A guy named Fred Seaman is all over the conservative blogs today for a new documentary in which he claims that John Lennon was “a closet Republican” at the time he was shot. This seems unlikely. First of all, who is Fred Seaman? . . . . . . continued at TheNation.com HERE and see [...]
LISTEN ONLINE TO THIS SHOW – SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST A federal grand jury in Alexandria VA is working on the Wikileaks case and may soon bring charges against Bradley Manning, Julian Assange and 2 hackers for national security violations. ERWIN CHEMERINSKY will comment on the terrible Espionage Act and on Obama’s record on overclassification — [...]
LISTEN ONLINE TO THIS SHOW – SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST President Obama will announce his decision on the speed and size of the U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan in a speech tonight at 5:00pm – our JOHN NICHOLS will provide a preview. He’s Washington correspondent for The Nation and he writes “The Beat” blog at TheNation.com. [...]
The American pavilion at the Venice Biennale features an upside down tank — symbol of the impotence of US imperialism — and an example of really bad political art. . . . continued at Dissent Magazine HERE.
At the world’s biggest art event this summer, the Venice Biennale, the world’s most famous imprisoned artist, Ai Weiwei, was not exactly neglected—but his case received virtually no official acknowledgment. . . . an unofficial contribution, “Bye Bye Ai Weiwei,” written in six-foot tall white neon letters along the Giudecca canal, was visible to all [...]
for the record: my show on KPFK Wed 6/7 is cancelled — on vacation!