Monday 15 September 2014
William S. Burroughs (5.2/14 -2/8/97) - We have a new type of rule now.
Fabrizio Cassatta
In terms of political philosophy, William Burroughs was never far from hitting the nail on the proverbial head. Hopefully these machines of order are finally losing their credibility.
' We have a new type of rule now. Not one-man rule, one rule of aristocracy or plutocracy, but of small groups elevated to positions of absolute power by random pressures, and subject to political and economic factors that leave little room for decision. They are representatives of abstract forces who have reached power through surrender of self. That iron-willed dictator is a thing of the past. There will be no more Stalins, no more Hitlers. The rulers of this most insecure of all worlds are rulers by accident, inept, frightened pilots at the controls of a vast machine they cannot understand, calling in experts to tell them which buttons to push.'
- Interzone Viking 1989
Saturday 13 September 2014
Drape the Drones Event - Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st September 11.30 Aberporth/Cardigan
Saturday September 20th -Sunday September 21st
Please keep these dates in your diary!
We in Wales will be joining others across the world to mark this years International Day of Peace by campaigning against militarism, war preparations and armaments with a particular focus on drones at Aberporth and the Trident nuclear weapons system and its replacement.
Drones are currently being 'tested' for the British army at Aberporth in Ceredigion, West Wales, and this will be the venue for the main protest on Sunday 21st September.
'Warm up' events in Cardigan town will take place on the previous day.
Details:
1.Saturday 20th September
Vigil/leafleting
Following successful anti-Nato vigil at Cardigan Town hall, this event will focus on the military drones at Aberporth. Trident and its replacement, ant-militarism and war in General.
Contact Bob Doyle : bobdoyle70@yahoo.com
At 12. midday there will be a special (and beautiful) 'Drape the Drones' focus at the same venue with 'Wool against weapons' knitting will be on display, , singing and bubbles.
It is hoped that following these events, the good folk of Cardigan will be better informed about these issues and feel encouraged to come to the main event on Sunday.
2. Sunday 21st September
Entrance to Parc Aberporth Drones ' Centre of Excellence' ( from the main road A487. Post code sa43 2BN
11.30 Assemble
12.00 midday - 1.15 pm
This positive event will include songs, poems, speeches and music followed at 1.00 to 1.15 by a knitted photo call around the roundabout at the entrance, and with your help a noisy finale.
Please come along and join me.
Bring shakers, drums, musical instruments for a noisy big finish and show - and feel our strength . Please come and join me.
Friday 12 September 2014
Childhood under seige
This animation was made in response to the crises in Gaza. These drawings are original pictures by Palestinian children from the area which depict both the brutalities experienced in the 2008 war and their hopes and dreams for the future.
During the most recent conflict one child died every hour in Gaza and every child there, aged 6 and over has already experienced 3 or more wars.
Despite the ceasefire, the Israeli-imposed blockade remains and will ensure that children growing up in Gaza with continue to live through extreme hardship.
The focus of this piece is to grow, spread and strengthen awareness of the Palestinian struggle for freedom so that there can be a positive and just future.
Animation by Plastic Horse
Sound Design by Giacomo Trivelli
Written and produced by Katie Clark
There are over 800,000 children living in Gaza, they make up more than half of the population. They remain a source of optimism and much courage, the world should not forget them as they are forced to live out their lives in the ruins of a concentration camp. Their rights to education curtailed with closures and curfews of schools and classes, leading to insecurity and dermoralisation combined with home demolishments, arbitrary arrests, checkpoints, and the wall, daily they are witnewss to injustices and oppression.Today it is these children who are still paying the highest price of this conflict.
Yet despite all this these children remain a source of optimism, hope and much courage. My dream is that they all grow up and find their much deserved freedom.
Lessons
Lesson 2 :- Rebuild
Lesson 3 :- Boycott
Lesson 4 :- Resist
Lesson 5 :- We build life
Tuesday 9 September 2014
The B.B.C is like an advertising agency that makes us believe in distortion
According to the BBC, the economy is growing, there are more jobs than ever and the banks are our friends, and they keep telling us about some rich individuals who are expecting a baby, that their mum is a bit cross, seemingly furious because opinion polls seem to suggest that the vote for Scotland's independence is getting close, hardly any coincidence.
Last week hardly a muster of the daily protests against Nato in South Wales, and nothing on the enormous protests that took place in defence of the NHS. Do they tell us that Corporal Clegg is a plonker, that his puppeteer Cameron seems intent on taking us back to the 1980's, to many of us his daily onslaughts as bad as is hero Thatcher. The BBC seems to waffle, waffle, waffle, then add some bollocks, then waffle some more. Don't get me started on their pathetic reportage on the siege of Gaza, an illegal occupation that is still happening now. their reportage one-sided, another contortion in entirety.
There is something rotten going on here. There hiding all the real news from us, we have become their stooges, they want us to stop questioning, they just want to hypnotise us with banality and lies. The effect of their manipulations, is that it produces distortions that are not characteristic on the fibres of truth in which we live and breathe.
So lets start ignoring them, I already have, we have the internet, books and many other sources of alternative media and information, so use them. Time to switch the brainwashers off.
Rant over here's a bit of music.
The Weary Blues - Artie Matthews (1915)
Sunday 7 September 2014
Dream Strategies
Poem written after attending Anti-Nato Peace Camp
in Newport, South Wales 30/8/14 - 5/09/14
where I joined groups of individuals,
gathered to say no to austerity, yes to welfare, no to warfare.
I used to be asleep
Forever I would dream,
Last week got lost in live stream
At a camp that awoke
Rushing and gurgling
With defiant necessity,
As art of communication
Was relearnt, again and again
Beyond consensus
In syncopated time,
A dedicated lifeforce
Beyond copyright
Every voice released
A beautiful gentle sigh,
No gods, no masters
The earth listened
As we sent out love letters
From our hearts,
And the sun shined
Whispered thanks.
Thursday 4 September 2014
Subcomandante Marcos - In our dreams we have seen another world
Marcos spokesperson and 'anti-leader' of the Zapatistas, has become an icon of the global anti-capitalist struggle - a 'postmodern Che Guevara,' as one journalist put it. He's refused to disclose his identity though the Mexican government says he is Rafael Sebatian Guillier Vicente, formerly a professor in Mexico City. He has written more than two hundred essays and stories and published more than twenty books. His words have always bought me comfort and have been a source of much inspiration. Another world is not only possible it is inevitable.
'In our dreams we have seen another world, an honest world, a world decidedly more fair than the one in which we now live. We saw that in this world there was no need for armies, peace, justice and liberty were so common that no one talked about them as far-off concepts but as things were named in this world. And in this world there was reason and goodwill in the government, and the leaders were clear-thinking people; they ruled by obeying. This world was not a dream from the past, it was not something that came to us from our ancestors. It came from ahead, from the next step we were going to take. And so we started to move forward to attain the dream, make it come down and sit at our tables, light our homes, grow in our cornfields, fill the hearts of our children, wipe our sweat, heal our history.And it was for all. This is what we want. Nothing more, nothing less. Now we follow our path toward our true heart to ask it what we must do. We will return to our mountains to speak in our own tonque and in our own time. Thank you to the brothers and sisters who looked after us all these days. May your footsteps follow our path.
1994
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Monday 1 September 2014
Noam Chomsky (2014) "The Future of Humanity"
Reloaded
' If someone was watching this from Mars, they'd think this species was insane.'
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