°Gewalt redux
Something to add to the readings of Walter Benjamin’s ‘Critique of Gewalt’: Alexander Karschnia’s “Down by Law - A Critique for the 21st Century”: 
°Contracting subjection-subject
Aside from the all-too brief discussion of multiculturalism (of which there is a more specific discussion of by Paul Treanor posted at Mute), the other aspect I wanted to explore in “Under the beach, the barbed wire” was the relation between the social (and wage) contract and the border.
°Reproducing race
Apparently, “we are aborting ourselves almost out of existence” - emphasis added.
The Minister for Immigration, generally presented as disagreeing with Dana Vale’s eugenically-inclined remarks, in fact gave credence to their sentiment while assuring ‘us’ that migration policy would ensure that no such thing happened. That is, Amanda Vanstone chose her words more carefully than did Danna Vale – without for a moment abandoning the politics.
°Aussie icons
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While the beloved and I head for more northern parts of AU, you can read “Under the Beach, the Barbed Wire”, up on MetaMute - on Cronulla and related matters: iconisation, beaches, borders, the ’social contract’, ‘Workchoices’ etc. *[I found the above graphic on a blog some time ago, but can’t recall the url - sorry.]
Filed under: Biowar + Precarious precarity + Borders
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