Michael Jackson news from Iraq!

18Jul09

http://www.newser.com/story/64330/sadistic-brit-soldiers-made-iraqis-dance-like-jacko.html Looks like our boys had a jolly good time down in Iraq: they made people dance like Jacko, they tortured detainees, they beat civilians to death – nice! And this is just the tip of an iceberg.

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Tags: capitalism, imperialism, iran, iraq, london music, michael jackson, Punk, socialism

Lech Walesa vs. Madonna

09Jul09

In his early 1980s heyday, Polish trade unionist Lech Walesa led a major strike against a corrupt regime that perpetuated something best described as a parody of socialism. Today, though, he seems to be increasingly fighting against windmills. The strictly Catholic ex-president’s latest object of objection is Madonna’s live appearance in Warsaw

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Tags: madonna, poland, pop, religion, religious fundamentalism, russia, solidarnosc, the religious right, walesa