Archive | January, 2011

28 January 2011 ~ 0 Comments

Standing up for justice in the age of Obama

REPRINTED FROM Socialistworker.org January 28, 2011 A year ago this week, our movement lost a powerful and fearless voice for change. Howard Zinn, a veteran of more than half a century of struggles for peace, justice and democracy, was the renowned author of numerous books such as A People’s History of the United States and [...]

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19 January 2011 ~ 0 Comments

Book Reviews

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Book Reviews For more children’s book reviews and recommended book lists, visit Teaching for Change Publications. Broken Memory by Élisabeth Combres Without sacrificing the horrors of the genocide of the Tutsi in Rwanda, Broken Memory surprises by virtue of its affecting subtlety. It tells the story of the child survivor Emma who attempts to piece [...]

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16 January 2011 ~ 0 Comments

Busboys and Poets Infinite Playlist

Some universal commonalities amongst the BB&P team is our love for good food and music. Since we already serve up great food we decided that every week a member of our team would share songs for the listening pleasure of our blog readers and fans. We hope that through these playlists we can share a [...]

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12 January 2011 ~ 0 Comments

Nikki Giovanni warms up Washington on a snowy day

The morning started with a winter storm watch for DC.  By the end of the day the snow storm had been cancelled and Nikki Giovanni graced the stage at Busboys and Poets at 5th and K.  Throughout the day, the Busboys and Poets events team was in contact with Nikki Giovanni’s publicist who kept us [...]

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10 January 2011 ~ 0 Comments

Busboys and Poets Infinite Playlist

Some universal commonalities amongst the BB&P team is our love for good food and music. Since we already serve up great food we decided that every week a member of our team would share songs for the listening pleasure of our blog readers and fans. We hope that through these playlists we can share a [...]

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09 January 2011 ~ 0 Comments

Guest Blogger: Maurice Eldridge on “coming home”

“You Can’t Go Home Again” is not a cliché or necessarily a truth if you think abut it differently – think about it with the realization in the foreground that it has never been the same from moment to moment, let alone with the passage of great swaths of time – every moment we and [...]

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