Illusions and all that (self-help) jazz

by | Mar 6, 2007 | Uncategorized

I am a huge fan of Richard Bach and, in par­tic­u­lar, Illu­sions. That said, I’ve always had some issues with the prin­ciple that “we are all in con­trol of our lives” as a very apolit­ical pos­i­tion divorced from a com­plex socio-eco­nomic analysis....

Soooo much going on

by | Mar 6, 2007 | Uncategorized

1. Unlike Copen­ha­gen, Sydney seems to have the right idea about what to do with squatters. 2. Every­body I like (it seems) blogged about Keat­ing call­ing it like he sees it yesterday: “The thing about poor old Cos­tello is he is all tip and no ice­berg,” [Mr...

Creating community: longterm lessons?

by | Mar 4, 2007 | Uncategorized

I’m not sure what to make of the riots in Copen­ha­gen. For those who haven’t heard, the Danish police entered a squat­ted build­ing that had been used as a youth centre for more than 25 years, and evicted the squat­ters. Why? Because, in 2000, a...