Kill the Corporation in Your Pocket

From Slingshot Issue #143: Winter, 2025

In Summer 2002, Slingshot published an article against the growing social dependency on cellular phones. There were no dumbphones at the time — a flip phone was only considered “dumb” not due to the supposed technological superiority of other devices on the market, but instead because of the things it fostered: isolation, dependency on the state and large corporations, ecocide in the Congo and across the world (yes, folks were talking about this decades ago), and a lack of autonomy and critical thinking skills for whoever was unfortunate enough to get sucked into buying one.

Economic Growth is a Psy-op; Degrowth Now!

From Slingshot, Issue #141, Winter 2024
By Sirkka and Antonio

You’ve likely heard the phrase ‘economic growth.’ It’s possible you might even understand it to be, generally, a good thing – if a bit abstract. It seems to have some correlation with the popularity of current political leaders, or something… the rent is still too high, though, and, man, groceries are so expensive these days! Wait, what is economic growth again?

Carrie Sealine & Aaron Aarons: Two Bay Area Obituaries

From Slingshot
Issue #140: Summer 2024 (March 22, 2024)

Carrie Sealine – 1957 – 2020
By Elle Dee and C.C. Brigade

This obituary of a beloved Oakland anarchist we lost over three years ago was written for an issue of a magazine that did not go to print. Although we are a bit late getting it out into the world, her life was beautiful and her legacy is timeless.

Rage politics – Arm the skater boys

From Slingshot Issue #139: January, 2024 (Special Edition)
By Lola
January 18, 2024

I showed up to People’s Park a day after UC Berkeley had erected their 17-foot wall of shipping containers and deployed what must have been over 100 fully armed cops to stand guard on all of the perimeters. I was with some friends, all of whom happen to be skaters. Some were there for the amassing protest, while others were just stopping by 510 (a skate shop on telegraph) on their way home from work.

Long Haul community center faces displacement

March 2, 2023
https://thelonghaul.org/archives/25363

Berkeley’s volunteer-operated, non-profit radical community center Long Haul is threatened with displacement by a proposal to demolish its building to build an 8-story, $40-50 million housing development.

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