Thomas Allmer (UTI): Critical Surveillance Studies in the Information Society. From Soundings, Stuart Hall on the neoliberal revolution: Thatcher, Blair, Cameron — the long march of neoliberalism continues. The greediest among us in 2011 probably haven’t been any greedier, as a gang, than any greedy of the recent past — they just seem that way. A review of Celebritize Yourself: The Three Step Method to Increase Your Visibility by Marsha Friedman. Tom Freston's $1 Billion Revenge: Ex-Viacom chief helps Vice become the next MTV. It's ok to have a point: A defense of literature with an agenda. An article on how slavery led to modern capitalism. Dinner, movie, and a Dirty Sanchez: Dating these days is not a bed of roses — it's more like a bed in which a man tries to reenact his favorite YouPorn clip on the first date. Consultancy rock: Rob Horning on the solace of sociological distance in the music of Rush. John Steele Gordon on how the Dow distorts the history of Wall Street. Richard Marsden on Saddam Hussein and Capital’s moral defeat.
