"Ian Rankin once explained to an interviewer (the head of the Indian Communist Party!) that crime fiction is a way of talking about social inequality. Ron Jacobs applies that same maxim to the Sixties... in his wonderfully noir trilogy of those exhilarating and troubled times. And what Rankin does for Edinburgh, Jacobs amply illuminates for the Movement. Much much more than ripping yarns (though they are that too), from a master who's been there, done that, and lived to tell a tale or two."
Showing posts with label civil disobedience. Show all posts
Showing posts with label civil disobedience. Show all posts
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Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Sanctuary Status a Human Rights Issue, not Financial
If we don’t stand up for the rights of immigrants, who will be the next target of the forces now in control in Washington, D.C.?
https://vtdigger.org/2017/01/30/ron-jacobs-sanctuary-status-human-rights-issue-not-financial/
https://vtdigger.org/2017/01/30/ron-jacobs-sanctuary-status-human-rights-issue-not-financial/
Friday, January 27, 2017
A Scheme is Not a Vision
If the bedrock of Trumpism is total allegiance to his version of the American state, the bedrock of our politics should be total opposition to Trumpism.
http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/01/27/a-scheme-is-not-a-vision/
http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/01/27/a-scheme-is-not-a-vision/
Friday, December 2, 2016
Selling Racism--A Lesson From South Africa
The movement against South African apartheid was perhaps the most universal and popular movement in the western world in the 1980s. Hundreds of thousands protested in a multitude of ways—from letter-writing campaigns to shantytown occupations of city squares and college campus greens.
http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/12/02/selling-racism-a-lesson-from-pretoria/
http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/12/02/selling-racism-a-lesson-from-pretoria/
Friday, September 23, 2016
A Change Has Gotta' Come
"Ideally, Demand the Impossible! would be distributed for free at every rally and meeting called to discuss the issues explored therein. It is not the only book or article that provides an outline of what must be done, but it is certainly one of the most concise and evocatively written ones. Imagine a series of speeches designed to inspire and teach; to move us from frustration and apathy to the streets; that is what this book is all about."
http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/09/23/a-change-has-gotta-come/
http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/09/23/a-change-has-gotta-come/
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
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