So I just had a nice random moment. I was watching a video review of a Chinese dictionary software (http://reganmian.net/blog/files/WenlinDemo.mov) and the example searches he used were “hello” and “anarchism” (無No 政府Government 主義Thought/School of Thought). And not even ‘anarchy’ defined as ‘chaos’, specifically Anarchism, the word for anarchy/ism in Chinese does Continue Reading
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[Al Jazeera] Egypt military mulls its options
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/02/201125103116509885.html Business interests The military has been a central pillar of the Egyptian state since 1952, when the “Free Officers” movement overthrew the monarchy. All four of Egypt’s post-revolutionary presidents were former military officers, and more than half of the country’s 29 governors have military backgrounds as well. The military runs Continue Reading
[Blog To] Nostalgia Tripping: Toronto’s Chinatowns
http://www.blogto.com/city/2011/02/nostalgia_tripping_torontos_chinatowns/ Great photos from Old Chinatown in the Ward, which was demolished, with residents evicted for the construction of the City Hall.
Egypt not trending in China
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2011/01/201112991712140318.html China next I hope.. China has blocked the word “Egypt” from the country’s wildly popular Twitter-like service, while coverage of the political turmoil has been tightly restricted in state media. China’s ruling Communist Party is sensitive to any potential source of social unrest. A search for “Egypt” on the Sina Continue Reading
octobersurpriserevolution: 兔年贺卡[高清] Greeting Card for the Year of the Rabbit [HD] (Translated) (via wheeledmover) The year of the tiger is over. The year of the rabbit has come. Even a rabbit has to bite (with violent animation) when cornered (by the oppression of tigers) For more context, see [via]. (Source: Continue Reading
Revolutionary Lunar New Years Greetings! May the Rabbit bring forth a thousand uprisings, and give courage to those resisting tyranny and oppression! Me
Running battles break out in Cairo – men on horses and camels charge protesters
Can the military be trusted? http://www.wsm.ie/c/running-battles-cairo-horse-camel Following the refusal of Mubarak to resign a mob of his supporters of attempted to fight their way into Tahir square in Cairo where anti-Mubarak protests demanding democracy have rallied over the last week. Some of the mob who have been captured were carrying Continue Reading
Mental-health patients dying young
Mental-health patients dying young http://www.healthzone.ca/health/mindmood/mentalhealth/article/931141–mental-health-patients-dying-young?bn=1 Affordable housing advocate Linda Chamberlain knows eight people with mental illness who have died recently. But she’s convinced it wasn’t mental-health issues that killed them. “I can’t tell you how many people are dying at 40 from heart attacks due to diabetes and not proper Continue Reading
Egyptian workers form new union
New federation of independent labour unions being formed. General strike being organized! http://solidaritymagazine.org/2011/01/egyptian-workers-form-new-union/ Today, representatives of the Egyptian labor movement, made up of the independent Egyptian trade unions of workers in real estate tax collection, the retirees, the technical health professionals and representatives of the important industrial areas in Egypt: Continue Reading
octobersurpriserevolution: YouTube – Spoof on US State Departments Position on Egypt (Source: http://octobersurpriserevolution.tumblr.com/)