The new legislation on torture and detention will permit the President of the United States to define anyone, including citizens and legal residents, as an ‘enemy combatant’ and to treat them as such. This means we can be ‘disappeared’, and that the Bill of Rights is unenforceable. Kactus brings our attention to a lucid post … More Unlawful Enemy Combatant
César Vallejo wrote a ‘poem to be read and sung’, which we can read in English as well as the original Spanish. This and other Vallejo poems have actually been read, sung, and recorded by the late Noel Nicola. My song sources this weekend are WWOZ and KPFA. On WWOZ, Saturday shows I particularly recommend … More Poem to be Read and Sung
One project of the 1976-1983 Argentine juntas was to serve the neoliberal mindset and institute it not only as policy but as ‘common sense’. One project of the Subcomandante Marcos (Delegate Zero) is to counter neoliberal ideology and practices.The September 18, 2006 issue of The Nation, dedicated to analyses of the Katrina disaster, contains an … More Chickens Roosting
This afternoon on Free Speech Radio News two stories were interestingly juxtaposed. One was of the Pakistani detained at his home in Islamabad by United States security forces. The other was of the September 18 disappearance in Buenos Aires of the construction worker Jorge Julio López. López had just testified successfully in court against one … More Chickens Will Roost
The month of Ramadan brings good weather. The days are calm and clear, and the growing moon is spectacular in the sky. Radio Tahrir, in New York, is a very good place to read and listen during Ramadan, and throughout the year. They offer news and commentary, but also poems and songs. This year for … More Ramadan
Now is an excellent time to watch Greg Berger’s Atenco footage. If you are interested in the question of the Mexican border, it is a good time to read The Qusan on the actual North American Free Trade Agreement. In Los Angeles, immigrant hotel workers are blocking Century Boulevard in protest against unfair labor conditions. … More Salón Chingón
I am experimenting with images to crown this page. It is more difficult than I would have thought, to find one that works well. The current header image is detail from the photograph of a Mardi Gras Indian. I took her picture several years ago, at the corner of Orleans Avenue and Broad Street, in … More A Picture
Bem-vindos ao meu sítio novo, no qual estou trabalhando ainda. Tem sugestões para o seu desenho? Quero ouví-los. Não festejei o dia 7 de setembro, nem estou festejando o grito de Dolores hoje. Nem vou explicar nada: pouco a pouco, irei-me revelando, e pouco a pouco vai ficar entendendo quem quiser. Eu antes tinha outro … More Bom Dia
A. Some Evidence. PZ: Whiteman, I have not heard back from you on my equipment request. Did you receive it? WM: Yes, but I took no action, because you only sent it once. Please send it every day, so I will remember to take care of it. You must learn to behave as the whitemen … More The Sound of One (White) Hand Clapping
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