The New Monasticsby Dennis Brutus Tall black-shadowed cypresses slender beside arcaded cloisters:thus were monastic enterprises: now with our new doctrinessecular-consumerist we bend with similar devoutness in service to our modern pantheon – Bretton Woods, its cohort deities – World Bank, IMF, WTO – diligently we recite “We have loved, o lord, the beauty of your [...]
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New Dennis Brutus
Posted in globalization, IMF, International Monetary Fund, Kenya, Nairobi, Nepad, poem, poetry on November 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Sound Bites: Radical Radio
Posted in economy, globalization, liberal humanitarianism, New Scramble for Africa, radio on October 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
‘The Ravaging of Africa, ‘… a four-part radio documentary series about the destructive impact of U.S. imperialism on Africa, featuring voices of African activists interviewed at the 2007 World Social Forum held in Nairobi, Kenya,’ that will not make the World Bank, IMF, African Union or various African governments happy, will be launched this week [...]
NPR on white South African farm workers …
Posted in globalization, H-2A visas, labor exploitation, labor issues, migration, Minnesota, South Africa on October 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
… in the American midwest. Listen here.
The Beautiful Game
Posted in globalization, Laurent duBois, Lilliam Thuram, New York City, The Beautiful Game on September 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Great series of talks by academics) should you find yourself in New York City this fall, including one by the brilliant Laurent duBois on the beautiful game (the only other topic, apart from music and film, where I’ll indulge my personal taste, rather than the expressed focus of this blog). * Click on the image [...]
Good ideas
Posted in globalization, humanitarianism, Missionaries on August 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“Planting trees in Uganda to offset greenhouse-gas emissions in Europe seemed like a good idea – until farmers were evicted from their land to make room for a forest.” Fortune magazine, of all publications, reports. * The picture can be seen, as part of a series, illustrating the article at CNN.com.
Dennis Brutus, ‘the world’s troubadour’
Posted in Books, globalization, poetry, South Africa on July 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The irrepressible South African scholar, activist and poet, Dennis Brutus was recently featured on New York’s Democracy Now! news show.The occasion was the United States Social Forum in Atlanta, and the always frank Brutus had a lot to say about political developments in South Africa. Here’s the relevant segment from the transcript (the interview was [...]
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