Occupy Oakland Livestream
28/11/2011
This may not be up long but it is interesting. Axé.
Sobre los estudiantes
28/11/2011
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
Leo en la nebulosa
28/11/2011
In Portuguese today we read Pedro Kilkerry, who never published during his lifetime but is now a famous writer, and Torquato Neto, whose poetry I had not read before and which amazed me. One of the students is new and I told her I was impressed with how much progress she had made. You learned … More Leo en la nebulosa
What Naomi Wolf says…
28/11/2011
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…
Dan La Botz
28/11/2011
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
Pre-Occupied
28/11/2011
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
Encore des questions pour le dimanche
27/11/2011
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
Les questions du dimanche
27/11/2011
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
S. 1867
26/11/2011
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
Coco Robichaux
26/11/2011
R.I.P. While Robichaux was dying in an ambulance last night and they fêted his life in the Marigny, I was uptown trying to recover from the discourses of my friend’s husband – an insufferable person; I would rather have been walking with Coco, so let’s do it now. Axé.
