[Pen-l] Swans Release June 29, 2009

[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>]

Swans Commentary http://www.swans.com/ June 29, 2009

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Note from the Editors:   Our apologies for not having anything to say at 
 present about the upheaval in Iran, whose spiritual and political 
leaders  were glad to have their actions overshadowed by the sexual 
shenanigans of  America's spiritual and political leaders, who in turn 
were saved by the  death of Michael Jackson and the mass migration of 
the press corps to...  Neverland. How fitting. We do have a few things 
to say, however, about the  health care crisis in this country, with Jan 
Baughman and Gilles d'Aymery  pondering profitable illnesses and 
pseudo-reform, respectively. We also have  a few words from Martin Murie 
regarding those who contend that war -- another  profit industry -- is 
an inevitable function of the human species. We may one  day address the 
hypocrisy of those conservative leaders caught picking at the  forbidden 
fruit, but for now we'll focus, with the help of Michael Barker, on 
more subtle hypocrisy and the self-defending capitalist would-be saviors 
of  the planet. It's a full plate.

We'll pass for now, since there's plenty in the mainstream media, on the 
 death of the androgynous icon who paved a musical path for African 
Americans - - then sculpted and bleached himself white -- and instead 
look at Moris  Farhi's gender-bending novel, "A Designated Man," which 
Peter Byrne reviews.  Charles Marowitz pens an apropos sonnet for 
seniors bewailing their (highly  profitable) ills, while Guido Monte 
shares his paradoxical haiku. In the  French Corner, Marie Rennard 
reviews the contradictions of French ideals and  policies of 
discrimination using a famous song by Charles Trenet that we  publish in 
both languages; newcomer M. L. Gambié offers a poetic short story;  and 
from Simone Alié-Daram, a poem on the European elections voting day. We 
 close with your letters, on French bread controversies, health care 
reform,  Rappin' Raju, and news from Canada on a nuclear first-strike 
and the  influence of the Jewish Lobby.

As always, please form your OWN opinion, and let your friends (and foes) 
know  about Swans. It's your voice that makes ours grow.

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http://www.swans.com/library/art15/jeb209.html Health Care Profits Of 
Doom - Jan Baughman

http://www.swans.com/library/art15/desk087.html Blips #87 - From the 
Martian Desk - Gilles d'Aymery

http://www.swans.com/library/art15/murie73.html Murder From Above - 
Martin Murie

http://www.swans.com/library/art15/barker23.html Buying The Environment 
To Save Capitalism - Michael Barker

http://www.swans.com/library/art15/pbyrne102.html Gender Bent And 
Bleeding - Book Review by Peter Byrne

http://www.swans.com/library/art15/cmarow141.html Sonnet For Seniors - 
Poem by Charles Marowitz

http://www.swans.com/library/art15/marier33.html Douce France, doux pays 
de mon enfance... - Marie Rennard (FR)

http://www.swans.com/library/art15/xxx134.html Douce France - Charles 
Trenet (FR/EN)

http://www.swans.com/library/art15/gambie01.html La maison du ruisseau - 
Marie-Laetitia Gambié (FR)

http://www.swans.com/library/art15/salie04.html Jour d'élection - Poème 
par Simone Alié-Daram (FR)

http://www.swans.com/library/art15/gmonte70.html Paradox - Multilingual 
Poetry by Guido Monte

http://www.swans.com/library/art15/letter168.htmlLetters to the Editor

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