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...Guantanamo, however, there is an alternative to rebellion, and that is escape. Seven-foot-high rolls of barbed wire encircle the refugees. Dozens of military policemen monitor their every move, and land mines surround the base. But on average of twice a week, someone wakes up feeling skittish and bolts. According to military officials, 357 refugees, tired of languishing in the dusty, insect-ridden camp, have fled back home. Most of those who attempt to escape have already made official arrangements to be repatriated. The Cuban government has been accepting only 25 people a week...
British Prime Minister John Major's attempt to put down a rebellion within the ranks of his own Conservative Party backfired when a group of Tory legislators defected to vote against a Conservative proposal for a fuel-tax increase. The rebellion left many observers wondering whether the Major government could survive until the next general election...
...track on Stolen Moments samples a comment by philosopher Cornel West that could be the jazz-rap credo. "Often times when young people feel as if they're rebelling," West says, "these forms of rebellion result in falling into the very traps that are being laid." He goes on to say: "One must have a much broader view of how one rebels." Rap is a form of rebellion, but it can be a trap when it plays into violent stereotypes. By adapting the humanism of jazz and channeling the power of rap away from antisocial braggadocio, Digable Planets, the performers...
Their joint rebellion produces some narrative fireworks but also a few nagging questions in the aftermath. August and Katarina suffer unhappy fates for their refusal to be drawn into any plan that would include them in what passes for a regular life: he dies, she vanishes. Peter fares better, if a strong penchant for pomposity can be considered an improvement. He is now married and has a daughter (he calls them "the woman" and "the child") and writes things like "The life of every person contains something of significance" and "Nature is a blessing, an opportunity for growth that...
When General Andrew Jackson was swept into the White House in 1828, voters wanted change. The growing young country seethed with discontent and rebellion. Farmers and drovers in the West and South resented the rich Easterners who ran the country for their own benefit. After the general's Inauguration, his supporters returned to the White House and proceeded to get liquored up. In an orgy of populist celebration, they smashed the china and crystal. Men in muddy boots stood on damask-covered chairs. The overdressed swells at the party were so alarmed by the rabble that they fled through...