Blog Entry The enlightened man cannot be enslaved (tags)
The Rebel challenges us to be courageous enough to take responsibility for who we are and to live our truth.
when supporting Palestinians & Gaza - is it necessary to have a "bad guys /gals" to condem, accuse, hate, and humiliate ? Cant these "news" writers with strong opinions just support their cause without needing an evil enemy to make themselves appear "holier than them" all the time? What is wrong here ?
Leonardo Boff: Eternal Rebel and Liberation Theologian (tags)
Francis called all beings and living organisms brothers and sisters.. Francis lived hundreds of years ago but may be more current than many people nowadays. He is a new person and we are old in the sense of this ecological attitude.
L.A. Times Bans 'Resistance Fighters' Term (tags)
Repost from the Reuters wire:
The California Department of Transportation is apparently conducting surveillance along certain highways. CA DOT is contacting motorists with a letter asking them if they were at a certain route at a certain time, and then asking them to answer a survey.
I pulled this from the NY-IMC, and though I think Zizek has issues as well, i really enjoyed reading this little critique of Chomsky. His cult of personality is a little much. I really enjoyed another theory book called- The End of Education by William Spanos. Writen by a much less known theorist (another reason to dislike zizek and Chomsky) this book goes into detail about some of what zizek says-while talking about 60s political movements and their "failure of the radical moment."