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A Eulogy for Psychoanalysis (2012)

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Dr Webster mourns
The coffin of psychoanalysis
Dr Critchley sings Candle in the Wind

This was one of the eulogies delivered over the coffin of the talking cure at an event at Cabinet in Brooklyn, which marked the publication of Jamieson Webster's book, The Life and Death of Psychoanalysis. Following the eulogies, we processed to the Gowanus canal, where the corpse was ignominiously disposed of.

Posted on January 14th, 2012

Why I signed the 'Occupy Writers' statement (Oct. 2011)

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people not banks

I 've been asked by Slate for a quote about why I added my name to the Occupy Writers list. I suspect they may not be able to run the whole statement, so I've asked them to link here. Far more eloquent that anything I can say are the testimonies on this blog.

Posted on October 20th, 2011

Recession America: Occupy Wall Street, Not ( October 2011)

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Get a job

 There's Occupy Wall Street. Then there's this guy, who I met standing outside an office building on 9th avenue which houses various large companies. He said his sign was working. He'd got a couple of interviews.

Posted on October 18th, 2011

My Revolutions/Occupy Wall Street (Oct 2011)

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 My Revolutions finds its natural home in the increasingly well-stocked 'People's Library' at Occupy Wall Street in Zuccotti Park. 

Posted on October 10th, 2011

The death of Osama Bin Laden: Celebrations at Ground Zero (2011)

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OBL celebration

 Some time around 10.30pm I was sitting over dinner at a friend's place on the Upper West Side. I got a new phone yesterday, and was (rudely) fooling around with it under the table. That was when I saw a tweet saying that Osama bin Laden was dead. When I told my friends, they assumed I was joking.

Posted on May 2nd, 2011

1001 Chairs for Ai Weiwei (April 17th 2011)

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1001 chairs for Ai Weiwei
1001 chairs for Ai Weiwei
1001 chairs for Ai Weiwei
1001 chairs for Ai Weiwei

 Ai Weiwei has not been seen since April 3rd. Here are a few images from today's shambolic but well-attended protest outside the Consulate of the PRC in Manhattan. 

Posted on April 17th, 2011
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