Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn began Ivan’s bitterly cold and dark day as a forced laborer in a Gulag camp; mine began a bit more leisurely on a brilliantly … [Read more...]
Archives for 2013
Bill De Blasio: A Progressive Mayor for all New Yorkers Part II by Jerry Krase
While I, and other self-confessed “Progressives” celebrate the victory of Bill De Blasio in the recent New York City Democratic Mayoral Primary, there … [Read more...]
Bill de Blasio: A Progressive Mayor for ALL New Yorkers by Jerry Krase
Bill De Blasio I believe has the best chance among real progressives to win the mayoralty and to take New York City in a different, more hopeful … [Read more...]
shortell: Photographs I made for Doug Harper’s workshop, Seeing the City: Visual Tensions in the Urban Landscape, at this year’s IVSA conference in … [Read more...]
https://brooklynsoc.blog/2013/07/15/shortell-photographs-i-made-for-doug-harpers/
Gramsci Comes to The Bronx: Too Little and Too Late by Jerry Krase
Whereas Jesus Christ stopped at Eboli on his way elsewhere and has yet to make a confirmed appearance anywhere in the bailiwick of Cardinal Timothy … [Read more...]
Welcome to the WordPress version of BrooklynSoc
This is a duplicate of the blog at www.brooklynsoc.org -- it never hurts to have a backup. We'll port the new content here periodically, so visit … [Read more...]
Political Suicide in New York City and Italy: Part II – NYC by Jerry Krase
New York City and Italy have a great deal in common, starting and ending with self-destructive electorates; voters who are intent on putting into … [Read more...]
Political Suicide in New York City and Italy: Part II – NYC by Jerry Krase
New York City and Italy have a great deal in common, starting and ending with self-destructive electorates; voters who are intent on putting into … [Read more...]
Server Maintenance
The photo archive will be offline for a while on Friday as we are upgrading the server software. Everything should be up and running by Saturday … [Read more...]
Political Suicide in New York City and Italy: Part I – Italy
This is my take on the Italian National Elections taking place as I type. It might be instructive for the forthcoming mayoral elections in New York … [Read more...]