DW vents spleen

2006-11-04T16:49:00.000-05:00

The Central TaskThe central task for anti-imperialists in the US is to determine and propagate the correct ideological, political, and organizational line around which to unite anti-imperialists and ultimately the masses. This ideological work includes clarifying the character of the movement, its motive forces, its targets, its main task, and its perspective.

2006-01-07T20:35:00.000-05:00

Arundhati Roy, An Ordinary Person’s Guide to Empire, 118pp., 2004 Review by DW 3 Jan 2005This book of six recent essays and speeches by author Arundhati Roy is not in fact a guide to empire, though the essays do discuss today’s imperialism. Though such a guide would be welcome, the title is only secondly self-referential; in the text, the phrase is used to say that by favoring direct war and

2005-04-14T02:56:00.000-04:00

Pre-histories of 9/11“Ahistorical - you think this shit just dropped right out of the skyMy analysis: it's time to harvest the crust from your eyes”—Fugazi, “Bulldog Front,” 1988The official story of 9/11/01 is a largely ahistorical conspiracy theory. It is a theory in the sense that it has not been proved (or disproved, though legitimate doubts have been cast). The official theory is one of

2004-12-08T02:01:00.000-05:00

Snoopy come home Is there a fine line between indifference and paranoia? Between melodrama and ennui? Am I wrong to worry about a friend who’s been out of touch for 25 hours? Or am I wrong not to panic? Some friends I don’t talk to for weeks, months, even years at a time. No worries. But this one has a death wish, a self-destructive side always threatening to have the last say. Wild mood swings,

2003-03-30T14:00:00.000-05:00

The case for cellphones Usually when I speak of cellphones, I'm talking about brain cancer or how they can serve as a human tracking device for the likes of John Ashcroft and John Poindexter. I still recommend doing without. But I see that convenience is not the only upside. Cellphone technology can be used to spot the US military's stealth bombers. Cool.

2003-03-23T17:40:00.000-05:00

Geneva Convention yes, Rumsfeld no Unbelievable, watching Rumsfeld scolding Iraq's regime with reference to the Geneva Convention while he oversees the torture of US-held POWs in Camp X-Ray in Guantanamo Bay and elsewhere.

2003-03-23T09:26:00.000-05:00

Another good chant This one from the RCYB: "RISE UP with the people of the world! This war is not in our name!"

2003-03-23T09:12:00.000-05:00

Who says you can't fit irony into a chant? Best chant I picked up at the massive March 22 anti-war march in NYC: "Who will liberate us from the liberator?" And, once that had sufficient momentum, the added reply: "The people, the people."

2003-02-12T13:10:00.000-05:00

Code Orange I sure wish Bush & Co. would stop threatening to use their Al-Qaeda proxies to launch further attacks on US civilians.

2003-02-12T12:41:00.000-05:00

Microphone check check check. 1-2-1-2 check check check >scrEEEEEEEEEEE<