“Are You Doing the Processing, or Being Processed?”—Slogan of Processed WorldProcessed World was part zine, part street theater, part forum for college educated temp workers serving as grist for the machines of capitalism. The first issue was published in April 1981, at the dawn of the "information age" and explored its underside. The early 1980s … Continue reading Processed World
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Book Review: Every Twelve Seconds by Timothy Pachirat
Highly recommended. Describes in detail the operation of an industrialized slaughterhouse, from the front office to the delivery of cattle and back again. While it is clear the process is inhumane and unsanitary, the working conditions of the employees are the focus. Even if the ethics of killing animals for food is not an issue … Continue reading Book Review: Every Twelve Seconds by Timothy Pachirat
