Hi Martha, > This is a phenomenal post -- deeply touching and relevant >to what is going on in many countries.
Yes, unfortunately many are falling for the con-trick that we lose all these valuable resources due to the financial crash, but in reality it is a very different story. And because future generations will have less access to education, libraries and the Internet, they will not be able to critically challenge the powers that be; it is a scary situation. Much thanks for reading my post on the blog :-) Wishing you well. marc > Dear Marc -- > > This is a phenomenal post -- deeply touching and relevant to what is > going on in many countries. > > Thank you for taking the time and energy and risk to write it. > > Martha > > The Lost Shoe > http://www.chapbookpublisher.com/shop.html > > The Lost Shoe video > http://www.sporkworld.org/Deed/lostshoe.mov > > this is visual poetry by Millie Niss (27 March 2010 release) > this is visual poetry by Martha Deed (24 August 2010 release) > http://thisisvisualpoetry.com > > Heat and 500 Favourite Words (Released July 2010) > http://chapbookpublisher.com/tiny-shop.html > > > On 2/6/2011 6:53 PM, marc garrett wrote: >> How a Library Saved My Life. >> >> By Marc Garrett, on Furtherfield's Community Blog. >> http://www.furtherfield.org/blog/marc-garrett/how-library-saved-my-life >> >> Recently I read Claire Bishop's excellent article 'Con-Demmed to the >> Bleakest of Futures: Report from the UK' >> (http://www.e-flux.com/journal/view/209). Where she argues "that in the >> wake of the general election in May 2010, which resulted in a >> Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition-the UK’s first coalition >> government since 1945—the ensuing cuts to culture cannot be seen as >> separate from an assault on welfare, education, and social equality. The >> rhetoric of an "age of austerity" is being used as a cloak for the >> privatization of all public services and a reinstatement of class >> privilege: a sad retreat from the most civilized Keynesian initiatives >> of the post-war period, in which education, healthcare, and culture were >> understood to be a democratic right freely available to all." >> >> After reading Claire's article I thought that I'd write a little bit of >> personal history regarding my own experiences with early education and >> how a library saved my life... >> >> Wishing all well. >> >> marc >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
