Tag Archives: Politics

Anti-war march this Saturday

By alex | Published: 4/24/2006
This Saturday, April 29, beginning at noon, there will be a March for Peace, Justice and Democracy in New York City. More information is available at april29.org. Please do not show up at David and Vanessa’s wedding in Lyndhurst (april29.com) accidentally, especially if you have not RSVPed. For the Buffalonian contingent, the Western New York […]
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Exxon Secrets

By alex | Published: 4/13/2006
Exxon Secrets is a They Rule-style exploration of funding and other relationships between Exxon and scientists and think tanks that are skeptical of climate change claims. I think this kind of exploratory forensic structure is a really interesting way to present information to the public. It should be the sort of thing that journalists are […]
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I want my pirate bloggers

By alex | Published: 4/8/2006
Forget flying cars. The science fiction movie/TV cliché I seem to be missing is the pirate TV station. Authoritarian states are apparently fairly unoriginal, pulling largely from 1984. The authoritarian future has one channel, no TiVo, and seems to prefer too-close head shots of the leader-for-life. The anarchist/revolutionary’s job is to smash or take over […]
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Syriana and propaganda from below

By alex | Published: 11/24/2005
Syriana is the next in Participant Pictures’ series of… well, I’ve called it “propaganda” before and I’ll stick with that for now. They produce films with a “message” without being overly cloying. Their tag on the associated site, participate.net is “Movies have the power to inspire. You have the power to act. Participate!” “What is […]
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