Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Bring Knitting Needles

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"Jacobin,” Magazine, Double Issue. Fall 2014. 15/16 – Various Writers ‘Jacobin’ is a somewhat new theoretical magazine mostly wri...
Sunday, October 26, 2014

The Beast of Big Money

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"The Story of My Assassins,” by Tarun J Tejpal, 2009 Many times ‘fiction’ or literature tells you more about a country than all th...
Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Socialism Goes Viral?

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"Can You Imagine Living in a Socialist USA,” – Speak Out, Friday, October 17 - 4200 Cedar, Minneapolis, MN USA   This ecumen...
Friday, October 17, 2014

One Step Forward, One Step Back

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"Gone Girl” David Fincher (2014) and “High Hopes” Mike Leigh (1988) One of these movies is American and one is not.   One is recen...
Saturday, October 11, 2014

A Military Coup

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"They Killed Our President – 63 Reasons To Believe There Was a Conspiracy to Assassinate JFK,” by Jesse Ventura, with Dick Russell and...
Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Decade Zero

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"This Changes Everything –Capitalism vs. the Climate,” by Naomi Klein, 2014 Bill McKibben’s 350.org wants a big march.   Chris Hed...
Thursday, October 2, 2014

Life Boat Earth?

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"All is Lost,” directed by J.C. Chandor, starring Robert Redford, 2014 This film is about a guy dying on his boat.   Yet it is not...
Monday, September 29, 2014

Let Us Put Childish Things Aside

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"Hey, how ‘bout that NFL?” I used to play American football until I stopped growing for awhile in 7 th grade.   I continued to pl...