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karl marx: poet at the barricade

Karl Marx: the romantic idealist exhorting man to triumph over the things he manufactures… …To many of that generation “revolution” was a holy word, and the spirit of freedom appeared, as in Delacroix’s famous painting, as a beautiful bare-breasted woman … Continue reading

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lessons of munich

Is there a “lesson of Munich?” Whatever it is, it was certainly misapplied by the Americans to Vietnam in the same way that the so-called appeasement of the Arab world is likely also a misapplication of Munich applied to a … Continue reading

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they shall return

by Jesse Marinoff Reyes: TIME magazine October 30, 1944 issue Illustration: Boris Artzybasheff (1899-1965) Today is Memorial Day. Not merely a day to relax in the backyard and fire up the barbecue, but to remember those who gave service to … Continue reading

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PATRIOTIC ROMANCE & WAR DANCE: The Illusion It Was All Worthwhile

There’s an epidemic Stirring passions in young hearts Even the old campaigners Have got it really bad Well we ain’t seen nothing like it Since coronation day But when the street parties sound I’m going underground To keep the rabid … Continue reading

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RHINOS, PICADORS & MINOTAURS

”Picasso had never been a political artist, and as Jung noted, his images seemed increasingly to withdraw from objective reality and primarily reflected some inner psychic state that he was trying to work out on canvas. He made no war-related … Continue reading

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Lovers in a Dangerous Time

You could make an argument that his death came with a sigh of relief. Robert Capa stepped on land mine in Vietnam in 1954, that  put an end to his corporeal and legal life on this earth. He was a … Continue reading

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