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
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
Columbus Day, 2007 1. A pastor has come forward to blow the whistle on a nationwide FEMA program which is training pastors and other religious representatives to become secret police enforcers who teach their congregations to “obey the government” in preparation for a declaration of martial law, property and firearm seizures, and forced relocation. 2. … More The Coming Storm
I So at lunch it was revealed that people did not know what sexual harassment was – they thought, as I once did, that it involved being approached baldly out of the blue, and threatened with reprisals if one did not comply, or the sort of clearly unwelcome innuendo Clarence Thomas advanced upon Anita Hill. … More On Sexual Harassment
Via Automatic Preference. Axé.
Now I have sent a proposal to a conference in the correct way for the first time in a long time. I came across a CFP for a conference I am interested in, wrote a proposal cut from something I am actually working on, and sent it off. I have given more conference papers than … More Charting Seas
On n’avance pas, et ce n’est pas de notre faute. From Another Conflict Theorist: [T]here exists a wealth of information that examines race and gender disparities in the workplace and how they are maintained. Recently, I read a fantastic article about emotional labor and sex segregation entitled, “Women’s Job, Men’s Jobs.” The authors of the … More Pourquoi on n’avance pas
It is my intention to vote for Dennis Kucinich in the Democratic primary if he is still a candidate by the time the primary comes here. I would like to underline that Clinton, Edwards and Obama all equivocate on the possiblity of our leaving Iraq. For this reason I will vote for none of them … More Chris Dodd: The Differences are Real
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