Are We not Men? We Are Devo!” Robinson Jeffers and the Social and Biological Devolution of Humanity

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“Are We Not Men? We Are Devo!”  Robinson Jeffers and the Social and Biological Devolution of Humanity           Because Robinson Jeffers’ physical body has not been with us for a long time, one may assume that he has little of a specific nature to tell us about society in the year 2006.  But Jeffers’ world […]

Emiliano Zapata.

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                               EMILIANO ZAPATA: HERO IN HISTORY AND ART My good friend Jim Baird wrote this essay as a contribution to this web site. It all started one day several months ago when I asked him what his favorite movie was. The answer: Viva Zapata! And no hesitation. I didn’t know it then, but none other […]

Sacco and Vanzetti

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Sacco and Vanzetti were Italian immigrants accused of being part of a gang of bandits who murdered two guards during a payroll robbery in South Braintree, Massachusetts on April 15, 1920.  Nicola Sacco (1891-1927) and Bartolomeo Vanzetti (1888-1927) were anarchists devoted to the overthrow of not just the United States government but all other forms […]