Worth Reading
Two posts i strongly recommend you all read: Who Fights with Duanna Johnson? from Bring the Ruckus Justice for Oscar Grant: A Lost Opportunity? from Advance the Struggle Please, check them out.
H1N1 and Us
My personal relationship with H1N1 – the swine flu virus – probably lasted about a week, but i was only physically aware of it for maybe 48 hours, tops. Getting H1N1 – and if you have the flu this time of year, chances are you have it – has been …
Stefan Aust (interviewed on NZ radio)
Stefan Aust, Germany’s leading liberal authority of the RAF, interviewed by Radio New Zealand. It’s a short little interview, but it gives a flavour of the man’s way of looking at things.While i certainly disagree with his spin, Aust is someone i think you have to pay attention to if …
There’s a Fire Truck on My Ceiling: Windi Earthworm Remembered
Windi Earthworm was an institution of the radical anglo left in 1980s Montreal. A crossdressing openly gay street musician who took it upon himself to educate the public about the Vancouver 5, the genocide of Indigenous peoples, the destruction of nature, and the miseries of life under capitalism, Windi was …
Homocide in Iraq
From Gaywired by way of IntelligentaIndigena: Iraq is one of only nine countries in the world where homosexual people are executed simply for being gay. While the New York Times reports that Iraqis are now able to “enjoy freedoms unthinkable two years ago,” – women are able to walk the …
Financial Appeal for Robert Seth Hayes’ Lawyer
Robert ‘Seth’ Hayes is one of the longest-held political prisoners in the USA. A former member of the Black Panther Party and the BLA, in 1973, following a shootout with police, Seth was arrested and convicted of the murder of a New York City police officer, and sentenced to 25 …
Literate Frequencies
i was chatting with an anarchist comrade at the recent bookfair in New York City, when he turned to my table and spotted one of my more in-your-face Marxist-Leninist books, a history of relations between white and Black revolutionary organizations in the united states, specifically of the mutually parasitic dynamics …
Dead Cops & Spin
The following excellent article about killing cops in Oakland is from the radical queer Back Back News blog : Lovelle Mixon, Police, and the Politics of Race/Rape by Raider Nation Collective( raidernationcollective [at] gmail.com)Monday Apr 13th, 2009 3:40 PM In short, there are those who are automatically guilty and those …
Pass the Roti on the left hand side
Just like to quickly give props to this blog, which i just had pointed out to me: Pass the Roti on the left hand side – a good source of progressive and antifascist news and analysis from and about South Asia. Check it out!
Isolation-Torture in the u.s.a
The following is an important article by Dr. Atul Gawande, on the subject of isolation-torture as it is practiced in u.s. prisons. The article appeared in the March 30, 2009, edition of The New Yorker, and is available on their website here. One of the most striking things for me, …