Arundhati Roy
On the global stage, beyond the jurisdiction of sovereign governments, international instruments of trade and finance oversee a complex system of multilateral laws and agreements that have entrenched a system of appropriation that puts colonialism to shame. This system allows the unrestricted entry and exit of massive amounts of speculative capital - hot money - into and out of third world countries, which then effectively dictates their economic policy...TIDE? OR IVORY SNOW? Public Power in the Age of Empire.
...when we speak of "Public Power in the Age of Empire," I hope it's not presumptuous to assume that the only thing that is worth discussing seriously is the power of a dissenting public.
Read.
Hear.
posted by Tom Matrullo at Wednesday, August 25, 2004
6 Comments:
Jon, your comments as usual provoke a lot of thought. I wish there were time... I do think at some point we will have to begin parsing where our ability to speak ends and the ability to actually do something begins. Not that I have any idea how to do that...
Toms "parsing where our ability to speak ends and the ability to actually do something begins. Not that I have any idea how to do that..."
Yeah, 'how to do that', this is the qustion.
Communities used a right to "shame" somebody who pollutted communities space. One would cast a 'shame' on that person and community would require that person to act 'shameful' for the transgression against the community. Today it seems one would get sued for slander, defamation.
I don't know what to do next. What actions to take?
I've long been fascinated with the tacit agreement to repress even a whisper of a general strike in the US. It is a measure of our values that such actions are outlawed here, but not in other countries.
The carnivalesque anticipations of New York's approaches to the RNC are a kind of laboratory for political action, theater, and courage. Guess we'll see.
Dear Everyone Human, if any are left in this world.
i am a Pakistani, in perpetual conflict with all things Hindu, but i never thought that this arcane, anti muslim ethos can ever produce such human wisdom,in a Hindu. Arundhati Roy is one such being. If there can be one favourite Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Whatever Humanist, she transcends Angelic, Known and and unseen, I always had thought he to be overrated, but after reading "the Algebra of Infinite Justice" I am Won over, love to break bread with a Hindu, Now that is saying a Lot, Cheers, Waqar
hi waqar. i m indian and a hindu. i believe its shameful that u believe in stereotyping n more so because that is one of the biggest problems that muslims themselves are facing. " i am a Pakistani, in perpetual conflict with all things Hindu, but i never thought that this arcane, anti muslim ethos can ever produce such human wisdom,in a Hindu." why would simple problems that muslims all over the world face not be understood by anyone, be it a hindu or a christian. tht u were ever drawn into believing political propaganda ("hindus r bad" in ur country and "muslims r evil" in my country) is sad but congratulations that now u can see beyond such political oversimplification of facts.
Thanks for your thoughts.
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