by Paul Haeder / May 3rd, 2021
In Remembrance- Leni Riefenstahl
It would take 1,000 me’s and 1,000 hours in a week for a thousand me’s to keep up with just some of the infamy and horror that is global capitalism. Capitalism’s putrid fuel: pollution and many millions of collateral damaged souls.
War profiteering, mercenary economic war, banking billions while communities retract, the homeless swell, and the sick and dying expand are just some of the juxtaposing features of this dirty thing called Capitalism.
And, sure, parasitic, zombie, casino, cutthroat, criminal, all those words, and many other modifiers, add to the cornucopia of how bad the bad is. Capitalism is hyphenated.
0 April 16, 2021 18:40 by Anna Stacey
Holly Aldridge
Society tends to celebrate and idolise popular figures whilst ignoring the negative aspects of their legacy. Many individuals are revered for their positive achievements which have left an enduring legacy of popular support.
This blind adoration needs to be called into question regarding several individuals as it has led to their problematic actions and views to be erased from historical memory. Whilst the perspective of various individuals is slowly starting to change as their problematic views are being brought into national discussion, more needs to be done to articulate the complexities of their legacies.
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The Byers Branch Library, now a Denver landmark, opened in 1918 at 675 Santa Fe Drive; it was named for William Byers, who d founded the
Rocky Mountain News sixty years earlier. Also coming under scrutiny was the Ross-Barnum Branch Library, at 3550 West First Avenue, which gets half of its name from the so-called “Greatest Showman,” P.T. Barnum, who in 1878 bought the land where the library now sits for a subdivision. The Ross-Barnum Library opened in 1954.
But today, DPL sees a need for change. In his newspaper, Byers openly advocated for a few months of active extermination against Indigenous people, whom he referred to as the red devils. Front-page stories applauded the Sand Creek Massacre, the November 29, 1864, assault led by Colonel John Chivington on a peaceful camp of Cheyenne and Arapaho in the southeast corner of the Colorado territory that killed at least 200 members of the tribes, including many chiefs.
Is it true a sucker is born every minute? The Watchdog takes a look
The world’s greatest showman had strong ideas that help protect modern consumers.
In this 1850 photograph, P.T. Barnum poses with his international star General Tom Thumb, his most popular attraction.(Courtesy of National Portrait Gallery)
Ladies and gentlemen. Children of all ages! Step right up. Prepare to be amazed.
Today’s Watchdog is about the circus. Actually, it’s about the greatest showman who ever lived, P.T. Barnum, who in his time was one of the most famous men in the world.
This Christmas, I play ringmaster as we study scams involving Barnum. And did he actually say a sucker is born every minute?