I’ll see your le Guin and raise you two more.
Joanna Russ “Picnic On Paradise” and “The Female Man.” Russ is getting a little more appreciation these days.
https://bookshop.org/beta-search?keywords=joanna+russ
Suzy McKee Carnes. imho her Horse clans books are better than “The Handmaid’s Tale.”
Some context would be nice.
The only Feb 5 event near me is a meeting with a Dem Senator.
So, to get information I have to give my information to Meta or Reddit?
Sounds pretty fishy to me.
If they have one in my area I will show up, but it’s a case of too little, too late.
A man who won’t lie for [love] doesn’t need love that bad.
From ‘Lonesome Dove’
If you want to enrage yourself, get the book “Hell’s Angels” by Hunter Thompson.
There’s a long passage on the economics of being a biker/hippie/dropout/artist circa 1970.
A biker who worked six months as a Union stevedore could save enough to spend two years on the road. A part time waitress could earn enough to support herself and her musician boyfriend.
Yes, the same people who couldn’t get past the DNC to get Bernie nominated are certainly going to ge able to redistribute all the wealth.
Don’t you know that we shouldn’t question the wisdom of dead white guys, ever?
You do realize that ‘the means of production’ are all in China right now?
If you know anything about first aid you know that slapping a bandage on is the first step to actually helping the patient.
Most of the problems in the modern world could be solved if the front line people could to each other directly.
Suits are the bottleneck.
At this point I think the Right does this simply to get more publicity.
Pick an artist you know will call you out, and then use their music. When the band says they aren’t Right Wing it’s just more coverage. Even better, people will associate the movement with the music either way.
I’m keeping this going because you’re entertaining me.
I’m keeping this going because you’re entertaining me.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_George_Carlin_Show
George did a TV show on the FOX network.
I love his stuff, but that doesn’t blind me to the fact that he was primarily an entertainer.
Carlin was born and raised in New York City. Morningside Heights [aka ‘White Harlem’]
New York City voted 90% against Donnie.
Carlin also came out for McGovern against Nixon.
Unlike many people, Carlin could adapt and change with the times. Heck, he even did a show on Fox.
Do yourself a favor and read the novels of Ross Thomas. He was a Washington reporter turned crime novelist. All his books have a strong political basis. Two of his best; “The Fools In Town Are On Our Side,” an ex-CIA hot shot is hired to clean up a small Southern city by making it so corrupt even the pimps will vote for reform; “The Porkchoppers,” a nuts and bolts look at a Union election with characters ranging from White House aides and Washington power mongers to factory line workers.
Which begs the question, why fly the Hammer and Sickle at all?
Politics is a game and if you want to win elections you should learn to play it.
Nixon hid his anti-Black agenda behind phrases like ‘safe streets’ and ‘the War on Drugs.’
Do you want to win elections or do you want to lose but be able to boast about how pure your intentions were?
In Soviet Russia opinions value people!