Tag: Politics
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THE POLITICS OF CHEW-Z
THE POLITICS OF CHEW-Z OR, HOW TO FORGET POLITICAL REALITY BY ALAN LACERDA This short essay by Alan Lacerda, professor of political science at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte in Brazil, draws comparisons between elements of the novel The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. Dick and the alternate political realities fabricated…
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WHY AUTHORITY, MRS. TRIPATHY?
WHY AUTHORITY, MRS. TRIPATHY? BY STEVEN T. BRAMBLE A text-fragment dealing with historical guilt and its relationship to the politics of ethnonationalism. Why did Rajshri desire authority on her death bed? She wore an orange sari blooming with black flowers in the emergency ward of a New Delhi hospital, praying face exposed as a burnished…
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NUANCES OF THE AUTHORITARIAN RIGHT
NUANCES OF THE AUTHORITARIAN RIGHT MAKING SENSE OF BOLSONARO AND TRUMP AS A CLASS OF LEADERS BY ALAN LACERDA Classifications are a tricky business. More often than not they become labels, and these, with repetition in the media, are liable to assume the form of clichés. In any event, I do believe that we should…
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GUARDING BETTY SHABBAZ
(EXCERPT FROM RISE OF THE BLACK PANTHERS) BY ALAN CLARK In its nascency, the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense proved the efficacy and power of communities arming themselves and practicing self-defense. One such incident occurred while guarding Betty Shabbaz, Malcolm X’s widow, at the San Francisco Airport. Moments such as these are vital to understanding…
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CULTURE, NOT POLITICS
AMERICANS DON’T HAVE POLITICS. WE HAVE CULTURE. BY STEVEN T. BRAMBLE Since we’re all unapologetic coastal elitists here in this room today, allow me to proclaim, from on high, a thing or two about the average voter. Some of you in the back are already groaning, I see you. Perhaps not all of us here…
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