Day: March 10, 2019

“Anthropotechnics for the Anthropocene” “According to Sloterdijk, the heroic accomplishments of these spiritual athletes transform the course of history by pointing to new and difficult routes toward which even ordinary people can strive. They offer new horizons, which often take the form of a goal of liberation from everyday life into an “otherworld” or a…

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The New York City rent strike, 1907-8

The New York City rent strike, 1907-8 A short account of the Lower East Side rent strike in New York City in late 1907 to early 1908.  By 1907, 16-year-old Pauline Newman (below) had been in New York City for six years. Her widowed mother moved Pauline and her sisters from Lithuania to Madison Street…

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