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August 10, 2009
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Note from the Editors: There's that sinking feeling of déjà vu, back to the
waning months of the G. W. Bush presidency when he talked and talked and
talked up the economy, desperately trying to keep it afloat so that it
wouldn't sink on his watch and leave a dark stain on his shiny legacy. Fast
forward to today and the talk that "the worst may be behind us." And
yet...who will hire all the unemployed; who can afford the empty houses and
the mortgages that the banks won't finance; how can consumers be enticed back
to the table, when all along they've sated their appetite with debt? Resident
economist Gilles d'Aymery unravels the Recovery spin and debunks the Cash for
Clunkers environmental boondoggle, but not before peddling the latest edition
of the *Canyon Country Zephyr* and just prior to his nostalgic return to
1969. Another American myth of recent interest came in the form of Professor
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Femi Akomolafe reports from Ghana on a side of
Professor Gates that is omitted from the mainstream media's racial-profiling
story.
For a few global perspectives on patterns not connected in the MSM we offer
Michael Barker's critique of the racist fixation on overpopulation and
Charles Pearson's condemnation of the worldwide arms trade and the Robber
Class. Martin Murie continues his coverage of Tiziano Terzani's *Letters
Against The War,* reflecting on the apropos 2001 letter from Quetta,
Pakistan; while Don Durivan looks at the failure of the 2009 Pakistan Swat
peace accord and the potential repercussions, virtually ignored in the
Western press. We are then rejoined by Femi Akomolafe, whose country's
elected officials continue down a path of corruption while doing nothing to
improve the living standards of their impoverished constituents.
On a more humorous note, Art Shay introduces us, complete with photos, to his
eclectic friend whom you won't find in the mainstream but rather burrowed in
the desert among the wildlife -- racquetball champ and author Steve Keeley.
We then follow Peter Byrne through two tales of the Italian port of Bari and
the fisherman Angelo who touched his life, and return to Chicago with Isidor
Saslav, who considers whether 2009 will be the year for another smash hit
musical of a George Bernard Shaw play, such as Charles Marowitz's adaptation
of *The Admirable Bashville.* Marowitz weighs in on a related subject, the
musical genius that flowed from Hollywood in the otherwise dreary 1950s.
Finally, we visit the poetry corner occupied by the haiku of Guido Monte and
the longings of Michael Eddins before closing with your letters, with Peter
Byrne's report on the alleged Islamic takeover of Western Europe and more
from Michael Barker on the elites behind Nonviolence International.
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http://www.swans.com/library/art15/desk088.html
Blips #88 - From the Martian Desk - Gilles d'Aymery
http://www.swans.com/library/art15/femia16.html
Professor Henry Gates Got His Comeuppance - Femi Akomolafe
http://www.swans.com/library/art15/barker28.html
Environmental Populationism, A Dangerous Obsession - Michael Barker
http://www.swans.com/library/art15/cpears04.html
Babies, Arms Fairs, And Voices Of Reason - Charles Pearson
http://www.swans.com/library/art15/murie76.html
From Quetta With A Computer - Martin Murie
http://www.swans.com/library/art15/dduriv02.html
The Pakistan Swat Peace Accord: Its Failure And Implications - Don L. Durivan
http://www.swans.com/library/art15/femia15.html
Ghana Politics: It's Our Turn To Eat - Femi Akomolafe
http://www.swans.com/library/art15/ashay12.html
On Burrowed Time - Art Shay, with Steve Keeley
http://www.swans.com/library/art15/pbyrne105.html
Curtainless In Sulfur City - Peter Byrne
http://www.swans.com/library/art15/pbyrne106.html
No Red Carpet To Sulfur City - Peter Byrne
http://www.swans.com/library/art15/saslav13.html
Shaw In Chicago Again - Isidor Saslav
http://www.swans.com/library/art15/cmarow144.html
Singin' In The Rain - Book Review by Charles Marowitz
http://www.swans.com/library/art15/gmonte73.html
Haiku n.4 - Multilingual Poetry by Guido Monte
http://www.swans.com/library/art15/eddins06.html
Beautiful Stranger - Poetry by Michael Eddins
http://www.swans.com/library/art15/letter171.html
Letters to the Editor
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