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Warrior for Gringostroika: Essays, Performance Texts, and Poetry

This volume compiles a diverse array of written and performative works that delve into the complexities of personal and collective identity, cultural dynamics, and the act of resistance. The author's exploration of these themes is presented through a mix of essayistic prose, performance-oriented texts, and poetic expression. more

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Guillermo Gomez-Pena

Guillermo Gomez-Pena, born in 1955, is a renowned artist whose work spans painting, sculpture, performance art, and writing. Known for his unique perspective and critical social commentary, his practice explores themes of identity, marginalization, and globalization. more

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“There are Christians who think and speak altogether too much about the power of Satan. They think of their adversary, they pray about him, they talk about him, and he looms up greater and greater in their imagination. It is true that Satan is a powerful being; but, thank God, we have a mighty Saviour, who cast out the evil one from heaven. Satan is pleased when we magnify his power. Why not talk of Jesus? Why not magnify His power and His love?”

“Making information free is survivable so long as only limited numbers of people are disenfranchised. As much as it pains me to say so, we can survive if we only destroy the middle classes of musicians, journalists, and photographers. What is not survivable is the additional destruction of the middle classes in transportation, manufacturing, energy, office work, education, and health care. And all that destruction will come surely enough if the dominant idea of an information economy isn't improved.”

“Information wants to be free.' So goes the saying. Stewart Brand, the founder of the Whole Earth Catalog, seems to have said it first.I say that information doesn't deserve to be free.Cybernetic totalists love to think of the stuff as if it were alive and had its own ideas and ambitions. But what if information is inanimate? What if it's even less than inanimate, a mere artifact of human thought? What if only humans are real, and information is not?...Information is alienated experience.”