Divided Soul

David Allen Harvey talks about his new photography book...Divided Soul...photos of Cuba, Brazil and Mexico......

"Passion. It is all about the passion. But the sensuality on the surface often masks a political undercurrent and a reckoning with history. A microcosm of Spanish and Portuguese colonialism, abandoned or overthrown, remains - but modified, altered and skewed. A 'New World' 'discovered' and exploited. And the consequence is hybrid people with an independent spirit, without independent means. So the music takes over. Insignificant moments become treasures. Sky, music and time blend, creating an acceptance - a peace. The influences of the Iberian peninsula are eventually modified or nullified by indigenous spiritualism and the African tribal drum. ....

Read more and check out the photos at:

http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0310/divided_soul.html

Six Ideas for Re-thinking the War in Mexico

Excerpt:

"In Juarez soldiers are seen futilely strolling down the sunny streets. They are seen pulling over drivers because they aren't wearing their seatbelts. They have been seen making a U-turn over a traffic island in order to avoid confrontation with a convoy of narco vehicles.
One night in Juarez, I saw how the soldiers took shelter in a hotel, with explicit orders to do so, while narcos were shooting at each other in the street."

In English:

http://narcosphere.narconews.com/notebook/kristin-bricker/2009/10/six-ideas-re-thinking-war-mexico

In Spanish:

http://www.proceso.com.mx/opinion_articulo.php?articulo=72882

How TV Can Still Save The World

It's not Twitter or Facebook that's reinventing the planet. Eighty years after the first commercial broadcast crackled to life, television still rules our world. And let's hear it for the growing legions of couch potatoes: All those soap operas might be the ticket to a better future after all.

Read more here...

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1971133_1971110_1971118,00.html

Anti Corporation advertisements

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Mexican immigration....two stories.

For Mexicans seeking to cross the US border, it's not just about jobs anymoreNew surveys find the recession has reduced Mexican immigration, but that millions still want to come to the US – and some more for safety than for jobs.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0925/p06s13-woam.html



Most Mexicans See Better Life in U.S. – One-In-Three Would Migrate
http://pewglobal.org/



Sheriff Joe Arpaio: I don’t take orders from anybody.

Refusal by ‘America’s toughest sheriff’ to stop immigration sweeps fits into the career of a controversial populist.
http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2009/10/17/sheriff-joe-arpaio-i-dont-take-orders-from-anybody/

The 19th annual World Report

The 19th annual World Report summarizes human rights conditions in more than 90 countries and territories worldwide. It reflects extensive investigative work undertaken in 2008 by Human Rights Watch staff, usually in close partnership with human rights activists in the country in question.

http://www.hrw.org/world-report-2009

Is America ready to admit defeat in its 40-year war on drugs?

A wave of decriminalization sweeps South America

Excerpt:
At El Paso at the end of the month, experts from the US and Mexico will gather to take stock and thrash out alternatives. El Paso stands cheek by jowl with its twin city, Ciudad Juárez, across the Rio Grande. There, last Wednesday, the day after the Argentinian court ruling, cartel gunmen broke into the El Aliviane drug rehabilitation centre, lined 17 young people against a wall and cut them down with a fusillade of machine-gun fire. Troops last night captured the suspected killer, Jose Rodolfo Escajeda, considered one of the most brutal hitmen in Chihuahua and one of the leaders of the Juárez cartel. The executions, coming shortly after the killing of 40 people over three days in Juárez two weeks ago, take the death toll to about 1,400 this year, making it the most dangerous city in the world.


http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2009/sep/06/war-on-drugs-latin-america

Rape case to force US defence firms into the open

Another strike against Halliburton...it was only a few months ago in which they were convicted of bribery of Nigerian government officials and now this...

Senate passes measure prompted by case of woman prevented from suing over alleged rape by Halliburton/KBR colleagues

Excerpt:

In legal papers Jones, who was 20 at the time, says she was fed a knockout drug while drinking with KBR firefighters.

"When she awoke the next morning still affected by the drug, she found her body naked and severely bruised, with lacerations to her vagina and anus, blood running down her leg, her breast implants ruptured and her pectoral muscles torn‚ which would later require reconstructive surgery. Upon walking to the rest room, she passed out again," the papers say.

Read more at:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/15/defence-contractors-rape-claim-block

Rethink Afghanistan

http://rethinkafghanistan.com/videos.php

Rethink Afghanistan is a ground-breaking, full-length documentary focusing on the key issues surrounding this war. By releasing this film in parts for free online, we are able to stay on top of news of the war as it continues to unfold.

Many Cool How-to..Videos

Many cool bar tricks and other cool How To's like....

Here's the link:
http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to/video/how-to-open-a-beer-bottle-with-a-dollar-bill-201386/

More Cool Pictures

Awesome Pictures

Historical Trade Routes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_route#Development_of_early_routes

FIRST EVER OLYMPICS IN RIO AND SOUTH AMERICA!!

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee announced Friday.
It is the first time South America would host an Olympics event. The city has budgeted $14.4 billion to the effort, the largest amount of any of the four finalists, according to IOC figures.
The final vote was down to Rio and Madrid, Spain. In earlier voting, Chicago, Illinois, and then Tokyo, Japan, were eliminated from contention.
After the cities made their presentations to the IOC on Friday, the IOC members sat down to cast their votes in a secret ballot.
Ninety-seven of the IOC's 106 members are eligible to vote in the first round...
Read more at:

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/02/olympics.2016/index.html

What's wrong with Capitalism...

Bernie Sanders answers Michael Moore's question about "what is wrong with capitalism?"





http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rep-bernie-sanders/michael-moore-me_b_307208.html