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And Now, Langston Hughes Demonstrates How to Live a Decade
By Geo Ong Langston Hughes, primarily known as a poet of the Harlem Renaissance, also happened to be a pretty legit traveller. No further evidence is required than his travelogue of the 1930s, I Wonder As I Wander. In a … Continue reading
Posted in Geo, Literature, Travel
Tagged 1930s, america, books, communism, francisco franco, great depression, henri cartier-bresson, i wonder as i wander, jim crow, langston hughes, madame sun yat sen, mulatto, poets, russia, soviet union, spanish civil war, travel literature, travel writing, travelogues, World War II
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Last Minute Urchin-Approved Halloween Costume Ideas!
By Sarah Jost There was a time when I planned my Halloween costume months in advance. That time was grade school. Now, Halloween costumes have been added to the ever-growing section of procrastinatable (it’s a word now) items on my … Continue reading
Posted in Film & Television, Holidays, Literature, Sarah
Tagged A Confederacy of Dunces, a room of one's own, communism, Dances with Wolves, easy costumes, Halloween costume ideas, Jocasta, John Kennedy Toole, Kevin Costner, Laius, last minute costume ideas, Mrs. Dalloway, Oedipus, procrastination, Sophocles, The Hours, the Red Scare, virginia woolf
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Marx and Engels Establish New Meanings
The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains.
Posted in Geo, Politics & Global Issues
Tagged amazon, chains, communism, communist manifesto, corporations, friedrich engels, karl marx, mcdonalds, money, proletarians, starbucks, Walmart
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Bad Nature, Bad Words, and Bad People: Three More Revolutionary Books
By Geo Ong Part Three of the ongoing and hopefully infinite list of revolutionary books. If you haven’t yet read Part One: Begin from Within or Part Two: You Animals!, be sure to check out those posts, too! Civil Disobedience … Continue reading
Posted in Examples in Urchinism, Geo, Literature, Politics & Global Issues
Tagged art as social revolution, books, castro, civil disobedience, communism, communist manifesto, discrimination, essays, false consciousness, fox news, friedrich engels, gandhi, henry david thoreau, immigration, imperial, injustice, joseph mccarthy, karl marx, martin luther king jr, marxism, mccarthyism, mexican immigrants, mexican-american war, mexico, pol pot, poverty, resistance to civil government, revolution, revolutionary books, slavery, stalin, tariq ali, the idea of communism, War!, william t vollmann
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And the Urchie Lifetime Achievement Award Goes to…
By Geo Ong I don’t believe I deserve dinner unless I’ve done a day’s work. —Charlie Chaplin The Urchins love and respect Charlie Chaplin for plenty of reasons. First of all, he’s English. (You don’t have to be English to … Continue reading
Posted in Art & Money, Examples in Urchinism, Film & Television, Geo, The Urchies
Tagged america, award shows, charlie chaplin, city lights, communism, house un-american activities committee, huac, james agee, jesus christ, mccarthyism, modern times, silent film, the circus, urchie lifetime achievement award, urchies
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