Co-operatives and Liberation, not necessarily in that order
Did you know you can make vegan ice cream using only two ingredients? I make this ice cream for 3.25 a liter using ingredients that can be purchased at most dollar stores. To make an ice cream pie, ad I am here, you just need to add a pie shell. You will also need an […]
Read More Two-ingredient vegan ice creamAs I write this, ISIS forces are advancing towards Samarra, and at the latest word being repelled by the Iraq army. In recent days they took control of Mosul and much of the province of Niveneh. They have released prisoners from the jails at Tikrit, and kidnapped the Turkish embassy staff. There are two interpretations […]
Read More ISIS in Iraq and the need for Interpretation and Precise ConceptsAsef Bayat‘s idea of “social non-movements” might be crucial for thinking about “social movements” today. The very idea that we “ought” to respond to the political crises we face by organized “movements” is perhaps overly narrow. Let me say that by “social non-movements,” I mean broadly the collective action of dispersed and unorganized actors. These […]
Read More A few thoughts on Bayat’s notion of “Social Non-Movements”
Only a Northern Song 