July 2007
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How Truth Slips Down the Memory Hole by John Pilger
Source: Antiwar.com One of the leaders of demonstrations in Gaza calling for the release of the BBC reporter Alan Johnston was a Palestinian news cameraman, Imad Ghanem. On 5 July, he was shot by Israeli soldiers as he filmed them invading Gaza. A Reuters video shows bullets hitting his body as he lay on the Continue reading
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An all-consuming greed by William Bowles
26 July 2007 ‘The less you eat, drink, buy books, go to the theater, go dancing, go drinking, think, love, theorize, sing, paint, fence, etc., the more you save and the greater will become that treasure which neither moths nor maggots can consume — your capital. The less you are, the less you give expression Continue reading
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Total power drives you totally mad by Willliam Bowles
17 July 2007 One tends to think of those who rule as being ruthlessly logical in their application of power; after all, maintenance of the status quo should surely be one of their major objectives? But their loss of legitimacy, obvious to all except the most myopic and self-delusional points to something quite fundamental taking Continue reading
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The Media on ‘Global Terror’ by William Bowles
12 July 2007 Y’know it’s amazing really, considering that for centuries Europeans have been invading other countries, enslaving their peoples, ripping off their resources and in the process impoverishing much of the planet. And what is more, moving in and taking up residence without so much as a ‘by your leave’ let alone being put Continue reading
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Dead Man Shopping by Joe Bageant
—Stonewall Jackson prays for retail sales in the lost potpourri zone (CONSUMER WARNING: This essay contains no rant material.) By Joe Bageant Small businesses are the backbone of our economy and the engine of job creation. —Ronald Reagan I never met a small businessman yet who didn’t have one finger up his ass and the Continue reading
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Completely Carbonated by William Bowles
5 July 2007 — InvestigatingImperialism Well it’s started, in fact it’s more than started and it’s driving me mad. You know what I’m talking about, my fucking ‘carbon footprint’! Every time I hear the phrase, which is every damn day, it really pisses me off. ‘Carbon footprint’ is the new Osama, the new bogie man Continue reading
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All Aboard! By William Bowles
A couple of facts: The Indian Railway is the single biggest civil employer of people on the planet and the then newly-appointed minister of Transport’s first act was to rescind a decision to replace the locally made pottery cups that everyone traveling on the railway uses, with plastic ones, because the switch resulted in 100,000… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 