http://www.lipmagazine.org/ccarlsson/ work, the "economy," 'technology,' public space, San Francisco past and present, class, books! en-us 2008-10-05T19:20:00-08:00 http://lipmagazine.org/ccarlsson/archives/2008/10/nowtopian_has_m.html Find this blog in a new location... http://www.nowtopians.com/ I won't be back here to post any more!.... I still have to retrieve all the photos, but it's a very labor intensive process, so until I have time, the images will... My Writings and Appearances ccarlsson 2008-10-05T19:20:00-08:00 http://lipmagazine.org/ccarlsson/archives/2008/09/battle_of_seatt.html Went to see the movie last night with a bunch of friends--about half of us were there in Seattle, drumming in the streets as the Committee for Full Enjoyment, where we also distributed this postcard and text, "Life Not Trade!"... book reviews ccarlsson 2008-09-24T15:54:45-08:00 http://lipmagazine.org/ccarlsson/archives/2008/09/howtopia_now.html Departing from my usual travelogues and pretty pictures, I want to make a quick entry that gives some links to anyone who might come upon my book, or this blog, and want to just start doing things... First of all,... Nowtopia ccarlsson 2008-09-19T11:13:40-08:00 http://lipmagazine.org/ccarlsson/archives/2008/09/from_redesignin.html I've been on the NY subway 7 times already today and have two more to go before getting to the airport in an hour or so... The noise in New York is really oppressive, but there are so many remarkable... Travel report ccarlsson 2008-09-16T14:00:48-08:00 http://lipmagazine.org/ccarlsson/archives/2008/09/_scattered_thou_1.html While tooling around Toronto with various cycling friends we passed this site, which is the home to Igor's used bike shop...It's a hilarious and weird story: Igor was stealing bikes by the thousands and many of them were piled up... Travel report ccarlsson 2008-09-12T09:52:17-08:00 http://lipmagazine.org/ccarlsson/archives/2008/09/hamming_it_up_i.html The fun has been nonstop for me on this trip. On Sunday, after a rainy morning, the sun graciously appeared in time to allow my reading at "This Ain't The Rosedale Library" to go forward, on the street-side patio as... Travel report ccarlsson 2008-09-09T07:15:02-08:00 http://lipmagazine.org/ccarlsson/archives/2008/09/quack_n_track.html I'm in Toronto, having a magical visit, so graciously hosted, so enthusiastically met in so many ways! It started with Toronto Cyclist Union activist (among many hats) Yvonne Bambrick meeting me at the airport and giving me a lucid download... Travel report ccarlsson 2008-09-07T10:32:36-08:00 http://lipmagazine.org/ccarlsson/archives/2008/09/living_well_now.html A weird and exhilarating Critical Mass last Friday started a fantastic and busy weekend of fun... The Committee for Full Enjoyment put out a new flyer (pdf) commenting on how little things have changed after 16 years of riding in... San Francisco news ccarlsson 2008-09-02T12:06:32-08:00 http://lipmagazine.org/ccarlsson/archives/2008/08/eco_mots.html Obama and the Alaskan Nut-job governor... how to decide?... let's see, Obama is FOR "clean" coal (an oxymoron of the first degree) and "safe" nuclear power (another one)... the Alaskan will be off her rocker FOR drilling, warring, babymaking, suppressing... general musings ccarlsson 2008-08-29T14:22:21-08:00 http://lipmagazine.org/ccarlsson/archives/2008/08/potpurring.html Dimitri Orlov, whose book "Reinventing Collapse" I mentioned in the last post, has a very illuminating blog post out explaining the events in George, Abkhazia and South Ossetia in a way that you just can't get from all the propaganda... general musings ccarlsson 2008-08-12T20:44:32-08:00 http://lipmagazine.org/ccarlsson/archives/2008/07/kulturkampf_or.html I'm finding my email box filling every day with links to interesting Nowtopian initiatives, events, ways of framing things. Not much of it is totally new, but given the context of our rushing moment in history, and reframing it as... Nowtopia ccarlsson 2008-07-29T12:17:33-08:00 http://lipmagazine.org/ccarlsson/archives/2008/07/history_past_an.html On the Chinatown Labor History tour (part of Laborfest) Charlie Chin, the artist in residence at the Chinese Historical Society, gave an incredibly well composed and articulate walking tour. He didn't cover labor so much as the whole history... general musings ccarlsson 2008-07-24T12:23:26-08:00 http://lipmagazine.org/ccarlsson/archives/2008/07/strange_loops.html LaborFest is happening again, and it's better than ever. Pretty ironic, given the amazing shift in San Francisco's population... In a Chronicle article about the exodus of the "middle class" from San Francisco they printed these numbers: From 2002 to... Work and The Economy ccarlsson 2008-07-12T19:07:18-08:00 http://lipmagazine.org/ccarlsson/archives/2008/07/a_belated_concl.html Been home over a week now, and fully immersed in projects that had built up in my absence (two book design jobs, two periodicals), and haven't had much time to come up for air... But the Nowtopia tour ended in... Travel report ccarlsson 2008-07-10T10:33:20-08:00 http://lipmagazine.org/ccarlsson/archives/2008/06/thank_you_corke.html This is mostly a huge photo gallery, but let me tell you a little about it too... first off, "thank you corkers!" was the surprising refrain we heard throughout the ride as we passed by groups of people corking.... Travel report ccarlsson 2008-06-29T15:32:26-08:00