Phil BC answers questions about blogging.
Curious about the people behind the blogs and hungry for advice, I asked some of my favourite bloggers about blogging. First up Phil BC - A Very Public SociologistWho are you?I’m Phil BC, a PhD student...
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IRAQ WAR PHOTOGRAPHER DIARY - MILITIAS
Below is a re-post of Zoriah's blog post (with permission).June 26, 2008 IRAQ WAR PHOTOGRAPHER DIARY - MILITIAS© Zoriah/www.zoriah.comThe above image is of a confiscated weapons cache housed inside of...
View ArticleObama & the Nobel Peace Prize
Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize takes the biscuit. What on earth for? For saying the right things but not actually doing them(!) Allow me to outline his achievements in office; ditching...
View ArticleA new blog
Alongside Duncan, who blogs at In Place of Fear, I've started a new multi-author new blog called Alienated Left. It's a work in progress at the moment, I hope to add new contributors soon. Please check...
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Noam Chomsky's latest article (at In These Times) tackles the pretexts of the Bush administration's aggressive foreign policy, the role of NATO, and Obama's foreign policy. In the following passage,...
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Trafigura
Image courtesy of Beau Bo D'OrDue to the gagging of the Guardian (which has now been lifted) causing greater interest in the Trafigura story, here is a partial re-post of an old post (with an update),...
View ArticleA few links.
Paul Street responds to Obama's Nobel Peace Prize (ZNet article)Al Jazeera reports on the plight of Sri Lankan war refugees kept in "welfare camps" (video).Landartgenerator.org graphically demonstrates...
View ArticleTHE BALANCE OF POWER
The latest article at Media LensJournalists who criticise powerful interests can be attacked for their 'bias', for revealing their prejudices. On the other hand, as we will see in the examples below,...
View ArticleThe EU boost for dairy farmers that isn't
A recent news item, and its reporting, caught my eye. BBC News Reported that;EU boosts aid for dairy farmersDairy farmers in the European Union are to receive 280m euros (£255m) in aid, says the EU's...
View ArticleProposition 13 & the effects of regressive policy in California
The financial crisis has hit California particularly hard. Poverty continues to spiral as unemployment reaches a post-war high of 12.2%. The political response has been to implement drastic cuts. In...
View ArticleWhen Moore met Chávez
In an interview with Jimmy Kimmel, Michael Moore discussed meeting Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez (see video).Moore's anecdote was a bizarre fiction. Just harmless fun? Well, his 'embellished'...
View Article'The use of culture to promote imperial agenda did not end after the Cold War'
Eva Golinger discusses the State Department sponsoring the Summit of the Alliance of Youth Movement (Translated from Spanish).The potential use of these [new] technologies to promote psychological...
View ArticleMicheletti and Zelaya reach 'breakthrough'
The details are vague, there is still much to be agreed upon, and the agreement is rife with dubious pre-conditions, yet many who opposed the Micheletti coup are hyperbolic in their response to the...
View ArticleEU lifts sanctions on Uzbek government.
The sanctions were initially enacted in response to the Andijan massacre of 2005 (an incident in which troops shot at unarmed protesters - the number killed is disputed, but believed to be in the...
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Tegucigalpa-San Jose Accord - Dead?
I have written before about the hollow accord, which Washington heralded as ‘a breakthrough’ and ‘an historic agreement.’ Hillary Clinton spoke of working towards a ‘full return of democracy and a...
View ArticleQuilliam Foundation & Craig Murray
Craig Murray is facing legal difficulties regarding some posts on his blog. As a gesture of solidarity, I'm linking to disruptive.org for mirrors of the offending blog posts and Smog's blog for...
View ArticleChina, Rare Earth Metals & The Emergence of a New Global Power.
When the Afghan war began, and the Russian involvement in the "Stans", it became common to talk about Central Asia being the "New Great Game" for the warring superpowers. But the real new Great Game is...
View ArticleA few links about nothing in particular
Sorry about the lack of blog posts of late, but isn’t Alienated Left coming along? Go have a good look around. I hope to be back blogging soon. In the meantime, I have a a few links that I'd like to...
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Honduras Election and Aftermath
3772744335_a9a4e95e72_b, originally uploaded by HablaHonduras.Compare and contrast:Ian Kelly Department Spokesman for U.S. Department of StateWe commend the Honduran people for peacefully exercising...
View ArticleHonduras 09: "An election that met international standards of fairness and...
"This shows that given the opportunity to express themselves, the Honduran people have viewed the election as an important part of the solution to the political crisis in their country."Ian Kelly,...
View ArticleIt is hard to be straightforward when issues are complex.
Hello world, I thought it was about time I blew the cobwebs from my keyboard and blogged again. Here goes…Craig Murray wrote a piece on the detainment of British yachtsmen.Here is my own summary of...
View ArticleUponnothing answers questions about blogging.
Curious about the people behind the blogs and hungry for advice, I asked some of my favourite bloggers about blogging.Second up, Uponnothing - Angry Mob - Twitter profile.Pre-interview statement.Before...
View Article13 months of injustice in Honduras
Tomorrow marks 13 months since the Honduran coup.A band of self-interested and corrupt political and military elites, with the tacit support of Senators, Congressmen, and the Obama administration,...
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Libyan intervention: Venal leaders exploit good intentions and prop-up bloody...
Image Courtesy of B.R.QThe humanitarian case for intervening in Libya is well-stated – Libyan rebels faced an inevitable massacre. Yet, the humanitarian justification runs counter to recent, and...
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#resigncameron and the need for smarter action
Many who oppose the government's policies sought to exploit the Panama Papers leak for a change of government. The #resigncameron hashtag was born, protests staged and people spoke of the need for...
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