BOASSO FOR GOVERNOR! Bobby Jindal is a creature of Mike Foster and George W. Bush. People Get Ready writes: “Despite his good-old-boy appeal — which has a higher quotient of charm and compassion than redneck — Boasso demonstrates an ability to speak more eloquently on a wide variety of issues than Jindal’s other challengers. Nobody … More Defeat Jindal October 20
Apparently Bush entered office with the plan of invading Iraq, and the Pentagon has been honing its plans for the Iran invasion since 2005. The real reason for the new adventure is of course oil – and petro-euros. My neighbor theorizes that we are already there, and that when the invasion is revealed it will … More Petro-Euros
Listen closely to Keith Ellison. Via Automatic Preference. Axé.
In the Gematriculator this site is 63% good and 37% evil. Axé.
Raúl Zibechi writes from Montevideo on a conversation with Immanuel Wallerstein: The United States moved from imposing “95%” of its will upon the world between 1945 and 1970 to a situation of impotence that manifested itself in the arrival to power of the neoconservatives of George W. Bush in 2001. This was a demonstration of … More The Inevitable Decline of the American Empire
1. “Yes, hanging a noose under these circumstances is a hate crime,” Washington, the U.S. attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, told a House Judiciary Committee hearing convened to examine the Jena case. “If these acts had been committed by others who were not juveniles, this would have been a federal hate crime, and … More On Race and Power
I was asked to suggest exactly five books for the college honors program reading list and listed the first five which came to mind. Call it another of my self-tagging memes, if you wish, and revise it as you see fit. 1. Weatherford, Jack. Savages and Civilization. New York: Random House, 1995. 978-0-449-90957-7 (0-449-90957-3); $19. … More Five Books (Another Self-Tagging Meme)
From Posthegemony: In an era when capitalism is assumed to be not only efficient but also a source of freedom, the careerist seems like the agent of an easy-going tolerance and pluralism. Unlike the ideologue, whose great sin is to think too much and want too much from politics, the careerist is a genial caretaker … More On “Lethal Careerism”
This book I have just started work on is 21st century version of the dissertation I wanted to write. It is technically out of field, which is why I did not get to write it then and had not done so until now. Looking at my vita so that I could apply for sabbatical leave … More D’un destin heureux
Mychal Bell is back in jail, and I have just read for the first time Harriet Jacobs’ Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, which is brilliant. The rationalizations of Bell’s new incarceration quite resemble nineteenth century rationalizations of slavery generally and of slaveholders’ behavior specifically. I do not point this out for tendentious … More Harriet Jacobs
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