by Philip Farruggio | May 17, 2024 | Blog, CounterCurrents
First we need to get the ‘ Right ( meaning ‘ Left’ ) people in government. What needs be done is for the public to finally, in mass, understand that the Super Rich do damage to us all with their obscene wealth and influence. Obviously, the best...
by Philip Farruggio | May 2, 2024 | Blog, CounterCurrents
Fifty four years ago today this writer was getting ready to hitchhike to classes at Brooklyn College. It was a sunny, blue sky early Spring day, and the college was a few miles from our apartment building on the corner of Bedford Ave and Ave U. This writer was into...
by Philip Farruggio | Mar 25, 2024 | Blog, CounterCurrents
Documentary film maker Marc Levin made a ‘must see ‘ film entitled Class Divide (2015) about the gentrification of the West Chelsea area of Manhattan ( 23rd street around 9th and 10th Avenues). HIs former documentary, Hard Times: Lost on Long Island...
by Philip Farruggio | Mar 19, 2024 | Blog, CounterCurrents
(War) h’uh Yeah! (What is it good for?) Absolutely (nothin) uh-huh, uh-huh (War) h’uh Yeah! (What is it good for?) Absolutely (nothin’) Listen to me Ooh war, I despise ‘Cause it means destruction of innocent lives War means tears, to thousands...
by Philip Farruggio | Feb 27, 2024 | Blog, CounterCurrents
Remember Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster film ‘ Schindler’s List’? In it Oskar Schindler, an ambitious Czech businessman, has his epiphany in Krakow, Poland during the German occupation. Schindler came to Krakow to make his fortune using Jewish...
by Philip Farruggio | Feb 23, 2024 | Blog, CounterCurrents
Just watched a 2020 documentary entitled ‘ Dirty Money’ that covered a slew of scams perpetrated on American consumers. The segment on Scott Tucker really got my goat. Here’s a bit of a background on this character and his disgusting shenanigans: In 1991, Tucker was...
