By KEITH BRADSHER HONG KONG, April 11 — Thousands of demonstrators wearing black armbands marched through downtown streets here this afternoon in a peaceful protest to the Chinese government’s decision last Tuesday to limit further moves by this territory toward democracy. After a large but violent demonstration in Taipei on Saturday over an election disputeContinue reading “News: Hong Kong Marchers Send Beijing a Message on Democracy”
Author Archives: Yan Sham-Shackleton
On the Ground in Iraq
Today is the first anniversary of the “fall” of Baghdad. Rahul Mahajan, an American writer and activist, is blogging from Iraq until April 25. http://www.empirenotes.org One of the writers for Merging Boundaries is Raed Jarrar. He is a 26 years old Iraqi-Palestinian architect working for an NGO and living in Baghdad with his family. HisContinue reading “On the Ground in Iraq”
The New VO is online!
Glutter plugs. A smaller and shorter version but still yummi. http://www.voccoquan.com/
Dax Shepard in two new movies -MTV’s Punk’d is Now on DVD
Glutter Plugs I am just republishing this to the top, coz with all my personal stuff thrown on after, I am sure this is lost. Dax deserves attention. He worked so hard to be where he is. A plug for Dax Shepard, as the show that gave him his break Punk’d is now on DVD.Continue reading “Dax Shepard in two new movies -MTV’s Punk’d is Now on DVD”
Q Magazine’s Top Videos of All Time
Da Music Issue April’s Issue of Q (An English Music Mag, that I sometimes read) named what they saw as the Best Videos of all time. Here are some of my personal favorites from the list. I was going to do more, but I have run out of time sadly…. (tip to watch videos, chooseContinue reading “Q Magazine’s Top Videos of All Time”
China puts curbs on Hong Kong democracy
Awaiting A Democratic Hong Kong How did seven million people wake up and lose what it was promised? Sadly, how many people outside of this city actually understand what has happened? Not many. How many people care? Even less. And how many of us know what to do? None. Speechless. Not even angry. We wereContinue reading “China puts curbs on Hong Kong democracy”
Ailing Zhao puts China on alert
By Willy Lam for CNN Tuesday, April 6, 2004 Posted: 0512 GMT (1312 HKT) Zhao addresses students in a Tiananmen Square bus in May 1989. HONG KONG, China (CNN) — China’s state security is on high alert to prevent any disturbances that may follow the possible death of former Chinese Communist Party chief Zhao Ziyang.Continue reading “Ailing Zhao puts China on alert”
News: Beijing steps up arrests of Tiananmen activists
By Hamish McDonald Apr 6, 2004, 12:19 Chinese security agencies are continuing arrests of activists seeking official forgiveness of participants in the pro-democracy demonstrations in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square and elsewhere in China that were suppressed with massacres from the night of June 3-4, 1989. A young environmental and HIV/AIDS activist, Hu Jia, was arrested inContinue reading “News: Beijing steps up arrests of Tiananmen activists”
Maybe We Should be Nicer to Courtney Love
I dunno, I actually had a bit of a rant and meltdown in Finn’s comment box a week or two ago, over my beloved Courtney. I even agreed with him calling her a “crack whore” (If you know my ten year unhealthy worship over Courtney Love, you would be very shocked i did). I saidContinue reading “Maybe We Should be Nicer to Courtney Love”
10 years? ten years? TEN YEARS?
I have been quietly reading Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love related articles behind my computer while blasting In Utero, repeating Heart Shaped Box, Penroyal Tea, Dumb, All Apologies, then going onto Nevermind, repeating Lithium, teen spirit, then playing the whole Unplugged, then going through Live Through This and replaying every song. Then occassionally for aContinue reading “10 years? ten years? TEN YEARS?”
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