January 2010
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Chomsky: One of the problems with the perspective offered by the Man-Elf coalition is that you have to try so hard to get at the truth of the conflict, at what is really going on; it’s so obscured by their propaganda and relentless militarism. I mean, here we have swords being distributed to the Hobbits by Strider so they can protect themselves against these “evil creatures.”...
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Laura Sjoberg: Thinking about Gender and Foreign... →
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“History, looked at under the surface, in the streets and on the farms, in GI...”
– Howard Zinn, R.I.P. | Mother Jones
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Unrealistic Advice from So-Called "Realist"... →
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To Heal Haiti, Look to History, Not Nature | New... →
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“For Freire, pedagogy is not a method or an a priori technique to be imposed on...”
– Rethinking Education as the Practice of Freedom: Paulo Freire and the Promise of Critical Pedagogy | truthout
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Pearls Before Swine
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“Animals, on the other hand, must be treated as well rounded, complex characters....”
– How to Write about Africa | Granta Magazine
Via Denise.
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29 Tips for Bad Writing on Afghanistan | Ghosts of... →
#9: Place yourself as a central character in your article. You are Lawrence of Arabia, or perhaps Tintin. You are the intrepid hero of your hopefully non-fictional adventure. Just go with it. People love a good story.