Bezos in Berlin, vengeful orcas, VAGABONDS cfp (extension), and 2 events on race & empire
The call for pitches for VAGABONDS, the series of fierce little books I edit for Pluto Press, has been extended until June 22.
Advancing from the intersection of political activism, artistic practice, and critical inquiry, VAGABONDS aim to fan the flames of discontent, provoking new thinking and action in dangerous times.
Bezos in Berlin
Yesterday, a group I work with, Berlin Versus Amazon, was able to share a hilarious dream-like video of Amazon-founder Jeff Bezos agreeing to the group’s demands that the company respect workers, the community and the environment. It got covered in a local newspaper.
…I'm a new man! I've realized: life is too short to be an asshole; Amazon has to change its ways. That’s why I am announcing today that I am going to get Amazon to accept Berlin-Versus-Amazon’s 14 demands for workers, the community and the planet. Because you’re right: It’s not fair for a global corporation to just use a great city like Berlin for profit. If our company (or any company) wants to be part of the community, we need to give back, no matter the cost.
Race, Finance and Inequality
A reminder that we will be hosting the free online launch of the book Entangled Legacies of Empire: Race, Finance and Inequality on June 20 at 12h00 EST (17h00 GMT, 09h00 Pacific, 18h00 Central Europe, 22h30 IST)
More than 25 experts from around the world have contributed to this unique and provocative book. In a series of illuminating short essays, each author has presented a striking image as an invitation to consider the ghosts of colonialism and imperialism in today’s global economy
Working With and Against Race
For those in Berlin, on June 29 at 19h we are hosting a conversation, “Working With and Against Race” as part of our Magma Editions series, in cooperation with the Hopscotch Reading Room.
Two scholars of Race Critical Theories will dialogue about doing race critical work that is attentive to the recursive and recalibrating processes of the racial regime, going beyond the call to recognise race as a ‘social construct’. We will zoom in on what a Jerusalem Post article has optimistically named a "War against Antisemitism" and how it relates to what was theorised as the "War on Antisemitism:" We want to think critically about the implications of rhetorics of violence, war, and co-opted anti-racism politics and what that means for activism and scholarship. Overall, our frame and conversation wants to think together the urgent need for a relational and state-critical understanding of racisms that is at the same time attentive to its ideological roots in colonialism and slavery, while constantly producing new material capacities under racial capitalism.
Vindictive orcas are back in the news, so I thought to share this piece about them from a little while ago, based on my book Revenge Capitalism.
We have heard all too much about climate grief. What of climate vengeance?
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