Monthly Archives: May 2010

Photos – Reclaim the City demonstration in Mainz, Germany

Posted on May 31, 2010 by Magpie

Fire juggler at a demonstration in Mainz, Germany, originally uploaded by margaretkilljoy. Alright! I just figured out how to automatically post entire sets from my Flickr to this page. This should make posting photos less of a headache in the … Continue reading →

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Speaking On Wednesday, June 2nd, in Berlin, then again in Stockholm on the 5th and 6th

Posted on May 31, 2010 by Magpie

I’ll be speaking about anarchism and fiction at a Wagenplatz in Berlin, on June 2nd. The address is scheffelstr 21 in lichtenberg (friedrichshain). I think I’ll be talking at like 8pm or something. I’ll also be speaking at the Stockholm … Continue reading →

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Photos – A Wagenplatz in Mainz

Posted on May 28, 2010 by Magpie

(click on pictures for larger versions) I’ve spent most of the past two weeks or so at a Wagenplatz (link is to a google-translated German wikipedia article) in Mainz. A Wagenplatz, in short, is a squatted trailer part. They’ve got … Continue reading →

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Photos – Raumstation Rödelheim (well, its bathroom)

Posted on May 27, 2010 by Magpie

(click on pictures for much larger versions) Last night I spoke in Frankfurt at a social center called Raumstation Rödelheim. It went rather well: the audience was engaged and knowledgeable, often adding information to my lecture. (In particular, I learned … Continue reading →

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Photos – Wave Gotik Treffen 2010

Posted on May 26, 2010 by Magpie

This last weekend I was at the Wave Gotik Treffen in Leipzig. It was a fascinating experience. I’m so used to being around camera-shy punks that I honestly was overwhelmed and felt out of place in the runway atmosphere of … Continue reading →

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Speaking In Frankfurt Tonight

Posted on May 26, 2010 by Magpie

Okay, sorry about how last-minute everything has suddenly become. I’m speaking tonight in Frankfurt at a place called Raumstation Rödelheim, on anarchism in fiction, joined by my friend who writes Click Clack Gorilla. Then I’ll be speaking about anarchism in … Continue reading →

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Wave Gotik Treffen

Posted on May 24, 2010 by Magpie

tonight was the last night of Wave Gotik Treffen. certainly, like nothing i’ve seen before. rather than holding the festival on a single fairground, they turn the entire city of leipzig into the festival. goths wander everywhere, their armbands being … Continue reading →

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Norman Spinrad, anarchist science fiction writer, to undergo surgery for stomach cancer

Posted on May 20, 2010 by Magpie

Science fiction legend Norman Spinrad (author of, among other things, the very first episode of Star Trek, I think one that was never produced) is about to undergo surgery for stomach cancer, today. He talks frankly of the procedure. Norman … Continue reading →

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Stranger than kindness

Posted on May 19, 2010 by Magpie

I like covers sometimes. This one, by Fever Ray, of Nick Cave’s “Stranger Than Kindness”, gets at me today. Tweet

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Wave Gotik Treffen – woo! going to giant goth festival

Posted on May 18, 2010 by Magpie

This weekend I’ll be headed to Leipzig Germany, not to do any talks about anarchism, but to go to a goth festival called Wave Gotik Treffen. I’m working (so far, in my head) on a photo series related to guttergoth/crudgoth, … Continue reading →

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