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submitted on Buzzflash:by Andy Worthington Featured WriterDandelion Saladwww.andyworthington.co.uk 30 Sept. 2009In four years of researching and writing about Guantánamo, I have become used to uncovering shocking information, but for sheer cynicism, I am struggling to think of anything that compares to the revelations contained in the unclassified ruling in the habeas corpus petition of Fouad al-Rabiah, a Kuwaiti prisoner whose release was ordered last week by Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly (PDF). ... Read more

This is a continuation of Reviewing the Reviewers: A Dialogue about Book Reviewing with Steven Reynolds and Carol Buchanan , which led to a very lively discussion. Self-Publishing Review: When a self-published novel is awful, do you think the reviewer has any responsibility to spare the writer’s feelings? Steven Reynolds : A writer will always be somewhat hurt by a negative review. You have to assume they’re reasonably happy with the book they published, otherwise why would they b ... Read more

RISMEDIA, October 1, 2009—It’s the land of Celluloid Heroes, the place where “everybody’s a dreamer and everybody’s a star.” It’s the place where “success walks hand-in-hand with failure, along Hollywood Boulevard.”* It’s where homes sometimes sell for sums of money too ludicrous to contemplate to people who make fortunes for acting–sometimes badly. It’s Hollywood, and it’s where Johnny Johnston of Sotheby’s International Realty makes his living. Not every home buyer in the heart of show bus ... Read more

Fouad al-Rabia In four years of researching and writing about Guantánamo, I have become used to uncovering shocking information. But for sheer cynicism, I am struggling to think of anything that compares to the revelations contained in the unclassified ruling in the habeas corpus petition of Fouad al-Rabiah, a Kuwaiti prisoner whose release was ordered last week by U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly. In the ruling, to put it bluntly, it was revealed that the US government to ... Read more

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In four years of researching and writing about Guantánamo, I have become used to uncovering shocking information, but for sheer cynicism, I am struggling to think of anything that compares to the revelations contained in the unclassified ruling in the habeas corpus petition of Fouad al-Rabiah, a Kuwaiti prisoner whose release was ordered last week by Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly ( PDF ). In the ruling, to put it bluntly, it was revealed that the US government tortured an innocent man to extract ... Read more

Economic Policy Institute: Generating a Robust RecoverySeptember 30, 2009: 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM Officially, the Great Recession may be coming to an end, but it will leave in its wake historically high unemployment and a host of other serious economic problems. How will policy-makers promote a robust, employment-led recovery that will lay the foundation for strong, long-term growth? Meeting this challenge requires both the will to continue investing in families hard hit by the recession despite gro ... Read more

How to Kill British Culture Image – Notice the male copper at the front with his goofy ‘look at me I will now get a promotion as I have demonstrated my politically correct credentials’ smile. Notice the warm fuzzy glow of politically correct moral superiority in the faces of these coppers, the same smile the NKVD had in Russia as they shot people in the head in the Gulags. If this is the future of British policing, then this country is screwed. The article below, and the image above, ... Read more

Observation, organization, and transformation of urban settings. “Although we will never fully comprehend the entire complexity of a city in one moment, we can understand the urban construct through the interaction of its parts” The people from Lars Muller Publishers always keep in surprising us with their creations. In this case we are talking about a kind of book… which is not really a book but a series of transparent sheets which allow us to perceive the urban phenomena by isolating and s ... Read more

29 September, 2009 — Anti-Empire Report, Number 74Picture the scene: Afghanistan, two hijacked tankers filled with highly inflammable fuel, surrounded by a crowd of Afghans eager to syphon off some for free … What’s the last thing you want to do? Right — drop bombs on the tankers. That’s what a German military commander signaled an American drone airplane to do September 4. Kaboom!! At least 100 human beings incinerated. This incident has led to a lot of controversy in Germany, for Article 26 of ... Read more