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Afrique
Obscure April Fools award of the century
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Who tries to fool people with birth sex ratios in the Central African Republic? The British Journal Biology Letters and the British press, apparently.
Me, Niger
Why I’m a dead man
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How sad is it that I’m this excited about a book of history – polisci essays? How additionally sad is it that I’m trembling in terror over my girlfriend’s reaction that I just spent $40 on a whim? Regardless, I’m…
Internet Cruft, puters
Iz Serius Bizness!
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According to a recent research project reported in New Scientist, ” Wikipedians are ‘closed’ and ‘disagreeable’.” Those carrying out the study were “surprised that contributors scored low for agreeableness and openness to new ideas, given that contributing to the website…
Solidarity
Israel is over
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Regardless of what you may think of me, my opinions, or the people I speak of below, Israel is destroying itself. Based on a proposition so tenuous that it must be built with care and compassion from below, the dream…
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Celebrating Inauthenticity in Ghana
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Today marks 52 years since the first sub-Saharan African nations claimed their independence from colonialism: It’s a national holiday in Ghana, and an oportunity to remind Westerners of how wonderfully, triumphantly, unexotic a free Africa can be.
Artsy Fartsy
The Art of M. S. Corley
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Designer M. S. Corley is redesigning the modern reading of children/adults in a more modernist vein. Not a fan of Harry Potter, but I would almost buy it if it looked like this. I also admire the gall of Corely.…
History, Lefty, Solidarity
Gaza: death for land
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Adding to the “everything the press tells you is a lie” file, here a a couple of articles of the (literally) criminal attacks on civilians in Gaza. First, despite the byline, this article on the “siege on Gaza” was written…
Afrique, Artsy Fartsy, Footy
Pepe Kalle’s tribute to Roger Milla
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Pepe Kalle‘s musical tribute to “the greatest African footballer of the century”, Roger Milla, with the little needed but very enjoyable video evidence.
Lefty
On the Greek Revolt
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The On the Greek Riots blog is a good source of news for this. A lot of people on the left are following these (now four) days of rioting in every major Greek city. And unlike the European political commentators…
Antifa, Lefty
On the Recent Racist Attacks
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White supremacy is a primary enemy of working class solidarity. The recent racist attacks are purposeful attempts to divide working people against each other. The socialist left has learned the hard lessons of the 20th century and will oppose any racist attacks be they cultural or physical. A cultural approach which features exchange and engagement, instead of just tolerance, offers the brightest possibilities for unity among all working people. Public campaigns and policy proposals to dismantle the prison industrial complex, address issues of environmental racism and to challenge racial patterns of employment could demonstrate the effectiveness of anti-racist class politics.
French, Solidarity
SNCF Arrests (update 4)
by Tommy Miles •
The latest news on the Tarnac arestees. Four of the nine are released under the equivilent of bail, but still face possible charges. They were held four four days of interogations, though the police still don’t seem to have any direct evidence against any of them. Five (which the predictably frantic Le Figaro calls “The Hard Core” of situationalist students) remain in jail awaiting trial.
Antifa, History
Hitler really had only one ball
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Written interviews from the 1960s with the WWI German army doctor who saved Hitler’s life, reveal he really did lose a ball at the Somme, due to a wound. The doctor, Johan Jambor, recalled ” They called him the ‘Screamer’.…
Antifa
BNP LOLZ!
by Tommy Miles •
From the Brilliant LOLGRIFFIN blog: “Nick Griffin has lost his membership list. Let us LOL at him.” Yes. Yes we will.
Antifa
Crikey! British fascists membership list leaked
by Tommy Miles •
The neo-fascist British National Party was thrown into panic in the last 24 hours as someone posted their entire membership database to a blogspot account. The detailed members list includes personal details, jobs, contact numbers, emails, even hobbies! Speculation is…
Lefty
The French SNCF Arrests (Update 3)
by Tommy Miles •
French Anarchist Arrest Wave: Monday Update (2008-11-17) Friday the first legal actions were taken against those arrested. The number detained has dropped to nine, with one person released Friday — alleged to have been the mother of one of the…
Me
Football fashion (1990)
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The Training Shoe The Face magazine, Vol 2 no.26, in November 1990 by Peter Hooton. —————————————————– This year marked the tenth anniversary of THE FACE, but whereas parties have been thrown to commemorate this occasion, nobody has bothered to hold…
Do this, Lefty
SP-USA (NYC Local) November 08 Upcoming Events
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Thursday November 20th – 7:00 pm – Book Discussion: “Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism” w/ author Jeffrey Perry – A. J. Muste Institute, 339 Lafayette Street, Buzzer #11, (6 train to Bleecker Street) www.sp-usa.org/ www.blackpast.org/ Saturday Dec. 6th…
Internet Cruft
Wee President
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Stokley cat, c. 2004
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Stokley the cat in his Staten Island home, c. 2004. And yes, that is who I named him after, and it was supposed to be respectful, though it is hard when I have to get him off the kitchen counter.…
Me
About this
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My Pathetic Homepage was first created in mid 1995 so I could hotlink Glasgow Celtic photos, post scans of people shooting nautical flares at one another, tell people what to think about politics, convince them to buy my fanzine, and…