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Dispatch from a Previous Era of Riots

Dispatch from a Previous Era of Riots


Posted By on May 31, 2014

“In this time of the nation’s difficulties, we appeal to the common sense of the people for support of the orderly processes of the National Recovery Act as against industrial warfare.”

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I have a story about Steven Seagal. In the last few months, Seagal has become BFFs with Vladimir Putin, acting as a bodyguard for the Russian premiere and as media spokesperson for military action in Crimea. This strongman odd couple is about as weird as anything these days, and is not necessarily surprising if we take a moment to remember that time Seagal, acting on behalf of Arizona’s concentration camp sheriff Joe Arpaio, drove a...

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ULTRA/NYC FILM & VIDEO PROGRAM: MEDITERRANEAN & BALKAN EDITION May 6, 2014 · by groupaffect · in International, Screenings We are currently traveling around southern Europe, along the Mediterranean and Balkans, meeting people, and giving presentations on some recent events and organizing in New York City over the last 5-10 years. Last December we did the same in a few places around France. This May and June we will visit...

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We received permission to repost this article from the Research and Destroy website. These folks are doing great work. Check it out:  [foreclosures in the East Bay] 1. Debt, wage-labor, rent. These are the three scourges of the modern, fully capitalist world, the three faces of exploitation that confront the proletarian of today. Rent might be the least examined of these terms, the landlord all too easily conflated with banker and...

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Seattle May Day 2014: Photo Gallery

Seattle May Day 2014: Photo Gallery


Posted By on May 2, 2014

Some Seattle Ultras were present at this year’s May Day events. We’ll have a full recap up within the next week.  But here is a brief version: We began the day at the immigrants’ rights march, put on by local NGOs and politicians, which was roughly the same size as last years’ march making the same demands–and slightly smaller than the May Day 2012 march making the same demands, or the May Day 2011 march...

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Asian Migration

Asian Migration


Posted By on Apr 30, 2014

Global migration is an integral component of the global division of labor. Here we provide one in a series of maps using origin-destination matrices to explore the global patterns of migration and the reproduction of labor. Click the image below for the full-size version....

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