{"id":76842,"date":"2026-09-28T11:41:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T15:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=76842"},"modified":"2026-09-28T13:10:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T17:10:18","slug":"untamed-pledge-for-the-2026-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2026\/09\/untamed-pledge-for-the-2026-elections.html","title":{"rendered":"Untamed Pledge for the 2026 Elections<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

An article by Rafael Sorin in the French newspaper Le Monde, from February 25, 1972, about untamed literature, Cut Up or Shut Up<\/a>,<\/em> “the ‘Cut-Up’ movement” and Nova Broadcast Press, points out that “by blurring the line between press rumors and advertising, the ‘cut-up’ works against the language of totalitarian government<\/a>, whose ‘magical, authoritarian, ritual elements’ Marcuse has described in One-Dimensional Man<\/em>.” It drew this untamed response 54 years later from S\/U’s staff of thousands.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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UNTAMED PLEDGE<\/em><\/strong>

I will 
not pledge 
allegiance to 
this peculiar 
zone of mirth, 
the misbegotten 
flag of Trumpistan 
and to the corruption 
for which it stands \u2014
one nation\u2019s <\/strong>
twisted afterbirth 
with stupidity 
and avarice
for all.<\/strong>

Staff of Thousands<\/strong><\/em><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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