tag: G20

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• Tuesday 21 April 2009

  who built the city?

  A comment on the Brecht poem in this post reminded me about thoughts that sometimes cross my mind when I’m wandering around London looking at the buildings. Like in the City, where there are many big old buildings and some impressive new ones too.
  They were built by slaves.
  I don’t mean that the people who put [...]

  posted by red at 12:43 am in capitalism, class, racism | 3 comments

• Friday 17 April 2009

  it starts when you’re always afraid

  First, a word from the late, great Miriam Makeba.

  You can get it here.
  Yeah, sometimes there’s something you want to say, but it turns out someone else has already said it. Here’s a letter in the Guardian newspaper that spells out what’s been on my mind. I’ve dropped a couple of links in.
  On [...]

  posted by red at 4:44 pm in civil liberties | 1 comment