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53 years ago, Jan 22 1969, students at UC Berkeley began a three-month strike. Led by the Third World Liberation Front, a coalition of Black, Mexican-American, Asian-American, and Native American student groups, the strike led to the creation of the Ethnic Studies Department

Not all books from diverse authors need to be inspired by their own cultures. Seeking diverse voices only for the books with “traditional aesthetics” is unfair. Sometimes we want to create original worlds too. But that doesn’t change the fact that we are still v much marginalized

I was so honored to represent Rudy in this historic volume. I wrote with all I had about all he gave us.

As the former Commanding General of the Infantry Center at Fort Benning and Chief of Infantry, I know a bit about weapons. Let me state unequivocally — For all intents and purposes, the AR-15 and rifles like it are weapons of war. A thread:

C'est absolument dingue ! En 1947, la télévision française avait demandé à René Barjavel d'imaginer le futur. Exercice oh combien casse gueule. Et bien ses prédictions sont stupéfiantes !!!! Internet Iphone tout y est !!! Un visionnaire.

One striking issue raised in Judge Koeltl's careful opinion in the Hachette v. Internet Archive case is the distinction between "commercial-noncommercial" use for purposes of fair use. documentcloud.org/documents/2372…

Great essay by Joel Whitney on new edition of Miguel Angel Asturias. Had no idea of extent to which the CIA shadow banned him, via its cultural Cold War programs. publicbooks.org/a-novel-the-ci…

Elsevier is losing editors

A preview of my new book "The Age of Insecurity: Coming Together as Things Fall Apart." I look at how capitalism depends on manufactured insecurity to function and how indignation at this fact can help coalesce the movements we need change things. nytimes.com/2023/08/18/opi…

DO NOT LET THE SCHOOL FORGET THIS. WHEN UCSD PRAISES ITS HISTORY OF STUDENT ACTIVISM, REMEMBER — THIS IS HOW THEY RESPONDED.

While you’re enjoying strawberries this summer, please remember the folks who work so hard to help bring them to your home. Thank you to the workers of the Reagan family farm in Arkansas and all the farm workers who work under difficult conditions to bring produce to our tables.

Nothing to see here -- just an internal report by Shell from 1989 precisely predicting the "violent weather" and "deluges" that just destroyed half of Appalachia, and summing up expected climate chaos with the comment, "Civilisation could prove a fragile thing."

🔥 2 de Octubre No Se Olvida🔥  A más de cinco décadas, la justicia sigue ausente, hoy recordamos la lucha y la valentía de los estudiantes que alzaron la voz por un México 🇲🇽 más justo.  Las voces silenciadas por la represión claman justicia, y nuestra lucha continúa hasta que

"Son muchos. Vienen a pie, vienen riendo. Bajaron por Melchor Ocampo, la Reforma, Juárez, Cinco de Mayo, muchachos y muchachas estudiantes que van del brazo en la manifestación con la misma alegría con que hace apenas unos días iban a la feria; jóvenes despreocupados que no saben

"A lo largo de los años, José Agustín aparecía en los periódicos un día sí y otro también con la llamada literatura de la Onda y el desafío a Fuentes y a Octavio Paz." jornada.com.mx/noticia/2024/1…

MY LATEST ⁦Los Angeles Times⁩ COLUMNA: Thomas Mann House survived Palisades fire. We should heed Mann's words. RT, porfas! latimes.com/california/sto…