A debonaire looking Jim, 1981 It is two years today since Jim Campbell died of a heart attack, bicycling in rural Ontario with his partner Julie. He was 57, and had been looking forward to retiring in a few years, to finally being able to move out of the city. …
H1N1 prevalence around the world The news today that the canadian federal government has sent body bags to First Nations in preparation for this fall’s H1N1 hit, is a stark exposition of the fact that the “swine flu,” while expected to be mild in wealthier countries, could devastate many poorer …
queers murdered by death squads in Iraq From the Guardian, this report about political-homophobic murders in Iraq: Sitting on the floor, wearing traditional Islamic clothes and holding an old notebook, Abu Hamizi, 22, spends at least six hours a day searching internet chatrooms linked to gay websites. He is not …
Leonard Peltier – an American Indian Movement prisoner of war – writes in Counterpunch about the recent denial of his parole after 33 years in prison for a crime he did not commit: The Denial of My ParoleI Am Barack Obama’s Political Prisoner Now By LEONARD PELTIER The United States …
The following from political prisoner Daniel McGowan’s support group: From: “Family & Friends of Daniel McG”Date: Thu, September 10, 2009 Dear friends, Daniel’s article, “Exposing ‘Little Guantanamo:’ Inside the CMU” is now handsomely laid out and available for download in screen-reading or printable booklet form! If you still haven’t read …
The following excellent analysis of this December’s upcoming climate talks in Copenhagen was initially posted on Znet. The author, Patrick Bond, is director of the Centre for Civil Society in Durban and co-editor of the UKZN Press book Climate Change, Carbon Trading and Civil Society: Negative Returns on South African …
i have only read two of China Mieville’s steampunk novels, and whaddya know my favourite of the two – Perdido Street Station – is on offer as a free download from suvudo. it’s an incredibly imaginative story set in a magical city modeled somewhat on Victorian London, where our heroes …
R. G. Collingwood, from The Idea of History: For a man about to act, the situation is his master, his oracle, his god. Whether his action is to prove successful or not depends on whether he grasps the situation rightly or not. If he is a wise man, it is …
i’ve been thinking about what we call “historical knowledge” quite a bit these days, all the while chewing my way through my annual summer treat, the two “years best” annual science fiction anthologies (Gardner Dozois’ and Hartwell & Cramer’s respectively).Historical knowledge is taken as something of a given, and for …
thx to Kasama for posting this…