Tag Archives: Bertolt Brecht

Brecht and the Big Beautiful Bill

Brecht’s poem about the exploitative Chicago Wheat Exchange could be applied to the GOP’s Big Beautiful Bill. He also has a poem that describes Trump’s working class supporters who will be screwed.

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Brecht Celebrated Overlooked Workers

Brecht and Neruda poems to celebrate International Workers’ Day.

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Poetry an Ally in Times Like These

Rich’s “At Times Like These” anticipates the disappearances we are witnessing and suggest that poetry can function as a political ally.

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Trump, Hitler: Two Storytelling Narcissists

Trump’s takeover of the Kennedy Center stems from his fascination with and manipulation of culture, which he shares with Hitler.

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Celebrate Work? or Complain about It?

For Labor Day, two poems (Brecht, Piercy) about jobs that degrade. But the poems themselves offer solace.

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Trump’s Debate and Swift’s City Shower

Trump’s torrent of lies in Thursday’s debate brings to mind Swift’s poem “Description of a City Shower.”

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D.H. Lawrence’s Egotistical Jesus

In which I explore Lawrence’s ideas about focusing on self, not others.

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Mackie, Trump, and Sadistic Thrills

Trump supporters may get a Mack the Knife thrill from watching their criminal leader perform.

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Brecht, Hitler’s Coup Attempt, and Jan. 6

Reacting to Hitler, Brecht expressed frustration as the ineffectiveness of crying out. Today, the 100th anniversary of Hitler’s coup attempts, resembles January 6, 2021.

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