The economic system separates those on the left in all sorts of ways while providing unending wars and justifying those wars in the endless War on Terror. The latter is a great money maker and a means of mobilizing and silencing the general population. If the single issue of the military-industrial complex is such a successful part of the economic system, then why can’t even one war be won and why do new wars follow on the heels of the old wars that have not been won in the first place? We’re not only fighting Orwell’s (1984) Eurasia, but also Eastasia at the same time. Try to imagine a world in which the Second World War was still going on today? These wars are waged on multiple fronts while the domestic scene is left to rot on the vine, except for a minority of people, who either control the state, or benefit from the state in ways that keep them silent in the face of the gifts that the state has to distribute or throw at them. - Howard Lisnoff, "The Atomized and Siloed US Left." (January 17, 2018)
Check out this cool tool for exploring writers you discover and want to know more about. It is WorldCat Identities. So say you hear someone talking about historian Howard Zinn's 'people's histories' and you want to investigate more about him and his work - you enter Howard Zinn and voila. I'm thinking this tool might be fun to use in my classes (especially the upcoming Peace & Conflict Studies course) and great for my own interests/research. Should also be interesting for the film studies courses - check out the thematic mapping near the bottom of the entry for Stanley Kubrick
Glossary of Terms for The United States of Amnesia (USA)
A work in progress--for me, my students, and anyone else that is interested in refining/extending our communicative tools. The need for this is obvious, we are forgetting who we are, how we learn, our history, our (inter)related nature, the construction of truths, the myth of objectivity and the effects of our words/images/actions. I'm searching for handholds to help me rise out of the depths of ignorance. Some may see this as a pointless exercise, or ridiculous in its scope (can we truly wake this slumbering democracy through words/ideas?), but comrades of the impossible/unimaginable may understand why we should ask why, or seek out what is what. Feel free to leave suggestions... as usual I will share what I find and compile an archive so that someone may remember them......
I was listening to the See Hear podcast while working out and a member of the podcast raved about a band called Master Musicians of Bukkake - with a name like that I remembered them and sought out their music when I got home later that night. Consider my mind blown - Far West
Standing on the shore of Quiddity I cast my consciousness to catch quicksilver dreams that will supply me with glimpses of other realities.
Understanding that there are other realities, other possibilities, other journeys, other methods, is the path of wisdom. Learning how to engage with them is the essence of Art in all its manifestations.
The possibility for true peace is only ever realized when differences learn to co-exist. No need to assimilate, conform or convert. Crusades are for the insecure; instead we will create an environment in which people will be encouraged to continuously become what they would be.
Peace and love,
Michael
The Battle of Algiers (Italy/Algeria: Gillo Pontecorvo, 1966) Dialogic Cinephilia (Ongoing Archive)
Buder, Emily. "Automatic at Sea: Why the Hyperreal Film 'Represents the Horror of Being Alive Right Now.'" No Film School (January 17, 2018)
Chomsky, Noam. "Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media." (Speech at University of Wisconsin – Madison, March 15, 1989)
Freire, Paolo. Pedagogy of the Oppressed. Continuum, 2005.
Kitty, Alexandra. "Objectivity in Journalism: Should We Be Skeptical?" Skeptic (ND)
Rucker, Erica. "Religion Creep." LEO Weekly (January 17, 2018)
Zinn, Howard (Historian/Playwright/Political Science) ["Howard Zinn was a historian, author, professor, playwright, and activist. His life’s work focused on a wide range of issues including race, class, war, and history, and touched the lives of countless people." source)
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