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Thatcher’s Spectre
Via weareplanc.org
Apr 17
Today is the funeral of Margaret Thatcher, a woman who dominated much of our childhood years. In this blog post, Plan C collects texts by five authors which we think do an excellent job of understanding her legacy.
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State of Iraq
Via opendemocracy.net
Apr 16
“Iraqis are like sparrows,” writes Zoe Holman in a sobering account of “the state” of Iraq 10 years after the US/UK invasion. “Those birds are always flying around looking for houses or wires to stop on. Iraqis are also always looking for safety, rest… and electricity!”
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State Funeral
Via dailymail.co.uk
Apr 16
Sometimes the headline says more than the article: “Lady Thatcher to be honoured with State funeral, but Palace fears there might not be enough troops to line streets of London.”
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State on Trial
Via guardian.co.uk
Apr 16
What kind of state are we in when we start to think about “the state”? In a new op-ed for Creative Time Reports, Ai Weiwei writes about the current state of China: “Manipulation of the truth does not lead to a lack of truth—it’s worse than no truth.”
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London’s Overthrow
Via londonsoverthrow.org
Apr 15
China Miéville’s unabridged photo essay really speaks about our London, the city we live in. It’s a view that was mostly criticised when it was originally published (late 2011), as there was a consensual media blackout around the time of the London Riots/Olympics.
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Accumulation & Dispossession
Via metamute.org
Apr 15
Recent anti-privatisation protests in Sussex show the state of neoliberal universities in the UK today: Expanding sites of learning by expelling local people from their homes in a post-Olympic land grab.
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Shahn’s Bronx Murals
Via hyperallergic.com
Apr 12
In a cost-cutting measure, the US Postal Service plans to sell the Bronx General Post Office. If a buyer steps up, what’ll become of the 13 murals Ben Shahn and Bernarda Bryson painted in its lobby in 1937? USPS has said there’s no plan to relocate the works.