“Considering, as I did in 1966. Z to be an accusatory book, I also considered the long preface to weaken it. Because it emphasized the subjectivity of Z, which was a j’accuse against the parastate of the Right.” Vassilis Vassilikos Paris February 15, 1991 I had decided to learn more about “Z” and a …
Monthly Archives: June 2023
The Dreyfus Affair Yesterday and Today
“Yet neither racism nor anti-Semitism were born with the Vichy regime. They were there, alive and present under the Third Republic. The Dreyfus affair showed their virulence. The 1930s gave them new momentum through the emergence of intellectuals, parties and newspapers that made them their doctrine.” Speech of President Macron at the at the …
Writing About Russia Again
The Wagner Unit has made news as it appeared headed toward eliminating Putin but falling far short of that objective. The reason is suspicious about why it halted the effort and that makes what happened entirely suspicious to me. I was reading about the threat that the Wagner Unit imposed like everyone else, and I …
It’s Make America Great Time Again in the News
“It’s like he doesn’t fully understand his words. Apologies, but it’s like he is the second king of antisemitism after Hitler.” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine That is about Putin (thinking of Trump) and there will be more later on. With thoughts of the state of our nation, Florida, and NYC among other things, …
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$50 Billion Lawsuit to Cool Off Florida
“At that time (the 1930s) antisemitism was from governments, including our own State Department which made it impossible for Jews to get to the U.S.” Professor Deborah Lipstadt, U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism What happened to Jews (and others) is now happening to immigrants. Hate and discrimination are still actively at …
The Dreyfus and Trump Affairs
According to people in power in France in the 1890s, Alfred Dreyfus’ innocence was fake news. The military provided evidence that it had made up and presented it to courts so that a Jew would be swiftly convicted and removed from France. Dreyfus was sent to die (live out his life) on Devil’s Island off …
Don’t Cook Tonight Get Woke Chicken
It would be a great delight for me to see people eating out and eating woke chicken. This article refers to one of the most famous restaurant chains that has been in the news. Previously it was there because its owner spoke up against gay marriage which has been declared constitutional in our nation and …