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AMERICAN STUDIES

Animal Rights is ALL About Politics!

by arawak Published: May 26, 2014

written by arawak 0 minutes read

MICROEDITORIALS

ROLAND VINCENT
Special Editor, Ecoanimal & Socialism Questions

Except for token measures, expect no real relief from animals from the GOP.

Except for token measures, expect no real relief for animals from the GOP.

Animal Rights is ALL about politics!

Just as slavery was all about politics!

The same political, social, religious and economic issues drove slavery as now drive animal exploitation. Slavery was defended as commanded by God from pulpits across the country. It was defended by Conservatives (then the Democrats) in state legislatures in the North and South. Powerful agricultural interests predicted economic collapse is slavery were to be abolished!

Published: May 26, 2014 0 comments

ANIMAL DEFENDERS

OpEds: The Socialist State v The Animal Holocaust

by arawak Published: May 7, 2014

written by arawak 0 minutes read

By Roland Windsor Vincent
Editor, Eco-Socialism, the Environment, and Animal Rights

Delhi, an elephant rescued from a circus, is finally able to lie down, with a toy.

Delhi, rescued from a circus, enjoys the new life a true sanctuary brings. The chance to lie down and have her first toys in 55 years. [Courtesy: Maureen Adams, The Elephant Sanctuary}

The Animal Rights movement is barely forty years old.
As a political force it is an infant, not yet even able to stagger as a toddler.

Its political sophistication is nearly as infantile.

Published: May 7, 2014 0 comments

ARTS & FILM

Django: Blowing the Pulp Out of Dixie

by TGP STAFF Published: January 12, 2013

written by TGP STAFF 1 minutes read

By Kim Nicolini

Blowing the Pulp Out of Dixie
by KIM NICOLINI

By now, almost everyone who’s reading this has probably either seen Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained and loved or hated it, or feels they don’t need to see it to reach a conclusion. It’s not the sort of film to inspire a mild response. Django Unchained is a blood-soaked and bullet-fueled Spaghetti Western love story that takes on the subject of American slavery by making room for black characters in popular genre films that have predominantly been the territory of whites. Making copious use of the N-word, striking a delicate balance between the use of racial stereotypes and their dismantling, and exploding with blood, humor, violence, and pulp, Tarantino’s latest provocation, a worthy successor to the alternate history of Inglorious Basterds, leaves audiences unsure what to make of it, even as they cheer for its black hero.

Published: January 12, 2013 2 comments