Archive for January, 2009
Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
Blogging about the white man’s burden
(cross-posted at Cure This) William Easterly — author of The White Man’s Burden: Why the West’s Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good — is now blogging over at Aid Watch. Aid Watch’s tagline is “Just Asking that Aid Benefit the Poor”. Interesting tagline, eh? Exactly two years [...]
No Comments » - Posted in blogtopia,books,global public health,intl trade & econ,tanzania-kenya by anjali
Monday, January 26th, 2009
Pete Seeger and Bruce Springsteen sing historic version of This Land is Your Land
Two legends of American folk, Pete Seeger and Bruce Springsteen, sang “This Land is Your Land” (along with Pete Seeger’s grandson, Tao Rodríguez-Seeger) at the Obama Pre-Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial in DC. However, they say the original lyrics, which includes two verses by Woody Guthrie that are not as well known (the verses [...]
No Comments » - Posted in art for the masses,beats,culture,right to the city by anjali
Monday, January 26th, 2009
76 years ago the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment begins…
Check out this poster, starting with “389 Years ago the first slave ship lands in the American colonies.” And ending with “And on November 4th 2008, the people of the United States elect their first African-American President and his name is Barack Obama”. Thanks, folks at Wallstats, for putting it together and for celebrating progress.
No Comments » - Posted in art for the masses,culture,nonviolent resistance,race by anjali
Monday, January 26th, 2009
If only we saw actual photos from Gaza…
…oh wait, we can. Is it just me, or is even the mainstream media in the US documenting the Gaza massacre and its aftermath in a more journalistic manner? Like, photos of people being shelled, photos of the destruction, the actual effects of a war? Anyway, check out these extensive photos taken during a whole [...]
No Comments » - Posted in iraq,middle east,palestine,violence,war and health by anjali
Sunday, January 25th, 2009
Qaddafi on the One-State Solution
I just read Muammar Qaddafi’s op-ed in the New York Times last week about a One-State solution to the Israel/Palestine conflict. You know, Qaddafi, the leader of Libya. Here’s an excerpt: A two-state solution will create an unacceptable security threat to Israel. An armed Arab state, presumably in the West Bank, would give Israel less [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in middle east,palestine by anjali
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009
Cure This in the ’09
Cure This, a project that a few of us started over a year ago, has experienced some slow but immensely beautiful growth. We’ve got some exciting plans for 2009, and they’ll be shared shortly (and we’ll eagerly be awaiting your thoughts on our thoughts), but first a quick look at the 3 newest posts in [...]
No Comments » - Posted in global public health,healthcare access,technology for the masses by anjali
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009
Sometimes i need a little creepy, dark, and beautiful
“If I Had a Heart” by Fever Ray. First video from Fever Ray’s self-titled debut album.
No Comments » - Posted in beats by anjali
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009
Sometimes I need a little Umi
“My umi says shine your light on the world. Shine your light for the world to see. My abi says shine your light on the world. Shine your light for the world to see. Oh black people to be free, to be free…”
