At a time of political emergency, it is irresponsible for intellectuals not to be engaged in the public debate. It is our job to think critically, and our privilege to have the resources to inform the public discussion. These texts are some recent contributions.
Theorizing Today (2006)
Iraq's Elections (2004)
What are Iranian Demonstrators Saying? (2003)
Global Left? (2002)
Vital Links: sources for independent research
www.indymedia.org a global center for independent news
www.democracynow.org for independent US journalism: "The War and Peace Report," with Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez
www.opendemocracy.org for "Free Thinking for the World"
Informed Comment: www.juancole.com
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Bolshevik Avant-Garde
These lectures explore the intersection between vanguard politics and avant-garde art during and after the Russian Revolution.
Lecture 1: Revolutionary Art: The Bolshevik Experience
Lecture 2: Avant-garde Art and Bolshevik Time
Lecture 3: The Masses
Lecture 4: Vanguard/Avant-garde
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Visual Studies and Global Imagination
A talk presented at the Tate Modern in London on June 3, 2004 as part of the Surrealism Centre's "Papers of Surrealism," the talk explores the possibilities of a critical Visual Studies in a globalized visual media.
Visual Studies and Global Imagination
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King Kong and the Palace of the Soviets
1933 gave mass audiences in the United States and Soviet Union their respective images of a behemouth atop architectural wonder. In the US, primal King Kong scaled the newly-completed Empire State Building. In the USSR, Lenin was to soar above the planned Palace of the Soviets. Both were symbols of the masses created for the masses.
King Kong and the Palace of the Soviets
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