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Invisible Cities in Plain View

Having a splendid time in Milan and now Naples. I’m one of those people who love to travel, but never stay anywhere long enough to learn the language sufficiently to be able to speak on my own. I’ve had the blessing of companions who are fluent in many languages, but that good luck has now […]

May Day 2006

I am in Milan, Italy, where yesterday I went to a bifurcated May Day, starting in the morning with the shrinking traditional march of the communist left, followed in the afternoon by the much larger and more exuberant EuroMayDay06 parade. Joining me were Eddie and Giovanni, and here we are at the start of what […]

Promenades, Tours, and urban walking

Obviously too busy to blog much lately. Heading to Europe in a few days for a conference on “Class Composition, Immaterial Labor and New Social Subjects,” followed by EuroMayDay in Milan, and more fun in Italy with good friends. A bit frenzied tying up loose ends before departing, and still have a reading tomorrow at […]