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waiting for the new lenin
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
karl marx: fetish of the angry hebrew prophet
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
cold war: and let the games begin
What was the Cold War? Who started it? Could it have been avoided?… …In the summer of 1947 representatives of France and Great Britain met in Paris with the Soviets to discuss Marshall’s offer of aid to Europe. The Soviets, … Continue reading
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Tagged cuban missile crisis, Ernest Bevin, Fidel Castro, Gar Alperovitz, General George C. Marshall, george Seaton Director, Georges Bidault French foreign minister, Henry Roberts Russian Institute Columbia, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, monroe doctrine, Montgomery Clift, senator joseph mccarthy, The Big Lift movie, The Marshall Plan, Truman Doctrine
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cargo cult: trek with the millenarian movement
Cargo cults. In times of stress, look for the prophets of an earthly paradise. A sense of deprivation gives birth to the cult. Its driving force: religious fervor and the superhuman agency. Its end: the destruction of the cult or … Continue reading
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Tagged Amanda Dawn Christie artist, Antonin Artaud, Cargo Cults, Code of Handsome Lake, Elijah Muhammad, F.C. Wallace, F.C. Wallace anthropologist, Fellini, Fidel Castro, Franco Fiorito, James Mooney anthropologist, Madame Pickwick, Mario Monti Italy, Peyote cults, Peyotism, Philleo Nash, Philleo Nash anthropologist, Toga Party Italian politicians, Wovoka jack Wilson
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revolution on the cutting room floor
Definitely a precursor to today’s political re-mix videos. Passionate agit-pop that incarnated all the hopes and dreams that the socialist project promised. Alvarez’s videos are intense projections that sear the conservative canons of capitalist ideology; the whole market system and … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Shahn, Dziga Vertov, Fabian Society, Fidel Castro, H.G. Wells, John Heartfield, John Steinbeck, lena horne, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, madame pickwick art supplies, Now! Santiago Alvarez, Santiago Alvarez
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rose mary woods: closing the gap
Watergate and the Rosemary stretch.Like the magic bullet…eighteen minutes? by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com): this is the actual tape recorder that rosemary woods was using when she did that “accidentally” erased that infamous “18-minute gap”. ever see her re-create the … Continue reading
tee it up: triple bogey on consumption
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
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Tagged baggar vance, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, charles lees, che guevara, david allen painting, Dean Martin, earl Woods, F.Scott Fitgerald, Fidel Castro, j.f. abbott, joseph heath, pierre bourdieu, Robert Redford, Theodor Adorno, Thomas Frank, thomas frank the baffler, Thorstein Veblen, Tiger Woods, william inglis
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GRINGO DOGS: Pay Dearly for My Beautiful Muchacha
There are no lack of visitors to Cuba from rich countries, including a disproportionate number from Britain and Canada who believe they have encountered a true alternative to capitalist democracy. Why? It seems to be a way of keeping alive … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Parfey, Adam Parfrey, Adriana Teresa, Conrad Black, Fidel Castro, hemingway, Jacob Williamson, Jeffrey Goldberg, Jonathan Kelly Washington Times, Julia Sweig, Ken Thomas, Maurice Rosenfeld, Norman Saunders, Peter Falk, Raul Canibano Ercilla, Rich Oldberg, Richard Nixon, Ry Cooder, Steven Soderbergh, Terry Southern, Wim Wenders, Woody Allen
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