[Pen-l] Swans Release: May 5, 2008

[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>]

http://www.swans.com
May 5, 2008

In this issue:

Note from the Editors:  If you think you've seen and heard enough about
Reverend Jeremiah Wright and Barack Obama, lend us your ear for a moment
because on Swans, you can always count on a different perspective from that
of the mainstream media. Granted, the Reverend Wright sound bites that are
repeated ad nauseam succeed at portraying him as a loon and putting Senator
Obama's judgment in question. However, when his comments are taken in context
-- both of the entire speech/sermon, and in African-American historical
context -- they take on a new meaning. We suggest you study the complete
transcript of his talk and interview at the National Press Club, and then
read Gilles d'Aymery's analysis of this media attack for a unique perspective
that the MSM avoids. Carol Warner Christen's overview of the political
process helps to explain why Obama's potential to change the status quo,
whether real or imagined, is a threat; and it seemed a fitting time to repost
the late Richard Macintosh's excellent essay on democracy...entitled
"Delusion." Taking politics to the Wild West, Martin Murie examines the
battle over the wolf as predator vs. protected species, where a greater
tolerance of our own species is the first order of duty before settling the
matter.

This past week was marked by May Day and the 5th anniversary of Mission
Accomplished -- Jan Baughman lets out a cry for help as she critiques a
typical anti-Iraq editorial that perpetuates the revisionist history of our
so-called noble sacrifices, and she shares a few little-discussed facts about
the world's single largest consumer of oil. Remember the US-led NATO
destruction of Yugoslavia? If not, Michael Pravica's article will educate you
on the consequences of our previous "humanitarian" intervention.

Next it's on to France, where Peter Byrne caught the film that's taken the
country by storm, "Bienvenue chez les Ch'its," and then to Hollywood, where
Charles Marowitz has a critical word or two for all those actors-turned-
trollops for commercial interests and the deterioration of film and
television as an art form. In true form, Mr. Marowitz doesn't mince words.
Finally, we land in Tyler, Texas, where Isidor Saslav attended The Eroica
Trio's performance of Jay Greenberg's Triple Concerto, and we close in Italy
with the haunting poetry of Guido Monte and Francesca Saieva.

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http://www.swans.com/library/art14/ga250.html
Obama's Jeremiads And Wright's Right Rhetoric - Gilles d'Aymery

http://www.swans.com/library/art14/zig096.html
The African-American Religious Experience: Theology & Practice
- Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr.

http://www.swans.com/library/art14/carenc35.html
How Many Connections Does It Take? - Carol Warner Christen

http://www.swans.com/library/art9/rmac14.html
Delusions - Richard Macintosh (Sept. 2003)

http://www.swans.com/library/art14/murie50.html
Wolf - Martin Murie

http://www.swans.com/library/art14/jeb191.html
May Day, M'Aidez - Jan Baughman

http://www.swans.com/library/art14/pravic01.html
Censorship And The Yugoslav Civil Wars - Michael Pravica

http://www.swans.com/library/art14/pbyrne69.html
The Real French Warm Their Hearts - Peter Byrne

http://www.swans.com/library/art14/cmarow106.html
...And Now For A Short Commercial Break - Charles Marowitz

http://www.swans.com/library/art14/saslav07.html
Jay Greenberg: A Korngold For Our Times - Isidor Saslav

http://www.swans.com/library/art14/gmonte43.html
Oltre (Beyond) - Poem by Guido Monte & Francesca Saieva

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