Hurray for the Bohemians, the Beats and City Lights
Rexroth was a pacifist who thought of himself as a “philosophical anarchist.” After moving to San Francisco, he hung out with the anarchist community in North Beach and hawked anarchist periodicals at the City Lights Bookstore. He was a conscientious objector during the Second World War. He is considered the Father of the Beats.
I watched an episode of “The Men Who Built America” on the Biography Channel the other day. It first aired in 2012. I remember my husband telling me about it in 2012. He told me that Trump provided commentary throughout the series. At that point I was so disgusted with Trump that I didn’t want to know about the series. After his buffoonery in relation to The Central Park 5 & Obama’s birth certificate, along with a million other transgressions, I was so done with him. I started watching this particular episode after it began so I thought it was a biography of Thomas Edison because they were talking about several of his inventions and then the relationship between Edison and Tesla. It portrays the ruthless competition between J.P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, J.D. Rockefeller and Vanderbilt “to propel the United States to prosperity” (on the backs of men, women and children living in abject poverty). It was very hard to watch. These four men (and their minions) treated their workers like dirt or worse. The working conditions were dangerous with very long hours and very little compensation. Every time the workers tried to improve their working conditions they were met with crushing violence and even more oppression. Their ability to vote was also closely watched (sound familiar?). Trump is labeled as a “Real Estate Mogul” (I wonder who came up with that?). If you want to understand what makes Trump tick, some of the answers are in this series. He seems to have tried to create himself in their image. I definitely see the “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” mentality that I often hear from heartless Republicans in this documentary. That mentality ignores the fact that many people are born without bootstraps in the first place.
My favorite Anarchist, Edward Abbey is also in the Anarchist Library. A short read on Abbey’s thesis.
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/edward-abbey-theory-of-anarchy
Hurray for the Bohemians, the Beats and City Lights
Rexroth was a pacifist who thought of himself as a “philosophical anarchist.” After moving to San Francisco, he hung out with the anarchist community in North Beach and hawked anarchist periodicals at the City Lights Bookstore. He was a conscientious objector during the Second World War. He is considered the Father of the Beats.
I watched an episode of “The Men Who Built America” on the Biography Channel the other day. It first aired in 2012. I remember my husband telling me about it in 2012. He told me that Trump provided commentary throughout the series. At that point I was so disgusted with Trump that I didn’t want to know about the series. After his buffoonery in relation to The Central Park 5 & Obama’s birth certificate, along with a million other transgressions, I was so done with him. I started watching this particular episode after it began so I thought it was a biography of Thomas Edison because they were talking about several of his inventions and then the relationship between Edison and Tesla. It portrays the ruthless competition between J.P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, J.D. Rockefeller and Vanderbilt “to propel the United States to prosperity” (on the backs of men, women and children living in abject poverty). It was very hard to watch. These four men (and their minions) treated their workers like dirt or worse. The working conditions were dangerous with very long hours and very little compensation. Every time the workers tried to improve their working conditions they were met with crushing violence and even more oppression. Their ability to vote was also closely watched (sound familiar?). Trump is labeled as a “Real Estate Mogul” (I wonder who came up with that?). If you want to understand what makes Trump tick, some of the answers are in this series. He seems to have tried to create himself in their image. I definitely see the “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” mentality that I often hear from heartless Republicans in this documentary. That mentality ignores the fact that many people are born without bootstraps in the first place.
Meanwhile as humans sell destruct in the race for Hegemony, i finish my reading of
The 100 Year Marathon by Pillsbury.
Are we truly an evolving species? Surely doesn't seem like it when one reads this today.
Sent my mind spinning to the Wobblies of the IWW ... Our political systems produced a weird eagle that tries to fly on two right-wings
Ah yes the Bidet.
I prefer one ply
Disintegrating papel