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Archives for August 2013

New Arrival: Ira Cohen’s From Journey West

August 31, 2013 by Jan Herman

'FROM JOURNEY WEST (All in August)' by Ira Cohen [Sea Urchin Editions / Cold Turkey Press, 2013]

Sea Urchin Editions maestro Ben Schot writes: The summer of 1975 was hot. A heatwave of eighteen consecutive days singed Western Europe and turned its capitals into seething cauldrons. Ira Cohen landed on the soft tarmac of Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris, in August — his mind still filled with the opiate clouds over Kathmandu, […]

Seamus Heaney, R.I.P.

August 30, 2013 by Jan Herman

Seamus Heaney died today Fred just told me. that leaves very few of his caliber. attached an anatomical study as a sign of respect. the drawing was on the desktop when Fred brought me the sad news. I have mailed you the ‘stone from delphi’ which really sums up the poet and man. small precious […]

He Had a Dream, But His Speech Was Hardly Noticed

August 29, 2013 by Jan Herman

From the Wall Street Journal [Aug. 27, 1963]

Given all the self-congratulation of the 50th anniversary celebration marking the historic significance of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, you’d think its importance had been noted at the time, especially by the news media. Well, Jess Bravin has news for you. The day before King gave the speech on the steps […]

Everybody’s Celebrating the ‘Dream’ Speech

August 28, 2013 by Jan Herman

So here’s A Reminder to Our Pipsqueak Leaders. Martin Luther King Jr. was bold and beautiful for a reason. EmailFacebookTwitterReddit

A Little Argentine Adventure, With Pacifist Overtones

August 27, 2013 by Jan Herman

Words by Heathcote Williams. Narration and montage by Alan Cox. EmailFacebookTwitterReddit

‘No Borders’

August 23, 2013 by Jan Herman

‘The grass is greener when there are no sides.’ — Heathcote Williams Click for video. Narration and montage by Alan Cox. EmailFacebookTwitterReddit

Why Some of the Best Journalists Jam the Media

August 21, 2013 by Jan Herman

This comment from William Osborne, in response to Surveillance Without Just Cause, deserves its own post: Most Americans no longer care if they are being spied on by their government. We live in a society so transparent they already feel they have no meaningful secrets left. Through social conditioning, government becomes an almost aestheticized ideal […]

On ‘Planetary-wide Surveillance Without Just Cause’

August 20, 2013 by Jan Herman

Jacob Appelbaum speaking on 'Democracy Now!' Click for the video and go to 50:37 on the track.

Why is it that dissident journalists are articulate and eloquent in their arguments? One good reason is that the truth is on their side. Another is that they’re dedicated to human rights. Watch Jacob Appelbaum, a dissident security researcher and Wikileaks associate, speaking today in an interview on “Democracy Now!” It’s a stunner, and not […]

Archival Evidence from the 20th Century

August 15, 2013 by Jan Herman

Cutup Fragment in the 'Grand' Style [Jan Herman, 1970]

The more books we read the sooner we perceive the plague that sweeps us … EmailFacebookTwitterReddit

‘Omit Dead Ends’ … Yes, Please

August 11, 2013 by Jan Herman

'omit dead ends' © 2005 by Gerard Bellaart

At the urging of my staff of thousands, examples from Gerard Bellaart’s word-based series of artworks have been a continuing feature of recent blogposts. Other stenciled texts of his that have appeared so far include “Artaud Fragmentations,” “tric trac du ciel,” “Throws Up Words,” “ROT NOT,” and “No Mind Fits 5.” There are more to […]

Free Lynne Stewart: Save Her Life

August 7, 2013 by Jan Herman

Memorandum of Law filed 7-29-13 in support of Lynne Stewart’s release. CLICK TO READ FULL MEMORANDUM

UPDATES BELOW … Back in 2005, when Lynne Stewart was prosecuted for aiding terrorists in her role as a civil rights defense attorney representing Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman, who was convicted in 1995 of plotting to blow up the United Nations building in New York, it was clear the feds were aiming to fry her. […]

From a Townhouse to the Vasty Deep

August 6, 2013 by Jan Herman

James Bamford

Glendower: I can call spirits from the vasty deep. Hotspur: Why, so can I, or so can any man; But will they come when you do call for them? Glendower: Why, I can teach you, cousin, to command the Devil Hotspur: And I can teach thee, coz, to shame the Devil By telling the truth. […]

Queen of the Arms Trade

August 6, 2013 by Jan Herman

“Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II is one of the world’s richest women, worth £17 billion. Her investments in the arms trade include firms that produce the uranium used in depleted uranium (DU) shells. The deployment of these shells by the US military in its attack on the Iraqi city of Fallujah in 2004 is believed to […]

An Amazing Act of Filming

August 5, 2013 by Jan Herman

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I’m late on this, but I can now say that the widespread praise for this revelatory documentary is deserved. It is not — yes, NOT — an exploitation flick, but if you’re innarested in kinky you MUST see it. “The Act of Killing” is kinky to the 10th power. Not sex kinky but life-and-death kinky […]

A Bonus from Malcolm Mc Neill

August 1, 2013 by Jan Herman

Curriculum Vitae © 2013 by Malcolm Mc Neill

CURRICULUM VITAE Now there’s a topiary concept for you. And it’s for sale. EmailFacebookTwitterReddit

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