Posts filed under “politics”.
A Bumper Sticker
Stolen from Fred Reed’s Site.
An Enemy of the People
I’ve made a great discovery. . . and I’ll tell you what it is: the strongest person in the world is the one who stands alone
Dr. Tomas Stockmann.
Henrik Ibsen’s opening play at the newly refurbished Sheffield Crucible, is An Enemy of the People, with Anthony Sher in the role of Dr Stockmann.
It’s a disturbing drama, [...]
Remembering Howard Zinn
Historian and political activist Howard Zinn died of a heart attack on Wednesday in Santa Monica, California. He was 87 years old.
“What does it take to bring a turnaround in social consciousness – from being a racist to being in favor of racial equality, from being in favor of Bush’s tax program to being against [...]
By Night in Chile – review
Roberto Bolaño’s novella By Night In Chile is a slim volume, 130 pages in the English translation by Chris Andrews, and is a narrative comprised of only two paragraphs.
It reads like this:
In the fifth class I talked about Wages, Price and Profits and discussed the (Communist) Manifesto again. After an hour General Mendoza was sleeping [...]
Ten Awful Truths . . .
The ten awful truths about book publishing. Enough to make you think again about writing that book.
