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• Thursday 23 April 2009

  12 angry men

  Timing is important in police matters, so we are led to believe.
  A day after the Guardian posted a video showing Ian Tomlinson had been shoved to the ground and batoned by the police before he died – and exposing the police who said they had no contact with him as liars – a massive [...]

  posted by red at 1:19 am in civil liberties, racism | comment

• 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

• Wednesday 15 April 2009

  don’t hold your breath

  It’s budget day next Wednesday. The budget is late this year. That’s because the government hasn’t got a clue what to do about the plunging economy, has lost count of its bailouts and now thinks a bank statement is a bit of paper that comes in the post once a month to show how many [...]

  posted by red at 11:47 pm in capitalism, class, government | 6 comments