Tag Archives: Nelson Mandela

muslim brotherhood of aten: looking for “the hidden one”

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Dave

Akhenaten created a religious revolution in his time as pharaoh of Egypt from 1378 to 1362 B.C. He was a monotheist and worshiper of the sun god Aten. Ultimately, the question to be asked was whether he was an idealist, … Continue reading →

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friedman: just one of the boys

Posted on August 12, 2012 by Dave

Thomas Friedman seems to be approaching his expiry date according to the package, that boxed and perishable piece of goods called “dogmatic lefty” . The same recycling of Kraft Dinner socialism and status conscious white liberalism based on that hierarchy … Continue reading →

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rivonia and MLK

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Dave

Not a utopian, but not a negationist either, neither a nihilist. Rather, an unwillingness to be absorbed into the system neither a desire to be an agent or manger of the system. When Obama rebuked Harry Belafonte by saying, “when … Continue reading →

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turning the page

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Dave

Imagine, the history of the nation hinged on an art book. One of the most dangerous anti-apartheid activists was arrested while reading an art book? What book? Until we find out, we can only speculate, that either it was a … Continue reading →

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fire fire! your moneys on fire

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Dave

Should good art always make those in positions of power and privilege feel uncomfortable, squirmy, ill at ease and irritated by pangs of consciousness even if irregular. Or is an art that is ostensibly anti banking and money serve to … Continue reading →

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collaborating with the un-people

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Dave

The principle of hope.Funny and unpredictable things can happen when political ideology is mixed up with religion and a confrontation with the messianic. … Sometimes a naive demand for justice, revolutionary change, is sated simply through an exchange with the … Continue reading →

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everybody is connected

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Dave

It remains unclear whether the promises will satisfy the protesters or feed their indignation. But Israel’s tent city protest triggered over affordable housing and the larger concerns of social justice in a society with deepening income disparity is a reflection … Continue reading →

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GOLDEN GEESE IN THE CUCKOO’S NEST

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Dave

The scope and character of the pensions bourgeoises – renamed maisons de santé early in the Revolution – changed dramatically following the passage of the Law of Suspects in September 1793. This legislation called for the creation of the Revolutionary … Continue reading →

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ANARCHISTS WHO RUN WITH WOLVES

Posted on July 11, 2010 by Dave

… and occasionally ride camels. Nearly all exponents of anarchism, for example, have used the term to refer to a natural state of society in which people are not governed by submission to humanmade laws or to any external authority. … Continue reading →