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Oblique Strategies

Sometimes these work to cure my writer's block. Originally, these statements appeared on cards developed by Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt. The original printings now sell for far more than I'd ever want...

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Shame on Seamus?

Someone sure thinks so. As for myself, I am generally a secularist for a reason - clerics and governments (and for that matter, corporate entities) have colluded for ages in one form or another to keep...

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Blegalazing

I think that's the term. In any case, I am certainly in the mood to do so, or at least share the posts of those who do. Fuck Yeah Marxism-Leninism now has 11,000 followers. I'm in the process of...

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RIP Yusef Lateef

Was just checking my newsfeed on Blogger, and read that another great musician has passed away.

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Quotable: William Blum

Whatever we do on a purely personal level to try and curtail greenhouse gas emissions cannot of course compare to what corporations could do; but it’s inevitable that the process will impinge upon the...

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A Short Primer on Dialectics

I thought this might come in handy as a brief and easily readable introduction.

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A brief history of the EZLN

With the first of the year, and the 20th anniversary of the Zapatista-led rebellion in Chiapas approaching, I thought it would be useful to understand the origins of the EZLN. There are undoubtedly...

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This year's greatest hits

In the liberal/progressive blogosphere, there is something of a tradition of bloggers choosing their own "best post" for the year. It's a bit of a kick to read what others thought was their best work....

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Happy New Year

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Don Durito's Origins

With the 20th anniversary of the Zapatistas' rebellion in Chiapas upon us, I thought it would be interesting to take a look back at the origins of one of the major characters to appear in Zapatista...

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55th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution

Today also marked the 55th anniversary of the successful Battle of Santa Clara which effectively ended the Batista regime. Castro's forces would take over the capital, Havana, a week later. ¡Hasta la...

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With the right-wingers, some things never change

As Lenin's Tomb reminds us, when it comes to right-wing ravings about immigrants, it is literally same shit, different year.

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Paul Mason • Miners Strike 1984. NCB was "crumbling" say Cabinet minutes

Amid the cooled air of a vault at the National Archive I trace my finger across Maggie Thatcher’s handwriting, in the margin of a typewritten note marked Secret. She’s scribbled: “13 RoRo, 1,000 tons...

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Don't like the tone? Then you can...

Arthur Silber is back, and has a lot to say about the asymmetrical treatment between those who victimize and those victims who choose to fight back. Whether it's at the interpersonal level, or at the...

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RIP Amiri Baraka

We have lost one of our literary giants. I suspect many of us will forever associate him with the Beat Era (when he was still known as Leroi Jones), and a few of us will remember his collaborative work...

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Blogging is dead! Long live blogging!

Or is it undead? I'm not really sure. Anyhoo, there are a number of them who continue to post their thoughts, blogging apocalypse or no.

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Some people push back

There is a truism that those in power need us (even if merely to quietly accept our oppression) more than we need them. The fear that we might collectively realize our power leads to all manner of laws...

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Quotable: MLK

In any social revolution there are times when the tailwinds of triumph and fulfillment favor us, and other times when strong headwinds of disappointment and setbacks beat against us relentlessly. We...

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Ron Paul deconstructed

You'll have to click on the picture to make it full-sized. Consider it some apt commentary aimed at those self-styled "leftists" who try to carry water for Ron and Rand Paul as the allegedly only...

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When Pete Seeger faced down the House Un-American Activities Committee

You can read the transcript here. Red scares have occurred in our nation's past, and will undoubtedly happen again.

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Building the future

- As far as you visited post-soviet countries, has such an experience made an influence on you views? - I've been particularly struck by the failure of the US, UK, and western Europe to learn from the...

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Charles Barron Sees the Radical Movement Picking Up Steam

The keynote speaker for the event was Chokwe Lumumba, the Jackson, Mississippi mayor who in September told Al Jazeera: "Nowadays you've got to call yourself a 'change agent' or something, or else...

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New Blog Coming Soon

A few months ago, I mentioned that I was thinking of the endgame for this particular blog. Now, the time is almost at hand for the new blog to be launched. Basically, after nearly eleven years, this...

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The new blog is ready

Dancing With Imperialism is now live. Make sure to update your blogrolls. I'm sure I will continue to play around with format over the next few weeks, but it's mostly where I want it. If you liked the...

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