It is a time of freedom and fear, of Gaia and of borders, of many paths and the widening of a universal toll road, emptying country and swelling cities, of the public bought into privacy and the privacy of the public sold into invisible data banks and knowing algorithms. It is the time of the warrior's peace and the miser's charity, when the planting of a seed is an act of conscientious objection.

These are the times when maps fade and direction is lost. Forwards is backwards now, so we glance sideways at the strange lands through which we are all passing, knowing for certain only that our destination has disappeared. We are unready to meet these times, but we proceed nonetheless, adapting as we wander, reshaping the Earth with every tread.

Behind us we have left the old times, the standard times, the high times. Welcome to the irregular times.


Blackspot Sneaker: The Plot Thickens
Friday, January 30, 2004
 

On the Blackspot Sneaker: The Plot Thickens

Two weeks ago, we published an interview with Adbusters' Kalle Lasn in which he affirmed his intention to manufacture a fair-trade, brand-free knockoff of the Converse Chuck Taylor sneaker -- with pre-orders to be gathered now for production in the spring of this year.

Now it comes to our attention that an organization called No Sweat is offering its own pre-sales of a "union-made," "fair trade" sneaker. Guess what the shoe looks like. Yep, that's right.

We'll be trying to snag an interview with the folks at No Sweat in the next few days to ask them about their sneaker, the Blackspot, and where in the heck the twain have met or shall meet. Down the rabbit hole we go... check this spot for more soon.

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