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‘You’re Fired!’ Jubilant New Yorkers Say Good Riddance to Native son Donald Trump.
People react as they watch a speech by Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential nominee Joe Biden after the news media announced that
he has won the 2020 U.S. presidential election, on Times Square in New York City, U.S. November 7, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Along with millions and millions of Americans and millions more across the world, I, too, was joyous after Joe Biden defeated the demagogue Trump to win the White House.
On that fortunate day, the world erupted into celebration as the corrupt to the core business mogul, founder of the once upon a time ‘Trump University’ (also known as the Trump Wealth Institute and Trump Entrepreneur Initiative LLC) and former star of The Apprentice was told: "You're fired."
I thought the best way for me to register my joy about his departure was to write up ‘A Political Obituary’ by recalling a selection of Donald- related postings from our GCGI archives and celebrate this blessed day by wishing him and his crony enablers: A Very Big and Heartfelt Good Riddance!!
Yes, it is very true, legacies are important
And this is the legacy of a shameless failed man- A Man Who Never Discovered What it Means to Be Human
A Man always for the Few and Not the Many
Security forces respond with teargas after a mob of Trump supporters breached the US Capitol. Photo:Shutterstock/Via The Guardian
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My dear Mr. Trump, You are no Cyrus the Great!
The Emperors with no clothes: The Madness of King Donald- A Modern Day King John
If you want to know the truth about Brexit, Trump, and the rise of Populism, then you must see this!
Brexit, Trump and the failure of our universities to pursue wisdom
Racism and the Whitesupremacy in the US: Now and Then
‘I have a Dream’, 57 Years On and Why We Must Carry on Imagining the Dream
The Mother of all Heists: ‘The Neoliberal Looting of America’
The Myth of the ‘Promised’ Land
Is this the way to make America great again?
Our Rotten and Corrupted World: Murdoch’s Carnage and His Evil Empire
The Neoliberal Plague and Coronavirus
Have We lost the Art of Knowing What it Means to Be Human?
Mr Trump, we are not what we earn! ...
Death and Destruction on Brothers’ Road to Serfdom
US is urged to regain its humanity
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And now that he is gone, we can begin to imagine a better world
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‘Chairman Leo’- Academic and Activist: A Brilliantly Kind Man and an Intellectual Giant for the Common Good
A Man Who Projected Light and Hope on to the World
Leo Panitch (1945-2020), Professor Emeritus at York University in Toronto.
Photo: courtesy of Socialist Register/ Via Canadian Dimension
Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus Leo Panitch
‘We are devastated by the passing of Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus Leo Panitch and send our most heartfelt condolences to his family. Leo was the quintessential public intellectual. Informed by Marxist thought, he was a stalwart of social justice who helped us grasp the causes of oppression while offering a socialist vision of a different kind of world, one where people come before profit. Even in these difficult times, Leo saw “the hopeful side.”* Leo was also our colleague, the person with whom we shared the sixth floor of the South Ross Building at York University. He holds a special place in the hearts and minds of those of us who studied and worked closely with him. And we know that we will honour Leo's memory by continuing the struggle for justice in our backyards, neighbourhoods, cities, countries, and indeed globally. In Leo, we recognize that what we do as scholars matters. It matters when scholarly research is aimed at confronting injustices and pursuing a vision for a better world. It matters when the university and social justice communities collaborate and come together. It matters when the academy harnesses its resources for the many, not the few, for those oppressed, not the privileged...Rest in power, Leo. You will be deeply missed and never forgotten.’
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This is dedicated to all my American friends, who I love dearly
Today, given what Trump and his enablers have done against humanity, decency, democracy and the common good, many around the world, look at America through the lenses of horror and disbelief. They see a land of ugliness, fear, hopelessness, arrogance, conflict, guns, selfishness, bigotry, racism and xenophobia.
But, this is not the America that I wish to remember. This is not the America that my many American GCGI friends and supporters represent.
America is also a land of beauty, hope, kindness, humility, respect for others, hopefulness, immersed in a special love for nature, friendship, hospitality and the common good.
To impress this point further, I would very much like to share a very special and beautiful film with you, which depicts also my own love for nature, as well as the real values of America which I very much appreciate.
A film like this, gives me hope that Trump’s America is an aberration of what America is, and thus, my hope that, once again, America will become a beacon of light and hope.
Kamran Mofid
The Artist’s Garden: American Impressionism
‘The Artist’s Garden tells the intertwining stories of American Impressionism and The Garden Movement which flourished between 1887-1920. Both movements responded to rapid social change brought about by America’s industrialization.
With increasing urbanization prompting the emerging middle-class to seek refuge in the suburbs, they began to spend their free time and wealth cultivating impressive private gardens.
When French art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel brought a selection of impressionist paintings to New York in 1886, he changed the course of art in America. Many American artists, inspired by what they saw, made the pilgrimage to study in Monet’s Giverny and were keen to employ their experience to capture America’s own unique landscapes.
Audiences of the film will be transported to Appledore Island, where pre-eminent impressionist Childe Hassam produced three hundred works over three decades. The film also reveals how the poet Celia Thaxter and other American women saw the garden not only as a beautiful oasis but as an important political space for women.
As gardening’s popularity rose, women began to take on new professionalized roles, from garden design to horticultural writing and lead activist movements to protect native species.
Directed by Phil Grabsky (Seventh Art Productions) the film The Artist’s Garden: American Impressionism offers a unique opportunity to get up close to the greatest examples of American Impressionism and to understand the unique cultural movement in which they were produced.’
The film is part of the pioneering series EXHIBITION ON SCREEN, and was released on 21st March 2017.
THE ARTIST’S GARDEN : AMERICAN IMPRESSIONISM- Watch the trailer HERE
In the UK the film is also available on Sky Arts
The Artist's Garden: American Impressionism and the Garden Movement Hardcover
Purchase The Artist’s Garden HERE
And finally, in conclusion, to all those in pain, fear, anxiety, frustration, hopelessness and anger: Let Hafez, the Persian Sage and Philosopher of Love to be your Light out of Darkness:
How to defeat hatred and fear: Don't Despair Walk On
In this troubled world the path of hope will save us
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