Michael Moore’s ‘Capitalism: A Love Story’
‘CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY’ – In Theaters October 2nd
“It’s a crime story. But it’s also a war story about class warfare. And a vampire movie, with the upper 1 percent feeding off the rest of us. And, of course, it’s also a love story. Only it’s about an abusive relationship.
“It’s not about an individual, like Roger Smith, or a corporation, or even an issue, like health care. This is the big enchilada. This is about the thing that dominates all our lives — the economy. I made this movie as if it was going to be the last movie I was allowed to make.
“It’s a comedy.” — Michael Moore
praxis books: read, write, resist!
Let’s have an activist hermeneutic–or, say, hermeneutics as praxis. Let’s read the moments that surround us, that oppress us, and that also enable us to be oppositional. The kinds of readings that merely generate self-justifying, self-satisfying ‘pleasures of the text’ (we ain’t opposed to pleasure, though–hell no!), while fetishizing textuality and thereby disabling activism, don’t interest us. So, yeah, let’s read, write, resist by all means.
Forthcoming publications from praxis books:
Dispute Over Managing Common Rivers: Bangladesh-India relations in the troubled water of political mistrust by Nurul Kabir, Editor, NewAge
On the Question of Free Trade, Karl Marx & Frederick Engels
A Primer on the Wall Street Meltdown (bilingual: Bangla & English) by Walden Bello, Focus on the Global South
The US Financial Meltdown: Roots of the Economic Crisis in Overaccumulation, Financialisation and Global Apartheid by Patrick Bond, Director, Centre for Civil Society and Research Professor, School of Development Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
Phulbari Resistance! (tentatively titled), Edited by Zakir Kibria & Pieter Jansen
The Familial Order, Not Easily Undone (bilingual: English & Bangla) by Rahnuma Ahmed, Anthropologist
Marx Reloaded by Azfar Hussain, Oklahoma State University
‘Wetlands vs. Drylands’: Explaining the Retreat from Flood Control in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Delta of Bangladesh by Shapan Adnan, South Asian Studies Programme, National University of Singapore
Lectures on the Ancient System of Irrigation in Bengal and Its Application to Modern Problems by Sir William Willcocks (Bangla translation)
Undermining Abundance: Counter productive Uses of Technology and Law in Nature, Agriculture, and the Information Sector by Roberto Verzola
A (Crumbling) Wall of Money: Financial Bricolage, Derivatives and Power by Nicholas Hildyard, The Cornerhouse
Bangla translation of Why Investment Matters by Kavaljit Singh, Public Interest Research Centre
Climate Crisis: Social Science Crisis by Larry Lohman, The Cornerhouse
Modern Power and the Reconfiguration of Religious Traditions: Interview with Talal Asad (bilingual: English & Bangla)
Protest against Iranian governments repressive measures
SolidarityNews, June 24, 2009
Protest demonstration and rally against Iranian governments repressive measures. Outside National Museum gate, Shahbag, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Part # 1
Part # 2
Iraner Gonotontro Mukti Paak!
Protest demonstration and rally against Iranian government’s repressive measures.
Date and Time: 5:30 Pm, June 24, 2009
Venue: Outside National Museum gates, Shahbag, Dhaka
See you there!
Read an email from an Iranian student in Dhaka
———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Hanif Yazdi <hanifofyazd@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 5:29 AM
Subject: Iran demonstration in Dhaka
Salam,
On June 12th I voted at the Iranian embassy in Dhaka. I was proud to play a part in a historic Iranian election, proud to ride a wave of hope that was sweeping our world. The days that followed revealed a government that had declared war on our people. The government that was charged with representing us, the police who were sworn to protect us have betrayed our trust.
No matter your political conviction or what you think of this election, no government has the right to treat us this way. No government has the right to fire on us with live ammunition as we march peacefully in the streets, to drop chemicals on our heads from helicopters, to beat us like animals because we defy their demands to shut up and stay home. No one has the right to imprison us without cause, without trial and without end for no other crime than saying and writing what we believe. My grandfather was pulled from his hospital bed and carted off to jail for his political views, his colleagues are still in prison, scores of students are dead in the streets and there is no end in site.
I an Iranian student here in Bangladesh to learn about this country, her people, and her proud history. And I know this people, the sons and daughters of the mukhti bahini, of democracy activists and freedom fighters will stand with us. I am asking you, as a student and a human being, please stand with my people. Demonstrations in Western capitals are one thing, but a show of solidarity from Dhaka would go so much farther.
I want us to demonstrate in front of the Shohid Minar, or any other place built to honor those who gave their lives for freedom. I want us to wear green, in solidarity with those who are marching and black in solidarity with those who were murderd. There should be a banner, in Bangla, English and Persian, that with slogans that read, for example, “To our Sisters and Brothers in Iran, we Hear your voice”.
For now, please read, sign and forward the petition below:
http://www.petitiononline.com/deshiran/petition.html
dhonnobad, Hanif Yazdi
01726628795
Further resources:
Carnival of Resistance, 2010
Carnival of Resistance, June 11, 2009
Event, space, moment, process!
An annual three day convergence of souls striving for nirvana!
When? How about January 2010?
Keywords: Lets see if you guess it right! ………………..feminism, capitalism, neo-liberalism, obamaism, consumerism, TNCs, corporate grooms and slaves (only if they knew!), text book marxism, love, phulbari, coffee, rivers, dating, climate change, new politics, sex, butterflies, jeans, commodity, palestine, coke, Subcommander Marcos, rain, facebook, war on terror, militarization of CHT, remittance, dejuice, LGBT, profit, exploitation, accumulation, rights, water, kalpana chakma, RMG, responsibilities, english medium, pleasure, China, private universities, Lalon, Israel, YouTube, madrasa, empathy, rock, folk, pants, Iraq, lungi, war crimes trial, saree, Tv, theater, protest, solidarity, patriarchy, sexism, racism, militarism, masculinity, yasmin, India, friendship, solidarity, KFC…………………….fill in the blanks!
City: Dhaka, this time. Next? Invite us to your cities (we have a bit of urban bias) and brinndabons!
Visuals and spectators: Ok, we are talking about film screening! Don’t only be an onlooker! How long do you want to keep on purchasing “pirated” DVDs? Make your own film and send to us (we don’t mind receiving grainy clips made by cell phone cams…take command of your gadgets).
Concert: Noise is political! Shouts and murmurs! Guitars and ektars! Be yourself, don’t just try to imitate bauls. Warning: MTV clones go somewhere else!
Theatre: Bodies, space, lights and shadows!
Exhibitionism (a little bit of it isn’t that bad): photo, cartoon, posters, subversive art, and effigies (should be fun to burn it afterward, if its George the Bush…we have to wait a couple of years before we can safely burn Obama effigies…hope is so infectious)!
Rally: Don’t worry, we won’t do it on a sunny day when the city is on boiling point. Its not our fault if you forget to bring your raincoats! Disclaimer: fossil fuel fumes emitted by Japanese cars may cause respiratory and other health complications.
Talk-shop: Come out of your cocoon! Leave your stage fright behind, talk, just talk! We will listen, promise!
Fellow conspirators: YOU, and , Leela, Solidarity Workshop, Lokoj Institute, Binirman Andolon, praxis books, Gramsci Institute, Leela School of Cultural Studies…who said we are a bunch of closed door geeks?
Just appear, reclaim your space!
praxis books looking for translators
praxis books, June 1, 2009
Interested to translate (english to bangla) books and essays of critical importance? praxis books is looking for people who have an interest in politics.
Flexible timeline and generous compensation package promised.
Interested? Please drop a line: readwriteresist@gmail.com
Click to see the forthcoming titles from praxis books
Read, write, translate, resist!
BanglaPraxis- Delivering the insufficient?
- G20: Moving Up BRIC by BRIC
- Democratising agriculture to end pauperisation of peasantry
- The Virtues of Deglobalization
- Prosecuting Israel for war crimes
- Police action against marchers
- Key indicators, key questions and key conclusions
- PROTEST AGAINST OFFSHORE BLOCK DEAL 50 injured as police charge into demo
- Phulbari Day Today
- Press Statement: Third Mission of the International CHT Commission
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