Balint Magyar, a Hungarian scholar of autocracy… isn’t interested in calling Donald Trump a fascist, rather, he sees the president-elect’s appeal in terms of something more primal: “Trump promises that you don’t have to think about other people.”
- M.Gessen NY Times 11-14-24
A phantom political force has been birthed in this election by both Russian and American actors. The ingredients are oligarchical money + psychographic information about individuals + social media delivery systems + a demotivational message.
It’s a force that discourages people from voting and helps explain the 10 million voters gone missing from the last election. We can get ourselves out of this phantom world, but first we need that spark of recognition that tells us where we are.
-Timothy Snyder Substack 11/17/24
In the 1850s, white southern leaders made sure that voters did not have access to news that came from outside the American South, and instead steeped them in white supremacist information. They stopped the mail from carrying abolitionist pamphlets, destroyed presses of antislavery newspapers, and drove antislavery southerners out of their region.
-Heather Cox Richardson Substack 11/8/24
The Two TREASURES
2024
HOW DOES IT FEEL?
2024
Henri
cartier-bressoN
IN NEW JERSEY
1975/2003
MADONNA’S FIRST
1982/2023
JANIS IAN
1969-2022
This is a film about an artist at work from 1969-2022. The music is from Janis’ recent farewell album. Janis has successfully recorded and performed since the age of 16, so it was disappointing that just before completing her last tour with shows in Nashville and Dublin, a viral infection caused vocal cord scarring and she can no longer sing. She will, however, continue to lecture on the artistic process in universities around the world. A film about her life will be showing in film festivals in 2025. Janis has donated her archives to Berea College in Kentucky where she will join bell hooks on the shelves. Film 4 min.
ZEN PEACEMAKERS IN ALABAMA
2022
cunningham’s rough riders
1950-2000
MY BROTHER’s DEATH
2022
A CHILD’S VIEW
2024
LUCY CALKINS’
YOUNG WRITERS
2024
In 2024 Heineman introduced 20 new Lucy Calkins books for teaching teachers how to teach writing. These are the best classrooms I’ve ever worked in. My thanks to all the kids, you know who you are.
BEARING WITNESS IN AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU
1996-2005
THE GATES
2005
PHOTOGRAPHS OF WORDS Here’s a game and a children’s book, and above is a film with music by ZOE FITZGERALD CARTER
ME ME ME
AND ME
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