I always loved the spirit of Francisco Izquierdo Ríos, andino, and his writing in César Vallejo y su tierra is valuable. He first visited Santiago de Chuco in 1946 and stayed, if I do not misunderstand, in the Santa María family’s Hotel Bolívar. (Lodging in that town is rough now, perhaps it is that it … More More books on Vallejo
Today I shopped for, but ultimately did not buy an item I will need. I did not buy it because it was above budget for me and I also did not fall in love with it. This, you will say, is a sensible choice: I gathered information, narrowed down, and resisted both extravagance and salesmanship. … More On time and money
I think the study of César Vallejo is the only real antidote to the effects of the current election. Our LASA panel on him was rejected–y eso que LASA se realiza esta vez en Lima–surely because it was too poetic and too literary. I was concerned about this possibility and thought the venue could be … More Textos resgatados de César Vallejo
We had been moving toward decarceration and the limiting or elimination of the death penalty but with the Trump victory the panorama has changed very greatly. I have long sustained that the prison industrial complex was the key to many mysteries and I declare that it must be watched closely now. This article talks about … More Back to the prison industrial complex, and back to the border
So, last week was statement signing. If you have not done this yet, now is the time. DONE. This week: Paul Ryan re: ACA. DONE. Making a list of local groups that have organizing resources and workshops. Getting on their mailing lists. Taking a workshop or two. Best if in-person, but online is better than … More An activist agenda
A serious approach to resisting the Muslim registry, by our colleague Samir Chopra of Brooklyn College. Also, allegedly by Yale historian and Holocaust expert Timothy Snyder, twenty lessons from the twentieth century. 1. Do not obey in advance. Much of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what … More Samir Chopra, Timothy Snyder
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A crumbling volume I am putting into recycling is Artaud, Les tarahumaras, in Gallimard/idées, 1971. I bought it used 10 years later. The text was composed between 1937 and 1948, after Artaud’s 1936 trip to Mexico. I marked some passages in it when I read it. P. 18: Westermers when asked a question react as … More Les Tarahumaras
There is much anti-Trump activity, like this. Below is a statement from the Democratic Socialists of America that I got by e-mail. Statement from DSA’s National Political Committee November 13, 2016 How Trump Won: Seizing the Anti-Establishment Ground through Racial and Economic Nationalism On November 8, voters in the United States narrowly elected an openly … More “We Fight for Socialism Over Barbarism”
I was looking for a good translation of Gramsci and discovered this professor. Look at the fascinating, brief bio-bibliography. Frank Rosengarten is professor emeritus of Italian and comparative literature at the Graduate Center, City University of New York. He is the author of The Italian Anti-Fascist Press; The Writings of the Young Marcel Proust (1885-1900): … More Frank Rosengarten
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