27 Jun 23

A new take on “ghost hunters” pretty neat.

by guy 2 years ago

07 May 23

Later, he enrolled at Auburn and got interested in sociology and geography, and wound up at Berkeley pursuing a doctorate, studying social organizations in Birmingham. He is a self-identified redneck (as in the original reference: communist-sympathizing miners in West Virginia), and once his Ph.D. was done, he dove into an anti-racist strain of Marxist political organizing in Birmingham, working on developing cooperative businesses, community land trusts, popular education, and community farming projects. But after eight years, Henson felt he had done little to tilt the balance of power towards working people. One of the great disappointments of his life was when he and fellow organizers endorsed a mayoral candidate who later betrayed their ideals.

by eli 2 years ago