Memo to Parents

To: All Parents From: PZ Date:  Immediately Re: What You Claim To Be Teaching Your Children It is not what you tell them one time in an Official Talk, or even several times as your Official Belief, that they will remember you having taught them. They will remember what you told them casually, informally, off … More Memo to Parents

Patriarchal Women IV: A Manifesto

Patriarchy is of course held together by a number of ideological state apparatuses. Churches and schools are obvious examples. My observations suggest to me that the following, “softer” instututions, even though apparently “feminist” or modifiable to feminist ends, often function as running dogs of patriarchy: 1. Academic departments of Women’s Studies: they are called this, … More Patriarchal Women IV: A Manifesto

Per Petterson

En el blog de Lisa, supe del escritor noruego Per Petterson, quien dice: “If you consider it, what you say has less importance in your life compared to what you think. The words you say are also outnumbered by your thoughts.” Per Petterson “I wanted to do what the good writers did, and I knew … More Per Petterson

Bandera Tricolor E

FOR EXPLANATION AND SOURCE SEE BANDERA TRICOLOR “The Department of Labor does basically nothing,” says Jeff West of LLS. “It’s up to us,” he says, to insure workers are not mistreated. The effectiveness of this voluntary system depends on the whims of contractors. LLS managers–who charge workers a relatively low $165 fee–know many recruits by … More Bandera Tricolor E

Bandera Tricolor D

FOR EXPLANATION AND SOURCE SEE BANDERA TRICOLOR With thousands of new guest workers pouring into the Gulf Coast in the wake of Rita and Katrina, such conflicts have multiplied as the region has become a test case for the use of foreign temporary labor. If Congress passes an expanded guest-worker program, some labor experts believe, … More Bandera Tricolor D

Bandera Tricolor C

FOR EXPLANATION AND SOURCE SEE BANDERA TRICOLOR “Where we are there’s very little work,” Ana Maria Méndez, 25, tells me. She and a cousin made the eighteen-hour car trip from their small town in Veracruz, where most people subsist on homegrown corn and beans. Now Méndez fidgets nervously on a chair in the LLS waiting … More Bandera Tricolor C

Bandera Tricolor B

FOR EXPLANATION AND SOURCE SEE BANDERA TRICOLOR While unfamiliar to most Americans, the program has become the template for an expanded guest-worker program now being hotly debated in Congress. Proponents of the plan argue that temporary labor visas give immigrants greater rights and protections while providing employers with a reliable labor force. Yet workers, labor … More Bandera Tricolor B