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.
Friday, March 11, 2011
Billy Bragg's "There is Power in a Union"
I've been taken by the courage and tenacity of the workers in Wisconsin and Ohio in trying to hold the line on collective bargaining rights. Perhaps when the majority of Americans no longer live in the bubble of bourgeois aspiration, we will wake up again to the need for collective action and collective representation.
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