Sunday, 5 June 2011

'Saint Bono' the anti-poverty campaigner facing huge Glastonbury protest – for avoiding tax

'This is what Israel is shooting now and they causing serious injuries in Qalandia'

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ibnezra Joseph Dana

Hard to believe I live in a state that behaves this way. It is simply unsustainable no matter your political belief

Hundreds of Palestinians clash with IDF in West Bank Naksa Day protest

♪♫ First Aid Kit - Waltz for Richard

(Thanx Gavin!)

Shocking evidence of Syria crackdown emerges

Golan: Israel troops fire on pro-Palestinian protesters

Jnoubiyeh Sarah Abdallah

For Israel, maintaining its 'qualitative military edge' is maintaining the means to keep terrorizing all who stand against occupation #Naksa

♪♫ Soft Cell & Clint Ruin - Ghostrider

(Thanx Michael!)

Julian Assange speaking at Hay Festival June 4 2011

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Kate Holden: Sex Work and Feminism

Censorship in Venice: sculptures covered up at Azerbaijan pavilion

Two large-scale sculptural works by Moscow-based artist Aidan Salakhova, on show at the entrance of the Azerbaijan National Pavilion, were yesterday hidden from view under drapes following protests from the Azerbaijan president. The Art Newspaper understands that Ilham Aliyev took offence at the pieces because of their references to Islam. One work, Waiting Bride, 2010-11, which shows a woman covered in a black veil from head to foot, was deemed as promoting an unacceptably strict form of Islam. The other sculpture, which depicts the Muslim relic, the Black Stone of Mecca, contained in a vagina-like marble frame, was considered insensitive to the religion. The works will remain under wraps for a week.
“I am very surprised as the Azerbaijan government was aware of the works I planned to bring to Venice,” Salakhova told The Art Newspaper. In the official press material for the pavilion, she had written: “I am very proud to represent Azerbaijan, a secular country where Islam and civility are closely woven together.” The Azerbaijan Culture Ministry could not be reached for comment.
The artist is presenting “Destination”, her first sculptures, in Venice. Salakhova, who was a co-founder of First (the Soviet Union’s first contemporary art gallery in 1989) before opening the Aidan Gallery in 1992, intertwines modern and mystical imagery, and has an interest in gender and Islamic themes and their interconnection. Her sculptures in Venice, some of which weigh more than a tonne, are on display at Palazzo Benzon (to 27 September).
@'The Art Newspaper'

Heather Cassils - Tiresias (2010)

The performance, Tiresias, is inspired by the mythological character of the same name. He was the blind prophet of Thebes, famous for being transformed into a woman for seven years. I wore cataract lenses to cloud my vision and held my body against a neo classical greek make torso, carved out of ice, to fit my body exactly. Throughout the event I melted the torso with my own body heat enacting his gender transformation. I cast the myth of Teresias as a story of endurance and transformation, in which masculinity both freezes the body, and melts away.
(For HelenXXX)
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Who is Heather Cassils?

These Cheap Online Music Stores Make iTunes Look Like A Joke

When the iTunes Music Store was unveiled to the world eight years ago, it was a big deal. Songs were only a dollar each. Most albums only ten dollars. It was more or less the only game in town for legal music downloads.
Now there are other stores out there with catalogs that rival iTunes in size and absolutely destroy it in terms of price. You can easily grab an entire album for less than a dollar. With prices this low, why bother stealing music at all?
Let's look at each store using a metric called ROCI (Radiohead's OK Computer Index). Each store's ROCI is the cost of OK Computer -- the lower, the better.
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