Showing posts with label Anand Giridharadas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Anand Giridharadas. Show all posts
Thursday, January 20, 2022

Davos’s Supreme Big-Wigs (e.g. NYPL’s Stephen Schwarzman), Only In It For Themselves, Are Graduating To New Concept: “The Useless Class”– And They Don’t Mean Themselves!

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The lower right corner is the Davos talk about "the useless class" Davos is in the news.  We are increasingly hesitant and careful...
Friday, May 31, 2019

A Flourish of Stories About So-Called Philanthropy Being Used As A Guise For Diminishing The Public Commons– That Includes Libraries

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There’s a bouquet of new stories blossoming about how what wealthy and powerful individuals and corporations would have us accept as ` gen...
Wednesday, May 22, 2019

As The Brooklyn Public Library Holds Gala At The Barclays Arena Honoring Nets And Barclay’s Arena, Citizens Defending Libraries Is There With A Message: End Faux Philanthropy; Take Less And Don’t Sell Our libraries!

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The date, May 22nd, finally came and the Brooklyn Brooklyn Public Library held it’s 2019 annual gala at the Barclays basketball arena, of ...
Saturday, December 15, 2018

Narcissists: There’s a New Category Called “The Communal Narcissist”— Why Is That Something Library Defenders Would Want To Know More About?

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Putting together a few thoughts about narcissism and those who sell libraries-  Clockwise from top, an article about "communal narcis...
Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Authors Anand Giridharadas, Eric Klinenberg, Kristen Ghodsee, and Activist Blair Imani, On Panel at Brooklyn Book Festival Discuss, `How To Change The World’ (With Libraries and Social Infrastructure!) Plus Who NOT To Trust— When In Jumps Untrustworthy, Library-Selling Councilman Brad Lander!!

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Brooklyn Book Festival " How Do We Change the World? " panel. Left to right, after moderator (and fellow author ) Jessica Bruder...
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