POEM: 'The soldiers don't notice anymore . . .'
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- Written by Fran Lucientes
This poem, entitled "How Bright It Is," was written by Brian Turner and appears on page 35 of his prize-winning collection Here, Bullet (Alice James Books, 2005).[1] -- Turner served seven years in the U.S. Army, and was an infantry team leader for a year in Iraq with the 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, the unit based at Fort Lewis that is regularly in the news in Pierce County....
VIDEO: 16-year-old sets 60s stills to Buffalo Springfield's 'For What It's Worth'
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- Written by Fran Lucientes
Anjha Anderson writes us: "This video was made by my 16-year-old nephew and offers tremendous hope for the future of our Country that the youth ARE paying attention. -- I would like to share this with as many people as possible." -- The YouTube video shows a 3-minute retrospective of 60s antiwar still photographs that has been viewed more than 6,500 times, rated 5 stars in 46 ratings, and includes a photograph of John Kerry and John Lennon together that I don't recall having seen before.[1] ...
VIDEO: We... Unauthorized Arundhati Roy
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- Written by Fran Lucientes
This one-hour video effectively juxtaposes music and images with the words of Arundhati Roy.[1] -- "Never again will a single story be told as if it is the only one," she says. -- "[My writing] is really about power, about the paranoia and ruthlessness of power, about the physics of power. I believe that the accumulation of vast, unfettered power by a state or a country, a corporation or an institution, or even an individual, a spouse, a friend, a sibling, results in excess such as the ones I will recount here." ...