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Zirin: "Well, There You Go": Imus the Bigot Is Back
Znet Article, June, 27 2008
Dave Zirin
Zirin's ZSpace page
Is Don Imus irredeemably stupid or just a run-of-the-mill racist? Perhaps the answer is both. On Monday, Imus's sports sidekick, Warner Wolf, was going over the incredibly long arrest history of football star Adam "Pacman" Jones and Imus just coul...
Billet: The Struggle of Rebel Diaz
Znet Article, June, 26 2008
Alexander Billet
Billet's ZSpace page
We live in a society that makes scapegoats of people: immigrants, women, people of color, gays and lesbians or anyone else who can be conveniently labeled "the other." We also live in a society where anyone who questions such labels, from activist...
Jensen: Fear and hope on the runaway train: A review of Eliza Gilkyson’s “Beautiful World”
Znet Article, June, 25 2008
Robert Jensen
Jensen's ZSpace page
This really isn’t a music review because I don’t know anything about music. I’m the guy they put in the back row of the choir with instructions to mouth the words as quietly as possible. I learned three guitar chords once; I remember two of them.
Zirin: The Over Exposure of Danica Patrick
Znet Article, June, 17 2008
Dave Zirin
Zirin's ZSpace page
It has been quite a year for Danica Patrick. She became the first woman to win an Indy Car race, coming in first at the Indy Japan 300 on April 20. She also became the first race care driver to pose for the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue.
Zirin: Can Soccer Stop the Violence?
Znet Article, June, 10 2008
Dave Zirin
Zirin's ZSpace page
The Boston Celtics have adopted the South African word ubuntu as a team slogan this season. It means unity, interconnectedness and literally, "we are who we are through others." There is a terrible irony that ubuntu is currently being embraced in ...
Billet: Tellin' It How It Is: Hip-Hop Stands Up For Sean Bell
Commentary, June, 08 2008
Alexander Billet
Billet's ZSpace page
"With the Sean Bell situation, New York is basically saying 'fuck niggas.'" Who in their right minds can honestly disagree with these words, bluntly stated by rapper/producer/activist David Banner? The April 25th aquittal of three New York City ...
Billet: The Groundbreaking Beat of Bo Diddley
Znet Article, June, 05 2008
Alexander Billet
Billet's ZSpace page
Bo Diddley was known for many things; his rectangular home-made guitars, his dark sunglasses, the energetic performances he was able to conduct even when age and diabetes dictated he do so sitting down. Diddley was much more than a unique performe...
Engelhardt: Presidential Bloodlust
Znet Article, June, 02 2008
Tom Engelhardt
Engelhardt's ZSpace page
General Ricardo Sanchez got next to no attention for a presidential outburst he recorded in his memoir, Wiser in Battle: A Soldier's Story, so bloodthirsty and cartoonish that it should have caught the attention of the nation.
Zirin: 'Like He Died Twice': Mary Tillman's Lonesome Road
Znet Article, June, 02 2008
Dave Zirin
Zirin's ZSpace page
Mary Tillman and her very private family are determined to go through whatever walls are in front of them, in a lonely quest for the truth...
Goodman: Utah Phillips Has Left the Stage
Znet Article, May, 30 2008
Amy Goodman
Goodman's ZSpace page
“Utah” Phillips died this week at the age of 73. He was a musician, labor organizer, peace activist and co-founder of his local homeless shelter. He also was an archivist, a historian and a traveler, playing guitar and singing almost forgotten son...
Raina: Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul
Znet Article, May, 30 2008
Badri Raina
Raina's ZSpace page
Like a long line of painters through human history, Husain has often painted the nude. Painters we are told seek to penetrate beyond man-made encumbrances to celebrate how god made the world in the first place. Far, then, from being a lascivious...
Goodman: The “Golden Voice of the Great Southwest”: Legendary Folk Musician, Activist Utah Phillips, 1935-2008
Audio, May, 28 2008
Amy Goodman
Goodman's ZSpace page
Utah in his own words.
Arnove: War, Inc.
Commentary, May, 20 2008
Anthony Arnove
Arnove's ZSpace page
In the Orwellian world of U.S. politics, often it takes artists to say the truth that otherwise can’t be said — or heard.
Zirin: There’s No Place Like Home: Refocusing Olympic Protest
Znet Article, May, 05 2008
Dave Zirin
Zirin's ZSpace page
Canadian Olympic Committee president Dick Pound made crystal clear to the Canadian Olympians, "If it is so tough for you that you can't bear not to say anything, then stay at home." USA basketball and Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said, "None of thes...
Bacon: Hollywood Comes to Blows with Upton Sinclair
Zmag Article, May, 01 2008
David Bacon
Bacon's ZSpace page
Writing us out of a movie made from "Oil!" expropriated one of the most important works of our history.
Billet: Rebel Music
Znet Article, May, 01 2008
Alexander Billet
Billet's ZSpace page
Today the National Front is a shadow of its former self. However, the threat of racist scapegoating at the ballot box is far from over...
Szczepanczyk: The Forthcoming DTV Tsunami
Znet Article, April, 27 2008
Mitchell Szczepanczyk
Szczepanczyk's ZSpace page
On Wednesday, February 18, 2009, all analog over-the-air TV broadcasting in the United States ceases, and will be replaced with an all-digital broadcasting setup. The ostensible reason for this conversion to digital television (DTV) is to improve ...
Ireland: Massimo Consoli, An Italian Giant, Dies
Znet Article, April, 27 2008
Doug Ireland
Ireland's ZSpace page
Massimo Consoli, known as the father of the Italian gay movement, died on Sunday, November 4, at the age of 61 after a long battle against cancer.
Zirin: Indicted! Barry Bonds Busted by a Broken System
Znet Article, April, 27 2008
Dave Zirin
Zirin's ZSpace page
Barry Lamar Bonds faces thirty years in prison because the Department of Justice is a corroded husk of political decay. The baseball Home Run King has now been officially indicted on perjury and obstruction of justice charges and it only took thre...
Ireland: From Peter Cameron's Pen, A Classic Is Born
Znet Article, April, 25 2008
Doug Ireland
Ireland's ZSpace page
Peter Cameron is without question one of the finest contemporary American gay writers -- yet his name is hardly a gay household world. If there is justice in this world, that will change with his enthralling new novel, "Someday This Pain Will Be U...
