Eric Kingโs Ethics of Revolt
โThese jellyfish deserve no respect,โ writes Eric King, โand you wonโt give them any. You know they will hold you down seven-on-one and have a party while they beat you up. You know that your possessions will be destroyed. That your skin will be burned, that your body will be broken. It doesnโt matter at …
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Truths and Conspiracies
I confess that when I read a couple of analyses of the shooting at the White House Correspondentsโ Dinner that claimed it was a setup by Trump that I was tempted. I re-posted one account on my Facebook page. The coincidencesโthe lack of security in the hotel, the decision to withhold the name of the …
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Kneecap: The North of Ireland’s New Radical Voices
Disclaimer: This article talks about Northern Ireland (NI), the movie Kneecap, and the hip-hop group of the same name. I am an American who lived in Belfast for a short time and researched NI but I am not an expert or scholar. Kneecap, the hip-hop group from Belfast, Northern Ireland (NI),[1] are engaging in the …
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The Delivery Man
The unremarkable office, home to two ancient wooden desks, collapsing file cabinet and ever-present aroma of oil emanating from the uniforms worn by Glenn Ray and his two employees, looked out over two weathered fuel delivery trucks parked in the gravel parking lot. Each one, rusty red and blue, covered in dust and grime, carried …
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Three Poems
Brown Fields One by one by one, they take The hollow factories down. It gives The sons of sons of sons Of workers work to do. They donโt Just blast or bash the buildings all to pieces: The job is difficult and careful. First, the guts come out, and then The skin comes off, sheet-metal …
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Call for submissions
Weโre looking for stories that cut through the noise โ from people living the contradictions of this moment: layoffs and rent hikes, ICE raids and border patrol crackdowns, automation, strikes and small acts of defiance, survival and solidarity. If youโve seen or lived something that speaks to how working-class people make sense of these times, …
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From the Archives
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 Month books that Eleanor is replacing with a โqueer movements in the 80sโ theme. Clocking in, I say hi …
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Three barbers working furiously… and a fourth murdered
It has become a tradition in Chicago for black barbers to give free haircuts to neighborhood schoolboys during the last days before school commences. (Chicago Public Schools open Tuesday.) I walked by the neighborhood barber shop directly south at about 7 PM last night. The shop was absolutely packed with children. A mother was guiding …