Falls The Shadow by Helen Pollock – Artist from Scott Ewing on Vimeo. A spectacular sculpture by Auckland ceramic artist, Helen Pollock, using a mix of New Zealand clay and clay from the battlefields of Passchendaele. “Falls the Shadow” depicts a grove of hands reaching up in a way that […]
Geopolitics
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Two mercenaries, one of them British, were sentenced to death by a Congolese court yesterday for allegedly killing their driver. Joshua French, 28, who has dual British and Norwegian nationality, and Tjostolv Moland, 29, a Norwegian, face execution by firing squad after being found guilty of espionage and murder. Both […]
A British newspaper has claimed that Saudi Arabia intends to allow Israeli fighter jets to use its airspace in any bombing raid on Iran’s nuclear facilities. The Times newspaper reported on Saturday that Saudi Arabia has conducted tests to stand down its air defences for Israel for such a scenario. “The […]
Kyrgyzstan begs Russia’s help to quell ethnic violence Kyrgyzstan imposed a state of emergency in a second southern city as its interim leader warned ethnic violence is spiralling “out of control” and asked Russia to send in troops. Interim President Roza Otunbayeva appealed to Moscow to intervene militarily after at […]
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Julian Assange hopefully on the run The Daily Beast is reporting the Pentagon has a manhunt currently underway for Wikileaks‘ founder Julian Assange. Investigators from the Pentagon are flocking out and “are desperately searching” for the white-haired sage of openness and accountability. The US is apparently convinced that whistleblower Bradley Manning, who was […]
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Oliver Stone’s powerful new documentary about progressive change in Latin America is opening in the US this month. JFP President Mark Weisbrot co-wrote the script. The trailer is here: [youtube]76IxxapAHQo[/youtube]
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