May the era of American arrogance end today. May a thoughtful, hopeful, humble, workful, respectful new American era finally begin.
Our work is just starting.
(the post’s title is from Elizabeth Alexander’s Inauguration poem, “praise song for the day.”)
So I had this crazy idea the other night. Haven’t slept since, basically.
Call to Visual Journalists, Documentarians, and Artists:
“Janteenth: A New Day in America”
Deadline for Submissions: January 31, 2009
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What does it mean that America has elected its first Black President? Show us.
The Janteenth Project is issuing a call to photographers, poets, writers and filmmakers/video artists [...]
It has been two weeks and it is feeling that finally we are really, actually home. The first week was like being underwater– words came out of my mouth, but I didn’t really expect them to reach people’s ears, so I didn’t, couldn’t really spend too much energy on being coherent. The afternoons were spent [...]
So, as reported in the article copied below, Kathmandu is in a condition of general road strikes. There is a great deal of hubbub about petroleum prices–basically the government can’t afford to subsidize the stuff, and it costs the same here as it does in the states.
Only, most people here earn no more than a [...]
This from today’s Kathmandu Post:
A Plague of Strikes Upon Us?
Kantipur Report
KATHMANDU, June 22 - At least four strikes - Valley and Nepal bandas — in a month and many more in the making. As if the rest of the country felt left out in the Valley-only transport strike on Saturday called by student unions and transporters’ [...]
