The unexpected, spontaneous and pleasantly disruptive nature of collective celebration is one of the great equalizers of social and political struggle. Janey Stephenson writes.
The Subversive Power of Joy
Intellectual Property is Real Money
Why has neither political party in the United States talked about limits on intellectual property? Money. Dean Baker writes.
Our Primary Endorsements for August 1, 2017
The Seattle Star’s endorsements for the August primary.
YET ANOTHER FUCKING EKPHRASTIC POEM, THIS ONE BASED ON “SELF-PORTRAIT WITH BOTTLES” (1938) AND “BETWEEN THE CLOCK & THE BED” (1940-1943) FROM THE EDVARD MUNCH EXHIBIT AT THE SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, AND BY “BASED” I MEAN USING THE PAINTINGS AS A SPRINGBOARD FOR MY RAMBLING, INCOHERENT BLATHER WITH ONLY THE MOST TENUOUS OF CONNECTIONS TO THE SUBJECT AT HAND, BUT IF ANYONE CALLS ME ON IT, I CAN JUST SNEER AND CALL THEM A PHILISTINE WHO JUST DOESN’T UNDERSTAND GREAT, GREAT ARTISTS LIKE EDVARD MUNCH. AND ME.
Poetry by David Fewster.
Sunday Comics
Back from the shadows again, back to where an Indian’s your friend/Where Sunday Comics are seen, and you can pee right into the stream/We’re back from the shadows again
My Own Private Basic Income
One person’s experience becoming a business owner shows how our economy is based on luck rather than merit and how it rewards people who own stuff rather than people who do stuff. Karl Widerquist writes.