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Monthly Archives: October 2015
Dancing in the Eye of the Storm – a Re-Post
A re-post from last Halloween Alexander Ulyanov – executed by Tsar Alexander III in 1887 Tsar Alexander II was assassinated in 1881 by an organization known as The People’s Will. Instead of hoped for reforms his successor Alexander III imposed … Continue reading
Posted in history
Tagged czarist Russia, deaf to the people, history, Lenin, Medieval Ball. aristocracy, Nicholas II, oppression, Prince Yusupov, revolution, russian history
3 Comments
Skinny Girl
You can never be too rich or too thin ideal skinny girl . Pre-fab femininity skin and tone all you want to be is only skin deep . The wire coat hangar of a gay dress maker so flat, so … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged american girl, anorexia, bulimia, coat hangars, culture, fashion, hiding femaleness, models, poetry, skinny, thin
3 Comments
A Reading From the Book of Joad
They breathe profits they eat the interest on money if they don’t get it they die the way you die without air, without side meat. The bank is something more than men I tell you; it’s the monster Men made … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged capitalism, d banks, Grapes of Wrath, hunger, Joad, John Steinbeck, poetry, poverty, revolution
2 Comments
A Box of Trojans Please!!
Yes my children. Though some of you might not believe it we had sex in the ‘50s. Yes we did. Even the Cleaver though on black and white TV no one ever had sex. Or went to a toilet. Now … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged 1950s, abortion, back seat, biography, Catholics, Confession, contraception, drive-ins, drug stores, Griswold, motels, Roe v. Wade, rules of sex, sex, story, teens, the pill, Trojans, youth
4 Comments
The Last Radical in the House
Vito Marcantonio What do you think of when hear the words “Italian American”? Tony Soprano? The Godfather? Mob Wives? Pizza and pasta? Baddabing. Yes I know. These are the media stereotypes foisted upon us. Unfortunately too many think that is … Continue reading
Marius and the Volunteer Army
Standard of the IV Cohort XXIV Legion At Cannae, in Southern Italy, the Army of the Roman Republic faced Hannibal in the 2nd Punic War. At the time a Roman citizen could not “join” the Army; it was an honor … Continue reading
Posted in history
Tagged aristocracy, Cannae, citizen army, empire, from republic to empire, Hannibal, history, professional army, proletariat, Roman Republic, Rome, Senatorial Class
7 Comments
We’re Sorry
We’re sorry we bombed your apartment and your favorite hiding place and your street which, just like you will have to live it all over again tomorrow. We’re sorry we missed our intended target; all those buildings look the same … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged collateral damage, current events, mass migration, poetry, refugees, syria
5 Comments
Keeping Up With the Joads
We ain’t got no money honey but we got sunshine all the time. No job this year no house no more no future and no hope and it’s hot and dry this summer living here in grandpa’s house. Wish we … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged camps, depression, economic security, food stamps, Grapes of Wrath, hard times, Joads, losing a home, lost dreams, on the road, poetry, poverty, social safety net
3 Comments
The Jewish Fascist
Ettore Ovazza and Benito Mussolini Ettore Ovazza was one of three brothers born into a wealthy and influential family in Turin. The Ovazza were one of Italy’s leading banking families with all the privilege and power that comes with … Continue reading
Posted in history
Tagged acceptance, assimilation, banking, black shirts, Caporetto, Ettore Ovazza, fascism, holocaust, Italian Jews, Italy, Jewish, murder, Mussolii, red years, socialism, Turin, world war I, world war II
13 Comments
My Roomie
Toritto on the left, then Francis, Tim and Jim – Eritrea, 1965 My roomie Francis died today. He and I shared a room in Africa together in1965 while we defended the nation on a mountain plateau in Eritrea. We got … Continue reading
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