Category Archives: Politics and Society

artistsagainstwar.net

Stumbleupon Review of : http://www.artistsagainstwar.net/ Our strategy should be not only to confront empire, but to lay siege to it. To deprive it of oxygen. To shame it. To mock it. With our art, our music, our literature, our stubbornness, … Continue reading

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The Irrawaddy News Magazine Online Edition

Stumbleupon Review of : http://www.irrawaddy.org/aviewer.asp?a=2622&z=107

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beirut – heard from the tv

Stumbleupon Review of : http://littlepaperboat.livejournal.com/ lay your head down child, i won’t let the boogie men come (words taken from the song ‘pet’ by a perfect circle.)

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David Byrne Journal: 8.2.06: American Madrassas

Stumbleupon Review of : http://journal.davidbyrne.com/2006/08/american_madras.html American Madrassas by David Byrne Saw a screening of a documentary called Jesus Camp. It focuses on a woman preacher (Becky Fischer) who indoctrinates children in a summer camp in North Dakota. Right wing political … Continue reading

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(DV) Shirazi: Two Ideas of Freedom

Stumbleupon Review of : http://www.dissidentvoice.org/April2004/Shirazi0413.htm From the page: “Great books may in the end be written by uniquely talented individuals, but from Homer to Tolstoy their greatness always consists in reminding us of our common humanity.”

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Coalition Against Trafficking in Women – Stop Human Trafficking

Stumbleupon Review of : http://www.catwinternational.org/ This young ethnic hilltribe girl was sold to the brothel by her parents. Northen Thailand. — © Jonathan Taylor

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MASSURREALISM.ORG

Stumbleupon Review of : http://www.massurrealism.org/ “To be truly Massurrealist, however, an artwork must be more than simply a combination of [pop-art, mass-media, and surrealism] — it must explore and develop the interactions arising from the juxtaposition of these sensibilities. If … Continue reading

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Google Alerts

Stumbleupon Review of : http://www.google.co.uk/alerts?hl=en Google Alerts are email updates of the latest relevant Google results (web, news, etc.) based on your choice of query or topic.

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“Little-Known” Attractions of Lynchburg and Central Virginia

Stumbleupon Review of : http://www.retroweb.com/lynchburg/attractions/main.html “The Spock” (The World’s Only Church of Star Trek) A few miles south of Lynchburg in Campbell County sits a large and attractive octagonal building which is home to one of most unique churches in … Continue reading

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cis.org.au/Publications/occasionalpapers/op91intro.pdf

Stumbleupon Review of : http://www.cis.org.au/Publications/occasionalpapers/op91intro.pdf Forward – by Kenneth (kylie’s Dad) Minogue Thomas Hobbes, back in the seventeenth century, based his political philosophy on the belief that one of the greatest of human pleasures–perhaps the greatest–was feeling superior to others. … Continue reading

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