Category Archives: revolution

Where Is Tank Man?

June 4, 2019 – 9:19 am

Thirty years ago a lone Chinese protester blocked a line of tanks heading east on Beijing’s Cangan Blvd. June 5, 1989 in front of the Beijing Hotel one days after the Tiananmen massacre. Cameras and videos captured the young man’s defiance of governmental power. Steel versus flesh. After a conversation with the driver of the […]

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$1 Billion For The Common Man

October 19, 2018 – 9:21 pm

Karl Marx co-authored THE COMMUNNIST MANIFESTO with the son of capitalist owning a large English Textile factory owner. Frederich Engels was the funnier of the two and once said, “Money is the only thing that can make a beautiful woman think a bald man isn’t bald.” The co-father of Communism was speaking about the rich. […]

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WHEN FAT MEN FLY Chapter 5 by Peter Nolan Smith

February 28, 2018 – 8:50 pm

After work on Friday I hitchhiked to the Cape Cod. The first ride was to the Sagamore Bridge and the next one got me to Chatham. It was dark by the time arrived in Truro. Linda was happy to see me. Her daughter was shy at first, but after dinner I won her heart by […]

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Mao’s Bird Fetish

October 8, 2017 – 10:24 pm

Chairman Mao has been dead for forty-one years. China’s glittering shopping malls, high-speed trains, ultra-modern skyscrapers, super highways, and expansive airports have transformed the Middle Kingdom into a workers’ paradise. Mao Tse-Tung’s statue overlooks Tiananmen Square with stern serenity. His followers praise him every May Day, but nothing can stop the birds from shitting on […]

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The Chaos of Police

September 2, 2017 – 9:37 am

The confrontation was not created by the police; the confrontation was created by the people who charged the police. Gentlemen, let’s get the thing straight, once and for all. The policeman isn’t there to create disorder; the policeman is there to preserve disorder. Mayor Richard Daley Chicago 1968

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