Bob Nowlan
@ranowlan.bsky.social
Professor Emeritus, Critical Studies, U of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Producer and dj host of weekly radio shows Insurgence, WHYS, Eau Claire and Left Edge Radio, KNSJ, San Diego. Live in San Diego with my husband, Andy Swanson, and our pugs Aidan and Patrick.
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And that’s what racist despots do: exploit tragedies like yesterday to scapegoat whole populations they already don’t like. Never mind all so many of these Afghans did for US troops while the latter were in Afghanistan.
And that’s what racist despots do: exploit tragedies like yesterday to scapegoat whole populations they already don’t like. Never mind all so many of these Afghans did for US troops while the latter were in Afghanistan.
Trump collectively punishes Afghan community after Wednesday shooting
The administration quickly politicized and sought to weaponize the tragic shooting.
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November 27, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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And that’s what racist despots do: exploit tragedies like yesterday to scapegoat whole populations they already don’t like. Never mind all so many of these Afghans did for US troops while the latter were in Afghanistan.
And that’s what racist despots do: exploit tragedies like yesterday to scapegoat whole populations they already don’t like. Never mind all so many of these Afghans did for US troops while the latter were in Afghanistan.
On my radio show Insurgence tonight besides paying tribute to the late, great Jimmy Cliff I am playing music from Denver-based Indigenous punk band Dead Pioneers with music from both of their two albums to date, in commemoration of ‘National Day of Mourning’ or ‘Unthanksgiving Day’.
On blistering new record, Dead Pioneers fuse punk, poetry, politics and protest - Colorado Springs Independent
The album “PO$T AMERICAN” begins with the sound of Gregg Deal thumping an animal-skinned hand drum. He opens his mouth and belts out the American Indian Movement’s intertribal song of protest — more s...
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November 27, 2025 at 5:35 PM
On my radio show Insurgence tonight besides paying tribute to the late, great Jimmy Cliff I am playing music from Denver-based Indigenous punk band Dead Pioneers with music from both of their two albums to date, in commemoration of ‘National Day of Mourning’ or ‘Unthanksgiving Day’.
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A thoughtful, compelling essay reminding me of teaching The Fantastic, The Uncanny, and The Surreal, twice, at UW-Eau Claire, giving surrealism considerable emphasis. I loved teaching that class and the students loved taking it. Political connections were key.
A thoughtful, compelling essay reminding me of teaching The Fantastic, The Uncanny, and The Surreal, twice, at UW-Eau Claire, giving surrealism considerable emphasis. I loved teaching that class and the students loved taking it. Political connections were key.
Surrealism Against Fascism • EQUATOR
A century ago, artists who survived the trenches captured humanity’s capacity for destruction. What can they teach us about confronting the far-right in a new age of genocide?
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November 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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A thoughtful, compelling essay reminding me of teaching The Fantastic, The Uncanny, and The Surreal, twice, at UW-Eau Claire, giving surrealism considerable emphasis. I loved teaching that class and the students loved taking it. Political connections were key.
A thoughtful, compelling essay reminding me of teaching The Fantastic, The Uncanny, and The Surreal, twice, at UW-Eau Claire, giving surrealism considerable emphasis. I loved teaching that class and the students loved taking it. Political connections were key.
Trump EPA moves to abandon rule that sets tough standards for deadly soot pollution
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Trump EPA moves to abandon rule that sets tough standards for deadly soot pollution
The Trump administration is seeking to abandon a rule that sets tough standards for deadly soot pollution, arguing that the Biden administration did not have authority to set the tighter standard on p...
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November 26, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Trump EPA moves to abandon rule that sets tough standards for deadly soot pollution
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Lawsuit challenges arrests of people showing up to ICE check-ins in San Diego
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Lawsuit challenges arrests of people showing up to ICE check-ins in San Diego
Attorneys are challenging the detention of three people arrested in San Diego who showed up to their immigration check-in appointments this fall.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Lawsuit challenges arrests of people showing up to ICE check-ins in San Diego
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No Justice
YouTube video by Jimmy Cliff - Topic
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November 26, 2025 at 12:38 AM
“Adelanto is a prison . . . people . . . are transported in chains, kept under surveillance, restricted to monitored phone calls, and treated as criminal inmates . . . though nobody is here to be punished for any crimes. Immigration detention is a civil matter, not a criminal one.”
Dispatch from Adelanto
By Caleb Soto
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November 25, 2025 at 9:11 PM
“Adelanto is a prison . . . people . . . are transported in chains, kept under surveillance, restricted to monitored phone calls, and treated as criminal inmates . . . though nobody is here to be punished for any crimes. Immigration detention is a civil matter, not a criminal one.”
“This was the week from hell for environmental policy in the United States . . . Unless stopped by the courts, each of these proposed rollbacks will do irreparable harm to the nation’s water quality, endangered species and marine ecosystems.”
In One Week, Trump Moves to Reshape U.S. Environmental Policy
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November 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
“This was the week from hell for environmental policy in the United States . . . Unless stopped by the courts, each of these proposed rollbacks will do irreparable harm to the nation’s water quality, endangered species and marine ecosystems.”
