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• Saturday 2 May 2009

  may day protests

  This is France. The BBC has a slideshow of May Day protests around the world, mainly focused on the economic crisis. The police look the same everywhere…
  Diam’s offers a take on France here – one that’s multiracial and anti-Sarko. If you want a rough translation drop me a line. But your French may be better [...]

  posted by red at 1:58 am in capitalism, class, resistance | comment

• Friday 1 May 2009

  happy international workers’ day

  Strikers’ rally in Union Square, New York, on May Day, 1913. Check out the multi-lingual signs – two in Italian and a couple that I assume are in Yiddish. The one in English says:
  ALFRED BENJAMIN’S EMPLOYEES
  Our boss claims we are satisfied
  We are here to prove the contrary
  More info – and more historic 1 May pics [...]

  posted by red at 12:37 am in class, resistance | 2 comments

• Thursday 23 April 2009

  coming soon…

  …an update on this post, concerning our glorious leaders’ latest budget.
  While you’re waiting, here’s a song about economics.

  posted by red at 1:39 am in government | 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

• Monday 10 March 2008

  gimme music

  finally got the audio plugin working…

  yeah, here it is: mon bled with any luck…
  heh. happiness is a working audio player 

  posted by red at 7:20 pm in culture | 7 comments