My Year End Siege of Angers – the list –the rerun
Last year, at about this time, I tapped away at the list below. In recent days I returned to the question of a new Siege of Angers. I came up with little new and found […]
Racism/White Supremacy
The Glory of Our Food – on the back of farm workers – more from John Oliver
Only the oldest amongst my readers will remember Edward R. Murrow’s 1960 CBS TV report Harvest of Shame (opens CBS channel on YouTube) that reported on migrant farm workers, including scenes from upstate NY and Long […]
A Revisit – book review from 2001 – When Work Disappears- WJ Wilson
Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose. Here is a book review I posted on markorton.com 3.24.2001 When Work Disappears: The World of the New Urban Poor – book review When Work Disappears: The […]
Women’s Equal Pay Day – how to make it obsolete
Today, March 14, 2023 is Equal Pay Day “This date symbolizes how far into the year women must work to earn what men earned in the previous year.” Women have to work a fifth of […]
My Year End Siege of Angers – the list
Yesterday as I was taking a walk up and down Warren St. here in Hudson I realized that I had become actively angry about the state of the US and the world. I walked past […]
“How Structural Racism Works” – Tricia Rose and Samuel Rosen – recently noted
If you are struggling to get your head around how racism works you will probably find it helpful to have a general framework as a guide. This one hour lecture from 2017 features an overview […]