Hey Soul Brother
Hey Soul Brother What are you doing here? Why are you killing us? Why aren’t you at home Fighting those who are killing you? Hey Soul Brother You got better things to do You ought…
Author: Mark J. Chmiel
Seeking Understanding of Ourselves, I Investigated the Germans
And was reminded: Heroes are rare. –from novel-in-process, Our Heroic and Ceaseless 24/7 Struggle against Tsuris
We Expect the Germans
To know their own history To tell the truth about their war To refuse rationalizations and excuses To act responsibility here and now However many decades Ago that was
We Expect the Germans
To know their own history To tell the truth about their war To refuse rationalizations and excuses To act responsibility here and now However many decades Ago that was
Hearts and Minds, Revisited by Mark Chmiel and Andrew Wimmer
This article was first published at Counterpunch, January 12, 2005. The ultimate victory will depend on the hearts and minds of the people who actually live out there. –Lyndon Johnson, on Vietnam There is…
Share the Wealth 12 February: Stone Soup Dinner at Country Farmhouse
Dear Share the Wealth Friends, Please join us for a “Stone Soup” meal in Chris Wallach’s beautiful country farmhouse on Sunday, February 12th beginning at 2:00 pm. Enjoy a relaxing afternoon of warm community while…
Know Thyself
There are many intellectuals who call the world into question, but there are very few intellectuals who call the intellectual world into question. –Pierre Bourdieu, Sketch for a Self-Analysis
What One Veteran Said
Vietnam veteran Wayne Smith: We were broken. I had so much anger and pain. I was crushed. I left like I had blood on my hands. I resisted calling the Vietnamese gooks and dinks, but…
What One Veteran Said
Vietnam veteran Wayne Smith: We were broken. I had so much anger and pain. I was crushed. I left like I had blood on my hands. I resisted calling the Vietnamese gooks and dinks, but…
Touching a Nerve
According to my FBI documents, [President Richard] Nixon was more obsessed with me than with the president of Russia. He was obsessed with this movie star that was working with the GIs. –Jane Fonda, from…