Comix Nation Comix Nation
Nov 11, 2014 / Matt Bors
Snapshot: Million Mask March Snapshot: Million Mask March
Hacktivist group Anonymous held their third annual “Million Mask March” in conjunction with Guy Fawkes Day in over 400 cities worldwide. A sizable march in London, complemented by smaller events like this one in Budapest, protested an amalgamation of issues from corruption and capitalism to fracking and threats to privacy.
Nov 11, 2014 / Bernadett Szabo
History Didn’t Bring Down the Berlin Wall—Activists Did History Didn’t Bring Down the Berlin Wall—Activists Did
Mass uprisings like the one that brought down the Soviet bloc are neither as rare—nor as spontaneous—as they first appear.
Nov 11, 2014 / Mark Engler, Paul Engler, and Foreign Policy In Focus
Grim Reapers Grim Reapers
Drones have taken on a life of their own in popular culture.
Nov 11, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Jenna Krajeski
From the Dirty Silences From the Dirty Silences
Must art confront ugly realities with an ugliness of its own?
Nov 11, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Noon ictus cooling the veranda’s fretwork the child sits after his harp boning burlesque in the bower, his slit of gulls nerves silenced into hydrangea. Violet and roan, the bridal sun is opening and closing a window, filling a clay pot of coins with coins; candle jars, a crystal globe, cut milk boxes with horn petals snapping their iceberg-Golgotha crackle. The loneliness is terrible, the ice is near, says the hasp-lipped devil, casting beatitudes at the castor-oiled pimps in Parliament, Pray for them, joyfully, their amazing death! Light seethes bulging like pipes blown with napalm from his big golden eyes turning the afternoon ten degrees backwards, then through palm fronds’ teething the bridled air, sprigs of goat hair fall.
Nov 11, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Ishion Hutchinson
No Fate but Entropy No Fate but Entropy
Swagger and survival in Foxcatcher and Red Army
Nov 11, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
A Rebellion Against Injustice and Hate A Rebellion Against Injustice and Hate
Receiving a humanitarian award from the Academy, 87-year-old Harry Belafonte speaks out about his political commitments—and how he was punished for them.
Nov 11, 2014 / Harry Belafonte
Stephen Colbert to GOP: Don’t Fall Into ‘the Governing Trap’ Stephen Colbert to GOP: Don’t Fall Into ‘the Governing Trap’
Now that the Republicans will control the House and the Senate, they’re free to strut their stuff and start governing.
Nov 11, 2014 / Leslie Savan
Puzzle No. 3345 Puzzle No. 3345
And don’t miss Kosman and Picciotto’s crossword blog, Word Salad.
Nov 11, 2014 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto