Arena is an Australian radical/left/sorta-Marxist publication, often very interesting and insightful. This from an article by a chap called Mark Furlong caught my eye. "Because climate collapse is a hyper-object, recognition promises to 'do your head in'. It suggests a disturbance so holistic, so total - of every aspect of life, now and forever -... Continue Reading →
This blog is about two books I have not yet read, but will do so with great interest. They are (drum roll please) The Way Out: Radical Alternatives in Australia (eds Margaret Smith and David Crossley), published in 1975, when we still had (false, it turned out) hope of big transformative change and Summertime: reflections... Continue Reading →
I will admit it is an illness, this compulsion to get letters published in newspapers. Chronic condition, but there are social gains, so I am unlikely to seek treatment or comply with it. Eric Mott ("Turn down the lights" Advertiser 20th April) makes an eloquent case for reducing the lighting in the CBD and Parklands... Continue Reading →
Yomp #02 0645-1020 on 19 04 2023 = 215 mins 18kgs of weights in the backpack A mere 24 photos, the least unusable of which are below. The second yomp was just as much fun (and even more knackering - up hill and a bit further) than the first one. Some very loud and colourful... Continue Reading →
I set myself a bunch of targets last Sunday. Missed most of them, but did over-achieve on making short (under 2 mins 20 seconds) videos about things I think other people might benefit from knowing/I would have benefited from knowing when I was young. Most of them are "Looting the Ivory Towers", and the others... Continue Reading →
Upcoming event - Living with the climate crisis which provides group support and routes to action for those struggling with the climate crisis. Do take a look at the materials on the new Living with the climate crisis website, join us for the launch, and circulate to your networks. Join us for the online launch of Living with... Continue Reading →
Thirty years ago I had a Tetris addiction. For those who have come late, Tetris was a very simple (but addictive - did I mention that)) game where you had to move and re-orient different shaped blocks so that they would fall "into place". If a whole row of blocks existed, it would wink out... Continue Reading →
I remember reading this in Denmark in 1994 or so. I remember being blown away by it. We knew the shape of the problem(s) inside out by January 1970. And here we are, fifty three years later... Will read this alongside a couple of others and do a group review... #BetchaCan'tWait
From Alison Lurie's magnificent 1984 novel "Foreign Affairs" How much nicer and less boring it would be if we were all still children, Vinnie thinks. Then, as she often does on boring public occasions, she relieves her restlessness by imagining the weight of years lifted suddenly from everyone in the room. The older members of... Continue Reading →
Alison Lurie, I've read a bunch of books and feel that I can mention that there are common themes and methods. Her books tend to involve "smart" people, (or at least people with lots of cultural capital, especially around English Literature,) who think that they know themselves very well. Thanks to their knowledge of narratives,... Continue Reading →
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