August 2012
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Crackdown on protests in Qidong
jaredadler: This sequence of photos should make any human’s blood boil. Credit unknown, but passed along by 大男, SoleilNeon, 在水一方, Ai Weiwei, and Bill Bishop. News stories here: The Telegraph New York Times Reuters (Reuters) - Chinese officials canceled an industrial waste pipeline project on Saturday after anti-pollution demonstrators occupied a government office in eastern China,...
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July 2012
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The last province of the empire →
London’s status as a hub of unfettered international finance makes it uniquely adaptable, and uniquely vulnerable. By Dan Hind Via: Aljazeera excerpt: The US senate has just published a damning report on the activities of HSBC’s foreign subsidiaries. Apparently “the Mexican affiliate transported $7 billion in physical US dollars to HBUS from 2007 to 2008, outstripping...
Jul 26th
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Jul 25th
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industria brasileira →
Click on the photo to access a beautiful hour+ mix of Brazilian Jazz Samba and more. All put together by dubio at soulsociedad.com
Jul 25th
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“The skies over Somalia have become so congested with drones that the unmanned...”
– Drone operations over Somalia pose danger to air traffic, U.N. report says For fuck’s sake, Obama. (via hungryghoast)
Jul 25th
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Jul 25th
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WatchWatch
Teaser - Renowned Seattle producer Erik Blood’s third solo album, Touch Screens, comes out Aug. 7 Via: Vimeo TOUCH SCREENS is the new album from Erik Blood. Twelve songs about pornography from the points of view of the creators, participants, and viewers.
Jul 24th
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Alexander Cockburn - the political newsletter...
Via Twitter: RIP Alexander Cockburn, radical journalist, 1941-2012. Very sad news.— VersoBooks (@VersoBooks) July 21, 2012 Few were as courageous, when confronting power.
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Jul 14th
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“When did we become a country where the millionaires are jealous of the people on...”
– Who Wants Free Stuff? | Eclectablog (via section9)
Jul 14th
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Colorado Springs and the Government →
Via: Charles Mudede The title of the Bloomberg piece: Wildfire Tests Police Force In Colorado Anti-Tax Movement’s Home. Its opening: As Colorado Springs battles a rash of burglaries after a wildfire that still licks at its boundaries, it does so with fewer police and firefighters. The city where the Waldo Canyon fire destroyed 346 homes and forced more than 34,000...
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