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Together, We Can Take Everything
This was edited from a paper for a class, so sorry about the somewhat formal citations and all that:
Opponents, and even allies, of the labor movement have announced its certain demise defiantly in recent history. There is no doubt that they are, to a degree, correct. The labor movement of the 1930s no longer exists, [...]
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Brett C. Vetterlein wrote a new blog post: Together, We Can Take Everything 2 days, 12 hours ago
This was edited from a paper for a class, so sorry about the somewhat formal citations and all that:
Opponents, and even allies, of the labor movement have announced its certain demise defiantly in recent history. There is no doubt that they are, to a degree, correct. The labor movement of the 1930s no longer exists, [...] -
Anita Sarkeesian wrote a new blog post: Video: Caprica and the Queerness of Sam Adama 1 week, 1 day ago
repost from http://www.feministfrequency.com
In the new SyFy show Caprica we are introduced to a queer character, Sam Adama. Here is the good and the bad of his queer representation.
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Nick wrote a new blog post: Capitalism’s Residue 3 weeks, 5 days ago
I’m uneasy.
For all the literature on capitalism’s effect upon society, the left seems to lack an understanding of how it affects our psyche. We can rant and rave about capitalist alienation, community destruction, socio-economic stratification all day long but these understandings are useless without a basic understanding of how the very way we think and [...] -
DominiqueM wrote a new blog post: Howard Zinn 1922-2010 1 month, 1 week ago
Today was the first day I woke up with the knowledge that my childhood hero is no longer among us. Yesterday, the fierce and beautiful light that was Howard Zinn passed away at the age of 87. I spent the night trying to figure out how one copes with a loss like this, when your [...]
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DominiqueM commented on the blog post Haiti’s Pact With The Devil 1 month, 1 week ago
Sweet article! Thanks…
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Nick wrote a new blog post: Haiti’s Pact With The Devil 1 month, 2 weeks ago
“They were under the heel of the French, you know Napoleon the third and whatever. And they got together and swore a pact to the devil. They said ‘We will serve you if you will get us free from the prince.’ True story. And so the devil said, ‘Ok it’s a deal.’ And they kicked [...]
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Brett C. Vetterlein wrote a new blog post: Addressing Imperialism 1 month, 3 weeks ago
WARNING: This is a first attempt at blogging. I would love comments and criticism.
I believe it is safe to say that the anti-war movement is decaying at an ever increasing rate. The question remains for those of us involved in activism and organizing of what do we do now? Is the movement worth reviving and [...] -
Lauren Burnett commented on the blog post Harry Reid Left Unbothered 1 month, 3 weeks ago
I think Tim Wise’s facebook status said it well: “it’s absurd to equate Harry Reid’s boneheaded comment about “Negro dialect” with Trent Lott’s praise for segregationist Strom Thurmond. That’s like the difference between saying, on the one hand, “gee Tim, you don’t look Jewish,” and “Wow, those Nazis were really on to something.” One is [...]
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Brian Kelly commented on the blog post Harry Reid Left Unbothered 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Great piece!
I think we should be definitely bringing up events like this because they highlight important contradictions in the “logic” of the system. The Left should definitely raise the issue that “public servants” – as the mainstream narrative loves to call them – should embody the most just ideals. The cultural progress that subsequent [...] -
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Kim Siegel posted a new status update: 1 month, 3 weeks ago
studying studying studying!!
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Kim Siegel commented on the blog post Video: The Bechdel Test for Women in Movies 1 month, 3 weeks ago
I’m pretty sure the majority of movies don’t pass, like the Hangover and Superbad and all those similar-themed movies. Harry Potter totally passes with flying colours :D
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Kim Siegel wrote a new blog post: Harry Reid Left Unbothered 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Recently, I decided to turn on the television Sunday morning and see what was going on in the world of the media. Upon watching the usual Sunday political shows, one headline (besides the fact that Jay Leno is switching back to the 11:35 time slot ) was about Harry Reid’s racial comment about Barack Obama. [...]
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Kim Siegel commented on the blog post Hegemonic Desire and the New Order of Sex and the City 1 month, 3 weeks ago
I enjoyed reading this blog. I have never seen an episode of Sex in the City, but I have heard mixed reviews from a variety of people. The vibe I received when I saw commercials on television were, like you said, white upper-middle class women talking about/engaging in sex. Perhaps there is more depth to [...]
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Diana Carolina wrote a new blog post: Hegemonic Desire and the New Order of Sex and the City 1 month, 3 weeks ago
What do a pair of Manolo Blahnik sandals, one too many rounds of cosmopolitans, chic urban spaces, and sex (lots of it!) have to do with desire and power?’
Sex and the City: Legitimate Item of Popular Culture
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Eric Eingold commented on the blog post A few late thoughts on the COP-15 Talks 1 month, 4 weeks ago
Hi Hue,
I think you’re exactly right. Citing what he had heard outside of the conference in Copenhagen’s streets, Chavez spoke to the link between market solutions to climate change and the destruction of the planet, saying “Let’s not change the climate, let’s change the system! And consequently we will begin to save the planet. [...] -
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Eric Eingold wrote a new blog post: A few late thoughts on the COP-15 Talks 1 month, 4 weeks ago
As the UN Climate Talks wound down with little progress made to address the most unique of crises in this time of global crises, Bolivian President Evo Morales wondered aloud that “if the leaders of countries cannot arrive in an agreement, why don’t the peoples then decide together?”
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Andy Cornell commented on the blog post Learning from the Movement for a New Society: An Interview with George Lakey 1 month, 4 weeks ago
Tom, am I right in thinking your comment refers to a Participatory Economics concept? If so, can you elaborate a little more? I’m interested because I think George’s comments about “charismatic leaders” are deeply ambivalent, and therefore really interesting and productive to discuss.
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