Diferenciando

Remember our football players, saying rude things about a political candidate in the locker room when they did not know they could be heard? That is what I would call free speech in the first place, and youthful high jinks at worst. Yet they did not get away with it, and it is possible some … More Diferenciando

C’était quoi?

Kavanaugh and his friends say it doesn’t matter, these things don’t matter, they’re rites of passage for men, and they say this while, in some cases, also defending rights of rapists to prevent their victims from aborting. It’s the whole package that has people disgusted. I do tend to agree that K.’s record, and the … More C’était quoi?

The update

It isn’t really a union fight, it is a struggle against patriarchal violence. Also, O union men, I am not sure how deeply conscious you are if the first solution you think of in difficult times is layoffs. Axé.

Mavis Staples

Amazing corruption and duplicity, and nobody is willing to fight. I am going in alone, and I shall not be moved. Listen to the amazing voice of Mavis Staples, as she was and will be. Axé.

We must discuss

The minor The website The flyers Study abroad options: UDLAP, UDG, UNAM Recruiting visit LSU Recruiting visit Ministerio de Cultura Student showcase Enrollment data Mission and vision Graduate certificate / M.A. with study abroad Anything else anyone has to add Axé.

Encore des articles

I told you I should have been a conservationist. I kept saying, this is urgent, and you think I should study the history of western civilization and piano playing so I can become a genteel wife? Russia as a moderate fascist state. Actual diversity work. And more diversity work. Betsy de Vos calls discrimination and … More Encore des articles

Mitch Landrieu

A speech by the Mayor of New Orleans yesterday on the removal of the statue of Robert E. Lee, at what was formerly known as Tivoli Circle. Thank you for coming. The soul of our beloved City is deeply rooted in a history that has evolved over thousands of years; rooted in a diverse people … More Mitch Landrieu

How capitalism endures

Silvia Federici on women and many issues, brought to you by KPFA. Listen. Despite the precariousness that it creates, why does capitalism survive?  Radical theorist Silvia Federici discusses how capitalism perpetuates itself by dispossessing and dividing us, while putting the job of reproducing the workforce squarely on the shoulders of the working class, especially women.  … More How capitalism endures

Good prose

I discovered a blog with really good writing and then realized it is, in addition, from New Orleans. I am serious that this person can write and is more interesting than many writers who are packaged and famous. Axé.