Tag: drones
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Cassetteboy & Amnesty International remix Obama
You see mashups and re-edits can be for good and a cause, not just for the party (or Party). And a good cause to support, from the current long-delayed furore over drones to selling tanks, aircraft carriers, helicopters, mines, missiles and bombs to dictators, the US and UK’s role in the arms trade and the…
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Meet Droney!
For those in the United States, these images will be replaced with Fluffy Kittens and all references to the D-word will be blanked out. Thank you for your co-operation, docility and lack of uproar. Kool-Aid will arrive shortly along with a selection of snacks. Both cartoons from This Modern World via Jez CMP – check…
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Eugene McDaniels
Beth Orton on 6Music reminded me of this excellent Roberta Flack song, Compared to What which still sadly is completely relevant: I’d not heard in many years but wanted to know more, and it lead me to Eugene McDaniels, the writer. Originally a pop singer, he became more conscious and politically aware in the late…
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Here Come The Drones: Extradition & Copyright
I’ve been a bit lax in posting about copyleft issues – partly because, apart from the SOPA/PIPA win it’s been mostly a deluge of shit, nasty political fudging (eh, Dave?), endless cases like Megaupload (love that the NZ court finally got some balls and told FBI where to go on deleting all the data) and…