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April 24, 2020 - Birthday, Politics, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Mumia Abu-Jamal on Life, Death, Politics, and More.

  Happy birthday, Mumia Abu-Jamal! 66, today!   “Elie Wiesel says that the greatest evil in the world is not…

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April 14, 2020 - Birthday, Books, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Fredric Jameson on History, Politics, and More.

  Happy birthday, Fredric Jameson! 86, today! Here are some quotes from the literary critic, philosopher, and political theorist:  …

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March 21, 2020 - Birthday, Books, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Slavoj Žižek on Writing, Words, Fiction, Politics, and More.

  Happy birthday, Slavoj Žižek! 71, today! Here are some quotes from his writing.   “Words are never ‘only words’;…

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March 1, 2020 - Birthday, Books, Politics, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Ralph Ellison on Writing, Art, Life, and More

  Happy birthday, Ralph Ellison! Here are some quotes from his writing.   “The act of writing requires a constant…

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January 18, 2020 - Birthday, Books, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“Bring something incomprehensible into the world!”

  Happy birthday, Gilles Deleuze! Here are some quotes from the writer:   “[T]o write is to struggle and resist;…

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January 15, 2020 - Birthday, Books, Politics, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists…”

  Happy birthday, Martin Luther King, Jr.!   “I knew that I could never again raise my voice against the…

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January 5, 2020 - Birthday, Books, Politics, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“Written words can also sing.”

  Happy birthday, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o! 82, today! Here are some quotes from the writer:   “Words are the food,…

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January 4, 2020 - Birthday, Books, Politics, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“Freedom is creative universality, not utility.”

  Happy birthday, C. L. R. James! Here are some quotes from the historian:   “In politics, all abstract terms…

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December 29, 2019 - Birthday, Books, Politics, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“Boredom is always counter-revolutionary. Always.”

  Happy birthday, Guy Debord! Here are some quotes from the theorist, philosopher, and filmmaker:   “The more you consume,…

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December 7, 2019December 7, 2019 - Birthday, Books, Politics, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“The intellectual tradition is one of servility to power, and if I didn’t betray it, I’d be ashamed of myself.”

  Happy birthday, Noam Chomsky! 91, today! Here are some quotes from the linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, social critic,…

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