has died in Cambridge, Mass., at the age of 85.

Aliette Mandelbrot told The New York Times her husband suffered from pancreatic cancer and died Thursday in Cambridge.

October 16, 2010 - 8:32am -- jim
News
Culture

Musopen Is Freeing Classical Music From the Chains of Copyright David Bollier, On the Commons

Ludwig von Beethoven died 183 years ago. So why is his music still locked behind copyrights and not available for free to everyone? Because even if the music itself is in the public domain, the recordings of his music, or perhaps the sheet music (with special arrangements or notation) can be copyrighted by the orchestras that perform the music or the composers who notate it.

August 8, 2010 - 9:33am -- jim
News
Culture

Historian Tony Judt Dies, Aged 62Guardian

Tony Judt, the British writer, historian and professor who was recently described as having the "liveliest mind in New York", has died after a two-year struggle with motor neurone disease.

Considered by many to be a giant in the intellectual world, Judt chronicled his illness in unsparing detail in public lectures and essays – giving an extraordinary account that won him almost as much respect as his voluminous historical and political work, for which he was feted on both sides of the Atlantic.

August 6, 2010 - 9:08am -- jim
Analysis & Polemic
Culture

A Countercultural Conversation With Noam ChomskyMr. Fish

July 28, 2010 - 5:19am -- stevphen
Analysis & Polemic
Culture

Football and Class Struggle In Italy, catenaccio was class struggle!

In June of 2006, Negri talks with Renaud Dely and Rico Rizzitelli, journalists from Liberation. Football, Fordism and class struggle are some of the topics which come up throughout the interview.

July 27, 2010 - 9:17pm -- jim
Analysis & Polemic
Culture

More Optimistic Today Than Ever: A Talk with Pete Seeger David Kupfer in conversation with Pete Seeger, Reality Sandwich

"There is hardly anything bad in the world that doesn't have something good connected to it."

July 27, 2010 - 12:25pm -- jim
Announcements
Culture

"Art-Producing Objects" Metamatic Research Initiative

Call For Entries The Métamatic Research Initiative is launching a call for entries to commission six individual art works in line with its mission. The initiative welcomes proposals from visual artists working in all disciplines.

Pages

Subscribe to Culture