On 27 Jan 2021, at 12:45, Brian Holmes wrote:
I think sitting back and being cynical when a country is in danger of
being
taken over by fascists is a mistake. This is going to happen to many
countries. At some point, when the leisure collapses, you actually
have to
take a side - compromising
Could not agree any more. This specific refrain I have heard my entire life
which brings us to this moment.
The prevailing degree of easy cynicism is a danger - healthy skepticism is
not….and that skepticism underpins each of our positioning as we take a side.
Cris
> On Jan 27, 2021, at
On Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 10:52 AM mp wrote:
>
> FBI had an agent provocateur embedded, leading the line. Sounds familiar.
>
> The state has long done exactly that (although Tarrio was not "leading the
line", he had been arrested the day before and limited himself to a few
encouraging tweets from
Someone may have already responded to this. But Tarrio was arrested before
the insurrection and ordered by a judge to stay out of DC.
Doesn't mean that there weren't other provocateurs. It's quite possible the
FBI arranged this so he would have an excuse for not being there in person.
On 23/01/2021 21:56, Brian Holmes wrote:
> How did a chaotic, unprepared crowd get through police barriers to
> invade the Capitol? It turns out they were led by determined ex-military
> "Oath Keepers" (an ad hoc militia). By their own count they were "30-40"
> (unconfirmed number). We all saw
Hello Max (& nettime),
Thanks for mentioning literature and asking why it's not included in the
debate. (I should add that my own academic background, both as a student
and in my junior academic past, is in Comparative Literature.) Literature
is much more firmly established in university
