Shailja Blog: The Shoes Heard Around The World


	Be a part of Migritude's journey. No contribution is too small - or too large. $2 buys coffee for a volunteer. $15 rents a rehearsal studio for an hour. $100 covers 2 hours of lighting / tech / set design. $500 helps fly Shailja to international festivals!! You can also make a tax-deductible donation by check. Please email shailja@shailja.com for details.		my blog Tuesday, December 16, 2008 The Shoes Heard Around The World A quatrain that nails it (or should that be "shoes it") perfectly, from Yoshie Furuhashi, critical.montages@gmail.com As the POTUS spoke nonsense into the void, His final insult to Iraqis unfurled, There the embattled journalist stood, And fired the shoes heard round the world.* Muntadar al-Zeidi's shoes are the Lexington and Concord of creative anti-imperialist resistance in the age of YouTube. * With an apology to Emerson. posted by shailja at 9:36 PM 0 Comments: Post a Comment Links to this post: <$BlogBacklinkTitle$> <$BlogBacklinkSnippet$> posted by <$BlogBacklinkAuthor$> @ <$BlogBacklinkDateTime$> Create a Link << Home Previous Posts Luna Press Calendar Milk, The Movie Arundhati Roy: Mumbai was not India's 9/11 Keep Talking to Kenyan MPs and Ministers My op-ed on Mumbai Attacks UNGA!! Spot the discrepancy hoopdance Progressive Voices on Mumbai Attacks Visual Artist Sought for Exciting Collaboration

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