I just got a link to this video, and feel like everyone would find this very interesting: Naomi Klein talks about "disaster capitalism" -

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1184834084?bctid=1209589880

I feel like it's annoying to keep passing on activist messages via LJ but, on the other hand, it's better than mass email spam, and some folks out there might want to know about some of these things.

Flavour of the hour: wolves!http://www

I just got email from a group working with amnesty international to try and stop guantanamo from being operational. Like a lot of web-activist stuff i've been getting these days, i don't think the following link will be too useful unless you live somewhere with a zip code. That having been said, if any of you know people who live in the states ( Read more... )

it has just been pointed out to me, by Coyote, that PUWMS really should have a catchier acronym as its name. This came up in the initial conversation about it, but neither John nor I could really make anything sensible out of the letters we had at our disposal ( Read more... )

Well, in the intervening days since my last post classes still haven't started yet, but things have been busy nonetheless. I seem to have joined a Georgian music choir (that's Russia-Georgia, not "Georgia on my Mind" Georgia), which is run by a 2nd year musicology PhD named John, who's spent a good deal of time with Georgian music. It's quite ( Read more... )

[note: the link is fixed now ( Read more... )

a friend of mine just posted this on her LJ. i'm reposting it here for the benefit of people who don't know her and aren't on her list ( Read more... )

Hi, all ( Read more... )

So yesterday I was on a plane to Colorado (under whose cloudless skies I am peacefully sitting this morning), for to visit Oona. On the Baltimore-Denver leg of the trip, I wound up sitting next to a man who turned out to be a retired army pilot who flew missions in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. He was a chatty, pleasant guy, with what seemed like a ( Read more... )

Last night i went out to see my sister's big-band, Lake of Stew, and had a grand ol' time - they're really tight, and have a lot of fun on stage. Highly recommended for those evenings in Montreal where you'd rather be cozy than hip...