Showing posts with label Spanish Civil War. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Spanish Civil War. Show all posts
Friday, December 19, 2008
John Peterson: The Spanish Revolution 70 Years Later
On November 13, 2008 at Mayday Books in Minneapolis, Graeme and I, attended a forum on the Spanish Civil War. The speakers included this blog team member John Peterson, talking about the Trotskyist position on the war. In addition an anarchist and moderator spoke.
A good movie to see about the Spanish Civil War is Ken Loach's Land and Freedom, based on George Orwell's Homage To Catalonia. In addition Bertolucci's 1900 deals with lessons similar to those of the Spanish Civil War.
RENEGADE EYE
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Happy Thanksgiving/Odds and Ends/Open Thread
OPERA FRIDA KAHLO WITH GRACE ECHAURI
Happy Thanksgiving to all. Christopher Hitchens wrote a brilliant essay in 2005, about Thanksgiving being a great American holiday. It is a holiday not connected to any particular religion. It is a time when a family may be feeding a complete stranger, or neighbor.
Soon I will have a post about the Spanish Civil War, with a Youtube video of John Peterson, who contributes to this blog, talking on that subject. It is the what not to do revolution.
Sean Penn, Douglas Brinkley and Christopher Hitchens interview Hugo Chavez in Venezuela and Raul Castro in Cuba.
The movies to see are Milk***1/2 and Baz Luhrmann's Australia*** with Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman.
Addendum November 30, 2008
See Giles Ji Ungpakorn's report from Thailand. Who but pro dictatorship demonstrators, can camp at an airport?
RENEGADE EYE
Friday, September 07, 2007
New Writer Added To This Blog
John Peterson will be posting stories occasionally on this blog.
John's grandfather fled Spain after the Spanish Civil War and moved to Mexico, where John was raised. He later moved to Fargo, North Dakota and went to college there. He later continued schooling in London, where he became politically active, after meeting Ted Grant, the famous Trotskyist. John founded the Workers Int'l League and is the national chairperson of the Hands Off Venezuela group in the US. He lives currently in the Twin Cities. Peterson is also a percussionist and future mixed martial arts fighter.Renegade Eye
John's grandfather fled Spain after the Spanish Civil War and moved to Mexico, where John was raised. He later moved to Fargo, North Dakota and went to college there. He later continued schooling in London, where he became politically active, after meeting Ted Grant, the famous Trotskyist. John founded the Workers Int'l League and is the national chairperson of the Hands Off Venezuela group in the US. He lives currently in the Twin Cities. Peterson is also a percussionist and future mixed martial arts fighter.Renegade Eye
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