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Editorial cartoonists are an endangered species, and even in their heyday they were rare birds -- at the top ranks of print journalism, only a few hundred such jobs existed worldwide in the 20th century. Yet those who wielded the drawing pen had enormous influence and popularity as they caricatured news events and newsmakers into "ink-drenched bombshells" that often said more than the accompanying news stories. Bill Sanders, working in a liberal tradition...
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Burny the Cowbird shows his cowbird friends an easier life. Cowbirds by nature are brood parasites, meaning that they use other birds to raise their young. This is just one of the many tricks that Burny uses to show how socialism gives the cowbirds power over other animals and saves them from hard work. But, at what cost is socialism instituted? Does socialism actually create Equality of Outcome? Or, do the cowbirds discover something deeply sinister...
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"As a teenager visiting the Andy Warhol Museum, Beth Pickens realized the importance of making art. As an adult, she has dedicated her life to empowering working artists. Intimate yet practical, Your Art Will Save Your Life helps artists build a sustainable practice while navigating the world of MFAs, residencies, and institutional funding."--Publisher description.
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Obviously, in the vein of protest novels, such as Civil Disobedience, Invisible Man, and The Souls of Black Folk, comes Kill Trump: Invoke the 25th -A Revolution of the Human Spirit.
Remarkably, the story begins onboard the R.M.S. Titanic as it mysteriously sets sails across the Atlantic with its very well-known cast of characters: Captain J. Smith, Mr. Bruce Ismay, the managing director of White Star Line, John Jacob Astor and his new eighteen-year-old...
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Bill Muckler was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. He attended the same parochial school for 9 years and graduated from Christian Brothers College High School (an Army Junior ROTC School) in St. Louis. Bill graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia with a B.A. in Psychology (Personnel Management) with 2 years Air Force ROTC.
After graduation, Bill dodged both the draft and jury duty to enter the USMC Officer Candidate Course in Quantico,...
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Through campy pop culture rhymes and beautiful oil paintings, the narrator of our book guides you through a list of things you CAN grab while offering more poetic ways to refer to a woman's genitalia than the word "pussy" that Trump so vulgarly used. As the narrator goes on, she lets you know more about her relatives (a reclusive aunt with a lazy eye) and her interests (Justin Bieber's Instagram) while never losing sight of her mission to make the...
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Para ayudarnos a comprender nuestros dilemas contemporáneos más urgentes, William Shakespeare no tiene igual.
Mientras Isabel I, cada vez más envejecida y obstinada, se aferraba al poder con uñas y dientes, un brillante dramaturgo exploraba las causas sociales, las raíces psicológicas y los retorcidos efectos de la tiranía. Al analizar la psique (y las psicosis) de personajes de la catadura de Ricardo III, Macbeth, Lear, Coriolano y de las...
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This collection of poetry is a reflection of my journey in life for where I stand now. It is a representation of the knowledge I have encountered through various obstacles and from conversations and interactions. I have met people who have impacted my creative life and this is to pay tribute to everyone.
10) The Art Kettle
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The theme of 'disinterest' is a dominant one in philosophical accounts of aesthetic experience, and, unlike many philosophical themes, it has had and continues to have a huge effect, on presuppositions about the nature of judgment, of feeling, of art, of resistance, of all of those experiences and activities that appear to operate at least partly outside of the given regulations of human existence. The Art Kettle has two aims: first, to show that...
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Dos fenómenos en apariencia irreversibles se han vuelto insoslayables en el siglo XXI: la devastación de los recursos naturales provocada por los seres humanos y la progresiva digitalización de todas nuestras experiencias. Parece claro que pensar sobre ambas cuestiones es urgente, pero ¿por qué es necesario pensarlas en conjunto? Porque, de manera deliberada, los poderes que las impulsan se mantienen en sombras y la escala global de sus consecuencias...
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Des années après la chute du mur de Berlin, à l'heure de la mondialisation et du libre-échange, une cinquantaine de murs sont toujours érigés dans le monde, notamment autour du territoire d'Israël et à la frontière du Mexique et des États-Unis, o des barrières d'environ 500 km de long se dressent. Si les justifications énoncées par les États sont multiples, immigration clandestine, terrorisme, contrebande, etc., l'élévation d'une barrière...
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Van Jones said it well: "If we're going to end this fiscal madness and start rebuilding America, we're going to have to get creative! We need a tsunami of music, film, poetry and art. The Culture of Possibility shows us how creativity can take our story back from Corporation Nation, tilting the culture towards justice, equity, and innovation. I urge you to read this book!" We are in the midst of seismic cultural change. In the old paradigm, priorities...
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In taking on the project, Paul, Gabriel, his agent, and myself are obviously hoping that this book will increase awareness surrounding an undoubtedly talented artist. He deserves the acknowledgements that will arrive very soon, I am sure of that, and to be part of his future success story is indeed a great honor.
From Paul, Gabriel, and myself, I sincerely hope his story will touch you, and his paintings mesmerize you, just like I have been mesmerized...
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Por un lado Donald Trump haciendo su típico baile en plena campaña electoral mientras suena una famosa canción de Village People, por el otro, el colectivo chileno Lastesis llevando adelante su intervención estético-política Un violador en tu camino. Los dos casos reúnen los elementos característicos de una performance, ¿pero acaso son lo mismo?
En Activismos tecnopolíticos, Marcela Fuentes sostiene que las performances de lxs líderes...
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What role might art need to play in the transition beyond consumer capitalism? Can 'culture jamming' contribute to the necessary revolution in consciousness? And, might art be able to provoke social change in ways that rational argument and scientific evidence cannot? In this stimulating new book, "Art Against Empire: Toward an Aesthetics of Degrowth", de-growth scholar Samuel Alexander explores these questions, both in theory and practice. He begins...
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La propuesta que elabora Tomás Peters en Sociología(s) del arte y de las políticas culturales busca trazar la transformación de los modelos analíticos de la sociología del arte.
El primero es el seguimiento de algunas pistas teóricas que permitirán ubicar el sentido del arte en la modernidad. Mediante Luhmann construye una explicación macrohistórica de la diferenciación del sistema artístico hasta la constitución de un sistema específico...
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Democracia con Dignidad es la propuesta de un sistema económico, político y social fundamentado en el ciudadano como protagonista real de la democracia, y no como víctima obediente del Estado.
La base económica y social de este nuevo sistema es el pago de salarios justos y el aporte social proporcional que permita a empresas sociales privadas gestionar los recursos, con permanente auditoría ciudadana, sin que el Estado pueda tener acceso al...
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Creativity is a powerful force in shaping and defining all of our futures. Creativity enables us to fulfil our human potential and to make positive changes to the world around us. Creativity drives innovation across the arts, technology, science and engineering. Creativity boosts our economy, empowers our communities, enhances our education system and enriches our everyday lives. Creativity is the catalyst that will enable the next generation to invent...
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