Cyrano's editorial pathways
A roster of editors, emeriti, and contributing writers
[ click on the names for bioblurb information ]
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Grover Furr has distinguished himself as a fearless reviser of accepted history, in this case, the almost universal perception of Josef Stalin and the old Soviet Union as a blight on the historical record.
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Publisher and Editor in Chief Patrice Greanville keeps busy making sure we don't hit a hidden reef or sail into a perfect storm...On his free time he helms The Greanville Journal [TGJ] and edits the flagship blog. He is now collating a new tv/cinema & media index cataloging the most outrageous examples of service to the System.
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Senior Editor Sadi Ranson-Polizzotti's contributions via tantmieux and other venues comprise a rich blend of poetry, photography and liberated personal chronicles of the most compelling kind-- delivered with characteristic honesty. Since the merging of her tantmieux and Cyrano sites in 2007, she also runs a tantmieux blog within Cyrano itself, something of miracle of commitment, given how busy her life is.
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Polymathic veteran Editor-at-Large Ed Duvin fills many functions, but his most important role is as consigliere on all matters pertaining to the smooth sailing of the Information Vessel Cyrano and helping the skipper glue all the idiosyncratic parts into a harmonious whole. He also pens an unusual column for TGJ, Notes From the Asylum
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Will Patching is a reformed workaholic mammonist with a total lack of respect for the babblings of the mainstream media and a healthy suspicion of all politicians' words and actions. His eclectic writings range from blogs on politics and current affairs through to short stories and thriller novels. He can usually be found exploring the South China Seas from his base in Thailand or, more easily, at www.willpatching.com. tent
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Senior Editor of Arts and Culture with Cyrano’s Journal Online, playwright, director, screenwriter and teacher, John Steppling was an original founding member of the Padua Hills Playwrights Festival and has had his plays produced in London, LA, New York, Paris, San Francisco, and Poland. Steppling lives in Lodz with Norwegian director Gunnhild Skrodal, and teaches at the Polish National Film School. He co-edits with Guy Zimmerman Cyrano's celebrated VOXPOP blog on theater, cinema & politics.
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Rowan Wolf, a senior editor with Cyrano's Journal, is a sociologist, teacher, writer and activist. Her areas of interest include social justice, environment, and globalization/corporatization at the core. SINCE 5.6.07, she has also been the main host and director of Cyrano's special blog, AVENGER.
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Phil Rockstroh, a self-described, auto-didactic, gasbag monologist, is a poet, lyricist, and philosopher bard, living in New York City, in the company of his loyal muse, Angie. Phil is a CJO Senior Contributing Editor. His essays have been published all over the web and have been translated into many languages. Phil's personal site is located at http://philrockstroh.com/
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Based in Rome, Gaither Stewart, well known for his dispatches and essays from Europe, is Cyrano’s Journal’s Senior Editor & Special European Correspondent. Gaither is currently focused on the troubling re-emergence of fascist parties and movements in the old continent.
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Bill Blum is a Senior Special Editor with Cyrano. He is one of the most distinguished critics of US Foreign Policy, chronicling for decades the crimes and hypocrisy of American policies of imperial dominion under the pretext of waging a global struggle for peace, freedom and democracy.
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Uri Avnery, Emeritus Correspondent on Middle Eastern affairs, and founder of Gush Shalom, is Israel's leading peace advocate with the Palestinian nation. A former journalist, and onetime member of the Israeli Parliament (the Knesset) he was in the Israeli militias that did ethnic cleansing of historic Palestine in 1948 to prepare for the state of Israel. His life inspired Leon Uris for the character played by Paul Newman in the movie Exodus. Since those days, Avnery has travelled a long way and is today one of Palestinians most reliable ally and a brave fighter for peace and a just two-state solution.
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Senior Editor Joe Bageant needs little introduction. The author of the recent instant classic, DEER HUNTING WITH JESUS, Joe is an undisputed expert in the complex mentality of "red staters" who, while often working class, vote repeatedly for plutocratic frauds in the name of "God" & patriotism.
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Steven Jonas-Professor of Preventive Medicine at Stony Brook University (NY)-- is Special Contributing Editor for Cyrano on Politics & Culture. Always involved in progressive politics, Jonas is also the author of The 15% Solution: A Political History of American Fascism, 2001-2022.published in 1996 under the pseudonym "Jonathan Westminster. Lately Jonas has been following the Democratic Party meanderings during a particularly snarky primary season.
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David Irving is an animal rights activist who has written numerous essays defending our non-human brethren. His novel in progress, 'In the Shadow of the Innocents,' focuses on vivisection. He has written short stories, fairy tales, and just completed a novel about the 14th century mystic Meister Eckhart. David is also an accomplished musician and composer who has played French horn with ensembles like the Oakland Symphony and San Francisco Ballet. His compositions have been performed in the US and Europe. For further information see www.davidirving-composer.com. Irving is Cyrano's Journal Special Contributing Writer for Animal Rights, Speciesisim and Human Tyranny over Nature.
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Chicago-based Stephen Lendman is Cyrano's chief book editor and one of our most energetic contributing writers on matters of politics and foreign policy. CJO readers are encouraged to visit Steve's blog and listen to The Global Research News Hour on RepublicBroadcasting.org Mondays from 11AM to 1PM US Central time for cutting-edge discussions of world and national topics with many distinguished guests.
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Maryscott O'Connor is mistress of MyLeftwing.com, a fraternal site that represents some of the best values of the new citizens' media, and a featured CJO writer. Her essays are found on many sites across the web.
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One of America's keenest students of its history, Gore Vidal is also the nation's most erudite social critic and media gadfly. For many decades Vidal has provided support and inspiration to those who would like to see America live up to its own propaganda, and helped generously the advance and strengthening of citizens' media. For that alone, we are in his eternal debt. Gore Vidal is Cyrano's Journal's first and foremost emeritus editor.
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