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Varkie (Piglet)
Varkie hailed from Kuruman, in the arid Great Karoo on the Ghaap Plateau.ย Before he was drafted into the army, Varkie was hired by the South African Railways (SAR), the government owned institution that ensured employment ...
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Death of an Anarchist
On May 13 Peter Ventantonio, better known as Jack Terricloth, frontman of the World/Inferno Friendship Society, passed away at the age of 50. Few others in the history of the genre so seamlessly and sincerely combined ...
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Remembering Bobby Sands on the 40th Anniversary of His Death
May 5th marked 40 years since Bobby Sands (Roibeรกrd ร Seachnasaigh) was murdered by the British State. Sands was a Volunteer within the Provisional IRA and once he was imprisoned became the officer commanding for the ...
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Vee & Me Up In Here
DMX is dead. ย Admittedly, when he blew up in late 1990s, he wasnโt my go to for hip hop, although I did appreciate him. ย He was unapologetically rough. ย He was uncompromisingly raw, despite slick production.ย That ...
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The Last of The Wailers โ A Brief Tribute to Bunny Wailer
Bunny Wailer (Neville OโRiley Livingston) passed away last week.ย Together with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh, he made up the triumvirate that the music world knew as The Wailers.ย He had 73 years and outlived his ...
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Remembering Rush Limbaugh
I listened to a lot of Rush Limbaugh growing up in the 90s in Ohio. Talk radio was the de facto station when my dad was driving the car, and 610 WTVN syndicated Rush, followed by ...
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โNo Condescending Saviors:’ A Personal Tribute to Noel Ignatiev
Hard Crackers founding editor Noel Ignatiev died a year ago today. In his memory, we are running in full this tribute written by a longtime comrade and friend of his. We also plan to publish a ...
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A Short Note on May Stevens
In August of 2018, I posted an articleย titled “The Ordinary/Extraordinary May Stevens” about the life and work of Ms. Stevens. I recently learned that she had died at the age of 95 in December of 2019.ย ...
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Remembering Noel Ignatiev with Jarrod Shanahan
In the next few weeks we will share with our readers some reflections on Noel’s political legacy that have been originally published posthumously by close friends, political collaborators, former students and also by different media outlets. ...
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Rest in Power Noel Ignatiev (1940-2019)
Our hearts are heavy with the loss of our editor-in-chief, friend, and comrade Noel Ignatiev. Noel died on Saturday, November 9th at the age of 78. His passing is a tremendous loss to those fighting for ...
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