satire
“The Chinese Wall”: A 1946 satire on the futility of wall building
January 30, 2018Like the IWW’s Little Red Book of songs, it aims to “fan the flames of discontent” with wit and righteous anger, and move a mute audience toward action.
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Thank you, President Trump!
February 28, 2017This new movement is the opposite of the Tea Party, which wanted to restrict government and limit human rights. This is a movement of compassion and love, strong, powerful, and quick to react. If this grassroots...
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Gilbert & Sullivan’s “Patience”: Satire lifts up the common people
February 9, 2017A healthy skepticism laced with broad humor can go a long way toward keeping public officials honest and above-board.
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Mexico offers to build the border wall!
March 14, 2016As many present-day American citizens of Mexican and Indigenous ancestry like to say, "We didn't cross the border, the border crossed us."
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Today in history: Mark Twain, antiwar polemicist, is born in 1835
November 30, 2015Twain was also active in the anti-imperialist movement around the turn of the 20th century, as the U.S. embarked on building a far-flung global sphere of influence.
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