Month March 2009

How not to confront the far right

Injured BNP member Socialist Unity says the anti-BNP protesters in Leigh who destroyed a BNP auto with baseball bats and crowbars and attacked its members simply gave that far right party more legitimacy and made the left look bad. How…

The real time web

Social networks ‘are new e-mail Status updates on sites such as Facebook, Yammer, Twitter and Friendfeed are a new form of communication, the South by SouthWest Festival has heard. “We are all in the process of creating e-mail 2.0,” David…

Sri Lanka deteriorates

(Reuters photo: A Tamil refugee prepares to bathe alongside the fence inside a refugee camp.) “UN human rights chief Navi Pillay said Friday she feared both sides could be guilty of war crimes in the Sri Lanka conflict and that more than…

Elders of Zion to retire

The Elders of Zion in their wild and crazy days Well, it’s the end of an era, isn’t it? The wingnuts will have to find a new conspiracy to foam at the mouth about. The Elders of Zion, the venerable…