Arab Spring

The day the western world stood still… 11th September 2001

Mick Fealty on September 10, 2012, 11:05 am

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On the day… Tomorrow is the eleventh anniversary of 9/11. I still remember my own experience of those events clearly. It was just after lunchtime in the River Path offices. All of us were in the large open plan area, heads bent over our glass topped desks and absorbed in a dozen different tasks. Then from far side of the office I heard someone say, “turn the television on”… and the next thing consternation from the tiny annex where the …

Anonymous: freedom is #TangoDown

John Ó Néill on January 23, 2012, 4:08 pm

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Their bio simply states: We are Anonymous. We are legion. We never forgive, We never forget, Expect us. Location: Right behind you. [You can find a longer backstory on the wired website.] There is something epic and fascinating in the current battles between Anonymous (and others) and the US government and, by proxy, various arms of the western capitalist system revolving around issues pertaining to the balance between freedom of speech, perceived encroachments on civil liberties, intellectual property and commercial rights. …

In Tunisia, Takriz is a name for ‘balls’ and a youthful rebellion…

Mick Fealty on July 1, 2011, 2:16 pm

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From Moochin’s somewhat geographically inaccurate, but somehow apt description of the new sculpture at the bottom of Broadway, to another use of the word balls (and Rise, rising, etc)… In this case it’s from the Tunsian popular term for ‘balls’, takriz. In Tunsia, it stands for the unrest and dissatisfaction of adolescent youth. But the concept of the dissatisfaction and frustration at not having your talents appreciated and/or put to good use and giving rise to a form of physical …