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• Thursday 30 April 2009

  thousands dead, nothing said

  The last British troops are on their way out of Iraq, quitting Basra in the southeast of the country.
  I have been wanting Britain to get out of Iraq since it first got into the place. But somehow I am managing to contain my delight.
  The UK forces have now handed control of Basra over… [...]

  posted by red at 11:55 pm in anti-war | 2 comments

• Monday 13 April 2009

  a pair of boots

  I hopped on the bus yesterday to see this at the Whitechapel Gallery. It is the tapestry version of Picasso’s Guernica, made by weaver Jacqueline de la Baume Dürrbach in 1955.
  I’ve never seen the 1937 original painting, which Picasso made in response to the devastating arial bombardment on the town of Guernica – by [...]

  posted by red at 11:54 pm in anti-war, capitalism, class, culture, resistance | 6 comments

• Sunday 2 March 2008

  testing for pix

  posted by red at 6:11 pm in anti-war | comment