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In May of 2021 the Biden administration began to peddle lies that were started by Stephen Bannon and his anti-communist allies in China that the COVID-19 virus was the result of a lab leak from the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Without a shred of evidence, the American media began to... Continue reading
Posted Mar 1, 2023 at BLOG OF PUBLIC SECRETS
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Fight the war, fuck the norm / Now I got no patience / Sick of complacence … Yes, I know my enemies / They’re the teachers who taught me to fight me / Compromise, conformity / Assimilation, submission / Ignorance, hypocrisy / Brutality, the elite / All of which are... Continue reading
Posted Feb 18, 2023 at BLOG OF PUBLIC SECRETS
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I had the good fortune to see Television on their eponymous Television album tour in the early 90s in Ottawa. There was no opening band, only an Erik Satie prelude. LONG LIVE COMRADE VERLAINE Continue reading
Posted Feb 2, 2023 at BLOG OF PUBLIC SECRETS
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IN THE LEAD-UP TO A FULL-ON NATO WAR WITH RUSSIA (WWIII), EVENTUAL WAR WITH CHINA, WARTIME ECONOMY AND NUCLEAR EXCHANGE, THE 95TH ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARMS AND SCIENCE NOMINATION FOR BEST PICTURE IS ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT, AND BEST ACTOR VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY, ETC. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE DEAD... Continue reading
Posted Jan 30, 2023 at BLOG OF PUBLIC SECRETS
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This is a version of the comment I posted on Ben Burgis’ podcast about Gabriel Rockhill’s January 2 article in CounterPunch on Salvoj Žižek. See Ben Burgis, “Don’t Cancel Zizek,” benburgis.substack.com (January 15, 2023), https://benburgis.substack.com/p/dont-cancel-zizek; Give Them An Argument w/Ben Burgis, “Debunking the Hit Piece on Slavoj Zizek,” YouTube (January... Continue reading
Posted Jan 27, 2023 at BLOG OF PUBLIC SECRETS
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Below is an expanded version of the comment I posted on Douglas Lain’s podcast about Gabriel Rockhill’s January 2 article in CounterPunch on Salvoj Žižek. Not that it has anything to do with anything, but above Rockhill’s article, when I read it, in the space of a rotating banner, there... Continue reading
Posted Jan 23, 2023 at BLOG OF PUBLIC SECRETS
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Posted Dec 26, 2022 at BLOG OF PUBLIC SECRETS
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Ceci n'est pas une rencontre, encore moins un roman de science-fiction. Toutefois, nous ne nous interdisons pas les formules qui font appel à l'imaginaire et au paradoxe. Notre manière d'être sérieux, hic et nunc, c'est de ne pas l'être, et surtout de ne pas le paraître. / Aux luttes ancestrales,... Continue reading
Posted Dec 21, 2022 at BLOG OF PUBLIC SECRETS
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My new book, Too Black to Fail: The Obama Portraits and the Politics of Post-Representation is now available from Red Quill Books. Unfortunately I did not manage to get this book to print before the U.S. tour of the exhibition of the Obama portraits. The people have the right to... Continue reading
Posted Dec 11, 2022 at BLOG OF PUBLIC SECRETS
Posted Nov 17, 2022 at BLOG OF PUBLIC SECRETS
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MY REVIEW ESSAY OF ANNE DYMOND'S DIVERSITY COUNTS AND ERIN MORTON'S UNSETTLING CANADIAN ART HISTORY IS AVAILABLE AT THIRD TEXT ONLINE AS "DIVERSITY AND DECOLONIALITY: THE CANADIAN ART ESTABLISHMENT'S NEW CLOTHES" HERE: http://thirdtext.org/diversity&coloniality Continue reading
Posted Nov 12, 2022 at BLOG OF PUBLIC SECRETS
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WHEN WILLIAM KLEIN VISITED THE CINEMATHÈQUE QUÉBÉCOISE IN 2012 SOMEONE ASKED HIM IF BARACK OBAMA FIT THE DESCRIPTION OF MR. FREEDOM. HE SAID HE DIDN'T THIINK SO. SOME PEOPLE IN THE ROOM WERE MUMBLING SOMETHING ABOUT OBAMACARE, A CONSERVATIVE POLICY. I WENT TO SEE HIM AFTER THE SCREENING TO GIVE... Continue reading
Posted Oct 1, 2022 at BLOG OF PUBLIC SECRETS