“Last week the world — for those paying attention, that is — witnessed a tale of two cities occur…”
Archive for June, 2010
“I’d simply like to point you towards a piece Yves Engler wrote for Rabble.ca on June 10, called, Haitians See Canada as ‘The Occupiers’…”
“I don’t know about you, but this is so very interesting, not to mention incredibly damning…”
“Please give it a read before talking your shit about something you don’t face, or, more likely, don’t understand. The act of protest is all some people have left…”
“It would seem the trick to caring, while having it mean anything other than self-defeating concern, is to think past what you think you see…”
“A lot of what was said wasn’t new to me, some I’ve even written about here (the bit about everyone needing each other’s help, how we’re all “interdependent”), but framing interdependence under the guise of capitalism, and how it is actually contrary to the notion of individuality, capitalism’s whole schtick, is something I’ve never much thought about…”
“Arriving in my inbox today, without fail, was yet another bunch of extremely relevant words, care of ZNet’s ZSpace Commentaries. Uri Avnery’s article Kill A Turk And Rest. Labelling them ironic couldn’t do them any damage, either. Just read…”
“You know things are bad when you are confident you can never be shocked by anything you hear on the news, yet one morning, yesterday morning in fact, you turn on the radio and hear something, such as this senseless massacre, and your only reaction is to want to roll over and cry…”