Beyond Distribution: Everyday Life, Democratic Institutions, and the Limits of the Spectacle

Matías Brum1 Download PDF Abstract This essay argues that contemporary debates on political economy — however sophisticated in their treatment of inequality, ownership, and power — tend to neglect a decisive terrain of analysis: the organization of everyday life itself. Drawing on the Situationist International’s critique of the society of the spectacle, and applying it […]

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Protest and gold deccumulation

DT Cochrane Activists confronted Barrick Gold CEO Peter Monk and shareholders at the company’s annual meeting. A Globe & Mail article suggested: “The long term outlook for Barrick shares hinges on many factors: the gold price is obviously the biggest driver, but the company also faces vociferous opposition from environmentalists and many residents around its […]

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