Yesterday David posted a message on our group board asking us to consider joining the Facebook protest group against Facebook. Well, things move pretty fast in cyberspace. This last night on the Times;Facebook prodded into privacy U-turn A Facebook spokesman said: “Facebook is listening to feedback from its users and committed to evolving Beacon so [...]
“With five weeks to go until the first contest of the 2008 nominating season, the Republican candidates engaged in a free-for-all, trying to differentiate their views on immigration, the Iraq war, abortion, gun control and even whether they believed every word in the Bible was true.Unlike previous debates in which the candidates focused most of [...]
from TPM “It looks like Mike Huckabee is starting to catch on with a lot of conservative voters. A new poll from Republican firm Insider Advantage shows Huckabee now taking a strong second against Rudy Giuliani Florida. As for the other Southern conservative in the race, Fred Thompson, it’s not going so well. The numbers: [...]
As many of you know, my current areas of research have dealt with contemporary political movements with an emphasis on progressive and populist activism. I’ve been exploring the online political left and its challenge to neo-liberalism within the Democratic party. “Progressive” has become the preferred label of the New New Left as it both references [...]
Tagged Internet, Patriotism, Politics, Progressivism (neo)click for larger image UPDATE: I just came across this new ad for Hummer. see below HOPE: HUMMER OWNERS PREPARED FOR EMERGENCIES I think this ad is what makes the above caption so ironic. Back in Texas, virtually every Hummer had/has one of those ubiquitous “W” bumper stickers on the back. The SUV has become [...]
Tagged Humor, SemioticsReading from their work and discussing the question “What is an American in the twenty-first century?” Thursday 6 December, 13-16, 22.0.11 JUNOT DÌAZ was born in the Dominican Republic and moved to New Jersey at the age of six. He published his debut collection of short stories, Drown, in 1997; the volume became a bestseller [...]
Tagged Conferences and SeminarsThis year I’ll be celebrating my first ever Thanksgiving outside the US. I think I’ve been outside the US on this date at least 6 or 7 times just never “celebrated.” Many students and faculty will be meeting on campus Thursday for our 1st (hopefully annual) Thanksgiving potluck dinner. On Sunday, my wife and I, [...]
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aspeers: emerging voices in american studies calls for submissions by 1. December 2007 aspeers is a new, annual, peer reviewed journal for young American Studies scholars in Europe. It is a platform for the best work done by American Studies graduate students below the PhD-level. It aims to foster academic exchange among young Americanists across [...]
Tagged Call for papersThe Revolution Will Not Be Televised” is a poem by Gil Scott-Heron, a Chicago native, son of Jamaican footballer Gil Heron, who was one of the first black professionals to play in the UK. His poem has influenced countless artists and been sampled, covered, and reworked by groups like; The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, The [...]
Tagged Music, Music Cafe, Popular Culture, Race and Ethnicity