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Remembering Hiroshima
By Geo Ong One year after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, journalist John Hersey travelled to Japan to interview six ‘hibakusha’ (‘literally, explosion-affected persons,’ writes Hersey. ‘The Japanese tended to shy away from the term survivors, because in its focus … Continue reading
Posted in Film & Television, Geo, Literature, Politics & Global Issues
Tagged alain resnais, atomic bomb, atomic war, books, hiroshima, hiroshima mon amour, Japan, john hersey, the new yorker, War!, World War II
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Gertrude Stein and the Art of War
By Geo Ong I have nothing to say about war at this moment except one thing: war is a significant propeller for art. Like sadness, depression, and tragedy. Like poverty, heartbreak, and fear. In fact, war combines these six things … Continue reading
That’s What He Said
Liechtenstein’s last military engagement was in 1866, when it sent eighty men to fight against the Italians. Nobody was killed. In fact—you’re going to like this—they came back with 81 men because they had made a friend along the way. … Continue reading
Posted in Geo, Literature, Politics & Global Issues
Tagged Bill Bryson, books, Europe, liechtenstein, military, Neither Here nor There, Travel, War!
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That’s What He Said
Three times Jan had been called to the colours [military service], but each time had been deferred because of his deplorable physical condition, a circumstance which threw ample light on Jan Bronski’s constitution in those days, when every male who … Continue reading
Posted in Examples in Urchinism, Geo, Literature, Politics & Global Issues, That's What They Said
Tagged books, gunter grass, jan bronski, military, novels, The Tin Drum, verdun, War!
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That’s What He Said
Your cannons can destroy but they can’t create, can they? —Henry Miller, The Air-Conditioned Nightmare
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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2010 World Cup: Goalkeeping and Peacekeeping
By Sarah Jost June 11 began the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. For the next two and a half weeks, the world will sit on the edge of its collective couch/rug/bar stool/computer chair at work to see who … Continue reading
Posted in Politics & Global Issues, Sarah
Tagged america, FIFA World Cup, flags, football, Italy, london, los angeles, nationalism, soccer, South Africa, sport, the Midwest, vuvuzela, War!
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Beer Party Chips Tea Party’s Cup
Dear Tea-baggers, We are the Beer Party. And we find your fiscally and intellectually conservative movement not only infuriating, but it also makes us want to run outside and vomit in the street. And it’s totally not those six pints. … Continue reading
Posted in Margaret, Politics & Global Issues
Tagged beer, Budweiser, Congress, Corona, Democrats, economy, Edwin Starr, France, God save the Queen, Great Britain, johnny depp, Jon Stewart, micro-brews, paul bunyan, Republicans, Rick Perry, Sam Adams, Scientology, Shiner Bock, taxation without representation, taxes, Tea Party, Tea Party Movement, Texas Governor, The Daily Show, War!
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