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Monthly Archives: August 2009
THE PAUCITY OF HOPE?
THE PAUCITY OF HOPE? by Horatio Guernica “I’m not opposed to all wars. I’m opposed to dumb wars.” – Senator Barack Obama, “Anti-war Speech,” Oct. 2, 2002 This should have been an early warning sign to progressive voters. In his … Continue reading
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A MEMOIR
Atomic bomb cloud over Nagasaki, Japan, August 9, 1945. Building A Movement DIPLOMACY by Jim Dorenkott The admiral came out of his cabin to the navigation bridge, and because of what was going on, I was carefully eavesdropping The day … Continue reading
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WITNESS IN PALESTINE
The Israeli colony of Ariel overlooking the Palestinian village of Marda. THIEVES IN THE NIGHT by Anna Baltzer Last night at 10 p.m. a friend in Marda called to say the army was uprooting trees near the road. My colleague … Continue reading
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BREATHE AND BE SUNG
BREATHE AND BE SUNG by Eve Toliman I had been anxious for two days. It felt like glass in my blood. It wasn’t just repairing the old house that was wearing us out. We’re gypsies at heart not homeowners. The … Continue reading
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WALTER BENJAMIN
PROTOCOL IV: WALTER BENJAMIN: 29 September 1928. Saturday. Marseilles. Translated by Scott J. Thompson After long hesitation, took hashish at 7 o’clock in the evening. During the day I had been in Aix. I am taking down notes of what … Continue reading
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A MEMOIR
Richard Nixon with Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran, who ruled Iran as the Shahanshah, or the King of Kings, and the Aryamehr, Light of the Aryans, from 1941 until the 1979 Iranian revolution. Building A Movement EVE … Continue reading
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WALTER BENJAMIN
Paul Klee’s 1920 watercolor, Angelus Novus (once owned by Walter Benjamin and now part of The Israel Museum, Jerusalem collection). PROTOCOL I: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE FIRST HASHISH IMPRESSION [by Walter Benjamin:] Written 18 December [1927]. 3:30 a.m. Translated by Scott … Continue reading
HER BOTTOM LINE?
ASK LADY ESQ. Relationship advice from a divorce attorney. Dear Lady Esq., I need your sage advice. Here is my story. My girlfriend, whom I’ve been dating for the past year, has made clear to me her desire to have … Continue reading
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