From the International Journal of Motorcycle Studies, Johannes Voelz (Frankfurt): A Matter of Style — Charlie Parker and Jack Kerouac: Between Coolness and Ecstasy; Klaus Neumann-Braun (Basel): Retro Meets Rat, or the Vespa Legacy in the Hands of Young People; Leerom Medovoi (PSU): Marx and McQueen: Racing against Communism in Fordist America; Gary L. Kieffner (UTEP): Police and Harley Riders: Discrimination and Empowerment; M. Shelly Conner (UIC): First-Wave Feminist Struggles in Black Motorcycle Clubs; history changes you: Darilynn (Dee) McClure on the Motorcycle Rights movement; a roundtable on Marlon Brando's The Wild One; a review of Bodies in Motion: Evolution and Experience in Motorcycling by Steven Thompson; a review of Riding on the Edge: A Motorcycle Outlaw’s Tale by John Hall; and a review of Harley-Davidson and Philosophy: Full-Throttle Aristotle. Hoping that history doesn’t repeat itself, the world’s rich countries are cutting spending and betting that the private sector can make up for withdrawn stimulus spending. From International Socialism, a review of Karl Marx, Anthropologist by Thomas Patterson; a review of Gramsci, Culture, and Anthropology by Kate Crehan; a review of The Gramscian Moment: Philosophy, Hegemony and Marxism by Peter Thomas; and Terry Eagleton on culture and socialism. Jon Stewart on how "Fox & Friends" deems it inappropriate for the Obama administration to mention Bush when talking about the wars, economy or oil spill. From The Village Voice, Kevin Baker on Coney Island's grand past and grim future: Requiem for a dreamland. The bitter war between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh has been on hold for 16 year, but that doesn't mean it's over.
