As prisons are enclaves of inhumanity surrounded by the hustle and bustle of modern society, physically isolated from, but engaged in constant intercourse with society.
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How the K Got In the Circle
From: HandoutTo: Customer ServiceSubject: Circle KWhy is this store called CIRCLE K? Why not O K? Or just K? Where did CIRCLE come from? Thanks. Handout From: N., Mark To: HandoutSubject: answer to your specific question. Hi Handout, Circle K originated with the purchase of three convenience stores call “Kay’s Food Stores” in the early 1950s… The buyer […]
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Think Different – But NOT Persian!
Remember that time an Apple employee in the U.S. state of Georgia refused to sell a computer to a woman he had heard speaking Farsi because ‘our countries have bad relations’? Well me and the 29 other people who signed the change.org petition do! But then Reuters produced a confusing […]
Interviews
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Interview briefly with Norman Finkelstein
“The bigger challenge is to preserve one’s hope without being naive.”
Interviews / Prison
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Interview with Dan Kinch: Activism, Performance, and Jury Nullification
Jury nullification is this great thing. William Penn is jury nullification. One of the founding fathers not talked about. But yes, in the American judicial system – this dates back to the colonies – you are allowed to vote your conscience regardless of the evidence you are presented with. It was how the Quakers kept from going to prison for not worshipping in the Church of England. And that has been true forever. There’s an organization called the Fully Informed Jury Association, which actually will send you leaflets and flyers that explain your rights as a juror. But people don’t hear that.
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Interview with street artist BAMN: Mural of a Whistleblower
“Manning is a beacon of hope and has set the standard for courage. He had the odds stacked against him and everything to lose, but he still chose to go with what he felt was right.”
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Interview with Prof. Gene Stavis, formerly of the School of Visual Arts
“Silas Rhodes, and Burne Hogarth, the guy who drew Tarzan, they started it. Then Silas pushed him out. And so Silas became the sole owner. There is an old quote from Hogarth about, ‘I hope I live long enough to see Silas dead and buried, and I’ll piss on his grave.'”
Articles / Music
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To Kill a Petty Bourgeoisie: “The Patron”
The Patron begins with a sharp static blast and deep rumbles. Then, a violin (or cello?) that sounds like a long, sharp saw coming down from on high like God’s own blade. More often than not, To Kill a Petty Bourgeoisie’s debut album elicits in me (if I let the […]