Tag: Terrorism
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Gruinard Island
The island in the TV series Utopia was based on real events – wartime Anthrax testing on the Scottish isle of Gruinard, where sheep were infected and killed to test biological warfare. It was only recently sold back to it’s original owners and declared full safe after decontamination and testing since the 1990’s. The video…
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RIP Madiba
Sad but inevitable news that Nelson Mandela has died, a great man who I think we won’t see the like for a long while. Even the Onion has a nice (and all too true in the age of Obama and Cameron) tribute. Interesting that the usual criticisms of ‘revolutionary/terrorist/Leninist/Marxist’ are in play – the Tory…
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The gradual acid drip of fascism
Something I’ve always struggled with it certain labels, certain accusations towards the UK government and security services. ‘Police state’ ‘Nazi’ ‘Fascism’ ‘Stasi’ – all very easy to blurt out and demean the original usage, and when using them you think about some cold grey depressing country (oh it is the same!) in Eastern Europe with…
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RC 243: Aural pOddities 4: Aryan Dogs, Acid Chickens & A Blind Man’s Penis
(collage – ‘Broadcast Your Sound Judgement / Servicing Audio’ 2013) Oh dear – what have you done to deserve this? Another dose (in the chloroform/over sense) of strange songs, outsider music, song poems, aural terrorism and just plain wrongness. Big thanks go to Junk Shop Juke Box, Music for Mentalists (Bevis Frond), Music for Maniacs,…
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Police detain young NUJ photojournalist for working taking pictures of Army cadets
This is pitiful – young NUJ photojournalist Jules Mattsson takes pictures of an army cadet parade and gets aggro from the police for doing so – maybe they should bone up on the law and the recent cases they’ve lost re: photography in public places. Nice that the NUJ and BJP are behind this photographer…