“An anti-war protesting, socialist-leaning, ex-Marine embarrassment”—that’s what the hyper-conservative blog Jammie-Wearing Fool called New Mexico Republican Congressional hopeful Adam Kokesh today.
“Mr. Kokesh has an extensive and well-documented history of affiliations with radical leftist groups,” claims Gathering of Eagles, the group that unleashed today’s rightist outrage with its “Open Letter to the Republican Party Regarding Adam Kokesh.” The letter goes on to link Kokesh to Code Pink, the Muslim Brotherhood and the Black Panthers.
“I’m proud of the fact that I’ve been able to work with people that have strong disagreements with me philosophically,” Kokesh tells SFR. “I think it’s funny that one of my greatest strengths is being used against me.”
Updated March 2: Reality TV ex-contestant Jason Brockhoft hasn’t rested in his battle against Bullrun. Instead, he’s been making videos (below) to prove his case. Here’s Brockhoft’s version of the story (disclaimer: not SFR’s).
Colorado-based author Mark Lee Gardner’s latest book, To Hell on a Fast Horse: Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett, and the Epic Chase to Justice in the Old West isn’t your average Billy the Kid book. Gardner, who has made a career out of researching and writing about New Mexican territorial history, tells the story of the young outlaw and his killer in great detail, crafting a narrative that reads like a novel. With evocative character descriptions of many of the men, outlaw or lawman, involved in the rivalry between Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett, Gardner renders a time, place and a people with sincerity and accuracy.
SFR spoke with Gardner about the book. On Thursday, Gardner will perform cowboy songs, some original and some classic, at the Santuario de Guadalupe. On Friday, he reads and speaks on the book at the Palace of the Governors (for full event info, check out the bottom of this post).
SFR: So, Billy the Kid. That story’s been told before, huh?
MLG: Obviously there’s a gazillion books on the Billy the Kid story, but I never really felt like the dramatic potential of that story—the action, the drama, the backstories—I felt like it hadn’t been fully told before. The fear is that people will say, ‘Oh, I’ve already read about Billy the Kid,’ and that kind of stuff.
A life can be changed by a small occurrence or a large event. The weekly poetry readings at Warehouse 21, which started summer of 2008, in terms of size are somewhere in-between, but no less life-changing for many of Santa Fe’s youth. The poetry readings used to get up to 100 people per week, but lately have been suffering from a lack of interest and inspiration. With any luck, one day soon, with the leadership of Warehouse 21’s youth organizers, they will be able to reach as many people as they did in the early days of the event.
The Warehouse 21 open mic poetry nights were started almost two years ago by three Santa Fe teens: Joey (whose last name remains a mystery), Mike Gore and Joshua Keeler. The three started the event for their peers, but not at Warehouse 21. They were held every Sunday night in Cathedral Park and, at first, would consist only of four or five teens, some reading and some simply listening. Soon, however, people walking past could no longer ignore the kids yelling poetry at the top of their lungs (or presenting strange Pac Man-related performance art, as depicted in the above image), before long there were 20 or more people flooding the park once a week to listen to the talents of Santa Fe’s youth. There was often a PA system brought to avoid the screaming. Soon enough the readings incorporated music as well.
Killing Kasztner: The Jew Who Dealt With Nazis is a controversial new documentary, written and directed by Gaylen Ross, which opened at the Screen on Friday, Feb. 19 (for additional movie showtimes, see the bottom of this post). SFR had an opportunity to chat with the director, who spent six years working on Kasztner, about the film.
Killing Kasztner sheds light on Rudolf Kasztner, one of the most controversial figures in Holocaust history. Many credit him with saving the lives of thousands of Jews (some say he saved more than did the famed Oskar Schindler). However, after his death, some claimed he was, in fact, a Nazi collaborator. Ross interviewed survivors of his rescue trains, his assassin, and his living daughter to create a unique image of a figure who is coming back into the international consciousness.
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michael segura:
and what evidence has mr salazar presented beyond his word versus mary's. this woman has written evidence.
michael segura:
really, you would rather believe accusations from a disgruntled employee who by the way was practicing law while working for the state than a legally
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