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What Malcolm X Knew That We Need To Learn
Forty-five years ago last month, Malcolm X was gunned down in the Audubon Ballroom in Manhattan. Moments after he was introduced to speak, someone yelled, “Nigger, get your hand outta my pocket!” Malcolm stepped forward to quell the altercation, then a smoke bomb went off and five assassins opened fire with pistols and a shotgun. [...]
Continue reading...The JFK Assassination in two photographs
Friday, February 12, 2010
The assassinations of the 60s have been on my mind of late, thanks to these Beatle mysteries I’m writing (anybody interested in finding out when they’re coming out should email mikesnewbooks[at]gmail[dot]com). One of the most persistent canards about the JFK assassination is that it’s incredibly difficult to understand, and that one must do a ton [...]
Continue reading...Who thinks the JFK assassination still matters?
Saturday, October 17, 2009
The CIA, that’s who. Today’s New York Times details Agency stonewalling over 295 documents relating to George Joannides, an agent working with anti-Castro Cubans out of JM/WAVE, their Miami station. Groups under Joannides’ direction “publicly clashed with” Lee Harvey Oswald. These clashes were some of the most significant ways that Oswald’s personal politics–in other words, [...]
Continue reading...A few thoughts on Teddy Kennedy
Thursday, August 27, 2009
This blog is rapidly becoming a parade of thoughts on the recent dead. What can I say except welcome to middle-age, Mike! Teddy Kennedy was to his brothers what Wings was to The Beatles; an attenuated, not-quite-satisfying echo of the real thing, but vastly better than nothing at all. He was Seventies Liberalism incarnate, a [...]
Continue reading...Communion on the Moon
Monday, July 20, 2009
To celebrate the fortieth anniversary of human beings on the Moon, I’m passing along something a friend told me about: Buzz Aldrin’s taking communion on the Moon. Happy Moon-day!
Continue reading...More Adam Curtis documentaries
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
The Living Dead 1 of 3: On the Desperate Edge of NowThis documentary explores how the narrative setting up World War Two as “the good war” required significant parts of the past to be buried, ordinary Germans to be made into unfathomable monsters, and the experiences of the soldiers to be forever at odds with [...]
Continue reading...The Century of the Self
Monday, June 8, 2009
I am currently working through a wonderful BBC documentary on how the ideas of Sigmund Freud have been used to control the masses (don’t worry, it’s anything but dry). It’s called “The Century of the Self.” The four episodes are below; I highly recommend it. Part 1 of 4: Part 2 of 4: Part 3 [...]
Continue reading...Talk: JFK and the Unspeakable
Saturday, June 6, 2009
This is a talk by Jim Douglass, a peace activist and the author of the book “JFK and the Unspeakable.” Perhaps I will get a copy for my birthday. From everything I have read about “Unspeakable,” I think it gets closest to explaining why I’ve always been fascinated with the JFK assassination (from the age [...]
Continue reading...Interesting video (JFK and Vietnam)
Saturday, June 6, 2009
For those (like my commenter) who desire a more conclusive discussion, one can be found in James K. Galbraith’s article here.
Continue reading...Strangely, this is exactly what my apartment looks like…
Thursday, June 4, 2009
…I wonder if it means anything.
Continue reading...At last! It's here!
For 30 years, Ravin fans wondered: What if Tom Larkin had survived? Now, the story can be told.
Mixing alternative history, hardboiled noir, parody and satire, Life After Death for Beginners is a must-read for every Beatles fan. "A cross between The Rutles and Three Days of the Condor. I loved it."—Jonathan Schwarz
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