Settled History
...the movies of the Weimar Republic to Zero Dark Thirty—the power of historical re-creation to evoke emotional attachment to national identity is self-evident. But historical recreation projects go well beyond...
See Hear
A new book offers a different way of attuning ourselves to images of Black lives.
Pret à mourir
...power of worker collaboration and cooperation turned inside out and made into a coercive management tool. One's very ability to get along with others is alienated and quantified,amde into somethign...
The Alcatraz Proclamation
...property, Red Power activists occupied it in various configurations from 1969 to 1971. This is the proclamation they issued to the US Government. We, the native Americans, re-claim the land...
Middle-Class Occupations
...the characterization of Occupy Wall Street as a middle-class phenomenon. One could argue that the power of "the 99 percent" is that it brings together the working classes with the...
The History of Dialogue (1): Marx & Lincoln
...Power was the reserved watchword of your first election, the triumphant war cry of your re-election is Death to Slavery. From the commencement of the titanic American strife the workingmen...
Sunday Reading
...million in giveaways for a basketball stadium "Shared governance and therefore institutional student power will disappear with this change." On Steven Salaita's lawsuit against the University of Illinois and the...
Demolition Party
...claim otherwise. Abuse of power, corruption and the misappropriation of funds ripple through China’s urbanization movement. Governmental authorities in cahoots with developers regularly sell land from under rural collectives and...
Secret Catalan Poem
...seems more accurate: "From late Middle English, in the sense 'announce publicly,' from Latin divulgare, from di- 'widely' + vulgare "publish, from vulgus 'common people.'" Thanks to Ethel and César...
Blogging the Caine Prize 2012
...Mary Watson; 2005: SA Afolabi; 2004: Brian Chikwava; 2003: Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor; 2002: Binyavanga Wainaina; 2001: Helon Habila; 2000: Leila Aboulela If you look at the list of writers who...
How to Win Tinder
...such as Match.com or eHarmony require. There is no “matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match.” You are your own matchmaker. And because Tinder is so streamlined and visual it can...
Resistance in the Neoliberal City
...rent housing in the United States. But even putting nostalgia aside, it was not always this way. The second coming of dot-com wealth, venture capital, and neoliberal development has eviscerated...
Arguing the Web
...the time. As always, if you have any trouble, hit us up at tni | at | thenewinquiry.com. Thanks for your support, and we'll see you on the internet....
The Accidental Audience
...that Graham’s sculpture has traveled marks the power of the literal-minded accidental audience as a connector and creator of image meanings. You can already hear the sound of the accidental...
Black Friday
...Alibaba.com, sometimes known as "the Chinese eBay", connects shoppers looking to purchase commodities in bulk directly with manufacturers from across the world. The site encompasses more or less...
Conversations at Brazenhead: Jerome Charyn
...Jerome Charyn and Michael Seidenberg in conversation at Brazenhead Books. Introduction by Jonathan Lethem. Part 1: [audio:http://thenewinquiry.com/app/uploads/2013/03/CharynMichaelFinalpt1.mp3|titles=Conversations at Brazenhead: Jerome Charyn Part 1] Part 2: [audio:http://thenewinquiry.com/app/uploads/2013/03/JandMfullpt2_1-2.mp3|titles=Conversations at Brazenhead: Jerome...