Category Archives: Artivism
We are the System
Qu’une révolution détruise un gouvernement en laissant intacts les modes de pensée qui lui ont donné naissance, on les retrouvera dans le gouvernement suivant. On parle beaucoup de système, mais on ne sait pas de quoi on parle. Traité du zen et de l’entretien des motocyclettes de Robert M. Pirsig If a revolution destroys a […]
#CHINA: URGENT APPEAL: Investigate Activist Li Wangyang’s Death
Urgent Appeal for Credible Investigation into the Truth of Li Wangyang(李旺阳)’s Death Click HERE to sign Hunan labor movement leader Mr.Li Wangyang (李旺阳, see below for bio and video) was found dead in the morning of June 6th, 2012, in Daxiang Hospital, Shaoyang municipality, Hunan province (湖南邵阳市), China. Mr. Li’s brother-in-law Zhao Baozhu (赵宝珠) told media that […]
#Iran (allegedly) issues fatwa against rapper
The Iranian regime’s penchant for fatwa has not changed in the twenty-three years since Ayatollah Khomeini called for the death of Salman Rushdie for his Satanic Verses. Now, it is the turn of another Iranian Shiite cleric, Ayatollah Safi Golpayegani, to issue the famous religious edict for apostasy, according to Al Arabiya Farsi website (an […]
Banned Valentines
My son asked me if I was planning anything special for Valentine’s Day … ! Not for the reasons you or I might expect: I was definitely relieved after he explained, had been searching background information on Iran, and saw that they outlawed this day as one of many decadent Western traditions to be avoided […]
