“If you are against the regime, you can’t use its jargon, or its concepts, or its ideas; you can’t try to give them a different meaning, you simply have to renounce them. Nonetheless, against power – which is Capital and the State, together – there is always something that is alive, a thing called ‘the people’, which doesn't exists, and which is what remains as politics.”
UntitledA fine example of guerrilla translation. This version of George Bush's latest State of the Union speech dispels all doubts.
UntitledA promotional trailer for the videogame Spec Ops: The Line. Sandstorms have turned the prosperous city of Dubai to ruins, and the soldiers of Delta Force must deal with enemies and perilous terrain.
Untitled“We were born into catastrophe and we have negotiated a strange and placid relationship with it, based on habit. A kind of intimacy, almost. As far as back as we can remember, there has been no reality but world civil war. We have been educated as survivors, as machines for survival. He have been trained in the idea that life consists of moving forward, advancing until we collapse in the midst of other bodies that are marching identically, that stumble and collapse, in turn, into indifference. At most, the novelty of this era is that none of this can be hidden any longer, that, in a sense, everybody knows how things stand. This is at the root of the recent, obvious, toughening of the system: their machinations have been laid bare, and it is useless to try and keep them secret...”
UntitledArnold Schwarzenegger talks about the TV series “Free to Choose” which deals with the neo-liberal writings of Milton Friedman. Arnold tells us “I want to share my experience with you. I came here to America from a socialist country (Austria), where the government controls the economy and you always feel their breath on the back of your neck, where 18 year olds only talk about their retirement. But I want more, I want to be the best. That's why I came to America and put my muscles to work in the film business, to be able to save and invest".
UntitledFrontex promotes, coordinates and develops European border management applying the concept of Integrated Border Management. Frontex serves as a platform to bring together Europe’s border-control personnel and the world of research and industry to bridge the gap between technological advancement and the needs of border control authorities. Assisting Member States in joint return operations. When Member States make the decision to return foreign nationals staying illegally, who have failed to leave voluntarily.
Untitled“Language is a specific formalisation of expression that is assigned the role of transmitting orders to society.” “At school, language is placed in the mouth of the child, just as a pick is placed in the hands of a labourer. The teacher does not bring the children together to teach them the alphabet, but to teach them a system of orders. And when she asks a child what the sum of 2 + 2 equals she is not asking for information, she is giving an order.”
UntitledA few emotional thoughts on the fate of the USA and recent events.
UntitledEvery morning, we sign the Contract. The system at the heart of our “free" world is based on a kind of contract that we all agree to. We sign it every morning: “I accept competition as the foundation of our system, even though I am aware that it generates frustration and anger for the majority of those who lose. I agree to be humiliated and exploited in exchange for being allowed to humiliate and exploit those on a lower rung of the social pyramid (...)"
UntitledThe Egyptian army brutally repressed a demonstration on December 17, 2011. Images from independent sources show the harshness of this murderous repression. Then, mainstream media reports show us a supposedly “balanced” view.
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