Category Archives: violence

Gembaku no ko

Posted on August 6, 2016 by jyourist

Today is the 71st anniversary of the dropping of the nuclear bomb on Hiroshima. We visited there four years ago with our son who was teaching in Satsuma Sendai at the time. The many memorials and monuments to peace and nuclear non-proliferation … Continue reading →

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Guns in the U.S.

Posted on June 13, 2016 by jyourist

  from https://www.yahoo.com/news/orlando-pulse-shooting-day-2-000000024.html

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Once you land, there’s no turning back

Posted on January 30, 2016 by jyourist

Last night JB and I went to the World Premier of My Lai, a monodrama for tenor, string quartet, and Vietnamese instruments, composed by Jonathan Berger. The Kronos Quartet, Rinde Eckert (tenor), and Van-Anh Vanessa Vo (traditional Vietnamese musician) performed … Continue reading →

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Au nom de quoi?

Posted on November 14, 2015 by jyourist

from W.H. Auden’s “September 1, 1939” Defenseless under the night Our world in stupor lies; Yet, dotted everywhere, Ironic points of light Flash out wherever the Just Exchange their messages: May I, composed like them Of Eros and of dust, … Continue reading →

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“Doubletake” by Seamus Heaney

Posted on August 31, 2013 by jyourist

Human beings suffer, They torture one another, They get hurt and get hard. No poem or play or song Can fully right a wrong Inflicted and endured. The innocent in gaols Beat on their bars together. A hunger-striker’s father Stands … Continue reading →

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Perverted madness

Posted on April 16, 2013 by jyourist

I talked with my students today about the Boston Marathon. AW’s dad was in the race and had crossed the finish line 25 minutes before the first blast. “Whoa. You’re kidding!?!” BR said she was happy we live in the … Continue reading →

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Stephen Buntu Biko 1946-1977

Posted on December 18, 2012 by jyourist

Stephen Biko would have been 66 today. He was an anti-apartheid activist in the 60s and 70s, who founded the Black Consciousness movement which mobilized much of the South African black population. In 1968 he became the first president of … Continue reading →

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In one year…

Posted on December 14, 2012 by jyourist

People shot in the United States so far this year: 94, 192 People shot in the United States today (as of 8:44pm EST): 232 (image and statistics from the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence)  

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