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EDDY GET READY, ROCK STEADY!: The Equals, Eddy Grant, and Trump
Most people who are old enough remember the reggae singer Eddy Grant for his popular radio song in 1983 called Electric Avenue.ย ย Fewer know about his earlier seminal London rock combo, the Equals.ย Eddy Grant is ...
Finding Ukraine in the US
I have not been alive, until now, for an invasion of a country in which I personally know dozens of people. I didnโt work or live in Ukraine as an adult; my relation to it resembles ...
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No Standing
Put aside justice, stability and security, the little creature comforts that we all deserve, or finally paying your bills without a knot twisting in your stomachโthen maybe the greatest pleasure in landing a living wage job ...
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Picture This, Shots in the Dark: Billy Monk’s Underworld
Repressive societies, like those ruled by regimes that rely on heavy policing to enforce state policy, have a way of creating unique situations and throwing up special characters. Often, the most interesting people are those who ...
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A Glimpse of Nablus
I probably won’t live long enough to bring into being a film I’ve thought about making in Nablus, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, from the time the Women’s Press sent a preview copy of Palestinian poet ...
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More from the Vault: A Brief Encounter with Orlando Pirates
The following piece appeared in Issue #7 of Hard Crackers Magazine, which can be purchased here. ย I don’t know why I looked round towards our production vehicle. We were in Soweto, in late afternoon sunshine, ...
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More from the Vault: Where Dreams Go To Die
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The following piece appeared in issue #8 of Hard Crackers, which can be purchased here.ย I get to work late and hung over. I rush past the reference desk, past the remaining display of Black History ...
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Indigenous Peoplesโ Day โ Isandlwana, The Mother of All Battles
This particular written project got percolating in my head when one of my co-editors, John Garvey, told me this. ย John recently asked his granddaughter whether she had Columbus Day off from school. ย She corrected ...
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A Few Bad Apples
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Since the George Floyd Rebellion last summer it has become common practice to paint all police officers in the United States with a single brush. The average American used to believe that most cops were just ...
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Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory – Two Short Essays
More Confusion โ No Wonder! By Mike Morgan If there was a board game in which the winner would reveal the official historic and current U.S. position towards most of the Far East peoples and their ...
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