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" One of the reasons the US government has been driven so far to the<br>
right (certainly not the only one) is the long-term, grass-roots organizing<br>
efforts of evangelical Christians (over the past twenty-plus years),<br>
beginning at the local and state level (school boards, county councils,<br>
etc.). ... they have been working steadily at taking control of public<br>
institutions for decades at the cellular level. ... As I result,<br>
I would question the apparent division between working locally/situationally<br>
and having a global, or national, impact. This relates in turn to the<br>
question of duration in engaged art practice (something I've been trying to<br>
analyze for some time, since it runs against the grain of conventional<br>
avant-garde thinking in the arts)." kester last post<br>
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this historical context--and the effective use of MSM as well as online organizing--is crucial. i find the romantic avant-garde hope eternally returning at points of despair. we are faced with the difficult necessity of not separating media (art?) and politics.<br>
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this is one of my contributions to exacting a ' no-nonsense commitment to faithful accounts of a 'real' world"<br>
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Megan Boler<br>
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Megan Boler<br>
Associate Professor<br>
Theory and Policy Studies<br>
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto<br>
252 Bloor Street West<br>
Toronto, Ontario M5S 1V6<br>
416 923 6641 x3218<br>
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