Saturday, May 15, 2004
There are other modernities, not just ours
"President Bush claimed last week: "People seeing those pictures didn't understand the true nature and heart of America." On the contrary, they are an integral part of its "true nature and heart": a society that was built on the destruction of the indigenous peoples; that practised racial segregation until 40 years ago; that still incarcerates many of its young black people; that killed hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese; that has a messianic belief in the applicability of its own values to the rest of the world; that is willing to impose its model by force; that believes itself to be above international law. These too are American values. In this light, the behaviour of the US forces, nurturing a deep sense of racial superiority combined with a disdain for international law, is entirely predictable."
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Really interesting article on the legacy of desegregation in the US:
In 1954, the US supreme court outlawed segregated schools in a landmark case that gave rise to the civil rights movement. Fifty years on, Gary Younge visits Milwaukee, the most divided city in the US, to examine its legacy ¶ 2:36 PM 0 comments
Have I ever mentioned how much I love Brassy?
They're on WIIIJA, who have one of those irritating websites, where you can link to individual pages. If you go to their main site, and click into artists and then Brassy, you can listen to loads of their tracks, but here's a link to one of my favourites :)
Turn This Thing Up ¶ 2:17 PM 0 comments
I have a new template!
Not sure what to think yet.
It has killed my lovely links, but comments work now, so you can tell me what you think yourself :) ¶ 12:55 PM 0 comments
Remember when you were just a little girl, and liked to skip? Check this out then
Fucking A.
So, here I am at home on the weekend and I'm feeling like shit. I have managed to catch a cold, so excuse grumpy-ness and short tempered ness in general this week: that's why. I hate being ill. Arrr. I think this whole week has really just been concentrated on recovering from all those gigs last weekend. I must be getting old or something. Or maybe actually having to work for a living is taking it's toll :)
Plans for the weekend include possibly meeting up with Daisy, which would rock, as we haven't seen her in ages. And that is all. I'm sorry blog readers, my cold has got the better of me. /goes off to mope.
blogging to: le tigre and the sound of Mike playing GTA