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Capitalism Assimilates All Culture

Capitalism has an extraordinary ability to assimilate and exploit the energy of any and all cultural movements Brands have always found a way of selling the image of outsiders back to insiders, but, partly as a result, charismatic outsiders do not really exist anymore. Every new cultural idea, however radical or subversive, gets absorbed into

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Anti-Robot Army gets its own Show at the Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center The Anti-Robot Army Sticker Campaign gets its own show at The Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center April 17 through June 1, 2025! The show, documenting the Anti-Robot Army’s sticker campaigns will consist of over 50 8″x8″ posters of the many stickers created over the past four years. The

Capitalism

On Greenland

As brutal acts of occupation and annexation in the contemporary world show us, from Gaza to Ukraine, the denial of the right to self-determination is a common practice by imperial states. Such denial regularly goes hand in hand with the racialization and dehumanization of the Indigenous population.

Capitalism

GoFundMe is a grim monument to our neoliberal age.

GoFundMe is a grim monument to our neoliberal age. It has become an essential means to solicit and receive cash assistance during times of crisis – something that the government and insurance companies are increasingly either unable or unwilling to do. But alongside a demonstration of human resilience and generosity in the face of tragedy,

Democracy

Myths of Our Childhood

One of the many myths drilled into Americans’ minds from a young age is the noble, enlightened ideals of the Founding Fathers. Ask any schoolchild why the US Constitution was written, and they’re likely to rattle off any number of platitudes and cliches. They might say “to defend our freedom” or “to protect democracy.” In