endangeredphoenix

A rambling critical look at the ecological crisis, the anti-globalisation movement, Reclaim the Streets, the Genoa protests, and more...

How an artistic presence was used to aid the gentrification of 1980s New York City.

The following leaflet was produced and distributed to ambulance pickets in February 1990, less than 2 months before the Poll Tax riots. It refers to a national day of action on January 30th 1990 in support of the ambulance drivers strikes that had been going on for some time.

The following text is an English version of a text written in France following the strikes and actions of 'Les
intermittents du spectacle' (casualised workers in the culture industry) in June and July 2003.

"Jimmy was the baddest motherfucker..." - George Jackson.
Afterword to Bad: the autobiography of James Carr, Pelagian Press, UK, 1995.
A look at the life and times of James Carr and the Black Panthers and their relationship to the prison struggles and wider social movements of the 1960s.

Inspired by the destruction of most of the best pubs in our locality and the increasing difficulty in finding a pub with a bearable atmosphere to enjoy a drink in, Last Orders For The Local? casts a critical eye over recent changes to pub environments and the emergence of Theming as a marketing factor in various fields of leisure and consumption; and ponders how this connects to the balance of class forces and chaes in the way we relate to history and memory.