The Seething, Surging Rage Against OWS
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on November 8th, 2011 5:37 am by HL
The Seething, Surging Rage Against OWS
It’s often said that Occupy Wall Street will have accomplished a lot even if its encampments are dispersed by winter cold and cops. That’s true, if they stay peaceful, buoyant, drug-and-alcohol free — even leaderless and indecisive. More decisive organizations…
UNESCO Fiasco: Dancing To Netanyahu’s Tune
It was bound to happen sooner or later. At some point, both the president and Congress would be faced with a clear choice between U.S. national interests and the demands made by Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his powerful…
Beyond Anger
In my new book, Outlaw Blues; Adventures in the Counter-culture Wars, I talk about the role of the great protest song in the early days of the Civil Rights Movement. Songs like If I had a Hammer, Blowin in…