Further thoughts on the cultural labor of poetry and art. Not merely "is it good?," but "what has it accomplished?"...reviews of recent poetry collections; selected poems and art dealing with war/peace/social change; reviews of poetry readings; links to political commentary (particularly on conflicts in the Middle East); youtubed performances of music, demos, and other audio-video nuggets dealing with peaceful change, dissent and resistance.
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Knowing Thy Enemy: The Iraqi Insurgency
Check out this video op-ed from the New York Times, which dispels some of the myths about the Iraqi insurgency--that it is driven by al Queda, by "foreign fighters" from Iran--and about the Iraqi feeling about U.S. presence in Iraq. It basically proposes that they want us out. Yesterday. And they don't believe that the U.S. departure will lead to civil war.
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