The Mourning Cloak

Tag: Unamuno

  • Unconvinced.

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    The Rev. Joshua Paetkau
    in

    Remember, remember the 5th of November, gunpowder, treason, and plot. On November 5, 2024 the people of the United States of America went to the polls. Representative democracy offers, perhaps, the illusion of choice more than actual empowerment, but in this particular election there seemed to be a very clear right and wrong answer to…

  • The Chaleur Bay Review of Books: A Brief Manifesto

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    The Rev. Joshua Paetkau
    in

    El fascismo se cura leyendo, y el racismo se cura viajando Miguel de Unamuno. Unsourced quote. During the fascist years of Franco, in Spain, the Basque novelist Miguel de Unamuno was once presiding over a meeting at the University of Salamanca. The meeting was attended by people of diverse political backgrounds, including General Millan-Astray. The…