(This was written on Saturday night, November 26. Tonight’s results might paint a different canvas, but I am not very good at the prediction business. This is about what has happened so far.) Well, towards the end of week one we’ve seen enough to be proven wrong and sometimes right. And we’ve had enough time […]
The Intersection of African Liberation and Philately in the Life of an Activist
Ken Lawrence is a lifelong American activist and writer, a veteran of the struggle for social justice, equality and liberation. He was an active participant in SNCC (the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee), a member of Facing Reality (the C.L.R. James tendency), an important member of Sojourner Truth Organization, and a contributing editor of Covert Action […]
Kick off
For football (soccer) fans, the big moment is upon us, the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar. Hard Crackers is on the beat, and there should be tons of raw material to write about. Are you familiar with the story about the full brown envelope being secretly tucked into the blazer breast pocket? What is […]
Zoomers Go to Hell
This October marked the release of Hellraiser (2022), a putative reboot of the 1987 horror classic and the eleventh entry into the Hellraiser franchise. It is especially significant for the involvement of creator Clive Barker, who has been absent from Hellraiser films for decades, as their intellectual property owner, Dimension Films, cranked out one direct-to-video […]
Reproductive Freedom Series (Free Downloadable PDF)
A short while ago, Hard Crackers sent an invitation to people who we knew had been active in various reproductive freedom projects over the last fifty years to help us think through the issues and challenges involved in developing an effective radical strategy to secure unrestricted access to abortion for all women. We were very […]
Announcing the Release of Hard Crackers Issue #9
Hard Crackers Magazine Issue #9 is now available. To order copies, please go to the Store section on our website. If you are reading this, you are already on that website. The price is $8 per issue. It is free to prisoners. Regular subscribers will receive a copy in the mail. The theme of this […]