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Originally published in “Boom: The Journal of California” Punk rock, hip-hop, reggae/dub and world music burst forth simultaneously and marked the receding waves of worldwide revolt that, in 1968, appeared on the verge of “changing the world.” They were an enunciation of failure and a denunciation of surrender… They carried forward a militance and internationalist […] It’s no wonder so many of our romanticized utopian fantasies involve canals and bicycles… Amsterdam is in our dreams whether or not we’ve ever visited! Ubiquitous Dutch cargo bikes, mostly used to schlep kids around… We arrived in Amsterdam to start this journey, a driving trip around France for myself, Adriana […] exemption or immunity from punishment or recrimination exemption or immunity from unpleasant consequences Connecting the dots between police violence, gentrification and dramatic housing price inflation, and the new Gilded Age’s kleptocratic elite… The four police who murdered Alex Nieto on March 21, 2014 were finally named earlier this year after months of […] |
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