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Reds – train station scene
In the West there was panic when the migrants multiplied on the highways. Men of property were terrified for their property. Men who had never been hungry saw the eyes of the hungry. Men who had never wanted anything very much saw the flare of want in the eyes of the migrants. And the men of the towns and of the soft suburban country gathered to defend themselves; and they reassured themselves that they were good and the invaders bad, as a man must do before he fights.
De Nobel a Nobel
October 13, 2025
Te envío el saludo de Paz y Bien que tanto necesita la humanidad y los pueblos que viven en la pobreza, conflictos, guerras y hambre. Esta carta abierta es para expresarte y compartir algunas reflexiones.
Me sorprendió tu designación como Premio Nobel de la Paz que te otorgó el Comité Nobel. Me vinieron a la memoria las luchas contra las dictaduras en el continente y en mi país, dictaduras militares que soportamos desde 1976 hasta 1983. Resistimos las cárceles, torturas y el exilio con miles de desaparecidos, niños secuestrados y desaparecidos y los vuelos de la muerte de los cuales soy un sobreviviente.
... full articleThere are many lessons to be learned from refugees and migrants that can contribute to the understanding needed to navigate the global tectonics to bring people together, not drive them into flight.
Woody Allen Remembers Diane Keaton
October 12, 2025
It’s grammatically incorrect to say “most unique,” but all rules of grammar, and I guess anything else, are suspended when talking about Diane Keaton. Unlike anyone the planet has experienced or is unlikely to ever see again, her face and laugh illuminated any space she entered.
I first laid eyes on her lanky beauty at an audition and thought, If Huckleberry Finn was a gorgeous young woman, he’d be Keaton. Fresh out of Orange County, she flew to Manhattan to act, got a job as a coat check girl, and was hired for a small part in the musical Hair, in which she eventually had the lead.
... full articleActs of brutality committed by the ruling elite and systematic oppression of the weak stain every era of civilization. Ethnic wars and religious cleansing still exist in the twenty-first century. Just as insidious as state sponsored murder is the escalating economic expansion that destroys the habitat and displaces indigenous tribes’ way of life under the false moniker of economic and social progress.
Growing number of US veterans face arrest over Ice raid protests
October 13, 2025
US military veterans increasingly face arrest and injury amid protests over Donald Trump’s deportation campaign and his push to deploy national guard members to an ever-widening number of American cities.
The Guardian has identified eight instances where military veterans have been prosecuted or sought damages after being detained by federal agents.
The latest incident occurred in Broadview, outside Chicago, where 70-year old air force veteran Dana Briggs was charged with felony assault on a federal officer on 29 September.
... full articleI know how men in exile feed on dreams.