Monthly Archives: August 2010

Day 1: What’s worse, wanty or needy? Wanty!

Posted on Tuesday, August 17, 2010 by maw

by Madame Blavatsky Some people seem to be getting all upset over the concept behind Capitalism is Over if You Want It.  What, they ask, would you replace it with?  And let’s be straight here.  Goods and services have been … Continue reading →

Posted in CAPITALISM | 1 Comment

Saturday’s BIG RETURN

Posted on Monday, August 16, 2010 by meganwilson

From Heather Sparks: As a meditation on desire and consumer practices for the project Capitalism IS Over, I took a group around San Francisco to shop for things we really wanted, but asked everyone to return everything they bought by … Continue reading →

Posted in ARTISTS/ACTIONS, CAPITALISM, CONSUMERISM, ECONOMY, GLOBALIZATION | Leave a comment

Did Consumers Cause the BP Oil Disaster?

Posted on Sunday, August 15, 2010 by cherylmeeker

This view, usually called consumer sovereignty, is widely held, not just by conservative economists but by commentators of many political stripes. It is conventional wisdom in the worst sense of the term, a dominant superstition that is assumed to be … Continue reading →

Posted in CAPITALISM | Leave a comment

BLOW-OUT ODYSSEY

Posted on Sunday, August 15, 2010 by meganwilson

On Tuesday, August 10th Sean Fletcher and Isabel Reichert performed their newest piece, “Blow-Out Odyssey” as part of CAPITALISM IS OVER!. For this public intervention, the artists invited themselves — and their personal arguments with each other — into the … Continue reading →

Posted in ARTISTS/ACTIONS, CAPITALISM, ECONOMY, EVENT, GLOBALIZATION | Leave a comment

Your Financial Future

Posted on Sunday, August 15, 2010 by meganwilson

Nicolle Aleman read Chuck, Inc.’s Finacial Future on August 10th:

Posted in ARTISTS/ACTIONS, CAPITALISM, ECONOMY, EVENT, GLOBALIZATION, NEWS, POLICY | Leave a comment

Bertolt Brecht, “The Shopper,” dramatic re-enactment

Posted on Sunday, August 15, 2010 by meganwilson

Via Dion De Arroganto as part of Heather Spark’s BIG RETURN:

Posted in ARTISTS/ACTIONS, CAPITALISM, CONSUMERISM, ECONOMY, EVENT, GLOBALIZATION, RESOURCES | Leave a comment

TODAY’S BIG RETURN

Posted on Saturday, August 14, 2010 by meganwilson

Join Heather Sparks and CIO! today for THE BIG RETURN! We meet at 10am in Union Square Park in San Francisco — return stuff you don’t need with the support of a group, or buy and return stuff as a … Continue reading →

Posted in ARTISTS/ACTIONS, CAPITALISM, CONSUMERISM, ECONOMY, EVENT, GLOBALIZATION, RESOURCES | 1 Comment

Free the Weed: Give Medicine Away

Posted on Saturday, August 14, 2010 by meganwilson

Free the Weed’s aim is to take the capital out of California’s Big Green Hope, medical grade medicinal marijuana. Near maturation various Sativa cannabis buds have been guerilla planted in plain sight near and around pharmacies and converging thoroughfares in … Continue reading →

Posted in ARTISTS/ACTIONS, CAPITALISM, ECONOMY, ENVIRONMENT, EVENT, GLOBALIZATION, NEWS, POLICY, RESOURCES | Leave a comment

THE BIG RETURN!

Posted on Saturday, August 14, 2010 by meganwilson

Join Heather Sparks and CIO! tomorrow for THE BIG RETURN! We meet at 10am in Union Square Park in San Francisco — return stuff you don’t need with the support of a group, or buy and return stuff as a … Continue reading →

Posted in ARTISTS/ACTIONS, CAPITALISM, CONSUMERISM, ECONOMY, EVENT, GLOBALIZATION, NEWS, RESOURCES | Leave a comment

Communique Via A Group of Kindred Spirits of CIO!:

Posted on Saturday, August 14, 2010 by meganwilson

San Francisco, CA USA. Friday Aug. 13, 2010. Free the Weed: Give Medicine Away Our aim is to take the capital out of California’s Big Green Hope, medical grade medicinal marijuana. Near maturation various Sativa cannabis buds have been guerilla … Continue reading →

Posted in ARTISTS/ACTIONS, CAPITALISM, ECONOMY, ENVIRONMENT, EVENT, GLOBALIZATION, NEWS, POLICY, RESOURCES | Leave a comment