Poetry (by me! no foolin’), film and book reviews, etc.
The Making of the Deportation Machine – Boston Review
The pillars aren’t new. They were built over decades, with bipartisan consensus. — Read on http://www.bostonreview.net/articles/the-making-of-the-deportation-machine/
Millennials Are Killing Capitalism: Queen Mother Audley Moore: Midwife of Black Revolutionary Nationalism with Dr. Ashley D Farmer
In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Ashley Farmer to discuss the life and legacy of Queen Mother Audley Moore—an organizer, theorist, and political visionary who helped shape the very foundations of modern Black nationalism and the contemporary reparations movement. Though she was, as our guest writes, “one of the most important activists and…
Passing Noam on My Way Out, Part 2: Chomsky vs. Aaron Swartz
In my last post, I accused Chomsky of whitewashing U. S. domestic repression when he described it as “undetectable” in comparison with the rest of the world. This incited some haggling with fans who think it’s reasonable to temporarily disappear, for rhetorical effect, two million people languishing in U. S. prisons, based on a percentage contest…
Aida Rends 