Archive - Fred Klonsky in Retirement

Robert Moses and Mike Rose (A repost from my blog from 2021).

I’m on holiday with the family on beautiful Block Island, 13 miles off the coast of Rhode Island.

Jul 12 •

The ADL is not what it appears. (Reposted from the Guardian)

I am on vacation with the family until July 20th.

Jul 10 •

The birdwatchers of Block Island and Daniel Berrigan.

I am with the family on holiday on Block Island, 13 miles off the Rhode Island coast, until July 20th.

Jul 9 •

NEA breaks ties with the Anti-Defamation League. (Repost from Mondoweiss)

I am on holiday until July 20th with family on Block Island, 13 miles off the coast of Rhode Island.

Jul 8 •

The secret history of Block Island.

For the next two weeks I am taking our annual holiday with the family on Block Island, 14 miles of the Atlantic coast of Rhode Island

Jul 7 •

The New York Times gives cover to the white supremacist eugenicist Jordan Lasker (aka Cremieux).

If you are my age you may remember Judith Miller.

Jul 5 •

They won't be celebrating the Fourth of July in Bell Gardens this year.

In the early 70s I lived in a shared apartment in the California town of Bell Gardens, southeast of Los Angeles.

Jul 4 •

Mamdani didn't just win. He won in a landslide.

The question is whether Mamdani and the movement we have built should endorse Jeffries and Schumer.

Jul 1 •

June 2025

Hot Commie Summer: MAGA Islamophobic slurs, unhinged Wall Street, Democratic Establishment silence.

Bloomberg News calls it “hot commie summer”.

Jun 27 •

A can of whoop-ass.

The family gathered at our place last night to watch the returns.

Jun 25 •

The war comes home. New York mayoral candidates divide over bombing Iran.

I remember 18 years ago when the Democrats favorite Republican, John McCain, sang “Bomb, bomb, bomb/ Bomb bomb Iran” at a campaign stop.

Jun 23 •

Andrew Cuomo's shameful Islamophobia must be rejected at the polls.

Another war against a Muslim nation hangs over us like last night’s thunderstorms that rolled through New York city at dusk.

Jun 20 •

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