Adbusters #82: Endgame Strategies

Adbusters #82 MARCH/APRIL 2009

Endgame Strategies

Adbusters #82: Endgame Strategies

How Obama Carried Me Home

Frances McCaffery spent her whole life searching for political inspiration. When she joined Obama’s campaign, she finally found it.

They Believed, Why Can’t I?

A billboard by designer Alexander McQueen features an image of chic Parisians rebelling in 1968 and no sign of the actual product. The ad is appropriating the rebels’ inner passions in an attempt to animate the dead desire of today’s consumer, prompting author Stephen Duncombe to wonder whether belief and skepticism, rationality and faith can be reconciled.

Pachamama: Rights for Nature

In an unprecedented move Ecuador recently passed constitutional amendments that enshrine rights for nature. In doing so the tiny nation has figured out a way, totally consistent with our Western legal platforms, to give earth and civilization a fighting chance.

A Crack in Capitalismo’s Façade

Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa is breaking capitalism’s rules of conduct by defaulting on repayment of almost $4 billion in foreign debt. Declaring that the debt is immoral and illegal, Correa is pledging to deal with his country’s social debt before kowtowing to foreign creditors.

Not So Fast

Ziauddin Sardar explores the cultural, historical and spiritual significance of Ramadan.

Selected Articles Btn Rss Small

Selected articles from the print edition of Adbusters Magazine.

An Insurrection

A revolution is not a dinner party.

Article

The Machinery of Hopelessness

Capitalism is crumbling and we are in urgent need of a paradigm shift, but are we prepared to imagine an alternative?

Excerpt

Saving Civilization

A massive mobilization is needed to prevent total collapse.

Article

Not So Fast

During the holy month of Ramadan Muslims seek to purify mind, body, soul and community.

Fiction

I Touch You

"The boy looks at me as if to question why I am still in front of him. I answer him. I raise my fist and punch the stranger square in the face. I don’t smack him too hard; I don’t really want to hurt him. The boy falls down. The first thing I feel is the sting in my knuckles. I see the boy is bleeding..."

Excerpt

The Endgame Strategist

Reflections on the revolutionary spirit (from Adbusters issue #82).

Article

A Crack in Capitalismo's Facade

Adopting the slogan "life before debt," Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa announced that his government will default on $3.9 billion in foreign commercial debts.

Editorial

Revolutionary Spirit

"Young people in the West are pissed off as they stare into an increasingly empty and precarious future ..."

Discussion

What Will Replace the Brand?

Over the past 25 years branding has flourished as the cultural keystone and pseudo-scientific discipline of choice for marketers everywhere. Hipster author, Douglas Haddow, is calling bullshit. Tell us what you think.

Commentary

Hey President Obama

A closer examination of the White House's new economic recovery team shows that we can expect more of the same.

Feature

They Believed, Why Can't I?

"It's a particular moment: Paris in May of 1968, when students and workers took to the streets in a fit of imagination and fury..."

Commentary

Alan Greenspan’s Perpetual Motion Machine

The former Chairman of the Federal Reserve revolutionized physics.

Fiction

The Futurist

"We will glorify war – the world’s only hygiene – militarism, patriotism, the destructive gesture of freedom-bringers, beautiful ideas worth dying for and scorn for woman."

Article

Pachamama

Ecuador provides the world with a bold new legal framework for protecting the biosphere.

Article

The Politics of Youth

Adbusters Contributing Editor Micah White asked Michael Hardt whether he thinks Generation Obama has revolutionary potential.

Article

Tactical Briefing

(from Adbusters #82: Endgame Strategies).

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