Homage to Spanish Anarchism

Stephen Schwartz, co-author of Spanish Marxism versus Soviet Communism: A History of the P.O.U.M. in the Spanish Civil War, has linked a number of his associates to the film below (which is available on Youtube). Your editor, in turn, passed the link on to another distinguished author of a recent book on the Spanish Civil War, Adam Hochschild, who was wowed: “Amazing. I’ve seen lots of still photos from this time—which must have been in the first month or two after the beginning of Franco’s coup—but didn’t know there was film.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVv6ampdPeY

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Inequality & Two Cheers for Capitalism

In these days of pandemic isolation, as the world reels from one gut punch to the next, the future looks anything but rosy.  While the monied float on their yachts and in their two million dollar isolation rentals in the Hampton’s, the rest of us live in fear and anxiety.

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Coronavirus in China: Challenges to Authority

Le Wenliang Li Wenliang

“In this world there are no heroes descended from heaven, there are only ordinary people who come forward.”

During the lockdown in China prompted by Coronavirus, folk musical and ritual activities have been on hold—but some brave local performers have been reflecting the outbreak in online songs criticizing the Party’s handling of the crisis.[1]

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The Great Green Wall: An Interview with Filmmaker Jared Scott

The face of Africa’s Sahel, one of the most ecologically vulnerable areas in the world, is getting a makeover with a Great Green Wall of eucalyptus, cassava, and acacia trees.  It is hoped that by 2030, the wall will restore 100 million hectares of currently degraded land, sequester 250 million tons of carbon, and create 10 million jobs in rural areas. Jared Scott’s film The Great Green Wall, takes us on a tour of the land and the people who are making this miracle happen.

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Shame

“I am ashamed for the first time in my career,” says U.S. Special Forces soldier witnessing the betrayal of his former Kurdish comrades. Fox News, 9 Oct. 2019

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Burning Man

A clip from this 7 minute Q&A between Mike Pompeo and Nancy Amons–a reporter from a local news station in Nashville–made the national news late last week.

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