Politics
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Pleasant Dreams
Some books are born to greatness, some achieve greatness, and apparently others have greatness thrust upon them in the form of an Amazon gift card. This hasn’t gotten much play yet outside of California news blogs, but it should. When…
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40 Years Ago Today
“The students who had gathered that day – all unarmed – held a large range of opinions about the seemingly endless war in Vietnam.” Elaine Holstein, mother of Jeffrey Miller, remembers the Kent State shootings 40 years after losing her…
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“They’re probably watching the news and wishing it were more about their bombing and less about the oil spill.”
Today we published a review of David Goodwillie’s American Subversive by Eric B. Martin that it isn’t so much a review as an essay that tackles some really important questions about “literature, literary reviews, overstimulation, secret weapons, and 21st century…
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Politics Sunday
Is it just me, or does it feel like everything is about to explode? Last night in San Francisco, there were a gazillion riot cops for a few anarchists who took over a school and may or may not have…
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“Papers, Please.” Arizona News Links #4
Rep. Duncan D. Hunter of California–a guy who owes his career to his father and the population of the Congressional district who continually re-elected him–thinks that being born in the US shouldn’t be all it takes to become a citizen.…
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“Papers, please.”
Arizona News Links #3Donald Trump is still a dick. So is Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who arrested 61 people on suspicions that they are undocumented immigrants. “Arizona Expands Its Discrimination: Teachers With Heavy Accents Can’t Teach English, Ethnic Studies Are Banned.” Liliana Segura…
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In Protest of SB1070
“That people should be legally required to show proof of citizenship is similar to the antebellum mandate that black people produce ‘free papers’ proving themselves not to be slaves. It recalls the pass system under South Africa’s apartheid. Sadly, visiting…
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“Papers, please.”
Arizona News Links #2A roundup of articles related to Arizona’s new draconian immigration law. A simple question: Is this even constitutional? Rachel Maddow discusses the “racist roots” and people behind the new law. “Arizona Sheriff Says He Won’t Enforce New ‘Racist’ Anti-Immigration Law.”…
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“Papers, please.”
Arizona News LinksA roundup of articles related to Arizona’s new draconian immigration law. “Wasn’t the system of internal passports one of the most distasteful features of life in the Soviet Union and apartheid-era South Africa?” Linda Greenhouse calls Arizona a “police state.”…
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The Eyes of Texas Are Upon You
What we’re witnessing in Arizona, and all across this country, is an ongoing moral tragedy.
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The Rumpus Interview with David Goodwillie and Teddy Wayne
Two debut novels addressing – amongst other topics ripped from the Zeitgeist – the symbiotic relationship between terrorism and the media, appear this month in bookstores:
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“Unsung Giant of the Civil Rights Era”
“If Ms. Height was less well known than her contemporaries in either the civil rights or women’s movement, it was perhaps because she was doubly marginalized, pushed offstage by women’s groups because of her race and by black groups because…