The Sign Of The Cross

Shamelessly purloined from An Exercise in the Fundamentals of Orthodoxy Authored by Chris Hall

Ammon Hennacy: "Too many of us dissipate our energy by being 'for all good causes,' attending meetings and passing resolutions, organizing and presenting petitions — all this effort to change others, when if we really got down to it we could use this energy to change ourselves… We become tired radicals because we use our weakest weapon: the ballot box, where we are always outnumbered, and refuse to use our strongest weapon: spiritual power." Source: The Book of Ammon If you've not read The Book of Ammon then you really should! Authored by Chris Hall

Another timely ditty from David Rovics. Syria, 2013 By David Rovics There's an uncivil war in Syria, one hundred thousand dead Millions of refugees without a roof over their heads Proxy armies flowing in to a country open wide You got Al-Qaeda and America fighting side by side You got Saudi monarchs and French socialists on one team You got Russia and Iran backing the regime You got the Arab League having another meaningless debate Saying let's just see what happens if we wait But now the west says gloves are off, it's all become too real Now Cameron and Obama are dictating the deal Now red lines have been crossed, now it's time to act Now it's time to have a few million tons of impact Now it's time to do the thing that the west does best Time to step in the hornet's nest We don't know who did it, but there has been a war crime So we'll bomb an Arab country one more time What we know is this: there was...

Hunt Monitor 1, Fox Hunters 0, Winner = fox. Authored by Chris Hall

August 22nd or 23rd of August 1927 the US State murdered Ferdinando Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. "Did you see what I did to those anarchist bastards?" - Presiding Judge Webster Thayer Read more at libcom.org , and also at  http://saccoandvanzetti.org And here's a great version of the song Sacco and Vanzetti by David Rovics. Authored by Chris Hall Related articles Remembering Sacco and Vanzetti Aug 24 2013, SACCO AND VANZETTI EIGHTH ANNUAL MARCH AND RALLY Wrongly executed honored in Spfld Two Good Men (So It Goes) Woody Guthrie - Ballads of Sacco & Vanzetti - 1960 - Folkways

English: Margaret Thatcher Grantham's most famous daughter http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/327245 - a caricature used in the 'Spitting Image' TV series, now a prized exhibit in Grantham Museum (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Margaret Thatcher Grantham statue drawings unveiled So says the headlines on the BBC News website . Unless they build it out of Kevlar and house it behind an impact resistant polycarbonate screen then I can't see it staying intact for long. Authored by Chris Hall Related articles Margaret Thatcher statue: First designs revealed Margaret Thatcher tribute choices unveiled Thatcher statue designs unveiled Breaking News: Thatcher tribute choices unveiled

Gotta love the late, great Utah Phillips! Video is originally hosted on Youtube here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xx0xg32qf6c but couldn't find it via blogger. Authored by Chris Hall Related articles Labor Day Hero: Remembering Utah Phillips

Half-inched from  Richard Hall Connexions blog. La surconsommation from Lasurconsommation on Vimeo . Overconsumption means a consumption level located above the normal requirements or average consumption. Image from the movie Samsara Samsara is a Tibetan word that means wheel of life, a concept both intimate and vast, which defines the soul of everyone. Authored by Chris Hall

   Albert Parsons, he didn't get it wrong! Authored by Chris Hall Related articles, courtesy of Zemanta: Lucy Parsons May Day Jim McKee: Billingsley one of earliest lawyers in Lincoln Back To the Future: Workers Fight For Better Pay AND Shorter hours