Another day, another book.

Just finished the third book in as many weeks: Rivington Street by Meredith Tax. It is like a paperback romance set in the first decades of the twentieth century, except along with the characters bouncing off each other, you also have the different Feminist and Socialist schools of thought kissing as well. The language is quick and utilitarian, reminded one of Bukowski at some points, but it is well written, vibrant, and would be best suited for a younger activist who's just getting started. As the characters go about learning and debating various tactics and philosophies, the reader can't help but pick up a number of really great questions.

Picked up a copy of this Van Gosse book, "The Movements of the New Left, 1950-1975: A Brief History with Documents," which has a nice excerpt from Mario Savio and another good one from Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer.

In searching for a graphic for that last book, this link to Monterey Bay Educators Against War came up and it looks nice.

And lastly, there have been some (cough, cough) who've been talking about the push for counter-poles in the last several years to balance out the force of the washington consensus. The European Union is clearly one such tendency. And today, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana and Suriname all signed on to the Cuzco Declaration to form a new Trade Bloc. Interesting. While this isn't outright class war, it is a development to pay attention to vis-a-vis the WTO, the dollar v. the Euro, and the FTAA.