An Enthralling Mystery, a breathtaking rollercoaster ride through a world of ideas and …
The first chapter really does hit different if you've been to Saint-Martin-des-Champs and the musée des Arts et métiers.
A word I had never encountered before: sublunar (adjective, more commonly found as sublunarly): of, relating to, or characteristic of the terrestrial world.
Neat.
The first chapter really does hit different if you've been to Saint-Martin-des-Champs and the musée des Arts et métiers.
A word I had never encountered before: sublunar (adjective, more commonly found as sublunarly): of, relating to, or characteristic of the terrestrial world.
Portland, Oregon, 1988: the brutal murder of Ethiopian immigrant Mulugeta Seraw by racist skinheads shocked …
"Together Against"
5 stars
I got this book a bit early for preparing an interview for the radio show, but since it hasn't been released (brag brag) I won't include any spoilers. Basically, if you haven't heard the KBOO podcast hosted by Erin Yanke, Mic Crenshaw & Celina Flores, do it! If you've heard the podcast, check out the book and you'll find even more interviews (in addition to many from the book) with antiracist activists from Portland from the mid 80's to late 90's. Plus a ton of photos, posters and flyers, news clippings and more. There is so much here and I've no doubt it's just scratching the surface. This is a great read for anyone interested in radical or regional history, doing anti-racist activism, who is interested in multi-generational and coalitional organizing, or into subcultural punk and skinhead resistance.
Starting earlier, though really sparked by the murder by beating of …
I got this book a bit early for preparing an interview for the radio show, but since it hasn't been released (brag brag) I won't include any spoilers. Basically, if you haven't heard the KBOO podcast hosted by Erin Yanke, Mic Crenshaw & Celina Flores, do it! If you've heard the podcast, check out the book and you'll find even more interviews (in addition to many from the book) with antiracist activists from Portland from the mid 80's to late 90's. Plus a ton of photos, posters and flyers, news clippings and more. There is so much here and I've no doubt it's just scratching the surface. This is a great read for anyone interested in radical or regional history, doing anti-racist activism, who is interested in multi-generational and coalitional organizing, or into subcultural punk and skinhead resistance.
Starting earlier, though really sparked by the murder by beating of Ethiopian immigrant and educator Mulugeta Seraw as he tries to stop a fight between his friends and nazi "bonehead" skinheads from East Side White Pride in 1988, the book follows lesbian activists, gay Act Up organizers, punks and skins, seasoned leftist activists, feminists and other concerned community members as they attempt to face down, map and out-organize not only violent street fighters but also holocaust deniers, rural white nationalist militia, and right wing Christian organizing by Oregon Citizens Alliance in and around Portland before the turn of the millenium.
Massive respect from here for the activists and community members whose stories are told here, as well as the producers of the podcast and this volume for their amazing work crafting such a moving patchwork quilt of experience.
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California …
But worker cooperatives, no matter how successful they might be, cannot be seen as an end in themselves when they are located with a capitalist economy. In the best circumstances, the forestry worker cooperatives of the Northwest may provide examples of something more vital -- of how people who organize in cooperative and egalitarian ways can reach out to more oppressed and exploited people around then and demonstrate a viable alternative to traditional work organizations.
Deux femmes, issues de deux mondes opposés et réunies dans ce salon sordide par un passé que l'une souhaite oublier et que l'autre voudrait comprendre, s'observent en silence. Un chien jappe dans la rue. Le vent, toujours le vent du nord, siffle. Mais dans la tiédeur de la petite maison vétuste, le passé est sur le point de rattraper le présent. Du fond de son abime, Marie dis. cerne mal le visage délicat de la jeune femme. Son esprit, englué depuis tant d'années, a perdu la faculté de s'inté resser à ce qui l'entoure. Elle va renoncer. À quoi bon. Mais quelque chose l'interpelle. Elle hésite, cherche de quoi il s'agit. Le visage lui est inconnu, mais un trait familier dans le regard l'attire. Quoi? Se concentrer lui demande un effort, mais elle parvient à mieux distinguer les yeux qui la fixent. Marie n'a pas l'habitude qu'on l'observe ainsi, surtout d'aussi près. Elle devrait se sentir intimidée ou gênée. Toutefois, elle n'éprouve aucun malaise. Elle se dit que c'est l'alcool. Il doit être de mauvaise qualité. Mais elle a souvent bu pire que ça. Pourquoi alors? Qu'est-ce que ces yeux ont de si particulier? Elle ne saurait le dire non plus.
An examination of the way (predominantly American) society uses shame, and an exploration of the …
This righteous attitude confronts an outstretched hand with a fist. Shaming the poor not only saves the wealthier classes money but also makes them feel virtuous. It's akin to the self-satisfaction felt by the thin in the presence of the obese and the sober when comparing themselves to those with a drug or alcohol problem. We succeeded, they think. These others failed. It is this mindset, once again, that sustains the shamescape.
