> Swans Commentary > http://www.swans.com/ > November 2, 2009 > > FUNDRAISING TIME: As a reader-supported publication we are totally dependent > on the solidarity and generosity of our readers. Quite a few have often asked > us to get a PayPal account. Well, we finally did. So, you can use PayPal or > send us a check or some cash. We need to raise $3,000, without which we won't > be able to continue to bring to you and the larger community this cogent bi- > weekly magazine. Please, Donate now! -- > http://www.swans.com/about/donate.html > > @ @ @ @ @ > > Note from the Editors: *Quand vous êtes dans le ventre de la bête, vous > devez manger ce que la bête se nourri* (when you are in the belly of the > beast, you must eat the beast's food), as a Swans reader and would-be donor > recently told Editor Gilles d'Aymery, who has long resisted utilizing > capitalist tools such as PayPal to raise funds for a publication that rails > against capitalism. With principles aplenty yet finances a-dwindling, Aymery > explains why we finally succumbed...so if you're a PayPal devotee, bring it > on! It's only appropriate, then, to read Michael Doliner's excellent primer > on why capitalism relies on infinite expansion for its survival, which > automatically leads to imperialism. Charles Pearson reports from England on > hypocrisy, the controversy over the BBC and the British National Party, and > the potential gains for the pro-capitalist mainstream parties; while Femi > Akomolafe posits an African perspective on hypocrisy, in which Western > imperialists arrogate to themselves the right to be the accuser, the > prosecutor, the judge, and the enforcer. Michael Barker analyzes the > population myth and the shortcomings of George Monbiot, who promotes > capitalist solutions for problems stemming from capitalist growth > imperatives. Capitalist inequalities lead Charles Marowitz to ask when, in > the course of current human events, Americans will be impelled to dissolve > the political powers-that-be and declare a Jeffersonian separation, and > activist Martin Murie consults the dead, from Homer to Hector, to consider > American empire's global strategy. > > Meanwhile, back at the ranch, we watch in horror as health care reform for > the People metamorphoses into a bonanza for the insurance corporations, with > Medicare having taken Iraq's place in the axis of evil. Yet, thanks to > Medicare Art Shay lived to describe, in true Art Shay form (and with photos), > his recent diverticulitis scare and accompanying personal metamorphosis. More > gems follow from Peter Byrne, who chronicles his recent East Coast tour off > the beaten path and the pages of the tourist guides, and Steve Shay, who pens > a humorous handbook to help Seattle newcomers navigate the complex web of > neighborhoods and avoid the ultimate faux pas. Raju Peddada is tackling the > classics, starting with an analysis of Giovanni Boccaccio's *The Decameron,* > and Jeffery Klaehn's short story tells of a near death experience that turns > into the renewal of an unrequited love. Finally, we close with the > multilingual prose of Guido Monte, the poetry of Jay Tripathi, and a > multitude of your letters. > > As always, please form your OWN opinion, and let your friends (and foes) know > about Swans. It's your voice that makes ours grow. > > # # # # # > > http://www.swans.com/library/art15/ga275.html > Succumbing To PayPal - Gilles d'Aymery > > http://www.swans.com/library/art15/mdolin47.html > Orwell's Epiphany - Michael Doliner > > http://www.swans.com/library/art15/cpears05.html > Rival Jingoists - Charles Pearson > > http://www.swans.com/library/art15/femia22.html > Hypocrisy As Way Of Life! - Femi Akomolafe > > http://www.swans.com/library/art15/barker34.html > George Monbiot And The Persistence Of The Population Myth - Michael Barker > > http://www.swans.com/library/art15/cmarow150.html > "Comes The Revolution?" - Charles Marowitz > > http://www.swans.com/library/art15/ashay16.html > My Medicare Diverticulosis Metamorphosis - Art Shay > > http://www.swans.com/library/art15/pbyrne112.html > Wandering: NYC, Chicago, Albany - Peter Byrne > > http://www.swans.com/library/art15/murie82.html > What Have We Learned? - Martin Murie > > http://www.swans.com/library/art15/sshay02.html > "Web Design" - Steve Shay > > http://www.swans.com/library/art15/rajup22.html > The Monuments Of Civilization: Analysis Of Classics - Raju Peddada > > http://www.swans.com/library/art15/klaehn06.html > We'll See Each Other Again - Short Story by Jeffery Klaehn > > http://www.swans.com/library/art15/gmonte78.html > Bough And Leaves - Multilingual Poetry by Guido Monte > > http://www.swans.com/library/art15/tripathi01.html > Soul Dead - Poem by Jay Tripathi > > http://www.swans.com/library/art15/letter177.html > Letters to the Editor > > # # # # # > > Swans (aka Swans Commentary), ISSN: 1554-4915, is a bi-weekly non- commercial > ad-free Web-only magazine which provides original content to its readers. 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