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BOOKS | ‘In the Company of Rebels’
Jonah reviews Chellis Glendinning’s memoir about her friends, lovers, and comrades. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | June 26, 2019 At the very start of her new heartfelt book — In the Company of Rebels: A Generational Memoir … Continue reading
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Tagged Book Review, Books, Chellis Glendinning, Jonah Raskin, Memoir, Rag Bloggers, Sixties Radicals
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STORY | How to cross the border
Raúl has forged hundreds of miles in thin huaraches through 100-degree saguaro desert. By Chellis Glendinning | The Rag Blog | April 15, 2018 “I came to the U.S. because in my ejido in Chihuahua, there isn’t enough money to … Continue reading
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Tagged Chellis Glendinning, Mexican Border, Rag, Rag Bloggers, Undocumented Immigrants
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Psychohistory in the Age of Trump
Comparisons between Nazi Germany and Trump´s U.S.-in-process abound these days. By Chellis Glendinning | The Rag Blog | June 21, 2017 CHUQUISACA, Bolivia — As befits the times, I have been studying Nikolaus Wachsmann´s KL: A History of the Nazi … Continue reading
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Tagged Chellis Glendinning, Donald Trump, Fascism, Nazi Death Camps, Nazi Germany, Psychohistory, Psychology, Rag Bloggers, Trump Presidency
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Los indígenas del Oceti Sakowin
Por Chellis Glendinning | The Rag Blog | 23 de noviembre, 2016 La oposición a un oleoducto La oposición a un oleoducto ha reunido a los pueblos y comunidades indígenas de todas partes de Estados Unidos. Havasupai, del Gran Cañón; … Continue reading
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ESSAY / VIDEO | ‘Mirando el espejo’: A film-poem about roots and memory in Bolivia
Everywhere people are working to keep their cultural identities alive against the brutal but seductive assault of ‘modernismo.’ Mirando el Espejo (english subtitles) Omar Alarcón Poquechoque. Bolivie from Omar Alarcón Poquechoque on Vimeo. By Chellis Glendinning | The Rag Blog … Continue reading
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Tagged Bolivian Poets, Chellis Glendinning, Omar Alarcón Poquechoque, Rag Bloggers, Video
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The third inauguration: Evo Morales and nine years of paradox in Bolivia
‘Evo is a loaf of bread fresh from the oven,’ he said. ‘We’ll find out how it tastes.’ By Chellis Glendinning | The Rag Blog | February 16, 2014 La Paz, 22 January 2006. Evo Morales Ayma was born Aymara … Continue reading
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Celebrating the ‘Grito de Libertad’ in Bolivia
Joining in the patriotic frenzy with Evo Morales, goose-stepping soldiers, lots of white paint… and, oh yes, the marching bands… By Chellis Glendinning | The Rag Blog | June 8, 2014 SUCRE, Bolivia — Independence Day in Sucre was the … Continue reading
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A radical imagination: Dilemmas and desire while reading Pedro Susz
Pedro Susz is like a diamond; he has many facets… ‘Para una filosofía de la insubordinación’ reveals the rare mind that integrates erudition with vision. By Chellis Glendinning | The Rag Blog | February 19, 2014 Pedro Susz is like … Continue reading
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Tagged Anarchism, Books, Buddhism, Chellis Glendinning, Communications, Cornelius Castoriadis, Digital Technology, Elmwood Institute, Internet, Para una filosofía de la insubordinación, Pedro Susz, Phenomenology, Philosophy, Philosophy of Rebellion, Postmodernism, Rag Bloggers, Spirituality, Technology, Television
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Chellis Glendinning : Confessions of an Obituary ‘Aficionada’
Fred Astaire: Bidding adieu. Witness to notable crossings: Confessions of an obituary aficionada Brimming with Mississippi gentility and rousing political arguments, he drew me into the swirl of mad farmers, musicians, historians, sheep herders, and political philosophers who were demanding … Continue reading
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Tagged Chellis Glendinning, Deaths, Fred Astaire, John Ross, Journalism, Rebekah Azen, Richard Grossman, Thomas Naylor
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Chellis Glendinning : In Bolivia, ‘The Repression Strengthened Us!’
Native demonstrators march on La Paz to protest highway construction. Photo from AFP.Letter from Bolivia:‘The repression strengthened us!’ The ragtag band walked day and night in flip-flops, and the hearts of Bolivians went out to them… By Chellis Glendinning | … Continue reading
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Tagged Bolivia, Chellis Glendinning, Evo Morales, Indigenous People, Latin America
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Chellis Glendinning : ‘Decepción’ in Bolivia
Militant ambivalence? A demonstrator holds portraits of President Evo Morales during a protest in La Paz, Bolivia. Photo from Reuters.Evo on the rocks:Decepción in Bolivia By Chellis Glendinning / The Rag Blog / June 16, 2011 COCHABAMBA, Bolivia — A … Continue reading
Chellis Glendinning : The Way We Were
On Memorial Day, May 30, 1969, 30,000 students and Berkeley citizens marched past barricaded People’s Park to protest events of recent days, including the death of James Rector, the blinding of Alan Blanchard, and the many injuries inflicted by police. … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Berkeley, Chellis Glendinning, New Left, People's Park, Sixties
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