Comments for Upside Down Notebook http://upsidedownworld.org/blog Putting the street into the notebook. By Ben Dangl Wed, 22 May 2013 10:30:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 Comment on The Price of Fire Goes on Tour by Nina Murano http://upsidedownworld.org/blog/?p=70#comment-18196 Nina Murano Sat, 31 Mar 2007 21:36:49 +0000 http://upsidedownworld.org/blog/?p=70#comment-18196 Hi Ben, I met Emily and Heather when I was in Bolivia last November, but not you. I notice that your tour is not including the West Coast - too bad. We have an annual regional FOR 'retreat'over the 4th of July - no fireworks.... This year we meet June 29th for three days - I have been drafted to give a workshop re: Latin America, the Hopeful Continent. If you were going to be in the area I would draft you, cuz you're Johnny-on-the-Spot.... Besides your own book, have you suggestions on any 'must read' books? This is going to be more of an interactive (cuz lots of FOR people get around a lot..) than informative workshop - but, of course, you can hardly have too much information, at least source-wise. Let me know if you have any suggestions. I enjoy your work. Thanks, Nina Hi Ben,

I met Emily and Heather when I was in Bolivia last November, but not you. I notice that your tour is not including the West Coast - too bad.
We have an annual regional FOR ‘retreat’over the 4th of July - no fireworks…. This year we meet June 29th for three days - I have been drafted to give a workshop re: Latin America, the Hopeful Continent. If you were going to be in the area I would draft you, cuz you’re Johnny-on-the-Spot….
Besides your own book, have you suggestions on any ‘must read’ books? This is going to be more of an interactive (cuz lots of FOR people get around a lot..) than informative workshop - but, of course, you can hardly have too much information, at least source-wise.
Let me know if you have any suggestions. I enjoy your work.
Thanks,
Nina

]]> Comment on UNESCO: Venezuela Free From Illiteracy by Ricardo Quintanilla http://upsidedownworld.org/blog/?p=13#comment-1730 Ricardo Quintanilla Fri, 13 Oct 2006 21:05:30 +0000 http://upsidedownworld.org/blog/?p=13#comment-1730 Congratulations to the people of Venezuela and to the bolivarian government for this great achievement. this a model of education that needs to be reproduced in all Latinamerican countries and around the world. Congratulations to the people of Venezuela and to the bolivarian government for this great achievement. this a model of education that needs to be reproduced in all Latinamerican countries and around the world.

]]> Comment on Fireworks, Politics and a Globalized Stew by Maria Kanellis http://upsidedownworld.org/blog/?p=20#comment-1557 Maria Kanellis Fri, 06 Oct 2006 05:02:39 +0000 http://upsidedownworld.org/blog/?p=20#comment-1557 <strong>maria bio</strong> Interesting post. I came across this blog by accident, but it was a good accident. I have now bookmarked your blog for future use. Best wishes. Maria Kanellis. maria bio

Interesting post. I came across this blog by accident, but it was a good accident. I have now bookmarked your blog for future use. Best wishes. Maria Kanellis.

]]> Comment on Road Blockades in Altiplano, Local Stories by Gisele Bundchen http://upsidedownworld.org/blog/?p=24#comment-1523 Gisele Bundchen Wed, 04 Oct 2006 15:00:21 +0000 http://upsidedownworld.org/blog/?p=24#comment-1523 <strong>brazilian beaches</strong> Interesting post. I came across this blog by accident, but it was a good accident. I have now bookmarked your blog for future use. Best wishes. Gisele Bundchen. brazilian beaches

Interesting post. I came across this blog by accident, but it was a good accident. I have now bookmarked your blog for future use. Best wishes. Gisele Bundchen.

]]> Comment on Email Flood: Save Argentina’s Hotel Bauen by James Caffrey in Costa Del Sol Spain http://upsidedownworld.org/blog/?p=10#comment-1157 James Caffrey in Costa Del Sol Spain Fri, 22 Sep 2006 20:34:19 +0000 http://upsidedownworld.org/blog/?p=10#comment-1157 I admire these workers commitment but I think legally they are on very shaky ground! Best of luck to them! I admire these workers commitment but I think legally they are on very shaky ground! Best of luck to them!

]]> Comment on Road Ends: Taxi Thieves, World Opinion, Garden of Reasons by Klassenreisus http://upsidedownworld.org/blog/?p=27#comment-1031 Klassenreisus Tue, 19 Sep 2006 11:21:26 +0000 http://upsidedownworld.org/blog/?p=27#comment-1031 <strong>bus trips</strong> Vacation is a term used in English speaking North America to describe bus trips

Vacation is a term used in English speaking North America to describe

]]> Comment on Teeth at the Ticket Booth by Ben http://upsidedownworld.org/blog/?p=55#comment-904 Ben Fri, 15 Sep 2006 23:17:47 +0000 http://upsidedownworld.org/blog/?p=55#comment-904 Hey Adan - thanks for reading, glad you like the writing. I think of you guys often (and still keep sending friendly strangers toward Brooklyn to meet you). Tell everyone I said hello and send me your damn email, I can't find it. Hasta la proxima, Ben John, Thanks so much for the note. I feel the same way. Muchos saludos, Ben Hey Adan - thanks for reading, glad you like the writing. I think of you guys often (and still keep sending friendly strangers toward Brooklyn to meet you). Tell everyone I said hello and send me your damn email, I can’t find it. Hasta la proxima, Ben

John, Thanks so much for the note. I feel the same way. Muchos saludos, Ben

]]> Comment on Teeth at the Ticket Booth by John Rice http://upsidedownworld.org/blog/?p=55#comment-839 John Rice Thu, 14 Sep 2006 16:29:55 +0000 http://upsidedownworld.org/blog/?p=55#comment-839 I enjoy your eye and the mannor in which you describe what you see. It captures flavors of what I have seen and felt in Bolivia, and makes me want to return to somehow help repay Bolivia's educational gift to me--an understanding of what my country has done in keeping Bolivia's elite in power, and her people impoverished while her natural resources were being plundered. That understanding opened up other windows and new understandings regarding a different history than what I was taught in our USA schools and "culture" from 'day one'--a history of our nation's economic, if not military, imperialism. Whereas Bolivians could have stoned me to death for what my country has done to theirs, they educated me instead--they opened my eyes after over half a century of relative blindness, and enabled me to see--painful understandings, yes--and I will be grateful forever for them. Thanks, Ben--keep up the good work, You offer a taste of Bolivia, and it is as refreshing as it is appreciated. Regards,,,John I enjoy your eye and the mannor in which you describe what you see.

It captures flavors of what I have seen and felt in Bolivia, and makes me want to return to somehow help repay Bolivia’s educational gift to me–an understanding of what my country has done in keeping Bolivia’s elite in power, and her people impoverished while her natural resources were being plundered.

That understanding opened up other windows and new understandings regarding a different history than what I was taught in our USA schools and “culture” from ‘day one’–a history of our nation’s economic, if not military, imperialism. Whereas Bolivians could have stoned me to death for what my country has done to theirs, they educated me instead–they opened my eyes after over half a century of relative blindness, and enabled me to see–painful understandings, yes–and I will be grateful forever for them.

Thanks, Ben–keep up the good work, You offer a taste of Bolivia, and it is as refreshing as it is appreciated. Regards,,,John

]]> Comment on Teeth at the Ticket Booth by Adam Christopher http://upsidedownworld.org/blog/?p=55#comment-803 Adam Christopher Wed, 13 Sep 2006 20:15:44 +0000 http://upsidedownworld.org/blog/?p=55#comment-803 Damn Dangl, that opening paragraph was amazingly poetic. You have a talent for giving strikingly vivid and wild images to my brain. Hope all is well in the south. We think about you often. Hasta la proxima Tlayuda. Adam Damn Dangl, that opening paragraph was amazingly poetic. You have a talent for giving strikingly vivid and wild images to my brain. Hope all is well in the south. We think about you often. Hasta la proxima Tlayuda.

Adam

]]> Comment on Teeth at the Ticket Booth by Nice! http://upsidedownworld.org/blog/?p=55#comment-783 Nice! Wed, 13 Sep 2006 13:52:28 +0000 http://upsidedownworld.org/blog/?p=55#comment-783 Glad to see comments are working again. Awesome blog, I read it a lot. Glad to see comments are working again. Awesome blog, I read it a lot.

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