by P.S. Barber Bruegel painted the banal innocence of unawareness: Icarus plunges head-first into the Mediterranean’s watery womb, errant feathers flutter as two splayed legs kick near the frame’s edge, disappear into […]
AFRICA AGONISTES
Venice Celebrates International Women’s Day
By Suzanne Thompson Arts and Cultural Bridge Foundation’s International Women’s Day Celebration at Beyond Baroque, Sunday, March 12, 2-4 pm. L to R: Claudia Rojas, Gleydis Viera, Greta Cobar, Natasa Prosenc Stearns, […]
We Must Stop the TPP/Fast Track and Patriotic Act Renewal
By Anthony Castillo In the next few weeks the US Congress could hold votes on two issues that would, if passed, continue the undemocratic and unconstitutional course our country has been on […]
Vietnam, Viet Nam
By Jim Smith We never even learned the way the Vietnamese write the name of their country (Việt Nam), before we lost the war. It was 40 years ago, April 30, that […]
Je Suis Beachhead; Charlie Hebdo: Not So Much
By Jim Smith This month, the Free Venice Beachhead celebrates the publication of its 400th issue and the opening of an on-line archive of every page and every issue we ever published. […]
How Far We Have Come
By Mark Lipman The recent events and conflict in Gaza have caused great stress and polarization around the world. Although the best in the great majority of us has risen to […]
Guantanamo, Revisited
By Mary Getlein The Guantanamo Bay Detention Center in Cuba needs to be closed, now. Obama promised to close it when he was running for office in 2010. After he was elected, […]
The Coverup continues – Book Review: Watergate – A Novel
By Jim Smith We live in a world shaped by history. It is hard to escape our personal history – parents, aunts, uncles – and others who want to shape us in […]
Questions Persist As To US Arms Treaty Compliance
By Janet Phelan Geneva, Switzerland — Questions concerning the compliance of the United States with the international treaty, the Biological Weapons Convention, came to a head recently during the Seventh Review Conference […]
Interview with Singer-Songwriter Jacqueline Fuentes
Interviewed by Karl Abrams Jacqueline Fuentes is a dynamic and charismatic Chilean folk singer, songwriter and international activist. She moved to Venice about 15 years ago from Santiago and has been playing […]
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