The issue of Assembling a New Left is an underlying concern for us all. The review reveals this book to take into account the current moment when thinking about progressive politics: social networks, effective decentralized organization in the face of atomization and virtualization, the perils and promises of agency spontaneously but rigorouslyContinue Reading
Another cheeky article by Chris Lehmann on the workings of influence peddling low-life……….Continue Reading
In the first of my list of McDaniel’s quotes take note of her use of the term ‘working class’ and imagine how many other leading Republican politicians and their influential patrons are waving the term these days at fundraising and social events. In the second quote she finds virtue inContinue Reading
A story that aims to add some jerky flesh to the bone of American Exceptionalism.Continue Reading
Lara Kramer is a Canadian dancer and artist. She is Oji-Cree from South Western Ontario near London and she closely links her work to memory, examining issues of social, political, cultural importance for Canada and First Nations Peoples. You can find a great interview with her archived on local cable, MATV.Continue Reading
Our second week was spent in Larisa, Lena’s home, and Platamona, the beach town where her family spent their summers. We also went up to her mom’s reconstructed mountain village of Palaios [Old] Panteleimonas. The latter two are in a geographically stunning location, pretty much on the flank of MountContinue Reading
Historian Aviva Chomsky examines the American border crisis and connects migration patterns to Washington’s historical and ongoing foreign policy initiatives across Central and South America. It’s a case of, ‘what goes around comes around.’ https://www.guernicamag.com/aviva-chomsky-americas-continuing-border-crisisContinue Reading
It is perhaps worthwhile thinking about how it became possible for the German banks to peddle loans for Greeks to buy their exports. A multiplicity of factors enter into any dynamic and the current economically driven social crisis involves some unique elements. Greece was crippled by WWII and the civilContinue Reading
Athens is a nightmare that occasionally turns sublime. I thought of making this a “for me,” subjective sentence, but Lena feels much the same way. She did so when she lived and worked here. The folks we know here say the place is crazy and, for the life of me,Continue Reading