Every successful sales pitch at Land Forces, every business card exchanging hands at the official networking events, means more weapons in the hands of those who can always justify their use.
Loneliness has become a feature of modernity, a hallmark of late capitalism, woven into the technologies and built environments that form the architecture of our lives.
This week we’re reading about political correctness, the feminist ethics of care, and of course the Zapatistas. Plus bonus local Brisbane conference content!
This week we’re thinking about organised labour in the fight against racism and sexism; resisting neoliberal impulses toward ‘self-care’; and shooting magpies out of trees. Oh wait, that last one wasn’t us.