http://monkeyfist.com/ Monkeyfist is an independent magazine of politics, technology and culture. Copyright © 2008 The Monkeyfist Collective. All rights reserved. The Monkeyfist Collective (mailto:webmaster@monkeyfist.com) en-us http://monkeyfist.com/articles/843 Citizenship as "contribution" and alternative economies Karen Houle (mailto:khoule@ualberta.ca) 2004-02-03T15:06:03-06:00 economics http://monkeyfist.com/articles/842 Michael Crichton says environmentalism is a religion, and offers science as an alternative in word but not deed. Dru Oja Jay (mailto:dojy@mta.ca) 2004-01-08T11:49:06-06:00 environmentalism http://monkeyfist.com/articles/841 Does racial justice consist merely in achieving some measure of diversity, or are there deeper questions of history and power which need to be asked and answered? Kendall Clark (mailto:kendall@monkeyfist.com) 2003-08-21T22:07:43-05:00 racism http://monkeyfist.com/articles/840 What will "liberation" look like? Dru Oja Jay (mailto:dojy@mta.ca) 2003-04-12T14:18:40-05:00 the Middle East http://monkeyfist.com/articles/839 Zoe Mulford feeds her inner child a bit of nostalgic junk food. Zoe Mulford (mailto:zoe@hatrackdesign.com) 2003-04-09T10:13:23-05:00 food http://monkeyfist.com/articles/838 40 million people worldwide live with AIDS, 30 million of whom live in Africa. Of these, 58% are women and 3 million are children under 15. 3.1 million people died of AIDS in 2001. Dru Oja Jay (mailto:dojy@mta.ca) 2003-03-18T11:11:26-06:00 world news http://monkeyfist.com/articles/837 Darin Barney is a professor of Communications at the University of Ottawa and the author of Prometheus Wired: The Hope for Democracy in the Age of Network Technology. Dru Oja Jay (mailto:dojy@mta.ca) 2003-03-18T11:10:48-06:00 the politics of technology http://monkeyfist.com/articles/836 Brooklyn-based writer Paul Ford describes his New York City experience of F15, the largest global protest ever. Paul Ford (mailto:paul@ftrain.com) 2003-02-19T12:25:19-06:00 nonviolent protest http://monkeyfist.com/articles/835 As it turns out, only one of the countries named as supporting the US in a "coalition of the willing" actually has a majority in support of the war. Dru Oja Jay (mailto:dojy@mta.ca) 2003-02-18T22:21:37-06:00 official propaganda http://monkeyfist.com/articles/834 A short list of links to essential readings about the US push to invade Iraq. Dru Oja Jay (mailto:dojy@mta.ca) 2003-04-01T10:00:14-06:00 the Middle East http://monkeyfist.com/articles/833 A second look at the humanitarian consequences of war in Iraq, and an argument for deterrence instead of preemption. Dru Oja Jay (mailto:dojy@mta.ca) 2003-02-19T13:49:45-06:00 the Middle East http://monkeyfist.com/articles/832 First reaction to hearing the breakup of the space shuttle over my head. Kendall Clark (mailto:kendall@monkeyfist.com) 2003-02-01T11:18:03-06:00 news http://monkeyfist.com/articles/831 Paul Ford, Brooklyn resident and subway devotee, reports on the pending transit worker strike in NYC. Paul Ford (mailto:paul@ftrain.com) 2002-12-13T13:47:37-06:00 trade unions http://monkeyfist.com/articles/830 A ghastly recipe, Chow Mein for 200, brings back memories, fond and otherwise, of the author's earliest encounter with the Orientalist Other. Kendall Clark (mailto:kendall@monkeyfist.com) 2002-12-13T14:11:23-06:00 food http://monkeyfist.com/articles/829 How dinner at the local Vietnamese place illuminates the rules and pleasures of living with another human being full-time. Kendall Clark (mailto:kendall@monkeyfist.com) 2002-12-26T23:15:39-06:00 food http://monkeyfist.com/articles/828 Some reflections on futility and usability. Bijan Parsia (mailto:bparsia@email.unc.edu) 2002-11-05T18:33:44-06:00 politics http://monkeyfist.com/articles/827 An indirect, oblique culinary tour of Morocco by way of Dallas, Cuba by way of Houston, and Italy by way of New York City; wherein the author expounds and explains the pleasures and pains of recent meals. Kendall Clark (mailto:kendall@monkeyfist.com) 2002-11-07T12:47:04-06:00 food http://monkeyfist.com/articles/826 What does President Bush's opposition to ballistic fingerprinting say about his values? Kendall Clark (mailto:kendall@monkeyfist.com) 2002-10-26T16:25:51-05:00 politics http://monkeyfist.com/articles/825 What if we started paying attention to the civilian casualties we know are inevitable? Dru Oja Jay (mailto:dojy@mta.ca) 2002-10-17T09:47:23-05:00 media http://monkeyfist.com/articles/824 A review of the week's news. Niel Bornstein (mailto:niel@bornstein.atlanta.ga.us) 2002-08-10T23:59:04-05:00 news http://monkeyfist.com/articles/823 07/29 to 08/03 Dru Oja Jay (mailto:dojy@mta.ca) 2002-08-05T00:50:28-05:00 world news http://monkeyfist.com/articles/822 A weekly review of news. Kendall Clark (mailto:kendall@monkeyfist.com) 2002-07-27T01:47:17-05:00 news http://monkeyfist.com/articles/821 A review of the week's news and events. Kendall Clark (mailto:kendall@monkeyfist.com) 2002-07-19T19:37:36-05:00 news http://monkeyfist.com/articles/820 A review of the week's news. Kendall Clark (mailto:kendall@monkeyfist.com) 2002-07-18T11:26:20-05:00 news http://monkeyfist.com/articles/819 Photos of folks protesting the G7 finance ministers' meeting in Halifax, June 14-15. Dru Oja Jay (mailto:dojy@mta.ca) 2002-06-22T14:49:20-05:00 activism http://monkeyfist.com/articles/818 What could Israel do to stabilize the situation in the West Bank? Dru Oja Jay (mailto:dojy@mta.ca) 2002-06-20T15:10:31-05:00 the Middle East http://monkeyfist.com/articles/816 How to Make Clients and Influence People. BAZ (mailto:bparsia@email.unc.edu) 2002-04-29T09:07:10-05:00 XML http://monkeyfist.com/articles/815 The W3C is promoting the "Semantic Web" as a successor to the good old fashioned web. This article presents a simple argument that we have good reasons to be, at least in the absence of counterevidence, optimistic about it. Bijan Parsia (mailto:bparsia@email.unc.edu) 2002-05-05T00:37:14-05:00 technology http://monkeyfist.com/articles/814 Popular social movements respond to economic and political crisis in Argentina. Dru Oja Jay (mailto:dojy@mta.ca) 2002-07-09T22:04:00-05:00 nonviolent protest http://monkeyfist.com/articles/813 A review of Sally Hadden's Slave Patrols: Law and Violence in Virginia and the Carolinas, the first detailed history of slave patrolling in the American South. Kendall Clark (mailto:kendall@monkeyfist.com) 2003-10-15T17:37:52-05:00 racism http://monkeyfist.com/articles/811 Monkeyfist.com is collecting news and chronologies about the WEF protests in New York City. Kendall Clark (mailto:kendall@monkeyfist.com) 2002-02-01T14:52:46-06:00 the site http://monkeyfist.com/articles/810 Monkeyfist begins a month-long celebration of African Americans, their histories, cultures, triumphs and tribulations. Kendall Clark (mailto:kendall@monkeyfist.com) 2002-11-19T01:07:49-06:00 Black History Month http://monkeyfist.com/articles/809 Notes from a first reading of the book. Bijan Parsia (mailto:bparsia@email.unc.edu) 2002-02-24T21:46:38-06:00 Black History Month http://monkeyfist.com/articles/808 Some casting decisions really should be left to the pros. BAZ (mailto:bparsia@email.unc.edu) 2002-01-28T14:05:46-06:00 media criticism http://monkeyfist.com/articles/807 Before we can talk about the best course for helping the developing world, we have to stop explicitly undermining its development. Dru Oja Jay (mailto:dojy@mta.ca) 2002-02-07T16:25:07-06:00 evil shit http://monkeyfist.com/articles/806 Allowing the distortions of propaganda to insinuate themselves into everyday language is a danger to truth and democracy. Dru Oja Jay (mailto:dojy@mta.ca) 2002-01-22T18:21:29-06:00 official propaganda http://monkeyfist.com/articles/805 Across the conventional political spectrum, Cornel West has become unfair game. Kendall Clark (mailto:kendall@monkeyfist.com) 2002-01-22T18:15:46-06:00 media criticism http://monkeyfist.com/articles/804 Bush's use of a racist slur -- and subsequent failure to apologize for such a use -- is an intolerable coarsening of the present situation. Kendall Clark (mailto:kendall@monkeyfist.com) Bijan Parsia (mailto:bparsia@email.unc.edu) 2002-01-11T19:00:26-06:00 racism http://monkeyfist.com/articles/803 What does your antiquated telephone do all day while you're off gadding about with cellphones? BAZ (mailto:bparsia@email.unc.edu) 2002-01-07T15:21:35-06:00 life http://monkeyfist.com/articles/801 #6 in the artist's series of drawings on cultural minutia. Collin Williams (mailto:williamsdesign@ev1.net) 2001-12-16T00:52:43-06:00 life http://monkeyfist.com/articles/800 Civilian casualties in the "War on Terror". Dru Oja Jay (mailto:dojy@mta.ca) 2001-12-30T20:45:53-06:00 the military http://monkeyfist.com/articles/798 George McMahon smokes government pot. Legally. Christopher Largen (mailto:classiciconoclast@yahoo.com) 1969-12-31T18:00:00-06:00 politics http://monkeyfist.com/articles/796 Work in an ongoing series of images dealing with violence and society. Collin Williams (mailto:williamsdesign@ev1.net) 2001-12-05T22:26:52-06:00 art http://monkeyfist.com/articles/795 About the monkey's new clothes. Niel Bornstein (mailto:niel@bornstein.atlanta.ga.us) 2001-12-04T13:42:17-06:00 the site http://monkeyfist.com/articles/793 Bush's executive order creates military tribunals as a justification for summary executions. Kendall Clark (mailto:kendall@monkeyfist.com) 2001-12-05T15:36:49-06:00 politics http://monkeyfist.com/articles/792 On heterosexist fear and privilege. Dru Oja Jay (mailto:dojy@mta.ca) 2001-11-16T14:05:47-06:00 life http://monkeyfist.com/articles/791 #6 in a series of drawings about cultural minutiae. Collin Williams (mailto:williamsdesign@ev1.net) 2001-12-05T15:34:25-06:00 life http://monkeyfist.com/articles/790 #5 in a series of drawings of cultural minutia. Collin Williams (mailto:williamsdesign@ev1.net) 2001-11-04T04:06:28-06:00 evil shit http://monkeyfist.com/articles/789 The US is broadcasting propaganda into Afghanistan. Read the official DefenseLink.mil transcripts. Kendall Clark (mailto:kendall@monkeyfist.com) 2001-11-08T16:26:13-06:00 official propaganda http://monkeyfist.com/articles/788 Dru Oja Jay explains why, in rushing to defend the U.S. against "anti-Americanism", Salman Rushdie is wrong and, in the process, attempts to understand the sources of terrorism. Dru Oja Jay (mailto:dojy@mta.ca) 2001-11-08T16:27:00-06:00 media http://monkeyfist.com/articles/787 When Pearl Harbor was bombed, the U.S. responded by interning 120,000 Japanese people living on the West Coast. Are Arab Americans in danger of being interned? Josh Lucas (mailto:josh@stonecottage.com) 2001-11-08T16:27:20-06:00 racism http://monkeyfist.com/articles/786 What are the bounds of the international legal framework within which the United States may legally respond to terror? Kendall Clark (mailto:kendall@monkeyfist.com) 2001-12-30T20:40:50-06:00 law http://monkeyfist.com/articles/785 Bush declares the Newest World Order. Bijan Parsia (mailto:bparsia@email.unc.edu) 2001-11-08T16:28:07-06:00 politics http://monkeyfist.com/articles/784 A rant about the September 11th attacks on the WTC and Pentagon. Collin Williams (mailto:williamsdesign@ev1.net) 2001-11-08T16:28:23-06:00 U.S. news http://monkeyfist.com/articles/783 What has Congress done to respond to the terrorist attacks? Kendall Clark (mailto:kendall@monkeyfist.com) 2001-11-08T16:28:43-06:00 politics http://monkeyfist.com/articles/782 Congress and industry seem to agree that air travel is in trouble. But what about the workers? Niel Bornstein (mailto:niel@bornstein.atlanta.ga.us) 2001-11-08T16:29:16-06:00 economics http://monkeyfist.com/articles/781 Bush's invocation of the National Emergencies Act includes a list of provisions of the US Code he intends to use. Kendall Clark (mailto:kendall@monkeyfist.com) 2001-11-08T16:29:40-06:00 U.S. news http://monkeyfist.com/articles/780 Image in memory of the victims of the WTC tragedy Collin Williams (mailto:williamsdesign@ev1.net) 2001-09-15T20:55:06-05:00 U.S. news http://monkeyfist.com/articles/779 During a national tragedy, Congress seems too willing to capitulate its role to the President's ambition. Kendall Clark (mailto:kendall@monkeyfist.com) Bijan Parsia (mailto:bparsia@email.unc.edu) 2003-03-10T09:46:03-06:00 politics http://monkeyfist.com/articles/778 In a phone converstation with Pataki and Guiliani, Bush finally says something against Arab anti-racism. Bijan Parsia (mailto:bparsia@email.unc.edu) 2001-11-08T16:30:24-06:00 U.S. news http://monkeyfist.com/articles/777 Given the response of some people, the "mindset of terrorism" that lead to the disaster may not be as alien as we might think. Bijan Parsia (mailto:bparsia@email.unc.edu) 2001-11-08T16:30:41-06:00 U.S. news http://monkeyfist.com/articles/776 In the wake of terrorist attacks, virulent Anti-Arab racism explodes into public spaces everywhere. Kendall Clark (mailto:kendall@monkeyfist.com) 2001-11-08T16:30:56-06:00 racism http://monkeyfist.com/articles/775 A response to coffeecup.com's call for retalitory annihilation. Bijan Parsia (mailto:bparsia@email.unc.edu) 2001-11-08T16:31:07-06:00 U.S. news http://monkeyfist.com/articles/774 World Trade Center towers collapsed after being hit by passager planes. And that's only the start. Bijan Parsia (mailto:bparsia@email.unc.edu) 2001-11-08T16:31:22-06:00 U.S. news http://monkeyfist.com/articles/773 How long will evil pigs like George W. Bush rule the world? How long? Kendall Clark (mailto:kendall@monkeyfist.com) 2001-08-16T15:10:21-05:00 evil shit http://monkeyfist.com/articles/772 Animation dedicated to the memory of Carlo Guiliani Collin Williams (mailto:williamsdesign@ev1.net) 2001-07-25T05:32:52-05:00 activism http://monkeyfist.com/articles/771 George discovers his father. Collin Williams (mailto:williamsdesign@ev1.net) 2001-07-23T02:52:46-05:00 evil shit http://monkeyfist.com/articles/766 The G-8 goes to Genoa, Italy; you know, Italy, the place with the proud anarchist tradition. Kendall Clark (mailto:kendall@monkeyfist.com) 2001-08-16T14:49:57-05:00 activism http://monkeyfist.com/articles/765 The effects of using tear gas against democratic dissent are medically and politically problematic. Dru Oja Jay (mailto:dojy@mta.ca) 2001-07-16T12:31:13-05:00 activism http://monkeyfist.com/articles/764 White supremacist ideology and White privilege are global in reach and in aspiration. I examine three nodes in the global distribution network of White privilege: empire, corporate profits, and victimhood. Kendall Clark (mailto:kendall@monkeyfist.com) 2002-04-19T11:21:57-05:00 racism http://monkeyfist.com/articles/763 Political satire of the planned missile defense system. Collin Williams (mailto:williamsdesign@ev1.net) 2001-06-26T12:47:29-05:00 politics http://monkeyfist.com/articles/762 Monkeyfist hosts a Noam Chomsky archive. Kendall Clark (mailto:kendall@monkeyfist.com) 2001-06-22T14:53:58-05:00 politics http://monkeyfist.com/articles/761 Review of Lucinda's Williams' new album 'Essence' Collin Williams (mailto:williamsdesign@ev1.net) 2001-09-02T20:51:30-05:00 music http://monkeyfist.com/articles/760 The last statement of Timothy McVeigh. Niel Bornstein (mailto:niel@bornstein.atlanta.ga.us) 2001-06-11T07:55:57-05:00 U.S. news http://monkeyfist.com/articles/758 Some tangled thoughts about the Jenna Bush flap reaction. Bijan Parsia (mailto:bparsia@email.unc.edu) 2001-06-14T23:11:45-05:00 politics http://monkeyfist.com/articles/757 Bushwhacked, #1 Collin Williams (mailto:williamsdesign@ev1.net) 2001-06-03T12:19:18-05:00 politics http://monkeyfist.com/articles/756 Give your tax rebate to someone who deserves it. Niel Bornstein (mailto:niel@bornstein.atlanta.ga.us) 2001-06-01T09:41:30-05:00 politics http://monkeyfist.com/articles/755 First in a series of two articles dissecting the myths of XML and the Semantic Web. Kendall Clark (mailto:kendall@monkeyfist.com) 2001-05-23T16:52:20-05:00 the politics of technology http://monkeyfist.com/articles/754 In his first piece for Monkeyfist, noted XML pundit Edd Dumbill writes about the "new" world of Peer-to-Peer computing. Adapted from his presentation to the ORA P2P Conference in Feb 2001, this article addresses the fit between P2P and the Web. Edd Dumbill (mailto:edd@usefulinc.com) 2001-05-14T23:16:19-05:00 the web http://monkeyfist.com/articles/753 A selection of photos from Quebec City. Dru Oja Jay (mailto:dojy@mta.ca) 2001-05-12T09:29:17-05:00 activism http://monkeyfist.com/articles/752 The US gets its comeuppance in the UN and points the finger of blame at Sudan. Kendall Clark (mailto:kendall@monkeyfist.com) 2001-06-08T17:13:34-05:00 politics http://monkeyfist.com/articles/751 A report from Dallas activists protesting the FTAA in Quebec City. Kendall Clark (mailto:kendall@monkeyfist.com) 2002-02-14T16:28:41-06:00 activism http://monkeyfist.com/articles/750 Animation opposing White Privilege. Collin Williams (mailto:williamsdesign@ev1.net) 2001-04-14T17:29:31-05:00 racism http://monkeyfist.com/articles/749 What kind of sense does it make for Jews to celebrate freedom when the Jewish state is the oppressor? Niel Bornstein (mailto:niel@bornstein.atlanta.ga.us) 2001-04-10T12:52:08-05:00 religion http://monkeyfist.com/articles/747 One of a series of works that consider cultural cliches. Collin Williams (mailto:williamsdesign@ev1.net) 2001-04-10T13:06:46-05:00 business http://monkeyfist.com/articles/746 What can we do to oppose speech we hate? Bijan Parsia (mailto:bparsia@email.unc.edu) 2002-04-11T14:48:47-05:00 politics Common Dreams News Center http://www.commondreams.org/ http://monkeyfist.com/articles/745 Reflections on the stress of not knowing if I have a job! Collin Williams (mailto:williamsdesign@ev1.net) 2001-03-17T02:30:42-06:00 art http://monkeyfist.com/articles/743 As the world is codified one schema at a time, what are the political consequences and implications for the future of the Web? Kendall Clark (mailto:kendall@monkeyfist.com) 2001-02-24T04:39:25-06:00 the politics of technology http://monkeyfist.com/articles/742 Notes and reflections in response to Audre Lourde's essay, "The Master's tools will never tear down the Master's house". Bijan Parsia (mailto:bparsia@email.unc.edu) 2002-02-25T09:39:52-06:00 Black History Month http://monkeyfist.com/articles/741 The Monkeyfist Collective is focusing on Black History Month during February. Kendall Clark (mailto:kendall@monkeyfist.com) 2001-02-05T02:00:58-06:00 the site http://monkeyfist.com/articles/740 A discussion about the nature of work from Samuel R. Delany's novel Nova. Bijan Parsia (mailto:bparsia@email.unc.edu) 2001-02-05T07:43:50-06:00 Black History Month http://monkeyfist.com/articles/739 In so many ways, the nomination and confirmation of John Ashcroft to the post of Attorney General is an affront to the overwhelming majority of African-Americans; that confirmation came at the start Black History month is the icing on the cake. Bijan Parsia (mailto:bparsia@email.unc.edu) 2002-02-11T22:36:16-06:00 Black History Month http://monkeyfist.com/articles/738 Don't we lack the urgency or understanding of nuclear weapons today that people worked so hard for only a few decades ago? Dru Oja Jay (mailto:dojy@mta.ca) 2001-01-31T22:30:17-06:00 the military http://monkeyfist.com/articles/737 Recent "word of the week" selections at a local elementary school raises questions about the qualifications of those who teach, and those who lead them. Niel Bornstein (mailto:niel@bornstein.atlanta.ga.us) 2001-02-03T12:43:46-06:00 education http://monkeyfist.com/articles/736 Listen to the words: there's yet wisdom in them. Kendall Clark (mailto:kendall@monkeyfist.com) 2001-01-15T14:43:50-06:00 racism http://monkeyfist.com/articles/734 New tales of the not so new racist South. Kendall Clark (mailto:kendall@monkeyfist.com) 2001-07-11T17:47:41-05:00 racism http://monkeyfist.com/articles/733 From the artist's series, in progress, of works exploring demotic cultural ephimera. Collin Williams (mailto:williamsdesign@ev1.net) 2001-01-05T02:06:09-06:00 art http://monkeyfist.com/articles/732 The best links from Monkeyfist's Daily Churn, according to the lackey assigned to slog through the archives. Dru Oja Jay (mailto:dojy@mta.ca) 2000-12-24T02:37:19-06:00 the web the Daily Churn http://monkeyfist.com/DailyChurn/ http://monkeyfist.com/articles/731 Interview with Ann Clark, crop science researcher and voice of dissent in biotech. Dru Oja Jay (mailto:dojy@mta.ca) 2000-12-20T21:08:48-06:00 science http://monkeyfist.com/articles/727 Fighting the various forms of Black voter disenfranchisment in Florida (and elsewhere) is just Ralph Nader's kind of gig. Bijan Parsia (mailto:bparsia@email.unc.edu) 2000-12-16T16:54:50-06:00 the Nader campaign http://monkeyfist.com/articles/725 The majority pins its ideological power grab on specious equal protection claims while real disenfranchisement went on with little comment. Kendall Clark (mailto:kendall@monkeyfist.com) 2002-11-18T15:26:30-06:00 politics http://monkeyfist.com/articles/724 Nothing screams "American consumer monomania is killing the planet" like a banner-float at Northpark Mall in Dallas, Texas, on Buy Nothing Day. Kendall Clark (mailto:kendall@monkeyfist.com) 2000-12-06T02:33:17-06:00 activism http://monkeyfist.com/articles/723 We add some new mailing lists for our readers. Kendall Clark (mailto:kendall@monkeyfist.com) 2000-12-01T02:44:43-06:00 the site http://monkeyfist.com/articles/721 Bush's self-coronation speech tries to build legitimacy out of distortion. Bijan Parsia (mailto:bparsia@email.unc.edu) 2000-11-27T17:48:24-06:00 politics http://monkeyfist.com/articles/720 In which our Author, while Technically Writing, avoids his Technical Writing. Bijan Parsia (mailto:bparsia@email.unc.edu) 2000-12-02T03:26:16-06:00 media http://monkeyfist.com/articles/719 During this rare interregnum of sorts, proponents of Internet voting press their case, while disenfranchisement rages on. Kendall Clark (mailto:kendall@monkeyfist.com) 2001-02-11T03:12:43-06:00 politics http://monkeyfist.com/articles/718 Wham! Ka-Pow! You go, boy. Niel Bornstein (mailto:niel@bornstein.atlanta.ga.us) 2000-11-16T07:47:27-06:00 journalism http://monkeyfist.com/articles/717 And the American Standard was attacking the city... Collin Williams (mailto:williamsdesign@ev1.net) 2000-11-11T01:56:15-06:00 evil shit http://monkeyfist.com/articles/715 May the better man give up. Niel Bornstein (mailto:niel@bornstein.atlanta.ga.us) 2000-11-10T13:57:49-06:00 politics http://monkeyfist.com/articles/714 Predictably, the (possibly) Losing Loyal Liberals want to blame Nader and the Greens for the (possible) Gore defeat. But is it right, correct, or prudent to do so? Bijan Parsia (mailto:bparsia@email.unc.edu) 2000-11-09T17:51:16-06:00 politics http://monkeyfist.com/articles/713 Massive electoral and political confusion from the pedestrian Florida butterfly ballot. Kendall Clark (mailto:kendall@monkeyfist.com) 2000-11-11T02:33:45-06:00 politics http://monkeyfist.com/articles/712 Our correspondent summarizes the election. Niel Bornstein (mailto:niel@bornstein.atlanta.ga.us) 2000-11-08T05:47:48-06:00 politics http://monkeyfist.com/articles/711 A third party spoiler as predicted tip the race to Bush! Kendall Clark (mailto:kendall@monkeyfist.com) 2000-11-08T03:47:56-06:00 politics http://monkeyfist.com/articles/710 A bit of public space reclamation in Dallas. Kendall Clark (mailto:kendall@monkeyfist.com) 2000-11-07T18:07:12-06:00 art http://monkeyfist.com/articles/709 In which our correspondent meets his neighbors at the polls. Niel Bornstein (mailto:niel@bornstein.atlanta.ga.us) 2000-11-07T07:50:33-06:00 politics http://monkeyfist.com/articles/707 Watch the election returns with Monkeyfist.com crew. Kendall Clark (mailto:kendall@monkeyfist.com) 2000-11-07T17:31:59-06:00 the site http://monkeyfist.com/articles/706 Evil agro-giant corpo "accidentally" releases unnapproved GM food. Anyone ever see the Alien movies? Niel Bornstein (mailto:niel@bornstein.atlanta.ga.us) 2000-11-03T07:22:04-06:00 evil shit http://monkeyfist.com/articles/705 An interview with the Surveillance Camera Players. Kendall Clark (mailto:kendall@monkeyfist.com) 2002-10-05T17:38:01-05:00 activism http://monkeyfist.com/articles/704 A simple proposal that would simultaneously increase general citizen participation in and control over government and reduce that of the corps and professional lobbyists. Bijan Parsia (mailto:bparsia@email.unc.edu) 2000-11-01T19:16:55-06:00 politics http://monkeyfist.com/articles/703 A study of the Nader/Gore dispute in light of Thoreau's Civil Disobedience. Bijan Parsia (mailto:bparsia@email.unc.edu) 2000-10-31T21:33:59-06:00 politics http://monkeyfist.com/articles/702 Some thoughts on the malestrom of "tactical voting" arguments. Bijan Parsia (mailto:bparsia@email.unc.edu) 2000-10-31T15:26:40-06:00 politics http://monkeyfist.com/articles/701 Continually cropping up is the claim that Bush is a nice person. He's not. Bijan Parsia (mailto:bparsia@email.unc.edu) 2000-10-30T09:29:34-06:00 politics http://monkeyfist.com/articles/700 Upon turning something in, Our Long Suffering Graduate Student contemplates acquiring polish. Bijan Parsia (mailto:bparsia@email.unc.edu) 2000-10-25T17:00:34-05:00 life http://monkeyfist.com/articles/699 Indecision 2000 Collin Williams (mailto:williamsdesign@ev1.net) 2000-10-25T02:23:08-05:00 politics http://monkeyfist.com/articles/695 We loathe Gore but loathe Bush more! Kendall Clark (mailto:kendall@monkeyfist.com) 2001-02-11T03:38:06-06:00 politics http://monkeyfist.com/articles/694 This billboard appeared in Charlotte, NC Niel Bornstein (mailto:niel@bornstein.atlanta.ga.us) 2000-11-28T02:02:12-06:00 politics http://monkeyfist.com/articles/693 Nader 2000 animated gif Collin Williams (mailto:williamsdesign@ev1.net) 2000-10-21T23:36:55-05:00 politics http://monkeyfist.com/articles/692 Democracy Now! does unique service to the body politic; censorship and repression of it must be resisted. Kendall Clark (mailto:kendall@monkeyfist.com) 2000-10-20T15:43:01-05:00 media http://monkeyfist.com/articles/691 A primer on what's going on in Palestine and why it's happening. Shane Taylor (mailto:s-t-t@juno.com) 2000-10-19T17:52:11-05:00 world news http://monkeyfist.com/articles/690 A moment of joyful dissent in Austin. Kendall Clark (mailto:kendall@monkeyfist.com) 2000-10-19T00:29:23-05:00 politics http://monkeyfist.com/articles/689 The weekend of October 13 saw protests over a wide-range of social issues, and Monkeyfist.com was there to document them. Kendall Clark (mailto:kendall@monkeyfist.com) 2000-10-18T14:08:15-05:00 activism http://monkeyfist.com/articles/688 Citizens face near insurmountable structures and forces of control of their access to politicians and candidates. These forces serve corporate interests, whose access is unlimited. This asymmetry is part of the assault on the very idea of the common good. Kendall Clark (mailto:kendall@monkeyfist.com) 2000-11-13T17:41:16-06:00 politics http://monkeyfist.com/articles/686 Who's Hanging from Your Family Tree? Collin Williams (mailto:williamsdesign@ev1.net) 2000-10-13T00:05:01-05:00 history http://monkeyfist.com/articles/682 Cluebot.com claims to be the dispenser of "clues" about politics and technology. But what you're just as likely to get from it is glib, first world racism. Kendall Clark (mailto:kendall@monkeyfist.com) 2000-11-03T04:50:31-06:00 the politics of technology http://monkeyfist.com/articles/681 Al Gore refuses to speak against Occidental Petroleum's treatment of the U'wa people in Colombia. Gore holds a large stake of Occidental stock. Dallas activists tried to make his reluctance more difficult and more public. Kendall Clark (mailto:kendall@monkeyfist.com) 2000-10-09T16:58:20-05:00 activism http://monkeyfist.com/articles/680 It's a matter of who owns the resources. Niel Bornstein (mailto:niel@bornstein.atlanta.ga.us) 2000-10-06T06:32:58-05:00 media Marketplace http://www.marketplace.org/ http://monkeyfist.com/articles/679 A better answer for Cheney's snide comment. Niel Bornstein (mailto:niel@bornstein.atlanta.ga.us) 2000-10-06T06:10:16-05:00 politics http://monkeyfist.com/articles/678 The Olympics industry is an irrational spectacle of excess, corporate greed, and apathy toward real human need. Kendall Clark (mailto:kendall@monkeyfist.com) 2001-02-11T03:32:45-06:00 sport http://monkeyfist.com/articles/677 If the Monkeyfist Collective ran the presidential debates, they'd be different in three ways: first, no corporate sponsors; second, Nader, Buchanan, David McReynolds, and Harry Browne would be included; third, no softball questions. Kendall Clark (mailto:kendall@monkeyfist.com) 2001-02-06T01:21:01-06:00 politics http://monkeyfist.com/articles/676 Our new Paypal setup makes it easy to donate. Bijan Parsia (mailto:bparsia@email.unc.edu) 2000-09-29T22:27:57-05:00 the site http://monkeyfist.com/articles/675 As police repression heats up in Prague, a call for international solidarity must not go unheeded. Kendall Clark (mailto:kendall@monkeyfist.com) 2000-09-30T19:34:51-05:00 activism http://monkeyfist.com/articles/674 The global day of action, S26, comes to sleepy Dallas, Texas. Kendall Clark (mailto:kendall@monkeyfist.com) 2000-09-29T02:32:16-05:00 activism http://monkeyfist.com/articles/672 A visual response to Bijan's post 'After all, there's a War on.' Collin Williams (mailto:williamsdesign@ev1.net) 2000-09-24T13:46:27-05:00 evil shit http://monkeyfist.com/articles/667 A bit of antiwar stuff inspired by Samuel Delany's Triton and The Fall of the Towers. Bijan Parsia (mailto:bparsia@email.unc.edu) 2000-09-23T01:35:35-05:00 evil shit http://monkeyfist.com/articles/666 Dallas, Texas, Land of the Enchanted Smogmobile sees its first Critical Mass on World Car Free Day 2000. Kendall Clark (mailto:kendall@monkeyfist.com) 2000-09-23T01:31:39-05:00 activism http://monkeyfist.com/articles/665 A cross-cultural celebration of dance. Collin Williams (mailto:williamsdesign@ev1.net) 2000-09-22T02:59:33-05:00 music http://monkeyfist.com/articles/664 Kill your car, and the rest will follow. Kendall Clark (mailto:kendall@monkeyfist.com) 2000-09-22T01:21:08-05:00 activism http://monkeyfist.com/articles/663 Al Gore is the only realistic choice for President in 2000. So say many white progressives. And yet Gore stinks from his own political muck. Cockburn and St. Clair's new book demonstrates why. Kendall Clark (mailto:kendall@monkeyfist.com) 2000-09-19T17:45:55-05:00 politics http://monkeyfist.com/articles/662 We have been bombing and starving Iraq regularly for the last ten years. If that ain't evil shit I don't know what is. Collin Williams (mailto:williamsdesign@ev1.net) 2000-09-15T23:34:56-05:00 evil shit http://monkeyfist.com/articles/652 A portrait of your average Monkeyfister. Zoe Mulford (mailto:zoe@hatrackdesign.com) 2000-09-10T22:47:24-05:00 philosophy http://monkeyfist.com/articles/651 In a society that is increasingly undemocratic and fascist, what moral dilemmas do technically-minded people face, and how might they resolve them? Kendall Clark (mailto:kendall@monkeyfist.com) 2001-02-11T03:44:24-06:00 the politics of technology http://monkeyfist.com/articles/650 A simple way to bypass the record industry and support artists. Dru Oja Jay (mailto:dojy@mta.ca) 2000-09-09T11:10:31-05:00 activism http://monkeyfist.com/articles/649 Jeremy Bushnell offers a fine review of a fascinating book, Robert Coover's The Public Burning, a Pynchonesque telling of the story of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. Jeremy Bushnell (mailto:jeremy@invisible-city.com) 2000-09-07T14:14:47-05:00 politics http://monkeyfist.com/articles/646 Animation of Martin Luther King, Jr. and faces of inmates executed in Texas in 2000. Collin Williams (mailto:williamsdesign@ev1.net) 2000-09-08T02:37:43-05:00 life http://monkeyfist.com/articles/644 Confucianly finicky cat. Zoe Mulford (mailto:zoe@hatrackdesign.com) 2000-09-03T21:25:01-05:00 philosophy http://monkeyfist.com/articles/643 The worldwide movement to oppose corporate globalization continues apace in Melbourne and Prague; when will you bring it to your town? Kendall Clark (mailto:kendall@monkeyfist.com) 2000-09-05T13:06:34-05:00 activism http://monkeyfist.com/articles/642 tank animation Collin Williams (mailto:williamsdesign@ev1.net) 2000-09-03T17:17:11-05:00 activism http://monkeyfist.com/articles/641 A review of Patricia McKillip's The Tower At Stony Wood, with associated reflections on chivalric romance, its limitations, and how McKillip reinvents it. Zoe Mulford (mailto:zoe@hatrackdesign.com) 2000-09-03T00:02:01-05:00 books http://monkeyfist.com/articles/638 President Clinton addresses Columbia in his native tongue: Newspeak. Bijan Parsia (mailto:bparsia@email.unc.edu) 2000-09-01T08:10:14-05:00 politics http://monkeyfist.com/articles/637 Secretary of State Albright's latest statement on Cuba is yet another episode in a long history of American imperialistic propaganda. Kendall Clark (mailto:kendall@monkeyfist.com) 2000-08-30T23:56:19-05:00 politics http://monkeyfist.com/articles/636 Clinton's speech in Nigeria reeks of his unique blend of pro-business propaganda and moral cowardice. Not for the feint of heart or the easily nauseated. Kendall Clark (mailto:kendall@monkeyfist.com) 2001-04-30T11:26:08-05:00 world news http://monkeyfist.com/articles/634 A long-overdue selection of links from the Daily Churn. Dru Oja Jay (mailto:dojy@mta.ca) 2000-08-23T14:38:49-05:00 the web the Daily Churn http://monkeyfist.com/DailyChurn/ http://monkeyfist.com/articles/633 A police state cannot exist without surveillance of dissenting political expression. And that surveillance is ultimately as threatening as police violence and legal entanglements. Kendall Clark (mailto:kendall@monkeyfist.com) 2001-10-31T16:20:01-06:00 DNC-LA http://monkeyfist.com/articles/632 Not a good film, but I persist in liking it. Bijan Parsia (mailto:bparsia@email.unc.edu) 2000-08-20T10:53:47-05:00 film http://monkeyfist.com/articles/631 When news breaks, we fix it. Niel Bornstein (mailto:niel@bornstein.atlanta.ga.us) 2000-08-17T09:35:04-05:00 the site http://monkeyfist.com/articles/630 Why do parents fear that their children won't live up to society's expectations? Josh Lucas (mailto:josh@stonecottage.com) 2000-08-16T16:21:10-05:00 life