50 years ago
11/05/2016
Stokely Carmichael, definitely worth a listen today. Axé.
The abstract
10/05/2016
I have so many words written, and so many intuitions, and so much research done, and so much left to do. But getting a certain piece of writing done is essential, because it will allow me to work out a key idea. I am writing this abstract so that I can then write the paper … More The abstract
A year in the taiga
09/05/2016
A Herzog-related film (I love Herzog) I was not aware of is Happy People. Happy people are the hunters of the taiga when they are hunting. I also learned in this film of the Ket people, who I instantly knew had to be ancestors of the Native Americans. And it does appear that their language … More A year in the taiga
Eugène Pottier
08/05/2016
The original Internationale arose from the Paris Commune and I am going to memorize it as an exercise in history. This is the first stanza. Debout! les damnés de la terre Debout! les forçats de la faim La raison tonne en son cratère, C’est l’éruption de la fin. Du passé faisons table rase Foule esclave, debout! … More Eugène Pottier
Donald W. Duncan
08/05/2016
in 1966, well before the Tet offensive and the My Lai massacre stirred national discontent, Mr. Duncan was one of the first returning veterans to portray the war as a moral quagmire that had little to do with fighting the spread of Communism, as American leaders were portraying it. Read the whole thing, you will … More Donald W. Duncan
Arno Gruen
07/05/2016
The “good” father is thus not the one who helps one find one’s own self but he who spares one inner conflict. He is the father who gives one permission to vent destructiveness, who releases one from struggling with one’s own conscience. in other words, the “good” father is the bad father, who completely destroys … More Arno Gruen
Abstract
07/05/2016
I must work on this abstract, which is due soon. The point of presenting at this conference is to restart work on that essay and thus, this book. The presentation must get me back to what I was doing, not just be another fragmentary spin-off. In Being and Blackness in Latin America (2006), Patricia D. … More Abstract
My tatami room
06/05/2016
I will have this matting and these tatami mats and that is it. I already have the futon and the buckwheat pillows, and later I will acquire the kakebuton. There are also bamboo mats one could have. I am nervous about these tatami mats, they are 75″ and my space would be 75″ exactly if … More My tatami room
People the Democratic Party abandoned
04/05/2016
…before the 1980 Reagan landslide. Trump is winning the votes of a lot of people who used to be Democrats. These white, working-class people are his main base of support. As a group, these people were once Democrats all over the country. These are Franklin Roosevelt’s people. These are the people that the Democrats essentially … More People the Democratic Party abandoned
Ce moys de mai
01/05/2016
…ma verte cotte je vestirai. I have been trying to decide whether or not to leave the Democratic Party formally. I am going to vote Green for President in November but I am still attached to the mid-century idea of the Democratic Party as the party of the working class. I regret I cannot be … More Ce moys de mai
