http://mbamb.blogsome.com life, the universe, something Sat, 26 Aug 2006 11:31:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Time for my quarterly blog post. Found this nice line whilst rereading The Star Fraction recently. For those who haven’t read it, the J in question had previously worked the financial markets online: ‘Jordan had never realized before how vast and diverse was the invisible army of men and women whose ... http://mbamb.blogsome.com/2006/08/26/too-cheap-or-too-complicated/ Been back nearly a fortnight from a short trip to Britain, which took in conferences at Cambridge and Leicester, and a day with friends in Royal Leamington Spa. As usual with conferences, the most enjoyable part for me was the conversation outside the formal proceedings - lots of faces placed ... http://mbamb.blogsome.com/2006/05/20/post-festum/ Well, here I am again, the world’s slackest blogger. A few things to report since the last entry: the latest Aufheben has a number of interesting pieces, including one on the rise of China. The latest prol-position continues the encounter between workerism and world systems analysis, particularly in an essay ... http://mbamb.blogsome.com/2006/02/21/and-back-again/ A link to something I wrote for the next book from the Mute crowd. Or rather, the cleaned-up version based on Ange’s editing, that I think got there too late for the deadline (so they’ll be publishing the less elegant version - sad face here). Posting it tonight is really ... http://mbamb.blogsome.com/2005/11/20/something-mute/ Newsletter No. 1 “Immaterial Labour, Multitudes and New Social Subjects: Class Composition in Cognitive Capitalism” to be held at the University of Cambridge: Venue to be announced. Saturday 29 - Sunday 30 April 2006 Dear Colleagues, A couple of weeks ago an informal mailing about our “Immaterial Labour” conference was sent to a handful of ... http://mbamb.blogsome.com/2005/08/31/we-receive-and-we-publish/ I’ve been asked to write something on the knowledge economy, immaterial labour and the law of value, ranging across Negri et al. to critics such as Caffentzis. It’s a good prod, since I’ve wanted to do this for some time - if only I wasn’t already late with another piece ... http://mbamb.blogsome.com/2005/08/24/i-do-so-relish-these-times-of-peril/ One of the many operaisti who deserve to be better known is Mario Dalmaviva. A crucial ‘external’ militant at FIAT during the Hot Autumn, he brought talents previously honed in the advertising industry to bear within the Italian movement of the late sixties and seventies. And a fine cartoonist, whose ... http://mbamb.blogsome.com/2005/08/14/the-problem-is/ Adrian Wilding’s essay ‘The Complicity of Posthistory’ (to be found in W. Bonefeld et al (1995) Emancipating Marx. Open Marxism Volume 3. London: Pluto Press) offers the following quote from Benjamin: ‘Marx says that revolutions are the locomotives of world-history. But perhaps it is completely different. Perhaps revolutions are the people ... http://mbamb.blogsome.com/2005/08/14/do-the-locomotion/ Prospectus: Papers are invited for a conference: 
”Immaterial Labour, Multitudes and New Social Subjects: Class Composition in Cognitive Capitalism” Venue: University of Cambridge, UK: Location: to be announced. Date: Saturday 29 – Sunday 30 April 2006 Among other themes the conference will address issues of cognitive capitalism, class composition, new social subjects, the knowledge ... http://mbamb.blogsome.com/2005/08/12/conference-in-april-2005/ prol-position news #3 (see link in sidebar) carries an interview with Beverly Silver, where amongst other things she compares her work with that of the operaisti http://mbamb.blogsome.com/2005/08/12/and-another-thing/