COLLECTIVE ACTION A Bad Subjects Anthology

This, the second anthology of their writing, collects the Bad Subjects Collective's most interesting and provocative articles from the last six years. Covering diverse personal and political ground, the contributors explore cultural and media studies, racial identities, sexual politics, globalization, alternative communities, activism, the complexities of history, alternative consciousness and many other topics, in an incendiary mix of political radicalism and rigourous debate that's intended to provoke further discussion among academics and activists worldwide./ Contributors include Doug Henwood, Joel Schalit, Arturo J. Aldama, Annalee Newitz, Richard D. Wolff, John Brady, Matt Wray, Frederick Luis Aldama, Lisa Archer, Charlie Bertsch, Robin S. Brooks, Kevin Carollo, Jason M. Ferreira, Rick Prelinger, Cynthia Hoffman, Elisabeth Hurst, Joe Lockard, Karl MacRae, J.C. Myers, Kim Nicolini, Megan Shaw Prelinger, David Hawkes and many others. /



Acknowledgments / Introduction / PART I: POLITICS OLD AND NEW / 1: Prison Activists Notes by Karl MacRae / 2. Iraq War Culture by Joe Lockard / 3. Beyond Copyright Consciousness by Rick Prelinger / 4. I Was a Teenage Reactionary by Doug Henwood / 5. Voodoo Politics by David Hawkes / 6. A Context for Genoa by Edmund Zimmerman / 7. Blacks and Reds in Polish Technicolor by Ewa Pagacz / 8. Marxism, Class Analysis, and the USSR: A Y2K Perspective by Richard D. Wolff / PART II: REMEMBERING HISTORY / 9. New Year's Eve in Berlin: Firecrackers, Fascist Light Shows, and Witnessing History in the Haupstadt by John Brady / 10. The Tenth Anniversary of the Siege at Waco and April 2003 by Megan Shaw Prelinger / 11. The FSM Cafe: History, Memory, and the Political Legacy of Coffee byTomas Sandoval, Jr. and Jason Ferreira / 12. Are Diplomatic Ties with Tyrants More Important than Civil Rights? Life During APEC '97 by Elisabeth Hurst / 13. Marx vs. Weber, Uno Mas! by JC Myers / PART III: IN AND OUT OF THE ACADEMY / 14. San Francisco: Dangerous for Whores/I'd Rather Be a Whore Than an Academic by Lisa Archer / 15. Left Conservatism by Matt Wray / 16. Caretaking the Echo Pond: The Practice of Art in the Fin-de-Siecle Academy by Mark Van Proyen / 17. In-Between Days: Intellectual Work and Intelligent Life at the Crossroads by Scott Schaffer / 18. Make It a Double: My Dual Lives as Barkeep and Grad Student by Wayde Grinstead / / 19. Inside the Idea Factory by Katie Simon / PART IV: CROSSING BORDERS / 20. Girls (Forced to) Dance Naked! The Politics and Presumptions of Anti-Trafficking Laws by Gretchen Soderlund and Emma Grant / 21. Driving Through the Minefields of Love by Joel Schalit / 22. Cross-Dressing in Bulgaria: Gay Identity, Post-Communist Fear, and Magical Love by Robin Brooks / 23. Marxing Across the Border by Frederick Luis Aldama / 24 Securing Profits by Carrie Rentschler / 25. Dangerous Bodies: Globalisation, the Militarisation of Borders and New (Old) Forms of Slavery by Arturo Aldama / 26. The Race to Be Mobile by Kevin Carollo / PART V: THE PERSONAL IS THE POLITICAL / 27. On the Merits of Racial Identity by Tomas Sandoval / 28. Outside In: The Failings of Alternative Communities by Kim Nicolini / 29. Marxism After Ho Chi Minh by Viet Than Nguyen / 30. Reporting Rape vs. a Woman's Right to Speak: I Won't Get Fooled Again by Cynthia Hoffman / 31. My Dad Kicked Ass for a Living by Zack Furness / PART VI: MEDIA AND RESPONSE / 32. Hotel California: Learning How to Read by Charlie Bertsch / 33. Bodies: Sex Pistols and Abortion Art by Mike Mosher / 34. Marx's Media Corps by Jonathan Sterne / 35. The AT&T 'Vietnam' Commercial by Robert Shaw and Megan Shaw Prelinger / 36. Heterosexual Love by Annalee Newitz / Notes on Contributors / Index