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Bayard Rustin: the forgotten man behind the 1963 march 26 Aug 2013 | 10:27 pm
Above: Bayard Rustin As the world gears up for the fiftieth anniversary of the great 1963 March for Jobs and Freedom, the Social Democrats USA remember the crucial role of Bayard Rustin, and the ”Sha...
Salif Keita and the threats of the BDS campaign 26 Aug 2013 | 02:31 pm
Sarah AB, over at That Place and also at Engage, has described the circumstances leading to the Malian singer-songwriter Salif Keita to cancelling an appearance in Jerusalem. We have argued many times...
Marian McPartland, jazzwoman 26 Aug 2013 | 01:15 am
RIP: Marian McPartland, jazz pianist and broadcaster, b March 20 1918, d August 20 2013 Great Day in Harlem: Marian, Mary Lou and Monk Jazz can be proud of its anti-racist traditions and of how, fro...
50 years on from The March and The Dream 24 Aug 2013 | 09:11 pm
As marchers assemble in Washington to honour the memory of Martin Luther King and the continuing relevance of the 1963 March For Jobs and Freedom, the US Socialist Worker (once, but no longer, affilia...
Bob Crosby centennial 24 Aug 2013 | 03:53 am
What’s this? Two music posts in succession! Well, thanks to ’Perfessor M. Figg’ at The Pop Of Yestercentury I’ve just realised that one of my favourite 1930s/40s bandleaders, Bob Crosby, was born 100...
Civil rights music 24 Aug 2013 | 12:55 am
As we approach the fiftieth anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, and that “I have a dream” speech by Martin Luther King, it seems right to bring you some of the music that sust...
Galloway’s theory: Israel gave Al-Qaeda the chemical weapons used in Syrian attack 22 Aug 2013 | 11:36 pm
Yeah, sure: that makes perfect sense, doesn’t it? This marks a new low even for the preposterous tyrant-lover and conspiracy theorist Galloway: Assad’s man was speaking on Press TV, natch.
The one video from Syria’s alleged chemical weapons attack that everyone should watch 22 Aug 2013 | 04:50 am
From the Washington Post By Max Fisher, Published: August 21 at 2:49 pm The alleged Syrian chemical weapons attack on a Damascus suburb, where opposition activists say that more than 1,000 civilians...
Elmore Leonard: how to write 20 Aug 2013 | 10:14 pm
Elmore Leonard died today, aged 87. The New York Times obit is here. If you’ve never read his stuff, start with Get Shorty and/or Rum Punch (both filmed, Rum Punch as Jackie Brown). Here he is on h...
Protest the detention of David Miranda! 19 Aug 2013 | 11:00 pm
Above: Miranda (left) and Greenwald “Freedom only for supporters of the government, only for members of one party — however numerous they may be — is no freedom at all. Freedom is always and exclusiv...
