December 2011
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How to Write an Important Novel
wwnorton:
“But can you?”
“Can I what?”
“Write an important novel.”
“Of course I can. All you have to do is cut out the plot and shove in plenty of misery.”
-P.G. Wodehouse, Ice in the Bedroom
Thousands of Women Mass in Major March in Cairo →
anonymissexpress:
CAIRO — Thousands of women massed in Tahrir Square here on Tuesday afternoon and marched to a journalists’ syndicate and back in a demonstration that grew by the minute into an extraordinary expression of anger at the treatment of women by the military police as they protested against continued military rule.
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“Modern libertarianism is the disguise adopted by those who wish to exploit...”
– George Monbiot
In the name of freedom – freedom from regulation – the banks were permitted to wreck the economy. In the name of freedom, taxes for the super-rich are cut. In the name of freedom, companies lobby to drop the minimum wage and raise working hours. In the same cause, US insurers ...
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Blatant NYPD Suppression of Press Coverage during...
occupyonline:
Independent journalist John Knefel, who was just released after being held for 37 hours by the NYPD for Live Tweeting on Monday, December 12th during an OWS protest at the World Financial Center’s Winter Garden, has written a must-read account at Salon:
I barely had time to say no to the mustachioed White Shirt before he grabbed my forearm and threw me to the ground. As he...
Obama to sign indefinite detention bill into law -... →
socialismartnature:
“President Obama will go down in history as the president who enshrined indefinite detention without trial in US law.” - The American Civil Liberties Union
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In one of the least surprising developments imaginable, President Obama – after spending months threatening to veto the Levin/McCain detention bill – yesterday announced that he would instead sign it into law...
“The show went on sale at noon on Saturday, December 10th. 12 hours later, we had...”
– Comedian and actor LOUIS C.K., on his successful online experiment selling copies of his latest special without a distributor. (via inothernews)
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City of London Police include Occupy movement on... →
City of London Police have sparked controversy by producing a brief in which the Occupy London movement is listed under domestic terrorism/extremism threats to City businesses.
Picture- Occupy LSX
The document was given to protesters at their “Bank of Ideas” base on Sun Street – a former site of financial corporation UBS. City police have stepped up an effort to quell the movement since...
NYPD shred kids' paper hearts commemorating Occupy... →
Occupy protesters and their kids made 5,000 paper hearts, one for each of the arrests at the Occupy Wall Street protests. They made a mosaic of these at the gates of New York’s City Hall, only to have the police literally rip down and shred them.
“American Indians suffer from the most serious health problems in the U.S. On...”
– Andrea Smith, Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide (via missgreyday)
“Yes, I can remember people telling me how much of a grip the US had on the world...”
– Mother of Julian Assange, WikiLeaks founder, speaks with the WSWS
Julian Assange’s Mom. (via wreckandsalvage)