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Leeds launch date

By brian On May 5, 2011 · 1 Comment

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On the uses of fairy dust

By keir On April 28, 2011 · 9 Comments

In a recent blog post asking why some forms of action resonate and others don’t, Brian dismissed the idea that there is ‘some magic pixie-dust that will guarantee success’. He’s right of course but perhaps we shouldn’t dismiss pixie-dust too quickly. In fact during our collective discussions the Free Association [...]

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Glory days?

By brian On March 22, 2011 · 1 Comment

What follows are some random (and rambling) thoughts on the power of events or acts to inspire whole movements – in part provoked by Paul Mason’s Twenty reasons why it’s kicking off everywhere, but also as an excuse to display this brilliant poster which I found at the bottom of [...]

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Movement, generation and moments of excess

By brian On March 13, 2011 · Leave a Comment

A short advert, based on this video, to promote our contribution to this year’s Left Forum in the US.

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Moments of Excess

By brian On February 28, 2011 · 1 Comment

Moments of Excess, a Free Association anthology, is now available here. It’s a project that’s taken the best part of a year to realise, but it’s not the usual tale of missed deadlines. As the book’s introduction says:

The texts collected here were written over a ten year period from summer 2001 [...]

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Movements rock our world

By brian On November 17, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Just a little teaser/shameless plug for our book Moments of Excess which is being published early next year by the good folk at PM Press. This guy has clearly read it…

Meanwhile, back in the real world, I came across this great quote here about the recent storming of the Tory party [...]

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You can’t step in the same river twice

By brian On November 17, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Repetition and difference is a large part of the project we’re working on right now). But sometimes you stumble across something that says exactly what you were groping for without using any words at all. More here.

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