A digression from Pil and Galia Kollectiv's "The Institute of Psychoplasmics"

One of the characteristic features of Unix is the architecture of its kernel. While previous operating systems employed an explicit monitor process which governed all other activity, the Unix kernel is, in some sense, a virtual process. In technical terms, it is executed procedurally through system calls made by user processes. The kernel has no independent existence as a process. While described precisely by code ("text" and "data") it is dynamically constituted by other processes.

The Maoist party - former guerrillas CPN(M) - have won a clear majority in last week's elections. But what changes will this mean for Nepal's workers and peasants?

The result so far is for the 240-seats first-past-the-post vote for the Constituent Assembly. Results for the decisive 335-seat proportional representation part of the Assembly will take longer, but the Maoists are expected to do well in this too.

re-posting from the [reclaim-spaces] list, originally in Black Agenda Report

Tear Down the Ghetto: The Price is Wrong
http://www.nathanielturner.com/teardownghettopriceiswrong.htm

What the misanthropic Jenkins calls a "small mental adjustment" is
actually a government-
subsidized economy of destruction -rather than production- divorced
totally from human needs but instead dictated by the demands of those
who deal in "moneyness."

There is nothing I like better than sticking it to the ‘Man’. On some days I don’t mind what ‘Man’ that is, in fact some times I just want to stick it to all men and some women too, especially the smooth-skinned trollope who serves me anti aging cream in the pharmacy, with a glittering and sickening smile. But how many of us are really unsatisfied with our lives? How many of us can really pluck up the courage to change the status quo? We all cower at the thought of taking a risk and eating our dinner out of a dumpster, using our skin as a pin cushion for hypodermic needles filled with vinegar and smelling like cat urine.

Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Release
Monday 21 April 2008

Abahlali baseMjondolo to Mourn UnFreedom Day Once Again

Time: 9:00 a.m., Sunday 27 April 2008
Venue: Community Hall, Kennedy Road Shack Settlement, Clare Estate, Durban