Swans Commentary
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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
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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.
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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
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