Book review: Jewish resistance
A review I wrote of a new book on Jewish resistance during WWII, which will appear in the first issue of the "Journal of Jewish Identities," a new journal that I help edit.
German socialism, 1919-1945
An essay I contributed to the International Encyclopedia of Revolution and Protest, to be published by Blackwell in March 2009.
Jewish anti-Nazi resistance: Herbert Baum
I have a chapter about the Herbert Baum resistance groups in this book, to be published at the end of 2007. Baum, a young German Jew, organized a network of leftist resistance groups in Berlin until his arrest in 1942:
Bonhoeffer and "Bonhoeffer"
A review I wrote in 2004 about a new documentary on Dietrich Bonhoeffer:
hhttp://www.h-net.org/mmreviews/showrev.cgi?path=711
"Islamo-Fascism"
A curious term, much in vogue of late, but that cannot withstand too much scrutiny; here's something I wrote about "Islamo-fascism" for our local paper:
Allez les Bleus
The success of the French football team has troubled Jean-Marie Le Pen and like-minded folks who don't believe France should be represented by the likes of Zinedine Zidane and Thierry Henry:
http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0707-22.htm
A couple other articles I wrote during the World Cup:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/05/18/opinion/main1630018.shtml
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060703/zirin
And about the infamous "coup de boule" (headbutt):
Eduardo Galeano
Eduardo Galeano is an Uruguayan writer & social critic who has written several brilliant books over the last 30+ years; check out "Upside Down," his trilogy on Latin American history ("Memory of Fire"), and "Football in Sun and Shadow" for starters. Here's his home page:
http://www.patriagrande.net/uruguay/eduardo.galeano/
music Web sites
Hey everyone out there in Internet land: This may only reach about 3 people, but here are some tip-top Web sites for alternative/indie/post-punk rock and jazz:
http://www.visi.com/fall/ (site of The Fall, a band that has about as many fans as my lame little blog)
http://www.jazzsupreme.com/ (a site dedicated to Coltrane and some of his disciples, such as Pharoah Sanders)
http://www.cadencebuilding.com/index.html (Cadence magazine and records--avant-garde jazz/improvised music)
http://www.gangoffour.us/ (okay, so I'm showing my age - Gang of Four, one of the most important bands of the early punk/post-punk scene)
http://www.missionofburma.com (again showing my age)
