http://undustrialism.com Urbanarchy Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:57:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://undustrialism.com http://undustrialism.com/2013/06/16/sunday-night-movies-profunc/ http://undustrialism.com/2013/06/16/sunday-night-movies-profunc/#comments Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:53:13 +0000 Undustrial http://undustrialism.com/?p=2831 ]]> http://undustrialism.com/2013/06/16/sunday-night-movies-profunc/feed/ 0 augustspies http://undustrialism.com/2013/06/10/big-brother-is-listening-in/ http://undustrialism.com/2013/06/10/big-brother-is-listening-in/#comments Mon, 10 Jun 2013 20:39:07 +0000 Undustrial http://undustrialism.com/?p=2791 ]]> http://undustrialism.com/2013/06/10/big-brother-is-listening-in/feed/ 0 augustspies http://undustrialism.com/2013/06/09/sunday-night-movies-anti-fascist-action/ http://undustrialism.com/2013/06/09/sunday-night-movies-anti-fascist-action/#comments Mon, 10 Jun 2013 03:46:55 +0000 Undustrial http://undustrialism.com/?p=2796 ]]> http://undustrialism.com/2013/06/09/sunday-night-movies-anti-fascist-action/feed/ 0 augustspies IMG_6639 http://undustrialism.com/2013/06/06/enbridge-buys-the-hamilton-police-department-some-new-toys/ http://undustrialism.com/2013/06/06/enbridge-buys-the-hamilton-police-department-some-new-toys/#comments Thu, 06 Jun 2013 13:21:34 +0000 Undustrial http://undustrialism.com/?p=2777 ]]> http://undustrialism.com/2013/06/06/enbridge-buys-the-hamilton-police-department-some-new-toys/feed/ 0 augustspies enbridgepo http://undustrialism.com/2013/05/29/ikea-the-worlds-most-profitable-non-profit/ http://undustrialism.com/2013/05/29/ikea-the-worlds-most-profitable-non-profit/#comments Thu, 30 May 2013 03:30:12 +0000 Undustrial http://undustrialism.com/?p=2754 blow up or burn down Ikea stores and warehouses if they don't meet a list of demands including a multi-million dollar ransom, a wage increase for its workers and start making "significant" contributions to charity. The letters were signed "Franck Steel" and "Robin Wood" (apparantly unconnected with the similarly-named environmental groups who recently targetted Ikea over their use of rainforest wood). I suspect right about you're wondering why Ikea's charitable donations are worth the time of any self-respecting terrorist. I might be wondering that too if it weren't for the reason I was searching the web for "Ikea" and "charity" on this fine evening. I recently got an email responding to a couple years-old posts where I brought up some unsavoury allegations about the past of Ikea's founder, Ingvar Kamprad, regarding his links to the Nazi occupation of Sweden (later followed by Soviet prison-labour revelations). The email came from a young woman who'd made a short video about Ikea's brilliant (if somewhat disingenuous) business model: on paper, it's a "non-profit". ]]> http://undustrialism.com/2013/05/29/ikea-the-worlds-most-profitable-non-profit/feed/ 4 augustspies http://undustrialism.com/2013/05/28/the-end-of-ford/ http://undustrialism.com/2013/05/28/the-end-of-ford/#comments Wed, 29 May 2013 02:56:09 +0000 Undustrial http://undustrialism.com/?p=2745 ]]> http://undustrialism.com/2013/05/28/the-end-of-ford/feed/ 0 augustspies http://undustrialism.com/2013/05/21/the-failure-of-austerity/ http://undustrialism.com/2013/05/21/the-failure-of-austerity/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 01:21:05 +0000 Undustrial http://undustrialism.com/?p=2710 John Maynard Keynes, such as Paul Krugman, lead economist of the NYT. On the other, the beliefs of Hayek, Mises and the "Austrian School". Keynes is renowned for his role in ending the first Great Depression through New Deal style spending, whereas Hayek prescribes what has come to be known as austerity - cuts, privatization and tax relief for the wealthy. Both of these sides are winning in their own way - Krugman is pretty blatantly winning the argument, while most of the world's governments are still pushing austerity measures.]]> http://undustrialism.com/2013/05/21/the-failure-of-austerity/feed/ 0 augustspies http://undustrialism.com/2013/05/11/ghost-crosswalks/ http://undustrialism.com/2013/05/11/ghost-crosswalks/#comments Sat, 11 May 2013 19:42:48 +0000 Undustrial http://undustrialism.com/?p=2686 rumoured that Hamilton's long-standing head of traffic engineering, Hart Solomon (now retired), felt crossings without signals were a liability. Signs were removed and lines were allowed to fade. Even last summer I had trouble finding remaining examples which would still show up in photographs.]]> http://undustrialism.com/2013/05/11/ghost-crosswalks/feed/ 3 augustspies IMG_5065 IMG_5068 IMG_5071 pylon IMG_5075 IMG_5087 http://undustrialism.com/2013/05/10/climate-crunch-time/ http://undustrialism.com/2013/05/10/climate-crunch-time/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 15:49:35 +0000 Undustrial http://undustrialism.com/?p=2658 ]]> http://undustrialism.com/2013/05/10/climate-crunch-time/feed/ 0 augustspies http://undustrialism.com/2013/05/06/highway-six-blockaded-at-line-9/ http://undustrialism.com/2013/05/06/highway-six-blockaded-at-line-9/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 20:06:39 +0000 Undustrial http://undustrialism.com/?p=2647 halted traffic on Highway Six to call attention to the pending reversal of Enbridge's Line 9 oil pipeline. Choosing the spot where Line 9 passes under the road (around 7th Concession), they unfurled a fake oil, spill and backed up traffic "for miles". At least six OPP cruisers were reported at the scene, though so far no arrests/tickets have been reported. The brief blockade, intended to last 90 minutes for the 90+ "significant" spills Enbridge averages each year, came out of a collaborative effort of Hamilton, Guelph, K-W and Six Nations activists. Hwy 6 was chosen as one of the region's busiest roads as well as for its proximity to the pipeline's Westover terminal. Along with signs, a fake pipeline and mock oil spill, they brought muffins to pass out to drivers as an apology for the inconvenience. All reports (so far) suggest high spirits, great weather and no real trouble. ]]> http://undustrialism.com/2013/05/06/highway-six-blockaded-at-line-9/feed/ 2 augustspies pipeline