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On war

I first wrote about this in a post in November, but am recycling this great letter I found in the Nov-Dec issue of Tikkun magazine — the thoughtful commentary by … Continue reading

25 January, 2007 · 11 Comments

Krishnamurti on War

A question was put to Jiddu Krishnamurti, the Indian-born educator (1895-1986) about what individuals could do about war and crisis in the world. While many individuals are to be admired … Continue reading

19 December, 2006 · 3 Comments

The view from the subaltern: our best hope against fascism

In social theory there is the notion that the view from the margins, from those most repressed, marginalised or oppressed, often offers the most prescient and trenchant insights into the … Continue reading

10 December, 2006 · 3 Comments

More Rumi-nations

I happened upon more great Rumi verse as I was working today, always good to read this great Persian poet. This is a nice allegory for the value of honouring … Continue reading

21 November, 2006 · 2 Comments

Timely Reminders

"Those who crusade, not for God in themselves, but against the devil in others, never succeed in making the world better, but leave it either as it was, or sometimes perceptibly worse than what it was, before the crusade began. By thinking primarily of evil we tend, however excellent our intentions, to create occasions for evil to manifest itself."
-- Aldous Huxley

"The only war that matters is the war against the imagination. All others are subsumed by it."
-- Diane DiPrima, "Rant", from Pieces of a Song.

"It is difficult
to get the news from poems
yet men die miserably every day
for lack
of what is found there"
-- William Carlos Williams, "Asphodel, That Greeny Flower"


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