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Mantra u etru, u repetitivnom loopu, ponavlja da je najbolja moguća forma društva u kome danas živimo (neo)liberalno demokratski kapitalizam. Tri velike krize najbolje forme društva – 1929, 1968 i 2008 – dokazuju suprotno. Dokazuju da je ova forma skrojena po meri kapitala a ne po meri čoveka. U sto godišnjoj političko-ekonomskoj istoriji rešavanje finansijske krize je uvek bilo prvo rešavanje ka…

nikolajanovic

art critique writing community

David Graeber author of Debt- first 5000 years, one of the texts we use in this years Friendly competition outlines, is interviewed by Uprising Radio. Graeber speaks about the history of Debt, its current role and also about the Occupy movement in which he was involved from the very beginning.

The other video is his lecture on the same theme. Both are very well worth watching. Graeber is a in…

oliver

society education writing

We need food and shelter
that come from our Earth.

We need land and water
seeds, spores and eggs.

We need cattle and bees
for the milk and honey.

We need barley and hops
for the beer and bread.

We need to be able to work
without passing tokens.

We must OWN or be OWNED...

[sing this part as a languishing cry in the night]
We need, neeeed.
We need, neeeed.

[sing th…

AGNUcius

theory weird

It's a good time to be in Montreal. It's spring time to be precise. Montreal is experiencing a huge upsurge in social activism for the last three months. The biggest student strike ever, has been lasting for eleven weeks now, and nothing seems to be stopping it. Montreal's got revolutionary momentum and as we know from the history of the sole French-speaking society in North-America, this can mea…

frederic

art photography culture activism

Created in collaboration with Montreal based designer and Memefest curatorial bord member Kevin Yuen Kit Lo, who visually beautifully designed Debt's dark world, here is this years Memefest poster.

We have been discussing a lot and in the end liked the concept of the dark urban space, with references to power- both on the side of banks and network/ bottom up organisations. We tried to balance …

oliver

media photography communication design

¿Cómo crees que el dinero trabaja para vos?
Green City Energy (Energía Ciudad Verde) y Musclebeaver le dan la respuesta en esta animación

Para más información por favor visite: http://www.bewusst-investieren.de/

Campaña realizada por: http://www.greencity-energy.de/
Año: 2010

MUSCLEBEAVER son Andreas Kronbeck & Tobias Knipf, viven en Munich/Alemania

Trabajan como equipo desde 2005 e…

SanFrancisco

education video

para ver el documental completo / to see full documentary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP591bZNc0I

SanFrancisco

media communication education video

para +detalles ver "Confesiones de un Sicario Económico"
for more background see "Confessions of an Economic Hitman"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5G267op5Tno
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JidliiXUsMQ

SanFrancisco

education video

Economist Steve Keen ("As an economist, I do something very unusual: I treat money seriously.") is one of the few economists to have predicted the global financial crisis and now he says we are already in a Great Depression. He says the way to escape it is to bankrupt the banks, nationalise the financial system and write off people's debt.

Keen speaks also about the impact of economic universi…

oliver

society education