tag: war

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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

• Sunday 19 April 2009

  questions from a worker who reads

  Who raised it up so many times?
  I have been walking around with a copy of this poem in my pocket for a while…
  Questions from a worker who reads
  by Bertolt Brecht
  Who built Thebes of the seven gates?
  In the books you will find the names of kings.
  Did the kings haul up the lumps of rock?
  And Babylon, many [...]

  posted by red at 2:00 am in class, culture, life | 3 comments

• 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

• 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