Barbara Kingsolver's 'Lacuna' lacks traction Nov 19, 2009
Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo and Leon Trotsky figure into Barbara Kingsolver's latest novel. ABOUT THE BOOK. (USA Today -- Life)
News and Notes: Sunflower Showdown Nov 10, 2009
Celebrity birthdays Saturday include child actor-turned-convicted felon Dana Plato (45); fold singer Joni Mitchell (66); jazz legend Al Hirt (87); preacher Billy Graham (91); Leon Trotsky (130); and Marie Curie (142). Related Stories. (Phog.net)
Critics' Picks: The dark prince of postwar Italy Nov 1, 2009
" By Alex PappademasWednesday, Dec 31, 1969 16:00 Share: Thursday, Oct 1, 2009 03:31 PDT A gripping new account captures the October Revolution's great intellectual facing doom (and feeding bunnies) By Andrew O'Hehir No matter what your political orientation, if you believe -- or ever did believe -- in the potential betterment of humanity, then you've got something to learn from the strange and tragic story of Leon Trotsky. It's a tale of pride and power and political failure, of genius turned... (Salon)
The role of art and politics Oct 29, 2009
"Any of her fans and no doubt a cadre of new readers will be glad to take the journey with Harrison Shepherd, the man with a common name who lives a very uncommon life in two countries during the heart of the 20th century.In her first novel in nine years, Kingsolver has penned an enduring novel that firmly establishes her as one of America's most intelligent and inventive writing talents. And she will be talking about the book on Tuesday night, Nov. 3, at a long-sold-out show at The Music... (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Riots push Greece to edge Oct 5, 2009
Further confirmation came from the mouth of Petros Constantinou, a bearded firebrand wearing wire-rimmed spectacles that might have fitted Leon Trotsky. Many of the left-wing protesters want to see the government stand down. (BBC News -- Europe)
Shooting victim says Russia links should be probed Oct 3, 2009
It would be the first time that Russia committed such a crime on U.S. territory, he said, comparable only to the 1940 assassination in Mexico of Leon Trotsky, who was stabbed in the head with an ice pick by a Soviet agent. . (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Claims children's author a Soviet double agent Aug 22, 2009
He established himself as a confidant of the Russian regime, striking up friendships with leading Bolsheviks including Lenin, the first Soviet leader, and Leon Trotsky, whose private secretary Evgenia Shelepina became his second wife in 1924. Seen as an ideal candidate for the British secret services, Ransome was recruited by MI6 in 1917, and his reports were circulated in cabinet. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Chomsky should not speak at Newton South Jul 7, 2009
He is a Jew so reviled in the American Jewish community he was excommunicated by a Rabbinical Court in 1983, a rare edict dispensed barely a dozen times in the 20th century, most notably to Leon Trotsky, co-founder of Soviet Communist Russia. Chomsky s hatred for the United States is only eclipsed by his hatred for Israel. (Newton Tab, MA)
No bids on unpublished photos of Diego Rivera Jun 16, 2009
The negatives included images of Rivera painting two of his most famous murals, of wife Frida Kahlo, and of Mexican muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros and exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky. The 37 negatives were offered in two packages, but no one met the minimum bids of 80,000 pesos ($6,000) and 25,000 pesos ($1,900). (MSNBC -- Lifestyle)
British: Talk Radio's 'Noble Savages,' Ruddy Take May 29, 2009
So, whenever one of these ultraconservative shock-jocks talk about 'the left' in America, personified by Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, this is strictly to the left of ultraconservatism, and politicians such as Obama on have more in common with Tony Blair, Angela Merkel, Silvio Berlusconi, and Nicolas Sarkozy, definitely not Che Guevara, not Leon Trotsky, and not Fidel Castro. The face of the USA is not one, but two, like the two-faced Roman god Janus: On the one side, you have Thomas... (Newsmax)
You'll Simply Love Azerbaijan May 19, 2009
And, hey, at least U.S. presidents are subtle: Some scholars Fidel Castro sent Che Guevara to his death in Bolivia, and there's little question why Stalin exiled Leon Trotsky from the Soviet Union in 1929. Unlike those two, John Huntsman can always come back. (Slate)
Lack of tourists makes way for locals May 4, 2009
In historic Coyoacan, one-time home to Spanish conqueror Hernan Cortez, exiled Bolshevik revolutionary Leon Trotsky and other historical figures, it was easy to imagine the days before tour buses, before the quaint village was annexed by the mega-city. Swine flu outbreak video. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Rick Holmes: The politics of paranoia Apr 12, 2009
Fellow Bolshevik Leon Trotsky watches the wagon go by, writing up a "Plan of action for U.S.". "Spend! Spend! Spend under the guise of recovery," Trotsky's sign says. (Watertown TAB & Press, MA)
Sometimes, it's hard to be a woman Apr 12, 2009
She is befriended by the young Eleanor Roosevelt, stands in for Annie Oakley in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, is photographed by Alfred Steiglitz, and travels with Leon Trotsky. Kolpan tells a lively story but doesn't succeed in bringing his creation to life. (Boston Globe)
Gerald Kolpan's novel doesn't do justice to the outlaw Etta Apr 7, 2009
Leon Trotsky makes a cameo after Kolpan turns Sundance into a socialist Robin Hood. And the photographer who took Etta and Sundance's famous photo. (USA Today -- Life)
What's mine should be yours Mar 22, 2009
The Bolshevik leader Leon Trotsky warned the Western bourgeoisie that "you may not be interested in the Revolution, but the Revolution is interested in you." Likewise, you may not be interested in intellectual-property law, but intellectual-property law is interested in you, or at any rate in your children. Unless a determined public prevents free-market ideologues from fencing off our cultural and scientific commons and turning it into private property, available only for profit, our society... (Boston Globe)
Jeffrey Sachs Is Not a Mass Murderer Mar 14, 2009
" Still, very entertaining if you're not one of the ones who lost relatives to bad economic advice. Or worrisome if you live in a country that is about to undergo a massive economic transformation. The Times article worries aloud about the implications for China and India. But frankly, as an American, I always worry about us first. And Jeff Sachs's old rival to be the youngest tenured professor at Harvard Larry Summers is making us all communists! (Again, I exaggerate for humorous effect.... (Slate)
Throwing capitalism into the dustbin of history Mar 12, 2009
" They would be much more likely to argue that nationalization is the least dirty option currently on the table, and time is of the essence. The longer we wait before recognizing this, the more taxpayer money we are going to piss away trying to keep sinking ships afloat.The Obama brain trust may realize this. But they also have a pretty good reason for not immediately heeding the calls made by the likes of Paul Krugman, and former IMF chief economist to seize the commanding heights of Wall... (Salon)
The silliest Republican economic proposal yet Mar 11, 2009
The FDIC seizes failing banks all the time, cleans them up, and sells them off, and very few people start raving about the second coming of V.I. Lenin and Leon Trotsky. Last week IndyMac, next week Citigroup. (Salon)
Austrian Echoes: The Armageddon Waltz Mar 10, 2009
It was during Stalin's weeks in Vienna that he initiated his lethal feud with young Leon Trotsky, who, a few streetcar stops away, was publishing the original Pravda. All this while on the other side of town young Adolf Hitler was seething obscurely, painting postcards for a living. (International Herald Tribune)
Marylou's unforgettable era Feb 20, 2009
Before we cast the Whitney Gala into what Leon Trotsky called "the dustbin of history," let's take a moment to revisit the Great Depression an era we might find ourselves revisiting in a much more palpable way in the years ahead. 1. (Albany Times Union)
The revolutionary and the ruler Feb 8, 2009
They were quite different in personality, but the passionate relationship of Castro and Guevara rivals in importance those of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, and Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky - whose doctrine of "permanent revolution" both men came to adopt. Born in May 1928 in Argentina, Guevara studied medicine at the University of Buenos Aires, where his favourite writers were Sigmund Freud, Bertrand Russell, Jack London and Emile Zola. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
La Casa Azul: Witness to a personal history Feb 7, 2009
In fact, she and Rivera invited exiled Russian communist revolutionary Leon Trotsky and his wife to live with them in the late '30s. As visitors move through the museum, it is the remnants of Kahlo and Rivera's private life that begin to tell their story. (CNN -- Travel)
