Sunday 29 June 2014
Be Careful of drunken words
(Thanks Kim)
Be careful of drunken words that are let loose
in particular after drinking large quantities of wine
they will create and reel in havoc
as they tear themselves into pieces
leave a trial of distraction
coming and going in haze of hesitation.
Be careful of drunken words
that cannot walk in straight lines
words that break through taboos
words if breathalysed could be charged
and then imprisoned
words that may never be found again
because they have been put in solitary confinement.
Be careful of drunken words
let loose with abandonment
wide eyed and legless
sprawled on the pavement outside
staggering without pause
staining the paths of conformity
refusing to be silent.
Be careful of drunken words
in the streets hawking messages of sorrow,
weeping, keeping faith with blurred sensitivity
rippling with defiance, straining to be heard
spitting against the gates, frightening the sober
voices away.
be careful of drunken words.
Saturday 28 June 2014
Armed Forces Day 2014
Today 28 June 2014, marks Armed Forces Day, staged annually for the past 5 years to pay tribute to UK Armed Forces personnel, past and present. Today 100 years after the assassination of Franz Ferdinand and the start of the Great war, and 70 years from the D-Day Landings, this years event comes with an even bigger shadow.
In this age is there really cause in celebrating conflict, in an event of militaristic might, should we not be raising awareness of the destructiveness of war, and spend more time promoting peace .Why not call the day reconciliation day.
Recently the event has been criticised by Wrexham Peace and Justice Group, who were 'horrified' to find a picture of a toddler dressed in military uniform, being used to advertise the event. They said ' We strongly object to the targeting of children by the military' also saying ' we contend that it is irresponsible and unacceptable for Wrexham Council to be presenting the militarised warfare in the content of family entertainment.'
War is not family entertainment, but the first casualty of war is truth. Today we should remember too people like Chelsea Manning who had the courage to tell us the truth about war, and its collateral damage.
We should remember the Great War, remember it not as a 'war to end all war' or a 'victory for democractic', but as a military disaster and a human catastrophe. We should use this day to remember that war is driven by big powers and their vested interests around the globe, and remember the billions killed in war, the innocents across the globe, left maimed and wounded, mark the courage of those involved, but acknowledge the absolute devastation and misery caused,and the harsh realities of actual life in the military, far from the rosy pictures painted. The brutal reality, is that for many, having been used by the military are left with mental health issues, and simply abandoned
To move forward we should support all those traumatised and displaced by war, and seek ways to avoid conflict, and ways to promote international cooperation instead,focus on some positive steps to promote harmony in a badly trouble world, say no to the military complex that profits out of misery, pointing out the horrible consequences of war.
Friday 27 June 2014
Happy Birthday Emma Goldman (27/6/1869 - 14/5/40)
'IF I CAN'T DANCE, I DON'T WANT TO BE PART OF THE REVOLUTION.'
Happy Birthday Emma Goldman, tireless agitator and speaker. In 1910 alone, she gave 120 talks in 27 cities in 25 states in the United States to 25,000 people Jailed in 1917, and described by authorities as 'one of the most dangerous women in America,' she was deported to Russia in 1919, campaigned against the Bolsheviks in the 1920's, subsequently joined the Spanish Revolution 1936 -39, backing the Spanish anarchists, as they tried to restructure society with one hand, while battling fascist, Stalinist threats lined up against them on the other.
Today Emma Goldman is warmly remembered for the anarcho-feminist, anti-militarist, and internationalist contributions she made to the social revolutionary struggles in life.
Incidentally the Industrial Workers of the World, also known as the Wobblies, was founded on this day June 27th 1905. So cheers and solidarity to them too.
Two earlier posts about Emma Goldman
http://teifidancer-teifidancer.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/emma-goldman-2761869-14540-anarchism.html
http://teifidancer-teifidancer.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/emma-goldman-2761869-14540-if-i-cant.html
Rebekhah Brooks - I am Innocent
Of course you are dear. You who sniggered all the way through the trial, knowing to bloody full well that you would get away with it! Typical British Justice,... Money buys your freedom.
As for the government, who trust them anymore, have they themselves not been involved in shady dealings, including phone hacking. I kid you not.
All of the above tainted, it all reeks of the establishment protecting one of their own. Brooks will continue to pop round to Daves, share some lunch, he cannot distance from her at the end of the day, because she knows where the other bodies are buried.
As well as these two involvement in this scandal, we are left with the legacy of the police's own implication. Bribes taken, a web of corruption, at the end of the day , the people are not satisfied. Public anger will increase for a long time to come.
Rebekah Brooks admits to paying Police.
Wednesday 25 June 2014
Cameron Defending Coulson,
The above is a link to Dave praising Andy Coulson The only reason that Cameron wants to distance himself now is that Coulson has got caught. Cameron is nothing but an unelected toffy nosed hypocrite.
We should not forget how Dave has deliberately himself mislead the people, not just a few times, but it seems like ad infinitum. Time and again he is caught out but we don't hear any apologies from his lips for his actions. How the hell is he our Prime minister anyway, no one voted for him. He sure has a lot to apologise for, he will be known like Blair before him as an exceedingly dishonest politician. Constantly lying and using disinformation on the N.H.S, his list of broken policies longer than his arm, going back on dozens of pledges, but then, this is what one comes to expect from a Tory.
His art of scheming manipulation he really has got down to a fine art. As for Rebecca Brooks being found not guilty, oh it's such a farce, who was her barrister, yes Cameron's brother, seems she still has so many friends in high places.
At the end of the day, it's all still rotten at the top, the tory's will carry on hating the poor, as the media tries to distract us with some trivia, their lies will continue.
Something surely has to change!
Monday 23 June 2014
The Collective Punishment of the Palestinian People must end.
Since this incident Israels' response has been disproportionate, to say the least, with over 370 Palestinians having been arrested since last Thursday. All over the West Bank, in villages, towns and cities, Palestinian homes and offices have been raided, people being held under siege, with many being injured, with subsequently being left for dead.
The Fourth Geneva Convention, Article 33, states that : "No protected person may be punished for an offence he or she has not personally committed. Collective penalties and likewise all measures of intimidation or terrorism are prohibited.Pillage is prohibited.Reprisals against protected persons and their property are prohibited."
At the time of this posting, six Palestinians have been killed in the massive military operations that have been launched, and attempts to cast the rising number of unarmed Palestinian casualties as 'self defence' starts to ring hollow. As former Israeli soldiers have testified as recently as 2014, that their units used tactics known as 'Provocation and Reaction,' which has been described as "the act of entering a village, making a lot of noise, waiting for their stones to be thrown at you, and then you arrest them saying : There, they're throwing stones!!!"
At the moment the Israelis are using three missing boys as pawns in their political game, using them, as they continue to oppress and to avoid avenues of peace. it is not that we have not witnessed previously, time after time, that Israels' leaders need no excuse to find reasons to continue their collective campaign of terror against the Palestinians. Their road to peace, seems to be displacing people, 750,000 of them, and continuing to violate UN resolutions and human rights, to try to disrupt the recently formed unity government. Yet in the world Israel is feeling the heat too, as people see it as an apartheid state, and join the many successful boycotts and campaign for disinvestment on Israeli products. In the last week we have seen Presbyterians voting to divest holdings in 3 companies supplying Israel with equipment being used in the occupation of the Palestinian territories.
At the end of the day, this collective Punishment of the Palestinian people must stop. Israel I am sure is obligated to carry out its serach for the missing boys, but it should also be constantly be reminded of obligations to International humanitarian law and International Human law and the respect to life of the Palestinians, that minimises damage and injury and protects and preserves human rights.
Wednesday 18 June 2014
Lesley Boulton Orgreave
(See Saturday's post for piece about 30th Anniversary of Battle Of Orgreave).
Lesley Boulton talks about the iconic photo taken by John Harris at Orgreave during the miners strike of 1984
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