Who Runs H-ITAM ?
ANNOTICO
Report
Blossom, Tomayto,
TomAto
!!!!! Krause or Krass !!!
Is that YOUR Best Effort at Focusing on Improving H-ITAM
????
Di Minimus Non Curat Lex!!!!!!!!
Italo, You may want to take
Jim Mancuso off your List. He passed on about 6
months ago, here in LA.
He was truly one of the finer examples of our Italian Community. May he
recieve his Just Rewards!!!!
Tom, There are a Number on Serious Misconceptions floating around.
While Dominic STARTED the H-ITAM Bulletin Board, and deserves
GREAT
Commendation for his Vision and Effort. Dominic then Generously
Offered
HIS H-ITAM Bulletin Board as the Bulletin Board Arm of IAHA.
I urge you to go to the Website for H-ITAM. Go To : <<
http://www.h-net.org/~itam/
>> Click on: Welcome
It states the Policies and
are Not subverted frequently to serve the Agenda of the current Editor, I'm
ONLY saying that it is NOT Dominic's Site,although
he should be considered
its Founder. H-ITAM it is an ARM of AIHA!!
Neither Do I DARE say that AIHA's
actions are fully democratic, and that
certain people do not wield influence far beyond their talents and
expertise. It may because they have been able to develop a cadre of persons
PERSONALLY beholden to him, regardless of the Good of the
Organization!!!!!!!!! Welcome real world.:(
I am Not referring to Dominic, who I believe is a good
soul, BUT keeps his
finger up to see which way the wind is blowing, and acts accordingly. Good
survival Skills, but Not one to stand up to BULLIES!!!!.
H-ITAM operates UNDER the Auspices of MICHIGAN STATE's
H-NET, and uses it's
"facilities".
Strangely Enough when I went to H-ITAM Website, and clicked on the
"American Italian Historical Association" Website" hyperlink, I was
directed to:
<< http://www.cuscinafrancesca.com/
>> : Cuscina Francesca, LLC, a
family-owned and operated artisan producer of gourmet Sicilian specialty
foods based in
ACTUALLY, The "American Italian Historical
Association" Website can be
found at:
<<< http://www.aiha.fau.edu/
>>>
fau =
his recent promotion.
Strangely again if you click on: Introduction to H-ItAm:
The Virtual
Piazza, by Dominic Candeloro,
you actually go to "Altreitalie", not
H-ITAM ????
The STATED Description of H-ITAM:
H-ItAm, is a member of H-Net Humanities & Social
Sciences OnLine. H-ItAm
provides an interactive network/forum for scholars and activists relating
to the Italian American Experience, and more generally, the ethnic culture
of the Italian diaspora worldwide.
As Such, the AIHA Board of Directors, or the President of the Board
APPOINTS the H-ITAM Advisory Board:
Anthony Tamburri, Donna Gabaccia,
Angela Danzi, Pasquale Verdicchio,
Edi
Giunta, Fred Misurella.
<< http://www.h-net.org/~itam/editors/board.html
>>
H-ITAM ADVISORY BOARD
Daily activities are managed by the editors. Its long-term policies are
developed by the advisory board. Board members referee incoming articles,
reviews, and teaching materials; establish basic subscription restrictions
and policy; advise the editors on disputes among editors and subscribers;
monitor the list and make active contributions to discussion; and serve as
the subscribers' voice in H-Net affairs. You are encouraged to contact any
or all of the editorial board members with ideas and concerns.
H-ITAM EDITORS
The editors serve two-year renewable terms, with the approval of the H-Net
Executive Committee and rotate their duties. The current editor will be
identified in all messages coming from the list. The editors will solicit
postings (by email, phone and even by regular mail), will assist people in
managing subscriptions and setting up options, will handle routine
inquiries, and will consolidate some postings. Anyone with suggestions
about postings is invited to send in ideas. The editors will solicit and
post newsletter-type information (calls for conferences, for example, or
listings of sessions at conventions.) H-Net's procedure for resolving
disputes over list editorial practices is Article II, Section 2.20 of our
bylaws.
In REALITY, The H-ITAM Advisory Board Recommends the
H-ITAM Editor (s), and
the H-Net rubber stamps.
LIST EDITORS
Dominic Candeloro, Fred Gardaphe, Jerome Krase, Ben Lawton
Candeloro being the "get along" guy that he is, is strongly
influenced by
Krass , and while the quality of Dom's
Board was generally good, often
subjected to Krass' Suggestions, it often slipped to
a "Krass" level.
Gardaphe served for only short periods, and generally
accommodated Krass.
The Renaissance of the H-ITAM was during Ben
Lawton's Editorship.
I speculate that Krass "engineered" the
"retirement" of Ben Lawton, and his
own "promotion".
But, more important even than the serious diminution of the Quality of the
Bulletin Board, is Krass' ANTI Italianism.
He Never Fails to point out
and denigrates Italian Americans for fighting against Defamation and
Discrimination!!!!! He reminds me of Vidkun Quisling of
WWII.
I state part of my case in an article at :
Italia Mia
" Et tu Brutus: Jerry Krase
believes Italian Defamation is "Much Ado about
Nothing"
<<
http://www.italiamia.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=annotico;action=display
;num=1142277112 >>
OR
http://www.italystl.com. The
ANNOTICO Report on
BOTTOM LINE: It is KRASS Not CANDELORO who deserves Any and ALL Brick
Bats!!!!!
Warm Regards,
Richard Annotico
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> [Original Message]
> From: Kirschenbaum, Blossom <Blossom_Kirschenbaum@brown.edu>
> To: Verso <tverso@rochester.rr.com>; Italo
Savella <savvy47@netacc.net>;
H-ITAM <H-ITAM@H-NET.MSU.EDU>; Lawrence Tamanini
<italam1@yahoo.com>
> Cc: Alba Richard <rda73@albany.edu>; Alfano Manny
<Eaa097@aol.com>;
Annotico Richard <annotico@earthlink.com>; Arpaia
Paul
<Paul.Arpaia@IUP.EDU>; Balducci Carolyn
<Balducci@umich.edu>; Beninato
Stephanie <stebeni@zianet.com>; Candeloro Dominic
<D-Candeloro@GOVST.EDU>;
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Carlo Johnny <JohnnyItalian@aol.com>; De Matteo John
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> Date: 6/9/2006 12:26:59 PM
> Subject: RE: Cristogianni Borsella
- the Candeloro gang
>
> Colleagues, we could start the improvements by spelling Jerry Krase's
name correctly. Blossom
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Verso [mailto:tverso@rochester.rr.com]
> Sent: Fri 6/9/2006 8:49 AM
> To: Italo Savella;
H-ITAM; Lawrence Tamanini
> Cc: Alba Richard; Alfano Manny; Annotico Richard; Arpaia
Paul; Balducci
Carolyn; Beninato Stephanie; Candeloro Dominic; Cerro
B.D.; Colacino
Carmine; De Carlo Johnny; De Matteo John; Giantomaso
L.; Grippo Ted & Aida;
Iraci Giorgio & Roberta; Kirschenbaum, Blossom; Lanzafame Frank; Lawton
Ben; L'Orfano Francesca; Lo Schiavo Linda Ann; Malpezzi-Price Paola;
Mancuso James; Martinelli Nicole; Masullo
Robert; Mazzucchelli Chiara;
Mellone James; O'Connell Giuliana; Oliveiri Chad; Paolicelli Paul; Pugliese
Stanislao; Radomile Leon; Scocca
John; Tamanini Lawrence; Tamburri
Anthony;
Tanzilo Bobby; Toglia
Mario; Viscusi Robert; Buttaci Sal & Sharon;
Longo
Stephanie; Del Giudice Luisa; Gardaphe
Fred; Giordano Paolo
> Subject: Re: Cristogianni Borsella
- the Candeloro gang
>
> I doubt there is anyone who misses the Ben Lawton days at ItAm more than
me.
> I unsubscribed and stopped reading ItAm soon after he left for reasons
> stated and implied in Lawrence Tamanini's note
below. However, I disagree
> with Mr. Tamanini, as I have with some others on
this cc list in the past,
> about the cause of the "problem" (i.e. the scholarly/intellectual
void of
> ItAm). The problem is not Mr.
Krause. He is an editor at the behest the
> list sponsor Mr. Candeloro and his American Italian Historical
Association.
> Essentially, it is Mr. Candeloro's site to do
with what he will. Mr.
Krause
> recently wrote - "if you don't like it unsubscribe!" Obviously,
Mr.
> Candeloro agrees or he would correct the statement, if not remove the
editor
> More generally, all the editors of ItAm and board members of American
> Italian Historical Association share in the responsibility for the
character
> of ItAm, which include such esteems as Ben
Lawton, Anthony Tamburri and
Fred
> Gardaphe. In short, the problem is not Mr.
Krause. Rather, the Candeloro
> gang!
>
>
>
> My problem - my disappointment - is with the academic list members who
could
> relatively easily form an umbrella organization and in turn sponsor a
truly
> scholarly Italian/American H-Net dialogue list.
>
>
>
> Tom Verso
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> -------Original Message-------
>
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>
> From: Lawrence Tamanini
>
> Date: 06/07/06 14:20:57
>
> To: Italo Savella;
H-ITAM
>
> Cc: Alba, Richard; Alfano, Manny; Annotico, Richard; Arpaia,
Paul;
Balducci,
> Carolyn; Beninato, Stephanie; Candeloro,
Dominic; Cerro, B.D.; Colacino,
> Carmine; De Carlo, Johnny; De Matteo, John; Giantomaso,
L.; Grippo, Ted &
> Aida; Iraci, Giorgio & Roberta; Kirschenbaum,
Blossom; Lanzafame, Frank;
> Lawton, Ben; L'Orfano, Francesca; Lo Schiavo,
Linda Ann; Malpezzi-Price,
> Paola; Mancuso, James; Martinelli, Nicole; Masullo, Robert; Mazzucchelli,
> Chiara; Mellone,
James; O'Connell, Giuliana; Oliveiri, Chad; Paolicelli,
> Paul; Pugliese, Stanislao;
Radomile, Leon; Scocca, John; Tamanini,
Lawrence;
> Tamburri, Anthony; Tanzilo,
Bobby; Toglia, Mario; Verso, Tom; Viscusi,
> Robert; Buttaci, Sal & Sharon; Longo, Stephanie; Del Giudice, Luisa;
> Gardaphe, Fred; Giordano, Paolo
>
> Subject: Re: Cristogianni Borsella
>
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> There was a time that I enjoyed H-ITAM .What I enoyed
>
> was the the more spirited exchanges. Yes,
sometimes it
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> got rough but most of the time it was quite amusing.
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> Then along came Jerry Krause and boredom set in with a
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> large thud. Jerry does not moderate, Jerry censors.
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> H-ITAM is not a site for the exchange of ideas ,
it is
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> the site for Jerry and his markist, lennists commie
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> friends who write what passes as a book.
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> When I read the plug for crissys tome I thanked
God I
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> have a delete button.
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> H-ITAM, RIP
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> --- Italo Savella
<savvy47@netacc.net> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Amici,
>
> > How much more of this tiresome wallowing in
>
> > Italian-American victimhood are you going to put up
>
> > with? And how much longer are you going to tolerate
>
> > the prostitution of H-itam for the purpose
of
>
> > propagandising Marxist-Leninist drivel?
>
> > The latest example is the following fresh posting on
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> > this forum about yet another jeremiad of
>
> > Italian-American "persecution" by this Cristogianni
>
> > Borsella.
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> >
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> > Cristogianni Borsella's
book, On Persecution,
>
> > Identity & Activism, focuses
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> > on the many trials and tribulations that
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> > American-Italians have suffered over
>
> > the past 120 years. While other books have
focused
>
> > on specific areas of
>
> > anti-Italianism, Cristogianni's work
encompasses
>
> > the great bulk of persecution
>
> > that existed in the
>
> > of a historical timeline.
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> > The
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> > book also shows the reader how Italian-American
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> > identity has evolved though
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> > the years, and that there is still no consensus on
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> > its definition. Modern
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> > activism is addressed as well, especially the
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> > ongoing anti-defamation campaign
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> > and the Columbus Day controversy.
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> >
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> > Title: On Persecution, Identity & Activism
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> > Author: Cristogianni Borsella
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> > ISBN#: 0937832413
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> > Cover Type: Paperback
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> > Year Published: 2005
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> > Price: $18.95
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> > http://www.danteuniversity.org/persecution.html_
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> > (http://www.danteuniversity.org/persecution.html)
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> >
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> > Look up Dante University; it's one of those phantom
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> > online "colleges" offering "bachelor's" degrees
for
>
> > a few hundred bucks.
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> > Mr. Borsella describes himself in his own
"profile"
>
> > website as "writer/hustler," and lists his interests
>
> > as follows:
>
> >
>
> > Italian American
>
> > Hip-Hop
>
> > Biracial and Multiracial
>
> > Creative Writing
>
> > United Nations
>
> > Communist
>
> > Socialist
>
> > Fitness and Nutrition
>
> > New York Yankees
>
> > State Univerisity of New York (SUNY)
>
> > Boxing
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> > Poetry
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> > World Politics
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> > Mediterranean
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> > Italy
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> > Malta
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> > Esperanto
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> > Sicilian American
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> >
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> > Mr. Borsella is a promoter of the
"Mediterranean
>
> > League" whose manifesto reads thusly:
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> >
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> > This is a PROGRESSIVE group, founded with the belief
>
> > that there exists too much division in the world. It
>
> > is time, therefore, to start seeking out our
>
> > similarities, rather than our differences. We must
>
> > forge a "common unity" so that we may eventually
>
> > attain a true global community. This community
>
> > strives to unite people across all lines: ethnic,
>
> > religious, cultural, gender, etc. This can only be
>
> > achieved through an ardent commitment to--and the
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> > unified promotion of--Marxism-Leninism. The
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> > Mediterranean League acknowledges these 7 main
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> > principles: 1)The concept of race and racial
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> > superiority is as ridiculous as it is false; all the
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> > world's people are a part of only ONE RACE--the
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> > HUMAN RACE; 2) The mixing of peoples, ideas,
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> > cultures, and religions is essential in a democratic
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> > society; it is no coincidence, therefore, that the
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> > birthplace of democracy--the Mediterranean
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> > region--lies at the crossroads of three major
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> > continents, and has historically been an area of
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> > great intermingling, in which all peoples can find a
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> > significant number of ancestors; 3) In today's
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> > world, one of the greatest barriers to peaceful
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> > cooperation between groups is LANGUAGE. The League
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> > therefore supports the use of Esperanto, a
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> > non-colonial language that is easy to learn; 4)
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> > Organized religion is set up by human beings, and is
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> > naturally flawed; now more than ever, religion is
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> > being used to divide the people of the world--the
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> > League therefore encourages each person to find
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> > their own SPIRITUALITY, believing whatever they
>
> > want, as long as they do not hurt others; 5) The
>
> > citizens of the world must put more pressure on
>
> > their governments to help end hunger and injustice;
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> > 6) Activists of all backgrounds must band together
>
> > to fight bigotry; 7) The League realizes that
>
> > greater steps must be taken by the U.N., and other
>
> > international bodies, if a truly "global" community
>
> > is to emerge. WITH THAT SAID, the
>
> > League welcomes you. Hello, friend!
>
> > See:
>
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mediterranean_league/