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El Fuego en La Moneda: Remembering Chile

Friday, September 11th, 2009

ON SEPTEMBER ELEVEN, I cannot help but think of violence and tyranny for various reasons. Of course there is the obvious violence that tore apart Manhattan in 2001 and infected our reasoning and society with febrile veins of fear. But then, there are other tyrannies that found the date of September 11 a comfortable roost.

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Victor Jara and Che Guevara

Thursday, December 4th, 2008

HISTORY REVEALS PATTERNS and patterns reveal truths. Truth is not always beautiful. Sometimes it is very brutal and bloody, like freedom. Freedom is a time for music and so is war. A revolutionary hand can strum a guitar or wield a machete. Or both.