On Aug 6, 2005, at 6:03 PM, Doug Henwood wrote:
Just added to my radio archive
<http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html>:
August 4, 2005 Periel Aschenbrand, proprietor of BodyAsBillboard.com
and author of The Only Bush I Trust Is My Own, on fashion,
advertising, sex * Michael Yates, author of Why Unions Matter and
associate editor of Monthly Review, on MR, MR's new webzine, and his
post-retirement travels across the USA
I made a rollover image with Doug's face for a link to Michael Yates'
guest appearance on Doug's radio show Behind the News. It's near the
top left corner of <http://mrzine.org>. Move your cursor over Doug's
face, and you'll see Yates' face; and click on it, and you'll get to
listen to Doug's August 4th program. When you see Doug's image,
consider the fact that the picture was taken by Liza in Florence,
Italy, and pause a moment to think about whether life has been fair
to you.
Also on the homepage is Dr. Stephen Philion's excellent article on
the occupation of Iraq (URL: <http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/
philion080805.html>). I'd like to put emphasis on the prefix _Dr._,
as I (as well as many PEN-pals) got to know Steve while he was still
slaving as a grad student, and as you know, it ain't easy to get a
doctorate nowadays (the attrition rate is extraordinary in the
Humanities [and probably also Sociology]: <http://chronicle.com/free/
v50/i19/19a01001.htm>).
As the World Youth Festival began in Venezuela on August 7, I was
able to celebrate it with Chesa Boudin's reflections on a year he
spent in Venezuela: <http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/
boudin070805.html>. Be sure to put requests for the book that he co-
authored (The Venezuelan Revolution: 100 Questions - 100 Answers),
the book that he co-edited (Letters from Young Activists), and the
book that he translated (Understanding the Venezuelan Revolution:
Hugo Chávez Talks to Marta Harnecker) at your school or local libraries.
Derek Seidman's wonderful interview with Baltimore rapper The Son of
Nun <http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/seidman050805.html> is something
new for mrzine.org, not to mention Monthly Review (it comes with
links to some of the Son's most powerful tracks). I'd like to
publish more music reviews, interviews with musicians, etc., so if
you have a band or working with a band (like B.) and want to
publicize it at mrzine.org, contact me.
Yoshie Furuhashi
<http://montages.blogspot.com>
<http://monthlyreview.org>
<http://mrzine.org>
* Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: <http://montages.blogspot.com/2005/07/mahmoud-
ahmadinejads-face.html>; <http://montages.blogspot.com/2005/07/chvez-
congratulates-ahmadinejad.html>; <http://montages.blogspot.com/
2005/06/iranian-working-class-rejects.html>
