"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 murders. Show all posts
Showing posts with label murders. Show all posts
Friday, December 1, 2017
Friday, October 28, 2016
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Killing Unarmed People is Murder
Regarding police killings of unarmed individuals....
https://vtdigger.org/2016/09/21/ron-jacobs-killling-unarmed-people-murder/
https://vtdigger.org/2016/09/21/ron-jacobs-killling-unarmed-people-murder/
Friday, January 16, 2015
Wednesday, November 26, 2014
Friday, April 12, 2013
Drugs, Guns and Politics
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1970s,
anarchism,
anti-imperialism,
antiwar protests,
armed struggle,
Berkeley,
Black Panthers,
books,
Co-Conspirator's Tale,
Counterpunch,
crime,
culture,
murders,
Weather Underground
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