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...Humorous interludes have previously worked well in Moore’s films—an uproarious animation sequence in “Bowling for Columbine” is one such example—yet these clips do nothing to advance the story. Despite its flaws, “Slacker Uprising?? does include a handful of poignant moments. The personal testimonials from the families of Iraq War victims are particularly powerful, especially one in which a mother honors her fallen son. Scenes like these bring much-needed gravity and direction to the film when it veers...
...British repression of Mau Mau was an act of injustice—but not a genocide. First and foremost, Mau Mau was not an ethnic group—although it was an almost entirely Kikuyu uprising??and sometimes Elkins intermingles the two terms. There was never any shortage of Kikuyu loyalists willing to point fingers at Mau Mau, and the British were always pleased to promote these Kikuyu to the highest position any African could attain. Moreover, membership in Mau Mau unambiguously hinged on a specific induction oath that created an ideological distinction within a larger ethnic community...
...Washington Post last month, David S. Broder called former Vermont Governor Howard Dean’s fundraising appeals “internet-based populism.” In The New York Times the same day, Robin Toner mused about whether Americans can accept a “populist uprising?? at a time of economic recovery. On CNN, Robert Novak questioned what he called the “us-versus-them, populist rhetoric” of Sen. John R. Edwards, D-N.C. But since Che Guevara isn’t on the ballot and the most radical redistribution...
...agenda’s highlight was an illustration on the only laminated page in the book, which shows a jet crashing into a boardroom of men dressed in suits. The caption underneath reads, “this is not an agenda called ‘uprising??, this is an agenda for uprising.” Eerily, the handbook was published just prior to September...
Over the past 18 months—in response to the Palestinian uprising??Israel’s military occupation has used increasingly invasive and brutal forms of repression. This is not to assign all the blame on Israel for the failure of the diplomatic negotiations at Camp David in the summer of 2000 and the violence that erupted that fall. The Palestinian leadership certainly bears some responsibility for this violence as well. Yet Israel’s response to this violence has too frequently been to punish the entire population for the acts of its leaders...
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