Entries (RSS)Archive for August, 2013
Filled with Animals
Is the man of the future filled with animals? No, but the poet must find a new language to express what he has seen and felt.
Posted by eatbees on 26 Aug 2013 at 22:57 under Culture, Literature, Science.
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When Body and Image Interpenetrate
Walter Benjamin predicts the Internet, cloud-sourced revolution, and beyond.
Posted by eatbees on 26 Aug 2013 at 07:11 under Anarchy, Culture, Philosophy, Science.
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Sincere?
Today I found myself, not for the first time, arguing with a friend whether the U.S. under Bush was “sincere” in its desire to bring democracy to the Middle East. I went back to an April 2003 article by Josh Marshall, in which he lays out the grand vision neoconservatives had at the time, improbable as it was, in the first days of the war in Iraq.
Posted by eatbees on 21 Aug 2013 at 12:21 under Imperialism, Iran, Iraq, Politics, Syria, War.
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Links 20 August 2013
Links and excerpts from my internet reading of 20 August 2013.
Posted by eatbees on 20 Aug 2013 at 17:32 under Civil Rights, Culture, Egypt, Politics, Religion, Secrets.
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Lafcadio’s Adventures: Footloose Youth of the 1910s
The 1910s were a surprisingly radical time. Gangs of footloose youth roamed the countryside, and theories of homoerotic bonding were embraced by progressives and nationalists alike.
Posted by eatbees on 19 Aug 2013 at 08:14 under Anarchy, Culture.
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