Publication: Infoshop

First Reported May 24 2012 - Updated May 24 2012 - 1 Documents

Groundless in the Museum: Anarchism and the Living Work of Art

This speculative text begins with reference to a conversation held in 1967 between artists Allan Kaprow and Robert Smithson, focused on the question What is a Museum? and tackling the relationship between Art and Life. The essay argues that for anarchists, ... [ Published May 24 2012 by Infoshop ]

Entities: Allan Kaprow, anarchism, Robert Smithson

First Reported Apr 26 2012 - Updated Apr 26 2012 - 1 Documents

Industrial Workers of the World

Book Reviews From Rebel Worker

Carlo Tresca was one of those revolutionary workers whose memory deserves to be honored and this excellent biography of him by Italian historian Nunzio Pernicone fulfils exactly this purpose. Pernicone is the same author who in the past published an excellent ... [ Published Apr 26 2012 by Infoshop ]

Entities: Workers, Barcelona, AK Press, Industrial Workers of the World, United Farm Workers of America

First Reported Apr 25 2012 - Updated Apr 25 2012 - 1 Documents

Eric Laursen on the Struggle to Defend Social Security - Bluestocking Books NYC Apr 27

"The People's Pension" is the monumental history of the 30-year struggle over the future of America's most important social program. On one side: a right-wing and center-right movement to dismantle Social Security by phasing it out or privatizing it; ... [ Published Apr 25 2012 by Infoshop ]

Entities: Social Security, International Logistic Support, AK Press, Concealment

First Reported Apr 07 2012 - Updated Apr 07 2012 - 1 Documents

Greece: Antifascist yogurt attack during live TV show

Amazing footage of an Antifascist attack with yogurts and eggs in Greece during a live TV interview.The TV presenter was attacked in this manner because a week before he hosted an interview with the representative of the greek Neo-Nazi party "Golden Dawn". ... [ Published Apr 07 2012 by Infoshop ]

Entities: Greece, attack, Neo-Nazism

Quotes

He was also a prolific journalist and publisher and edited the Italian speaking anarchist newspaper 11 Martello (The Hammer ") for over 20 years. It was an excellent and passionate writer, propagandist and organiser as well. He was responding to any call for help in trying to encourage Italian workers to strike and fight back. He played a major role in numerous strikes, including the victorious strike in Lawrence (1912), the textile workers' strike in Little Falls, New York 1912), the hotel workers' strike in New York (1913), the strike in Patterson, thesilk workers' strike in New Jersey (1913) id the miners' strike in Mesabi Range of Minnesota (1916)."

Book Reviews From Rebel Worker [Infoshop - Apr 26 2012]

...Laursen, Eric (Author) Apr 2012. 802 p. AK, hardcover, $27.00. (9781849351010). 353.540973. "Given the widespread popularity of and reliance on Social Security, why is there such a relentless discussion about dismantling the 70-year-old program? Independent financial reporter Laursen offers a breathtakingly comprehensive look at the history and politics behind 'the largest income support program in the U S ,' estimated to cover some 95 percent of American workers in the overground economy. Laursen examines the long history of mutual aid societies and efforts to provide for the elderly in the U S , some debates about which date back to the founding of the nation, and the more recent push for fiscal conservatism. In the past 30 years, Republicans have ramped up efforts to dismantle Social Security in the name of deficit reduction. Drawing on research and interviews with economists, politicians, and social scientists who shaped the early development of Social Security, Laursen analyzes how American economics and politics evolved to the point at which a program once considered nearly sacrosanct has come to be viewed as a government entitlement. He debunks that notion as well as the conservative conventional wisdom that in order to save Social Security for future generations, it is necessary to virtually destroy it by reducing benefits and raising the retirement age. Comprehensive and compelling reading on an important topic." Vanessa Bush Share

Eric Laursen on the Struggle to Defend Social Security - Bluestocking Books NYC Apr 27 [Infoshop - Apr 25 2012]