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The Normal Heart and Nijinsky’s Faun
Jan 11, 2012 We just lived through a year of uprisings round the world, including the Occupy Wall Street movement. In culture, in science and in politics we have every reason to expect that the opening years of this century will be as dangerous and as transformative as the first decade of the 20th.In culture, in science and in politics we have every reason to expect that the opening years of this century will be as dangerous and as transformative as the first decade of the 20th.
When We Fight Back
Nov 25, 2011 Morality in the land of the free is a curious mix of Tinkertoys and torture racks We have just witnessed a full week of brutal coordinated police assaults upon peaceful protesters The Occupy movement must therefore rise to a new level of coordinated and class-conscious actions against the corporate state.
Remembering Danielle Mitterrand
Nov 23, 2011 Danielle Mitterrand, who died Tuesday at 87, was a free woman, a volunteer at age 17 with the French Resistance and a lifelong fighter for human rights.
Long Live the New American Revolution
Oct 8, 2011 The stitched-together movement that is overflowing from the Wall Street protest can have a huge impact if it holds firm against a malevolent corporatism and the political hucksters who dangle promises of “hope and change.” The movement stemming from the Wall Street protest can have an impact if it holds firm against a malevolent corporatism and political hucksters.
War Against War: A Meditation on Bradley Manning’s Mind
Jun 3, 2011 Why is Manning’s mind the only relevant site of weakness, disability and pathology in the big media stories so far? Why not the sorry condition of our corporate state passing as a democratic republic?Without our defense, a prisoner such as Bradley Manning is defenseless against the media, the military and the government.
May Day: A Festival of Solidarity
May 5, 2011 This year, the May Day march in Los Angeles was notably smaller than in recent years, but still lively and militant The year-by-year count of May Day marchers can never be an exact science, but the history of labor is full of surprises.
Rosa Luxemburg and the Libertarian Left
Jan 15, 2011 “Freedom,” Rosa Luxemburg wrote, “is always freedom for those who think differently.” Those are certainly her most famous words, but they must not be mistaken for a general piety of liberalism. “Freedom,” Rosa Luxemburg wrote, “is always freedom for those who think differently.”
Apocalypse Again: The Boom-and-Bust Cycle of Bipartisan Politics
Nov 3, 2010 Career politicians depend upon the biggest protection racket in this country, which is often called “our two-party system.” Ours? Really? Certainly that system has no foundation whatsoever in the Constitution of the United States.Apocalypse is the big threat in every major election, and this forecast of doom proves useful to both corporate parties.
Wars Will Cease When We Refuse to Fight
Oct 21, 2010 I do not regard gay and lesbian soldiers seeking elementary legal equality as political heroes It takes much greater courage for soldiers and veterans of all sexual persuasions to renounce war and imperial adventures [Pictured above is Stephen Funk, a former Marine who refused to serve in Iraq]Not one vote and not one cent for the parties of war and empire].
Why We Won’t Wait
Apr 20, 2010 We won’t wait for the charity of corporate donors, or for the timelines of politicians. If such people care to donate funds or even to take the risk of civil disobedience, they are welcome to join us. On our own terms. But the time when gay people were grateful for small favors is over. We won’t wait for the charity of corporate donors, or for the timelines of politicians. The time when gay people were grateful for small favors is over.