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Joshua Bloom and Waldo E. Martin, Jr’s ‘Black Against Empire’: Book Review

John L. Murphy on April 15, 2013, 7:09 am

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Certainly, after the quick rise and repression of the Occupy Movement, this study on an earlier radical faction who advocated more violent urban occupation and resistance merits reflection. Joshua Bloom (UCLA) and Waldo E. Martin, Jr (UC Berkeley) collaborate to present a study which relies not on oral interviews or ‘retrospective accounts’ colored by bias or filtered through idealism, but a sober analysis. They base their work on five years of Bay Area archival research: first to assemble nearly all …

“Night vision goggles and a f***ing sword”

Paul Evans on June 18, 2010, 3:30 pm

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It’s Friday again. And as the little hand sweeps towards the big five, we can briefly consider how seriously internet trolls should be taken. Perhaps it’s time for a reassessment? 4chan is an image-sharing site. I think that it would be safe to say that it lacks some of Slugger’s moderation rules. Some of the regulars on 4Chan’s boards put the N into NSFW. It is haunted by a hidden army of b/tards. A /b/ – according to the Urban Dictionary …