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March 2024

Night Runners - A Racing Game Review

Filed Under: Reviews

Coloured

An Open Letter to Artists Performing at SXSW

Filed Under: Literary and Cultural Commentary

Erik Houdini

Akira Toriyama - A Eulogy

Filed Under: Literary and Cultural Commentary

Erik Houdini

February 2024

Aaron Bushnell - The Courage of Principles

Filed Under: News

Erik Houdini

Let Them Eat Dirt - Chris Hedges on Palestinian Genocide

Filed Under: Republishing and Archival

Chris Hedges

Introducing XWEEKz Takeovers

Filed Under: Editoral

HOUDINI Team

Album Review: Hollywood Cult by Filmmaker

Filed Under: Reviews

Erik Houdini

January 2024

Piercing: The Anti-Sex Work Phenomenon

Filed Under: Reviews

Angel Mars

All Hospitals Have Been Destroyed by Israeli and American Forces as Palestinian Genocide in Gaza
01/23/24

Filed Under: News

Erik Houdini

Delayed - The Payday Nightmare

Filed Under: Economic Critique

Erik Houdini

Preserving Zines in the Library

Filed Under: Republishing and Archival

Jason Kucsma

Pro-Palestine, Anti-Genocide Protestors Shutdown NYC
01/08/24

Filed Under: News

Anonymous

Palestine is the Climate Plan

Filed Under: Political and Social Activism

Erik Houdini

Blue Scuti and the Defeat of Tetris

Filed Under: Technology

John Taff

2024 Thoughts - On Non-Human Centric Ethics, Indigenious Thinking and our New Renissance

Filed Under: Environmental and Climate Concerns

Erik Houdini

From Bayonetta to Laura Croft: Video Games and the Madonna / Whore Complex

Filed Under: Literary and Cultural Commentary

Erik Houdini

December 2023

A 1971 Interview with George Romero

Filed Under: Republishing and Archival

Tony Scott

There Is No Lever: 60 Days of Palestinian Genocide

Filed Under: Political and Social Activism

Erik Houdini

A Soil Narrative: Part II Big Business, Imposing Issues, and the Optimist’s Motivational Speech

Filed Under: Environmental and Climate Concerns

Cass C

Novemember 2023

3 New Hampshire Actionists Detained Without Bail For Protesting Genocide

Filed Under: News

Erik Houdini

How They Stopped Work At The Raytheon Facility: A Reportback

Filed Under: Republishing and Archival

Anonymous

Homeland and Hip-Hop

Filed Under: Republishing and Archival

Mumia Abu-Jamal

Kehlani's November 12th Call to Action

Filed Under: Republishing and Archival

Kehlani

Track Review: Beckoning Abyss by GORE off Hierophant

Filed Under: Reviews

Erik Houdini

IDF Forces Admit To Firing Upon Civilians AT OCT 7 Rave with Apache Helicopters
11/09/23

Filed Under: News

Erik Houdini

Youth Against Empire - A Speech From University of Maine Orono Campus

Filed Under: Political and Social Activism

LC

If Silence is Complicity, What Responsibility Do Artists Have?

Filed Under: Political and Social Activism

Erik Houdini

October 2023

Israel Uses American Bombs on Hospital, Death Toll Over 500 As The Palestinian Genocide Continues
10/17/23

Filed Under: News

Erik Houdini

A Soil Narrative: Part I Nature, Science, and a Great Misunderstanding

Filed Under: Environmental and Climate Concerns

Cass C

Products, Principles and Paying the Rent

Filed Under: Editoral

Erik Houdini

September 2023

Plasmatic Vampires: Blood and the Fruits of Neoliberalism

Filed Under: Literary and Cultural Commentary

Erik Houdini

FOR YOUR UNPLEASURE: THE HAUTEUR-COUTURE OF GOTH

Filed Under: Republishing and Archival

Mark Fisher

Urgent Alert: Imminent Danger to Activists in Atlanta—Secret Police Stalk Protesters
09/19/23

Filed Under: Political and Social Activism

Erik Houdini

Unity and Reality: The Human Cost of Unity's Fee System

Filed Under: Social Justice and Labor Issues

Erik Houdini

The Caligari Spiral: A DXM Descent into the Abyss

Filed Under: Literary and Cultural Commentary

Erik Houdini

Commodity Fetishism and the Dehumanizing Logic of Neoliberal Capitalism

Filed Under: Economic Critique

Erik Houdini

Google is Dead, and They Killed It

Filed Under: Technology

Erik Houdini

The State of Spotify & Music Streaming: A Dissection

Filed Under: Technology

Erik Houdini

A Nation on Borrowed Time: The Dying Breaths of a Capitalist Empire

Filed Under: Economic Critique

Erik Houdini

August 2023

The Wizard Behind the Curtain: Bodies, Profit, and the Will of the People

Filed Under: Literary and Cultural Commentary

Erik Houdini

The Scorched Remains of Capitalism: A Cry from Lahaina

Filed Under: Environmental and Climate Concerns

Erik Houdini

July 2023

X Marks the Spot - The Great Man and The Death of Twitter

Filed Under: Technology

Erik Houdini

The 4 Devices That Can Read Books, Ranked

Filed Under: Technology

Erik Houdini

No Time for Apathy - Confronting the Climate Change Crisis

Filed Under: Environmental and Climate Concerns

Erik Houdini

The Stakes of the Game We Play

Filed Under: Political and Social Activism

Erik Houdini

Kindle Kintsugi Project - A Mutual Aid E-Reader Distribution Project

Filed Under: Technology

Erik Houdini

Bethesda's Betrayal - A Transgender Employee Exposes Discrimination

Filed Under: Social Justice and Labor Issues

Erik Houdini

Late Stage Capitalism - The Creeping Return of Child Labor in America

Filed Under: Political and Social Activism

Erik Houdini

Updated Foods, Ready to Distribute (FRDs) Guide

Filed Under: Political and Social Activism

Erik Houdini

Hottest Week Yet - Heat Wave Resources and Mutual Aid Guide

Filed Under: Environmental and Climate Concerns

Erik Houdini

The Mirage of Prosperity: A Reaction to the Student Loan Verdict

Filed Under: Economic Critique

Erik Houdini

June 2023

Education as Diversion - Addressing Right Wing Populism and Left Wing Classism

Filed Under: Economic Critique

Erik Houdini

Manifestation - A Mirage Fueled by Capitalist Realism

Filed Under: Economic Critique

Erik Houdini

Art for Art's Sake | An Opinion

Filed Under: Literary and Cultural Commentary

Erik Houdini

The Bridge City Sinners - Unholy Hymns | An Album Review

Filed Under: Reviews

Erik Houdini

Ain't No Way I'm Stepping Foot in SeaWorld - A Downright Shame and a Hard Pass

Filed Under: Enviromental and Climate Concerns

Erik Houdini

William Blake - The Great Red Dragon and the Beast from the Sea

Filed Under: Literary and Cultural Commentary

Erik Houdini

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