Multidisciplinary artist and composer. Sometimes essayist. Mostly anarcho syndicalist, in practice he settles for social democratic policies. Populism sucks.
“Operation Knock Knock” — Venezuela’s security forces are going door to door arresting opposition figures and election monitors, checking phones for signs of dissent, BBC reports. More than 1000 arrests in just past week. Unprecedented even for them
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Every Venezuelan detained or disappeared is someone any of us could have interacted with on a daily basis.
It's someone's child, spouse, relative, friend, teacher, colleague, boss, employee.
We can read all the works about dictatorship, but nothing comes close to enduring it.
I'm blown away by the fact that most people have moved on from the police failure when my son, his classmates, and teachers were killed at Robb Elementary in Uvalde on May 24'th 2022.
376 officers waited outside for 77 minutes!!!
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With just five subscribers and a few hundred views, Pavel Kushnir's tiny YouTube channel was enough to make him an enemy of the Russian state.
This weekend, he died in custody.
1/14🧵The devastating story of an artist and activist who just couldn't keep silent
The Culture File Weekly
From giving the Velvet Underground their name to teaching maths on tv, the US composer, Tony Conrad was a restless explorer, inside and outside music. @JenniferWalshe on the sounds, ideas and joys of a unique artist.
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