[Marxism] Variant 31 Spring 2008

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Variant 31 Spring 2008Â

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...the free, independent, arts magazine. In-depth coverageÂ

in the context of broader social, political & cultural issues.Â
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Front coverÂ

Hrafnhildur (Rafla) HalldorsdottirÂ

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* Express Yourself!Â

Anna DezeuzeÂ

 ...reviews Keri Smith's 'The Guerilla Art Kit' and 'Learning to Love You More' 
by Harrell Fletcher and Miranda July, publications that "share two crucial 
characteristics: a focus on small interventions within the fabric of everyday 
life and an emphasis on self-expression", with Dezeuze addressing "a 
problematic cuteness and sentimentality".Â

text :Â

http://www.variant.org.uk/31texts/31dezeuze.html    
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http://www.variant.org.uk/pdfs/issue31/31Dezeuze.pdfÂ;
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* Miraculous Mass-communication: Radioballet by LIGNAÂ

Exercises on Adhocracy participants in a workshop on 'Collectives, Actions, 
Re-enactments', held in Estonia, discuss the Radioballet action - a 
co-ordinated performative action responding to the privatisation of public 
space - and consider its impact. Apprehensive of the ethics of collective 
action after the traumas of Communism, the speakers reveal the limits of 
expressing solidarity in the absence of material and reciprocal relationships.Â

text :Â

http://www.variant.org.uk/31texts/31masscom.html   
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http://www.variant.org.uk/pdfs/issue31/31MassCom.pdfÂ;

http://www.publicpreparation.orgÂ;
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* Radical Popular?Â

Stefan SzczelkunÂ

A highly personal review of Duncan Reekie's book 'Subversion: the definitive 
history of underground cinema' bringing into question an institutional 
framework that is "'fundamentally resistant to cultural democracy".Â

text :Â

http://www.variant.org.uk/31texts/31radicalpop.html    
pdf :Â

http://www.variant.org.uk/pdfs/issue31/31RadicalPop.pdfÂ;
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* Faceless: Chasing the Data ShadowÂ

Manu Luksch & Mukul PatelÂ

"With an estimated 4.2 million CCTV cameras in place, [the UK's] inhabitants 
are the most watched in the world." Insights into the process of making 
'Faceless', a sci-fi film utilising Data Protection requests from CCTV systems. 
Exposing first-hand experiences, the makers detail the many different types of 
replies they received to their subject access requests made under the Data 
Protection Act; explaining the general confusion of many data controllers, how 
so many CCTV systems are not functional and why the process of obtaining images 
became much more difficult from 2004...Â

text : 
http://www.variant.org.uk/31texts/31faceless.htmlÂ;

pdf :Â

http://www.variant.org.uk/pdfs/issue31/313Faceless.pdfÂ;

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* CSI: The Big SleazyÂ

Tom JenningsÂ

A truly seminal review of James Lee Burke's noir thriller 'The Tin Roof 
Blowdown': "The first major work of popular fiction dealing with the aftermath 
of Hurricane Katrina, which devastated New Orleans on 29th August 2005, 
Blowdown demonstrates both the possibilities and problems of attempting to tell 
the truth through drama - from a writer who does "not trust people who seek 
authority and control over other people..."Â

text :  
http://www.variant.org.uk/31texts/31CSI.htmlÂ;

pdf :Â

http://www.variant.org.uk/pdfs/issue31/31bigSleazy.pdfÂ;

http://www.tomjennings.pwp.blueyonder.co.ukÂ;
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* Back to the Future of the Creative City: An Archaeological Approach to 
Amsterdam's Creative RedevelopmentÂ

Merijn OudenampsenÂ

"The dominance of entrepreneurial approaches to city politics is the feature of 
a new urban regime, labelled the 'Entrepreneurial City'. With origins in the 
reality of neoliberal state withdrawal from urban plight ... the claims of the 
new creative city as being a 'great equalizer' actually appear as the opposite; 
it is based on functional inequality. Now let's take a closer look at the 
city..."Â

text : 
http://www.variant.org.uk/31texts/31FutureCity.htmlÂ;

pdf :Â

http://www.variant.org.uk/pdfs/issue31/31CreativeCity.pdfÂ;
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* Reclaiming the EconomyÂ

Owen LoganÂ

An intense, critical review of 'Reclaiming the Economy, Alternatives to Market 
Fundamentalism in Scotland and beyond'. "The market's abstraction of power, 
which has the effect of smothering needs with frivolous wants, leaves anyone 
interested in real transparency or in the co-determination of the economy with 
the difficult question of where to begin?" Logan's depth of interest helps 
unpick it, analysing the book's contributors' critical grasp of the state and 
their alternatives...Â

text :   
http://www.variant.org.uk/31texts/31RecEcon.htmlÂ;

pdf :Â

http://www.variant.org.uk/pdfs/issue31/31ReclaimEcon.pdfÂ;
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* Lenin Reloaded... and engaged in friendly fire?Â

Benjamin FranksÂ

'Lenin Reloaded: Towards a Politics of Truth' "... is Lenin a sufficient 
counter to the postmodern malaise regretted by the editors? The eloquent essay 
by Terry Eagleton suggests that rather than being a counterpoint to 
postmodernity, Lenin embraces some of its key features..."Â

text :  
http://www.variant.org.uk/31texts/31Lenin.htmlÂ;

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http://www.variant.org.uk/pdfs/issue31/31LeninRe.pdfÂ;
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* Resisting New Labour's 'hard labour' : Work and 'Wreckers' in the Welfare 
IndustryÂ

Alex Law & Gerry MooneyÂ

Drawing on the detailed research of their book 'New Labour/Hard Labour? 
Restructuring and Resistance Inside the Welfare Industry', the writers draw 
"attention to some of the many ways in which welfare workers are being 
adversely affected by the restructuring of the welfare state and, more 
importantly, how they are resisting New Labour in new and significant ways."Â

text :  
http://www.variant.org.uk/31texts/31HardLabour.htmlÂ;

pdf :Â

http://www.variant.org.uk/pdfs/issue31/31HardLabour.pdfÂ;
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* Of bread and caviarÂ

Colin GavaghanÂ

... reviews 'From the Womb to the Tomb: Issues in Medical Ethics' . "It is part 
of the ethicist's role to challenge sacred cows and shibboleths, and 
egalitarianism should receive no exemption from that treatment. Even the most 
progressive advocate of distributive justice would do well to revisit his/her 
first principles from time to time, to ask what equality means ... and why it 
is valuable."Â

text :   
http://www.variant.org.uk/31texts/31Caviar.htmlÂ;

pdf :Â

http://www.variant.org.uk/pdfs/issue31/31OfCaviar.pdfÂ;

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* Artist's Page by Stuart Murray http://www.stuartmurray.co.ukÂ;

pdf :Â

http://www.variant.org.uk/pdfs/issue31/31SMurray.pdfÂ;

supported by Glasgow InternationalÂ
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Associated / Participating Events:Â
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* Document 6 : International Human Rights Documentary Film FestivalÂ

Call for Submissions: http://www.docfilmfest.org.ukÂ;
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* Radical Independent Book fair project - GlasgowÂ

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* Capital, Culture, Power - and Resistance?Â

2-4 July, 2008, LiverpoolÂ
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