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The Water Club

The Water Club

Bill Carney

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During college and for a couple years after, I worked at a Manhattan restaurant as a valet car parker. There is not a lot of valet car parking in Manhattan, but they had it at the Water Club, where we dubbed ourselves โ€œNew Yorkโ€™s First Valet Corps,โ€ in no small part because there werenโ€™t many/any other rival valet groups. This was a trend that would continue in my life later when I was in NYCโ€™s โ€œmost powerful jug bandโ€ and โ€œBrooklynโ€™s Greatest French rock band.โ€
William Carlos Williams: Poet of the Left

William Carlos Williams: Poet of the Left

Ciarรกn Oโ€™Rourke

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Often presented by literary critics as a liberal with paternalistic instincts towards the working poor, poet William Carlos Williams was in fact one of the most exuberantly left-wing poets of his generation.

Berlin as a Community Space vs. Berlin as a Business: A Discussion with Jolene Saint

Jarrod Shanahan

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Late last year, Chicagoโ€™s beloved queer nightspot Berlin closed its doors amid a controversial union drive. I was first drawn to this editorial in the Chicago Tribune by a prominent photo of my friend Marten Katze, dismayed to find, however, that this powerful image image was appended to a childish anti-worker screed. I decided to speak with a Berlin union organizer and get the workersโ€™ side of the story.ย 
On Political Reppresion

On Political Repression: A Hard Crackers Discussion with Michael Deutsch

Michael Deutsch is an experienced human rights attorney in the U.S., perhaps one of the most veteran and well-informed lawyers at that extremely difficult craft in this country. ย Michael graciously allowed us at Hard Crackers to pick his brains and share some of his experiences with us.