Author: Don Durito

Happy 88th, John Coltrane

I am beat. Enjoy the music everyone. Steven D Today marks what would have been John Coltrane’s 88th birthday. The video clip I am sharing is from his “Classic Quartet” period, and is a piece I have always...

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Two views on Ukraine and fascism

Found this post while taking a few moments to check my email a few days ago. As I was in the midst of work-related travel, I would not have had much in the way of time to put together a proper (or even hasty) blog post, so I...

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Tennessee Car Sick Blues

A postmortem in Jacobin: King says the UAW won’t stop trying at Chattanooga. It took seven years to organize Ford so they’re sure as hell not going to stop now. They’ll be right back there after the...

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Read Coming Up Short by Jennifer Silva

Ordinarily, I would post a link to what follows on my Tumblr, and go from there. However, with the possibility to have access to thousands of pairs of eyes, as opposed to a few hundred, and with the general understanding that...

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For those who really need to know what I read

Every once in a while I get some query about what I consider my go-to news sources, as in a recent thread here. So if you are genuinely that curious about what I read with my morning coffee on a daily basis, here you go:The...

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