I finally got a chance to sit down and watch M.A. Littler’s latest movie, The Kingdom of Survival recently. I was a hugely impressed by his last film The Folksinger, a meditation on country music, making art when you ain’t … Continue reading
This is something I’ve been thinking about, watching the kneejerk hatred being expressed by the left for Tea Party folks. I agree with Chomsky that the movement is fairly suicidal for working class people, but the rage and betrayal I … Continue reading
There’s a new essay by Noam Chomsky about the United States’ continuing block on a resolution to the Palestinian/Israeli conflict. There’s some stuff I didn’t know in this one, including that Israeli soldiers are sniping at Palestinians who attempt to … Continue reading
Giving up on authenticity. “Sorry for painting the word twat on your garage door.” Noam Chomsky remembers Howard Zinn. “‘She stared right into the camera with that baleful glare,’ Crews said. ‘Break your back with that stare.’” Camille Rose Garcia … Continue reading
Democracy Now has a great tribute to Howard Zinn, including Noam Chomsky, Alice Walker, Naomi Klein, and Anthony Arnove. Update: Daniel Ellsberg: A Memory of Howard Zinn. I just learned that my friend Howard Zinn died today. Earlier this morning, … Continue reading
The full-length Chomsky documentary, Manufacturing Consent, is available on Hulu. Happy Sunday.
Guns, Books, Etc. NEED IMAGE Aleksander-Bak.jpg William T. Vollmann reviews Crossers. (Anybody else find that title just a little too close to The Crossing?) It’s brutal, and all the more so because you can feel Vollmann trying to hold back. … Continue reading
Noam Chomsky in Guernica. Over the past 60 years, victims worldwide have endured the CIA’s “torture paradigm,” developed at a cost that reached $1 billion annually, according to historian Alfred McCoy in his book A Question of Torture. He shows … Continue reading
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