If you were asked which regime is described by the following actions and characteristics, what would you answer? A regime that produces a death list of citizens abroad to be executed by its secret intelligence service, without arrest, without trial by a jury. A regime that conducts surveillance at home and then uses that information… [Read more…]
January 7, 2011 by Maximilian Forte
EE: Report #9, 01—07 January 2011 Encircling Empire Reports is a selection of essays, blog posts, and news reports covering a given time period. They are intended to be useful for those interested in: ● contemporary and critical political anthropology ● public anthropology ● imperialism and imperial decline ● militarism/militarization ● the political economy of the… [Read more…]
December 30, 2010 by Maximilian Forte
2010 has been a great year for Zero Anthropology, with so much to celebrate that it’s difficult to know where to begin (and when to stop). From July onward we witnessed a steep comeback in terms of the number of our on-site readers, eventually breaking all of our records to the extent that now for… [Read more…]
December 25, 2010 by Maximilian Forte
Many thanks to John Postill for directing my attention to this video. But perhaps you don’t care for Christmas songs, not even satirical ones. Perhaps samba is more to your liking? Not samba? How about straight up rap (news)? This is one of Juice Media’s best, preceded by other great ones on Wikileaks, including this… [Read more…]
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January 8, 2011 by Maximilian Forte
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