2008
December 29, 2008
The Rocks of San Francisco: Authenticity, Ethnic Neighborhoods, and Going Blog Crazy
Laura E. Ruberto
Nuova Porziuncola, North Beach neighborhood, San Francisco
Ethnic construction and sacred place, the replica of the Porziuncola Chapel in San Francisco’s Italian neighborhood.
December 24, 2008
“Ti abbraccio teneramente,” Christmas from Prison
Antonio Gramsci
A selection of Antonio Gramsci’s Christmas letters from prison.
November 22, 2008
The Other Rocky Movie
Paul Newman in the Rocky Graziano story, "Somebody Up There Likes Me"
Paul Newman’s turn as an Italian American boxer leaves me wondering where all those gum machines went.
November 5, 2008
Blogging Obama
Laura E. Ruberto
Drawing of Barack Obama, by this blogger's five year old son
Passing impressions from California, written at midnight on Election Night.
October 26, 2008
Radical Espresso: Mario Savio and Berkeley’s Free Speech Movement
Mario Savio's "operation of the machine" speech, Sproul Plaza, UC Berkeley, December 2, 1964
What happens when a Berkeley café lays claim to an Italian American free thinker?
October 4, 2008
Garment Workers and Union Activists in Tinsel Town
"The Garment Jungle"
Original Movie Poster for "The Garment Jungle" (1957)
My random encounter with a Hollywood Italian American labor activist.
September 24, 2008
Volando per Obama
Gondoliers Singing for Obama
Venetian Gondoliers sing their support for Barack Obama.
September 20, 2008
The Gate on the “Golden Gate”
Valenti Angelo
"Girl with Bird," print by Valenti Angelo, date unknown
Reading Valenti Angelo’s “Golden Gate” to my five-year old son.
August 26, 2008
Italian Metal Gets Religion
Fratello Metallo
An Italian monk hears Metallica and turns the mystical and divine into heavy metal.
August 18, 2008
Breastfeeding Breasts!
Tina Modotti
"Baby Nursing" (1926)
In honor of my two young children and World Breastfeeding Month, a few thoughts on the work of women’s breasts.
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