Del.icio.us links for June 7th through June 15th:
- The BNP’s success reflects the new racism of our political culture – Those who oppose the BNP will be most likely to reverse its rise if they now return to some home truths: Britain continues to have a problem of racism and the BNP’s success is fuelled by racial sentiment across our political culture. For mainstream politics to continue to legitimise the BNP’s anti-immigrant message, borrow from it or pretend it does not exist will prove to be counter-productive.
Tags: britain bnp britishpolitics racism race islamophobia media politics newlabour tories libdems - Nazis have roots, too – A detailed history of the BNP and its leadership, including origins in earlier British fascist movements.
Tags: bnp fascism britain history racism violence - Look who wants ‘free speech’ – I have just been looking through some of the criminal records of current and former BNP members – quite revealing it is too. You get a sense of the kinds of people the fascists attract, as well as the things they prepare people to do.
Tags: fascists bnp racism violence crime rape terrorism arson - The fascist vote – Well, we wanted to know who BNP voters were, what social class they are from, what party they traditionally backed, and what they knew about the party they have now given their vote to. This poll report gives us some of the material we need. It seems to be in accord with the findings of the study published by the Democracy Audit some years back, in the respect that the majority of BNP voters are Tories, not disaffected Labour voters.
Tags: bnp fascism britain politics europe europeanelections electoralpolitics - Bound, blindfolded and beaten – by Israeli troops – Children among Palestinian detainees abused during West Bank operation, according to soldiers’ confessions.
Tags: Israel palestine abuse violence apartheid oppression torture children occupation - The Long Road to Revolution – Radical social change will only emerge through the endless interplay of confrontations, withdrawals, foundations and subverisons.
Tags: davidgraeber anarchism revolution socialchange progressivism politics theory society - Riot Grrrl 1 – First in a series of posts on Everett True’s blog, publishing an interview about riot grrrl. Well worth a read. 6 more posts are linked from this one.
Tags: riotgrrrl punk indie independentmusic musicjournalism gender feminism politics - unpopular: It’s all Punk Rock to me. – I’ve always hated the notion of ‘Twee’. It’s not empowering. It’s not political. It’s not oppositional to rock. It’s not some badge of Pure Pop honour. It’s just demeaning and pathetic.
Tags: punk indie twee music labels genres - DAN DEACON on MySpace Music – Drone king of WHAM CITY!!
Tags: band music hotdamn! - JAPANDROIDS on MySpace Music – Pretty damn good garage rock band.
Tags: band music - GUIDE TO LACING – Sneaker Freaker Magazine – I never knew there were so many ways to lace shoes…
Tags: shoes reference lacing - 20 Abandoned Cities, Towns and Places – There are many reasons why cities are abandoned; some, like the ghost towns of the American West, have become tourist destinations while others have been condemned or simply forgotten. These 20 abandoned cities of the world share an eerie, haunted quality that is part of what makes them so fascinating.
Tags: ghosttowns urbanenvironments decay architecture history exploration - Wall Street on the Tundra – An entire nation without immediate experience or even distant memory of high finance had gazed upon the example of Wall Street and said, “We can do that.” For a brief moment it appeared that they could.
Tags: iceland economics finance hedgefunds recession financialcrisis banking - nihilistic_kid: What is free speech? What is shame? – Leaving aside the vagaries of law and interpretation, which vary from nation and political context and even the state of property rights anyway, free speech basically means this: You get to say what you like, and “you” means everyone.
Tags: freespeech shame society socialising nickmamatas - First Extra-Galactic Planet Spotted in Andromeda – A star in the Andromeda galaxy has a “companion” with six times the mass of Jupiter. (The future is awesome.)
Tags: astronomy science galaxies planets