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Today in Labor History March 24, 1919: Poet and activist Lawrence Ferlinghetti was born. Ferlinghetti is most well-known for his book of poetry, “A Coney Island of the Mind” (1958) and for cofounding City Lights bookstore and publishing, in San Francisco. The authorities arrested him for publishing Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl” because they deemed it obscene. However, a jury acquitted him in 1957. Politically, Ferlinghetti considered himself an anarchist. His politics were influenced by Anarchist poet and IWW member Kenneth Rexroth.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #anarchism #IWW #beatniks #Ferlinghetti #obscenity #CityLights #publishing #poetry @bookstadon

RonSupportsYou Mar 2

“The Kennedy Center Honors have been presented under that longstanding, historic name for the final time. (Or at least for the last time for the next three years.) To the surprise of probably few people, the awards program will henceforth be known as 'The Trump Kennedy Center Honors'.”:
https://variety.com/2026/music/news/kennedy-center-honors-name-change-trump-alternative-venue-1236675653/ #obscenity

'Kennedy Center Honors' Will Add 'Trump' to Name, Move to Smaller Venue

'The Kennedy Center Honors' will henceforth be called 'The Trump Kennedy Center Honors,' and move to a small hall while the host venue is shut down.

Variety

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Maki 🔻 🌹Feb 6

Bill Nye said it best on Last Week Tonight. ( Excerpt from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDcro7dPqpA )

#BillNye #TheScienceGuy #JohnOliver #LastWeekTonight #HBO #ClimateChange #GreenNewDeal #ClimateCrisis #Fire #Fuck #Obscenity

Global News BC Jan 26

Counsel for OPCC resigns from Myles Gray hearing over obscenity
Richard Neary, the lawyer for Brad Hickford, read a statement by his client saying he is "bewildered and troubled" by a recording of the obscenity that was captured on audio.
#resignation #hearing #obscenity #Politics #MylesGray #mylesgrayinquest
https://globalnews.ca/news/11638247/counsel-opcc-myles-gray-hearing-obscenity/

"Imagine any other political leader getting a pass for such behavior. ...

We live in a country where laws and societal norms are shattered every day — by the president. His abhorrent behavior has given those who want to break laws and undermine the country encouragement to do so. Our country has had its ups and downs, but no American has lived through anything like this before."

#Trump #Sabula #obscenity #NewYorkTimes #NBC
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William Lindsey

Jan 15

"[Trump's obscene gesture and obscene statement to T.J. Sablula] was reported by the mainstream press like a run-of-the-mill wire service item: 'Trump makes obscene gesture,' wrote The New York Times. 'Trump flips-off apparent heckler,' reported NBC News.

That’s it? One would be excused for believing this is a bigger deal than that."

#Trump #Sabula #obscenity #NewYorkTimes #NBC
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https://steady.substack.com/p/bird-brain

Bird Brain

A heckler, an obscene gesture, and a new low for the president

Steady

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IamSheilaat91 Jan 10

@juliusgoat.bsky.social Brilliant! Thank you! #obscenity #swearing #MN #ICE

WIST Quotations Has Moved!Oct 20

A quotation from Margaret Atwood

There is something powerful in the whispering of obscenities, about those in power. There’s something delightful about it, something naughty, secretive, forbidden, thrilling. It’s like a spell, of sorts. It deflates them, reduces them to the common denominator where they can be dealt with.

Margaret Atwood (b. 1939) Canadian writer, literary critic, environmental activist
The Handmaid’s Tale, ch. 34 (1986)

More info about this quote: wist.info/atwood-margaret/7986…

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!Oct 3

A quotation from Orwell

A dirty joke is not, of course, a serious attack upon morality, but it is a sort of mental rebellion, a momentary wish that things were otherwise. So also with all other jokes, which always centre round cowardice, laziness, dishonesty or some other quality which society cannot afford to encourage.

George Orwell (1903-1950) English writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1941-09), “The Art of Donald McGill,” Horizon Magazine

More info about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/79475/

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