Tag Archives: che guevara

waiting for the new lenin

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Dave

Are we ready for an American Lenin? An American Ghandi? Not likely. At least not until “Make love not war” gives way to “Make revolution, not love.”… …The ascetic revolutionary exhibits two notable traits: he manifests, or is imputed to … Continue reading →

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karl marx: fetish of the angry hebrew prophet

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Dave

The many faces of Karl Marx. Prophet, historian, journalist,revolutionary, philosopher and attentive papa. All these faces were his, and one other: the romantic idealist exhorting man to triumph over the things he manufactures… …Of course “Capital,” was, for all Marx’s … Continue reading →

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counting on baseless illusions?

Posted on January 22, 2013 by Dave

After Auschwitz, the conviction that man knows right from wrong was dispelled as a baseless illusion. Man must look outside himself for values, for morals, now that he has realized his inescapable limitations. Moral relativism, though continuing to be our … Continue reading →

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fanon: wretched by birth

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Dave

Frantz Fanon. the theorist of revolution and a prophet scorned. Dead for the past fifty years, there is still an audience… …The peasant, says Fanon, thinks in terms of armed struggle, of taking the land back from the foreigner, of … Continue reading →

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fanon: accidental revolutionary

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Dave

Frantz Fanon. The prophet scorned. Fifty years after his death, the audience still listens.Vintage violence… …At this point, Fanon could go no further, because, although he had discarded the white mask in his book,in his life he still wore it. … Continue reading →

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garibaldi : romance for the authentic

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Dave

They don’t make them like that anymore. He was one of the first stars of the media age of mass produced and disseminated images. it was the beginning of celebrity as the basis for our communal lives; the most significant … Continue reading →

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tee it up: triple bogey on consumption

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Dave

Throughout history, people have often been idle, and they have always had holidays. Even in the darkest periods of the Dark Ages, the rich hunted, jousted, sang, danced and made love. The peasants gorged, got drunk and cavorted. Yet, true … Continue reading →