no international journalists are currently permitted to enter gaza. i wrote before about the border crossings. now surveillance and narrow turnstiles have been replaced by air strikes and possibly a ground invasion as tools of physical and psychological warfare. here is a piece where a bbc journalist describes crossing the border last month. the infuriatingly level tone drummed into bbc employees breaks down a couple of times before he remembers his training. the most deceptive thing the media can imply is that israel and palestine are equal in ability and culpability. (re)aestheticising this feels clumsy.
Ezekiel Honig - Material Instrument 2
Jeremy Bowen - From Our Own Correspondent (20/12/08)
Mars 31 Heaven - Little Elephant
Taz Buckfaster - Quack
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nir rosen on power and terror
voices in gaza are hard to come by, here al jazeera interviews palestinian students
also noteworthy by Mr. Hubbard - sing me a song of songmy. amazing politically engaged, experimental LP, my copy of which got entombed on a broken hard drive a while ago.
amazing, prolific blog to the old skool. past posts include one on DJ Focus and one on Enya hardcore remixes.
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Anglophone blogging on the situation in Greece ahead of today’s general strike… neo-fascist groups are being armed by and acting in collusion with riot police.
things in the red generally fall down. a new 30 minute mix. by way of explanation… tracks re-pitched to 105 bpm. a bit of padding extra to that listed below, ask if interested. there`s also a cautiously mixable version of the b_y_nc_ ikonika T++ todd edwards pile up.
