February 2012
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January 2012
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Parkour Is Not A Sport →
Parkour is a way of life, both a physical and mental state, it’s more like meditation or spirituality.
fyeahparkour:
“Jumping and running across rooftops in the high-flying sport of parkour…”
“The sport of parkour, in which teenagers run and somersault across roofs…”
“The group of fit, athletic students are practitioners of the extreme sport of parkour…”
News stories with phrases like...
Ten Reasons To Re-Think 'Overpopulation.' [PDF] →
It’s already on Scribd http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/69181486 and here is a text only version.
paxblueribbon:
Somebody should put this in a better tumblr-rebloggable format. If nobody does I will the next time I get a chance to sit down.
"Just as Communists managed to destroy Communism,... →
Until now there was no real communism. So called communists called themselves communists for propaganda reasons but they were just state capitalists and bureaucrats. Remember that they called themselves democratic as well, like the German Democratic Republic (GDR).
First state capitalism broke down now corporate capitalism breaks down.
claytoncubitt:
“A Pew Research Center poll in December...
“Today there are more African-Americans under correctional control — in prison or...”
– Michelle Alexander, on the number of blacks in the criminal justice system. On Monday’s Fresh Air, Alexander details how President Reagan’s war on drugs led to a mass incarceration of black males and the difficulties these felons face after serving their prison sentences. (via nprfreshair
)
“We have to constantly critique imperialist white supremacist patriarchal culture...”
– bell hooks (via revolutionnow)
jhpq asked: stupid asshole
'How the US Crushed Youth Resistance' →
garinjwind:
1. Student-Loan Debt. Large debt—and the fear it creates—is a pacifying force. During the time in one’s life when it should be easiest to resist authority because one does not yet have family responsibilities, many young people worry about the cost of bucking authority, losing their job, and being unable to pay an ever-increasing debt. In a vicious cycle, student debt has a subduing...
