Essay
published by Retort Magazine, on August 11th, 2010
Rex Fairburn
New Zealand Poet, Polemicist and Art Critic
by K R Bolton
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A R D (Rex) Fairburn was a central figure in the Golden Age of New Zealand culture. This was the period between the world wars, when an incipient nativist literary and artistic movement started to emerge that was part of the European cultural stream, but was inspired by the New Zealand landscape and the New Zealand people, and was overcoming colonial mimicking.
Fairburn was born in 1904 in modest though middle class circumstances. He was proud of being a fourth generation New Zealander related to the missionary Colenso.
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Exposed
published by Retort Magazine, on July 13th, 2010
You Are Not Authorized to See These Pictures of the Oil Spill, Citizen … Do Not Look!
The title is a parody of the fact that the government has effectively made it a felony to take pictures of oiled wildlife.
Probably the most tragic photos I have seen . . . → Read More: You Are Not Authorized…Do Not Look!
Kill System
published by Retort Magazine, on July 1st, 2010
In this video, filmed at the G20 summit, the police sniff danger on the wind and pull back all their people. At about the 45 second mark can be see one of the black clad anarchists who were filmed doing the damage to corporate businesses. In fact, ALL the people who pull back . . . → Read More: Agent Provocateurs exposed at G20
Kill System
published by Retort Magazine, on April 19th, 2010
Politics
published by Retort Magazine, on February 16th, 2010
Abstract: This article offers an informative economic and environmental wakeup call to action by demanding the evolution and maturation of commerce needed for the transformation of society into a sustainable and restorative one.
SLAPPED BY THE INVISIBLE HAND by Barry Tishler
Ouch,
That slap in our face was the “invisible hand” of free markets self regulating the economy of the world or was it? First, did we deserve that slap, well, yes we did! As the markets ragged and we all frenzied to reach the climax of material satisfaction, especially some very greedy CEO’s, but we all could not have been feeling better getting as life was pretty good. But what we were all actually feeling was the “high” from a free-fall, and we still might not have hit the ground, to what we all hope becomes a global balance towards responsible commerce, quality, renewability, sustainability, corporate responsibility, and hopefully new and restorative way of life. We all need to grow up, evolve, the buzz words and the management flavor of the month are DEAD along with corporate lip service of “who we are” hiding what we actually do.
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