January 2010
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Alessandro Portelli: Il "giovane" Holden →
Ha perfettamente ragione Tommaso Pincio: né il giovane Holden Caulfield né tanto meno il suo autore sono dei ribelli, dei rivoluzionari: non denunciano l’ingiustizia, non si schierano nelle lotte, non enunciano alternative e certamente non hanno letto Marx. Il loro rifiuto estetico e morale della falsità della società di massa li induce a se mai a quella che Albert Hirschmann ha chiamato “uscita”:...
josh ritter, blame it on the tetons
best way to...
Alessandro Portelli: Howard Zinn, il prof che... →
Io ricordo un’altra sua dichiarazione durante le primarie. Guardate - disse - io cinque minuti per andare a votare per Obama ce li perdo pure, ma non è questo il gesto più importante che possiamo compiere. I gesti politici importanti sono quelli che compiamo nel nostro agire sociale, nelle strade e nei movimenti. Certo, non cadeva nella trappola di un qualunquismo astensionista, però ci...
L'operaio conosce 300 parole, il padrone 1000. Per...
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Forse tutti, prima di fare gli artigiani, potrebbero avere una base formativa generale che li renda cittadini consapevoli in una democrazia rappresentativa. Questa voglia di agevolare la scelta lavorativa precoce, dietro l’aspetto di necessità e modernità con tratti anche condivisibili, nasconde un disinteresse profondo per la qualità della formazione e per la funzione della scuola, a...
Insider's Alaska →
We’ve polled some well-known Alaskans on their favorite activities, adventures, museums, restaurants, cafes and hidden gems in Alaska. Here are their top picks in communities across the state.
The Best Photography Blogs and Photojournalism... →
An Appraisal - J. D. Salinger - Of Teenage Angst... →
His most persuasive work showcased his colloquial, idiomatic language, his uncanny gift for ventriloquism, his nimble ability to create stories within stories, as well as his unerring ear for cosmopolitan New Yorkese (what he called an “Ear for the Rhythms and Cadences of Colloquial Speech”) and his heat-seeking eye for the telling gesture — the nervously lit cigarette, the X-ray look, the...
Clogs - Veil Waltz EP (2010)
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Chissà se te la ricordi ancora, se ce l’hai ancora, quella copia dei 9 racconti di Salinger.
J. D. Salinger, Enigmatic Author, Dies at 91 →
“I think people are dazzled by Obama’s rhetoric, and that people ought to begin...”
– Howard Zinn
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Howard Zinn (1922-2010)
Since the Civil Rights movement in the 60’s, Howard Zinn has been a huge figure in educating people on the history of oppression and dissent in America. His book A People’s History of the United States, is definitely a primer on some of the most influential and inspiring speakers of our time, as well as being the unofficial guide to...
Howard Zinn, historian who challenged status quo,... →
“A People’s History of the United States” (1980), his best-known book, had for its heroes not the Founding Fathers — many of them slaveholders and deeply attached to the status quo, as Dr. Zinn was quick to point out — but rather the farmers of Shays’ Rebellion and union organizers of the 1930s.
Howard Zinn was and still is one of my favourite historians, his...
Holocaust. Three good reasons to remember
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Sixty-five years ago tomorrow, the largest Nazi killing camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau, was liberated by the Soviet army. The Holocaust Day Memorial Trust will celebrate the anniversary of that event. So what, you might be thinking. Another anniversary, another wall of newsprint. What, really, is the point of continuing to commemorate something that happened a lifetime ago? There are...
Aquarium Drunkard » The Tallest Man On Earth ::... →
good news: the tallest man on earth has a new single out!
A Complete Fitness & Meal Plan for Travelers: The... →
in case you:
love travelling
are a running junkie
(just like me)
9 of the World’s Worst Tourist Traps (and How to... →
Per iniziare bene la settimana ci si compera la...
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