This past few months I have been lucky enough to be among the organisers for Slavoj Žižek’s visit to the University of Leeds on Tuesday 18 March. We got over 550 people out to see one of the most interesting and provocative intellectuals alive today. It was a great event that showed what a spirit of volunteerism and collective investment in a project can bring!
Pictures are up at subalternstudies.
Yes. It was worth something. But like the Zapatistas, I think we would do well to withdraw into the jungles and plot our next move.