Zenpolitics
Articles, comment and meditations on power, oppression and political mindfulness
Friday, 3 April 2015
The austerity of political debate
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It's remarkable how easily elite-serving language gets popularised. And with it, the very terms of 'acceptable debate'. All th...
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Monday, 30 March 2015
Clone politicians and electoral mugs
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It's that great exercise in 'participatory democracy' again, the General Election. And, as dutiful BBC headlines boom with par...
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Tuesday, 24 March 2015
Guardian gets new editor. Beyond the applause, key questions for Katharine Viner
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There's been much congratulatory response to the announcement of Katharine Viner as new editor-in-chief at the Guardian . On hearing t...
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Sunday, 25 January 2015
Disapproval over honouring Saudi despot - don't mention West's own tyranny
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The grovelling tributes of Western leaders over the death of Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah seems to say it all about the special treatmen...
Friday, 23 January 2015
Situation of urgency - time for standing outside systems of power
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Not for the first time, I have to admit a certain reverential awe for what comes out of the propaganda lab, and how liberal 'insiders...
Friday, 16 January 2015
Charlie Hebdo: real fight is over who controls the terms of debate
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So, Charlie Hebdo releases its much-awaited 'edition of defiance' , hailed by much of the political elite and liberal media. Is th...
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