by John Feffer, Niels Van Tomme | Oct 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
Raqs Media Collective, There Has Been a Change of Plan , 2006 Operating from Delhi since the early 1990s, Raqs Media Collective has developed a multifaceted body of work with a unique take on globalized culture. Mixing contemporary art with historical and...
by Sinan Antoon, Melissa Tuckey | Oct 6, 2009 | War & Peace
When I was torn by war I took a brush Immersed in death And drew a window On war’s wall I opened it Searching For something But I saw another war And a mother Weaving a shroud For the dead man Still in her womb Baghdad, 1990
by John Feffer, John Perra | Oct 6, 2009 | Uncategorized
Cambodian baseball players. Cambodia is an unlikely place for baseball. There is chronic poverty, lingering post-war trauma, and rampant human trafficking. Children are more likely to work or rummage through the fetid muck of the Steung Meanchey dump than go to school...
by Frances Payne Adler, Melissa Tuckey | Oct 5, 2009 | War & Peace
Dear legislators in Capitol City, sweating in stone buildings this Session, searching for cash and coins for clinics and coronary bypass machines, for bandages and bedpans, searching inside books and briefs and file cabinets. Surely you’ve looked everywhere, but...
by Max Burns, John Feffer | Aug 27, 2009 | Uncategorized
Credit: Second Life News. On July 22, a week into Iran’s foreign media reporting ban, a group of Iranian protesters gathered on a grassy hill to speak out against Supreme Leader Khamenei’s continued support for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Some wore black T-shirts...
