While I've spent my time activising, the rest of the world has been spinning like a top.
People are protesting in China! Good for them!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/9916536
Protesters surround the Oakland, CA City Hall after a protesting vet was seriously attacked by police there:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/27/oakland-police-protest-wounding-veteran
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/26/occupy-oakland-veteran-critical-condition
The NYC Occupiers march in sympathy:
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2011/10/26/2011-10-26_occupy_wall_street_protesters_in_nyc_proclaim_solidarity_with_demonstrators_in_o.html
More bad police in NYC:
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2011/10/27/2011-10-27_i_was_held_prisoner_for_five_days_at_a_brooklyn_police_station_after_getting_sho.html
Bangkok is in trouble:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/27/bangkok-floods-river-threatens-burst
Gaddafi's driver talks:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/26/gaddafi-driver-interview
It's Rocky time again:
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/galleries/rocky_horror_picture_show_where_are_they_now/rocky_horror_picture_show_where_are_they_now.html
Our hometown theatre is back in business after Irene, and tonight is Rocky Night:
http://www.latchis.com/indexTheater.php
(they have Paranormal 3, too)
There's some good seasonal radio to listen to:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4extra/programmes/genres/drama/current
And my friend Lise has written a really good piece on "What the Protesters Want"
http://www.ibrattleboro.com/article.php/20111026185238938
MYSTERIOUS GARDEN
10 months ago
3 comments:
You have to feel sorry for someone who just sees things on the surface and never looks any deeper..."I believed them when they told me we were fighting bad men"..how childlike and simplistic ....or.... how devious. Hard to tell.
Lawless- the Nuremburg defense includes claiming to not know better... we'll never know.
Lise's piece was very good.
I highly recommend seeing this youtuber of Greg Palast talking to Amy Goodman of Democracy Now about Goldman Sachs and OWS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEliOHRO5yI
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