Now I must say, it is a joy to be well rested – this morning I gave into temptation and stole a couple of extra hours sleep, and what a difference that makes! I have just re-read my first blog entries, in part inspired by the nice ego stroke from …
Alright, having finished The Boundaries of Eros by Guido Ruggiero, I have a few things to say about sex in Renaissance Venice, about books that I read, and about this blog. First off, a few observations about The Boundaries of Eros: Sex Crime and Sexuality in Renaissance Venice. The final …
OK, I managed to read another chapter of Guido Ruggiero’s The Boundaries of Eros this morning, on sodomy in Renaissance Venice (14th-15th centuries). Once again: I am reading this and other books to try and form an opinion of Silvia Federici’s claim (in Caliban and the Witch: Women, The Body …
As popular resistance to globalization and Western imperialism strengthens around the globe, something disastrous is happening: Leadership of the opposition is swinging steadily from the Left to the radical Right. Right-wing forces around the world are gearing up to fight against capitalism’s new world order. Every day on the streets …
On March 5th community activist Wendy Maxwell, aka Nzinga, was arrested by Toronto cops while selling cookies at an International Women’s Day event. What was her crime? Being a queer Black “non-status” immigrantfrom Costa Rica; being a woman who could and would stand up for herselfand others… Maxwell originally came …
Dark Victory The United States, Structural Adjustment and Global Poverty by Walden Bello, with Shea Cunningham and Bill Rau 148 pp. Illustrated. 1994. Oakland: Food First. $12.95. (pb). You’ve probably been taught about systems of debt-peonage that prevailed in more sinister eras or lands. The share cropper or laborer was …
I started off wanting to like “A Commune In Chiapas?” (This major essay about the Zapatistas, written for the English “liberation communist” journal, Aufheben, is distributed as a pamphlet by Arm the Spirit/Solidarity, Canadian anti-imperialist publishers who represent u.s. political prisoners such as David Gilbert, Albert Nuh Washington and Jalil …
[toc] to read reviews of this essay click here An Almost Perfect Fit AIDS – which can so heartlessly take people away in their prime of life – is the lethal scourge of our day, and it is still light years away from being brought under control. This epidemic seems to have an …
EC: Settlers: Mythology of the White Proletariat is a book which had a major impact on many North American anti-imperialists. How did this book come about, and what was so new about its way of looking at things? JS: Settlers completely came about by accident, not design. And what was so …
What follows is an email exchange on L.B.’s  Some Preliminary Thoughts on Modern Class Structure Hello again, LB. Sorry, got pulled away for a few. Had to wander around gaza eyeless for awhile, waiting for my eyeballs to adjust to my new eyeglass lens. Then there was backed-up mail, and …