Not only do we teach more classes and do it in worse conditions than many, and have more fun in life — we also have more interesting students than almost anyone. Student #1 had a father, recently deceased. Professor Zero: What did he do in life? Student: He was a coyote. Student #2 had a … More Sobre los estudiantes
The mainstream media was declaring continually “OWS has no message”. Frustrated, I simply asked them. I began soliciting online “What is it you want?” answers from Occupy. In the first 15 minutes, I received 100 answers. These were truly eye-opening. The No 1 agenda item: get the money out of politics. Most often cited was … More What Naomi Wolf says…
Ours would have to be a party with a different conception of government, far more democratic and participatory. A different government altogether, based on our communities, workplaces, and social centers. Ours would have to be a party prepared to reorganize the economy, to reshape the culture, to remold our values from below. Ours would have … More Dan La Botz
You have to read this on the origins of Occupy Wall Street, it is truly marvelous. See also this video of Occupied Barcelona: Katharine Ainger discusses the election in Spain. The indignados took the risk of letting the PP win. Am I right in my impression that they can afford this risk in a way … More Pre-Occupied
Was J. Edgar Hoover Black? I hadn’t even known he was gay, but it seems that he was both gay and Black and was thus passing in two senses. Exactly how much worse would the Republicans do than this? * Over Thanksgiving I disagreed with a new arrival here on two topics: academia and Occupy. … More Encore des questions pour le dimanche
1- So is this why people suggest Occupy is anti-voting/anti electoral/etc.: it is not part of the Democratic Party and even opposes the said party? Quoting from the piece I just linked to: Democrats need to derail and co-opt the Occupy Movement because it calls attention to what’s really happening. The American people need a real … More Les questions du dimanche
Here is a synopsis of SECTION 2031 of the bill to be voted on Monday or Tuesday by the United States Senate: It “affirms … the authority of the President … to detain covered persons (persons “who planned, authorized, committed, or aided the [9/11] attacks, or harbored those responsible” OR persons who were “a part … More S. 1867
This is a semi-authorized guest post by Northern Gaijin, using his comments on another post here. A friend of mine sent me this link claiming that UC Davis chancellor “Chemical” Linda Katehi, whose crackdown on peaceful university students shocked America, played a role in allowing Greece security forces to raid university campuses for the first … More Linda Katehi
“I feel for the first time my voice is actually being heard,” Speanburgh says of Occupy Gainesville. “I never really felt like I could speak out and say these things. It took forever for people to say, ‘Wait a minute, this is freakin’ wrong.’ And it really, it made me feel good about myself that … More Occupy Gainesville
In the twenty-four hours between Bobby [Kennedy’s shooting and his death, Congress hurriedly passed a statute— drafted well in advance (like the Tonkin Gulf Resolution of 1964 and the Patriot Act of 2001) — that still further augmented the secret powers given to the Secret Service in the name of protecting presidential candidates.32 This was … More Deep Events
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