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Beau Friedlander
Beau Friedlander is an American writer, publisher, and media consultant. He was the founder of Context Books, an award-winning small press, an editor-in-chief at Air America and garnered notoriety as a provocateur for progressive causes. First published in the early 1990s in the United Kingdom, most notably in the May Anthology of Oxford and Cambridge Poetry edited by Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney (under the name E.B. Friedlander), Friedlander's writing has appeared in many publications, including ''Harper's Magazine'', '' The New York Times'', '' Time'', the '' Los Angeles Times'', '' The Paris Review'', '' Lapham's Quarterly'', and the ''Huffington Post'', where he is a regular contributor. Friedlander is co-host of the Webby-nominated podcast ''What the Hack with Adam Levin''. Education Beau Friedlander received a B.A. in Literature and Languages from Bennington College, a M.A. in English Romanticism from Oxford University and a M.Phil. in Comparative Literature and Scandinav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Context Books
Context Books was an American independent publishing house founded by Beau Friedlander that featured often controversial and critically acclaimed titles from authors such as Derrick Jensen, Daniel Quinn, David Means, and William Rivers Pitt which operated from 1998 to 2004. Founding Context Books originated as Context Media, through which Friedlander provided publishing and packaging services for a variety of clients with the idea in mind of raising enough capital to begin publishing titles that would have had difficulty finding interest from mainstream publishers. "I hated big publishing's complete and utter disregard for authors," Friedlander said of the impetus. "...I want to publish the revolution." Truth Vs. Lies and the United States Vs. Theodore John Kaczynski Context Books first gained national notice with the decision to attempt to publish the memoirs of Theodore Kaczynski, who had written them from imprisonment in a Colorado Penitentiary. The memoir, entitled 'Truth Vs. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Quinn
Daniel Clarence Quinn (October 11, 1935 – February 17, 2018) was an American author (primarily, novelist and fabulist), cultural critic, and publisher of educational texts, best known for his novel ''Ishmael'', which won the Turner Tomorrow Fellowship Award in 1991 and was published the following year. Quinn's ideas are popularly associated with environmentalism, though he criticized this term for portraying the environment as separate from human life, thus creating a false dichotomy. Instead, Quinn referred to his philosophy as "new tribalism". Biography Daniel Quinn was born in Omaha, Nebraska, where he graduated from Creighton Preparatory School. He went on to study at Saint Louis University, at the University of Vienna, Austria, through IES Abroad, and at Loyola University, receiving a bachelor's degree in English '' cum laude'' in 1957. He delayed part of this university education, however, while a postulant at the Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani in Bardstown, Ke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Maron
Marcus David Maron (born September 27, 1963) is an American stand-up comedian, podcaster, writer, actor, and musician. In the 1990s and 2000s, Maron was a frequent guest on the '' Late Show with David Letterman'' and has appeared more than forty times on '' Late Night with Conan O'Brien'', more than any other stand-up comedian. He hosted ''Comedy Central's Short Attention Span Theater'' from 1993 to 1994, replacing Jon Stewart. He was also a regular guest on '' Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn'' and hosted the short-lived 2002 American version of the British game show '' Never Mind the Buzzcocks'' on VH1. He was a regular on the left-wing radio network Air America from 2004 to 2009, hosting ''The Marc Maron Show'' and co-hosting ''Morning Sedition'' and '' Breakroom Live''. In September 2009, soon after ''Breakroom Live'' was cancelled Maron began hosting the twice-weekly podcast '' WTF with Marc Maron'', where he interviews comedians, authors, musicians, and celebrities in his ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randi Rhodes
Randi is both a given name, and a nickname in the English language, popular in North America and Norway. It is primarily a feminine name, although there is recorded usage of the name by men. It may have originated as a pet form of '' Miranda'' or as a feminine form of '' Randy''. In turn, Randy was originally derived from the names ''Randall'', '' Randolf'', ''Randolph'', '' Bertrand'' and ''Andrew''. In Norway, Randi is a feminine name that emerged in the 1400s as a short form of Ragnfrid ( on, Ragnfríðr). The original meaning in Old Norse is "God-lovable". Ragnfríðr was famously used about three different people in runic inscriptions from the Viking era. Later the variant Rangdid was common in the Middle Ages. Over 20 people with the name were mentioned in the Regesta Norvegica. By the 1600s the variant Randi was a common feminine name in Norway. Women known as Randi * Randi Altschul (born 1960), American toy inventor * Randi Anda (1898–1999), Norwegian politicia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Franken
Alan Stuart Franken (born May 21, 1951) is an American comedian, politician, media personality, and author who served as a United States senator from Minnesota from 2009 to 2018. He gained fame as a writer and performer on the television comedy show ''Saturday Night Live,'' where he worked from the 1970s until the 1990s. After decades as an entertainer, he became a prominent Liberalism in the United States, liberal political activist, hosting ''The Al Franken Show'' on Air America Radio. Franken was elected to the United States Senate in 2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota, 2008 as the nominee of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL, an affiliate of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party), defeating incumbent Republican Party (United States), Republican Senator Norm Coleman by 312 votes out of nearly three million cast (a margin of just over 0.01%) in one of the closest elections in the history of the Senate. He was reelected in 2014 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Anne Maddow (, ; born April 1, 1973) is an American television news program host and liberal political commentator. Maddow hosts '' The Rachel Maddow Show'', a weekly television show on MSNBC, and serves as the cable network's special event co-anchor. Her syndicated talk radio program of the same name aired on Air America Radio from 2005 to 2010. Maddow has received multiple Emmy Awards for her broadcasting work and in 2021 received a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for her book ''Blowout'' (2019). Maddow holds a bachelor's degree in public policy from Stanford University and a doctorate in political science from the University of Oxford and is the first openly lesbian anchor to host a major prime-time news program in the United States. Early life and education Maddow was born in Castro Valley, California. Her father, Robert B. Maddow, is a former United States Air Force captain who resigned his commission the year before her birth and then worked as a lawy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Intercept
''The Intercept'' is an American left-wing news website founded by Glenn Greenwald, Jeremy Scahill, Laura Poitras and funded by billionaire eBay co-founder Pierre Omidyar. Its current editor is Betsy Reed. The publication initially reported on documents released by Edward Snowden and was considered to be "activist voice for privacy and civil liberties". Co-founders Greenwald and Poitras subsequently left amid public disagreements about the leadership and direction of the organization. In recent years, the website's editorial stance has become more closely aligned with the hard-left of the Democratic Party. It was among the first to report on the campaign of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and often criticizes moderate democrats from a left-wing perspective. Its editorial policy explicitly rejects "mandating balance" when covering stories. ''The Intercept'' has published in English since its founding, and in Portuguese since the 2016 launch of the Brazilian edition staffed b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katharine Gun
Katharine Teresa Gun (''née'' Harwood) (born 1974) is a British linguist who worked as a translator for the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ). In 2003, she leaked top-secret information to ''The Observer'', concerning a request by the United States for compromising intelligence on diplomats from member states of the 2003 Security Council. The diplomats were due to vote on a second United Nations resolution on the prospective 2003 invasion of Iraq. Early life Katharine Harwood moved to Taiwan in 1977 with her parents, Paul and Jan Harwood. Her father had studied Chinese at Durham University and now teaches at Tunghai University in the city of Taichung, central Taiwan. She has a younger brother who teaches in Taiwan. After spending her childhood in Taiwan, where she attended Morrison Academy until the age of 16, Katharine returned to Britain to study for her A-levels at Moira House School, a girls' boarding school in Eastbourne. Her upbringing later led her to d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reese Erlich
Reese Erlich (July 5, 1947 – April 6, 2021) was an American author and freelance journalist who wrote for CBS Radio, Australian Broadcasting Corp., and National Public Radio. He also contributed to Foreign Policy and VICE News. He wrote the nationally distributed Foreign Correspondent column. Erlich won numerous journalism awards including a Peabody. Biography Erlich was born and raised in Los Angeles. In 1965 he enrolled at the University of California, Berkeley, and later became active in the Anti-Vietnam War movement. In October 1967 Erlich and others organized Stop the Draft Week. They were arrested and became known as the "Oakland Seven". In their trial they were acquitted of all charges, being successfully represented by Charles Garry. In 1968 he visited Cuba for the first time, which led to a continuing interest in that country that would eventually lead to a book called ''Dateline Havana'' (2009). In 1968-9 Erlich worked as a staff writer and research editor fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Solomon
Norman Solomon (born July 7, 1951) is an American journalist, media critic, activist, and former U.S. congressional candidate. Solomon is a longtime associate of the media watch group Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR). In 1997 he founded the Institute for Public Accuracy, which works to provide alternative sources for journalists, and serves as its executive director. Solomon's weekly column, "Media Beat", was in national syndication from 1992 to 2009. In 2012, Solomon ran for Congress in California's 2nd congressional district. He attended the 2016 and 2020 Democratic National Conventions as a Bernie Sanders delegate. Since 2011, he has been the national director of RootsAction.org. Early life and activism Solomon came under FBI scrutiny after he picketed for the desegregation of a Maryland apartment complex at age 14. He became aware of their surveillance later, through a Freedom of Information request. After high school, Solomon began a lifelong commitment to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Rivers Pitt
William Rivers Pitt (November 9, 1971 – September 26, 2022) was an American author, editor, and liberal political activist. Background William Rivers Pitt was born in Washington, D.C.; his father, Charles Redding Pitt, became chair of the Alabama State Democratic Party. He was educated in English literature at Holy Cross College, a Catholic college in Massachusetts. He taught English literature English literature is literature written in the English language from United Kingdom, its crown dependencies, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, and the countries of the former British Empire. ''The Encyclopaedia Britannica'' defines E ..., journalism, grammar, and history at a small private school before joining the staff of the non-profit news organization Truthout. Writing career Pitt's book '' War on Iraq: What Team Bush Doesn't Want You to Know'', with Scott Ritter, was published by Profile Books in 2002. It was an in-depth examination of the Bush administr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What Team Bush Doesn't Want You To Know
What or WHAT may refer to: * What, an interrogative pronoun and adverb * "What?", one of the Five Ws used in journalism Film and television * ''What!'' (film) or ''The Whip and the Body'', a 1963 Italian film directed by Mario Bava * '' What?'' (film), a 1972 film directed by Roman Polanski * "What", the name of the second baseman in Abbott and Costello's comedy routine "Who's on First?" * "What?", the catchphrase of professional wrestler Stone Cold Steve Austin Music * ''what.'', a comedy/music album by Bo Burnham, 2013 * What Records, a UK record label * What? Records, a US record label Songs * "What" (song), by Melinda Marx, 1965 * "What?" (Rob Zombie song), 2009 * "What?" (SB19 song), 2021 * "What?", by 666 from ''The Soft Boys'' * "What", by Bassnectar from ''Vava Voom'' * "What?", by Corrosion of Conformity from ''Eye for an Eye'' * "What?", by the Move from ''Looking On'' * "What?", by A Tribe Called Quest from ''The Low-End Theory'' Science and technology * Web H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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