Monthly Archives: July 2009

IN DEFENSE OF BABEL

Posted on July 31, 2009 by

IN DEFENSE OF BABEL by Okla Elliott During Barack Obama’s presidential campaign, he once discussed immigration by saying that we ought to be less worried about immigrants learning English and more worried about whether our children are learning Spanish. He … Continue reading →

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CRITICAL THEORY

Posted on July 30, 2009 by

Cover of Marcuse’s Collected Papers, Volume 4, published by Routledge, 2007. THE RETURN OF THE REPRESSED: HERBERT MARCUSE’S ONE- DIMENSIONAL MAN by Anthony Torres I recently came across an old copy of Marcuse’s One Dimensional Man. That find give me … Continue reading →

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GUEST EDITORIAL

Posted on July 29, 2009 by

THE BIG LIE OF AFGHANISTAN by Malalai Joya My country hasn’t been liberated: it’s still under the warlords’ control, and Nato occupation only reinforces their power In 2005, I was the youngest person elected to the new Afghan parliament. Women … Continue reading →

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MANIFESTO

Posted on July 29, 2009 by

Nocturne by Matt Gonzalez, paper collage, 2006. ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE GOOD LIFE A Manifesto for the San Francisco Collage Collective by Paul Occam Few people can tolerate a long silence in the middle of a conversation these days. It is … Continue reading →

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PRODDING BAUDELAIRE

Posted on July 28, 2009 by

Photographic negative of Charles Baudelaire by Félix Nadar, 1862, Musée d’Orsay. PRODDING BAUDELAIRE by Eve Toliman These days find me hunting through my books, searching through the past, tracking down the random bits that have survived time’s unrelenting sedimentary procession … Continue reading →

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DESERT WINDS

Posted on July 27, 2009 by

Graveyard of tanks, Afghanistan. DESERT WINDS by George Evans It’s too early to weigh the efficacy of Barack Obama’s administration in a practical way (putting aside personal feelings about vampiric bailouts), if only because six months is merely an eighth … Continue reading →

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A GRAND TOUR: WALKING LOS ANGELES

Posted on July 26, 2009 by

A GRAND TOUR: WALKING LOS ANGELES by Sesshu Foster In February I hiked 9 miles (18 round trip) from Eaton Canyon Nature Center in Pasadena about four thousand feet up the old toll road to Mount Wilson, arriving four or … Continue reading →

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A MEMOIR

Posted on July 25, 2009 by

Building A Movement GEORGE by Jim Dorenkott I kept seeing him holding forth in the student lounge. There he was, wearing a sport coat, psychedelic tie, often a flower in his buttonhole, mid-forties, surrounded by students. Was this Socrates reborn, … Continue reading →

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REFLECTION

Posted on July 24, 2009 by

Tom Schultz, c. 1961, oil on canvas. BENEATH THE DAMAGE AND APOLOGY by Eve Toliman I spent a hot morning in Ukiah reading a book of Kay Ryan’s pristine, turn-me-inside-out poems. “Carrying a Ladder” knocked a little hole in me. … Continue reading →

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THE PERSONAL IS POLITICAL

Posted on July 23, 2009 by

Gustavo Ramos Rivera, “En vez de silencio”, oil on canvas, 2003. THE PERSONAL IS POLITICAL by Anthony Torres I view my curation and art criticism for the popular press as an educational cultural interventions aimed at addressing how art and … Continue reading →

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