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Global capitalism and David McNally's monsters

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One of the many carnivalesque aspects of consumer society is the popular fascination -- and fashion -- oriented around various types of monsters. As with previous groups that rebelled via a parodic inversion against the regulatory demands of official culture -- such as hippies in the 1960s, skinheads in the 1980s and the occasional cyborg in the 1990s -- today's zombie and vampire enthusiasts present themselves in opposition to mainstream, bourgeois style, costume and aesthetics.

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Alternative water futures - The need for non-market solutions to Alberta’s water crisis

Date: Monday, December 5, 2011 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm

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Room 217, Telus Building - University of Alberta Campus

Corner of 111 Street & 87 Avenue

Edmonton, AB

Canada

53° 31' 22.4904" N, 113° 31' 4.1988" W

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Featuring Jeremy Schmidt
Department of Geography, University of Western Ontario
Author of the upcoming Parkland Institute research report "Alternative Water Futures in Alberta".

In 2008, the Alberta government announced it would review and update the water allocation system in the province, a system that is proving increasingly incapable of dealing with the challenges of today’s emerging water crisis. Policy recommendations released by the government in late 2009 suggest it is moving toward a province-wide deregulated market for water in the province, turning critical decisions about who will be able to access water over to the market.

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Weekly Audit: Foreclosuregate hits home

Lindsay Beyerstein

| October 19, 2010

Earlier this month, Bank of America (BOA), the country’s largest bank, announced a moratorium on foreclosures in all 50 states.

The bank promised not to sell any foreclosed homes or take any more delinquent borrowers to court until it had reviewed its potentially defective foreclosure process. Other major lenders soon announced that they too were suspending foreclosures in dozens of states. Why are the biggest banks in the country voluntarily calling for a time-out? It’s a hint that we’re facing a huge problem: The banks aren’t sure if they have the legal right to foreclose on millions of homes.

Treasure Souq at Beit Zatoun

Date: Saturday, October 23, 2010 - 5:00pm - 9:00pm

Location

Beit Zatoun

612 Markham Street (by Bathurst subway)

Toronto, ON

Canada

Phone: 647.726.9500

43° 39' 53.2584" N, 79° 24' 44.6868" W

See map: Google Maps

Damascene Treasures will transform Beit Zatoun into a Syrian souq/market featuring handcrafted home decor and personal items made by expert Damascene artisans. Don't miss this opportunity to browse through the market and pick up beautiful collectables!

Table Linen, Mosaic & Pearl Inlay Furniture, Handcrafted Jewellery, Handblown Glassware & Lanterns, Walnut Wood Carved Furniture, Brass Trays, Mosaic Accessory Boxes, Backgammon Boards, Mirrors Personal Accessories, Natural Soap from Syria.

Cash/Visa/ Mastercard Accepted

For info contact: Lemma at info@damascenetreasures.ca

www.damascenetreasures.ca

--- Need to know:

- No charge

- Sorry, not wheelchair accessible

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Dumpster diver market in Vancouver

June 15, 2010

| Tami Starlight from the Downtown Eastside Neighbourhood Council talks about a new, organized street vendor market for binners and local people.

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More Than Just a Yardage Sale

Date: Friday, May 28, 2010 - 11:00am - Saturday, May 29, 2010 - 1:00pm

Location

Textile Museum of Canada

55 Centre Avenue @ University Avenue and Dundas Street

Toronto M5G 2H5

Canada

Phone: 416.599.5321

43° 39' 17.3736" N, 79° 23' 13.2072" W

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More Than Just a Yardage Sale

Bargain-hunting fibre addicts will descend on the TMC for the annual More Than Just A Yardage Sale. Created and run by the Museum's volunteers, the sale is a bonanza for textile aficionados and a major fundraiser for the Museum. Shoppers will have their pick of an eclectic mix that includes yardages, yarns, patterns, quilt fabrics, notions and crafts.

Reservation: Not required

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On markets and democracy: Harper is dangerous

James Laxer

| January 13, 2010

This week on BNN, Stephen Harper said that financial markets don't like the "kind of instability" that goes with confidence votes on such matters as the Speech from the Throne and the budget that could bring down his minority government.

The prime minister's decision to prorogue parliament actually created the necessity for a Speech from the Throne when the House returns. That's what automatically follows a period of prorogation. His very action is setting up the kind of confidence vote that he said creates instability.

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Wrongs of the Right

Canada has the most right-wing government of the Western liberal democracies. For some years we have had the most right-wing media, with only the Toronto Star (and its limited reach outside the GTA) for balance. The right-wing media has featured extreme right-wing commentators regularly, while censoring voices with critical perspectives.

In no other country has organized business had more control of the public agenda than in Canada. And in no country outside the United States have American multinational corporations had more impact on public policy.

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After the crisis -- what's left?

One year ago, the collapse of Wall Street investment bank Lehman Brothers announced a major crisis of financial capitalism. The subsequent rescue of American banking and finance cost U.S. authorities $12.8 trillion. For anybody who has questioned, and contested the logic of the dominant ideology, the serious problems hardly came as a surprise. The more pertinent question is: does the financial crisis offer new, and better prospects for the left?

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Theory of capital makes a comeback

Capital as Power: A Study of Order and Creorder

by Jonathan Nitzan and Shimshon Bichler

(Routledge,

2009;

$40.97)

In Capital As Power Jonathan Nitzan and Shimshon Bichler launch an attack on both mainstream and Marxist theories of capitalism by focusing on one of the oldest theoretical conundrums in the discipline of political economy -- the theory of capital. While the work clearly fits into the tradition of radical political economy it is not easy to place it in any one school, and this for very good reason; the authors are trying to create a new approach to the study of society. The release of this highly ambitious book is aptly timed, for as the global political-economic crisis unfolds and existing theories and paradigms come into question a space will be created in which new theoretical alternatives might be welcomed.

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