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Impeaching Politics Past, William Greider

Joe Costello

Joe Costello

13 Dec 2023
Impeaching Politics Past, William Greider

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Politics of the Screen

"The new electric galaxy of events has already moved deeply into the Gutenberg galaxy. Even without collision, such coexistence of technologies and awareness brings trauma and tension to every living person. Our most ordinary and conventional attitudes seem suddenly twisted into gargoyles and grotesques. Familiar institutions and associations seem

By Joe Costello 14 Sep 2025

Roman Republics

Manhattan's sinking like a rock Into the filthy Hudson, what a shock They wrote a book about it Said it was like Ancient Rome The perfume burns his eyes Pulls him tightly to her thighs Something flickered for a minute Then it vanished and was gone Life in

By Joe Costello 11 Sep 2025

21st Century Democracy

Well, what can you say really? With another “Executive Order,” remember, the Dems love using them too, the president claims to change the name of the Defense Department back to the old “War Department.” Defense was always a sad euphemism. War was always much more accurate, but the old republic

By Joe Costello 08 Sep 2025

Ecology, Nukes, & Information

SUBSCRIBE My politics were founded long ago on a concern for apes – orange, black, brown, or silver haired, and the largely hairless and excessively chattering ones. Conserving ecological systems untouched or least touched by man were the most radical politics of the 20th century and remain so in the 21st.

By Joe Costello 05 Sep 2025
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